Don't owe your face to farming
Chapter 30
There is a lot of pork in the dish, save it for stewing tomorrow morning, so that our father and father can also eat meat. "
Yang Liuer also came home with chicken soup and brown rice, but he didn’t bring a bowl. This was Yang Qiong’s bowl. As soon as he entered the house, Li Chunhua scolded her head and face, “Where are you going? want!"
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"Mother, I'm going to help Yangzi with work. Their family is going to build a house, and many men in the village have gone." Yang Liuer bypassed Li Chunhua, went into the house and put two bowls on the table.
Yang Datie is a bit old, unlike those middle-aged men who can go to the town to try, maybe they will be lucky enough to find hard work.People like Yang Datie, who are slightly older than middle-aged men, are not too old, and those who have the strength are the most difficult to find a job. Under normal circumstances, they can only stay at home and idle.
Yang Liuer took two of his own bowls and poured out the chicken soup and brown rice, "Father, brown rice and chicken soup." There was still the wages he received today in his cloth pocket, but Yang Liuer didn't take it out, he had to keep it for himself. Private house.Even if he took it out, Li Chunhua might not give him a good look, so he might as well keep it for himself.
In the yard, Li Chunhua stood cursing for a while before entering the house. Seeing the chicken soup on the table, she snorted, sat down and picked up the chopsticks to scoop up chicken nuggets.Seeing that all the chicken nuggets in the bowl were scooped up, he brought the bowl in front of himself and sipped the chicken soup.Yang Datie didn't say a word, but Yang Liu'er was completely chilled. If Yang Dalang was still here, Li Chunhua would definitely push him the chicken soup.
In the evening, there is still brown rice porridge with clear soup and little water, no brown rice pancakes, and a plate of pickled vegetables in the middle of the table. If there is no brown rice and chicken soup brought back by Yang Liuer, dinner will be like this.
Most of the families in the village are like this, and they don’t have to work in the fields at night, just cook some brown rice porridge, and just make do with pickled vegetables.
But the brothers and men who came to help Yang Qiong were different. They had a bowl of brown rice and big chunks of pork stew.A dexterous brother put the pork stew into the pot, added some water, chopped Chinese cabbage and stewed it, enough for the whole family.
Early the next morning, Yang Liu'er got up and looked at the dining table. There were only two brown rice pancakes, boiled water, and a small plate of pickled vegetables. There was no portion for him at all.Li Chunhua stood at the gate, squinting her eyes, her lips were extremely thin, "Go to that sick man's house again? Tell your father to go too, I heard the money will be returned."
"Father is going to let him go by himself, it's none of my business." Yang Liu'er wiped the bowl she brought back last night, put it in her cloth pocket, turned and went out.
Li Chunhua went out the door and chased for a few steps, put her hands on her hips, cursed a few words, and turned back when Yang Liuer was no longer in sight.Yang Datie had already gotten up and was sitting at the dining table, eating brown rice pancakes in silence.
"I didn't have enough brown rice last night. Eat and eat. After eating, go to work at the sick man's house and get paid! I heard that many men in the village have gone. I will go back to my mother's house later. See Look at Da Lang." Li Chunhua also sat down, even scolding, without saying anything nice.
After eating, Li Chunhua tidied up in a hurry and went out.Yang Datie sat at the gate of his house for a while, then slowly got up and walked towards the village.
At this moment, the men have all come out of the house, and they are together in twos and threes. If Yang Qiong hadn't announced the start time yesterday, the men would have wanted to work at dawn.Yang Qiong paid a lot of wages, topping the hard labor in the town, and also taking care of the food. The big piece of meat is not fake, and the whole family can eat the meat when they take it home in a big bowl.
Knowing that there will be people coming to the house today, Alaska rushed out to have fun outside just after dawn, trying to get enough money before the people came.As an energetic dog, it was unbearable to stay in the house all day, so Alaska ran harder until he was panting and lying in the kennel like a dead dog.
Han Qingshi got up early, baked oil cakes, fried the chicken nuggets left over from yesterday, and boiled a large pot of brown rice porridge.
[I like to eat pancakes the most, there is no food! 】
Alaska guards a crock pot of brown rice porridge, with triangular oil cakes and large pieces of chicken on the leaves next to it. It is simply the happiest moment in a dog's life.
"There are still a lot of people coming today, so Jiajia will let the little rabbit go. The big rabbit has just given birth and doesn't need to go out." Yang Qiong took a bite of the pancake, raised her foot to poke the dog's butt in Alaska, "Remember to come back for lunch at noon. "
Just running desperately, Alaska, who is now exhausted to death, is stunned.But compared to nesting in the house, it is obviously more cost-effective to go out and let the rabbits go.
Seeing her dog drooping its tail and going out like a walk, Yang Qiong nodded, "Gajia is getting more and more calm."
Han Qingshi opened his mouth and smiled, and gave Yang Qiong the chicken leg, not saying that the stupid dog was in his yard at dawn, running wildly around the house, like a snake.
Before he finished his meal, Yang Liuer came, and Yang Qiong knew that he hadn't had breakfast when he saw his pale face, so he hurriedly greeted her, "Come here, there are still a few pancakes left."
The pancakes are made purely from white flour, fried in peanut oil, and have a savory onion flavor, which is very fragrant.
"I'll be messing around with Yang Zi from now on." Yang Liu'er sniffed, "Mother didn't bring me anything to eat this morning, and I ate the chicken soup I brought home last night."
"Hey," Yang Qiong sighed, seeing that Li Xiaoju had also come, she hurriedly said, "Clean up the bluestone, we are about to start work. The foundation can almost be dug today, let's go buy stones."
How could it be so easy to build a house? Bricks can already be fired here, but stone is better for the foundation.All these cost money, and when the friends came, Yang Qiong said to everyone: "Qingshi and I are going out for a trip, and everyone will be with brother Xiaoju. We will make steamed corn bread at noon, or pork stew."
"Yang Zi." Before going out, an unexpected person appeared at the door, Ji Xiaolian's eyes were red, she lowered her head and dared not look at Yang Qiong.
Yang Liuer was very pleasantly surprised, and hurried over to hold Ji Xiaolian's hand, then turned around and asked, "Brother Xiaolian can make steamed buns, can he help?"
"No...I...Yang Zi..." Ji Xiaolian shook her head hastily. He didn't come here to work, but to ask what to do with the white rice on the mountain.In the past few days, Shi Jinhua has gone crazy, trying to cook delicious food for Ji Yuanqiu, because the scholar's exam is approaching, and according to Ji Yuanqiu's intention, he wants to rent a house in the town.
Yang Qiong naturally knew what Ji Xiaolian was asking, he smiled, "Brother Xiaolian, stay with Liuer, and I will tell you in detail when I come back, don't worry."
Han Qingshi over there has also finished explaining to the men. Now Han Qingshi is not the fool who can only smirk. He speaks with reason and evidence, because of his burly and tall stature, all the men are very convinced.
After everything was explained, Yang Qiong didn't say that Jiajia had gone out, and no one would dare to enter her house.
The quarry was not very far away, and it was two villages away from the village where Yang Qiong lived. Han Qingshi had long legs and strength, so he trotted all the way with Yang Qiong on his back, and arrived at the place before he arrived in the morning.
Stone mining is controlled by the government, and the scale is not very large, but it is enough to use stone materials for the nearby ten miles and eight towns.
Yang Qiong was only here to buy stones for the foundation, not considered a major customer, but a junior steward came out, with his nostrils growing in the sky, holding a note in his hand, and asked, "How much do you want?"
Yang Qiong said the amount, and the steward wrote the note, took out his seal and stamped it with the official seal, and asked Yang Qiong to give the money.Han Qingshi pulled out the copper plates from his arms, and gave them to the steward only after he had counted them clearly.This was discussed earlier. In order not to reveal wealth, copper coins are used for daily expenses.
The steward put away the copper plate, his complexion improved a lot, pointed out some stones to Yang Qiong, and left.
