Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 109: Prison
"Is there any work at the dock so early?"

Mr. Tao came to Mei's house this time specifically to share about the recruitment of workers at Qingyao's wharf.

Spring planting is just around the corner. In fact, many people choose to work on their fields at home at this time. Even Mrs. Mei wants to wait for the spring planting to end before looking for work.

As a result, Tao talked about recruiting workers at this time.

"It's precisely because of the spring planting and the fact that there are still laborers behind, that there is a shortage of people at the dock!"

When Mr. Tao stretched out his hand to show a salary that was more than twice as expensive as the free time, Mrs. Mei was also surprised and asked: "Is there such a shortage of people? Why are the wages so high?"

"Yes, didn't you say that there are many refugees in Qingyao who have been resettled and assigned jobs? The dock can't recruit enough people?"

Mei Qian listened for a while, and then expressed her doubts, causing Mrs. Mei to look over.

Not to mention, Mrs. Mei, who Mei Qian asked, also wanted to know.

"Those refugees are all rootless, and they might just touch those valuable goods and run away one day!"

Tao's words were harsh, but she also learned this from the manager Li Changshou said about recruiting workers.

"Originally, the work in Qingyao was pretty good. Last year, because of the arrival of the refugees, my husband's working time was shortened by a few days.

My husband-in-law was also worried that he would not be able to find a job like this after the spring plowing this year. During the Chinese New Year, he bought a pot of wine and went to the dock to visit the steward who used to work with my husband-in-law. "

During Li Changshou's visit, he learned that several cargoes had been lost at Qingyao Wharf last winter.

At that time, no one could find out the reason after searching, but some people saw some unfamiliar faces on the pier.

Therefore, the manager also said that their master plans to recruit local people with families after the year, even if they spend more money. They can no longer use those with unknown origins and dirty hands and feet. The caravans that come and go bring so many If you lose a little of the goods and he loses a little, what's the point?

"So that's it~"

Mei Qian nodded after hearing this. She didn't expect that there was such a trick in it, and Mrs. Mei gradually felt relieved.

"However, the steward also told my husband-in-law that he would work at the dock after the New Year, and asked my husband-in-law to bring a few more people there..."

Last year, their eldest son participated in the corvee, and it was the turn of the rest of the family.

Among the five sons, the third to the youngest is still close in age, so naturally he follows Mr. Tao to tend the fields at home.

Since the eldest son wanted to marry him this year and the family was short of money, Li Changshou would not miss the work on the dock, so the corvee fell on the second son.

Li Changshou extended the favor of the steward, so he even wanted to help the steward recruit a few more people to go to Qingyao's dock.

Although the Mei family has only a few boys, because of their good relationship with their family, Mrs. Tao came over to talk about it.

After watching her finish speaking, Mrs. Mei seemed to be very interested again, so she said more.

Mrs. Mei naturally did not forget the twenty acres of wasteland at home, but she did not refuse Tao. She only said that she would discuss it with Mei Erhu and Mei Shitou after they came back, and would reply to Tao tomorrow.

When Mei Erhu and Mei Shitou came back in the evening carrying firewood and a pheasant, Mrs. Mei talked about the matter with Mei Erhu and the others.

After everyone calculated it, they found that it would be a good deal if someone at home worked on the dock. "Our family has plowed those 20 acres of wasteland years ago. What spring plowing and sowing can do will not cost so many people in our family."

Han was the first to speak. In the past, during the spring and autumn military service in the north, their family was short of manpower during spring plowing or autumn harvest, but didn't her mother-in-law still take the rest of the family to work in the fields?

There was never any delay.

But there wasn’t as much land at that time as there is now.

Although 20 acres of wasteland were allocated for them to cultivate, the old lady Dimei had already inspected it before.

After picking and choosing, there are not so many lands that are really suitable for growing food. When the time comes, there will be some unsuitable fields left. Mrs. Mei plans to plant some suitable local tree crops.

In this way, it is not impossible to free up one or two people to work on the dock.

Still considering that there must be a man at home, Mrs. Mei finally pointed Mei Shitou to follow Li Changshou and the others to Qingyao, so that he could go out alone and see the world.

But no one expected that less than half a month after Mei Shitou left home, news came that Li Changshou and Mei Shi had been arrested and imprisoned in the prison of Qingyao County!
···
"I really don't know how to thank you this time, Lin Xiucai."

After hearing the news, the Mei family fell into a brief chaos. Mrs. Mei simply took Mei Qian and Cuier and drove the donkey cart to Qingyao County.

Han originally wanted to follow, but Mrs. Mei thought Han was too arrogant and the official Han's naughty temper made her stay at home.

Moreover, they were not the only ones traveling on this trip, but also Lin Qin.

Mr. Tao, who also knew the news, was even more anxious. He took his third son and rushed to Qingyao with Mrs. Mei and the others.

Just like this, Lin Qin loaded Tao and her third son on the donkey cart and drove to Qingyao.

"I heard that you are going to take the imperial examination soon. We are really sorry to trouble you at this time."

Mrs. Mei was really grateful for Lin Qin's willingness to help, but Lin Qin said that Mrs. Mei always took care of his wife and children when he was not at home. Now that their family had something to do, Lin Qin would not ignore it.

"Besides, I have had several encounters with Qingyao's chief clerk. Once we go there, we can first understand what is going on and why the good brother Mei and Brother Li were sent to prison. "

When Lin Qin said this, the female relatives present also gained some backbone.

It was just that Mei Qian was sitting aside, looking at Lin Qin's slightly furrowed brows. His distressed look really seemed to care about Mei Qian and her family, but this still aroused Mei Qian's suspicion.

Is Lin Qin really such a warm-hearted person?
Mei Qian turned to look at Mrs. Tao, who was worried and her eyes were red, and asked, "Auntie, when you received the news, did the person who reported it to you say anything?"

Hearing Mei Qian ask Tao, everyone looked at Tao, only to see Tao shaking his head and saying:

"Those people who went to the dock with my husband to work earlier, after arriving at the dock, the steward assigned them to different places. Your brother happened to be working with my husband, who knew that this happened?"

In addition to being worried about Li Changshou, Mrs. Tao now feels extremely guilty about the Mei family.

If she hadn't gone to Mei's house to tell her about this, she wouldn't have dragged down Mei's family now.

"After this incident, although the other people in the village returned safely, they don't know the details..."

Mei Shitou: Something big has happened_(：3　∠)_