Stingy Husband Farming

Song Bai was stunned, and vaguely remembered that his home... seemed to be a food business?It seems... there is more than one food store...

There was a faint pain in his head, but Song Bai held back and didn't make a sound.

"What's the matter?" Shen Mu ate a piece of orange, luckily, it was so sweet to his heart.So he broke off half of it and handed it to Song Bai, only to find that his mind was obviously distracted.

Song Bai came back to his senses, rubbed his head, and smiled: "It's okay, I just remembered that my area is cooked once a year. Two crops are good, and you don't have to worry about starvation if you have more food."

He couldn't explain why, subconsciously he didn't tell Shen Mu that he remembered that there was a food store at home.

Song Bai's memory is like he himself is in a maze full of mist, only when he walks over and triggers that part, can he remember the relevant things.

I don't know how big this maze is, and how many detours it takes to trigger it all.

Before remembering all of them, it's just insignificant things, things like disparity in family background, wouldn't it be useless for Shen Mu to worry about things like this?

However, Shen Mu sighed: "Although there is a lot of grain harvested twice a year, the biggest problem is... our family has no paddy fields." Boss Shen is too busy to teach in the town, and the family has a small population, with only two acres of dry land in total.

Even if the paddy fields are cooked ten times a year, it has nothing to do with their family.

...It really hurts.

Song Bai covered his heart, "It's okay, I will be here in the future, and I will make money when my legs get better. Let's buy land and plant rice, so we can have two crops a year."

Shen Mu wanted to say that there is no need to work so hard, as long as there is enough to eat.You're going out to make money, I won't be able to see your (face)...

……But!That's money!It's money!If you have money, you don't make a king|eight|egg!He swallowed the words silently.

"Then, then I'll be with you." Shen Mu changed his words. "Multiple people can make more money."

The two of them were talking at one end, and the mud bricks were almost peeled off at the other end.At noon, the surface of the mud bricks that had been peeled off earlier had already dried in the sun.Song Bai directed several big men to build a fire, set up the pretend-dried mud bricks, and placed them in a circle not far or near to bake.

It has to be baked thoroughly, otherwise there will be moisture in it, or it will be exposed to dew overnight, or it will be wet by rain, and it will lose its toughness and become a bad brick. This kind of bad mud brick plate The kang may collapse.

Sometimes gossip spreads in the rural areas in the north, and so-and-so and his daughter-in-law tossed and collapsed the kang. In fact, the problem does not lie in "tossing".

Of course, if the kang board is ready, it won't be able to sleep for a lifetime. After two or three years, at most four or five years, the ashes will be cleaned up and the kang board will be replaced.That's why Song Bai thinks that ten taels of silver was too much for the kang craftsman back then.

Fortunately, Song Bai did all the maintenance and care of his family's Kang himself, saving a lot of money.

While baking the mud bricks, Song Bai asked some uncles to pick up some stones.It doesn't need to be too big, just a fist or so.

A few people carried the load and formed a group to pick up stones, leaving Shen Qingshan and Shen Mu squatting down next to Song Bai.

"Xiao Song, you really know how to make a bed?" It's not that Shen Qingshan doesn't believe him, Song Bai has also lived at Shen Qingshan's house for a few days, Shen Qingshan has observed this young man early in the morning, it is true that he is tall and powerful, but Unlike their crop handle style.Look at that hand again, it's white and clean, without any calluses at all, it's even tenderer than the hands of a little brother in the village, and it doesn't look like a craftsman?

The man with the upper teeth touching the lower teeth said that he knew how to be on the bed, and Shen Mu also let him do everything.

After Song Bai heard this, he was not angry that Shen Qingshan didn't believe him, he only explained in detail how to divide the smoke wall, how to open the smoke outlet, how to cover the billet, and how to wipe the surface of the kang. Qingshan is in the clouds, and I am amazed.

I didn't expect that people would really do it!Even if the work at hand is not good, listening to what he said is so meticulous, with his guidance, can they, who are used to doing the work, still be able to do it?

There are many people and strength is great. At this moment, the six or seven big men have already returned with three loads of stones. "Xiaomu's family... so who, can you take a look at these stones?" Song Bai's name was not remembered.

"What is Xiaomu's family? His name is Song Bai. If you can't remember his name, you can call him Xiao Song." Shen Qingshan's face darkened.This so-and-so family always refers to the daughter-in-law of the family, even if Song Bai is a married man, he can't call her like that!

Besides, this man who married into a family, six or seven times out of ten, feels uncomfortable in his heart!Letting you shout like this, I didn't feel angry at first, but I also got angry.

The man scratched his head, "Didn't I forget it for a while, Xiao Song, don't bother with me."

Song Bai looked at the stones in the load, most of them were suitable, then he smiled at the man and said: "It's okay, I don't care about these. Besides, I entered the door of Xiaomu's house and called Xiaomu's house That's right." These villagers are all good friends with Boss Shen, they are simple in character and take good care of Shen Mu, and they are all uncles with different surnames.There is even Shen Qingshan, who is a real uncle at all.Of course Song Bai didn't care about these verbal mistakes and omissions, and he also wanted to make friends with them.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot for a while, and Shen Qingshan's expression softened.Originally, he was afraid that Song Bai would be dissatisfied, and the young couple would be fine, but he was more worried.

It was Shen Mu's face, as if it had been roasted for a long time, it turned red again. "I'm going to look at the mud bricks. It's time to turn them upside down. They can't be baked on one side."

Shen Mu ran away in shame, and the men followed Shen Qingshan's example and squatted around Song Bai. "Speaking of which, Xiao Song, what is going on with this kang?"

Song Bai: ...Why did you show off in front of Uncle Qingshan just now, and now I have to repeat it again...

