Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Qingwu thought about the resettlement of those people again. "Master, I think we should let them go back to Liujia Village. They're building houses right now, so we can let them go and help with that. That way, we can speed things up."

"What should we say if the villagers ask about these people's background?"

"Just say it was borrowed from the county seat, do you expect them to verify it?"

"I bought some rice seeds, which will be delivered tomorrow. I also bought a cart. Tomorrow, you should put the rice seeds, cloth, and those 26 people in their respective positions."

"Keep one oxcart per village, so it's convenient for them to come and go. Keep seven curved plows per village, and give them to my second uncle next time we bring them back to the village."

"Yes, Master."

"Then we'll return to the county town immediately after completing our mission."

"Yes, you finish your work and come back immediately."

I have other things for you to do.

The next morning, after Liu Siyue and the others had breakfast, Qingwu Qingye was sent out by her to check on the sales of the curved plow.

After the two left, she also went out the door. Seeing that no one was around, she took out dozens of bags of rice seeds from her spatial storage and piled them all up at the door.

"Jing'an, open the door and move your things inside."

Jing'an opened the door and saw sacks all over the floor. "Master, you bought so much food?"

"This isn't grain, it's rice seeds. Quickly help us move them inside."

Liu Siyue and Jing'an were busy carrying rice seeds inside when Qingwu and Qingye returned. "Master, Master, don't bother, let us do it."

She couldn't lift the 100-pound sacks; the few bags she carried in were all carried by Jin'an.

"Okay, okay, you guys carry it, I really can't carry it."

"Master, if there are any more physically demanding tasks in the future, just leave them for us to do when we get back. Be careful not to overwork yourself."

"Don't worry, Qingwu, with me here, we won't let our master get tired." Jin'an said with an air of pride. He was a strongman, and now that he was following his master, he ate well and dressed well, so he had more strength than he knew what to do with. Carrying a few bags was nothing!

With their help, dozens of bags of rice seeds were quickly moved into the yard.

"How are the government's curved plows selling these days?"

"Master, a sign has been posted at the government office saying that the curved plows are sold out. We will wait for the government office to notify us when the next batch of plows will arrive."

"Didn't they say there were several hundred available yesterday? How come they're all sold out so quickly?"

"I'm not sure about that."

"Alright, these are all government matters, and we can't interfere. Now come with me to the brokerage to pick up the people."

Let's go our separate ways then; it's too conspicuous for so many people to walk together.

"Then each of you take 10 men and wait outside the city gate. Qingwu will watch over those people, and Qingye will come back to collect the grain seeds."

"Yes, Master."

The three of them drove the carriage to the brokerage firm. Old Song greeted them with a smile, "Madam Liu has arrived. The cart has been bought for you."

"Yes, I'm here to pick them up. Thank you, Song Yaren."

"You wait here, I'll go and bring the person out."

When Song Laosan arrived, he saw the 26 people huddled together, some lying down, some sitting, and some cursing and swearing, not knowing what they were saying.

"Get up, get up! Your master has come to fetch people."

"Who? Who's here to pick someone up?"

"Your mistress is Madam Liu, whom you met yesterday."

Everyone looked surprised. Didn't that woman abandon them? Why is she here to pick them up now?

"You're not kidding us, are you? Didn't that lady say she didn't want us yesterday?"

"Who said they didn't want you anymore? Did she say they didn't want you anymore, or did I say they didn't want you anymore?"

"Then why didn't they pick us up yesterday, and only came now?"

"Madam Liu said that she took you away yesterday, and since there was no room in the house, she asked you to stay here for the night. She will take you away today."

They suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. There are indeed quite a lot of them."

"Hurry up and go, what are you dawdling for? Don't keep your master waiting, he really doesn't want you anymore."

"If you can't sell them right away, you'll be in for a lot of trouble staying here."

The 26 people quickly got up and followed Song Laosan to the front hall.

"Why haven't you paid your respects to your master yet?"

"This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"

"Get up, all of you. Light Dance, take the people away."

Each of the two girls, Qingwu and Qingye, selected 10 people and left one after another after a short interval.

Liu Siyue pointed to the remaining 6 people, "You guys push the cart and come with me."

"Yes, Master."

Six people pushed five carts, following behind Liu Siyue's carriage. When the carriage arrived at a steamed bun shop on the street, Liu Siyue stopped the carriage and said, "Shopkeeper, give me 100 steamed buns."

"Madam, I'm afraid we don't have 100 buns. How about you take as many as you have?"

"Okay, take as much as you can, and make up for it with steamed buns if you don't have enough."

The shopkeeper opened the steamer and counted them one by one. In the end, there were only 63 buns, enough to fill two large baskets.

"Madam, there are 63 steamed buns in total. Would you like your steamed buns to be multigrain or white flour?"

"How much is a steamed bun? How much is a mantou?"

"Steamed buns are five coins each, white flour steamed buns are three coins each, and mixed grain steamed buns are two coins each."

"Shopkeeper, that's not fair! Why have the prices of these steamed buns and mantou gone up?"

"Madam, you don't know, the price of grain has been rising. If we still sold it at the original price, this shop would have gone out of business long ago."

"Okay, let's calculate the price. The steamed buns should be made with whole grains."

"Steamed buns cost 315 coins, steamed bread costs 74 coins, so the total is 389 coins."

Liu Siyue took out a small piece of silver and gave it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was embarrassed when he saw that it was silver. Shops like theirs rarely received silver. "Madam, you have given me too much silver. I can't break it. I need to go to the other side and use a balance scale to break it."

"Okay, I'll have someone go with you."

Liu Siyue waved her hand behind her, "Go with him."

The person whose name was called left with the shopkeeper, and the two returned shortly after. "Madam, your silver coin totaled 8 qian. Here is your change."

Liu Yue took the string of copper coins handed to her by the shopkeeper, put them directly into her sleeve pocket, put all the baskets into the carriage, and then led her people back to the Yun residence.

Jing'an heard the sound of horses' hooves at the door, opened it, and saw his master.

Jing'an led the others out, harnessed the oxen to a cart, and carried the rice seeds onto it.

Several people followed Jin'an as he led the ox out, harnessed it to the cart, and then carried the rice seeds onto it.

"Come here, you guys. There are steamed buns on the carriage. Take them and eat them. These are for you. Take them with you when you leave."

What are your names?

Their leader was among them. "Master, we are now slaves, and it is inappropriate to call us by our old names. Please give us new names."

"Are you their leader?"

"We used to be, but now we belong to our master and obey his orders in everything we do."

"Okay, then you can continue to be their leader, keep them in line, and don't cause trouble."

As for your names, let me think.

She racked her brains but couldn't come up with any good names. Besides, there were so many people, she couldn't possibly come up with all of them. So she decided to just sort them by name.

"Just arrange them according to the character '雷' (lei), Lei Yi, Lei Er..."

As for how to arrange them, you can figure that out yourselves. Their leader will be called Lei Yi.

Lei Yi thought to himself, "As expected of a country woman, what kind of name is this? It doesn't sound good at all." He was dissatisfied but had to accept it with a smile.

"Brothers of Lei Yidai thank our master for bestowing upon us this name."

"From now on, don't refer to yourselves as 'little ones,' just call yourselves 'subordinates'!"

"Your subordinates thank you for your kindness, Master!" The familiar address made them feel as if they had regained their dignity.

As they were talking, Qingye returned, "Master."

"Qingye, this is Lei Yi, the leader of those people. From now on, they will be ranked according to the Lei generation."

Therefore, you shall follow the arrangements of Qingwu and Qingye.

"Yes, Master, I will certainly follow the arrangements of the two young ladies."