Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 417 Third Aunt and Dongmei Visited Again
After calculating the price, Yaping pointed to the numbers on the abacus and said to Liu Ya: "It's all here, a total of twelve furnaces have to be fired, and the last one and a half furnaces can't be filled, but you have to use any extra That’s right, it’s thirteen furnaces of bricks. One furnace of adobe bricks costs six and a half renminbi, and the thirteen furnace bricks costs eight taels of four and five cents. The five cents of silver are not needed, and the total is eight taels and four renminbi.”

Liu Ya secretly calculated that the price that Siping gave Liu to achieve the budget before was about five taels of silver for the earth bricks needed for three rooms, and now eight taels of silver for five rooms, the price is right, not to mention half more As for the furnace bricks, Liu Ya plans to cover Xiaoshuipu as well.

Liu Ya then took out the bank note that Liu Dacheng gave her, and said, "First pay half of the deposit in advance, four taels of silver. I'll give you the rest after your adobe bricks are finished."

Yaping took the banknote and looked at it, not too surprised, but turned her back and took out a small purse from her close-fitting underwear, and took out a few banknotes from the purse to give Liu Ya some change.

While counting the banknotes, Yaping smiled and said: "I am kidding you, I am cooking and doing odd jobs, and I am also in charge of accounts and selling bricks. I am alone inside and out, and the man in my family is in charge of ten. It's a rough person who does it recklessly. You say that I am a little daughter-in-law, so I have to take the bank notes carefully."

Liu Ya smiled and teased, "It's all women's houses, it's okay. But, if there are male customers here, you will be even more embarrassed." Liu Ya usually doesn't joke around with people, but she is in a good mood recently, plus Yaping, the young daughter-in-law, looked sharp and shrewd, so she couldn't help teasing her.

Sure enough, after Liu Ya finished speaking, Yaping became savage, staring her eyes and saying: "Huh, the stinky man dares to look casually. His eyeballs are dug out and thrown into the clay kiln to burn and bubble. My Zhou family kiln It has been passed down from generation to generation, and women are housekeepers, while men work, who dares to make crooked ideas? My man brought all the rough men from the brick kiln up to beat him to death."

Liu Ya laughed even harder when she heard this, and said, "You have a man backing you up, you have a lot of confidence."

"That's right. Don't look rough on my man, but he really loves me." After Yaping finished speaking, she handed a few banknotes to Liu Ya and said, "This is a 45 tael banknote. I'll give it to you later." Eight qian silver, the deposit is considered to have been paid. I can settle accounts, but I can’t write, so I can’t open the paperwork for you. But don’t worry, Zhoujiayao’s most important thing is reputation, I will not cheat you for a few taels of deposit The one who smashed the signboard of his house."

Liu Ya said: "Okay, I believe you." She took the banknote and money, and prepared to go back.

Yaping sent it to Liu Ya, and told her: "Tomorrow you come to pull the bricks early, I'm afraid that the original customer will come to see the bricks in advance, and if they meet your people, they will know that I will burn the bricks for their house." I'll give it to you. In fact, it's just a convenience for me, and I have to let our own workers stay up late. But it's always bad to offend customers."

Liu Ya said: "I understand, I really have to thank you for this matter. I will call a car to take it away tomorrow morning. My name is Liu Ya, and I am from Pingshan Village. When the time comes, the person who will pull the bricks will say it is for me, that's fine." right?"

Yaping said: "Okay, I will remember. I will tell the person who came to pull the bricks the next time the clay bricks will come out of the kiln. You can ask him when to come back. You can see if you are rushing out of the kiln, rushing Take it away, or come and take it away together at the end."

In this way, even if the adobe bricks used to build the house have been settled, a major issue has been solved.The new house of Liu's family has taken shape, Liu Ya is really indescribably happy.

After riding the horse, Liu Ya hurried home again, and had to go to the small water shop to cook.Calculating the time, there is a group of guests who have booked a return trip before, and they have agreed to come here for dinner, but it can't be too late, it will delay the guests on their way.

Liu Ya was really busy non-stop. When she got home, she drank her saliva and then hurriedly ran up the mountain again.After crossing the mountain to Xiaoshuipu, fortunately, Xiaoshu'er is clever and has a sweet mouth, and he is already greeting customers.

Liu Ya didn't care to take a breather, and went to the back stove to cook. She quickly fried two dishes and served them to the guests.

Xiaoshuipu's business is really good now, and there are almost constant customers coming and going.One left and the other came, and they all stayed for a meal before leaving.Liu Ya also kept greeting the guests, saying that a big house would be built in a while to entertain these guests well.

Hearing that Liu Ya said that he wanted to build a big house, some guests specially gave more rewards, saying that they congratulated Liu Ya in advance.

Liu Ya never imagined that the traveling guests who came and went would have such thoughts.It seems that this small water shop is the foundation of their family's wealth, but it is also a convenience for passers-by, which is why it is so popular.

When it was time for Xiaoshuipu to close the stalls, Xiao Shu'er and Liu Ya sat on the stone bench with exhaustion and their legs trembled.But the two siblings looked at each other and laughed again.

Xiao Shu'er moved forward, leaned over to help Liu Ya pinch her shoulders and arms, and said, "Second Sister, you are tired from cooking, I'll rub it for you. I will learn how to cook later, I can't let you One is busy."

Liu Ya moved Xiao Shu'er's hand away, and said: "You are also tired, so you don't need to rub it for me. Your second sister can handle this kind of work. Let's go, pack up and go back, and see what the eldest sister bought at home. How about the food. From tomorrow onwards, there will be more than a dozen people eating, I think you should help the eldest sister at home, and I can come to Xiaoshuipu by myself."

But Xiao Shuer shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to be at home, but second sister, take a look, Xiaoshuipu is also the busiest at noon. Aunt Chunniu can also help eldest sister, and so can Dad." Sitting on the kang and picking vegetables, there is no one on your side, only you can't do it."

Liu Ya thought about it, what Xiao Shu'er said made sense.The big deal is that Xiao Shu'er will come first tomorrow, and Liu Ya will help Liu Xu'er prepare all the dishes for lunch at home, and then Liu Xu'er will be ready to fry in the pot.There are many people eating, and the cooking is just a big pot of dishes. As long as you are full, you don't have to worry about whether it tastes good or not.

After talking for a while, they all rested, Liu Ya and Xiao Shu'er walked back.It's just that I didn't expect to see my third aunt and Dongmei coming out of the house as soon as I entered the courtyard.Third Aunt had a bundle under her elbow; Dongmei held a basket of vegetables in her left hand and a box in her right.The couple happened to bump into Liu Ya.

Liu Dongmei was afraid of Liu Ya, and when she saw Liu Ya coming in, she subconsciously hid behind her mother.

The third aunt was also apprehensive when she saw Liu Ya, but she was old after all, and she became more courageous when she was used to being aggressive.Relying on his seniority, he put it there again, forced a smile on his face, and said, "Ya'er and Shu'er are back? Let's rest in the room. Dongmei and I are back, no need to send them off, no need to send them off."

(End of this chapter)