Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 144 Hiring Helpers
After returning to Tong's house, Yuxian first went to the wing room in the front yard.When I entered the room, I saw, ho, the room is full of large tanks.Lifting the quilt above, there are mung bean sprouts inside. It seems that they can last for about five days, and the sprouts are already an inch long.The small bean sprouts are white and tender, and the watercress is pink, which has not faded.

"Yuxian, you're back, how are you doing? Are these bean sprouts from our house good?" Mrs. Fang came into this room just as she was about to strain the bean sprouts.

"Mother, it's not bad. I think there are probably more than ten large vats in this room. You are tired enough just to do this every day." Raising bean sprouts is really not easy.

"It's okay, not too tired. Now the three of us, Chuntao and I, basically stay in the front yard. We have to soak beans, filter bean sprouts, and pick soybeans every day. It happens to be in the next room to pick beans. When the time comes Let's filter it again, because the water is quite troublesome, your father has to carry a lot of water every day. Alas, we can't dig a well in this yard." Fang didn't feel too tired, as long as he could earn money.

Yuxian calculated that a jar of mung bean sprouts and a jar of soybean sprouts could sell for about 12 yuan a day.Although it is not a lot, it is not bad. There is an income of [-] taels of silver a month.After deducting the cost of mung beans, there are still ten taels of silver a month.The soybeans are produced by my own family, and they are just sold in another way.It takes nearly a year to raise a pig before it can be sold for two taels of silver. The bean sprouts are considered to be more profitable than raising pigs.Now it is September, until March next year, exactly six months, I will be idle and have nothing to do, and the money can be spent by the family.

"It's just that I don't know how to deal with the soybeans that were picked out. They were bitten by insects and had broken petals. Our family planted [-] acres of soybeans this year and harvested a total of [-] catties. The beans that come out have to be eight or nine hundred catties, so it seems that we can only save them for oil." Fang did some calculations, and felt that the eight or nine hundred catties of beans could yield about one hundred catties of oil, which was enough to eat .

"Mother, it's good to keep the oil, we can still feed those bean cakes to the livestock. By the way, the acorns are boiled, how about the pigs?" Yuxian still wants to raise more pigs, not only for sale, but also for saving some fertilizer.

"It's good to eat. I think the soaked acorns can be pushed directly without being too thin. At that time, it will be fine to mix with some chaff, bean hair and so on to feed pigs." Fang pushed some The acorns were fed to the pigs, and the pigs enjoyed it very much. "Our family will pick up more next year, and save them for pigs and chickens. That stuff is really good."

"Mother, when we wash the bean sprouts, the remaining bean sprouts can also be fed to the pigs. In winter, add less acorns, and when the bean sprouts no longer grow in the next spring, add more acorns, so that there is nothing to feed in summer. "There will also be some watercress in the soybean sprouts, and those watercress are good things.

The mother and daughter were chatting there, and Fang was not idle, straining all the bean sprouts.There are shelves under those tanks, and a wooden basin is connected.It seems that those wooden basins should be made by Yunsong and Dalang.

"Mother, little sister, you are here, my father bought a donkey back, and we will use a donkey to grind the mill in the future." Xiaosan opened the door and entered the house, telling them the news.

As soon as Yuxian heard this, she couldn't stay still anymore, "Donkey? Third brother, take me to have a look." Then, she took Xiaosan by the hand and ran out.When we got to the barn, we saw a little donkey tied inside. "Great, our mother won't have to suffer from it in the future."

"Yeah, my mother is tired enough now, and my father has to carry water every day, and he has to go up the mountain to clean up the mountains we bought. Boyuan and I will find time to help our father carry some water back, but there are also people on the mountain. Live." Xiaosan said from the side.

"Let's go, tell our father and mother that you can't be so tired, you have to find someone to help you." Yuxian thought for a while, then dragged Xiaosan to find her mother.Fang finished straining the bean sprouts and was picking beans with Chunmei and the others when Yuxian and Xiaosan entered the house. "Mom, I thought about it, you and my father can't always work like this, you will be exhausted. Please invite a few people to help you at home, one person will help you wash and filter the bean sprouts at home, and pick beans when you have time. Invite two or three more people to help my father go up the mountain to clear the forest. Let’s pay some wages, it’s winter now, no family is working, and there are many people who can do it.”

"Yuxian, we should be able to do this kind of work in our family, and we don't need to find helpers." Yun Song just came in, and when he heard what Yuxian said, he disagreed a little. "I'm just cleaning up the outskirts of our forest, there's not much work to do."

"Father, listen to me first, our forest must have at least five or six feet of isolation zone. It is not a small job to remove all the trees in the isolation zone. Next spring, when the soil can be dug , and dig deep ditches around the perimeter, this is for fire prevention. There are too many jobs, so we must hire people. We can’t make you two exhausted just to save some money.” Yuxian insisted To invite someone.

