Chapter 165 Aunt, I Can Do It
"I, I'm fine..."

Bai Dashan: "Do you have... ahem, water?"

The villagers may not always speak politely on a daily basis, but they can do whatever they want in private, but they still have to be careful with their words in front of my lady.

What Sixth Aunt said makes sense. In the past, the conditions were not met and everyone was racking their brains to deal with stuttering, so they had no time to talk about etiquette.

Just like what my aunt said, what is enough food? Oh, if there is enough food and clothing, one will know etiquette; if there is enough food and clothing, one will know honor and disgrace.

But now, I have made sure that everyone will not be thirsty or hungry. If they continue to be as clumsy and ignorant as before when farming, it would be a disrespect to me and a disrespect to me...

Bai Shitou looked at the water in his hand. There was always water.

"I did drink." But soon after he finished speaking, he understood and replied with a red face: "Yes, I did."

"I'll bring it back right away."

"No need, just stay there and don't move. I'll go and pick it up." Are you kidding? It's just a small thing. What if he doesn't leave? It will be a huge waste of time.

Bai Tao suddenly remembered and hurriedly reminded: "Dashan, light a fire for Xiao Shitou, otherwise he will freeze to death."

Although the weather at this time is not so bad that you have to use a stick to knock on the water column when you urinate outdoors, it is still so cold that you won't catch a cold with the fire.

Just when Bai Dashan came back with the bucket for the third time, Bai Tao said, "It doesn't have to be small stones."

As for boys' urine, there are more than thirty children under the age of seven or eight in Taohua Village. We can go back and find a few to collect it. It's very quick.

Bai Dashan: "Auntie, it's better not to take the risk." What if the small stone's method is effective?

If they are seen by someone on their way back and followed by someone with ulterior motives, should they take action?
If you do it, will you save your life?

Probably because he heard the conversation here, Bai Shitou also quickly poked his head out from the other side and said anxiously: "Auntie, I can do it, I just need to drink more water."

My aunt has given him credit for his achievement, so how can he not work hard?

Seeing the two of them like this, and seeing that a quarter of the purple ore had been dug, Bai Tao didn't say anything else.

Before the sun set, Bai Dashan put the carefully washed purple ore into a small frame and handed it to Bai Tao respectfully.

"Auntie, there are fifty-three in total, all here."

The search should have ended half an hour ago, but a few people were afraid that there might be hidden items left out, so they dug all around. When they found nothing, they gave up.

Fifty-three?

Isn't it said that a mine will produce more than a dozen?

Bai Tao subconsciously glanced at the mall, and saw that it had no other reaction, it just kept beeping, asking her if she wanted to sell it.

In fact, it’s not that the mall didn’t respond, but that the mall doesn’t know how to respond now.

It silently modified the description of the Purple Glory Ore: "A general mine of Purple Glory Ore can produce more than ten pieces of ore, and a top-quality mine can produce more than fifty pieces..."

Amid the constant beeping of the shopping mall, thirteen white peaches were sold.

The mall did not give up and continued to ask: "Do you need to sell the remaining purple ore?"

'unnecessary!!!'

Bai Tao rolled her eyes and wondered what she was thinking. The remaining ones would definitely not be sold, otherwise why would I change the quantity specifically.

Anyway, purple ore is hard to find and can be exchanged for top-grade spirit stones at any time, so why not just keep it and exchange it for a few more when needed?

Mall: “…” This old man is so stingy and is getting better and better at hoarding things.

At night, Bai Xiaocao took the opportunity to stop her brother. "Shitou, what's wrong with you?" He was hesitant all night and didn't even eat the fried eggs for dinner.

My aunt said that every child in the village should eat an egg every day.

Bai Shitou shook his head: "No!"

Bai Xiaocao: "Did you eat too many snacks?"

Speaking of this, she hurriedly asked: "What did you do with the village chief this afternoon? Why did my aunt give you a big gift bag of snacks?"

Bai Shitou quickly shook his head again, and this time, he covered his mouth with his hand.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaocao said earnestly: "Shi Tou, I am your elder sister. We are the only two people in our family who depend on each other. You can tell me anything you have."

Bai Shitou loosened his hand, but just comforted her obediently: "Sister, I know, but I'm fine. I just helped my aunt a little, so, so..."

I can’t say that. It would be too embarrassing if people knew that I used urine to help mine ore.

"Sister, don't ask anymore." As he said that, he covered his mouth with his hands again.

The village chief is right, they can be embarrassed, but they can’t embarrass me.

Bai Xiaocao wanted to say something, but when she saw that it was almost time for the evening show, she had no choice but to pick up her small stool and go to the gathering with her brother.

The evening program in Taohua Village is that people of all ages, young and old, sit in front of the fire with small stools and listen to Bai Tao telling stories.

"Shi Tou, since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask." Bai Xiaocao: "But if you want to talk about it in a few days, you must tell me the first time."

Bai Shitou nodded and thought to himself, it’s a bit embarrassing that no one will tell anyone about it for two days.

Although Bai Tao sent people to "pick up" the wagons to replenish supplies from time to time, it was not a good idea to just stay where they were, so on the third day after digging for the Zi Yao ore, the convoy set off again.

After that, the journey was relatively peaceful.

Occasionally they encountered bandits and some vagrants, but when they saw a team of six or seven hundred people, especially the well-armed guards of the caravan, they did not dare to act rashly.

Yancheng was still three or four days away, but the news was delayed. Bai Tao didn't know that Yancheng had almost suffered a defeat a few days ago and was now under siege, with no one able to enter or leave.

At this time, Bai Tao was hiding with his men in a valley about ten miles away from Yancheng.

It’s not that we don’t want to move forward, but if we move forward we will confront the rebels.

There are so many horse-drawn carriages and carts in Taohua Village. If they are targeted by the rebels, what will be left?

Bai Tao is not a generous person. She bought these things for the villagers bit by bit. If they were really taken away, she would be so heartbroken that she wouldn't be able to sleep for days.

"Auntie, are we still going to Yancheng?"

"Of course I can't go there." Bai Tao finished speaking and asked, "What about other directions?"

Bai Dashan: "Auntie, Bai Dayong and the others haven't come back yet, so the current situation is unclear."

"Then rest here for a while and wait for them to come back."

Bai Dayong and others came back in the evening. As soon as they came back, they didn't even have time to drink water and went to report to Bai Tao.

"Auntie, there is no way to enter Yancheng, and the rebels are estimated to have more than 20,000 people."

According to the method in the story my aunt told me before, when they went to investigate the situation, they also counted the stoves in the rebel camp.

There were one thousand men in one flag team, and one stove provided for twenty men, so we roughly knew that there were more than 20,000 rebels besieging Yancheng.

"In order to prevent the imperial court from sending food to the defenders in Yancheng through merchants, the rebels blocked all the roads around and even searched the bamboo baskets..."