As soon as the news of the corvee came out, the atmosphere in the village became extremely tense.
Although this corvée thing happens once a year, no one in the village would say that they would get used to this kind of hard and life-threatening thing if they do it a few times.
No matter which time they come, everyone is in a bad mood.
"Oh my god, sister-in-law, you are so lucky this time!"
This afternoon, Wei Meili and Miao were helping to thin the kudzu cloth at Widow Chen's house.
When the topic came up, Widow Chen looked at Ms. Miao and Ms. Wei with a lot of envy in her eyes.
"I always feel that my two sisters-in-law's luck has improved a lot since we separated. These five taels of silver are not a handful."
When Widow Chen learned that both of their families had to pay for the debt, she didn't know whether to admire their courage or to say that their family was really lucky.
In just a few months, I actually had five taels of silver that I could scrape together to pay for this corvee.
"It's not like you don't know what life was like for our two families before they were separated. After we were separated, we only had a small amount of property. We have been busy all day long in the past few months. The little money we finally saved is still so tiring. Enough.
How can you afford to spend another meal? "
Wei Meili said this to help Miao.
Their family had systematic help and all of them had good health, but Miao and Mei Sanma saw that although under the blessing of the heroine, their food had improved a lot and their energy and energy had increased.
But the foundation is still poor.
Mrs. Miao cooked loquat leaf and pear soup at home yesterday. She said that Mei Sanma had been away from home for the past few days. She seemed to have caught some cold at night because of eating and sleeping outside. She also had some coughs in the past few days.
At this point, thinking about the fact that Mei Youqian, who had to work for two bowls of rice, and Wei Meili didn't know what to say for a moment, he couldn't see any problems with his family.
"Well, the presence of people is better than anything else."
After Miao said this, Widow Chen suddenly thought of her man who had died early, and why she had worked so hard to bring in goods and risked walking such a long distance.
Isn't it just to earn more money that year?
Her mother-in-law wasn't in very good health that year, and Suo Tou was just born, so he just wanted to earn more money. If there was a corvee, and it was paid that year, he could stay at home with their family.
result……
Seeing that Widow Chen's weaving movement suddenly slowed down and she stopped talking, Wei Meili hurriedly walked to the loom and said, "This time, my sister, you did a great job on the fine kudzu cloth. It's very beautiful!"
"That was also helped by my two sisters-in-law. I never knew kudzu could weave such fine and soft material. It's great for making clothes when the weather is hot."
"Hey, your weaving skills are the best!" Wei Meili and Widow Chen complimented each other, "By the way, is your mother-in-law in good health recently, and she doesn't go out to make trouble anymore?"
"No, she has been a little more awake recently than she was in the past few days. It is probably because she is pregnant. Ding Xiang doesn't come over often, so she is getting along well."
When Widow Chen thought about what happened to her mother-in-law who was instigated by Ding Xiang some time ago, she was still angry with Ding Xiang.
But when she thought that Dingxiang and the others were separated because of Uncle Wu, and that the new house would be built and she moved out in a while, Widow Chen felt happy again~
The other wives in Uncle Wu's family are all happy people, and they are not much easier to get along with than Ding Xiang, who takes the honey sword orally.
"Uncle Wu's family is divided, so wouldn't there be several more people in their family doing corvee work this time?"
In the past, the four sons in Uncle Wu's family, even if one of them went to the same family, could only rotate every four years. In addition, Ding Xiang's husband was still young, so the three sons used to rotate.
It turned out to be a good thing, as soon as the families were separated, they met the corvee.
"Well, actually, Uncle Wu's first three sons are not young anymore, and their own sons are also older. It wouldn't be a problem if the corvee thing were changed.
Besides, they all come from the same family, so it’s good for a few people at home to help each other when away from home.
It was just Dingxiang and her man. Although after the separation, because Dingxiang and her man were young, Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu lived with their family to help Dingxiang and the others.
However, the third uncle has reached the age where he no longer needs to do corvee work. Unless they come up with five taels of silver, the Lilac man will do the corvee work. "
Widow Chen said this with a sense of gloating.
"By the way, I heard that after Dingxiang's family separated, they seemed to have built a house behind your parents-in-law's house!"
"Yeah?"
"Speaking of which, I remember that Dingxiang and your sister-in-law are from the same village."
"Huh? What a coincidence."
Wei Meili didn't know that there was such a thing, but when she talked about it, Wei Meili remembered that their two families had separated, so what were the plans of Lao Mei's family to serve.
"My father-in-law is still old enough to do corvee service, but overall he is still old. But what he loves most is his eldest son and his youngest son. I guess he is not willing to let them suffer."
