North and South groceries

Erniang suppressed the shock and anger in her heart, and casually returned the clothes to the bathhouse owner, telling him to keep silent.

The store owner is also a sensible person. He has opened a bathhouse in Liangzhou City for so many years, traveling from south to north. He has never seen anyone or anything. He understood what happened today at a glance.

At this time, seeing that the little lady in front of me actually wanted to hide things for those people, I sighed in her heart for her benevolence. Their Liangzhou City is a place in the western frontier, and the folk customs are quite different from those in the Central Plains. Most of the people here are brave and brave. There are not so many etiquette constraints, in the words of some Central Plains people, it is barbaric.

But no matter what kind of barbaric place it is, if the reputation of stealing things is spread, it will be bad after all, and if it is not done well, it will be looked down upon for the rest of its life.

"Why do you want to take back the cashmere for them?" Jian Erniang, the owner of the bathhouse, reminded her as if she was a little flustered and lost her mind.

"..." When Erniang heard this, she realized that she didn't know what she was thinking just now, and she actually stuffed those cashmere back into those clothes. It was cashmere that she bought with money and asked those people to pick it out , why give them for nothing.

So Er Niang and Peng Erliang brought those clothes from the store again, sorted out all the cashmere, wrapped them in a cloth towel, and went back to their residence without waiting for those who were still taking a bath behind. .

When those people got out of the shower and got dressed, someone immediately noticed that something was wrong. At first they thought it was something that the workers in the bathhouse had ignorant of their things, but when they looked at each other, they immediately knew that something was wrong.

Erniang and the others have already gone back first, without even saying hello, and the cashmere hidden in their clothes is gone, and thinking about asking them out to eat and take a bath after work today, as long as they are not stupid , I basically know everything in my heart at this moment.

When they put on their clothes and went out to the lobby, they saw that the shopkeeper looked at them very wrongly, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurried out of the bathhouse with their heads down.

"This...how can this be done?" Walking on the loess street outside, the women felt uneasy.

"You can't go to report to the officials, right?" I heard that those people from the Central Plains will report to the officials at every turn.

"No, if you want to report to the official, you must take the stolen goods from someone. She took all the cashmere we hid, so who should report it to the official?" said a bold woman.

"Where's home?" Someone asked with a trembling voice.

"Look, it scares you, what a big deal." Someone beside him laughed.

"As for the idea of ​​cashmere, the reporter doesn't care."

"They came from other places, what else can they do to us?"

"Are you still afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, I see that Luo Erniang is not that kind of person."

Several people said this on their lips, but their feet quickened their pace in unison. The cashmere in the house must be hidden. If the people from other places really report to the police, they can't be caught. As long as there is no evidence , People like myself gritted their teeth and refused to admit it, so naturally nothing would happen.

From the beginning to the end, those who did not take the cashmere did not say a few words.

When Er Niang and the others hired people to pick wool, they only hired three or two people. Later, more and more wool was collected, and more and more people came to work with them. After a short time, the hired workers It has grown to eleven.

These eleven people have two meals a day, which is actually not a small expense, especially here in Liangzhou City, where the price of food is relatively high, but meat is not expensive. They still buy more meat on weekdays. To let these people eat better, Luo Erniang did not spend less thought, and she was quite willing to spend more money on food, but she did not expect that this would be the reward in the end.

After returning to the residence that night, Erniang also tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. While scolding herself for being stupid in her heart, she also resented those people who were wolf-hearted. She took the cashmere aside, and privately she didn't know how to arrange and laugh at herself.

After being annoyed for a while, sighing a few times, I began to think about how to deal with the current situation. It would be great if Sanlang was here. He has always had more ideas than their sisters.

Speaking of it, when they were in Xipo Village, many people respected Saburo's benevolence and righteousness, and were afraid of his reputation as a coffin board, so things like this would never happen.

But here in Liangzhou City, what do they have? To the local people, she Luo Erniang is just an unknown outsider, a young lady in her teens, and she is easy to bully.

How can I be like Saburo, which is respected and loved, but also feared.

Today's matter, if San Lang were here instead, what would he do?

I just thought about it like this for most of the night, until the sky was getting brighter, and then I squinted for a while in a daze, and when the sky was bright, Er Niang got up again.

After breakfast, two hired workers walked into the yard hesitantly. For these two, Erniang didn't find any cashmere on them yesterday, and they were not close to the cashmere thieves on weekdays. The look of exclusion.

"Come in, don't pick cashmere today, I'll teach you how to spin cashmere yarn." Er Niang waved to them.

"Hey." When the two first heard that Erniang said that they would not let them pick cashmere, they felt a little bit in their hearts. Later, when they heard her say that they would teach them to spin cashmere, they immediately became happy.

Although Liangzhou City is an important distribution center for cashmere trading, for some reason, the cashmere processing industry is not developed.

The carpenters here don't know how to spin cashmere yarn machines. If Erniang and the others want to use them, they have to modify the spinning wheel used for spinning hemp yarn. This modification is not too difficult, and the spinning wheel is just so simple. They have to use the several structures all day long, so they have already figured them out.

Several people set up two spinning wheels in a well-lit room and began to spin cashmere yarn. Erniang and Peng Er demonstrated, and the other two followed suit.

That boy Tian Chonghu went out again after having breakfast. Recently, he is always wandering around in Liangzhou city, and Erniang doesn't say anything about him. As I said, Tian Chonghu is a clever kid. After arriving here, you can ask him to do errands outside.

