At the foot of the cliff, Little Man was chewing his cigarette stick and looking at the sky, predicting how the rain would be this year.
Xiao Mannai was sitting next to her, twisting cotton thread, and Xu Dazhu, with Xiao Man's help, managed to stand on the wooden walker.
The recovery process was very painful and tiring. After only half a stick of incense, the back of Xu Dazhu's clothes was soaked with sweat, his chin began to drip, and his body tilted uncontrollably.
Nini squatted beside her and looked up at her father, holding a sweaty handkerchief in her hand with a distressed look on her face.
Xiaoman supported him: "Brother, sit down and rest for a while before standing again."
Xu Dazhu shook his head and gritted his teeth and insisted: "No, I haven't stood up long enough today."
Chunfeng came out of the bedroom and put a cloth bag on the table. The sound of coins rattling alarmed everyone.
Nini came over quickly: "Mom, mom, I want to count the money too!"
If you are idle on a rainy day, just count your money!
These money are scattered copper coins from selling fungus and twine. Now Chunfeng has to count them and find twine to string them together.
Nini lay beside her and counted them one by one: "One, two, three..."
After counting and stringing all the money, there were three strings and forty coins in total, and there were still some broken silver in the bag.
"Master, you should keep the money!" Chunfeng pushed the bag containing the money to the middle of the table.
Mr. Xiao Man shook his head and put down his cigarette pole: "Chunfeng, I have said before that I am old, and you and Dazhu will take charge of this family from now on.
We are old and have insufficient brains. You and Dazhu are both sensible, so you don’t need to ask us what to do. "
From the time Xiaoman went to town to sell straw sandals, all the remaining money, excluding expenses, was given to Master Xiaoman, but Master Xiaoman changed hands and gave it to Chunfeng.
Chunfeng smiled and said: "Master, you said this before, but there was little money at that time. But now there is more money and the family has more expenses, so I still leave it to you."
Xu Dazhu could hardly stand at this time and panted: "Master, Chunfeng and I live on the mountain... Xiaoman, Xiaoman wants to go back to the village. If so, it will cost money to repair the house. You have to take care of the money." !”
The money is actually not much, less than four taels, but it is not a small amount for a family like Xiaoman, and it was saved in the past six months.
Apart from selling fungus, mountain mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, and linen cloth, the most important thing here is selling young corn and helping Aunt Jiang make mosquito coils.
Speaking of which, Jiang Zhi took care of thirty acres, including his own land and more than ten acres of leftover scraps, as well as several acres of Xiaoman's family's land.
The land is farmed together, but the accounts will naturally be separated when selling.
After all the green grains were sold, excluding all the previous labor and the portion shared by Zhang Juntou, Jiangzhi's family received three taels of silver, and Xiaoman's family also received one or two more.
Mr. Xiao Man looked at Xiao Man and then at the money bag: "Xiao Man, you have to go back to the village to live. This is good. It will be convenient for you to get a wife in the future.
There is one thing that needs to be explained. Although you earn part of the money, it should still be used by your brother and sister-in-law first. "
Xiaoman took Xu Dazhu, who was already paralyzed from exhaustion, and placed him on a special chair. He said carelessly: "Sir, I am not in a hurry to enter the village now, and I don't need to build any houses. The money will naturally be used by my eldest brother and sister-in-law first.
We need to buy some furniture on the mountain, and grandma should also buy some fine cotton for bedding.
Grandma is getting older and her back hurts from spinning every day, so she should stop working all the time.
I also want to buy a few piglets and raise them so that I can kill them for meat in the future. "
Xiao Man counted them one by one with his fingers.
Since my brother and sister-in-law are not coming down from the mountain, we have to build a house and build a family in a serious manner.
The houses in the mountains now are former charcoal sheds, which are not suitable for long-term living.
A new room was built in the back for my eldest brother, and it was also built with straw straw.
The new one is fine now, but it will leak over time. My brother is not physically able to go up to the roof, so he still needs to re-cover it with stone tiles.
In addition, Xiaoman also wanted to buy some things for the house. His sister-in-law and eldest brother were all wearing old clothes.
Grandma also needs to move to another room. The mountain is too cold and wet, so she can no longer force herself to live there.
After hearing Xiaoman's arrangement, this little money seemed not enough.
Hearing that he was about to feel worried, Xiao Manye started to bite the cigarette stick again while looking at the rain, but his eyebrows relaxed unconsciously.
When the two brothers grow up, they will always have to live separately. It is a good thing that you think about me and I think about you.
Chunfeng smiled and said: "Xiaoman, you don't have to worry about these things at home now, the house will be repaired.
We usually farm, and in our free time, Aunt Jiang makes mosquito coils. Your brother and I can also do that, but it’s your business that matters.
I have already told my aunt that if the villagers want to build a house, you should slowly prepare the wood, bricks and stones. "
If you want to save money when building a house in the country, you need to plan early.
Cut down trees a few years in advance and let them dry. The dry wood will not deform when used as furniture doors and windows. Otherwise, you need to buy ready-made dry materials.
In addition, some people make mud bricks and burn tiles themselves.
After a house is repaired and furnished, the furniture can cost as little as seven or eight taels, or as much as dozens of taels. You can save whatever you can. No one spends all the money to buy it all at once.
Of course, Jiang Zhigai's warehouse was excepted. That was because the warehouse was simple, a large open room with some wooden beams and tiles, and even the doors and windows were simple.
To build a few more houses, nearly eight taels of artificial materials were spent.
Xiaoman didn't say anything else. Sister-in-law Chunfeng's arrangement was to save money for the family and do more things for herself.
He decided to wait for the rain to stop, and while there was little farm work down the mountain, he built the foundation for building a house on the mountain, cut down trees for preparation, and found some suitable stone pieces to build walls.
My sister-in-law had to prepare money for herself, so she did all the heavy work for her eldest brother.
At this time, the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Xiao Manye couldn't sit still anymore. He stood under the eaves and looked at the dark sky: "I'm afraid it's going to rain all day!"
The wind has subsided, but the rain has not stopped, and a thin layer of water has accumulated in the courtyard.
The flash flood roared again.
Because the ditch on the cliff was changed into a channel, there is no water on the back wall of the stone wall.
Xu Dazhu was lying on the kang last year, watching the mess on the ground not happening again.
Xu Errui wore a bamboo hat and walked down the cliff with his trouser legs rolled up: "Xiao Man, Xiao Man!"
In his hand he held a basket.
Xiaoman came over in surprise: "Brother Errui, what are you doing here?"
It's raining heavily now. What happened? Brother Errui will come down in the rain.
Not only Xiaoman was nervous, but both Xiaomanye and Chunfeng stood up.
Xu Errui smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing. It's just that Peppa Pig bit a snake. My mother was scared, so I took it off, peeled it and made soup!"
"Ah! Eat snake! Good!"
Xiao Man became more energetic and took the basket from Er Rui's hand. He saw that there was indeed a snake, but the snake's head was bitten off and it looked miserable.
While the two were processing the snake meat, they talked about where the snake came from.
"It's its own misfortune. This snake was washed down by a flash flood.
It didn't go anywhere, but it wanted to come to my yard. Peppa saw it and bit it to death in a few bites.
Mom said snakes have too many parasites and Peppa Pig is not allowed to eat raw snakes, so I took them down! "
Xu Errui was very proud. His mother helped cover it up. That idiot Peppa Pig is still looking for snakes at home!
