Through the small days of farming

Others didn't know about the quarrel at Li Sancheng's house. Bai Niannian was still busy making snacks at home, but the step of peeling chestnuts seriously slowed down his speed, even if the three little guys came to help.

The speed didn't improve either.

He was going to pick someone in the village to help.

After he spread the news, people in the village came over with chestnuts one after another, and Bai Niannian would accept as much as they came, paying for the goods and delivering the goods.

The children from the village came with several catties of chestnuts, and Bai Niannian also weighed them and gave them money.

The chestnuts piled up in the end weighed nearly a thousand catties. This is the first day, and there should be more in the future.

When people from the village came to sell chestnuts, Bai Niannian could take a closer look and get a general idea of ​​what these people were like. After much deliberation, Bai Niannian didn't make up his mind to ask which one to help.

The money in his hand was almost used up.

It was getting dark outside, and he thought no one would come, so he was going to close the door, pack up his things, and then go to Ning Ge'er's house. Their pot was empty, so he decided to cook the meals for the two families at Ning Ge'er's house. Let's eat together.

"Wait, Akihito's family!"

Hearing that there were still people coming, Bai Niannian opened the door and saw that it was the couple who came to the door first this morning. They each carried a sack and hurried towards him.

"I'm sorry we're late." He asked shyly, "Do you still accept it now?"

"Of course, let's come in." Bai Niannian opened the door. It was already dark at this time, and he was a little surprised that they only came back at this time, but judging by their gains, they were quite a lot. Although the clothes on his body were patched, but The whole person is very clean and tidy.

And he didn't come to get close to him or anything, it seems that there are not many to be honest.

"Wait a minute, are you two interested in helping me with my work?" After Bai Niannian gave the money, he called to the two of them, "For the wages, two meals a day are included, fifty yuan a day, and the work is not heavy. .”

"I'm afraid I can't help you much..." Li Ze pointed at his feet and said with a wry smile.

He thought he wanted to do it, but his legs couldn't do heavy work.

Fifty Wen a day for food, which is more than going to help build a house, and more than they go to the mountains to get chestnuts for a day.

"It's okay, you'll know after you try it." Bai Niannian went directly to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of boiled chestnuts, "Peel this off and have a look."

The two of them just sat on the chair and began to peel. Bai Niannian observed and found that both of them were very fast. Thinking of the chestnuts they brought for the first time, he nodded knowingly.

To be honest, that brother's speed is really one against two of him, and even his man can beat him by one point and five.

They quickly peeled off a bowl of porridge and looked at him anxiously.

"Is this what you mean by working?" Li Huang asked.

If this is what the job is all about, fifty cents a day is too much.

"Well, both of them are qualified. Are you interested in working?" Bai Niannian affirmed, "It's good that you come over to help after breakfast in the morning, and eat with us at noon and evening."

Li Huang shook his head.

"Do you think the money is too little? I can add a little more."

"No, it's because there is too much money. Sitting here peeling a chestnut all day, we feel uneasy with so much money."

It turned out to be this, what did he think it was? !

He has thought about it, going out to get chestnuts, two people in a whole day, can still have eighty or ninety yuan, looking at him reminds him of him back then, and wanted to help their family, so the salary he paid was four times higher than his original salary. A little more than ten words.

The job looked simple, but after a few days of peeling, the seam between his thumbnails is now very uncomfortable.

"The wages are not high anymore. If you go to the mountains to pick chestnuts, you can earn this amount after a whole day. I won't take advantage of you, fifty cents a day. If you don't want to, I'll find someone else." Bai Niannian explained, Not willing to take advantage of them.

From morning to night, they were busy getting chestnuts on the mountain, and from their appearance, they didn't go to the place where the villagers often go.

Maybe a lot further than here.

The two of them discussed it and agreed.

They do more work to be worthy of the wages.

In fact, he had thought about asking Aunt Chen's two daughters-in-law or Brother Yu to come and help, but he discussed with Brother Ning, and Brother Ning was the first to object.

"The bean sprouts business has also helped them a lot. This time I bought chestnuts and told them in advance, Doumi Ensheng Mi Qiu, are you really stupid or not smart?" Ning Geer poked his face and said.

"You are too kind to them, and their family is not in trouble. You can't help them for the rest of your life, can you?"

"Got it." Bai Niannian replied, "Do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

"You can't take those who came to your house to inquire about the situation before, and you can't take those in the village who thought about your way to make dim sum. You can't take those with bad character..." Brother Ning ruled out one by one, and found that there were not many people. a match.

