Madam, She Has a Tender Heart - Chapter 454

Chapter 454 Got money

Seeing Lu Bocheng with a straight face, Village Chief Zou and others were so frightened that their legs trembled.

Lu Bocheng’s prestige in the military has been getting higher and higher in recent years. He holds the governorship of the vassal town in Kyushu and has an army of 200,000. He fought in a sea of ​​​​blood. He is also kind to Su Qingyu and his family. In the eyes of outsiders, No different than the evil god.

No one who saw him dared to look directly at him.

“Sir, we are from a nearby village. We heard that noble people are coming, so we just came to have a look. Really, we didn’t want to do anything.”

The village chief and others were kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, and their limbs were shaking.

“Grandpa!” The children who were digging clams at the beach ran over when they heard the noise. They were a little scared when they saw grandpa and many other villagers kneeling on the ground.

Su Qingyu pulled Lu Bocheng.

 Have people help the village chief and others up.

“Old man, don’t be afraid. We are not bad people. Our family just comes to the beach to play. The children have never seen the sea, so I took them out to see it. Old man, are you from a nearby village?”

　　Although the village chief and others stood up, they did not dare to raise their heads.

“In reply to your words, sir, we are from nearby Leshan Village. This is the boundary of our village. I heard from a few children that there are strangers coming to the seaside. We, we are here to take a look.”

“Grandpa, do you think they are here to collect fishing taxes? They are not, they are just here for fun, and they asked me to teach them how to dig clams. They have never even dug clams.”

The older child at the beach pulled the village chief and said something.

The village chief hurriedly pulled his grandson and asked him to stop talking.

“We don’t live by the sea, so of course we haven’t dug clams. But when we came here today, we dug clams.” Xiao Qi defended angrily when she heard the other party said that she had never dug clams.

The village chief suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw such a young girl.

Perhaps you really are not here to collect fishing taxes?

Who brings such a young child to collect fishing tax?

Su Qingyu and Lu Bocheng looked at each other. Although they had many questions, it was difficult to ask them now.

Then he said to the village chief: “Old man, we people are going to spend the night at the seaside and cook dinner at night. Can you tell us where there is fresh water so that we can fetch some water and cook dinner?”

 “Huh? The nobles want to go to the beach?”

Seeing Su Qingyu nodding, he was stunned: “It’s windy at night on the beach, and how can you live here? There are so many people? How about the nobles come to our village to stay overnight?”

“No, we have brought tents, tarpaulins, and bedding. The elderly don’t have to worry about us.”

 The village chief and others looked at each other, it seemed they were really here for fun.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

“There is a well in our village. I will take you to fetch water.”

“Thank you, old man. Is there anyone in the village who has fresh vegetables? Or fresh catches. We will also buy some from you.”

Although I brought enough things, since I came to the local area, I wanted to try the local food.

“There is something, there is something. Our village relies on fishing for a living, and there is still some catch. But if the nobles want to eat fresh food, they have to wait until the fishing boat from our village comes back today.”

“Village Chief, didn’t you tell the boat not to dock today?” A man tugged at the corner of the village chief’s clothes.

Thought the sound was very low, but Su Qingyu and others heard it.

Su Qingyu and Lu Bocheng looked at each other.

“Why don’t you let the boat dock? Do you want the fishing boat to spend the night in the sea?” Xiaobao didn’t understand and asked.

The eldest child who was digging clams with him, named Siwa, said: “My grandpa may have thought you were the servants who came to collect the fishing tax…”

 “Four babies!” The village chief glared at him.

Si Wa tightened her lips.

Su Qingyu didn’t want to lose the fresh catch. She came here and couldn’t eat it. Thank you.

He glanced at Lu Bocheng and reassured the village chief: “Old man, don’t worry. We are not here to collect fishing tax. And don’t be afraid. With my husband, no one dares to come to collect fishing tax. You can safely dock your ship. We have a lot of people, so we take a fancy to the catch you catch and buy it from you, so you don’t have to go all the way to the city to pick it up.”

 Who is this person? Why is it that while he is here, no one dares to collect the fishing tax?

The village chief was still thinking when he heard the villagers ask: “Really? Your Excellency, really buy from us?”    “Really, if you have any good seafood, you can also bring it to us to see, our boss If we come afar, if there are good local products, we will buy some to take home. ”

　　Everybody following the village chief rubbed their hands happily.

Su Qingyu saw that although they were interested, no one made any move, so she looked at the baskets of the fourth child and other children: “We all want these clams. Please set a price.”

“Ah, noble man, you want to buy our clams?” You can just dig them up on the tidal flats, so why should you spend money to buy theirs?

 It’s not worth anything.

“Yes, how much do you usually sell for?”

 “This is worthless, I’ll give it to you.”

Su Qingyu smiled and said, “This is what you earned through your labor. How can we not charge you for it?” She looked at Youbai and Guo beside her.

Mr. Guo and Youbai walked over and looked through the baskets of several children.

“You guys, big or small, a pound is worth five cents. You guys…” He weighed the weight.

 One child dug up about twenty or thirty kilograms.

Looking at the string of copper plates stuffed into their hands, not only the children were dumbfounded, but the village chief and others were also dumbfounded.

 Each child received one or two hundred coins.

They usually pick up fresh fish, shrimps and crabs and walk a day to Haizhou, but they only sell them for twenty or thirty cents, and they often have to take them back if they can’t sell them.

This worthless clam was sold for so much money?

“Noble sir, this is too much.” The village chief’s voice was trembling.

“Take it. If it’s delicious, I’ll buy it from you.”

“Noble sir, do you still want it? Let’s dig more!” The children were very excited.

“My lord, I have dried fish and squid at home, do you want them?”

“Noble sir, I have seaweed at home, do you want it?”

 “Noble person…”

“Dear Sir, please come and have a look in our village. Every household has dried fish and seafood.” The village chief immediately became enthusiastic and worked hard to sell the products.

Su Qingyu and others were surrounded by the villagers of Leshan Village.

“There’s no rush. It’s getting late today. We have to set up camp. We won’t go to your village. We won’t leave for the time being. Please ask the village chief to take my people to the village to get some fresh water.”

“Okay. No need for the nobles to go, we will pick them for you.”

Su Qingyu thought for a while and nodded: “That’s fine. We’ll give you ten cents for a load of water.”

 “I’ll pick it up!”

 “I’ll pick it up!”

Everyone around Su Qingyu ran away, even the village chief ran away.

　　A load of water is ten cents, Niang Le.

 Ask each member of the family to carry a load. One load is ten cents, five loads is fifty cents…

Siwa and other children looked at the running villagers, looked at each other in confusion, held the copper plate in their hands, and asked Su Qingyu: “My lord, do you still want clams?”

Su Qingyu looked at the nearly 100 kilograms of clams in several baskets and smiled at him: “I don’t want them today. If you want them tomorrow, I’ll find you again.”

“My lord, do you really want dried fish? I have it at home.” The little girl held the copper plate in her arms tightly and asked timidly.

 “If it’s good, we want it.”

The little girl nodded happily and said to the four children: “Fourth brother, let’s go home quickly and get some for the nobles to choose from.”

 The boys said hello to Su Qingyu and others and ran away.

 (End of this chapter)