Chapter 130 It's time to harvest the grain when it rains
The slap in the face came too quickly, and Carpenter Liu was a little embarrassed, "Then, then she is a woman..."
"Are we going to do something shady? It's broad daylight, what's wrong with being a woman? What's wrong with being a man? We are looking for workers, as long as they can do the work."
Qin Yao raised her pen and circled it. "Qiao Yun is selected. You can continue to select. There are seven left."
Carpenter Liu had no more objections and continued to select seven people, aiming to be fair and choosing one person from each family.
On Qin Yao's side, the quarrying team wanted Uncle Jiu, who not only knew how to build houses, but also had experience in quarrying. The team was full of young people who were too frivolous, so they needed an old man to keep them in check.
After all, quarrying is very risky, and accidentally killing someone is no joke.
In the polishing group, Shunzi was the designated candidate, and the remaining two were from my cousins' families, one from each family.
After the personnel list was ready, Carpenter Liu continued to do his carpentry work while Qin Yao went door to door to inform them to gather at the factory tomorrow morning.
And asked them to bring their own bowls, chopsticks and cutlery.
As promised, He came to Qin Yao's house after dinner, counted the number of people eating, and determined the dishes.
There was also a big pot. He said she could help Qin Yao borrow one first and then return it to the owner after the factory bought one.
"You need two pots, one for cooking and one for vegetables, and you also need to prepare a few large pottery basins for serving vegetables."
"As for the dishes, in the morning, white rice porridge, millet porridge, vegetable porridge, and multi-grain steamed bread will be enough."
"At noon, you should have some oily food and some shredded egg soup. On the tenth day, you can have minced meat stew. That's about it."
The food was so good that she even ate it up.
Qin Yao could go home and have white rice and meat for dinner at night. Knowing that He was experienced, she nodded and said, "Then let's do as you say, sister-in-law."
"Okay, then, as for the money for food and vegetables, should I ask you for money every day so that I can buy them, or should we just pay you once every ten days or half a month? This will save us a lot of trouble."
Qin Yao went into the house to get some change and gave He one tael first. "Just follow the standard we just talked about. You can use it first and see how long it can last. Then we can calculate the average and we'll talk about it later."
He agreed readily, put away the silver carefully, and asked Qin Yao if she had any special instructions. After confirming that everything was correct, she went home happily.
Only one person in the second sister's family works. She and her husband earn a total of 660 coins a month. After saving for three months, it would be almost two taels of silver!
Besides, after work in the afternoon, she can go home to weave and do housework. It's really a wonderful thought.
It is indeed different to be able to make money. He felt that he walked with the wind and his back was straight.
Qiu was naturally very envious, but unfortunately she was pregnant and could only wait for the next opportunity.
Early in the morning, before daybreak, all kinds of noises could be heard from the wasteland at the entrance of the village.
Carpenter Liu led the carpenters to build the factory, while Qin Yao led the quarrying team into the mountains to quarry stones.
The remaining four people in the polishing team collected wood from door to door in the village. After collecting all the wood, they went up the mountain to cut wood.
Those woods were bought by Carpenter Liu. It would save twenty cents if he cut them himself. He thought that since there were so many people, he might as well cut them himself, which would save a lot of cost.
Because of the factory construction, the entire Liujia Village has been revitalized like never before. The old people in the village looked at the young people working hard, sitting under the old tree by the village well, and their eyes became red with laughter.
After so many years of chaos, we have finally made it through.
There was a loud thunder in the clear sky.
The villagers who were drying millet by the village well all shuddered in unison.
Sanlang and Si Niang, who were playing with the children in the village, were also startled. They ran to the corner to pick up the Cuju. When they turned around, they found that the big guy suddenly started running.
"It's going to rain, Sanlang, go and tell your mother to go home and harvest the grain!"
There was a shout from behind, and the twins turned around and saw that it was Aunt Zhou.
Their family had drying mats. They used a wooden shovel to push the millet to the middle, folded the mats together and covered it, so they didn't have to worry about it.
Qin Yao doesn't have any at home, so they have spread all the millet out on the ground to dry. It's the last day, and the last batch of millet will be dried. If it rains, it will be troublesome.
Sanlang was still confused. Si Niang rolled her eyes, gave the Cuju to the younger brother, and asked him to go home and tell his eldest and second brothers, then she ran out of the village.
Although he was not big, he ran very fast. His body was well-nourished and his steps were steady. In addition, he often exercised with his two brothers. Passersby only felt a gust of wind passing by him.
Si Niang ran all the way to the wasteland of the waterwheel factory. She looked everywhere for her mother but couldn't find her. She was so anxious that she shouted,
"Mother, it's raining! Go home and harvest the grain!"
Liu Fei raised his head when he heard the voice, and seeing the anxious look on the little girl's face, he strode over and said, "Let's go! Your mother has gone into the mountains to collect stones and is not here."
"Is Dalang and Jilang here?"
Si Niang nodded. If she couldn't call her mother, she could call her uncle. She led Liu Fei home.
The weather changed so suddenly that in just a short while, big dark clouds floated over and fine rain fell, scaring the uncle and nephew so much that they quickened their pace.
Liu Fei didn't even bother to care about his little niece. He asked her to take her time and ran away first.
Dalang, Erlang and Sanlang were already busy gathering the millet that had been dried in the sun, but the children were too weak to keep up with the speed of the rain, and they cried in panic, calling for their mothers.
It was mainly Sanlang who was crying. Dalang and Erlang were almost annoyed by his crying, but they were also very anxious.
The stepmother gave them such an important task, and she didn't know how angry she would be if they didn't do it well.
The moment Liu Fei rushed into the yard, Dalang and Erlang felt as if they saw light.
The rain has already fallen, and there is so much millet drying in the sun that it is impossible to harvest it all. We can only grab whatever we can.
Just after finishing harvesting the crops in the backyard, it started to rain heavily. Si Niang just ran to the door and saw the crops in the front yard were wet by the rain. Her little mouth pursed and she wanted to cry.
This rain is really hateful. It comes very quickly and suddenly, and then goes away after a while, harming countless farmers.
There was a sigh of helplessness in the village.
In the small courtyard on the hillside, Sanlang's crying became weaker and weaker - Erlang covered his mouth.
"Stop crying, it's giving me a headache! Who knew it would rain?"
Erlang pointed at the bright sun above his head in annoyance and said, "Do you think it looks like it just rained?"
Liu Fei looked at the four people in front of him. He really couldn't imagine what the third sister-in-law would look like when she got angry, but it shouldn't be more terrifying than when she killed the bandit leader, right?
Giving the four little guys a look that told them to fend for themselves, Liu Fei walked away wringing out his wet clothes.
A gust of wind blew, and Sanlang couldn't hold it in anymore. He grabbed his second brother's hand that was covering his mouth, and sneezed violently with a "choo!"
The sound of rapid horse hooves came from the bottom of the mountain, and the four brothers and sisters raised their heads in unison, their eyes full of panic.
Qin Yao dismounted and strode into the yard, and saw four little guys, all wet from the rain, sitting on an equally wet pile of grain, looking at her in panic, with a terrified look as if they had done something wrong.
(End of this chapter)