Soon, Li Laoshi arrived in a hurry after receiving the news.
"Sister-in-law Jiang, do you really want to buy meat?"
"Yes, you have quick legs and feet, buy it back earlier!" Jiang Zhi said.
Li Laoshi replied cheerfully: "Okay! I'll go right away.
Oh, by the way, Sister-in-law Liu, Genbao and his wife are in harmony with each other and are very orderly. "
He had been guarding the drying shed this time, deliberately watching the two of them working.
Mrs. Liu forced a smile: "As long as you can do it!"
Li Laoshi went to town to buy meat, not alone.
He has now become the child king of the village, and he is always cheered and cheered wherever he goes.
Even now he is accompanied when he walks ten miles under the sun. The children of Xu Gen's family, the children of Tian Gui's family, and those of Shi's and Lin's families are all coaxed by his mouth.
Li Laoshi was the best at spending money. Twenty coins allowed him to buy meat and tofu, and he also spent extra money to give each child a sip of sugar water to win their hearts.
With these little spies around, the villagers no longer have any secrets here in Li Laoshi. Even Mr. Qin knows when he goes to the Maokeng to play tuba every day.
Farm meal, half past two.
Li Laoshi bought meat and tofu from the town, and Tian stir-fried and grilled them into three dishes.
Then use the cooking oil pan to cook a pot of vegetable soup, add a few salt flowers, so as not to waste the last bit of oil in the pot, so there is meat, tofu and vegetables, and it is a hearty meal.
At this time, Xu Genbao and Wang Xiaoju were also called back by Li Laoshi.
It is said that there are three hardships in the world: punting, blacksmithing, and grinding tofu, but playing cotton is also recognized as the dirtiest and most tiring job.
The strings are ringing, and the flowers are flying.
A slingshot, a millstone, a slingshot mallet and a yarn string are the cotton slingshot craftsman's livelihood tools.
Most of the day has passed, and the bed of cotton batting is basically completed.
Xu Genbao and Wang Xiaoju have changed. Their bodies are covered with scattered flying catkins. Not only their hair is white, but even their eyelashes are also covered with white catkins.
In the past, Mrs. Liu had only seen Xu Genbao dressed in white catkins, but had never seen Wang Xiaoju working like this.
From now on, no one can be relied on, and he needs to work hard. Suddenly he feels a little pitiful, so he quickly takes a handkerchief and asks them to wash their faces and bodies.
After everything was cleared up, everyone sat down to eat.
With vegetables and meat, this meal should have been enjoyable, but the atmosphere was depressing.
Wang Xiaoju kept her head down to feed the child, not caring about eating herself. Tian Shi pulled Lei Zi over and said, "You should eat by yourself. You only drank a bowl of water in the morning. Now you have been tired for most of the day. I'll do it." Help you take care of your children.”
Xu Genbao filled his stomach in twos and twos and then said: "Aunt Jiang, the cotton batting bed will be ready soon. I'll go right away."
Jiang Zhi put down his chopsticks and told him not to leave in a hurry: "Genbao, please sit down for a while, I have something to say!"
Xu Genbao knew that it was time to be tortured, so he put his butt back on the stool, but because of nervousness, his whole body was stiff and he pursed his lips: "Aunt Jiang, you ask!"
"Genbao, how many beds of cotton can you play in a day? How much does it cost?"
This is Jiang Zhi's biggest concern.
In modern times, there are machines for rolling seeds and machines for combing flowers. Craftsmen use fluffy cotton to make cotton batting. All they need is to tie cotton threads with mesh. Two people can make more than ten or twenty beds a day.
But here we need to start with manual seed removal...
Seeing that Aunt Jiang didn't ask why she didn't do farm work, but asked herself about making cotton wool, Xu Genbao also relaxed: "I don't need to roll seeds in the town, and I can make two beds a day.
If you go to the mountains and have to roll the seeds yourself, with Xiaoju's help, you can make one and a half beds in a day. "
He also said the wages for making cotton wool: "In the town, it's fifty cents per bed. I haven't figured out the wages for going into the mountains yet, so I'm going to charge eighty cents."
Jiang Zhi nodded. She didn't know how to charge for cotton crafts. Only a professional like Xu Genbao knew.
Mrs. Liu was hesitant to speak next to her. When she heard about entering the mountain, she finally couldn't help but said: "You are not familiar with the people in the mountains. What should you do if you encounter someone who is unreasonable? The world is not peaceful now. If something happens... ugh !”
The military chaos in Pingchuan County has just passed. Although it seems to have calmed down, everyone is still worried.
Villages in the mountains are even more defensive, and strangers take risks if they want to visit each other.
Xu Genbao said: "I recognize a few acquaintances in the town. I have been there with my master before, and now I want to go work in their village first.
Even if there is no new cotton, we can still renovate the old cotton batting, which is a bit dirty. Fortunately, it works quickly. "
Jiang Zhi nodded again. If he went to work in a village where he knew people he knew well, it would be okay if he worked with people he knew well. He could lead one by one and get on the road slowly.
It's just that the old cotton wool has been renovated and it's not as dirty as usual.
Jiang Zhi looked at Wang Xiaoju again: "Are you willing to leave your child to suffer?"
Going into the mountains is not like a town. You can come and go as you please. Sometimes it takes a day to reach a decent village.
If everyone wants to play flower pots, they will rarely come out once a month.
And she has to do this kind of dirty and tiring work every day, how can she, a petite girl who has been growing up since childhood, bear it? Won't he run away midway?
This is also what Liu is most worried about.
Wang Xiaoju gritted her teeth: "While Lei is still young, I'd better make some money quickly so that I won't be bullied again!" When she said this, her eyes turned red.
Bullying has many meanings for Wang Xiaoju. She used to be Tian, and Jiang Zhi bullied her just because she didn't meet her requirements.
Now she was beaten by her mother-in-law, and she even scolded her as a disaster.
If you eat your husband's family and harm your mother's family, if you eat well and are lazy, you will be poor for the rest of your life. As long as she, the troublemaker, is around, Lei Wazi will be a bachelor from now on.
Only now did she truly understand what bullying was.
Xu Genbao suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Mrs. Liu: "Mom, I want to make money.
Although doing farm work at home is stable, there is no money.
I am not afraid of hardship, I want to earn money to build a house, and I want to be respected by others. "
When these words came out, the Liu family and Xu Gen's family were confused. Is this his son who always waits for others to help him with everything?
I don’t know what stimulation he and Wang Xiaoju received at the Wang family. They are determined to work hard!
Ms. Liu was worried and happy at the same time: "You two can think that enduring hardship is a good thing, so let's try it in a few surrounding villages first!"
Since Xu Genbao and his wife are determined to make money, they must support this. Jiang Zhi also feels that it is better to find out first before going.
You can ask Zhang Juntou about this. They patrol the road and go to the village to rest from time to time. They will naturally know which village is peaceful and easy to get along with.
And I can take care of anything if anything happens.
When Jiang Zhi said this, the whole family immediately became happy, and Wang Xiaoju smiled.
Although she went out with her husband, she was always afraid of unfamiliar places. If Aunt Jiang contacted the inspection personnel, she would no longer have to worry about danger outside.
Xu Genbao was so grateful that he wanted to kneel down again: "Aunt Jiang, you have been of great help again. I want to repay your kindness."
Jiang Zhi stopped him: "Do a good job outside and don't embarrass me again as a reward."
