What use do I want in this troubled world

Chapter 14
Xu Yuqing moved a stool, and they sat down beside the threshold.

Li Gui introduced: "Erya, these are Ermao's uncle and uncle. I'm not boasting. He's the first one who thinks of digging wells in eight villages. Don't worry about it."

"There's nothing to do at home. I called Ermao here too. It's good if you look at me and beat me up."

While speaking, Li Gui stared at the egg in Ruyi's hand, his eyes could not move away.

The well-to-do families in the village also bought chicken cubs, which were far away from eating eggs. The Xu family's Erya was so generous that she directly brought back two laying hens, which was the first in the village.

Feeling that eager gaze, Ruyi's hand pinching the egg shrank behind her back, her eyes widened, as if she was afraid that he would rush up to grab it, Li Gui's face flushed, he was envious, but he definitely wouldn't grab it. Well, even if he had that idea, he didn't dare to put it into action.

A village, but also shameless friends.

Xu Wenfeng is also funny in his heart, the little girl is a food protector.

Uncle Ermao's family name is Xu, and he has a big body and a thick body, and he has a lot of strength at first glance.Xu Wenfeng asked Ruyi to put the eggs in the kitchen, and led Li Gui and the others to scout for the well in the front and back yards.

Uncle Ermao stopped in the west corner of the backyard: "Girl Xu, do you think this place will work? It's close to the vegetable garden, so it's convenient for watering."

Xu Wenfeng: "Okay, you are a professional, you can make up your mind."

"Then I'm ready to break the ground when it's settled?" Xu Minghua said bluntly, "It's like this. Before breaking the ground, there are some things that need to be clarified. According to the current prices, a well costs five taels."

Xu Wenfeng nodded: "Success."

Very refreshing.

Xu Minghua glanced at her, and it was true what his brother-in-law said, the girl from the Xu family is a generous person, unlike other family members who scrambled and searched for half-day prices, but he didn't quote a falsely high price, he quoted the real price.

Xu Wenfeng's trips to the town seven or eight times were not in vain, and he was clear about the price of digging a well now.

Drilling a well in modern rural areas costs one or two thousand yuan, but with the aid of drilling equipment, it is naturally much more expensive than ancient manual work. In addition to the current inflation, five taels is not expensive.

To improve the quality of life, there is no need to search for money, you have to spend what you need.

It takes a quarter of an hour to carry water to eat, and it takes a quarter of an hour to go back and forth. It takes three times a day to pick up drinking water. When the weather gets hot, take a bath, water the vegetables... the water consumption increases, and it is estimated that it takes about ten trips a day, which is time-consuming and laborious.

After confirming the location of the well and negotiating the price, Li Gui said goodbye: "Erya, I'm leaving first. It rained a little while ago, so I went to the mountains to look for it, and see if I can pick up some fungus."

"Uncle Li, wait a moment." Xu Wenfeng called him, went to the urn to scoop out three bowls of pointed cornmeal, and put them in a cloth bag.

Ermao said that he came to help in the slack season and did not charge money, but this is not related to relatives, so you can't ask people to work for nothing, right?

Li Gui held the cornmeal and smiled brightly: "Oh, you girl is just being polite, you can't be picky about etiquette."

Xu Wenfeng smiled: "You come and go often, in the future there will be times when you will be troubled."

Who made your family strong and labor-intensive? Your family is the first thing that comes to mind when you need hired workers. The slacker Xu Wenfeng naturally wants to have a good relationship with the Li family.

"Mother, mother, do you know how much Erya hired someone to dig a well?" Chen Xiu'e listened to the corner of the wall for a long time, then quickly ran into the main room, gesticulating with her palms, and said in an exaggerated tone: "My mother, five Two, a full five taels!"

Mrs. Xu glanced at her, and said nothing for a while, her face was expressionless and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"How much silver did Second Brother save behind our backs? Could it be that he has saved up a mountain of silver and dares to spend it like this." The jealousy in Chen Xiu'e's eyes was almost overflowing, and she kept nagging: "A few girls will enjoy themselves in movies. , Seeing them waste money without counting, my heart is bleeding."

The old lady Xu was upset when she heard that, she lifted her eyelids, and said coolly: "It's your turn to bleed, and the family is separated. Jinshanyinshan has nothing to do with you."

Chen Xiu'e rolled her eyes, and said indignantly, "Before we broke up, Second Brother hid a lot of money from us."

This is not fair!

"Which eye of yours saw him hiding money?" Mrs. Xu said angrily, "Shut up, as an elder, you know how to sneak around the wall every day, what kind of words! I blush for you."

Chen Xiu'e was aggrieved and wanted to say more.

Old lady Xu's face darkened: "Don't buzz in my ears, go and do the laundry!"

Before her family's second child got married, among the three sons and two daughters, he was the most filial, the most promising, and the most outstanding character. The second child would never do such things as hiding money secretly.

Chen Xiu'e's questioning was tantamount to ruining the character of the second child. It's no wonder that Mrs. Xu felt comfortable listening to it.

After all, Xu Shengping was once her pride.

Chen Xiu'e frowned, washing clothes, washing clothes, telling her to do laundry every time she filed a complaint, can't she change the pattern? !

Seeing her unfinished expression, Mrs. Xu slapped her on the back: "What are you waiting for, don't hurry up."

What a shame, just change your name and sue the woman.

The ears calmed down, the rest of the family went to the mountain to look for wild food early, the old lady Xu sat quietly in the main room for a while, but finally couldn't sit still.

There is no adult in the house, so I am fooling around.

Hey... I'm just worrying about my life, the old lady thought so, she got up slowly, moved her feet slowly to the wall, looked around, wanted to step on her feet to look at the next door, hesitated, turned around and left the courtyard gate.

You can't learn how the third daughter-in-law has no face and no skin to pick a wall, no wonder it looks good.

It's all because there was a thing in the house who was used to peeping through the wall, which made her almost imitate the bad.

"Grandma is here." Half a month after returning home, the old lady came to the door for the first time, Xu Wenfeng probably knew why she came.

Mrs. Xu glanced in the direction of the backyard: "I heard commotion at home, come and have a look."

Xu Wenfeng moved a low stool: "Grandma sit down, I'll get you a bowl of water."

The old lady stared at the smiling granddaughter, and was stunned. The granddaughter acted as if there had never been any conflicts between them, and they were still a harmonious and beautiful family.

Before this was put aside, he had no choice but to scold her with a pale face.

I almost don't know her anymore.

The more calm and indifferent Xu Wenfeng became, the more uncertain the old lady was, and it was inevitable that she would feel guilty before she made a mistake.

At that time, the second child insisted on going to find Guan Miao, but the old lady couldn't stop her, panicked and angry, the world is so chaotic, don't die!

The old lady was furious, and when she lost her head and did something unkind, she would think that your own father doesn't care about you, and I will let you die. How does dad deal with himself
When I calmed down afterwards, I felt regretful, but I couldn't bear to face my mistakes calmly.

I have been restless since I came back. Fortunately, I am not far from home, and I got home safely.

　Dear friends, happy Chinese New Year~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)