Chapter 49

When the two arrived outside Liu Qingcao's yard, many villagers also came.

"grass."

"Second Brother Jiang, this way." Liu Qingcao got up from the chair and let Jiang Dayin sit.

On the table in front of her were pens, ink, and paper, and copper coins were contained in a box in the compartment of the table.

"Second brother Jiang, just write it on the paper as I do. I'll help you. Once you get used to it, you can operate it by yourself." Liu Qingcao took out the copper coin box and put it on a corner of the table.

Jiang Dayin had already talked to him about how to do it in the morning, but now that he read Liu Qingcao's writing, he immediately understood.

One by one, the villagers picked up a lot of dung, recorded it one by one to get money, and then poured it on the ground. Luo Shiyuan over there smelled the smell and couldn't help retching.

Liu Qingcao went over to see him pale, pinching his nose with both hands, hiding under the shade of a tree.

"Take it, stuff it into your nostril." Liu Qingcao took out two cotton balls from her sleeve and handed them to him.

Luo Shiyuan grabbed it and stuffed it into his nostrils, and the smell became less obvious in an instant.

"Liu Qingcao, what are you doing, making our place stink!"

Luo Shiyuan jumped up from the ground and roared in dissatisfaction, Liu Qingcao plucked his ears with his hands in disgust.

"Can't you see it, fertilize it, it's okay, it's okay, if you can't do it, go back and lie down, you have already said you can't do it, but you still have to come." Liu Qingcao was speechless, she said she couldn't do it at the beginning, and he insisted on saving face Come over to help, it's all right now, but it's her fault.

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Liu Qingcao ignored him, took out her mask, and went directly to the field to check.

Seeing the buckets of dung sprinkled on the ground, I also feel a little nervous. There was no compound fertilizer in this era. Only in this way can the newly reclaimed land be replenished with fertility and have the ability to grow crops.

At night, the dung and water from the entire village were sprinkled on her field, but [-] mu of land is not small, and the dozens of households in Shihe Village alone cannot do it.

"Brother Jiang, there are quite a lot of people in Liuwan Village and Qingshi Village next door. I have a job here. See if you want to do it. I'll give you [-] Wen as wages."

Liu Qingcao thought about it, and felt that this matter should be done quickly. I heard that the two villages are of good character, and it is still possible to buy dung water from them.

In the two villages of Baiyun Village and Changshou Village, relatively speaking, every household is richer than the surrounding villages. It may be difficult to buy manure water.

"Qingcao, tell me, I'm sure I can do it well." Jiang Dafu rubbed his hands, and quickly agreed that the salary of [-] Wen is quite a lot.

"It's like this, Brother Jiang, more than half of my land has not been manure-filled, and the village's manure water will not be collected in a short time, so I want you to go to Liuwan Village and Qingshi Village next door, just like They said that when I collect manure and water here, I will collect it for two days if I pick it up for a penny, and it will not be collected after two days."

"Okay, I'll go talk to the two neighboring villages early tomorrow morning." Jiang Dafu didn't expect this kind of job, and he could earn fifty yuan just by running errands, which is not too easy.

At night, Liu Qingcao wore a mask and closed the door to sleep, thinking about the pungent smell for the next week, she felt aggrieved...

On the second day, Liu Qingcao didn't make breakfast, the taste was too strong, and the three of them had no appetite, so Liu Qingcao suggested to go to the old man Niu to cook.

After breakfast, Luo Shiyuan followed the old man Niu to the town, Liu Qingcao blocked his nose, and went back to his home wearing a mask.

Jiang Dayin came over after breakfast and stood at the door, Liu Qingcao took out cotton balls and a mask for him, asking him to put it on like himself.

The two sat in the grass shed outside the yard and waited. After a while, a white-headed old man appeared, carrying a burden on his shoulders, walking towards this side.

"Girl, is this the place where the excrement is collected in your village? I asked many people, and they said it was here."

The old man put down the pick, gasped heavily, and looked at the two of them with cloudy eyes.

"Old man, it's here. You came from the next village." Liu Qingcao replied with a smile.

After hearing this, the old man knew that the man who came to talk to them early in the morning was not lying, and he was very grateful.

"I'm from Liuwan Village next door, little girl, is this dung really worth a penny?" The old man was afraid that the person would make a mistake, so he asked again to confirm.

Liu Qingcao nodded, took out a penny from the box and handed it over.

"Yes, old man, one penny and one pick, only two days will be charged, and there will be no more charges later."

The old man accepted the penny with a smile, and with Liu Qingcao leading the way, he sprinkled the manure on the land where no manure had been sprinkled, then picked up an empty bucket, took the money, and quickly returned to the village.

Half an hour later, the old man showed up in Shihe Village with a group of men carrying excrement.

The villagers in Shihe Village were not used to it at first, but gradually there were more people, and those people also greeted them with a smile on their own initiative. Slowly, they also got used to it, and some even took them to the place where the excrement was collected. .

"Uncle He, is this here?" A man about 20 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall nose bridge, a dark face, and a patched Tsing Yi asked, looking at the two people at the gate of the yard.

"That's right, it's them, Shiqiao, let's go earlier, hurry up, we can run a few more times."

"it is good."

"Old man, you are here." Seeing that the old man was leading the way, Liu Qingcao hurriedly waved her hand.

"Girl, I brought the villagers here."

Liu Qingcao looked at the team behind them, nodded happily, and asked Jiang Dayin to register and distribute the money.

"Uncle He, someone really paid for this excrement. Our dry toilet can be sold for tens of pennies." Shi Qiao excitedly held the penny in his hand, and quickly followed He Bo's pace.

He Bo also nodded with a smile. He also planned to try it out today. The family is running out of food. If he is cheating, he should take it for a spin. Anyway, he has nothing to lose. No, this dung can really be sold for money.

"Yeah, I have to buy several catties of brown rice."

A group of people got the money one after another and walked towards their own village. On the way, they could meet people from Qingshi Village. People from the two villages met each other and greeted each other familiarly, asking if it was true.

After receiving an affirmative answer, everyone in Qingshi Village secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and the burden on their shoulders felt a little lighter.

In the past two days, people from the two villages went back and forth, going back and forth between the two villages non-stop. It was not until evening, when the sky gradually turned yellow, that Liu Qingcao stopped.

After these few days of running-in, Jiang Dayin slowly got used to it. It wasn't difficult at all, but he had never done it before, and he would be a little flustered at the beginning. After getting used to it, Liu Qingcao let him do it alone. I'm busy with other things.

The villagers of Liuwan Village and Qingshi Village have carried dung and water to sell for money in the past two days, and every household has a smile on their faces.

Those who walk fast and have a lot of feces in their homes mostly earn fifty or sixty wen, while those who walk slowly and have a small family also earn about twenty or thirty wen.

"Old man, I earned [-] Wen in the past two days, let's save food, we can eat for half a month."

"Xitang, these years have made you suffer. If you hadn't left with me..." He Zhong looked at the half-decayed and gray-haired person in front of him, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Old man, it's my own choice. After so many years, we are old too, so don't think about it so much. Stay here peacefully. In a few days, I will go to the town to hand in the handkerchief, and I can get some more Money, this day is still passable." Qiu Xitang interrupted her old man's words, shook her head, and smoothed his frowning brows with a smile.

These years, their days have been reduced, and the suffering is a bit bitter, but it is also better than the days of being tortured every day.

(End of this chapter)

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