"We have to hire someone to transport it back." Yang Qiong was a little worried, but he saw that there was a wooden cart not far away, and the men working here were specialized in transporting stones. It would cost a fortune to transport them back. money.
Just in time for work to eat, the men saw Yang Qiong and Han Qingshi standing here out of place, and they didn't eat. When they came over and asked, they were about to transport stones, and they all became excited.
"I can ask the supervisor for half a day off to help you transport these stones back." A dark-skinned man was gearing up, waiting for Yang Qiong to nod before returning to push the wooden cart.
Yang Qiong was wearing clean cloth clothes. Because she had never worked in the fields, her face was fair and her fingers were smooth and slender. It looked like she had never experienced hardship, so she must have money on hand.After a while, many men surrounded me, and they all said that they could help, and they could ask for half a day off.
"Fulang, tell me." Han Qingshi chuckled and turned to ask Yang Qiong.
The men on the opposite side all had bright eyes, but their faces were not very good, and their bodies were not strong. It seemed that the work in the quarry was not so easy.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a Chinese character in the distance that looked familiar, so Yang Qiong looked at it a few more times, feeling a little uncertain.The back looks very much like Yang Dalang, but Yang Dalang is only 17 years old, so he won't have such an old back at all.
"I bought a lot of stones, and I need a lot of people." Yang Qiong said while ordering some seemingly strong men.
The men lined up, pushing wooden carts.Yang Qiong lay on Han Qingshi's back, walked in the front to lead the way, talked to the man one after another, and soon learned the general situation of the quarry.
It is true that the quarry pays a lot of wages, but it requires hard work, and because it is controlled by the government, the details of the men who come here are very clear, and they have to sign a contract and work for one year before they can leave.It can be said that generally, men who come here for wages do not regret it, but they have already signed the contract, so they have to live long enough.
And like this kind of extra money, it is for the steward to take a cut, and it can be regarded as the money earned by the men themselves, and everyone is very happy.
A wooden cart can carry a lot of stones, but the men don't feel tired. Compared with the exhausting work in the quarry, this is much easier, so they all rush to do it.
It was already mid-afternoon when we got home, Yang Qiong gave the money politely, and the men pushed their wooden carts back one by one. The steward knew how long it would take to go back and forth, and the men dared not delay.Running away?That's even more daring, unless there is no one at home, otherwise the officials will arrest the family members.
There are also men with malicious intentions who brag about the high wages in the quarry when they help unload stones, thinking that the people in the village are envious, and maybe they will go to work.But the men in the village wouldn't be tempted, because there is a lot of money for Yang Qiong's work, so it's easy.
"Yang Zi." Finally seeing that Yang Qiong was free, Ji Xiaolian hurried over.
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Yang Liuer came over and chirped, "Yang Zi, Brother Xiao Lian is working really hard, making the buns is quick and good."
"Liu'er." Ji Xiaolian was a little embarrassed, Yang Qiong didn't call him here on his own initiative, he came here on his own initiative, I heard that the buddies who help cook can still get paid, but he himself doesn't want extravagantly, he took care of a meal at noon That's pretty good.Wowotou is mixed with white flour and pork stew, which is very fragrant.
Pulling Ji Xiaolian aside, Yang Qiong lowered his voice, "Brother Xiaolian, later you and Qingshi go to the foot of the mountain to scoop up two bowls of white rice, and you pack them yourself. Take them out when you get home. If Aunt Ji asks, you can Said that I gave it to you secretly, and no one else knew."
In this way, Shi Jinhua will probably only be complacent, and Ji Xiaolian can also get the rice home bit by bit, Shi Jinhua is in a better mood, and he may be able to suffer less beatings and scolding.
The little buddies have already steamed the steamed buns and stewed the pork. Steam is bubbling from the big iron pot, mixed with the smell of meat, wafting far away.
"It's almost impossible to see clearly, everyone calls it a day." Han Qingshi led Ji Xiaolian into the mountain, and Yang Qiong and Li Xiaoju went out together to talk to the men who were working.
Just like last night, Yang Qiong stood at the door to pay wages, and the men held pork stew in one hand and steamed buns in the other.The steaming steamed buns are made with white flour, which is soft and soft when pinched. It is much more delicious than pure brown rice noodles, and it takes no effort to bite.
After receiving their wages, the men's faces were flushed. The original sympathy for Yang Qiong's family was completely gone, replaced by admiration. Yang Qiong was in poor health and Han Qingshi's mind was not bright, but there was a wolf in the house, and there was a wolf. Quite a few rabbits made a fortune directly by going to the mountain. Not only did they have money to build a house, but they also spent generously.
There were also quick-witted men who wondered, Yang Qiong's expenses were quite high, where did he get so much money on hand. "Let's go to the town to sell sheep. If we sell it to the slaughterhouse, how much money will it cost? Laike restaurant is different. I heard that the owner has restaurants in the prefectural capital and county. The business is very big. We can get online, thanks to I said a few words to Brother Han..." At this point, the men also understood that Yang Qiong had a backer.
In the end, the brothers received their wages, took pork and steamed buns, and said goodbye to Yang Qiong with a smile.
Han Qingshi also came back after a while, and Ji Xiaolian was covering the cloth pocket, which contained scooped white rice.Yang Qiong gave him wages as usual, as well as pork stew and steamed buns, and told him, "Don't miss out, you know who Aunt Ji is, and you have to be reasonable and unforgiving."
Ji Xiaolian nodded quickly, "I see."
Alaska followed Han Qingshi with a wooden cage in his mouth. He came back at noon. Li Xiaoju prepared food for him, but he didn't see Yang Qiong.Seeing Yang Qiong now, the dog's head kept rubbing against Yang Qiong's thigh, whining in its throat.
【Master, you didn't come back at noon, I thought I was going to be abandoned. 】
"I went to buy stones at noon." Yang Qiong patted the dog's head, "Come to eat, the big pot of vegetables is very delicious."
There are still a lot of pork stew left in the pot, and there are also a lot of steamed buns. The brothers have cleaned the cutting boards and knives and put them away.Yang Qiong just took a bowl and scooped up the vegetables and ate them, "Jia Jia went to see if anyone entered the house."
Alaska groaned, ran to the door with the wooden cage in his mouth, opened the door with his head, went in and sniffed around, and then came out with the crock pot in his mouth. [There is no strange smell in my territory. 】
Here, Yang Liuer came home, took a clean bowl, set aside one-third of the pork and vegetables, there were exactly three steamed buns, Yang Liuer took one by herself, and sat down with the brown rice porridge made by Li Chunhua. eat.
During the day, Yang Datie went to Yang Qiong's house, but he didn't see anyone. After asking, he found out that Yang Qiong went out to buy stones, and he stood for a while before leaving.
"If you work there during the day, you don't have to work for the sake of the sick man, and you will still receive a wage in the afternoon." Li Chunhua picked up a steamed bread, took a bite, and lowered his head to suck the brown rice porridge , making a loud bald grunt.
"I'll go tomorrow." Yang Datie was really moved. He heard from the men in the village that many of them went without being notified by Yang Qiong and were left behind.
A middle-aged man has plenty of strength, but the key is to take care of the food, so that the family can save some food and receive wages. This news gradually spread, and I am afraid that many men will go to Yang Qiong's house to try their luck tomorrow.
After eating a bun soon, Li Chunhua snorted and said, "I heard that my brother is paid to help out. What about yours? Take it out."
Today when Li Chunhua went back to her natal home, she wanted to meet Yang Dalang and ask how the work in the quarry was, but her natal family said that she was going to work in the quarry, and she was not allowed to see her family, and she had to work for a year before she could leave.Li Chunhua immediately wanted to make a fuss, but the quarry was controlled by the government, so she had to swallow her breath and took back the small piece of pork she had brought.
"I didn't get my wages, it's stored with Yang Zi." Yang Liu'er sniffed, gurgled after finishing the brown rice porridge, and stood up with her cloth pocket in her hand.This was taught by Yang Qiong, if the mother wanted wages, he would just say so, but he didn't expect that the mother really wanted it.