"Huh? Is it possible that your eldest brother-in-law doesn't want to do corvee work?" Widow Chen was surprised. "If you let your father-in-law go, he will definitely be stabbed in the back! After raising several children to such a big age, he will be in old age. You still haven’t enjoyed any blessings, so what’s the point?”
Wei Meili smiled and was noncommittal.
Not enjoying the blessing?
I don’t know how long the old Mei family has enjoyed the blessing of two and three bedrooms. Now they just want to take back the blessings that She borrowed in advance!
Without the two of them this time, she just wanted to see a joke. Who would go, Mei Dahu or Mei Old Man?
Although everyone thinks it should be Mei Dahu, but what if?
Wei Meili smiled and said, "Maybe our father still has some money~"
Widow Chen didn't dare to answer this immediately. If she goes on to say this, she will say that Old Mei concealed his property when the family was separated?
It is difficult for an upright official to stop household affairs.
Widow Chen also smiled and said nothing.
***
Meiberry came back from the mountains and saw no one at home, so she went straight into the house, took out a small ball of wool from the system and played with it carefully for a long time.
Mei Berry didn't know what Mei You had found out about Old Man Mei.
But just looking at the 50 kilograms of wool, Mei Berry estimated that the heroine had found a big one this time.
But just now in the mountains, when Mei Bei asked, Mei You didn't answer immediately. He only said to wait a little longer and tell her after she had thoroughly investigated.
This feeling of being half-shared and gossiped about by others, and hanging on her, made her feel like ten thousand fat tigers were scratching her heart.
In fact, it’s not surprising that Meiyou didn’t tell Meiberry.
Meiyou really didn't find out much, and for a moment she didn't know which aspect to tell.
Meiyou: Then let’s not talk about it.
Although Mei You didn’t directly answer Mei Berry’s doubts, Mei Berry knew how to back it up!
Except for the time when their family was busy selling tea, she and Mei You didn't meet each other. At other times, they basically saw each other sooner or later.
If he really found out something was wrong with Old Man Mei during their meeting, Mei You would definitely tell him.
The most likely possibility is that Mei You discovered something when their family was so busy some time ago.
Mei Berry carefully recalled Mei You's usual activity track, thinking about what circumstances would make Mei You discover that something was wrong with old man Mei?
While thinking about it, Meiberry repeatedly touched the wool with her hands. As she touched it, she felt something was wrong.
"Um?"
Meiberry lowered her head and looked at the camel-colored ball of wool. It felt very rough, and when she pulled it hard, it broke easily.
Not as tough and soft as later generations.
If it is knitted into a sweater, it cannot be worn close to the body and it will be tied up in a panic.
And it’s not very flexible.
It would be acceptable if it could be directly made into a knitted sweater or scarf.
[Why is the wool thread of the system so rough? It’s not as good as your previous systems~]
Sensing that the quality of the wool was not good, Meiberry reacted to the system.
[This bundle of wool is comprehensively produced according to the technological production level of this era. 】
In a simpler way, the phrase "system" means: this kind of wool can be made in this era if we work hard.
[That means no one can do it yet, right? 】
A hint of cunning flashed in Mayberry's eyes, as if she was aware of the system's intentions.
[Does this thing count as mine if I “research” it? Or is it that the heroine also has famous scenes in this regard in the later stage, and I have to play a supporting role? 】
Mayberry hadn't thought too far yet. Now she needed to confirm whether she had done anything wrong with this wool.
[There are no relevant famous scenes in the original book. 】
Upon hearing this, Mayberry immediately let out a lewd laugh.
She asked the system: [How much do you know about this woolen craft, System? Do you have any instruction manual for the recipe and process for making wool thread? Preferably like soap. 】
[Host, you can do your own research. 】The system seriously rejected Mayberry, 【I already gave you the finished product, what else do you want? 】
Mayberry:?
What's your perfunctory tone like?
Just because you're not the protagonist, you shouldn't be treated so differently even if you have some cheats, right?
[What happened to the finished product? The finished product is not omnipotent. If you give it to me, it is for my own use at best. Even if someone is interested in seeing this thing, I need to find a way to explain it. 】
Meiberry refuted the statement that the system thought it was okay to give her the finished product, but as soon as she said this, Meiberry realized a problem——
Even if her own family is not used to make money, if sweaters or something appears, unless she can completely hide it, she will still need a reason to explain in the end.
Explain it to anyone who cares, this wool thread will have to appear sooner or later.
It was just a matter of time and Mayberry's level of involvement in the process.
Thinking of this, Mei Berry's eyes narrowed slightly.
[System, do you think I am making too much money, so you set these difficulties for me? 】
system:【……】
Mayberry: The system is so vicious, it’s causing me many obstacles on my way to making money!
System: Maybe, I just want to unify with the seeded cotton as the final reward?
Mayberry: Then shouldn't you reward me with some sheep with wool? Or wool with mutton.
system:……?
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