Xianggong farming

Chapter 104

Two days later, Li Jinshi delivered the tea to the back room. When she saw that the helpers were working hard, she couldn't help admiring Ji Xinmiao's generosity in her heart.

With a lot of people and a lot of strength, it took a total of three days to build a 30-meter bungalow with a front and back earthen house.The first half of the room where Ji Xinmiao and Qi Dalang lived has also been completely renovated.The walls were washed three floors with fine mud, and a row of thin wooden beams were erected on the roof, and the wooden boards were nailed with the male and female seams that Ji Xinmiao said.

Things were going well, but something went wrong when I was receiving everyone's wages.

Lin Chenglai looked at the money in Qi Dalang's hand and asked, "You don't recognize the Lin family, do you?"

Qi Dalang said in embarrassment: "But you have helped for so many days, how can you not pay wages? My brothers are still clear about the accounts. Each person is forty yuan a day. It was agreed at the beginning that the three of you will each have three days. Not much, but take it back to my aunt and add some oil and salt."

Li Deng came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Da Lang, you can count the salary of the two of us as the master's fee, just take us brothers into the mountain once."

Fan Qilai yelled: "Brother Dalang, our two brothers mean the same thing as Brother Li Deng. We came to help because you are our brother. If you take the money, it will be meaningless. If you don't mind, bring us in." Let's go hunting in the mountains."

Qi Dalang firmly disagreed: "Entering the mountain is entering the mountain. If you are willing to enter the mountain with me, then I will choose a day to discuss with Brother Hu and take you there in batches. But if I don't give you money, I can't bear it."

Lin Chenglai got up first: "Okay, okay, if you want to settle the bill for our brother again, that means Chengxin will not recognize our Lin family in the future. Fourth and third brothers, let's go."

The two brothers of the Lin family stood up and said, "Brother Dalang, we have been used to calling you Brother Dalang, but we still recognize you as brother-in-law in our hearts."

Qi Dalang wanted to stop him but didn't dare to stop him, but the favor he owed would make him a burden in the future, so he could only shout: "Chenglai, Chengqing, Chengqing, Li Deng, Li Lin, Fan Qi... Brothers are brothers." , I know that you are all good brothers of my Qi Dalang. Isn’t there also a saying, do brothers clearly settle accounts? Wages are wages, how can brothers work for so many days without paying wages? This is impossible.”

Fan Ming was the most lively: "Brother Dalang, it's not that I don't ask for wages. My eldest brother and I treat our wages as a teacher's money. When we go to the mountains in a few days, you have to teach us your skills."

"Yes, we are also going to follow you into the mountains to learn hunting in the future. Dalang, let's go first, and the teacher's etiquette will not work. Anyway, we are all peasants, and those empty etiquettes don't understand. But you have to remember , you will be our hunting master from now on, you must not hide your secrets." Li Deng walked away with a smile.

In the end, only the five or six people who had actually been called to help paid their bills and left.Qi Dalang looked at the pile of copper coins in his hand and said thoughtfully: "Daughter-in-law, we owe you a lot for this favor."

It is true that the debt of favor is the most stressful, Ji Xinmiao nodded and admitted, and then comforted him: "Don't feel pressured, since these brothers say so, if you really want to give them the money, they will think that you don't want to teach them how to hunt. Well. Let’s keep this favor in mind and don’t forget it, next time we find a way to make money, we’ll bring them along and let everyone earn a piece of money along with it.”

Qi Dalang couldn't help laughing when he saw his daughter-in-law still comforting himself, but in a blink of an eye he said with a bitter face: "Where is there any way to make money? The mountains rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. Except for the trees, they are bamboos. We have no craftsmanship. The trees and bamboos It’s not worth a lot of money. It’s really hard to find a way for everyone to make money.”

Ji Xinmiao heard him mention trees and bamboos, and remembered what Erqin said about going to the forest to pick mushrooms, and her heart moved: "Master, how many mushrooms are there in the forest?"

"Mushrooms? My daughter-in-law asks what are they doing? Do you want to eat them? But now is not the season for picking mushrooms. Although there are many kinds of mushrooms in the mountains, the amount that can be picked now is not much." Seeing that the climate has become colder, It has not rained much for many days, Qi Dalang told her the situation.

There is also mushroom picking. It is not a problem if there are not many. She just thought of the strains.So Ji Xinmiao asked again: "Then is this mushroom worth money?"

Qi Dalang thought for a while before saying: "The prices of these mushrooms vary during the seasons. The most common mushrooms in the forest are pure mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms. In normal seasons, they are about two to three pennies a catty. But in the most season, There are also things that cost a penny and a catty. Now there are few mushrooms, and there are not many sold in the town. I’m afraid I have to inquire about this. would be too cheap."

After hearing this, Ji Xinmiao had an idea, so she thought about going to the town someday before making plans.In order to comfort Qi Dalang, Ji Xinmiao approached him and leaned on him and said, "Master, I have a way to make money, do you want to listen to it? But I just don't know if I can make a lot of money."

Qi Dalang turned his head and stared at her with wide eyes in surprise and asked: "Daughter-in-law, is it the way of the mushroom you just asked?"

Ji Xinmiao kissed him and praised him: "My husband is really smart, this is the thing. Let me tell you, I had an adventure. I met an expert in Jiang's house before, who specialized in planting gardens. He knows how Weeding the bugs on the weeding trees, he also knows about fruit trees, and the most interesting thing is that he can dig some mushroom-growing soil from the forest and grow mushrooms himself.”

Qi Dalang seemed to be listening to a fairy book: "Daughter-in-law, does he really know these things? Are there still capable people in this world who can harvest fruit trees and grow mushrooms by themselves?"

Ji Xinmiao nodded: "It's not only he who knows these things, but I have specially studied as a teacher, so I can do them too. It's just that I haven't tried it, so I don't know if I can do it well."

Qi Dalang's eyes were red with joy: "Daughter-in-law, am I too lucky? I have married such a powerful daughter-in-law? Could it be that God favored me?"

I know that Qi Dalang has a stalk in his heart these few days. A few days ago, Qi and Li took advantage of Qi's old man to go out to have something to do, so he went to the two of them in the middle of the night, saying that he wanted them to count the wages and money for the three men of the Qi family.So he smiled and leaned on his arm and said, "What is God's favor? It is your mother's spirit in the sky who guards you and blesses you with a safe and smooth life. She wants me to help you develop your family together. She is in heaven. A genius laughs every day."

After finishing speaking, Ji Xinmiao said inwardly: "Grandmother, I didn't mean to lie to him, but I can't explain this kind of thing clearly."Since you are already in heaven, you must understand my mood, right?
Hearing what Ji Xinmiao said, and seeing her sincere and pretty appearance, the anxiety in Qi Dalang's heart was wiped away.At this moment, a man's heart has completely melted.When he remembered the suspicion in his heart that day, he put his arms around Ji Xinmiao and put his chin on her head, without saying a word for a long time.

(End of this chapter)