These guys are not even as good as Shen Qingshan who has passed the Tongsheng exam, and his comprehension ability is even worse. After listening to Song Bai's talk for a long time, he feels even more confused. "Hey, anyway, when the time comes, you will be on the sidelines directing, let us do whatever we want, I don't understand what I'm talking about!"

... Then you asked me just now?Heart tired.

After the mud bricks are completely baked and dried, the kang will be started.Song Bai instructed that the men in the village operate, Song Bai did not hide his secrets, and sat with Shen Mu to pick stones.

The stones put in the kang hole must be resistant to burning.Those clods that can be crushed when pinched are not acceptable.It is not good if it is too regular, it has to be oddly shaped, and the stones that can support the gap between stones are good stones.

Only in this way can the hot air pass through the cracks in the stone, otherwise the base will be tight and the hot air will not be able to pass through, so what is it called a kang?

Several people were amazed at seeing it: "I thought that the ones who are upright are the best, and I even picked them out. I knew it would not take that much effort."

A few people worked in full swing.At night, when the sky darkened, the kang was finally finished.Let it dry for a few days and then turn on the fire to bake, and it will be able to live in people.During this time, Song Bai had to temporarily stay at the village chief's house.

Song Bai was very grateful to the several uncles who came to help: "This time, everyone has mastered it. If anyone wants to make a living, just follow suit. Feel free to ask me if there is anything you don't know."

Although Song Bai was enthusiastic, the villagers were not very optimistic about this new item.

"Hey, I think it's more comfortable to sleep on a wooden bed. Although this kang is big, it's as hard as a rock. Is it comfortable to lie on it?" The man who spoke was named Liu Erlen, and Shen Mu called him Uncle Erlen .He was the one who carelessly called Song Bai "Xiaomu's family" before.

"...Actually, it's not very cold here in winter, and we have to spend firewood to burn the kang. Not every room is connected to the kitchen, so we can't cook, so isn't the firewood burning for nothing?" Even Shen Qingshan frowned. eyebrow.He is the head of the village, and he has more foresight. His eyes are not limited to comfort and discomfort, but he has seen the waste of assets behind the kang.

Song Bai said with a smile: "This kang is not only burned for people's warmth. I heard from Xiaomu that the food here is cooked twice a year, which is different from the one in my hometown. If it is winter , the sun is not enough, or it rains and snows when the grain is usually harvested, how can the grain be dried? With this kang, the grain can be dried.”

No one thought of this.According to what Song Bai said, having this kang is indeed quite convenient.But people in the village don't want to be the first to eat crabs. They have to see other people's homes have achieved results before they are willing to make money.

So although everyone discussed enthusiastically, they still remained skeptical of what Song Bai said.They were willing to help Song Bai want to pan the kang, but the family didn't care.

Song Bai is not reluctant, he still has his own set of ideas.In the final analysis, this room is only for him to live in temporarily - he will live in the same room with Shen Mu after all.If I buy another bed, won't it be a waste of time for no one to sleep?

It's better to make a kang, which can bake food when you don't sleep, which has multiple uses.As for the waste of firewood that the village head said, in winter, a stove is built next to the house, and boiling water is boiled every day, so that there is hot water for washing clothes and cooking.Anyway, there are firewood all over the mountain, just cut it and pick it up, it just takes a little effort and doesn't cost a penny.

For Song Bai, as long as it doesn't cost money, everything is easy.

For example, Liu Erleng said that the bed is comfortable, but it is not cheap to buy a bed.Generally, people go to the mountains to cut wood by themselves, and then find a carpenter in the village to make a bed for them, and give them a manual fee.But in the final analysis, the manual cost is less than a hundred words, right?Although he didn't know how much money Shen Mu's family had, even if he was the richest person in the world, he wouldn't think his family had a lot of money.It is a little bit to save a little bit!

As for this kang, the soil was dug randomly from the ground, and the technology was in Song Bai's own mind, even if manpower cost a little money, it was also covered in building the house.It is not 01:30 to save this time and time again!

Song Bai praised his frugal spirit.

The house was neatly tidied up, the kang was ready, and after opening the windows to dry for a few days, when the kang was dry and hard, Song Bai could move in.

The rice in the room has been moved to the woodshed, and the firewood in the woodshed has been moved to the adobe house outside the courtyard.Cleaning here is a big tile-roofed house that is clean and bright.

The two sons of the village head carried Song Bai back on a simple stretcher.

Back at the village chief's house in the evening, Fang made a large plate of scrambled eggs with green onions, set aside more than half for Song Bai to bring to the house, and the ten members of his family shared a small half.

Song Bai was surprised when he saw the big bowl of eggs, "Isn't it enough to eat one a day?"

Fang said with a smile: "You can't live for a few days. Xiaomu sent over twenty eggs, and you can't finish eating one a day."

Song Bai was a little embarrassed: "Uncle and auntie keep it for food. I've been here to bother you all these days, and the rice is all eaten by your family."

Mrs. Fang waved her hand: "Why do we care about this? Besides, these eggs are precious things, who can eat them all the time? You are hurt and I am making them up for you. We don't need them at home. Give them as much as possible before you leave. You have eaten it all, and we will be satisfied if we can take your light and taste it."

It was said to be a big bowl, and Fang only cracked three eggs in total, and added some water to it, the diluted egg liquid was a little whitish when fried.However, with many home-grown shallots, it is still very fragrant.

Song Bai smiled. After getting along with each other these days, it can be seen that this family is very good.They don't take advantage of others and are enthusiastic. The most important thing is that their family treats Shen Mu well.

Now that my own family is more difficult, I won't say anything.There is always a way to repay them in the future.