Wu Xiaoyue is also a brother, so he collects all the money he earns himself, neither his father nor mother wants it, and says to save Wu Xiaoyue's dowry for himself.
In the early morning of the next day, Yang Liu'er got up straight away and went out with her cloth pocket in her hand.He probably didn't have a share of breakfast, so instead of drinking a bowl of water at the dinner table, it's better to go to Yang Qiong's house, maybe he can get a small piece of pancake.
As a result, someone went earlier than Yang Liu'er, and while Yang Qiong's house was making breakfast, Ji Xiaolian came, sitting on the stone slab with her head bowed, shedding tears.
Last night when Ji Xiaolian came home, she was joyful at first, but she looked back and forth to see if there was anyone in the house.Ji Yuanqiu's books and clean clothes were gone, Ji Xiaolian suddenly remembered that Ji Yuanqiu wanted to rent a house in the town for the past few days, so that he could study with peace of mind.
Shi Jinhua and Ji Dashan probably went to the town together to help Ji Yuanqiu settle down. Compared with Ji Xiaolian, who is going to marry sooner or later, Ji Yuanqiu's son is very important. It just so happens that there is no work in the fields these days. After Shi Jinhua and Ji Dashan discussed, So he took all the money in the family and sent Ji Yuanqiu to the town.
Ji Xiaolian put away the white rice, ate the steamed bread and pork stew by herself, shed tears while eating, and arrived at Yang Qiong's house before dawn, sitting in the yard and weeping.In any case, he was only in his teens, and he had never left home since he was a child, but now the whole family has left, leaving him alone, living in an empty house at night, how could he not be afraid.
"Brother Xiaolian." Yang Liuer walked over and held Ji Xiaolian's hand in a soft voice to comfort her, "Don't think too much, Aunt Ji will be back in a few days."
"Well...but the brown rice and eggs at home have been taken away..." Ji Xiaolian choked up and said, "I want to help, but there is nothing to eat at home."
Food in the town has always been more expensive, Shi Jinhua was so distressed by money, so naturally she took all she could bring, and the borrowed ox cart was full.
"Hey," Yang Qiong was also very helpless, and had no choice but to nod in agreement, "Brother Xiao Lian will stay and help, but I don't lack any more brothers here, so I won't need any more."
"I will work hard." Ji Xiaolian said gratefully with red eyes.
No matter what the meal was in the morning, Ji Xiaolian and Yang Liuer still had a meal with Yang Qiong.Pie stuffed with pork, mixed with white flour and brown rice flour, fried in lard, served with brown rice porridge.
There was an outsider, and Alaska sat in the room deeply and waited for Han Qingshi to deliver the meal. With a specially made unsalted pie in his mouth, he took a melancholy and deep bite, took a bite of brown rice porridge, and then another bite...
Knowing that I will go out to release rabbits today, Alaska did not run wildly in the yard, so he was not exhausted, but his appetite is good, and he ate two more pies than usual.
Yang Liuer and Ji Xiaolian also ate pies and brown rice porridge, and helped clear the table after eating.Li Xiaoju came running from home, and coincidentally, all her friends also came.These little buddies all know that Yang Qiong doesn't need more buddies here, they cherish each one of them, and they come earlier in the morning than the men.
Soon, the men came one after another, Yang Qiong sat on the stone slab, and chatted with Li Xiaoju every sentence. "Yang Zi, Yang Datie came to visit yesterday, I told him you went out to buy stones, he stayed for a while and then left." Li Xiaoju suddenly remembered this, and said hastily.
"Him? Could it be that he also wants to work? I have already broken off the relationship with the Yang family. If I didn't see Yang Liuer pitiful, I wouldn't help him. As for Li Chunhua and Yang Datie, if they really have the face, I will make them feel ashamed." Let's go." Yang Qiong sneered, she didn't know if it was because she was pregnant, her temper was always unpredictable.
A few men did not come two days ago, but came to ask Yang Qiong in the morning, wanting to work.Yang Qiong refused all of them, and those guys didn't say anything, the wife in the family was a well-known broken mouth in the village, and the choreographer was better than anyone else.
As soon as the few men were sent away, Yang Datie came with dull steps, walked in through the fence gate, and stood in front of Yang Qiong, "I'll help."
"Go away, I can't bear it." Yang Qiong turned cold, but unexpectedly came, "I only want young men here."
"I'm your father!" Yang Datie felt a little uncomfortable, and finally yelled out the words that had been stuffed in his heart. The brother in front of him was raised by him.
"Didn't the relationship be broken?" Yang Qiong stood up, "Should I ask Li Zheng? My Yang Qiong's money is only earned by people with open hearts, and you don't meet the requirements."
Han Qingshi heard the men say that Yang Datie was coming, so he quickly put down the work at hand and ran home, standing in front of Yang Qiong, and said in a deep voice: "As early as your family made me do all the hard work but didn't give me rice. , the relationship is broken."
But no, Yang Datie and Li Chunhua did some stupid things later on, they never regarded Yang Qiong as the Yang family, and now they come here in a hurry, what a joke.The little buddies in the yard all snickered, thinking that Yang Datie was really thick-skinned...
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Today Han Qingshi has been leading the men to work. He is very strong and doesn't talk much. The men think that he is still the same as before. He only knows how to work hard, but he is still stupid.At this moment, such a sentence was suddenly said, and the men and boys in the yard were a little startled.
Everyone knows that Han Qingshi has been insane since he was a child. Since he married his husband, he has devoted himself to his husband and is very obedient, but he never knew that one day Han Qingshi would be able to speak like a normal person. .But after seeing Yang Qiong take out so much money and build so many houses without changing his face, I think Han Qingshi's brain is good, and that's okay.
"You..." Yang Datie was even more horrified. No one knew Han Qingshi better than him. When he first married Yang Qiong, this fool only knew how to take care of his husband every day, go to work in the fields, and would not dislike him as much as he gave him. , take it home for Yang Qiong to eat, and then eat the rest by himself.
"It's clearly written in black and white, you don't come to my house in the future." Han Qingshi spoke very slowly, word by word, so that people could hear him more clearly.
Staggering back a few steps, facing Han Qingshi's tall and tall man, Yang Datie couldn't say anything.Previously, because of Han Qingshi's poor brain and Yang Qiong's illness, he could still ask as a relative. Now Han Qingshi's brain is good. If he doesn't leave, the villagers will gossip.
"Letting Yang Liu'er help here is already for the sake of brothers and sisters. If the father who has been divorced comes to play Qiufeng again, we can't see it." Wu Xiaoyue has a straight temper, what to say, and her brother is outside Helping with work, he is not afraid of anything.
"Well, if the trouble continues, we'll find Li Zheng." Yang Qiong took the quarrel.
Qian came in and went to the town to find the steward to approve the land yesterday. Because he had a lot of money, he gave some to the steward in private, and went to Laike restaurant for a meal together. I am happy to come in.After dawdling at home for a long time, he took the purchased land deed and walked to the village. There was still some money left, and he wanted to spend the money on his own, but thinking that Yang Qiong was now in the village asking for money and building a tile-roofed house. Take a break.
Just when he entered the fence gate, he saw Yang Datie standing in the yard. Qian Jinjin felt displeased. He knew Li Chunhua's temperament, and he must have come to send Yang Datie and Qiufeng away.
"I said brother, come to see Yang Zi?" Qian came in and patted Yang Datie on the shoulder, walked straight in front of Yang Qiong, and whispered, "The land deed is here for you."
Seeing that the money came in without mentioning silver, Yang Qiong sighed, didn't look at Yang Datie, led the money in to a place where no one was around, and said directly: "Li Zheng, I have to thank you this time, and I don't want the rest of the silver. Now, let Lizheng work hard for you."
"Hey, where, where, I can't take this money, you still have to pay the men." Qian came in and took out a small cloth pocket from his arms, took out the land deed from it and handed it to Yang Qiong, but the money came in. It is not forwarded.