Brother Ning lived in the village when he was a child, and he still has some impressions of the people in the village, and he quickly became familiar with them when dealing with them.

Successfully breaking into the inside of the gossip in the village, I am afraid that he knows the situation in the village better than Bai Niannian, who has lived here for four or five years.

"And have you noticed that Aunt Chen and her family have put on new clothes recently." Ning Ge'er said mysteriously in his ear, "And I also heard that Aunt Chen went to the town, Lots of things to buy."

"Isn't that the way to prepare things for the New Year and buy new year's goods??" Bai Niannian said indifferently.

"Okay! I can't convince you anymore," Ning Ge'er listed a few, "You must not want people from these families. Also, it is best to find two people from some people in the village who have no reason to be with your family. Good conduct, let me tell you, and you remember it."

"Mmm, good." Bai Niannian carefully remembered the companies he mentioned.

Prepare to choose one of these people.

He originally planned to wait for his man to come back and discuss with him before making a decision, but when he saw the couple later, he changed his mind.

After making an agreement with them, let them come back to work after breakfast the next morning, and Bai Niannian went to the kitchen.

"Brother Ning, I decided to be Li Ze and his wife, what do you think?"

"Hmph! You've already made up your mind, and you still ask me what to do? ╯^╰" Brother Ning turned his head away from him.

Brother Ning can still be arrogant!

"I know I was wrong, and I promise there won't be a next time. Brother Ning, please forgive me this time?" Bai Niannian said apologetically, hugging his arm.

He forgot for a moment.

"Next time if you do this again, I won't cook for you!" Ning Ge'er threatened.

They have already decided that during the period of making dim sum, they will cook all the meals at Ning Ge'er's house.

While they were having breakfast, the two men of the family came back with the ox cart.

"There is no one at home, I guess you are here." Chen Mingren said, "Something happened on the way back today, so I came back late."

"What's the matter?" Ning Ge'er quickly thought about what they were talking about, and looked up and down the two of them.

They moved from the village to the town before and robbed some people of their wealth. They also encountered such a thing, but fortunately they survived.

The dim sum shop people in the town sent people to block them so soon?

"It's okay, they are not enough for me to fight alone." Shen Wei comforted him.

"Is there any injury on your body?" Bai Niannian looked at him nervously, "If you can't beat him, run away, if you lose something, just throw it away, as long as you are fine."

"It's okay, if we can't beat them, we will run away. If we can beat them, of course we can't let them go. This is the money found from them." Chen Mingren seemed to take out two taels of silver as a gift, "These are all found from them of."

There were only five or six people on the other side, and they dared to block their way, so Chen Mingren simply came to cheat. They didn't have much money on them, and it would be unexpected to find four taels of silver in the future.

I thought they would be able to find at most one tael of silver, but unexpectedly found three taels of silver on the person who seemed to be the leader.

The two of them didn't leave them a penny. They left them on the road and went home.

Two taels of silver, they only have two taels of silver for one day of business.

Bai Niannian had a bold idea in his heart, "The next time you meet them, you don't have to be so polite. Take off their clothes too. We don't need them, but it's okay to give them to people in the village."

"From tomorrow on, Awei, you and Big Brother Chen, put two knives and two sticks on the bullock cart!" Ning Ge'er suggested, "If you suffer a loss once or twice, the other party will definitely not let it go."

"If they bring sticks next time, you will be at a disadvantage."

"Bringing a knife is just in case. The other party is determined to kill you. You still have the power to protect yourself."

Bai Niannian looked at him in surprise, what Ning Geer said was exactly what he wanted to say, "Do you want the two of them to take the hoe at home?"

"As for the hoe, it's too big to hide on the bullock cart, but you can have this one. You can't take the hoe, but you can take the sickle at home."

Ning Ge'er and him began to discuss, as if no one else was there, what items at home could be taken by the two of them for self-defense.

"Ahem!" Chen Mingren coughed a few times, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, we two just take two wooden sticks and a knife. Brother Nian, where do you put the knife you took at the uncle's house? Find two, and we will take them with you." Just go ahead, forget about the hoe and sickle."

"That's right! What do others think we are doing with so much?" Shen Wei also helped to persuade.

It's hard to imagine the scene where the two of them went with hoes, knives, sticks and sickles.

