Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 2719 This salary is good (four more)
"Garba, what are you thinking? Why are you so engrossed?"

Yang Ruoqing took a stool, sat down in front of Mrs. Sun, and asked with a smile.

Mrs. Sun smiled, "I didn't think about it, I just had fun, hehe..."

On a happy day, you can't say those unlucky words, Mrs. Sun thought.

"By the way, Qing'er, go ask your mother and your eldest aunt, so many relatives and friends have come to congratulate you today, do you want to serve two tables of meals to greet you?" She asked.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "Of course."

Mrs. Sun asked again: "Your mother and your aunt are out to distribute wedding cakes, why don't you come back to cook? It will be too late!"

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't worry, Granny, the cook has already been invited, so how can my mother and aunt be in charge?"

"All ready? Besides Yuzhi and your fourth aunt, who else is there?" Mrs. Sun asked.

Seeing the family members rushing in and out these days, she seemed to help, but she couldn't help at all when she was old.

Of course, the family doesn't want her to worry about it, as long as she sits obediently, eats when the food is cooked, drinks when she is thirsty, sleeps when she is sleepy, and finds someone to chat with when she is bored.

So she only heard a few words about the cook.

Hearing Mrs. Sun's question, Yang Ruoqing said: "Apart from Yuzhi and my fourth aunt, the other one is a young daughter-in-law from Yujia Village, and Xiaoqin."

"Xiaoqin?" Mrs. Sun narrowed her eyes.

"But the daughter-in-law of the Wangfu family?" she asked again.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Mrs. Sun said: "Hey, that child is so pitiful. The man is gone. The burden of the family is on her shoulders alone. Her father-in-law Wangfu probably doesn't do any work."

Yang Ruoqing said: "It's about the same. Xiaoqin came to me yesterday to beg. At first, she wanted to work as a helper on the construction site, but I rejected it at that time."

Mrs. Sun was astonished, and said: "How can a woman do physical work like a man? That's absolutely impossible. Qinger, it's a good thing for you to push me away."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Xiaoqin's conditions are even more pitiful than Yuzhi's."

"Yuzhi still has a man who knows the cold and hot to talk with, and the father-in-law is also doing his best to support the family,"

"She herself has a daughter and two sons, and what about Xiaoqin?"

"Two daughters, one is five or six years old, about the same size as a baby, and the other has just been weaned. The two children were left to her mother-in-law. She is going to work for the Yang family."

"I asked her yesterday, why didn't you ask your father-in-law Wangfu to come to the construction site as a helper?"

"Xiaoqin said that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't expect anything now. Wangfu doesn't work, and it doesn't matter if the oil bottle falls in front of him and doesn't help him. It’s enough to have four women as companions!”

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Mrs. Sun's face was full of sighs.

"Fate, poor Xiaoqin. Hey, it's not bad to let her cook in the kitchen, how is the salary calculated?"

Hearing Mrs. Sun's repeated questions today, Yang Ruoqing couldn't help laughing.

When people get older, they are actually very similar to children in many aspects. Look, Granny dared not ask my aunt and the others a few days ago.

So this time I seized this opportunity and asked fiercely.

Yang Ruoqing intends to satisfy this old kid's curiosity.

Yang Ruoqing thought about it seriously, and said, "Carpenters and bricklayers pay sixty Wen a day."

"As a helper, forty cents a day."

"The four cooks are paid the same as the helpers, forty yuan a day, and everyone pays for two meals," she said.

Mrs. Sun made some calculations and said, "How many days do you think it will take for this house to be completed?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "According to my usual experience, it's about seventy days."

Mrs. Sun counted with her fingers and said, "Then Xiaoqin and Yuzhi can earn [-] Wen, which is nearly three taels of silver."

"What's more, the two meals a day also saved a lot of food for the family."

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "Yes, with these three taels of silver, I have all the money for this year's Chinese New Year."

"Moreover, many families are father and son, and the brothers all come to help."

"As for Yuzhi's family, both father-in-law and daughter-in-law come to do things. One person's money is in charge of the New Year, and the other person's money is enough to support Yuzhi's man's medicine money." She said.

Mrs. Sun nodded again and again, "Hehe, it seems that our new house is really a benefit to the villagers."

Yang Ruoqing said: "That's right!"

He patiently explained a bunch of questions and completely satisfied Mrs. Sun's curiosity.

On the other side, in the temporary kitchen next to the construction site, Xiaoqin and Yuzhi were cooking their lunch in full swing.

A big thatched shed was built next to the kitchen, and there were three tables under the shed.

The relatives and friends who came to congratulate, as well as the main craftsmen, Mr. Dixian, and several village elders were all seated, knocking melon seeds, smoking dry tobacco, drinking tea, and chatting.

In the kitchen, it was the first time for the women to cooperate in cooking so many people's meals, and they were all too busy.

The pots and pans made a crisp sound, but everyone was in a good mood.

Having something to do and a way to make money is always exciting and exciting.

After the first foundation laying banquet, the construction of the Sun family's house officially began.

As a grandson and son-in-law, Luo Fengtang naturally ran to the construction site whenever he was free, helping with this and that.

After I went to Zuo Niujiao Peak to cut the best camphor wood, I went with other people to dig sand at the Wanhe River more than a dozen miles away. I was very busy every day.

Back in the house at night, Luo Fengtang sat there washing his feet, while Yang Ruoqing went around behind him.

His hands rested lightly on his shoulders, kneading for him with proper strength.

"Are you tired these days? The burden on your shoulders has worn off a layer of skin." She said.

Luo Fengtang raised his hand to hold her hand, and turned to look at her standing behind him.

"I'm not tired, I'm having fun." He said.

It is only right and proper for her grandson-in-law to help her daughter-in-law's family build a house.

Yang Ruoqing teased him and said, "Why are you so happy? A craftsman pays [-] Wen a day, a helper and a cook pay [-] Wen a day,"

"You are a craftsman, and you also do the job of a helper, but you don't have a penny. Isn't that fun?"

She moved her face closer to his, teasing him on purpose.

Luo Fengtang suddenly kissed her hard on the cheek.

"My granddaughter is already my daughter-in-law. Once you give it to me, it will last a lifetime. This salary is the biggest! I'm so happy!" he said.

Yang Ruoqing's cheeks flushed slightly, her lips parted slightly, before she could speak, her arm was suddenly pulled by him.

He pulled her out from behind him with all his strength, and after spinning her feet twice, her waist tightened, and in the next moment, she fell firmly into his arms.

He sat and soaked his feet while she sat sideways on his lap.

(End of this chapter)