Chapter 454: Got the Money

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Seeing Lü Bocheng with a stern face, Village Chief Zou and others were so scared that their legs were shaking.

Lü Bocheng's prestige in the army has been increasing over the years. He holds the governor of Kyushu and has an army of 200,000 under his command. He has fought his way out of the sea of ​​blood, so he is kind to Su Qingmei and her family. To outsiders, he is no different from a demon.

No one dared to look at him directly.

"Sir, we are from a nearby village. We heard that a noble person had come, so we just came to see him. Really, we didn't intend to do anything."

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

"Grandpa!" The children who were digging clams on the beach heard the noise and ran over. Seeing that Grandpa and many villagers were kneeling on the ground, they were also a little scared.

Su Qingmei pulled Lü Bocheng.

Asked someone to help the village chief and others up.

"Old man, don't be afraid. We are not bad people. Our family is just here to play at the beach. The children have never seen the sea, so we bring them out to see it. Old man, are you from a nearby village?"

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

"To answer your question, we are from the nearby Leshan Village. This is the territory of our village. We heard from a few children that there were strangers at the beach. We, we just came to see them."

"Grandpa, do you think they are here to collect fishing taxes? They are not, they are just here to play, 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 told him not to talk too much.

"We don't live at the beach, so of course we haven't dug clams. But we came today and dug clams." Xiao Qi angrily defended herself when she heard that the other party said she had never dug clams.

The village chief was relieved when he saw such a young girl.

Maybe they really are not here to collect fishing taxes?

Who brings such a small kid to collect fishing taxes?

Su Qingmei and Lu Bocheng looked at each other. Although they had many questions, it was not easy to ask them now.

So they said to the village chief: "Old man, we are going to spend the night here on the beach, and we have to cook at night. Can you tell us where there is fresh water so that we can get some water and cook dinner?"

"Ah? You are going to stay here on the beach?"

Seeing Su Qingmei nod, he was stunned for a moment: "It's windy here at night, and how do you live here? There are so many people? Otherwise, you can stay in our village for one night?"

"No, we brought tents, oilcloths, and beddings. Don't worry about us, old man."

The village chief and others looked at each other. It seems that they are 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. Does anyone in the village have fresh vegetables? Or fresh fish? We will buy some from you."

Although I brought enough food with me, since I was here, I wanted to try the local food.

"Yes, yes, our village relies on fishing for a living, and we still have fish. But if you want to eat fresh fish, you have to wait until the fishing boats in our village come back today."

"Village chief, didn't you ask the boats not to dock today?" A man pulled the corner of the village chief's clothes.

I thought the sound was very small, but Su Qing'an and others heard it.

Su Qing'an and Lu Bocheng looked at each other.

"Why don't you let the boats dock? Do fishing boats have to spend the night in the sea?" Xiaobao didn't understand and asked.

The older child who followed to dig clams, called Siwa, said: "My grandfather may think you are the police who come to collect fishing taxes..."

"Siwa!" The village chief glared at him.

Siwa pursed his lips.

Su Qingmei didn't want to lose the fresh catch. She came here but couldn't eat it. What a pity.

She looked at Lu Bocheng and comforted the village chief: "Don't worry, old man. We are not here to collect fishing taxes. And don't be afraid. With my husband here, no one dares to collect fishing taxes. You can dock your boats without worry. We have many people. If we like the fish you catch, we will buy it from you. You don't have to carry it all the way to the city."

Who is this person? Why is there no one who dares to collect fishing taxes when he is here?

The village chief was still thinking when he heard the villagers ask: "Really? Are you really buying from us?"

"Really, if you have any good seafood, you can also bring it to us. We have come all the way here. If there are good local products, we will also buy some to take home."

Everyone following the village chief rubbed their hands happily.

Seeing that they were tempted but no one took action, Su Qingmei looked at the baskets of the four children and others and said, "We want all these clams. You name a price."

"Ah, you want to buy our clams?" You can just dig them up on the mudflats, why spend money on theirs?

They are not valuable.

"Yes, how much do you usually sell them for?"

"This is not valuable, I'll give it to you."

Su Qingmei smiled and said, "This is what you earned through your labor, how can I not charge for it." She looked at Youbai and Guoshi beside her.

Guoshi and Youbai walked over to look through the baskets of the children.

"You have big and small ones, one catty is five cents, you..." He weighed them.

One child dug about 20 to 30 catties.

Looking at the string of copper coins stuffed in their hands, not only the children were stunned, but also the village chief and others.

Each kid got 100 to 200 coins.

They usually picked fresh fish, shrimps and crabs and walked a day to Haizhou, but they only sold them for 20 to 30 coins, and often they couldn't sell them and had to take them back.

How could these worthless clams be sold for so much money?

"Sir, this, this is too much." The village chief's voice was trembling.

"Take it. If it tastes good, I'll buy it from you."

"Sir, do you want more? We'll go dig more!" Several kids were very excited.

"Sir, I have dried fish and squid at home, do you want them?"

"Sir, I have seaweed at home, do you want them?"

"Sir..."

"Sir, come to our village and take a look. Every family has dried fish and seafood." The village chief immediately became enthusiastic and tried to sell them.

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

"No hurry. It's getting late today. We still have to set up camp. We won't go to your village. We won't leave for now. Please ask the village chief to take my people to the village to get some fresh water."

"Okay. No need for you to go. We'll fetch it for you."

Su Qing'an thought about it and nodded: "Okay. We'll give you ten cents for a load of water."

"I'll fetch it!"

"I'll fetch it!"

All the people around Su Qing'an ran away, even the village chief ran away.

Ten cents for a load of water, mother.

Let each family member fetch a load. One load costs ten cents, five loads costs fifty cents...

The fourth child and the other children looked at the villagers running away, looked at each other, and asked Su Qing'an with the copper coins in their hands: "My dear, do you still want clams?"

Su Qing'an looked at the nearly 100 kilograms of clams in several baskets, smiled at him: "No today. If you want them tomorrow, I will find you again."

"My dear, do you really want dried fish? I have some at home." The little girl held the copper coins tightly in her arms and asked timidly.

"If it's good, we want it."

The little girl nodded happily and said to the fourth child: "Fourth brother, let's come back and get it, and pick some for you."

The children said hello to Su Qing'an and others and ran away.

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