"It's too eye-catching to go with a hoe, so let's go with a sickle!" The two of them discussed again, and finally decided to let the two of them bring more sickles.

Bai Niannian and Ning Ge'er put away the money they handed in, "Mingren, we plan to recruit two people to help with the work, there are only two of us, and the chestnut snacks and cakes we can make are limited, so we invited Li Ze and the others mouth to help."

"Well, it's good for you to make a decision." Chen Mingren signaled that he knew, "When can I eat food? I had a fight today and I'm hungry."

"Eat dried sweet potatoes first to pad your stomach." Ning Geer brought out two bowls of dried sweet potatoes. These are sweet potatoes borrowed from Brother Nian's house before. It hasn't been long since they were made into dried sweet potatoes. That hard feeling.

Bai Niannian also likes to eat this kind of dried sweet potatoes, but the undried ones can't be kept for a long time, and the ones that can be kept for a long time are all hard.

Now that the person has come back, the two of them speed up, one to cook the fire and the other to stir-fry vegetables, and work together. In the evening, they ate stir-fried large intestines and pork with sauerkraut, and fried bean sprouts, and Bai Niannian told them that they must remember to buy large Bones, after a day of cooking, the marrow in the bones comes out.

Put two pieces of ginger into it and cook together. If you can, add some salt. The soup tastes delicious.

There are not many dishes, but the portions are enough.

After eating, he helped to clean up the dishes, and they took the two little guys home. The bullock cart was still parked outside, and he locked the door, so other men couldn't get in.

There was a sack in the car, "What's in it?"

"Rice." Chen Mingren said, "We collected money from them and bought some rice. This year's rain doesn't look like it's about to fall. I'm afraid that tomorrow's spring will come later, and we'll finish eating the food by then, but we can't wait." It’s not spring, so it’s inconvenient to go to the town to buy food.”

"We've all started business at Ning Ge'er's house recently, and it's good to put the food in their house." Bai Niannian told him this decision.

This way less time wasted.

"Don't worry, we each bought two bags, and the other bag has already been moved into his house. Let's move this bag back and put it on the cellar!"

Chen Mingren said: "All the food in the family was stored in the cellar, and there was no food on the surface."

"Recently, the food and vegetables of the two families should come from the money they earn!" Bai Niannian suggested, "After deducting the daily food money, we can divide the money."

The money they earned was shared on the way home every day, and the two big men shared it, so they were very relieved.

After returning home, all the money that the respective men got in their hands belonged to them.

After returning home, he drove the two little guys to take a bath first. While the two of them were away, Bai Niannian pushed the man into the room, "Where is your body hurt? I'll rub the medicinal wine for you."

There are no injuries on the outside, but there are actually only two under the clothes.

There is a bruise on the back and a bruise on the belly.Bai Niannian poured a lot of medicinal wine into his hands and rubbed it on. Knowing that the spot was burning hot, he let it go.

The stomach was also processed according to the law, and the congestion was rubbed away, and it will be fine in a few days.

"Daughter-in-law, you are so kind." Chen Mingren smacked his face, "Don't worry, I was unprepared this time, so I was hit by them. I definitely won't next time."

"Your body smells like sweat, hurry up and take a bath." Bai Niannian's ears were also burning, and he urged him to take a bath.

"Is there?" Chen Mingren smelled the clothes on both sides of his shoulders, "It seems to have a smell."

"Then I'm going to take a bath first, wait for me." Chen Mingren secretly kissed his face, and then quickly took the clothes to take a bath. The two little guys have finished washing and are getting dressed there.

It should be said that Mingli was helping Mingde get dressed. Mingde half-closed his eyes, as if he would fall asleep in a second. When he saw his eldest brother, Mingli's eyes lit up.

"Brother, Mingde is about to fall asleep, help him get dressed and report him back! I can't hold him."

Chen Mingren took a step forward and immediately picked up Mingde, "Bring him all his clothes."

Putting Mingde on the bed, his eyes were closed, and he looked sleepy. Chen Mingren quickly helped him put on his pants, and pinched the quilt for the two little guys, "Go to bed early."

Then he took a battle bath absent-mindedly.

When I entered the room, I found Brother Nian had fallen asleep lying on the quilt, a basin of cold water was poured over his head, extinguishing his fiery heart, and he was moved to the bed, covered with the quilt, and went to the bathroom to be self-sufficient.

He was so tired yesterday that he planned to squat on the quilt for a while, but he didn't expect to sleep until the next day. After sleeping at night, he woke up very refreshed today, got dressed, and was ready to make breakfast.

