wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 166 31. Robbery
Soldiers beat gongs along the way, shouting to recruit men who can do needlework, and take care of food and housing, one hundred yuan a month.

Tian Erya raised her hand happily: "I know how to do needlework."

A young man passing by knocked her hand off: "You are stupid! Those soldiers recruit men who know needlework to help them mend clothes and shoes and socks. Their soldiers are sweaty every day, and their clothes and The shoes and socks are smelly and dirty, there are too many of them, and the money is very little, and those who go there run away after a few days of work. They come to recruit workers every now and then.”

"Hey! What are you talking about?" A soldier pointed at him with sharp eyes and sharp ears and scolded, "You can't make money from your needlework, so just keep your mouth shut and don't delay others from making money."

Another soldier smiled and said to Tian Erya: "Don't listen to his nonsense, although we need to sew more clothes and shoes and socks, it is not done by one person! We recruited five or six people!"

Tian Erya asked: "Do you live in the barracks?" Maybe that way, there is hope to find Li Hu, and you can ask him more things, so that you can find Zheng Yuansheng more easily.

"Of course not. We set up a liaison office in the north of this village, and the clothes that need to be mended will be delivered in a horse-drawn carriage. I see that you are carrying your luggage, are you going to stay? Staying in a hotel is a waste of money, and we don't care about food. We The food is the same as the daily diet of our soldiers, and we can eat every meal, and there will be meat every two days. The accommodation conditions are also very good, the house has fewer people, and each person has a single room on average."

Tian Erya's eyes lit up: "Can I go out after work?"

"Of course I can, without restricting your freedom. How about it? Go with the brothers, and you will save money for tonight's accommodation."

"Okay." Tian Erya immediately agreed, and happily boarded their carriage.

Qin Bochun arranged for the housekeeper to find a hotel for Tian Erya to live in.

However, when the butler walked to the door and took a look, Tian Erya was missing.

Qin Bochun hurriedly told his mother the news, but Qin's mother remained silent for a long time.

Tian Erya came to the liaison office of the barracks and found that it was no different from an ordinary house, except that there were many rooms and it looked very large.

The soldier who came looking for her threw the needlework and the torn clothes to her: "You mend it, I'll see if it's not up to standard, I'll arrange for you to do the laundry."

Tian Erya skillfully sewed up the gap with the needle and thread, the needle and thread were dense and even, and soon, she handed the mended clothes to the soldier.

"So fast?" The soldier looked over and over again, "Your craftsmanship is very good! From now on, you will use the room on the left to be responsible for mending clothes."

In this way, Tian Erya stayed at the liaison office.She worked tirelessly, diligently and honestly, and soon, she was recognized by the soldiers.

They saw that she was cutting cloth strips neatly with the scissors without any burrs, so they immediately bid for the scissors she was carrying.

While Tian Erya was mending the clothes for these soldiers, she was also asking them about the whereabouts of the armored men and criminal slaves, and learned that they had recently taken in a group of scholar slaves repatriated by the imperial court.She guessed that Zheng Yuansheng was probably among them, and she worked harder.

In the sheepfold.

Zheng Yuansheng, Shan Tong and others curled up in the corner.The men in armor didn't treat them as human beings, and they didn't even arrange a place for them to live in. They let them live in the sheepfold.

Shan Tong burst into tears: "Yuan Sheng, I can't hold on anymore, when will this day end?"

Zheng Yuansheng licked his chapped lips: "Persevere, don't give up."

Liu Qinglong said weakly: "You talk empty words. In this poor place, you have no food or drink, you work every day, and you have to be beaten and scolded. What's the point of living like this?"

Zheng Yuansheng bowed his head and remained silent. In such a harsh environment, his desire to survive became less and less, and he even had the urge to commit suicide a few times.

Liu Qinglong kicked the hay by his feet, saw the scissors exposed, and picked them up: "Damn, today the armored man said that he lost the scissors, we stole them, so he beat us with a whip without any explanation. In the end, the scissors He left it here."

Shan Tong snorted: "Hide it, you can't return it to them. Otherwise, our beating will be for nothing."

Zheng Yuansheng looked at the scissors and felt familiar, the more he looked at them, the more something was wrong, so he snatched them over and observed them carefully.

Seeing his expression, Shan Tong became excited and asked, "What's wrong. Is there something wrong with the scissors?"

"Erya, these are the scissors forged by Erya. She came to find me." Zheng Yuansheng cried and laughed holding the scissors.

"Huh?" Others gathered around.

Shan Tong felt incredible: "Yuan Sheng, are you sure? These are really scissors forged by Tian Erya?"

"Yes. Look." Zheng Yuansheng pointed to the bottom of the scissors, "There is the last letter of my name on it."

Shan Tong and the others saw the word "sheng" on the scissors.

"When we forged scissors for the Armed Forces Institute, we were afraid that the scissors forged by others would be counterfeit to ours. Arya and I made a special discussion and pressed the characters on the repaired model to show the distinction."

"Even so. It can only mean that these scissors were forged by Tian Erya, but it doesn't mean that she came to you." Liu Qinglong poured cold water on it.

Zheng Yuansheng turned the scissors over again: "The word "Ya" is engraved on this side. It is the last character of Tian Erya's name. This must be the scissors she forged. It is thousands of miles away from Jiangnan. If she hadn't come to me , the scissors she forged cannot be sold here."

Shan Tong and the others began to be suspicious, and looked at each other with an unbelievable look in their eyes.

Zheng Yuansheng cheered up: "I can't continue to be so depressed, we must actively find a way to get rid of the status of slaves."

Liu Qinglong muttered: "It's easy to say, how do we implement it?"

Zheng Yuansheng thought hard for a while, and when he came up with an idea, he took a stone and scratched it on the ground: "Everyone, the imperial court attaches great importance to Changbai Mountain, and believes that it is the birthplace of dragon veins. The emperor sends people to worship every year. I will write an article about Changbai Mountain. Article, I hope that everyone is writing for me and presenting it to the emperor, and I hope the emperor will be lenient for us."

"Your idea is very good, but how do we deliver the article to the emperor?" Shan Tong raised the key point.

Zheng Yuansheng lost his mind, and the others were also frowning.

"Give me the article." The sudden voice startled them.

They turned their heads and looked over, and found that the owner of the sheepfold—the armored man Qixiang was standing outside the sheepfold, listening for an unknown amount of time.

Everyone stood up silently without saying a word.

Qixiang came over and pointed them with a whip: "The butler said, hearing the gurgling in the sheep pen, I guessed that you scholars must be plotting something. You have written a good article and want to deliver it. The imperial court, there is no way, I have! As long as you give me the article, I have the ability to let the emperor see it."

The crowd was silent.

Qixiang changed his face: "You are my slaves, your things are mine. You must give me the articles you wrote, otherwise, I will kill you all."

"You are taking us by force." Shan Tong couldn't help but reply.

(End of this chapter)