EBE Chapter 436, placed in this era, can be considered quite excellent.
Chapter 436, placed in this era, can be considered quite excellent.
Lin Chang'er realized that this guy was trying to rob her.
Lin Chang'er pouted, "Although I am quite short of people here, I dare not take these people in. What if they cause trouble one day? Wouldn't I be causing trouble for the village?"
Wu Qingfeng looked at her, "Really, we can't accept it?"
Lin Chang'er nodded, quite certain, "I definitely won't accept it." Some advantages shouldn't be taken advantage of.
Wu Qingfeng added, "As long as they get three months' wages, all the profits after that will be yours."
Lin Chang'er quickly did the math: three months' wages amounted to two taels and seven qian, and those people all looked like strong laborers.
If they accept the job, they can do the rough and heavy work, freeing up the men in the village to do other things.
However, it will require some effort in management.
At this moment, Wu Qingfeng added, "If you take them in, I will arrange for two yamen runners to come and take turns on duty."
As for accommodation, once the shackles are locked, they can simply find a courtyard among the Lin family's empty houses to settle down in.
Lin Chang'er thought for a moment, then turned to look at Wu Qingfeng. Seeing that he seemed genuinely interested in keeping these people here and wasn't joking at all, she asked him, "Give me a reason."
Wu Qingfeng lowered his head, and He Fei spoke first, "Those who came to scout the place rely entirely on brute force in their fights, without any skill, and their weapons are all sticks and the like. They didn't really go all out when they fought, so Lord Wu probably wants to give them a chance."
Lin Chang'er nodded. "Deal." Since they weren't truly evil, she was willing to give them a chance.
Wu Qingfeng cupped his hands in thanks to her, saying, "In that case, I thank Master Lin in advance."
Lin Chang'er gave him a look that said, "You're such a drama queen!"
Wu Qingfeng wasn't annoyed; he simply turned away and smiled.
Upon seeing this, He Fei was deeply moved and glanced inadvertently toward the end of the village.
After chatting for a while, the light ahead got a little closer to them.
Lin Chang'er also saw clearly that it was a group of people carrying torches, hurrying towards them.
Judging from the area where the flames were flickering, there were quite a few people there.
Wu Qingfeng and He Fei also saw it clearly. The three of them looked at each other and stopped moving forward. They each drew their weapons and stood in the middle of the road.
Immediately, Lin Chang'er shouted loudly forward, "Who goes there? State your name! If you are a petty thief, please leave. Otherwise, the soldiers of Linshui Village are not blind. If any of you dare to take a step in, the people of our village will surely kill you."
The troops ahead indeed stopped for a moment, and Lin Chang'er turned to look at Wu Qingfeng and the other man.
All three of them instinctively gripped their weapons tighter.
The next second, someone replied, "Is this Mr. Lin? We're from Zhoujia Village and Xiahe Village. We saw you were setting off fireworks and came to help."
Lin Chang'er paused, but remained vigilant, and continued to shout in that direction, "How many years has Zhou Hai's wife been married into Linshui Village?"
The reply came instantly: "It's been 12 years, and the two of them have only had one son."
Lin Chang'er: "..." There's no need to be so specific.
He gave Wu Qingfeng and He Fei a look that confirmed they were indeed on his side, and said, "Please wait a moment, I will have Uncle Hai come and take care of you."
Soon, Zhou Hai arrived, and the leaders of the two villages that came to provide support surrounded him, asking him all sorts of questions.
With Zhou Hai's intervention, Lin Chang'er didn't linger there any longer. She simply said, "Thank you for coming all this way, folks. Have some snacks before you leave."
When she got home, the village women and aunties were still there, so she explained the situation.
Remembering Zhou Li's suggestion, he immediately led his men to the small canteen of the primary school to make noodles.
Aunt Zhou said, "I was thinking, it's fine with the men from our own village, we see each other all the time, but these men from other villages, even though they all come with good intentions, it's not appropriate for them to cause such a fuss in your house."
"I didn't expect you to have planned this all along. In other words, how come we didn't think of this before?"
"Isn't this canteen a ready-made solution? Especially when it's all communal dining, you get your food, sit down, and you're all set."
Lin Chang'er smiled at her, "Uncle, this idea was actually come from your brother Li! I think he has the potential to succeed Uncle Hai."
Zhou Li was praised, and Aunt Zhou's mouth was almost splitting with a smile. "Don't say that, or he'll get all cocky."
That's what I said, but I just couldn't suppress the smile on my face, and I even got more into kneading the dough.
Although the people in Linshui Village can handle things on their own.
But this current situation of mutual help among the villages is also what Lin Chang'er wanted.
Therefore, Lin Chang'er didn't care about the food at all.
The soup is a bone broth, and the noodles are freshly made by hand.
After serving the noodles, you queue up to get a fried egg; it only takes a short while.
The men of Zhoujia Village and Xiahe Village were all happy and had no complaints whatsoever.
The men of Linshui Village were also very happy, even though Lin Chang'er would always reward everyone with money and effort after each fight with the thieves.
But this time, not only them, but also villagers from two neighboring villages came over.
It doesn't matter whether there is support or not. As long as everyone works together, it will be impossible for the pirates to run rampant on the shore.
Men from several villages sat together, eating noodles and drinking soup heartily, exchanging food and drink, creating a lively scene in the small canteen.
Lin Beishan and several children also arrived. Each of them served themselves a bowl of noodles and then found a quiet corner to sit down.
He was still holding Yudian'er, and he didn't mind the trouble, holding the baby with one hand and eating noodles with the other.
Raindrop was especially excited tonight, and was still very energetic. Her big, dark eyes were looking at him, and her little mouth was smacking.
Lin Beishan saw this and grinned at him, "Raindrop doesn't eat. Our Raindrop can't eat noodles yet, but she can next year."
Gu Xiaoman held her bowl and drank her soup. "Grandpa, when can my little brother eat?"
Lin Beishan thought for a moment, "They can only eat it after they're at least six months old!"
In later generations, people would start with complementary foods; here, it would probably be rice cereal, noodles, or something similar.
Gu Xiaoman said "Oh," and poked her younger brother's cheek with her little hand. "Did you hear that, Raindrop? In five more months, you'll be able to eat your brother's noodles."
Lin Beishan paused for a moment. There was no need for him to take food out of his own mouth to feed his younger brother. The Gu family certainly couldn't skimp on the little boy's food.
To be fair, even though it's just noodles, it tastes pretty good. The soup is a rich broth, and there's a side dish of vegetables on top, plus a fried egg.
The quality of the food was excellent by today's standards.
Lin Beishan slurped up his noodles and asked the kids, "Do you usually eat like this?"
Gu Xiaolu poked at the noodles in her bowl. "Mom says that health is the most important thing. We are still growing, so she makes sure we eat meat every day."
Zhou Xiaoniu laughed and replied, "My mom said that I've gained weight since I started school!"
Lin Beishan chuckled, secretly pleased with himself as if he had gained weight. "As expected of my daughter!"