After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 64

The shed is erected and the mill can be officially opened.

In fact, it is more appropriate to call it a pavilion. The shed has only a roof, with supporting bamboo poles on the four sides. A bamboo pole runs across the middle of three sides as a fence, and one side is empty as a door.

Qin Yao was satisfied with being able to get such a mill in such a short time and without spending a penny.

The mill is at the foot of the mountain in her home, so she doesn't have to worry about being stolen, as she can hear any movement at home.

After all the preparations were made, Qin Yao took advantage of the villagers gathering in the village well to rest and went over to explain the rules for charging fees.

For five cents an hour, all they had to do was send the grain they wanted to grind, and she was responsible for grinding it for them and sending it home.

Qin Yao herself feels that this service is very good. After all, the villagers only need to spend a little money and put things in her place, and then they can do their own things.

If it were her, she would be very willing to pay the service fee.

Liu Ji felt that he was in a panic, so he would help him to deliver it home, because a fool would not come.

So, the husband and wife each took a stool and sat in the mill waiting for the guests to come.

Liu Ji also brought a small table from home, put a pot of cool white tea and two cups, thinking of having a drink by the river in his free time, and imitating the style of the noble son in the city, that indulge in the mountains and rivers.

Yesterday, Qin Yao shot so many birds that she plucked out all the feathers and dried them in the sun. She planned to save them to make gloves and scarves later.

Bird feathers are also feathers, so it doesn’t mean they can’t be used as down jackets, right?
At this moment, there are two husband and wife, one is drinking cold water for nothing, and the other is sorting and sifting out feathers and velvet, expecting guests to come to the door.

I drank three cups of this cool white tea, and finished sorting the feathers and velvet. Why hasn't anyone come over yet?
Qin Yao looked at Liu Ji, "Too busy and no time?"

Liu Ji was also at a loss, "No matter how busy you are, you should have some free time at noon, right?"

It is absolutely impossible to think that they charge too much!
Qin Yao: "Wait a little longer?"

Liu Ji drank his fourth glass of cold water and said, "Yeah."

No, I can't hold back anymore, "Lady, I'll come as soon as I go!"

But when he came back from going to the latrine, there was still no customer in the mill.

This made the two people who were originally confident no longer confident. Qin Yao was not one to sit still and wait for death. She immediately went to the village well where the villagers gathered to see what was going on.

There are a few people here and there, all of whom are children.

Qin Yao grabbed Jin Hua and asked her where she was, Jin Hua affectionately called Auntie, and pointed to the ancestral hall with her little hand.

Qin Yao hurried towards the ancestral hall, and before she arrived, she saw the grain loads lined up in front of the mill.

Everyone can't be sure how long the person who uses the mill will use it, and there is work to be done in the family's fields, so the method of using food loads to occupy seats and line up is derived.

The more food loads there are, the more people need to use the mill. Qin Yao doesn't understand the burden like a dragon.

The stone mill is so crowded, why don't you want to go to her water mill?
What went wrong?

There really is a problem, and it’s a big problem.

Mrs. Zhang went to the field to weed the vegetable field. When she passed by the river on her way home, she subconsciously glanced at the water mill. She thought that there should be a lot of people, but unexpectedly, the mill was not turned on, and there was no one there.

She felt strange that the water mill was much better than the stone mill. She had experienced it personally yesterday. She just stood and put grain into the millstone. It was not tiring at all.

At this time, the amount of water in the river is large, and the impact force, the whirling of the water mill, is much faster than that of humans. Yesterday she brought a load of grain, and it only took half an hour to grind it, which is almost a saving compared to before. times the time.

"Why is there no one?" Mrs. Zhang muttered, and returned home with a puzzled expression.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Mrs. He and Mrs. Qiu making complaints while weaving, "Aunt Zhou asked me why the price of the old three water mills is so high. In the village, they are all relatives with broken bones and tendons, and they want to earn money from relatives." Where is the money?"

"She wanted to go to the water mill to grind flour in the morning. When she heard that it cost five cents an hour, she went back to the stone mill in despair."

"Anyway, idleness is idleness. The stone mill doesn't need money, and it doesn't matter if she spends a little effort on her own."

Listening to He's vivid retelling, Qiu's brows furrowed, a little dissatisfied for her family.

"The water mill at Lao San's house was not brought by the strong wind. I spent money on it myself. She doesn't want to pay for it and wants to use it in vain? How can such a good thing happen?"

He snorted, "It's not like you don't know how stingy she is, that's what she is."

"Then she will be tired." Qiu said with a sneer.

"But..." Thinking of the price of five cents an hour, Mrs. Qiu's heart skipped a beat, "We are an ordinary family, and it's not easy to earn five cents."

He thought to himself, it was because the old three's family let them use the mill for free, so they felt good.

But if they really had to spend money to rent a water mill, they would rather be tired and slowly grind it themselves with a stone mill.

Of course, occasionally when a large amount of food is needed to hold a wedding or wedding, I am also willing to spend some money to rent the water mill.

But only occasionally.

Reluctant is just one of them.

There are other two.

Don't talk about the fact that five pennies is just over a pound of brown rice, but everyone is used to hardship, and suddenly buying so much rice for a relaxing leisure time feels like something evil.

If a daughter-in-law is afraid of being tired or suffering, she will rent a water mill for five cents, lest the old men and old women at home will poke your spine and call you bloody!

After listening to the conversation between her sisters-in-law, Mrs. Zhang finally figured out the reason why there was no one in the water mill.

She guessed that the third child and his wife were afraid and didn't know why.

Call back the grandson who was catching grasshoppers for chickens on the field ridge, and ask him to pass on a message.

Jinbao went happily. He wanted to find Dalang and the others to catch grasshoppers together. It would be more fun if there were more people.

Knowing the truth, Liu Ji jumped on the spot, "I dare not spend this little money, I deserve to suffer!"

Qin Yao calmed down a bit, but not much.

"Reducing the price, it's only three cents an hour. Someone should come, right?" Qin Yao was no longer confident.

Let Liu Ji go to the village to publicize it, and continue to wait the next morning.

From morning to night, only Yun Niang from the shopkeeper Liu's family brought a bucket of husked wheat to grind the noodles.

The water mill is efficient, and it took half an hour to grind the noodles for her, and she earned two small melons.

Because half an hour is less than a penny, Yunniang asked Liu Ji to go to her vegetable garden to pick two small melons at any time.

At night, a family of six drank white rice porridge and a plate of stewed small melon slices, which was tasteless.

"Down again!" Qin Yao still didn't believe it. No one wanted to spend money, save effort and time.

Liu Ji asked tremblingly, "How much?"

Qin Yao gritted her teeth, "Two cents an hour!"

Liu Ji then went to the village to promote it again.

Thank God, Liu Dafu is here, and he is walking towards the water mill with his heavy fifty loads of grain!

He wants to shell all the grain.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji warmly received them. After Liu Dafu was sent away, Liu Ji was in charge of grinding and Qin Yao was in charge. It was the first time that the two of them completed this large-scale cooperation in such a tacit understanding. It only took three and a half days to complete the grinding process. Fifty tans of grain were delivered to Liu Dafu's home.

Three and a half days, actually 25 hours.

Seeing Liu Dafu handing over the fifty cents with a smile, Qin Yao couldn't laugh at all.

Inner villain: Destroy them all!

(End of this chapter)