"Oh oh oh!"
The sound of roosters crowing one after another wakes up Dahe Village.
Zhao Sanniu and Zhao Sidan got up early, washed up and went to He Xiao's place to learn kung fu.
When the two of them came back from studying, Cheng Wanwan had just gotten up and was boiling eggs. After the eggs were boiled, they were cut into pieces so that each child could eat a little.
The little girl in the room started to cry loudly. Wu Huiniang coaxed her softly and walked around the room.
Zhao Dashan had already gone to work in the fields. In early winter, there was little work in the fields. It was just pulling weeds and loosening the soil. It was not tiring, but it was time-consuming.
Wen Shi got up early and washed the diapers she had changed in the middle of the night.
Cheng Zhao and Shen are studying.
The sound of books is loud, the smoke is curling up, and a new day of life begins.
After breakfast, Li Zheng's voice came from far away: "Everyone has come to gather! Gather under the big locust tree!"
Every time we gather, something big happens.
Cheng Wanwan put down what she was doing and went along to join in the fun.
"Our Ping'an County and the seven neighboring counties have jointly organized a style competition. Except for those who are pursuing official careers, everyone else can sign up to participate." Li Zheng said in a loud voice, "There are quite a lot of projects to sign up for, including cooking competitions and abacus competitions. , embroidery competition, wrestling competition, grain identification competition... The whole village can sign up, and the three best people in each event are selected to go to the county to participate in the finals."
Some people in the village murmured.
"What does this game mean?"
"What will happen if we win? Will the magistrate arrange the work?"
"Isn't it a little delayed in work? Working for Dashan Niang costs dozens of pennies a day."
"Everyone, be quiet!" Li Zheng said loudly, "This is the slack time for farmers in early winter. The county magistrate wanted to do something practical for us people, so he teamed up with seven other counties to organize such a competition. The top three will be rewarded. The first place earns 100 taels of silver, the second place earns 50 taels of silver, and the third place earns 10 taels of silver. The winner will be invited by the county to teach embroidery and cooking. One month's salary is quite a lot. "
Everyone standing below took a breath.
One hundred taels of silver was a huge amount of money that they could not even imagine, but it was also very difficult to get first place.
If you can get the third place, you can also get ten taels of silver, which is not a small amount of money.
"Uncle Li Zheng, I sign up!"
"I'll sign up too, and all my kids will sign up!"
"Don't be anxious, everyone." Li Zheng shouted at the top of his voice, "Those who want to sign up should go to Tiezhu to register. Each person can only choose one project."
Zhao Tiezhu had already moved a table and chairs and sat under the big locust tree. He was responsible for registration, and Zhu Huzi was responsible for studying ink beside him. The two of them cooperated seamlessly.
There were a lot of people signing up, but they all queued up in an orderly manner.
Most people signed up to participate in grain identification, because this is a unique skill for villagers.
The strong men signed up for the wrestling competition, the women who could cook signed up for the cooking competition, and some old ladies and daughters-in-law who were good at needlework chose to participate in the embroidery competition... Anyway, there is no registration fee, just in case you win the prize Well, anyone would want to take a chance on this kind of shitty luck.
Wang Damai and Zhao Xiahua signed up for the embroidery competition. They didn't have much confidence, so they decided to give it a try for fun.
Zhao Ergou came over and said quietly: "Zhao Jingcheng, sign up for the abacus competition."
"Brother Ergou, your name is too formal. I still like the original name." Zhao Tiezhu blinked and said, "But can you help me ask Aunt Zhao to give me a nice name sometime? "
"You little bastard, what are you talking about?" Li Zheng scolded angrily, "I found someone to give you this name specifically. The meaning of Iron Pillar is that I hope you can stand upright like a pillar made of iron. "
Zhao Tieshuan came over and said, "Master, what about my name? What does it mean?"
"this……"
Li Zheng didn't know how to answer. It felt easy at the time, so he chose such a name, Tiezhu, Tieshuan. It sounded like a family. It was great. It was strange that he was not used to the changed literary style. Besides, Dashan Niang The four sons in the family have all changed their names. They are not all called Dashan, Ergou, Three Cows and Four Eggs, so it doesn’t make much difference whether they change it or not.
After Zhao Ergou signed up for the abacus competition, the children who originally wanted to give it a try gave up.
There are often in-class tests in the school. All the children who go to school know that Zhao Ergou is first in arithmetic, Zhao Dawang is second, and Zhao Tiezhu is third. As long as the three of them sign up, the others will have no chance.
Among the crowd, Wu Huiniang also squeezed in.
People in the village usually don't pay much attention to confinement. They start working after five or six days in bed. She stayed in bed for more than half a month and has long since recovered.
Seeing her holding her child to sign up, Cheng Wanwan quickly took the child over: "It's windy outside, why did you take the child out? You are the same, you are not even out of confinement yet."
"Mom, I also want to sign up. I want to participate in the cooking competition." Wu Huiniang pursed her lips and smiled sheepishly, "Didn't I say before that the store's money is still a little short, so I'll help put it together."
If you can get first place, it will be one hundred taels of silver, which can save you a lot of trouble.
Cheng Wanwan originally wanted to say that her eldest daughter-in-law didn't need to worry about these things, but she saw her eldest daughter-in-law's eyes shining. Cooking was Huiniang's favorite thing. She would find her own value if she shined in the field she liked.
She nodded and said, "Then hurry up and sign up."
Registration for the Style Contest is now in full swing.
Before the big guy left, Mrs. Zhao walked up to the big stone, cleared her throat and said, "Our eldest daughter-in-law's soap workshop is going to be expanded. Now we need to recruit strong men to help build the house, because it will be completed in five days." To complete the project, we will recruit at least 80 people this time. Those who have worked at Dashanniang's house before can just register directly. Those who have never worked need to be kept under my watch. Those who are lazy, slippery, weak, and fish in troubled waters ... Just don’t come to my place and embarrass yourself.”
In the past, at most, more than 40 people were recruited to build a house, but now it actually requires 80 people.
Everyone was surprised and surprised, and asked questions one after another.
"Ahem, the soap workshop needs to be expanded. After the expansion is completed, we still need to recruit workers. Everyone will have a chance by then." Mrs. Zhao said loudly, "We will discuss the specific recruitment matters after the workshop is completed."
As soon as she finished speaking, the old lady was surrounded by a group of men.
"Grandma Zhao, I'm very strong, I'll help build the house!"
"And me, I'm pretty strong too!"
Mrs. Zhao was so squeezed that she almost fell to the ground.
Cheng Wanwan hurried forward to rescue the old lady and said, "Sign up to find Dashan, and he will arrange the work."
The crowd swarmed towards Zhao Dashan.
Zhao Dashan registered his name there, Ah Fu assisted.
Here Cheng Zhao is making the final drawings. The upgrade and expansion drawings of the soap workshop were dictated by Cheng Wanwan, and he will do the drawings.
The work process has been further divided and refined. The entire soap workshop is divided into three parts. The first part is the preliminary collection of materials, the second part is the synthesis, and the third part is molding, packaging and storage... The three parts are completely distinguished. Three independent small workshops are formed... The outermost one is surrounded by a wall. Entering through the main entrance is the main room, which is used for daily meetings and the like. There are also toilets built, but people in the village generally do not use the toilet in other people's homes. Plant natural fertilizers and keep them for your own fields...
The gate was leveled to make it easier for carriages to drive in to transport goods...
