Disastrous year!Before the whole family is wiped out, a little blessing falls from the sky!

Chapter 186: Excuse me, who is still short of food?

Twenty carts of cashmere filled the two rooms, and the family looked at it with joy in their hearts.

But Tai Jiye came back much sooner than expected, and the spinning wheel had not yet been built, so Tai Jizong became anxious and started working with the craftsmen overnight.

The women in the village are also anxious and want to start knitting sweaters as soon as possible and make money as soon as possible!

As a result, the men in the family were also recruited to help.Even if I can't do any fine work, I can still help chop wood, move things, and lift boards.

Yang Lihua also put down her embroidery work, walked around the front and back yards, and finally planned to tidy up the remaining rooms in the back yard. The big kang was covered with kang mats, and even the ground was spread neatly and cleanly.

In this way, one room is used for spinning and the other is used for everyone to sit and work, both of which are spacious and convenient.

It's not that she brought everyone together to work and was on guard against hiding cashmere, it was because each family's conditions were different.

Some people’s houses are clean and spacious, so they don’t have anything to worry about.

I am afraid that some people’s houses will be dirty and crowded, so they bring cashmere thread back with them. If it gets dirty, they cannot be washed.

Because after cleaning, the cashmere thread shrinks, and the knitted clothes are obviously inferior...

The men helped with the work for most of the night, got up early and snoozed in bed for a while, and the women rushed to Tai's house again.

Grassland herdsmen originally did not have the habit of collecting cashmere and wool. Usually, they killed sheep, roasted and cooked the sheep, and made coats and boots directly from the sheepskins.

But in the past few years, caravans from the North often used to buy wool and cashmere. Although it was not much, it was still an income.

So the herdsmen learned the lesson and sheared the sheep's wool in spring to exchange for daily necessities such as salt.

In autumn, the wool grows again, and no matter how many sheep are killed, the sheepskins are still used to make coats and boots.

However, this is convenient for the Tai family, otherwise they would not have purchased so much cashmere at once.

Tai Jiye bought all the caustic soda from the grocery stores in the city early and prepared many large pots.

Yang Lihua agreed with the women that each of them would be paid ten cents a day, and then he would take them to transport the cashmere to the small river outside the village.

Cashmere should be soaked in alkaline water, rinsed multiple times to remove suet, dirt and other debris, and then spread on a large piece of oilcloth to dry.

These tasks sound simple, but are actually trivial and troublesome.

But if the cashmere is well sorted, women can make money by knitting sweaters, and their daily wages will be more.

Therefore, everyone in the village was busy, talking and laughing while working, and it was very lively.

They all live in the next village. Liujiacun and Zhangjiacun looked at each other with envy and approached them to ask. The women did not tell the truth and just responded vaguely.

The people in Liujia Village and Zhangjia Village were unhappy. After they returned home, they told their neighbors. In the end, even the village chief knew about it.

So, Village Chief Liu and Village Chief Zhang came to Tai's house for a walk when they had nothing to do.

Mr. Tai stayed them to eat, and then called Mr. Tai. He didn't say a few words about the cashmere business at the wine table, but instead made it clear about the necessity of the patrol.

Village Chief Liu and Village Chief Zhang are also thinking about selling seeds in autumn. Even if they can't make a fortune, at least one pound of corn can be exchanged for two pounds of sorghum, which can ensure that the young and old in the village have a full winter.

Both of them agreed, and made an appointment with Master Tai for joint patrols in the future.After all, the more people there are, the more powerful the momentum is, and the safer the fields are...

After four or five days, the spinning wheels were finished and most of the cashmere was cleaned.

So the old ladies in the village took over the cleaning work, and the other young women and girls gathered in the backyard of Tai's house and started spinning and knitting sweaters.

Tai Jizu also brought seeds and supplies, drove his carriage early in the morning and returned late in the evening, and planted fifteen acres of land on the other side of the Sancha River.

The busy days are fast, and naturally everyone is tired, but they feel extremely at ease.You have to give first and then you will gain something!

Mr. Tai had nothing to do, so he took his granddaughter and followed Sesame Ball around the fields. Occasionally he would go to the mountains to stay for two days and roast rabbits for toothpaste.

We only went into the city once or twice, to talk to Banxian'er, to see Manager Min at the snack shop, and to pick up two boxes of snacks. The grandson and grandson went home happily.

In the morning of this day, the grandfather and grandson brought water and snacks, followed by Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue to go up the mountain again.

The weather is warm and the rain is plentiful. The vegetation on the mountains becomes more lush and there are more herbs that can be picked.

Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue recently sold hundreds of pennies, and they have tasted the benefits and become more active.

Both of them carried a large wicker basket, looking like they had picked all the herbs from the mountains.

But as soon as the old and young people went out, they saw a carriage driving over.

The old man stopped and wondered if it was his visitor.

Sure enough, the steward on the carriage jumped down and found out it was Mr. Tai Liu's home, so he hurriedly moved things out of the carriage.

The things were not very expensive, just a dime of pork, a bag of rice, two jars of spirits and two boxes of tea.

The young steward raised his hands in salute and smiled politely, "Mr. Tai, our master admires you for your magnanimity, tolerance and righteousness. You are well-known throughout the country. Therefore, I am sending a little man here today to bring some food to the old man. . If there is an opportunity in the future, our master’s family will pass by this place and come to visit the old man in person.”

Mr. Tai quickly asked, "I wonder who your master is..."

The young steward smiled awkwardly and hurriedly took out the greeting card from his sleeve and held it out to the old man with both hands.

"Oh, I'm sorry, old man. It was my first time to do something, so I didn't think of it..."

"It's okay, little brother." The old man waved his hand, took the post and looked at it. It was a squire named Song in the city, whom he didn't know at all before.

So, he declined and said, "Little brother, our family welcomes Mr. Song to come and sit here, but he will not receive any salary for no merit. Our family cannot accept these things!"

Unfortunately, the steward seemed unwilling to take it back. He even jumped on the carriage and ran away in a hurry.

Mr. Tai really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He looked down at his fat granddaughter and wondered if this girl had made another wish.

But my family often eats dumplings and steamed buns these days, and there is no shortage of meat slices in the stew. This girl should be able to keep her mouth shut!
Zhuzhu held her fingers in her mouth, tilted her head and looked at her grandfather, her big eyes blinked, very innocently...

But Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue were very happy and shouted around the pig's hind legs.

"What a fat pig leg! Let my mother steam the meat sauce buns again! I didn't even eat enough last time!"

"Me too, me too. I'm going to eat ten this time!"

The old man's pipe and pot are itching again. Is there anyone who is short of food? Buy these two guys as soon as possible...

When Tai Jizu came back from letting his horse go outside, he was surprised to see so many things.

But after taking a look at the name sticker, he guessed some clues.

"Dad, in the manor in the south, there is a master whose surname is Song. Could it be that Mr. Song who delivers things is the same person? If it is the same person, then this person may really come to visit in the future."

Mr. Tai was reminded and he guessed some of the reasons.

"Oh, maybe this person came here for our corn seeds! I'm afraid he wants to make friends first and buy more seeds in autumn, right?"

(End of this chapter)