The two of them picked a bunch of wild vegetables together, and then headed towards the villa at the foot of the mountain. After arriving at the villa, Fang Xiaoxi took the wild vegetables to the kitchen to make buns.
"Brother, please go and tell the master about the things in the back mountain. I'll go to the kitchen to help make buns."
Nan Nan resigned herself to her fate and went to look for her parents. When she arrived at the hall, she saw them playing chess. They were free, and that was right. During the Chinese New Year, people have nothing to do and rest every day.
"Mom, I'm back."
Qian Jiujiu raised his eyes from the chessboard and looked at Nan Nan: "You're back. What's in the back mountain?"
Nan Nan did not hide it: "There is a large area of hot springs in the back mountain, and there are different small caves. There is a small hot spring in each cave. It is very magical. Do you want to go and have a look? But you have to ask Xiao Xi to come with you when you go up."
Huh? Qian Jiujiu looked at Nan Nan in confusion: "Is there any explanation for this? Or is there something there?"
See, she is indeed his biological mother, she guessed it right, coughing twice: "Mom, do you like tigers? What do you think of raising a tiger in our family?"
Raising a tiger? Did these two hide a tiger in the back mountain? Nan Nan saw Qian Jiujiu staring at her without saying anything, and couldn't help but say, "Mom, you see, our family can even afford a team of beasts, so we shouldn't mind having one more tiger."
He had also heard about the Beast Corps. But was there really one in their house? Why had he never seen one until now
Qian Jiujiu raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure it's a pet?"
Nan Nan nodded: "Yes, sure, that is Junior Sister's pet, and he listens to Junior Sister very much. Can mother do that?"
Qian Jiujiu did not refuse: "I'll talk about it when I have time to go up and take a look, but it seems that you two have plans for the back mountain, right?"
The area behind the mountain belongs to the imperial court, so Mu Yexiao only needs to open a land carving site. Of course, he has to accept the money, after all, he is not willing to take advantage of such a small advantage.
Nan Nan nodded twice: "Just find some people to grow some vegetables in the winter, mainly for the pet. But mother, I plan to call some secret guards from South Island and set up a secret guard base in the back mountain. What do you think?"
Except for Mu Yexiao, no one else has ever seen the person who was in charge of the secret guards in the Bingjian Palace over the years! Mu Yexiao glanced at Nan Nan and said, "If you want to build it, build it yourself. But I won't send anyone to help you. You have to be responsible for it yourself."
When Mu Yexiao was his age, he went to the battlefield. Fortunately, Nan Nan was born in the current environment. Although there are some minor frictions, the Great Zhou is strong and stable.
But Nan Nan still has the necessary skills to learn. Now that he has brought it up, let him try it first.
So this was agreed, and Nan Nan was very happy: "Dad, don't worry, I will arrange it. I will write a letter to South Island now."
Qian Jiujiu glanced at Nan Nan and said, "I'm not going to Nan Island to call for people. I'm letting you train them yourself. You can't use the people from the palace. Of course, this also includes your people from Nan Island, because they were also brought over by us. Of course, apart from people, you can only use the money you earn yourself. Do you understand?"
What's not to understand? He is not allowed to use the resources of the palace, and he has to rely on himself for everything. Fortunately, he makes a lot of money, otherwise he might not be able to do it well.
"Mom, I understand. Then leave the back mountain to me? I've started taking action in the past few days."
Qian Jiujiu hummed: "Okay, I believe that you and Xiaoxi are both sensible people in doing things."
Nan Nan left the hall and watched the two start playing chess again. She went to the kitchen to find Fang Xiaoxi speechlessly.
Fang Xiaoxi was quite happy to see Nan Nan. "Have you talked to Master about this? Did she let us keep Dabai?"
Nan Nan nodded: "I agree, and said I'll go up and take a look when I have time. Have you finished making your wild vegetable dumplings?"
Fang Xiaoxi hummed: "It's almost time. I won't stay for dinner later. I'll take some buns back to eat with my parents."
Nan Nan said, "Oh!" and saw Fang Xiaoxi had made two baskets of buns. "Let me help you get them. How can you let a girl do such rough work as carrying buns? I'll take you home."
Fang Xiaoxi's mouth twitched. Since when did carrying a basket of buns become rough work? It's totally unnecessary to send me home? He is now at the gate of the villa, so he can see her enter the house.
Forget it, maybe this guy is just too idle. After Fang Xiaoxi finished steaming the buns, she put a basket of buns in the food box and walked home with Nan Nan.
On the way, Nan Nan talked about the construction of the back mountain. Well, they could only rely on their own efforts. Fang Xiaoxi immediately realized that this was the way a big family trained their children. Anyway, there were plenty of resources behind them, so they could build whatever they wanted.
