By Jia Xiuzhen

Back in the courtyard, Nanny Chang said to Li Wan: "Why did grandma think of saying this today? This wife and Second Mistress are not very comfortable hearing it." , this year is different from usual, if one is not careful, the house can't even get charcoal, it will be a lot of fun."

Nanny Chang said: "That's also a matter of being a family member. It's okay for grandma to mention it to the second grandma in private. Talking about it in front of the old lady like this will inevitably make people worry." People are too thoughtful, so if I say it in front of the old lady, the matter will be over? If I talk to someone privately, no one will take it seriously. Feng girl and wife only think that I am too thoughtful." Chang Nai sighed Said: "That's the case, grandma shouldn't say this."

Li Wan turned around and looked at Nanny Chang, and said, "I know what Nanny is thinking, don't worry, it's only a few days to feel comfortable and uncomfortable. If it's really delayed, then we won't be able to live in peace, we can't grow old My wife is sitting next to us and ordering warm pots." Then he said, "Do we have enough charcoal? There is no drying room this year, so we have to think of other ways."

Nanny Chang smiled and said: "Suyun thought about it a little bit ago. This year, we cook more meals in my brother's school, and there is not much left. Or let Nanny Xu go out and buy some. ?" Li Wan thought about it, and said with a smile: "Someone will always bring it. It's better to wait until the charcoal from the mansion arrives, or it will be earlier."

Mrs. Wang went back to the courtyard and complained to Sister Feng: "What! The old lady was urged to buy charcoal in the market last time, and she didn't even think about it. What good things can be found in the market? It made me feel ashamed. We still don’t look good when we arrive. I don’t know which tendon broke out today. Let’s talk about it carefully. Now, the old lady has spoken and asked me to prepare goods and go to Beijing! It's not a matter of her words? How many people are disturbed! Just to show that she can!"

Sister Feng heard that Jia's mother was also involved, so it was inconvenient to speak, so she had to break the conversation and said: "Last time, Taohuaxue, I heard that there was only one sick person in the sister-in-law's yard. She thinks about everything first, and there are some benefits. "

Mrs. Wang sneered and said, "It's just like this, and you still have to let us make a big deal for He Shengdao. Now I don't know what to do!" The madam knew that she was going to talk about letting Zhuangtou send charcoal to Beijing in advance, and she became more and more frustrated, and she had to go after all, so she sat down for a while and took Sister Feng to Jiamu's place.

When Jia Mu saw the two, she really said that it was the year's charcoal intake. Sister Feng said a few words and reported some other chores, and left in a hurry. Said, I just remembered. The past two years have been bad, and of course we are not the ones who are most anxious. First, the weather is weird now, which may affect the crops; Min; three of them, the family has already prepared relief money. These few words, you send someone to Yuan'er."

Mrs. Wang thought it was weird when she heard it at first, but she immediately woke up when she heard the last sentence, and she quickly agreed with a smile on her face.But she was worried again, and asked, "What's the old lady's plan, or tell Yuan'er in detail." Jia Mu said with a smile, "You don't know what you are a girl? Just say these few words, even if you are caught by others." It's nothing to find out. Just wait for Yuan'er to give us the news, and just follow the voice." Mrs. Wang had no choice but to give up, and hurried back to find someone to pass the message in.

At Caotian Manor, Nanny Xu discussed with Yunqiu Moyu, and asked Yan Jun and Peng Qiao to come over. Speaking of Li Wan's earlier arrangements, it seems better to advance now.A few people thought of the cold wind last night, and said that it should be time.At noon that day, the people in the workshop got the news that there were some surplus cotton fabrics for sale in the farm.Even though the sun was warming up, I didn't dare to forget the freezing feeling in the morning. After hearing the news, I ran to see what happened.

In the evening, Mrs. Qiao returned home, and together with Sun Dabao, she said, "It's all cotton velvet that has been played. A catty of cotton is worth 55 renminbi, and the cotton velvet is rolled into rolls. A catty is worth [-] renminbi. Now the town The last bit of gray cotton costs forty renminbi, and it was so cold yesterday, I'm afraid this price is not enough." Sun Dabao said: "The things that the master gave up are not expensive. Look at the ones repaired by the old white head's house. That house is made of good materials, and it can’t meet the [-]-year-old standard. Now our house is the most shabby.”

Qiao Niang knew that he had been thinking about this matter, so she said: "If we want to move our house, we have to move it. There is only such a small amount of land in total. If this house is to be demolished, where will we live for a while? Why don't we buy a piece of land next year? Guy, this time the roof was overturned and the walls repaired, and we will survive this year." Sun Dabao knew the reason after hearing this, so he nodded and remained silent.