The two were polite to each other again, and finally the money came in and left fifty copper coins, and all the rest were given to Yang Qiong.It's not easy to go to the town and back, and you have to deal with the stewards. The land deed was handled smoothly, and Yang Qiong was very satisfied. Fifty copper coins are not much.
When the money came in, Yang Datie was no longer in the yard, presumably he had already left.
Yang Liu'er was sitting in front of the stove, filling it with firewood, her face was white and dusty, and every time she moved forward, seeing Yang Qiong also approaching, she quickly stepped aside and said in a low voice, "Mother said to Dad also comes to work, so you can get paid without working..."
"En." Yang Qiong nodded, "I can count almost all the jobs I hired today."
The brothers sat in a corner of the yard. There were radish sprouts in the wooden basin, which could be cooked after washing. The radish was stewed with pork bones. Today's meal was extraordinarily rich.Han Qingshi worked outside for a while, and then ran back to pound brown rice with a stone mortar, pound it into powder and put it in white flour, add flour, and make steamed buns.
The men are working very hard, the foundation has almost been dug, and the stones have been scattered and put aside, it only needs to be moved down by the men to build.But these are all stone bars, very heavy, even if the men are desperate, their strength is always limited, and the progress is slowed down.
"Everyone, don't worry, the foundation is the foundation of the house." Yang Qiong knew that if the house is strong or not, the foundation must be checked first. "It's noon, everyone, take a rest and eat."
The men were not in a hurry to do their work, but finished all the work at hand, and then lined up in twos and threes into the yard to wash their hands, and then went to the bottom of the wall to get the bowls they brought in cloth pockets.
Compared with preparing the table, stools, and chopsticks by yourself, it is much less troublesome. Yang Qiong also finds it troublesome, just because the men realize it.A bowl of pork bone radish, with meat attached to the pork bone, and another bowl with pork fried radish sprouts, covered with two fragrant soft and big steamed buns.
The little buddies have a small appetite, so they ran away with one steamed bun, and there were not many dishes to eat. Yang Qiong also ate the big pot of rice, not to mention, the taste was quite good.
The little buddies in the village have helped the family cook since they were young. Although they usually cook brown rice porridge, brown rice pancakes, etc., their craftsmanship is also passable.
Yang Qiong deliberately scooped up a bowl of stewed radish with pork bones, took two big steamed buns, and scooped up some vegetables for Li Xiaoju, "Brother Xiaoju, take it home to Grandma Li."
Li Xiaoju didn't refuse, she clapped her hands and walked home with a bowl in her hand. Now that the relationship between him and Yang Qiong is better, he knows that the refusal of these things will divide the two people, so he just needs to help more in the future .
The men didn't go home at noon, they just got together in twos and threes with bowls, squatted on the ground, took the chopsticks they brought, and ate a delicious meal.
The entrance of Yang Qiong's house was very wide, and the ground was well laid out. The bullock cart could turn around in a circle. After the men had eaten their fill, they washed the dishes and lay down on the ground, rested for a while, and continued to work.
"There are still a lot of steamed buns. Let's fry some green vegetables and add more meat tonight." Yang Qiong looked at the pork hanging in the shed. He bought half a pig, and it was almost enough to eat now, and there was still leftovers. A front leg, and some rib meat.
But thinking back to my previous life, the labor cost was so expensive, if I really wanted to hire someone to build a house, a small worker would pay [-] a day, and a big worker would pay [-] a day. In ten days and a half months, the house would not be able to be built at all. No small expense.But now half a fan of pigs will be eaten for several days, vegetables are cheap, Yang Qiong is not short of money now, and he still feels that the entertainment is not good enough.
Han Qingshi's memory in his previous life was hazy and unclear, but in this life he was very clear. He ran to Yang Qiong, holding a cleaned zucchini in his hand, "Husband, eat."
"Well, you go and remember carefully those who steal, rape, cheat and don't work. I will pay them at night, and I won't let them come tomorrow." Yang Qiong pushed Han Qingshi, "Gaga didn't come back in the morning, I don't know why Something happened."
The meal in the evening is very simple, there is no soup, but a large spoonful of radish fried meat, a large spoonful of braised pork, a large bowl full, even better than yesterday's dishes.Each person had two big steamed buns, and the men lined up with bowls. When they passed the door, Yang Qiong would put the counted copper coins in their pockets.
Han Qingshi stood aside, didn't move at first, and when a very short man with erratic eyes came over, he leaned into Yang Qiong's ear and whispered, "I've been running to the yard in the afternoon, chatting with my friends, didn't you?" How to work."
After taking a look at the short man, Yang Qiong also had the impression that this man would talk to his younger brothers as soon as he entered the yard.Putting the money in the man's cloth pocket, Yang Qiong said coldly: "You don't need to come tomorrow."
"Why?" The short man blushed, "I just came to the yard a few more times..."
"So you know, my brothers are here for your help, not for you to chat." Yang Qiong said loudly, "If you work obediently, I might just warn you, but you haven't done much all day. If you don’t want to live, then you can’t blame me. I asked the man to help build a house, not to eat and drink for free.”
"That's right, I've disliked him for a long time. He's not a decent person in the village." The man behind said disdainfully, "It's what he deserves!"
"It was like this two days ago, cheating and playing tricks..."
"well done!"
The men expressed their support one after another, you said what I said, and the short man wanted to argue a few words, but when he saw this situation, he ran away in despair.
Two more men who refused to work hard were found out, and Yang Qiong directly told them not to come tomorrow.
The younger brothers were all secretly happy, they were not married, so it was okay to help Yang Qiong's family, but if all the men in the village came to harass, the reputation would be bad if it spread out.Yang Qiong did this, and while the brothers were relieved, they also felt that Yang Qiong was a good person and worth making friends with.
It wasn't until the little buddies left and Yang Qiong was about to have dinner that Alaska appeared at the gate of the fence with his head drooping and dejected.
"What happened to Gaga?" Yang Qiong was surprised.
Walking slowly into the house and putting down the wooden cage, Alaska came out with the crock pot in his mouth, walked to Yang Qiong's side, rubbed his head against Yang Qiong's leg, and whined a few times in aggrieved manner.
[I lost the rabbit. 】
"Lost a rabbit? It's okay, just a few rabbits." Yang Qiong stroked the dog's head, put the shredded steamed buns into the crock, and mixed them with broth.
Alaska shook his tail reluctantly, raised his head to look at Yang Qiong's face, and made sure that he didn't see any signs of the master's anger. His ears slowly perked up, and he whimpered to explain.
【I just took a nap on my stomach, and the rabbits disappeared, less, um...】
Alaska stretched out two dog legs to show Yang Qiong, and the two dog paws were still trying to open.Yang Qiong stared at it for a while, and asked doubtfully, "I lost them all?" Alaska's dog paws couldn't tell whether they were curled up or spread out, they were all so short, and they still had dog hair.
[Aww. 】Alaska was in a hurry, raised two dog paws, and the whole dog stood up.
[Two!two!But I went to catch other rabbits...]
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"It's because you lost, uh... two rabbits, you didn't come back for dinner?" Yang Qiong poked the dog's head, and said in a warm voice, "Did you catch the little rabbit at noon?"
The dog's head rubbed against Yang Qiong's thigh, and Alaska howled aggrievedly.
【The big rabbit was too cunning, so he ran away and only caught the little rabbit. 】
"It's okay, little rabbits can be raised." Yang Qiong was speechless, her dog was simple-minded, um, not particularly stupid, so she put a few more pieces of meat into the crock.
After dinner, Yang Qiong touched the rabbits in the wooden cage, and sure enough there were a few smaller ones.Alaska was lying in the kennel, poking the wooden cage with his dog's paws, and the little rabbits who had just arrived were all shivering with fright.
"Fu Lang, come and soak your feet." Han Qingshi came in with a basin of warm water and pulled Yang Qiong over.Now that his mind is better, Han Qingshi does things more smoothly, and serves his husband more attentively.
After washing, Yang Qiong was lying on the bed, covered with a quilt. Han Qingshi stretched out his big hand and touched Yang Qiong's lower abdomen. The originally flat and soft lower abdomen seemed to have changed.
