farm concubine

Chapter 24
Having nothing to say all night, during breakfast, Li Wanqing proposed to find a few children in the village to help pick the longevity fruit, and give each of them a penny a day.

"Didn't we do a good job? Why do we need to hire someone again? It will cost a lot of money." Lin Shuirou obviously disagreed.

Aunt Fu and Luo Shi looked at Li Wanqing expectantly, hoping that this matter could be implemented, so that their family could have more income. Although it was only a penny a day, it was still a source of income in the countryside. idle.

"Mom, what we have to pay this month is 1000 catties, and now it's only about [-] catties. With me, my father and my younger brother alone, when will we be able to get together the [-] catties of fruit, and this pickled It takes time, it’s been two days, if you don’t hurry up, you won’t be able to deliver the goods next month, and you’ll have to pay them [-] taels of liquidated damages.” Li Wanqing analyzed to Lin Shuirou that some money can’t be saved Yes, if you save what you shouldn't save, you will have to pay more than these.

Hearing Li Wanqing's analysis, he also thought that it would take 20 days to marinate the longevity jam. Now the marinated ones are [-] catties, and there is still [-] catties left. Find a few more people to help, and it will take another two days. Eight hundred catties of fruit can be collected.

"Okay, you can figure it out."

With Lin Shuirou's support, Li Wanqing turned to Li Rulin and asked, "Father, what do you think?" Her father is the head of the family, so she had to ask his opinion no matter what, to show how much she valued him.

As for Li Muchen, he is only a little older, so it can be completely ignored.

"You've made your interests so clear, if Dad doesn't agree, won't it appear that Dad is even more ignorant than your mother?" Li Rulin looked at her daughter with a smile, she thought he didn't know because of her little thoughts?
"Xiaochen, after breakfast later, go to the village to find a few strong boys, preferably seven or eight, so that the work will be faster." Li Wanqing assigned a task to Li Muchen.

"Okay." There was something to do, Li Muchen ate up the porridge in the bowl in two or three strokes, put down the bowl and left the house.

After Aunt Fu and Luo Shi had breakfast and obtained Li Wanqing's consent, they also brought their children here, and they brought their own baskets.

After Li Muchen came back with seven boys aged ten to eleven or twelve years old carrying baskets on their backs, Li Wanqing once again talked about the wages of one penny a day, and after seeing everyone nodding, he took a few people up the mountain.

It is said that a large number of people is powerful, and everyone gathers firewood with high flames. Although the participants are all children, they can't stand the crowd. In addition, they are all used to doing farm work at home. A ten-year-old can carry twenty catties , the older one can carry thirty catties, plus Li Muchen, there are ten children, and this time it adds up to more than two hundred catties, plus the weight of Li Rulin and Li Wanqing, there are nearly three hundred catties in one morning.

Looking at the longevity fruit piled up into a hill, Li Wanqing is very happy. According to this progress, this month's production can be gathered in the afternoon, and tomorrow can prepare for the next month's production.

At noon, Li Wanqing stayed a few people for dinner. Taking advantage of the cooking time, Li Wanqing asked them to go home and report that they were safe, and then come over for lunch together.

They were a little hesitant at first, but when they saw that Lin Shuirou packed nearly two catties of polished rice to cook porridge, they all went home to report that they were safe.

One must know that even during the Chinese New Year, their family will not be able to eat a meal of polished rice. Although Lin Shuirou cooks plain porridge, this kind of food is already very good.

What they ate at home were coarse grains such as sweet potatoes, brown rice, and miscellaneous noodles.

Now the life of Li Wanqing's family is better than before, but they don't dare to eat rice. Today, seeing these children working hard, Li Wanqing made the decision to let Lin Shuirou cook polished rice porridge.

Lin Shuirou also feels sorry for the polished rice, but thinking about relying on their help in the future, she can only endure the pain.

The vegetables are only seasonal vegetables grown in their own fields. Although today is the market day, the family is busy and no one comes to town, so they can't buy meat. There is white rice porridge with vegetables, and Aunt Fu and Luo Shi are already very satisfied.

Moreover, Lin Shuirou is very willing to put oil in the stir-fried vegetables, and stir-fried the vegetables until they are green and oily, which makes people appetite.

Everyone gathered around the table, either standing, sitting or squatting, and enjoyed their lunch. After sitting for a while, they put on their baskets and prepared to go up the mountain to pick longevity fruits.

After leaving the hospital, Li Rulin was stopped by a familiar voice: "Brother——"

Li Rulin didn't look back, but saw his younger brother Li Ruyingrui running towards him from the village, Li Rulin stopped and waited for Li Ruying to come.

"What's the matter with Ruying?" Since they came back from the market the day before yesterday, Deng's family had come to make a fuss, and he hadn't seen his younger brother for several days.

"Brother, when did you tell the village chief uncle how to dry dried shrimps?" This morning was the day when Huayuanju in the town went to the village to buy green vegetables. There was no way to sell it, so I didn't listen to Li Rulin's advice and sent the shrimp over, but sold it to the shopkeeper of Huayuanju this morning.

The shopkeeper Ji was also a talker, and he gave him a high price of 180 Wen a catty. He dried a total of [-] catties of dried shrimp, and got [-] Wen. He was very happy when he heard the village chief Li Changcai announce that he would also dry shrimp. Anyone who wants to learn can go to his house.

Li Ruying was dumbfounded on the spot, this shrimp was taught to him by his eldest brother himself, when did the village chief also learn it?
Hearing Li Ruying's question, Li Rulin was at a loss: "Ruying, what are you talking about? I've been at home these days, how can I teach the village chief uncle to dry dried shrimps?"

"Then why did the village head uncle say that he can also post, so that everyone who wants to learn can go to his house?" Thinking that he finally got a profitable tribute, and was secretly learned by someone, he felt very angry.

Li Rulin looked at Li Wanqing subconsciously, remembering that the Deng family and the Gu family had a quarrel at home the day before yesterday, and that the Li Wanqing siblings were the village chiefs they were looking for.

Li Wanqing has been paying attention to Li Rulin's reaction, seeing Li Rulin looking at her, she looks back calmly.

Li Muchen was so nervous that his palms were sweating. If his father and second uncle knew that it was the elder sister who told him about it, would they hit his elder sister?

(End of this chapter)