The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 10 Not Found

"What, you didn't find it?" Dad Li looked in disbelief.

Li Jiren nodded, "No."

"How come we didn't find it? Wasn't it easy to find jobs in the city in the past? What happened this year? Did something happen in the city? Did you hear any news today?"

Father Li couldn't figure it out. In previous years, he had to find part-time workers on the day he sent tax grains to the city. More or less, he could find part-time workers, depending on what kind of work they were doing.

Just last year, they were lucky enough to find a job building houses for wealthy families. The four brothers worked for a month and took home three and a half cents!
The year before last, I had no luck, so I only found work cutting stones. I was so tired that I worked for seven or eight days, but I still made nearly a fortune!
Therefore, Father Li was very surprised that he did not find part-time workers this year.

They rarely enter the city all year round, and there is no news. Maybe something big has happened.

Father Li couldn't help but think like this.

Li Jiren shook his head, "I haven't heard of it. Today, the third and fourth sons went to look for part-time workers. The second son and I stayed to watch the grain queue."

When Dad Li heard this, he was even more puzzled. He couldn't help but look at Li Jifu and Li Jigui, "Didn't your eldest and second brothers look for part-time workers in previous years? Why do you think you want to go this year?"

Li Jifu felt guilty and didn't dare to say anything, fearing that his secret would be revealed when he opened his mouth and looked directly at the fourth child.

Although Li Jigui also had some guilty consciences, he had always been smooth-tongued and lying was not an issue for him.

At that moment, he said matter-of-factly: "I just thought that in previous years, the eldest and second brothers would look for me. This year, I thought of giving it a try. I can't always rely on the eldest and second brothers, right? But I didn't want to, and the third brother and I ran away most of the time. In the county seat, I haven’t seen anyone recruiting short-term workers.”

As he spoke, he scratched his head and said with a frustrated look on his face: "My third brother and I are still useless. Dad, you can scold us!"

When Father Li heard what was going on, he could only comfort his third son and fourth son that they were finally sensible and learned to find day laborers. How could he scold them?

"It's your first time to look for part-time workers. You are unskilled. If you don't find one today, it doesn't matter. Let's do this. Let your eldest and second brothers take you two into the city again tomorrow. You can follow and have a look. From now on, I have experience!”

Brothers Li Jifu and Li Jigui were dumbfounded, huh?

The two of them look at their daughter-in-law at the same time. What should they do?
In front of their parents-in-law, how could Mr. Huang and Mr. Jiang dare to wink at a man carelessly? He just shook his head and pretended not to see it, thinking about talking about it later.

After taking a bite of the sweet potato, Mr. Yuan calmly withdrew his peripheral vision from his two sons, glanced at his two daughters-in-law, and sighed inaudibly.

At night, lying on the bed, Old Yuan rolled over and couldn't help but said, "I was out walking around today, and happened to meet the step-filial daughter-in-law bringing a bowl of fried sweet potato noodles to the old house to pay her respects. Where are the eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

Father Li was not interested in these trivial matters and just nodded, "Jixiao and his wife are filial."

Old Yuan glanced at him from the darkness, "When the big house was not separated before, I didn't realize that the step-filial daughter-in-law was a filial daughter-in-law. She was fragrant from far away and smelly from near. When a big family lived together, no matter how filial she was, she couldn't be filial. Get up, I think the eldest brother and his family are well divided. Not to mention Jixiao and his wife, look at Jili and his wife. When they come back from the city during the Chinese New Year, they also buy a lot of things for their eldest brother and sister-in-law, and return whatever they want to Jizhong and Jili. Jixiao and his family both brought things, and the relationship between the brothers and sisters has improved a lot, how could I have seen this before?"

Dad Li listened, remained silent for a long time, turned over, yawned and said, "It's getting late, go to sleep."

Old Yuan sighed quietly, turned away, closed his eyes, and was about to fall asleep. Suddenly, he heard the man behind him say in his sleep: "My eldest brother got thirty acres of paddy fields when we split up. Eighteen acres of dry land, plus the land assigned as the eldest grandson, there are nearly 60 acres of land in total. How much more than our family?
When the family was divided last year, Jizhong, the eldest son, received 70%, while Jixiao and Jili shared the remaining 30% with Ronghuai, the eldest grandson. Each of them also received nearly six acres of land.

If it were our family, if we had one more son, we would have a total of thirty-two acres of land. Jiren would get 70% of it, and the remaining 30% would be divided between four people. Jiren and them would get two acres of land if they shared a room. The third and fourth sons are still young, and each of them can eat. If the family is really divided, how can the little harvest be enough to feed the children? "

Old Yuan didn't answer the conversation and just pretended that he had fallen asleep and didn't hear.

She knew that her husband was worried about the children, and was afraid that the next three sons would not be able to live well if they separated. The fields were gathered together in one place, and the two elders controlled them. Not only did they have enough to eat, they always The children cannot be hungry.

When you are a father and a mother, how can you not care about your children?

It's a pity that my wife has forgotten that the sons are grown up and the grandchildren are married. There are so many people crowded under one roof, with different temperaments, and their teeth and lips are still bumpy, not to mention there are so many people.

If you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, and how difficult it is to support a family, it's hard to say that they can't understand this heart at all.

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Even if the son gives birth to grandchildren, and the grandchildren are all married, in the eyes of the father, his children are still children.

Father Li watched eagerly as his four sons left the village with their dry food. He stood there for a long time until his sons could no longer be seen, and then turned around reluctantly.

When I got home, my genius was bright, but everyone in the family, old and young, had already gotten up. Li Rongtan was going to the village school. Wu specially gave him a sweet potato that he had not eaten last night for him to eat. He should put it on the bed so that he can go to the village school. , this is what Father Li has explained. The grandson is young, so he is afraid that he will not concentrate when he is hungry.

The hens at home lay eggs. Originally, Mr. Li wanted to boil an egg for his grandson to eat every day, but Mr. Yuan directly rejected it. Fortunately, a sweet potato can also fill his stomach.

At this moment, Li Rongtan was sitting on a small stool in the main room eating sweet potatoes. When he saw Father Li coming back, he obediently called out: "Grandpa."

Father Li touched his head lovingly, sat down and asked him how well he had studied these days. What have you learned?
Li Rongtan didn't talk nonsense. He opened his mouth and read the Three-Character Sutra to Mr. Li.

Dad Li couldn't stop smiling as he listened and watched, and praised: "Okay, okay, Brother Tan is smart, you should learn from the old man, you know?"

Today it was the main house's turn to do housework again. Mrs. Wu, who was lighting a fire in the kitchen and preparing to cook breakfast for the pigs at home, heard the sound of reading in the main room and the loud laughter of Father Li. Her movements became agile and filled with excitement. Got motivated.

However, Mrs. Jiang, who was twisting cotton slivers in the weaving room next to the main room, and Mrs. Huang, who was weaving in front of the loom, had exactly the same pout.

One thought to himself: What an air, if my brother Hua is allowed to go, he can also recite the Three Character Sutra.

The movement in the other hand became slower and slower, no one was watching, and it was slower than a turtle crawling.

Smoke curled up from the stove roof, emitting a refreshing fragrance, but don't think too much, the first meal of the day was not so early, it was boiling pig grass to feed the pigs.

Pomegranate sniffed hard, smelling the smell of pigweed, which seemed to be extremely fragrant. She quickly wiped her face with warm water, put the basket on her back, and winked with Li Rongzong. Mrs. Yuan said hello and ran out of the house quickly, heading towards the back mountain.

They are going to shell the chestnuts. It is also a busy day today.

(End of this chapter)