Mrs. Qiao said again: "My family knows more than us. Not to mention the weird house built in the Zhuangtou courtyard, I heard from sister-in-law Qiu that she even reorganized the house where they lived. The walls were thickened, the tiles were turned over, and the flue was added. All of them were cleaned up in the warm room. I see, this year, we will all make a thick coat and a slightly thinner one. Two more beds are added for the quilt.”

Sun Dabao nodded and said: "The south kang has just been repaired. There is no quilt, so we can't sleep separately. The children are all grown up. I'm afraid that the younger ones will be crowded when sleeping on one kang." Scratching his head, he said, "It's just... our money enough?"

Mrs. Qiao took out a rattan box from the bedside. Sun Dabao looked at the weight and felt a little ashamed. Mrs. Qiao smiled lightly and said, "You really don't care, you are in a hurry. You do the math, you and Daniel Primary 110 earns 150 Wen a day, and Xiao San and Xiao Si also have [-] to [-] Wen a day, and sometimes more than [-] Wen. How many days of work do you do in a row? Except for the time when we harvested buckwheat and planted wheat at home. I took a few days off from work, but the rest I didn’t take a day off.”

Sun Dabao was puzzled and said: "The money is all here? Although I haven't counted it, it's really not much in terms of your weight." Qiao Niangzi stretched her voice and said with a smile: "It's not much..."

He opened the box in his hand, took out a purse from inside, handed it to Sun Dabao and said, "Look at this, it's not worthless!" Sun Dabao took it and took it out to see that it was two silver ingots, Qiao Niangzi whispered : "Guanshi Xu changed it for me. I thought it would be lighter and easier to store."

Sun Dabao's face was already full of joy, how could he think that he could touch the silver, now there are ten taels, he hurriedly said: "This is collected, and I will give it to Daniel and the others to marry a wife." He said with emotion, " We have all earned money!" Qiao Niangzi said: "When we planted the land, we had all the grain in our hands, and we lost one level if we exchanged it for money, and we lost another level when we bought things after taking the money, what is left throughout the year. With this workshop this year, you and the second son can also get jobs, and earn real money every day, so it’s naturally very different. Don’t talk about you, I’m also dreaming.”

Sun Dabao sighed and said: "Earlier this year, the old thief told me that I should let Xiaosan Xiaosi go to a big family to be a real person. He said that if the rent is added for two years, our family might not even have food left. I was so angry. I wanted to beat him up at that time, even though he had good intentions, alas!"

Qiao Niangzi's eyes were also red, and she smiled again: "Don't talk about that, it's fine now! It should be enough to buy land and build a house next year." Pointing to the few strings of money in the box, "Here's not counted yet. It's all in the earthenware pots at the bottom, so I'm afraid there won't be enough to buy cotton?" Sun Dabao said with a smile: "Enough is enough, now I'm relieved, you don't have time to spare now, so you might as well buy some cloth." Qiao Niangzi Sighing: "I don't know who it is. Such a behavior seems to be to supplement us at a loss."

The next day, Sun Dabao and Mrs. Qiao paid the money at Yunqiu's place, and began to bring cotton cloth to the house every day after work.I bought dozens of catties of cotton rolls just to make cotton-padded clothes and trousers, and five or six quilts, both thick and thin.Yunqiu said to Nanny Xu at night: "Many people are confused, don't know what we are going to do, and some people go to the town to inquire about the price while there is a market. This one is good, they come to pay the next day Money, good guy, I bought almost five guan of cotton and cotton cloth at once."

Mother Xu laughed and said, "There's an old saying, 'When a person passes ten mouths, he knocks out a bucket of teeth', but it doesn't cost everything!" Yunqiu said, "That's exactly what the family said. There are only three or two decent thick clothes in the whole family. It is said that in previous years, I would spend the winter by warming the fire. The half-height sleeping basket of Xiao Qi Naiwazi was filled with softened hay. It is thanks to them that they came up with such an idea. This time I pressed the Songjiang cloth against the white cloth It's not easy to sell it to her at the same price."

Mother Xu smiled and said: "It's not bad for the money, it's just what Grandma wants, for this price, even our labor is not included." Yunqiu hurriedly said: "At least remember to pay this price Tell grandma." Xu Nanny laughed and scolded: "I'll treat you as dissatisfied! A few years ago, the fungus grew in Zhuangzi, didn't you earn enough?!"

Yun Qiu also smiled: "It's like a dream when I think about it now. Grandma is too good at making money, so she just fights back. The reward at the end of the year was so frightening that I didn't dare to take it. God, I'm afraid there is no wife in the house. I have taken too much!" Xu Nanny gave her a quick shot, and said with a smile: "You really have become more courageous after leaving the mansion, you dare to fool anyone!"

