When Xie Jiaojiao returned to the field, everyone looked at her with concern.
Xie Jiaojiao waved her hand: "Don't worry, it's okay. For the sake of long nights and long dreams, let's move the chopped things back in the afternoon!"
Xie Jiaojiao also carried a small bundle and headed home.
As soon as she entered the house and put down the sugar cane, Sun Ruhua rushed up and pulled her to look at it again.
"Mom, I'm fine! I can even take care of Xie Zhishu, but I can't take care of Xie Zhili?"
Seeing that she was fine, Sun Ruhua breathed out: "When I got the news and rushed over, I saw you were already in the fields again!"
Xie Jiaojiao's heart warmed slightly: "Don't worry, they can't take advantage of me."
Sun Ruhua poured a bowl of hot water for everyone, and everyone went to the fields again.
In one afternoon, I carried everything back from the field. After all, this sugar cane is different from other grains. It is heavy to carry, and I am useless!
Everyone is waiting for the sunset to get the money!
Xie Jiaojiao said yesterday that she would get the money after finishing the work today.
Seeing that the time was up, everyone looked at Xie Jiaojiao, and Xie Jiaojiao did not hesitate.
He took out his money bag and greeted everyone: "Come here and get today's wages."
Everyone's faces were already excited.
Xie Jiaojiao counted the copper coins and distributed them to everyone.
When I arrived at Tian Hu, I thought I only had five coins, but I never thought I had ten coins, which made me even more excited.
He said quickly: "Thank you, sister-in-law. I will definitely work harder tomorrow."
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him with a smile: "You mean you are lazy today?"
Tian Hu waved his hands hurriedly and said seriously: "No, no, I'm not lazy."
"Okay, I'm kidding you. Thank you for your hard work today. Tomorrow everyone can just do it at the same time as today."
Seeing that everyone was gone, Xie Jiaojiao relaxed her whole body.
Xie Zhiyi ran over and said, "Sister, why didn't the rabbit give birth to cubs?"
Xie Jiaojiao slapped her shoulders and said, "Maybe it's not the time yet, just like this woman gives birth to a child, it will be born in a while."
Xie Zhiyi nodded, yes, when the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law had a baby, it took a day and a night.
Seeing Xie Jiaojiao beating her shoulders, she thought that her sister must be very tired today.
He took the initiative and started beating Xie Jiaojiao himself.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and let him beat her.
"Sister, how is your strength?"
"Well enough."
Sun Ruhua looked at this scene, smiled knowingly, and quickly boiled the hot water in the pot so that Xie Jiaojiao could take a comfortable hot bath.
The countryside is simple and simple. In summer, bathing is done in the toilet, with several boards in one stall.
It just tastes a bit big.
After Xie Jiaojiao washed it for a few times, she felt much better.
I was too tired during the day and went to bed early at night.
The next day I got up early again.
When she went to the fields, there were already people in the village having breakfast at the door with bowls in their hands.
Many people greeted Xie Jiaojiao when they saw her.
Someone else asked: "Miss Xie, are you still recruiting people here?"
"No more recruiting."
Many people had expressions of regret on their faces.
Because they already knew yesterday that Xie Jiaojiao really paid for hiring someone!
It's a pity that I followed the heckles and didn't get the job. Who in the village doesn't know how to work? Who wouldn’t want to work and get paid?
What a pity...
There was no Xie Zhili looking for trouble today, and everything went smoothly.
Sun Ruhua also made a bamboo fence in the past two days to surround the soy sauce making area.
On this day, everyone finished their work and asked Xie Jiaojiao when they were getting money: "Will we come again tomorrow?"
"Everyone will come tomorrow. This job can't be done in a day or two."
Her words made everyone feel happy.
During dinner in the evening, Xie Jiaojiao said to Sun Ruhua: "Mom, please ask Aunt Wang to come over and help you boil brown sugar tomorrow. We will pay her wages, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to survive alone."
Sun Ruhua thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, but your brother Niu's new wife has become heavier and heavier recently. I don't know if she can spare time."
"Then go and ask. If it doesn't work, we'll find someone else."
Sun Ruhua nodded and said with a smile while eating: "The two stoves and pots used to cook soybeans were not wasted at last."
Early the next morning, everyone came and looked at Xie Jiaojiao not knowing what to do.
Xie Jiaojiao took out several tools for pressing sugar cane water that she had prepared yesterday and demonstrated them in front of them.
Everyone looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "Is this all you will do today?"
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said: "Don't look at it as simple, it is very labor-intensive to do."
Everyone just smiled, how much trouble can this take?
Tian Hu was used to chopping firewood before, so the matter of removing sugar cane skins was naturally left in his hands.
The other few people made the sugar cane water.
I had cooked soybeans before, but fortunately there were still a few jars left, which could be used for good purposes.
As soon as Mrs. Wang heard that Sun Ruhua asked her for help, she immediately agreed.
The sugar cane water is pressed here and boiled over there.
No delay on either side.
Xie Jiaojiao has long made several large wooden frames out of wood.
In the afternoon, everyone smelled sweetness while working.
"Miss Xie family, what on earth are you doing!"
Xie Jiaojiao did not hide anything from them and said bluntly: "Brown sugar!"
What? Everyone paused.
"You didn't lie to me!" Brown sugar is such a precious thing, it is several times more expensive than meat!
Ordinarily, no one would be willing to buy it unless they need it during confinement.
"What am I going to do to lie to you? If you are willing to sign this contract with me, after my family is done with the work, you can take the sugar cane seeds home and plant them. When winter comes this year, you can still harvest a crop and sell it before the New Year. You can have a good year at a good price!”
Everyone listened and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
One of them asked: "Are you really willing to grow such good things for us?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Of course, but I said, we have to sign an agreement!"
Everyone nodded: "That's nature! That's nature!"
Xie Jiaojiao was afraid that they wouldn't understand, so she explained again: "Do you know why brown sugar is so expensive? Oh, no, it should be why sugar is so expensive?"
“It’s not just because it’s troublesome to make and there aren’t many on the market.”
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Yes, it is precisely because of this that I will sign a contract with you. We can grow this thing ourselves. If all these people grow it, and your relatives also grow it, then this thing will be planted immediately." It becomes common. Once it becomes common, it is worthless. Things are rare and expensive, just like cabbage in winter. Every house has it. Do you see anyone buying it?"
After Xie Jiaojiao finished speaking, she let them digest it for a while before continuing: "So if you are willing to sign this contract, I hope you can abide by the contents of the contract. As long as you grow it, I can find a place to sell it! When the time comes, I will definitely let all of us here have a good year! But if you don’t abide by this contract, first, I will sue the matter to the government. Second, for those who don’t abide by the contract, I will also ask him to compensate us. human losses.”
After listening to this, everyone basically understood, and immediately patted their chests and promised: "Don't worry, Miss Xie, you are leading us to make money. Don't worry, we will definitely abide by the contract you mentioned."
One person said this, and several others also slapped their chests and swore.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and nodded: "Don't tell anyone about this. Anyway, you will take it home and plant it when the time comes. The next harvest will definitely make you money."
Hearing what Xie Jiaojiao said, the five of them all had smiles on their faces, and their hands moved faster, thinking that if they could finish it earlier, they could plant this one earlier.
Mrs. Wang listened from a distance and bumped into Sun Ruhua: "When the time comes, I will leave some seeds for my family."
Sun Ruhua didn't dare to take any initiative now, so she smiled and said, "I'll ask Jiaojiao about it later."
Mrs. Wang didn't embarrass her and nodded with a smile.