It seemed like she was lucky, she actually got on the bus like this: "Brother, don't worry, I will be your assistant. It's just a mountain behind you, no problem."
Nan Nan looked at Fang Xiaoxi's confident look and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll take your advice. Let's build this back mountain together."
The two people came to the entrance of Fangjia Village with buns and saw a group of people gathered together. They didn’t know what was going on.
Nan Nan and Fang Xiaoxi looked at each other, and Nan Nan said, "I'll go over and take a look. You go back and put the buns down."
Fang Xiaoxi took the buns home and said, "Dad, Mom, what are all these people doing over there?"
Father Fang sighed, "It's best not to get involved. It's not a good thing. Someone from your third uncle's family went to the casino to gamble and lost a lot of money. They came to collect the debt. There are many people in this village who go to gamble!"
They come to collect debts on the first day of the new year. They are too diligent. "What about Third Uncle's family? With so many people gathered there, can they solve the problem? Has this kind of thing happened in the village before?"
Father Fang shook his head: "Of course this kind of thing has happened before, and in the end they all ended up selling their children or even their houses and land in serious cases."
Oh, nowadays people can have children, so land and houses are more valuable than children. There is nothing we can do about it, after all, it is a matter of time.
She did know a few children from her third uncle's family, and they were all friends. If Fang Xiaoxi were to watch them being sold, it seemed a little difficult for her to bear.
"Dad, can we buy them?"
Father Fang stared at Fang Xiaoxi with wide eyes: "Why buy them back? We can't afford to support so many people, there's no need. Besides, there's a whole village, if you buy them all, there will be endless troubles."
Fang Xiaoxi was not stupid, and she realized what her father said. Yes, after buying people from the same village, it seemed wrong to ask them to do anything. The most important thing was that the third uncle might come to ask them for money.
But it would be bad if she just stood by and watched him die: "I'll go over and take a look. By the way, Dad, these are the wild vegetable buns I brought back. They are fresh wild vegetables. You guys should try them."
Fang Xiaoxi went outside and soon found Nan Nan in the crowd. Nan Nan understood what happened and couldn't help but frowned: "You're here. I lost the bet and I'm here to collect the debt."
Although Xianyou Town is now well governed, casinos exist everywhere. So the government will not ban them. Generally, people who go there and lose everything can only be said to have insufficient control, which is not illegal in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Nan Nan looked at the kids, one of whom was from his team. He frowned. Fang Xiaoxi looked at Nan Nan: "What should we do? Should we do anything about it?"
If I take care of it, it will be troublesome. If I don't take care of it, it won't work either, after all, he is my team member. The team member also saw Nan Nan, a hint of joy flashed across his face, then he frowned again and stood there, not coming forward to ask for help as Nan Nan imagined.
Seeing this, Nan Nan was a little surprised. What was going on with Fang Ping? But it was better if he didn't come up, but those who came to collect the debt couldn't wait any longer.
"Mr. Fang, we didn't force you to borrow money or gamble in this gambling house. You insisted on going there. Now the repayment time has come. What do you want to do? I don't want to argue with you anymore. Either we cut off your arms and take your house. Or you come with us and your life will be ours."
The gambler was called Fang Gui. When he heard this, he thought the people in the gambling house wanted to kill him! He was so scared that he started crying: "Dad, you must save your son. I don't want to die. Dad, I only owe a hundred taels. Please save my son."
Only one hundred taels? Third Uncle was almost pissed off by Fang Gui. You know, some families only have four or five taels of silver to spend a year. This one hundred taels is enough for many years, and it's just a repayment. What a rebellious son.
But even if he cursed, he was not happy to watch Fang Gui go to his death. The people in the casino were ruthless and didn't talk much. They would just go up and pull someone.
Fang Gui was terrified and quickly said, "Don't pull me. I'll sell my son and daughter to you to replace me, okay?"
After hearing this, everyone in the village pointed and talked, but no one could say anything for a moment. After all, such things were hard to talk about.
The gambling house clerk paused for a moment and pointed at Fang Ping: "Is he your son? If so, it's fine, but one person is not worth a hundred taels. It's 20 taels at most. If you use other people to pay, you have to give up five children. This is the minimum. You know, 20 taels per child is very expensive."
If they sell people in the village here, they would get 7 to 8 taels at most, and sometimes up to 10 taels. The people in this casino are really conscientious.
Fang Gui looked at Fang Ping and the corner of his mouth twitched: "He, he is not my son, he is just my nephew. I have three sons and two daughters! Can I give them all to you?"