Tian Xiang'er was probably still in the kitchen. That girl really loves to eat. She is willing to spend all day in the kitchen fighting with others to make a fire. As long as she can get some food, she is also willing to watch her if she can't eat.

Not much cashmere yarn has just been spun here, and the other two who did not steal cashmere came here one after another. Er Niang still invited them to come here to learn how to spin cashmere yarn.

This morning passed peacefully, and in the afternoon, the problem came out. Some of those people heard that Luo Erniang was teaching these four people how to spin cashmere yarn, and some of them came over brazenly. A total of four people came, and three did not come.

Those four people were arguing in the yard, and they said how difficult their life was, and they were confused for a while, saying that they came to apologize, and judging by their posture, they clearly wanted to force Erniang Luo to teach them how to spin cashmere yarn.

At present, few people here in Liangzhou City know this skill. If they can learn it, why worry about not being able to earn money and food.

"Hey, it's really stupid to be able to do such a thing." At this time, a neighbor said: "But I think their work is still good. If you don't want them now, you may not be able to compare them if you go out to find others." They are strong."

The person who spoke lived relatively close to the courtyard of Erniang and the others, and he had some contacts on weekdays. Among the four people in the courtyard, one was introduced by her.

According to her, this kind of thing is inevitable. Next time, they should pay more attention to it and watch it more closely. They just do what the business should do. There is no need to make things so unsightly. After all, people like them There is no benefit in provoking the locals.

"If Liangzhou City really can't find anyone who is better than them, then I don't want to do this cashmere business." Er Niang didn't mean to compromise at all.

"I did a calculation last night. Recently, the cashmere has deteriorated a lot. Compared with before, it is about [-] catties less." Compared with Er Niang, Peng Er's attitude was even tougher: "These [-] catties Before the cashmere is returned, don't say any more foolish words."

Earlier, Erniang's attitude was not clear enough, so it was difficult for her to stand up and say more, but now Erniang's attitude was very clear, so she naturally became impolite.

"Twenty catties? You are going to eat people!" Hearing Peng Er's words, those in the yard immediately jumped up.

"I didn't take that much, I just took a little in the past two days." Someone argued.

"I don't know which of you gets more and who gets less." Peng Er sneered, "What is twenty catties? There are seven of you in total, and you get one point. Each of you is less than three catties."

"I, I didn't take that much." The psychological quality is not strong enough, and at this moment, I feel a little panicked. Cashmere is so expensive, even in their Liangzhou City, it is sold by two, three catties Cashmere, even if they were skinned, they wouldn't be able to exchange that much.

"If you didn't take three catties, then someone must have taken more than three catties." Er Niang also spoke at this time.

No one can tell how much cashmere was lost now, but it is not an exaggeration to say twenty catties. It can hire more than ten people to work. Erniang and the others have a relatively large stall. If you lost twenty catties of cashmere in the sky, if you were a careless person, you might not even notice it.

There are a total of seven people who stole cashmere, and it is less than three catties per person, which is not enough. I stuff some in my bosom every day, and after more than ten days, it will be more than three catties. However, Erniang guessed that these people There should still be a big thief in it. Others may not have taken much. After all, not everyone took it from the beginning. Some people may have just started in the past two days.

"It's really as much as twenty catties?" At this time, the neighbor who was still there before also asked.

"En." Er Niang nodded.

"Oh..." The man sighed, and didn't say anything more. Twenty catties of cashmere, and his family is not strong enough. Just this loss, he might go bankrupt. This is no longer a matter of momentary confusion.

"You guys go back now. If you figure it out, you can return the cashmere yourself." Er Niang finally said.

When the women left the yard, they felt mixed emotions. How could there be so much of twenty catties? Who took so much?Judging by Luo Erniang's appearance, she probably wasn't lying, even if she didn't have twenty catties, she must have more than ten catties no matter what.

But they didn't realize that they had agreed to "beg" Naluo Erniang to teach them how to spin cashmere yarn, but it turned out like this in the end.

Erniang stood under the eaves of the courtyard, watching the backs of those people leaving, a faint smile flashed in her eyes.

When she was at home, she also made fermented bean curd badly, and she also charged the wrong money when looking at the store. Every time she made a mistake, she would be annoyed in her heart.

At that time, Saburo always told her, don't worry, don't worry, but it's just that, it's not like their family can't afford it, if it's really annoying, just pay more attention next time.

She could not afford to lose the cashmere this time.

When going out before, Luo Yong asked her to bring a lot of money. Besides the cash, she also had silver hairpins, rubber-soled leather boots, and even several pairs of shoe soles. If you sell the rubber soles, you can get a lot of money, not to mention that they have made a few cashmere deals recently and made a lot of money.

After figuring it out, Er Niang no longer felt so annoyed, but she was still worried that those women would pester her. Even if she wanted to let these cashmere stealers go and not pursue this matter anymore, the other party might not I am willing to let go of my own fat.

As long as there is a place to take advantage of, people will naturally get involved. She also understood these reasons, but the life at home has become more and more comfortable in the past two years, but she has thought less about it.

Saburo said that he should think more about countermeasures for everything. She thought about it for most of the night last night, and finally she was able to find some clues.

If there is an advantage to take advantage of, these people will get involved, so what if there is a debt to pay?These people will probably take a detour when they see her in the future.