Yang Liuer also came home with chicken soup and brown rice, but he didn’t bring a bowl. This was Yang Qiong’s bowl. As soon as he entered the house, Li Chunhua scolded her head and face, “Where are you going? want!"
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"Mother, I'm going to help Yangzi with work. Their family is going to build a house, and many men in the village have gone." Yang Liuer bypassed Li Chunhua, went into the house and put two bowls on the table.
Yang Datie is a bit old, unlike those middle-aged men who can go to the town to try, maybe they will be lucky enough to find hard work.People like Yang Datie, who are slightly older than middle-aged men, are not too old, and those who have the strength are the most difficult to find a job. Under normal circumstances, they can only stay at home and idle.
Yang Liuer took two of his own bowls and poured out the chicken soup and brown rice, "Father, brown rice and chicken soup." There was still the wages he received today in his cloth pocket, but Yang Liuer didn't take it out, he had to keep it for himself. Private house.Even if he took it out, Li Chunhua might not give him a good look, so he might as well keep it for himself.
In the yard, Li Chunhua stood cursing for a while before entering the house. Seeing the chicken soup on the table, she snorted, sat down and picked up the chopsticks to scoop up chicken nuggets.Seeing that all the chicken nuggets in the bowl were scooped up, he brought the bowl in front of himself and sipped the chicken soup.Yang Datie didn't say a word, but Yang Liu'er was completely chilled. If Yang Dalang was still here, Li Chunhua would definitely push him the chicken soup.
In the evening, there is still brown rice porridge with clear soup and little water, no brown rice pancakes, and a plate of pickled vegetables in the middle of the table. If there is no brown rice and chicken soup brought back by Yang Liuer, dinner will be like this.
Most of the families in the village are like this, and they don’t have to work in the fields at night, just cook some brown rice porridge, and just make do with pickled vegetables.
But the brothers and men who came to help Yang Qiong were different. They had a bowl of brown rice and big chunks of pork stew.A dexterous brother put the pork stew into the pot, added some water, chopped Chinese cabbage and stewed it, enough for the whole family.
Early the next morning, Yang Liu'er got up and looked at the dining table. There were only two brown rice pancakes, boiled water, and a small plate of pickled vegetables. There was no portion for him at all.Li Chunhua stood at the gate, squinting her eyes, her lips were extremely thin, "Go to that sick man's house again? Tell your father to go too, I heard the money will be returned."
"Father is going to let him go by himself, it's none of my business." Yang Liu'er wiped the bowl she brought back last night, put it in her cloth pocket, turned and went out.
Li Chunhua went out the door and chased for a few steps, put her hands on her hips, cursed a few words, and turned back when Yang Liuer was no longer in sight.Yang Datie had already gotten up and was sitting at the dining table, eating brown rice pancakes in silence.
"I didn't have enough brown rice last night. Eat and eat. After eating, go to work at the sick man's house and get paid! I heard that many men in the village have gone. I will go back to my mother's house later. See Look at Da Lang." Li Chunhua also sat down, even scolding, without saying anything nice.
After eating, Li Chunhua tidied up in a hurry and went out.Yang Datie sat at the gate of his house for a while, then slowly got up and walked towards the village.
At this moment, the men have all come out of the house, and they are together in twos and threes. If Yang Qiong hadn't announced the start time yesterday, the men would have wanted to work at dawn.Yang Qiong paid a lot of wages, topping the hard labor in the town, and also taking care of the food. The big piece of meat is not fake, and the whole family can eat the meat when they take it home in a big bowl.
Knowing that there will be people coming to the house today, Alaska rushed out to have fun outside just after dawn, trying to get enough money before the people came.As an energetic dog, it was unbearable to stay in the house all day, so Alaska ran harder until he was panting and lying in the kennel like a dead dog.
Han Qingshi got up early, baked oil cakes, fried the chicken nuggets left over from yesterday, and boiled a large pot of brown rice porridge.
[I like to eat pancakes the most, there is no food! 】
Alaska guards a crock pot of brown rice porridge, with triangular oil cakes and large pieces of chicken on the leaves next to it. It is simply the happiest moment in a dog's life.
"There are still a lot of people coming today, so Jiajia will let the little rabbit go. The big rabbit has just given birth and doesn't need to go out." Yang Qiong took a bite of the pancake, raised her foot to poke the dog's butt in Alaska, "Remember to come back for lunch at noon. "
Just running desperately, Alaska, who is now exhausted to death, is stunned.But compared to nesting in the house, it is obviously more cost-effective to go out and let the rabbits go.
Seeing her dog drooping its tail and going out like a walk, Yang Qiong nodded, "Gajia is getting more and more calm."
Han Qingshi opened his mouth and smiled, and gave Yang Qiong the chicken leg, not saying that the stupid dog was in his yard at dawn, running wildly around the house, like a snake.
Before he finished his meal, Yang Liuer came, and Yang Qiong knew that he hadn't had breakfast when he saw his pale face, so he hurriedly greeted her, "Come here, there are still a few pancakes left."
The pancakes are made purely from white flour, fried in peanut oil, and have a savory onion flavor, which is very fragrant.
"I'll be messing around with Yang Zi from now on." Yang Liu'er sniffed, "Mother didn't bring me anything to eat this morning, and I ate the chicken soup I brought home last night."
"Hey," Yang Qiong sighed, seeing that Li Xiaoju had also come, she hurriedly said, "Clean up the bluestone, we are about to start work. The foundation can almost be dug today, let's go buy stones."
How could it be so easy to build a house? Bricks can already be fired here, but stone is better for the foundation.All these cost money, and when the friends came, Yang Qiong said to everyone: "Qingshi and I are going out for a trip, and everyone will be with brother Xiaoju. We will make steamed corn bread at noon, or pork stew."
"Yang Zi." Before going out, an unexpected person appeared at the door, Ji Xiaolian's eyes were red, she lowered her head and dared not look at Yang Qiong.
Yang Liuer was very pleasantly surprised, and hurried over to hold Ji Xiaolian's hand, then turned around and asked, "Brother Xiaolian can make steamed buns, can he help?"
"No...I...Yang Zi..." Ji Xiaolian shook her head hastily. He didn't come here to work, but to ask what to do with the white rice on the mountain.In the past few days, Shi Jinhua has gone crazy, trying to cook delicious food for Ji Yuanqiu, because the scholar's exam is approaching, and according to Ji Yuanqiu's intention, he wants to rent a house in the town.
Yang Qiong naturally knew what Ji Xiaolian was asking, he smiled, "Brother Xiaolian, stay with Liuer, and I will tell you in detail when I come back, don't worry."
Han Qingshi over there has also finished explaining to the men. Now Han Qingshi is not the fool who can only smirk. He speaks with reason and evidence, because of his burly and tall stature, all the men are very convinced.
After everything was explained, Yang Qiong didn't say that Jiajia had gone out, and no one would dare to enter her house.
The quarry was not very far away, and it was two villages away from the village where Yang Qiong lived. Han Qingshi had long legs and strength, so he trotted all the way with Yang Qiong on his back, and arrived at the place before he arrived in the morning.
Stone mining is controlled by the government, and the scale is not very large, but it is enough to use stone materials for the nearby ten miles and eight towns.
Yang Qiong was only here to buy stones for the foundation, not considered a major customer, but a junior steward came out, with his nostrils growing in the sky, holding a note in his hand, and asked, "How much do you want?"
Yang Qiong said the amount, and the steward wrote the note, took out his seal and stamped it with the official seal, and asked Yang Qiong to give the money.Han Qingshi pulled out the copper plates from his arms, and gave them to the steward only after he had counted them clearly.This was discussed earlier. In order not to reveal wealth, copper coins are used for daily expenses.
The steward put away the copper plate, his complexion improved a lot, pointed out some stones to Yang Qiong, and left.
"We have to hire someone to transport it back." Yang Qiong was a little worried, but he saw that there was a wooden cart not far away, and the men working here were specialized in transporting stones. It would cost a fortune to transport them back. money.
