"But the keel waterwheel is not there yet. We don't know when it will be built."
In order to prevent people around him from becoming suspicious, for such a large tool, he would definitely have to "fumble" for a month or two, walk around in a wrong way, and frown in distress before he could get the finished product out.
Moreover, the joy he felt making the keel car by himself was definitely not as good as the joy he felt taking a bath with Brother Zhu.
"Compared with the keel waterwheel, I would rather buy a field and build a house."
"Don't you want to build a house?"
As Li Qiao spoke, his other hand also covered the two hands he and Brother Zhu held together, and then he gently scratched Brother Zhu's palm twice with his thumb.
Tao Zhu: "..."
The itch in his palms reached all the way to the bottom of his heart, and the corners of his mouth were about to curl up subconsciously.
But Li Dashan is still there at this time!
He glared at Li Qiao without any deterrence: "Okay, after we build the keel car, we will consider buying special-grade fields. Now we will buy top-grade fields. With the current income, we can almost buy one before planting wheat." More than ten acres. The grain harvested from more than ten acres of high-quality fields should be enough for our family."
Now you can earn seven taels of silver a day, an acre of top-quality land is 30 taels, and more than ten acres is four to five hundred taels. If there is no accident, you can definitely win it before planting wheat.
"Okay, let's buy high-quality fields." Li Qiao said.
So the matter was settled.
However, if you focus on buying land, building a house will have to be postponed until later.
"Brother Zhu, why don't we make a sale? This way we can buy land and build a house at the same time. The house is also very important."
"Not for sale."
Tao Zhu immediately shook his head: "It is impossible to sell your son, and it will never be possible."
Although the treats might be figured out, he still doesn't want to sell them.
Shopkeeper Wang had no idea of buying Fang Zi, and he never mentioned buying him. Judging from shopkeeper Wang's behavior, he probably wouldn't buy him.
The chefs at Wangyuelou are limited and can't make so many tricks, so it's better to purchase goods from them and Butcher Zheng.
As for shopkeeper Zhao, he doesn't want to sell to this person.
If you sell it to other people, if this recipe is quickly imitated by another person, wouldn't it be a scam?
"Building a house can be pushed back. The current house can be lived in, and it will be winter."
Tao Zhu glanced towards Li Dashan.
Seeing that Li Dashan was concentrating on grinding, with a thoughtful look on his face, he coughed slightly, moved closer to Li Qiao, and lowered his voice and said: "You can use the bathtub in winter, let's take a bath together."
You can also take a mandarin duck bath in a bathtub. Although it is not as convenient as a shower, it is more troublesome. Anyway, we are with this person.
Li Qiao: "..."
He looked at Tao Zhuhong's earlobes that were about to bleed and her bright watery eyes, and couldn't help but sigh that his brother Zhu was really becoming more and more courageous.
It was broad daylight, and Li Dashan was still here, so he dared to say this to him.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." He suppressed his laughter and scratched Tao Zhu's palm with his thumb: "I have to go into the house and change out of this robe. You collected the clothes I washed yesterday. You can take them from me." Where’s that blue bunt set?”
"I'll go into the house and look for you." Tao Zhu understood immediately, and he stood up.
Li Qiao also stood up, and the two held hands and entered the house.
When they came out again, their cheeks were a little red, and their lips were moist, covered with a layer of water.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, but they still had to work, so one went into the kitchen to work and the other into the shed.
You have to buy land and build a house, so you have to work hard and earn more money!
To buy or sell land, you need to go to the Yamen, pay the money in one hand, and get the land deed in the other. The process is a bit cumbersome.
So Li Qiao and Tao Zhu discussed it and borrowed 60 taels of silver from Zhuang Fengshou, plus his family's 30 taels, so that they could buy three acres of high-quality land first.
At this time, we can plant another season of sweet potatoes and corn. We need to buy three acres of high-quality land to plant sweet potatoes and corn first.
So, Li Qiao was going to the county seat again.
It would take a whole day to go there, which would delay a lot of work, so the couple discussed it and decided to teach Li Dashan how to make shaqima and dama flowers.
Just relying on the two of them to master the core technology, the number of snacks they can make every day is really limited, and all their time will be tied up in snacks. If they want to do other things, they have to work overtime to squeeze in sleep time. .
Therefore, it is time for the third person to also master the core technology.
The kid Li Dashan was indeed not smart enough, but he was honest and diligent, so Li Qiao and Tao Zhu let him participate.
Of course, if you do more work, your wages must also increase.
In the past, just doing chores cost thirty cents a day, but now when you work from morning to night, your wages naturally have to increase, from thirty-five cents to sixty cents.