"Yes, father and mother, we really have to ask someone to help, we can't let father do everything by himself." Da Lang also came in at this time.Chuntao saw that the host was discussing things again, so she packed up the soybeans, and then led Chunmei and Chunxing out.

"Father, I think this is fine. After all, I have to cook for the children, make clothes and so on. Although there are three girls in the family, Chuntao is getting married, and it is too late to catch the dowry every day. The remaining two It’s still small, I think we should find someone to help. Besides, on your side, one person really can’t finish the work, so please ask two people to help and cut the wood out. Okay, let’s keep the rest of the tree. For the twigs, they can get them back to use as firewood. With some wages a day, I think there will be a lot of people in our village who are willing to do it." After thinking about it for a long time, Fang felt that what Yu Xian said made sense.

"However, you have forgotten one thing. If people find out how the bean sprouts grow, what shall we do in the future?" Yun Song remembered something.

"Father, I've thought about this too. I'm not afraid. We just ask her to help wash the bean sprouts in the morning, and we can pick the beans. My mother will do the green filtering of the bean sprouts. Besides, there's no need to be afraid. Soybean sprouts are the result of our two-year-old age being too thin to sit and eat. After two years, we won’t make it. It’s good to have a cat in winter. At that time, anyone who loves to learn can learn. There is still a great demand for this in the town." Yuxian didn't take this seriously at all, if it weren't for the money spent on buying mountains and forests this year, and what she wanted to get, she wouldn't see the effect for a while , she doesn't know how to make bean sprouts.

"If you put it that way, I understand. Well, let's invite a few people to help. I think Zhuzi's wife is pretty good, why don't you let her help, and give me some wages a month. If you work with me, let me think about it. It will take about three people. Let's look for it, anyway, in winter, they are idle." Yun Song also turned around and agreed to hire someone to help.

"Okay, since we have agreed, let's find someone when we have time. Mother, if you have time, talk to Aunt Guan and see if she is willing to come. Dad, you can figure it out on your own." The discussion is over.

The family was discussing in the house, and Tong Yunhua came into the yard outside, "Brother, sister-in-law, are you at home?" Yunhua called from the yard.

Yun Song hurried out, "Yun Hua, we are in this room, come in."

Yun Hua entered the room, "It's quite complete, big brother, sister-in-law, the day after tomorrow my son will be [-] days old, I'm here to invite my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece."

"If you didn't tell me, we really wouldn't have thought of this. We didn't expect that little man to be a hundred days old in a blink of an eye." Fang was stunned.

"Isn't it because I didn't do it during the full moon? I just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the hundred days to invite the big guys to get together." Yunhua smiled honestly.When the child was full moon, he hadn't moved yet.When the Qin family refused to give Zhang Luo, Yun Hua got angry and quit.Later, the house was dry, and when we moved, it was in time for the autumn harvest, and every family was extremely busy.Only then did I think that this time, Baitian, I could handle it properly.

"Okay, it's a big deal for a child to last a hundred days. We must go there then. How is Shuzhen? It's okay, I've been too busy these days, and I don't have time to visit her."

"It's pretty good. Apart from coaxing the children, I cook some meals every day. It happens that there is nothing to do in winter, so I can help her." Yun Hua is a lover of his daughter-in-law. He usually cooks and let Shuzhen watch the children. . "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm going back first, and I haven't told you how many other houses are there." After speaking, Yun Hua left, and Yun Song followed.

"Mother, do we have to prepare something? What are we going to give for this hundred days?" Yu Xian didn't understand, so she asked her mother.

"Usually it's children's small clothes or something. I'll find some cloth later to make clothes for the children. Then there are some long-life locks, silver collars and so on. When Dalang goes to town tomorrow, I'll pick one up." Silver collar. Your third uncle is not bad, so let’s prepare better.” Yunhua and his wife are both okay, but Fang thinks that Qin’s is Qin’s, and Yunhua’s is Yunhua, so they can’t stay away from each other. .

"Well, what mother said is right. My father and third uncle are uncles and brothers after all. There are some things that cannot be changed." Yu Xian knew that the ancients valued family power the most.No matter how bad the family is, some things are hard to do without the family.After all, compared with others, the blood connection cannot be erased.

Fang went to the field, went to the back to find some fabrics suitable for children, and made small clothes for Yun Hua's children.It was already cold at this time, so it was natural to make a cotton coat.Red satin padded jacket, black cotton trousers, and a small red hat.Fang was used to making clothes, so he cut them out in a short while.Then pick up the needle and thread and hook up the inside and the noodles.Then spread the cotton, and sew a few lines with topstitching, so that the cotton is not easy to roll together.

Before it was finished, Chuntao came in and said, "Ma'am, lunch is ready, let's eat first and then do it. I will help you later."

(End of this chapter)