Just in time for work to eat, the men saw Yang Qiong and Han Qingshi standing here out of place, and they didn't eat. When they came over and asked, they were about to transport stones, and they all became excited.
"I can ask the supervisor for half a day off to help you transport these stones back." A dark-skinned man was gearing up, waiting for Yang Qiong to nod before returning to push the wooden cart.
Yang Qiong was wearing clean cloth clothes. Because she had never worked in the fields, her face was fair and her fingers were smooth and slender. It looked like she had never experienced hardship, so she must have money on hand.After a while, many men surrounded me, and they all said that they could help, and they could ask for half a day off.
"Fulang, tell me." Han Qingshi chuckled and turned to ask Yang Qiong.
The men on the opposite side all had bright eyes, but their faces were not very good, and their bodies were not strong. It seemed that the work in the quarry was not so easy.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a Chinese character in the distance that looked familiar, so Yang Qiong looked at it a few more times, feeling a little uncertain.The back looks very much like Yang Dalang, but Yang Dalang is only 17 years old, so he won't have such an old back at all.
"I bought a lot of stones, and I need a lot of people." Yang Qiong said while ordering some seemingly strong men.
The men lined up, pushing wooden carts.Yang Qiong lay on Han Qingshi's back, walked in the front to lead the way, talked to the man one after another, and soon learned the general situation of the quarry.
It is true that the quarry pays a lot of wages, but it requires hard work, and because it is controlled by the government, the details of the men who come here are very clear, and they have to sign a contract and work for one year before they can leave.It can be said that generally, men who come here for wages do not regret it, but they have already signed the contract, so they have to live long enough.
And like this kind of extra money, it is for the steward to take a cut, and it can be regarded as the money earned by the men themselves, and everyone is very happy.
A wooden cart can carry a lot of stones, but the men don't feel tired. Compared with the exhausting work in the quarry, this is much easier, so they all rush to do it.
It was already mid-afternoon when we got home, Yang Qiong gave the money politely, and the men pushed their wooden carts back one by one. The steward knew how long it would take to go back and forth, and the men dared not delay.Running away?That's even more daring, unless there is no one at home, otherwise the officials will arrest the family members.
There are also men with malicious intentions who brag about the high wages in the quarry when they help unload stones, thinking that the people in the village are envious, and maybe they will go to work.But the men in the village wouldn't be tempted, because there is a lot of money for Yang Qiong's work, so it's easy.
"Yang Zi." Finally seeing that Yang Qiong was free, Ji Xiaolian hurried over.
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Yang Liuer came over and chirped, "Yang Zi, Brother Xiao Lian is working really hard, making the buns is quick and good."
"Liu'er." Ji Xiaolian was a little embarrassed, Yang Qiong didn't call him here on his own initiative, he came here on his own initiative, I heard that the buddies who help cook can still get paid, but he himself doesn't want extravagantly, he took care of a meal at noon That's pretty good.Wowotou is mixed with white flour and pork stew, which is very fragrant.
Pulling Ji Xiaolian aside, Yang Qiong lowered his voice, "Brother Xiaolian, later you and Qingshi go to the foot of the mountain to scoop up two bowls of white rice, and you pack them yourself. Take them out when you get home. If Aunt Ji asks, you can Said that I gave it to you secretly, and no one else knew."
In this way, Shi Jinhua will probably only be complacent, and Ji Xiaolian can also get the rice home bit by bit, Shi Jinhua is in a better mood, and he may be able to suffer less beatings and scolding.
The little buddies have already steamed the steamed buns and stewed the pork. Steam is bubbling from the big iron pot, mixed with the smell of meat, wafting far away.
"It's almost impossible to see clearly, everyone calls it a day." Han Qingshi led Ji Xiaolian into the mountain, and Yang Qiong and Li Xiaoju went out together to talk to the men who were working.
Just like last night, Yang Qiong stood at the door to pay wages, and the men held pork stew in one hand and steamed buns in the other.The steaming steamed buns are made with white flour, which is soft and soft when pinched. It is much more delicious than pure brown rice noodles, and it takes no effort to bite.
After receiving their wages, the men's faces were flushed. The original sympathy for Yang Qiong's family was completely gone, replaced by admiration. Yang Qiong was in poor health and Han Qingshi's mind was not bright, but there was a wolf in the house, and there was a wolf. Quite a few rabbits made a fortune directly by going to the mountain. Not only did they have money to build a house, but they also spent generously.
There were also quick-witted men who wondered, Yang Qiong's expenses were quite high, where did he get so much money on hand. "Let's go to the town to sell sheep. If we sell it to the slaughterhouse, how much money will it cost? Laike restaurant is different. I heard that the owner has restaurants in the prefectural capital and county. The business is very big. We can get online, thanks to I said a few words to Brother Han..." At this point, the men also understood that Yang Qiong had a backer.
In the end, the brothers received their wages, took pork and steamed buns, and said goodbye to Yang Qiong with a smile.
Han Qingshi also came back after a while, and Ji Xiaolian was covering the cloth pocket, which contained scooped white rice.Yang Qiong gave him wages as usual, as well as pork stew and steamed buns, and told him, "Don't miss out, you know who Aunt Ji is, and you have to be reasonable and unforgiving."
Ji Xiaolian nodded quickly, "I see."
Alaska followed Han Qingshi with a wooden cage in his mouth. He came back at noon. Li Xiaoju prepared food for him, but he didn't see Yang Qiong.Seeing Yang Qiong now, the dog's head kept rubbing against Yang Qiong's thigh, whining in its throat.
【Master, you didn't come back at noon, I thought I was going to be abandoned. 】
"I went to buy stones at noon." Yang Qiong patted the dog's head, "Come to eat, the big pot of vegetables is very delicious."
There are still a lot of pork stew left in the pot, and there are also a lot of steamed buns. The brothers have cleaned the cutting boards and knives and put them away.Yang Qiong just took a bowl and scooped up the vegetables and ate them, "Jia Jia went to see if anyone entered the house."
Alaska groaned, ran to the door with the wooden cage in his mouth, opened the door with his head, went in and sniffed around, and then came out with the crock pot in his mouth. [There is no strange smell in my territory. 】
Here, Yang Liuer came home, took a clean bowl, set aside one-third of the pork and vegetables, there were exactly three steamed buns, Yang Liuer took one by herself, and sat down with the brown rice porridge made by Li Chunhua. eat.
During the day, Yang Datie went to Yang Qiong's house, but he didn't see anyone. After asking, he found out that Yang Qiong went out to buy stones, and he stood for a while before leaving.
"If you work there during the day, you don't have to work for the sake of the sick man, and you will still receive a wage in the afternoon." Li Chunhua picked up a steamed bread, took a bite, and lowered his head to suck the brown rice porridge , making a loud bald grunt.
"I'll go tomorrow." Yang Datie was really moved. He heard from the men in the village that many of them went without being notified by Yang Qiong and were left behind.
A middle-aged man has plenty of strength, but the key is to take care of the food, so that the family can save some food and receive wages. This news gradually spread, and I am afraid that many men will go to Yang Qiong's house to try their luck tomorrow.
After eating a bun soon, Li Chunhua snorted and said, "I heard that my brother is paid to help out. What about yours? Take it out."
Today when Li Chunhua went back to her natal home, she wanted to meet Yang Dalang and ask how the work in the quarry was, but her natal family said that she was going to work in the quarry, and she was not allowed to see her family, and she had to work for a year before she could leave.Li Chunhua immediately wanted to make a fuss, but the quarry was controlled by the government, so she had to swallow her breath and took back the small piece of pork she had brought.
"I didn't get my wages, it's stored with Yang Zi." Yang Liu'er sniffed, gurgled after finishing the brown rice porridge, and stood up with her cloth pocket in her hand.This was taught by Yang Qiong, if the mother wanted wages, he would just say so, but he didn't expect that the mother really wanted it.
