Space farmer girl: I hoarded food and raised cubs in ancient times

Chapter 26 26 Hire the Cow
"It's not like I haven't said it before. Mainly, I am right and their family is wrong." Shen Shuangshuang said modestly.

"Be good! Who is responsible for the wrongdoing or not? Those lawyers help people litigate, and they can turn black into white, all with just one mouth."

"If you can outsmart Li Dalang, that's your ability!" Aunt Wang said excitedly.

Shen Shuangshuang smiled and didn't answer any more.

"I know that you and your mother are not simple. Your mother knows not only medical skills and pharmacology, but also literacy. You are not much worse than your mother." Aunt Wang continued.

Shen Shuangshuang and Mrs. Shen looked at each other, not knowing how to answer the question.

"Oh, I won't delay anymore. Just make sure you guys are okay."

"I have to take Erya up the mountain to cut pig grass. If both girls don't go, we'll leave first." Aunt Wang said and got up.

Shen Shuangshuang sent the Wang family mother and daughter out.

Just after sending the people away, Master Liu, the mason, came.

Shen Shuangshuang quickly invited people in.

After arranging a bowl of sugar water, I started chatting with Master Liu.

He also showed Master Liu the sketch he drew last night.

"This fire kang, I went to the north with my master when I was young, and I saw something similar."

"At that time, I was just an apprentice with the master, and I had never tried it."

"But with your drawing, I should be able to figure it out." Master Liu looked at the drawing carefully and said to Shen Shuangshuang.

Shen Shuang's eyes were filled with joy.

"That's great."

"I wonder how you calculated the price here?" I asked.

Master Liu looked at Shen Shuangshuang's drawings and thought for a while before speaking.

"We have to do all three fire pits for four taels of silver."

"If you buy the materials yourself, the four of us will work for two days and charge you [-] yuan."

A flash of hesitation flashed across Shen Shuangshuang's face.

"Can you calculate the materials?" I asked.

You can definitely save a lot by buying the materials yourself.As for the labor price, it's one hundred cash per person per day, which is actually not expensive.

"Yes, I can also recommend places to buy materials in town." Master Liu said.

"I've calculated the materials. You hire a bullock cart to go to town tomorrow and buy the materials and bring them back. When you have them all, go to my house and let us know, and we can come and start work later."

Shen Shuangshuang's heart moved.

"Sure! Then please do the math," he said.

Master Liu was also happy and went to the site to measure with a ruler.

A list of materials was then quickly drawn up.

After chatting with Shen Shuangshuang for a few more words and explaining the details of purchasing materials, he left.

As soon as Master Liu left, Shen Shuangshuang went back to his room to talk to Mrs. Shen, and then took Li Ling to the village chief's house.

What are you asking for?

Of course it was a hired bullock cart.

There were only three oxcarts in Dahe Village. She was not familiar with the other carts, so she asked the village chief who had the best one.

Anyway, it’s not like she doesn’t want to pay.

When they arrived at the village chief's house, Shen Shuangshuang learned that the village chief's bullock cart had been borrowed.

"Your uncle and your second uncle came to borrow the bullock cart early this morning. They said that Li Youcai and Mr. Zhao fainted in the room. One woke up with facial twitching, and the other was talking nonsense and suffering from hysteria." The village chief said while Observe Shen Shuangshuang's expression.

"I asked your third uncle to go and see her, and he came back and said that it was your mother who was suffering from hysteria. She kept making trouble after waking up, saying that there was a ghost, and said, 'The fourth child came back to settle the score with them.'"

Shen Shuangshuang looked surprised.

"Is there such a thing?"

"Could it be that my father-in-law really showed up? I regained consciousness, and my mother also said that it was because of the appearance of my father-in-law." Shen Shuangshuang said with his big eyes blinking.

The village chief looked away.

"The bullock cart has been lent out. You can go to Huang's house to hire one." He said.

He must have thought too much. How could a little girl do anything to the old couple of the Li family?

"Oh." Shen Shuangshuang made a pity expression.

Say goodbye to the village chief and go to Huang's house.When the Huang family heard that Shen Shuangshuang was here to hire an oxcart, they happily agreed.

Anyway, there are no more cows in the fields at this time of year, so if you hire the cows out, you can still get some money.

After asking Shen Shuangshuang to take good care of the cow, the Huang family gave the cow to Shen Shuangshuang.

Shen Shuangshuang happily paid forty copper coins, put Li Ling on the back of the cow, and led the cow home.

Little Carrot Head rode a bull for the first time and was very excited.

Along the way, I held my head high, watching the children in the village cast envious looks at me.

"Ling'er likes Niu Niu so much?" Shen Shuangshuang saw this and asked his son with a smile.

"I like it!" Little Carrot Head replied immediately.

Shen Shuangshuang's heart moved.

"How about I buy a cow from now on and let Ling'er ride it every day?"

"Okay!" The little carrot head agreed without even thinking about it.

"Giggle..." Shen Shuangshuang was amused, and Yinling kept laughing along the way.

Go back to Shen's house.

Shen Shuangshuang handed his son to her mother-in-law, hitched the cow to the cart, and went out.

With just an ox cart, I started to pull materials from the town today, but I was afraid that I might not be able to finish pulling the materials back tomorrow.

If the kang is laid out earlier, the whole family will have a bed to sleep on earlier.

After driving the ox cart, we arrived at Shangyang Town not long after.

Shen Shuangshuang once again realized the benefits of owning a car.

After entering the city, Shen Shuangshuang followed the address given to him by Master Liu and found a place selling bricks and tiles.

After some haggling, I bought the materials Master Liu wanted for one or two and a half silver coins.

The next step is to haul the materials home.

In order to prevent the cows from being too tired, Shen Shuangshuang did not put too much material into the bullock cart at one time.

It was almost noon after I finished hauling materials and went home.

Shen Shuangshuang was no longer in a hurry to go out and tied the cow outside the yard to eat grass and drink water.

Go home and cook for yourself.

Because she had to work in the afternoon, Shen Shuangshuang made a simple lunch.

After dinner, Shen Shuangshuang drove the bullock cart and set off again.

I ran three times in the afternoon, but finally there wasn't much material left.

In the evening, Shen Shuangshuang returned home, gave the cattle a large bale of hay and a bucket of water, and prepared to go home to cook.

Aunt Wang is here again.

I also brought half a basket of vegetables.

I was shocked to see the cows tied up outside the Shen family courtyard.

"Shuangshuang, did your family buy a cow?" Aunt Wang asked Shen Shuangshuang.

Shen Shuangshuang glanced at the cow and said, "No, this is Grandpa Huang's cow. I hired it for two days and borrowed it to bring goods to the town." He replied.

"What kind of goods are you pulling?" Aunt Wang was curious.

Only then did Shen Shuangshuang talk about preparing a fire bed at home.

"The fire bed is really that magical?" Aunt Wang was a little unconvinced after hearing this.

If you light a fire below, it will be warm above, and it will stay warm for a long time. How is that possible?
"That's what the book says." Shen Shuangshuang said.

"My mother injured her leg and couldn't bear the cold. I thought it would cost a lot to make a bed at home anyway, so I just decided to make a bed."

"If this fire bed were really that warm, my mother would be better off, wouldn't she?"

"That's right...you child has a filial heart. My sister-in-law is blessed!" Aunt Wang praised.

After entering the door, Aunt Wang ignored Shen Shuangshuang's refusal and gave Shen Shuangshuang the vegetables in the basket.

Then he ran to Mr. Shen who was sitting on the eaves of the steps and started gossiping.

"Sister-in-law, have you heard? Your parents-in-law were haunted last night!"

(End of this chapter)