Villager of Daming

Chapter 174
"Father, you eat more meat and take care of your body. We will harvest rice next month, and we will harvest hemp after that. If you have no work to do, we won't hire anyone."

At Wang Laoji's house, his wife gave him some meat and talked about the harvest.

Last year, his family learned from Xiaqiu Village, planting a crop of rapeseed and ramie, and then planting rice and jute, and borrowing livestock from Xiaqiu Village.

With the addition of his wages and the things given by the village, life became more comfortable all of a sudden, and the key point was that his father saved money on medicines.

He left Xiaqiu Village and has been doing things in the helper's house. He went to various places to teach others about the construction of silage ponds and the production of silage.

There is no need to teach now, it is too late to repair the silo, he returned home in the middle of the night last night.

"Where's the third family?" Wang Laolan asked about his younger brother. He originally had two younger brothers, and the second one died young.

The third child is studying, unlike him, his father used to subsidize the third child's family.

The third child is only responsible for studying, and does not do other work. The third wife is not bad, and she does work in the field.

"I went out. I met a new classmate on the Ghost Festival. I'm going to participate in the literature meeting today. I got [-] essays from my father."

When Wang Laolan's mother-in-law mentioned this matter, her mood suddenly became depressed.

"Hey! It would be great if he passed the exam!" Wang Laolan became sad. His younger brother didn't study well, and he was hanging out with a group of scholars all day long.

Only when my father fell and injured did he honestly study at home. He has no money!These days are getting better, and I go out to date again.

Fortunately, there is no separation, but I don't have to give the money to my parents. Before my father fell and injured, I took out all the money. Now I saved it from working in Xiaqiu Village.

"Our father is still taking other people's medicine, so he didn't go over to thank him, he looked down upon it...forget it."

Wang Laolan's mother-in-law stopped talking, as a sister-in-law, she shouldn't blame my uncle.

"Old Wang, Old Wang!" A voice suddenly came from outside.

"Who is it?" Wang Laoji asked loudly.

"Who do you think I am? Hurry up and pack up your things and go to Yingtian Mansion and Xiaqiu Village to look for them. Uncle Wang, you're going too! I'm leaving, I'm going to the next house."

After the people outside shouted, there was no movement. When Wang Laoji heard the word Xiaqiu Village, he suddenly became energetic.

"Hurry up, I'll have a quick bite, and you help me pack up." He urged the woman.

His daughter-in-law didn't have time to eat, so she immediately went to find clothes for him, and said as she searched, "Is it time to come back to harvest the rice?"

"If you can't do it, hire someone and give me [-] Wen a day. I don't care about food. I earn at least [-] Wen a day over there, and they double it. The family also saves rations."

Wang Laoji chewed on the vegetables and said, pour the vegetable soup into the rice bowl, don't touch the meat, and save it for the mother-in-law and the children. He used to have meat to eat.

With the soup, he pulled a bowl of rice into his belly, wiped his mouth with his arm, and shouted to the house over there: "Father, my side is ready."

"I'm fine too." The other end replied.

"Father, uncle, are you going to work again?" The third daughter-in-law asked from her house.

"Let's go, Xiaqiu Village said hello, everything must stop, we are still taking other people's medicine! The kindness is endless."

Wang Yiqian stood in the yard, carrying a package in his hand, and did not take any tools, Xiaqiu Village would provide them.

Wang Laolan followed, turned around and yelled, 'Everyone is optimistic about the family, don't make trouble with your mother, or you will fight', took his father's package and left.

In the evening of that day, [-] people took their seats, took the car from Xiaqiu Village, chatted and rushed to Xiaqiu Village, where they changed boats.

In fact, there is a river in Xuancheng County leading to Xiaqiu Village and Juxi. In the past, it used to flow downstream, but people didn't want to take a boat, and they came back upstream.

Unless you are transporting a large amount of goods, it is easy to go downstream when you go, and it is convenient to come back with an empty ship.

The team of craftsmen is leaving now, arriving at the village before midnight, and arriving in Nanjing before dawn tomorrow.

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"This thing is so good! You can turn it around any way you want." Zhu Yuanzhang, who was preparing to eat, fiddled with the food delivery car in Kunning Palace, the imperial city of Yingtianfu.

His second son Zhu Yu sent it back, saying that the construction site could be used, so he bumped it back and forth, and the car went back and forth.

Empress Ma watched from the side: "Where did Zhu Lichang's words come from?"

"Many people don't know, but later Wang Guangyang told him that it came from the second Cheng Cuiyan that Yang Shi had remitted. What he has learned is extensive! It's a pity that Biao'er can't follow him to do business."

Zhu Yuanzhang is dissatisfied with some people, don't you all learn to be rich?
See how people teach in Xiaqiu Village?Make a good tool and send it here, and let Xi'er learn something by the way.

"What I learn every day, I will show Biao'er and other children, and I just learned together. This thing is used on the construction site, so it needs to be made bigger and stronger. It's good to use iron for the wheels. Eat!"

Empress Ma arranged the food and said hello, don't play.

"Tomorrow their royal craftsmen will arrive. You can ask them about the construction of the palace. They are the most familiar with bricks and mortar."

Zhu Yuanzhang joked that those craftsmen learned a lot in Xiaqiu Village, including the application of various new tools.

"I have to give them extra money." Empress Ma was worried about recruiting craftsmen for nothing.

"We gave materials for building the library, but no money. Hehehehe!" Zhu Yuanzhang was playing tricks and was very happy.

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The back kitchen team of Xiaqiu Village went to bed early last night and posted it in advance, and got up early today.

They fry green onion pancakes, fry one pancake at a time in a big pot, take it out and cut it, which is the most trouble-free.

There are four big pots for frying pancakes, one big pot for boiling eggs, and the other for making soup. After making a big pot of soup, immediately pour it into the wooden barrel next to it to keep it warm.

Others cut and mixed pickles, and waited for the milkman to come and boil milk for the children.

The guards helped to set up the tables and stools, more than [-] people were coming today, and they happened to use the box lunch here.

From today onwards, no meals will be delivered to the library, and those who work will eat here.

Before dawn, the fleet arrived, and people who were waiting to carry and deliver things at the pier were shouted and watched eagerly.

When the ship docked at the pier, a group of people carrying packages came down, and those waiting for work continued to sleep muttering.

The craftsmen help to move things down from the boat without hiring a car. Once the rope is stretched and the wooden poles are threaded, two or four people can walk away, and the glass mirror is lifted in the same way.

This time, some food was brought in, edamame. The [-] mu of soybeans were harvested and planted again. They started to make silage, and picked some edamame by the way.

Everyone carried the things to the store together, and the chief came out to welcome them: "They're all here, and you're still tossing at night."

"When I was sitting in the car, I stared at it. When I got on the boat, I fell asleep directly. Now I am refreshed. We bought such a big house in our village?"

Wang Yiqian belongs to the team leader. He doesn't work, and directs everyone to leave things at the door, and someone will come to pick them up later.

"It's bigger than this, otherwise I won't be looking for you. The opposite is ours, and the opposite is still there. There is a house to be built there."

According to the head of the village, the lanterns in the place of the two houses are not glazed lanterns, and the glazed lanterns are used for fear of being robbed.

No matter whether there is a vigil or not, the kind that grabs and runs, catches and smashes the lamp.

(End of this chapter)