Wu Xiaoyue is also a brother, so he collects all the money he earns himself, neither his father nor mother wants it, and says to save Wu Xiaoyue's dowry for himself.
In the early morning of the next day, Yang Liu'er got up straight away and went out with her cloth pocket in her hand.He probably didn't have a share of breakfast, so instead of drinking a bowl of water at the dinner table, it's better to go to Yang Qiong's house, maybe he can get a small piece of pancake.
As a result, someone went earlier than Yang Liu'er, and while Yang Qiong's house was making breakfast, Ji Xiaolian came, sitting on the stone slab with her head bowed, shedding tears.
Last night when Ji Xiaolian came home, she was joyful at first, but she looked back and forth to see if there was anyone in the house.Ji Yuanqiu's books and clean clothes were gone, Ji Xiaolian suddenly remembered that Ji Yuanqiu wanted to rent a house in the town for the past few days, so that he could study with peace of mind.
Shi Jinhua and Ji Dashan probably went to the town together to help Ji Yuanqiu settle down. Compared with Ji Xiaolian, who is going to marry sooner or later, Ji Yuanqiu's son is very important. It just so happens that there is no work in the fields these days. After Shi Jinhua and Ji Dashan discussed, So he took all the money in the family and sent Ji Yuanqiu to the town.
Ji Xiaolian put away the white rice, ate the steamed bread and pork stew by herself, shed tears while eating, and arrived at Yang Qiong's house before dawn, sitting in the yard and weeping.In any case, he was only in his teens, and he had never left home since he was a child, but now the whole family has left, leaving him alone, living in an empty house at night, how could he not be afraid.
"Brother Xiaolian." Yang Liuer walked over and held Ji Xiaolian's hand in a soft voice to comfort her, "Don't think too much, Aunt Ji will be back in a few days."
"Well...but the brown rice and eggs at home have been taken away..." Ji Xiaolian choked up and said, "I want to help, but there is nothing to eat at home."
Food in the town has always been more expensive, Shi Jinhua was so distressed by money, so naturally she took all she could bring, and the borrowed ox cart was full.
"Hey," Yang Qiong was also very helpless, and had no choice but to nod in agreement, "Brother Xiao Lian will stay and help, but I don't lack any more brothers here, so I won't need any more."
"I will work hard." Ji Xiaolian said gratefully with red eyes.
No matter what the meal was in the morning, Ji Xiaolian and Yang Liuer still had a meal with Yang Qiong.Pie stuffed with pork, mixed with white flour and brown rice flour, fried in lard, served with brown rice porridge.
There was an outsider, and Alaska sat in the room deeply and waited for Han Qingshi to deliver the meal. With a specially made unsalted pie in his mouth, he took a melancholy and deep bite, took a bite of brown rice porridge, and then another bite...
Knowing that I will go out to release rabbits today, Alaska did not run wildly in the yard, so he was not exhausted, but his appetite is good, and he ate two more pies than usual.
Yang Liuer and Ji Xiaolian also ate pies and brown rice porridge, and helped clear the table after eating.Li Xiaoju came running from home, and coincidentally, all her friends also came.These little buddies all know that Yang Qiong doesn't need more buddies here, they cherish each one of them, and they come earlier in the morning than the men.
Soon, the men came one after another, Yang Qiong sat on the stone slab, and chatted with Li Xiaoju every sentence. "Yang Zi, Yang Datie came to visit yesterday, I told him you went out to buy stones, he stayed for a while and then left." Li Xiaoju suddenly remembered this, and said hastily.
"Him? Could it be that he also wants to work? I have already broken off the relationship with the Yang family. If I didn't see Yang Liuer pitiful, I wouldn't help him. As for Li Chunhua and Yang Datie, if they really have the face, I will make them feel ashamed." Let's go." Yang Qiong sneered, she didn't know if it was because she was pregnant, her temper was always unpredictable.
A few men did not come two days ago, but came to ask Yang Qiong in the morning, wanting to work.Yang Qiong refused all of them, and those guys didn't say anything, the wife in the family was a well-known broken mouth in the village, and the choreographer was better than anyone else.
As soon as the few men were sent away, Yang Datie came with dull steps, walked in through the fence gate, and stood in front of Yang Qiong, "I'll help."
"Go away, I can't bear it." Yang Qiong turned cold, but unexpectedly came, "I only want young men here."
"I'm your father!" Yang Datie felt a little uncomfortable, and finally yelled out the words that had been stuffed in his heart. The brother in front of him was raised by him.
"Didn't the relationship be broken?" Yang Qiong stood up, "Should I ask Li Zheng? My Yang Qiong's money is only earned by people with open hearts, and you don't meet the requirements."
Han Qingshi heard the men say that Yang Datie was coming, so he quickly put down the work at hand and ran home, standing in front of Yang Qiong, and said in a deep voice: "As early as your family made me do all the hard work but didn't give me rice. , the relationship is broken."
But no, Yang Datie and Li Chunhua did some stupid things later on, they never regarded Yang Qiong as the Yang family, and now they come here in a hurry, what a joke.The little buddies in the yard all snickered, thinking that Yang Datie was really thick-skinned...
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Today Han Qingshi has been leading the men to work. He is very strong and doesn't talk much. The men think that he is still the same as before. He only knows how to work hard, but he is still stupid.At this moment, such a sentence was suddenly said, and the men and boys in the yard were a little startled.
Everyone knows that Han Qingshi has been insane since he was a child. Since he married his husband, he has devoted himself to his husband and is very obedient, but he never knew that one day Han Qingshi would be able to speak like a normal person. .But after seeing Yang Qiong take out so much money and build so many houses without changing his face, I think Han Qingshi's brain is good, and that's okay.
"You..." Yang Datie was even more horrified. No one knew Han Qingshi better than him. When he first married Yang Qiong, this fool only knew how to take care of his husband every day, go to work in the fields, and would not dislike him as much as he gave him. , take it home for Yang Qiong to eat, and then eat the rest by himself.
"It's clearly written in black and white, you don't come to my house in the future." Han Qingshi spoke very slowly, word by word, so that people could hear him more clearly.
Staggering back a few steps, facing Han Qingshi's tall and tall man, Yang Datie couldn't say anything.Previously, because of Han Qingshi's poor brain and Yang Qiong's illness, he could still ask as a relative. Now Han Qingshi's brain is good. If he doesn't leave, the villagers will gossip.
"Letting Yang Liu'er help here is already for the sake of brothers and sisters. If the father who has been divorced comes to play Qiufeng again, we can't see it." Wu Xiaoyue has a straight temper, what to say, and her brother is outside Helping with work, he is not afraid of anything.
"Well, if the trouble continues, we'll find Li Zheng." Yang Qiong took the quarrel.
Qian came in and went to the town to find the steward to approve the land yesterday. Because he had a lot of money, he gave some to the steward in private, and went to Laike restaurant for a meal together. I am happy to come in.After dawdling at home for a long time, he took the purchased land deed and walked to the village. There was still some money left, and he wanted to spend the money on his own, but thinking that Yang Qiong was now in the village asking for money and building a tile-roofed house. Take a break.
Just when he entered the fence gate, he saw Yang Datie standing in the yard. Qian Jinjin felt displeased. He knew Li Chunhua's temperament, and he must have come to send Yang Datie and Qiufeng away.
"I said brother, come to see Yang Zi?" Qian came in and patted Yang Datie on the shoulder, walked straight in front of Yang Qiong, and whispered, "The land deed is here for you."
Seeing that the money came in without mentioning silver, Yang Qiong sighed, didn't look at Yang Datie, led the money in to a place where no one was around, and said directly: "Li Zheng, I have to thank you this time, and I don't want the rest of the silver. Now, let Lizheng work hard for you."
"Hey, where, where, I can't take this money, you still have to pay the men." Qian came in and took out a small cloth pocket from his arms, took out the land deed from it and handed it to Yang Qiong, but the money came in. It is not forwarded.
The two were polite to each other again, and finally the money came in and left fifty copper coins, and all the rest were given to Yang Qiong.It's not easy to go to the town and back, and you have to deal with the stewards. The land deed was handled smoothly, and Yang Qiong was very satisfied. Fifty copper coins are not much.