Li Dashan didn't expect that Li Qiao would be willing to teach him how to make Shaqima and Mahua, and he didn't expect that Li Qiao would raise his wages so much!
He can make snacks.
But raising wages is not possible.
Let him make snacks, trust him, and he will be happy.
But the wages are really unnecessary. He eats and drinks well at his uncle's place every day, and the food money alone makes him a lot of money every day.
He always felt that the work he did was not worthy of such high wages and meals. Now that he could do more work to make his value worthy of the wages and meals, he finally felt at ease.
Therefore, there is really no need to raise his salary. Not only would he not agree, but his parents would not agree either.
Li Qiao naturally rejected Li Dashan's words.
You should get paid as much as you do. Besides, this is the salary he pays to his eldest nephew, and his eldest brother and sister-in-law have no control over it.
Li Dashan was no match for Li Qiao. Without any words, Li Qiao settled the matter in just a few words.
Li Dashan: "..."
My uncle has given me so much, and only hard work can repay me.
So Li Qiao went to the county town for a day and didn't come back until dark. He not only brought back a field deed, but also sweet potato seedlings and corn seeds.
"Here, Brother Zhu, put it away, this is ninety taels of silver."
Li Qiao sat under the shelf, drinking sour plum soup and handing the Tian deed to Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu took it and looked at it carefully with the bean-like light of the oil lamp. He already knew a lot of words. Although it was still difficult to read, he would look carefully whenever he encountered words.
But soon, he looked up at Li Qiao, his face full of shock: "Why is my name written on it?"
Although the light was not bright, he saw it right. The two words "Tao Zhu" that were clearly visible on the field deed were under the official seal of the county magistrate, but the two words "Li Qiao" could not be found on the entire sheet of paper!
"Because I want to write your name. You have been paying off debts since you married me. Now you are in debt again. I have given you too little."
Li Qiao put down the bowl and said seriously.
"..."
Tao Zhu stared at him for a few seconds, his eyes slowly turning red.
This person had obviously given him so much and had drained his coptis juice into the honey jar, but he still felt that he was indebted to him.
There is no debt.
Not at all.
This man was so good that he didn't know how to treat him better.
He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "I know how you feel about me. But didn't you say that every penny in our money box was earned by us together. Now you only write my name. What is this? reason?"
"Don't do this again."
Hearing this, Li Qiao couldn't help but move the small bench to his side, then reached out and put his arm around his shoulders.
I lowered my head to look at his face and saw that the water in his eyes was about to fall. I couldn't help but hug him tightly: "Fool, there are sixty taels in this field deed that are debts, and you need to pay them back."
"I am using this to make you happy and moved. If it were anyone else, they would definitely think that I am cunning and a scheming poor man."
"So this other person is not your husband."
Tao Zhu sniffed and reached out to hug him.
Li Qiao: "..."
He couldn't help laughing: "Yes, you are the only one who is my husband."
This is the partner he has been looking for for two lifetimes.
Thinking like this, he lowered his head to kiss the face of the person in his arms. Although it was stupid, it was so stupid that he liked it so much that he had to kiss it properly.
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Chapter 45 Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian account for half of the plot. Growing sweet potatoes and making fish balls were all caused by my uncle!
After buying fields and seedling seeds, naturally you have to plant them quickly, otherwise the seedlings will die.
Li Qiao went to Chen Tiezhu and Wang Xiuying overnight and asked them if they would like to plant sweet potatoes tomorrow.
The fields of Chen Tiezhu's family are adjacent to the few acres of wasteland of Tao's family. When Tao Zhu worked alone, Chen Tiezhu's family would occasionally help Tao Zhu, such as pushing the cart and giving him water to drink.
There was not much help, but Tao Zhu always remembered that now Li Qiao was looking for someone to work, so he recommended Chen Tiezhu.
Growing sweet potatoes and corn is not a heavy job, and Li Qiao's wages are high, thirty cents a day. Since he doesn't care about food, he also gets an extra three cents as a meal subsidy.
You know, Wang Xiuying works at a banker, and she can only get thirty cash as wages during the wheat harvest and autumn harvest.
Now the villagers are busy with weeding work every day, which is not too heavy. Chen Tiezhu and his family can temporarily put aside their own work to plant sweet potatoes and corn for buckwheat. They only have three acres of land and can finish the work in two days.
Wang Xiuying's job at the banker was not heavy, so she could take a day off, so she agreed.
Before dawn the next day, Li Qiao took Chen Tiezhu's family of three and Wang Xiuying to Zhujiacun.
Tao Zhu saw off Xiao Wu and hurried over. It was his first time to go to his own farm, so he was very excited and looking forward to it.
When Tao Zhu arrived, Li Qiao and several others were digging furrows for planting sweet potatoes.