Yun Qiu was not afraid, and changed the subject: "I used to say that grandma was stupid, but I never thought that she would be so successful in her heart. My wife is really powerful. After all, it is from everyone, and others can't figure out what she is doing. If... if Knowing this, I’m afraid that grandma won’t get married at the other end.” Madam Xu also thought of something, and sneered, “Old lady, their useless ideas can only be calculated in their own nests. .”

The turmoil in the village finally passed, and everything went smoothly, and the workshop handed in the most urgent order of [-] pairs that Ji Liang urged, without lighting a lamp to rush.Mammy Xu thought that there were a lot of things to do in the farm, not to mention other things, just the mending work at home would be impossible without a woman, and it would not be a problem for this workshop to keep people here all day long.The main workshop rests every five days, one day off. This day happens to be overhauled on the sock loom, and even the kitchen has to be loose and loose.Calculated in this way, he would lose six days of money a month, but he would also have time to do the work at home, and everyone was happy about it.

Mrs. Wang asked someone to tell the people on the village about the charcoal, and within a few days there was a reply, saying that this year's charcoal has not been ready yet, and several mountains have now suddenly taken ownership, so no one else will be allowed If it is chopped off, the charcoal that was originally intended to be harvested will be bad, and now the village has to burn it by itself.Mrs. Wang didn't care about these things at first, but now that she has something to say to her inside, she will pay more attention when encountering these things, and hastily asked Sister Feng to discuss it.

Sister Feng thought about it for a while, and said: "The vicinity of our Zhuangzi is not a defensive area such as Shitang Road or Chaohechuan, but an ordinary forest. It doesn't make sense to cut it down suddenly." The manager who replied said : "It's not that they are not allowed to cut down. It is because there is a master, and those charcoal sellers are not allowed to cut down at will. They have built a lot of firewood kilns around the mountain."

When Sister Feng heard this, she stopped talking and only looked at Mrs. Wang. After Mrs. Wang asked a few more words, she let the man go, and then asked Sister Feng, "How do you say it?" Sister Feng said, "I'm afraid I let my sister-in-law guess With such a big battle, it’s not going to be just a wild gossip, I’m afraid I don’t know if I know that this winter will be very cold this year, and I want to make a small fortune by taking away the road.”

Mrs. Wang sighed and said, "I'm afraid it's not a small fortune." Looking at Sister Feng, she said in a low voice, "The coal kilns in Xishan were also suddenly banned, saying that they are not allowed to mine privately." How can someone who is powerful and powerful open a private coal kiln there?" Mrs. Wang shook her head and said, "There is only a vague letter, not an official statement."

Sister Feng said: "Always look like you want to hold this coal and charcoal in your hand." Then she said, "It doesn't hurt us. The charcoal has those big villages in the north. No matter how short the charcoal is, it can't short us. In these mansions."

Mrs. Wang was worried, she didn't want to talk too much for a while, she just said: "I told you that I know, you and Lian'er discussed the assignment. The old lady has already sent a message, and the market is like this, it's better to get together earlier It's all ready and transported to the warehouse." After hearing this, Sister Feng knew that everything was left to her, so she agreed and hurried away.

Naturally, Li Wan also got the news. This year, Xinzhuangzi was so busy that the old Zhuangzi had to offer chickens, ducks, and piglets to Xinzhuangzi, so he had no time to spare.It's inconvenient to bother them with this trivial matter of charcoal, and I always want to make troubles when I'm idle, so I entered the Pearl Realm and started to do it.Looking at the hollow carnations flying in the time flow formation, he called Hong Da out, and went to the shop of Cang Geng to find a big cauldron for refining materials.

The word "hollow core" of this hollow dianthus is really unfair, but it is a core as thick as a little finger in the middle, which can be pulled out from the top. In addition, the whole bamboo that is as thick as a strong man's arm is solid, and the texture is quite solid. It deserves the word "iron stone".Li Wan sat idly by the side, while using his spiritual sense to influence the plain-clothed beauty among the five-element puppets to pull out the cores of those several-storey carnations, and on the other hand directed Hong Da to open the cauldron and burn charcoal.

Jindan charcoal burner, if the old man who "cuts firewood and burns charcoal in the Nanshan Mountain" has such a cultivation level, how can he let two palace people bully him.Li Wan casually took two pieces of carnation charcoal, there was almost no dust on the surface, the color was gloomy, and there was a tinkling sound when they hit each other, the sound was like gold and stone, he nodded and squinted his eyes, very dissatisfied.

Where would she have thought that the first-class refining material for the hollow-core carnation, which is a wood attack weapon, is also hard to find in the general world.Where this bamboo grows, no vegetation grows within a mile radius, all because of its ground-absorbing force.How did it grow into a bamboo forest in front of Li Wan?Naturally, it is because the bottom is the soil.Use the soil to grow wood with high nature and attack spiritual plants...to burn charcoal...the soil can also cry.