When the money came in, Yang Datie was no longer in the yard, presumably he had already left.
Yang Liu'er was sitting in front of the stove, filling it with firewood, her face was white and dusty, and every time she moved forward, seeing Yang Qiong also approaching, she quickly stepped aside and said in a low voice, "Mother said to Dad also comes to work, so you can get paid without working..."
"En." Yang Qiong nodded, "I can count almost all the jobs I hired today."
The brothers sat in a corner of the yard. There were radish sprouts in the wooden basin, which could be cooked after washing. The radish was stewed with pork bones. Today's meal was extraordinarily rich.Han Qingshi worked outside for a while, and then ran back to pound brown rice with a stone mortar, pound it into powder and put it in white flour, add flour, and make steamed buns.
The men are working very hard, the foundation has almost been dug, and the stones have been scattered and put aside, it only needs to be moved down by the men to build.But these are all stone bars, very heavy, even if the men are desperate, their strength is always limited, and the progress is slowed down.
"Everyone, don't worry, the foundation is the foundation of the house." Yang Qiong knew that if the house is strong or not, the foundation must be checked first. "It's noon, everyone, take a rest and eat."
The men were not in a hurry to do their work, but finished all the work at hand, and then lined up in twos and threes into the yard to wash their hands, and then went to the bottom of the wall to get the bowls they brought in cloth pockets.
Compared with preparing the table, stools, and chopsticks by yourself, it is much less troublesome. Yang Qiong also finds it troublesome, just because the men realize it.A bowl of pork bone radish, with meat attached to the pork bone, and another bowl with pork fried radish sprouts, covered with two fragrant soft and big steamed buns.
The little buddies have a small appetite, so they ran away with one steamed bun, and there were not many dishes to eat. Yang Qiong also ate the big pot of rice, not to mention, the taste was quite good.
The little buddies in the village have helped the family cook since they were young. Although they usually cook brown rice porridge, brown rice pancakes, etc., their craftsmanship is also passable.
Yang Qiong deliberately scooped up a bowl of stewed radish with pork bones, took two big steamed buns, and scooped up some vegetables for Li Xiaoju, "Brother Xiaoju, take it home to Grandma Li."
Li Xiaoju didn't refuse, she clapped her hands and walked home with a bowl in her hand. Now that the relationship between him and Yang Qiong is better, he knows that the refusal of these things will divide the two people, so he just needs to help more in the future .
The men didn't go home at noon, they just got together in twos and threes with bowls, squatted on the ground, took the chopsticks they brought, and ate a delicious meal.
The entrance of Yang Qiong's house was very wide, and the ground was well laid out. The bullock cart could turn around in a circle. After the men had eaten their fill, they washed the dishes and lay down on the ground, rested for a while, and continued to work.
"There are still a lot of steamed buns. Let's fry some green vegetables and add more meat tonight." Yang Qiong looked at the pork hanging in the shed. He bought half a pig, and it was almost enough to eat now, and there was still leftovers. A front leg, and some rib meat.
But thinking back to my previous life, the labor cost was so expensive, if I really wanted to hire someone to build a house, a small worker would pay [-] a day, and a big worker would pay [-] a day. In ten days and a half months, the house would not be able to be built at all. No small expense.But now half a fan of pigs will be eaten for several days, vegetables are cheap, Yang Qiong is not short of money now, and he still feels that the entertainment is not good enough.
Han Qingshi's memory in his previous life was hazy and unclear, but in this life he was very clear. He ran to Yang Qiong, holding a cleaned zucchini in his hand, "Husband, eat."
"Well, you go and remember carefully those who steal, rape, cheat and don't work. I will pay them at night, and I won't let them come tomorrow." Yang Qiong pushed Han Qingshi, "Gaga didn't come back in the morning, I don't know why Something happened."
The meal in the evening is very simple, there is no soup, but a large spoonful of radish fried meat, a large spoonful of braised pork, a large bowl full, even better than yesterday's dishes.Each person had two big steamed buns, and the men lined up with bowls. When they passed the door, Yang Qiong would put the counted copper coins in their pockets.
Han Qingshi stood aside, didn't move at first, and when a very short man with erratic eyes came over, he leaned into Yang Qiong's ear and whispered, "I've been running to the yard in the afternoon, chatting with my friends, didn't you?" How to work."
After taking a look at the short man, Yang Qiong also had the impression that this man would talk to his younger brothers as soon as he entered the yard.Putting the money in the man's cloth pocket, Yang Qiong said coldly: "You don't need to come tomorrow."
"Why?" The short man blushed, "I just came to the yard a few more times..."
"So you know, my brothers are here for your help, not for you to chat." Yang Qiong said loudly, "If you work obediently, I might just warn you, but you haven't done much all day. If you don’t want to live, then you can’t blame me. I asked the man to help build a house, not to eat and drink for free.”
"That's right, I've disliked him for a long time. He's not a decent person in the village." The man behind said disdainfully, "It's what he deserves!"
"It was like this two days ago, cheating and playing tricks..."
"well done!"
The men expressed their support one after another, you said what I said, and the short man wanted to argue a few words, but when he saw this situation, he ran away in despair.
Two more men who refused to work hard were found out, and Yang Qiong directly told them not to come tomorrow.
The younger brothers were all secretly happy, they were not married, so it was okay to help Yang Qiong's family, but if all the men in the village came to harass, the reputation would be bad if it spread out.Yang Qiong did this, and while the brothers were relieved, they also felt that Yang Qiong was a good person and worth making friends with.
It wasn't until the little buddies left and Yang Qiong was about to have dinner that Alaska appeared at the gate of the fence with his head drooping and dejected.
"What happened to Gaga?" Yang Qiong was surprised.
Walking slowly into the house and putting down the wooden cage, Alaska came out with the crock pot in his mouth, walked to Yang Qiong's side, rubbed his head against Yang Qiong's leg, and whined a few times in aggrieved manner.
[I lost the rabbit. 】
"Lost a rabbit? It's okay, just a few rabbits." Yang Qiong stroked the dog's head, put the shredded steamed buns into the crock, and mixed them with broth.
Alaska shook his tail reluctantly, raised his head to look at Yang Qiong's face, and made sure that he didn't see any signs of the master's anger. His ears slowly perked up, and he whimpered to explain.
【I just took a nap on my stomach, and the rabbits disappeared, less, um...】
Alaska stretched out two dog legs to show Yang Qiong, and the two dog paws were still trying to open.Yang Qiong stared at it for a while, and asked doubtfully, "I lost them all?" Alaska's dog paws couldn't tell whether they were curled up or spread out, they were all so short, and they still had dog hair.
[Aww. 】Alaska was in a hurry, raised two dog paws, and the whole dog stood up.
[Two!two!But I went to catch other rabbits...]
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"It's because you lost, uh... two rabbits, you didn't come back for dinner?" Yang Qiong poked the dog's head, and said in a warm voice, "Did you catch the little rabbit at noon?"
The dog's head rubbed against Yang Qiong's thigh, and Alaska howled aggrievedly.
【The big rabbit was too cunning, so he ran away and only caught the little rabbit. 】
"It's okay, little rabbits can be raised." Yang Qiong was speechless, her dog was simple-minded, um, not particularly stupid, so she put a few more pieces of meat into the crock.
After dinner, Yang Qiong touched the rabbits in the wooden cage, and sure enough there were a few smaller ones.Alaska was lying in the kennel, poking the wooden cage with his dog's paws, and the little rabbits who had just arrived were all shivering with fright.
"Fu Lang, come and soak your feet." Han Qingshi came in with a basin of warm water and pulled Yang Qiong over.Now that his mind is better, Han Qingshi does things more smoothly, and serves his husband more attentively.
After washing, Yang Qiong was lying on the bed, covered with a quilt. Han Qingshi stretched out his big hand and touched Yang Qiong's lower abdomen. The originally flat and soft lower abdomen seemed to have changed.
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