He sat on the edge of the bed, ready to put on his shoes and get up.

Pulled by the hand from behind, she fell on the bed, onto someone's chest, and looked at him accusingly, "Brother Nian, you promised to wait for me last night."

"Don't make trouble, I'm going to get up and prepare breakfast." Bai Niannian grabbed his mischievous hand.

"Didn't you say to fire at Awei's house? Just go to their house to eat when you get up." Chen Mingren took his hand and felt it down, "It's so uncomfortable, daughter-in-law, can you touch him? "

I spent more than half an hour fooling around with him on the bed. Usually at this time, he would have already prepared breakfast, but he just got up today.

After the mischief, he also chased the man up, lit a fire, cooked a large pot of chestnuts, then went to wake up the two little guys, helped them get dressed, washed their faces, and then led them to Shen Wei's house.

As soon as he opened the door, there were two figures standing outside, which almost startled him. After a closer look, he found that it was Mrs. Li Ze.

"Why did you come so early?" Bai Niannian said, "Next time you don't have to come so early, we only start eating breakfast at this time, it doesn't matter if you come later."

"It's okay, I want to come and help earlier." Li Ze said.

"That's not too early, and there's nothing for you to do." Bai Niannian said, "Ming Ren, you take the two little guys there, and just bring me breakfast later."

Saying that, she stuffed Ming Li into his arms, and let him hug each other.

"It's cold outside, go inside and rest!"

Li Huang shook his head, "No need, it's not very cold outside, we just wait outside, you go have breakfast first!"

"Come in quickly, your face is frozen, knock on the door when you come, why are you waiting outside?" Bai Niannian urged, "Mingren take the two of them."

"I'm causing you trouble." Li Huang said embarrassingly.

Seeing that they would stand still, Bai Niannian took Li Huangshi's hand directly, and he went in. Li Ze hesitated for a moment, and then went in together.

"Sit down first," Bai Niannian went to pour them two cups of hot water, "Drink some hot water to keep you warm."

They didn't refuse this, and the whole person was much warmer after drinking a cup of hot water.

"You wait here first, and let you start working when the chestnuts are cooked."

"Is there anything I can help you with now?" Sitting here, Li Huang was fidgeting.

"The chestnuts haven't been cooked yet, don't worry, you guys sit and rest for a while, and eat some melon seeds if you're bored." Bai Niannian filled a bowl of melon seeds, and the hawthorn came out and put it on the table.

This melon seed was bought by his man in the town, and it tastes quite delicious. The big one in the family and the two small ones like to eat it.

The two of them just took a dried hawthorn and put it in their mouths to eat, and then they didn't dare to move.

Bai Niannian couldn't see it, so he grabbed a handful for each of them and put them in their hands.

"This is too expensive, don't give it to us to eat."

The two people he was looking at were really different from the others. He had put a bowl on the table before, and those who came here to sell chestnuts would want to take all the melon seeds in the bowl away if he didn't tell him.

One person grabs a handful, but he doesn't really care about it, but once he turned around and went to the room to get money, he found that there were not a single melon seeds left in the bowl.

He was so angry that he just put away the bowl and would only take it out at night.

"It's okay. Our family bought a lot of this. If you eat too much of this, you will get angry easily. Just treat it as helping us to eat less."

They knocked a few melon seeds and looked at him, "Can we take it home and feed it to the children at home?"

Bai Niannian asked back, "How many children are there in your family?"

"Four, one is brother." Li Huang replied.

"Well, take some more home." Bai Niannian grabbed two more handfuls and gave them to them.

Those two handfuls of melon seeds were not that much. For lunch, he was thinking, let the two of them take them home to eat!

There are so many four children in the family, it is better to let them go home to take care of the children. Their family lives in the village, and it only takes a few minutes to go back and forth.

"How about this! We've prepared lunch for you, you can take it home to eat!" Bai Niannian said to them, "Otherwise the children will be left at home, and you won't be at ease if you don't go back to see them at noon."

"If you're at ease, you can bring them over to play. Our Mingli and Mingde are bored at home."

"Yeah, just let them stay at home, bringing them here will cause you trouble." Thinking of the four little guys at home, Li Huangshi spoke with a smile.

"Yeah." Bai Niannian didn't force it.

"Brother!" Mingde quickly ran in and threw himself into his arms, "What do you think we are having for breakfast today?"