Nongmen Jinfeng: Cold-noodled husband and little daughter-in-law

Chapter 976
"Shopkeeper, what is the market for short-term labor in your county? I want one or twenty women to help me make cotton hats and scarves. There is no requirement, but they must be diligent and serious."

"Does this work for a day? A day laborer costs [-] cents a day with food, and [-] cents without food. This dental shop also has requirements, and we are not asking for prices."

The shopkeeper also said that although the money was not much, he still kept himself clear so as not to be misunderstood that he had meddled in it.

But Fang Xiaofu didn't care about this little money at all, nodded and said: "Can you find someone for me as quickly as possible? I'll give you fifty coins, and I'll come to work at dawn tomorrow."

"Breakfast is not included. For lunch, each person has two meat buns, two steamed buns, and a bowl of chicken soup. After eating, we continue to work without rest. We can leave at any time when we have enough for so many people. The wages are quite high."

"It doesn't matter if we can find four or 50 people. We have 200 hats to do here. We only have one day. More people are always faster. If you can come here now, I will give you [-] yuan, without food. an hour."

"Okay, you wait, I'll send someone to find a dental shop right away, and there are two daughters-in-law at home in the grocery store that sells cotton, so I'll go and call them right away." For the sake of it, of course he should be more attentive.

However, on the way to leave, he ran into the shopkeeper of the newly opened Fuyuan Food Restaurant, which was booming. He brought a young woman over in a hurry, so he couldn't help but asked strangely.

Only then did I realize that the person just now was the owner of the restaurant, and I felt even happier, so I hurried to run an errand.It was still mid-afternoon at this time, two hours was just a late dinner, and twenty pennies were not earned for nothing.

In the small hall, Fang Xiaofu called the six nuns together with the six wives of the Lin family and the Zhu family, and asked Chunliu and Xia He to take the unused bolt of cloth and a small bag of cotton from the carriage. come out.

Together with the two of them, Tang Cai and Tang Xue, they first made the simplest armhole under her demonstration.

It is to sew the cotton with fabric and then sew it into a circle shape, put two hands in from both sides, the cotton will warm up, and the hands will naturally be warm.

In the crowded carriage covered with quilts, and there were so many children, she didn't dare to use the hand stove. If she accidentally knocked over the charcoal fire, it would cause serious trouble.

It wasn't until she taught how to make an armhole that everyone started sewing immediately that the shopkeeper of the local restaurant came forward and reported to the nurse to bring it.

At this time Fang Zijian and Fang Ziyuan were sent out, and Fang Zizhan was arranging the children's rooms to check whether the room was warm and whether they were warm.

Fang Xiaofu looked at the new nanny, said the same thing to her again, and went through the handover after there was no problem.

The nurse from Xuyue County explained it carefully, and handed Tang Ming, who was wearing a padded jacket and wrapped in a bag, to her, and told her not to go out because it was too cold outside. The child came from the south and hadn't adapted to the weather here. .

The woman responded one by one without daring to neglect.She can change the home of a nanny every time she goes to a county, and she dare not make the slightest mistake, she can't afford to offend her.

The nurse from Xuyue County, who was free, came to ask Fang Xiaofu, asking if she could make armholes together?

Fang Xiaofu glanced at her, then nodded, and said: "Today, you will be provided with board and lodging for [-] Wen, and you have to go back to Xuyue County tomorrow."

"Young lady can leave the day after tomorrow. Let's help with the work together tomorrow. The young lady knows that the third young lady is not short of dozens of pennies, but if you have more hands, it's getting colder. Don't worry if you can do it quickly."

Seeing that what she said was right, Fang Xiaofu nodded in agreement.She really wasn't short of the money, what she was short of was the manpower to keep up with the work.

So the woman happily found a seat and sat down, took the needle and thread and began to sew seriously.Fang Xiaofu asked Tang Cai and Tang Xue to pull the cotton, she cut the cloth, and the others sewed.

Soon, more than a dozen armholes were finished, and the middle parts were all crimped, not afraid of uneven cotton, just in a hurry, without embroidery, and the most simple and convenient method was used.

Fang Xiaofu immediately called Tang Si who was staying in the room to try it out, the little guy stretched out his hands, the long sleeves of the armholes just reached his arms, he exclaimed happily: "It's so warm!"

The two-year-old can reach his arms, and everyone else can at least reach his wrists.Fang Xiaofu cut some lengths suitable for young boys and teenagers, and cut some lengths that elder brothers and adults can use.

But the women did not dare to take a break, and immediately began to sew again.Everyone is used to needlework, and it is very easy to sew this. Thinking that so many children will no longer suffer from the cold, I feel warm in my heart.

The master's family is so kind and considerate, they should be happy now.

At this time, Wang Erlang walked in with the medicine box and the boy on his back. They had already settled down and came to see the new wet nurse and Tang Ming.Changing wet nurses along the way, we must ensure our health.

Especially this day is getting colder and colder, and I am afraid that the child will catch the cold.

The cotton was pulled quickly, and Tang Cai obediently came over and took the scissors to help cut the cloth.There is no need to learn the length and width of the fabric, just observe and grasp the length.

Fang Xiaofu put down the scissors, walked to the door, and called a servant to go to the kitchen to make ginger soup. It doesn't matter if you have a cold or not, it is serious to drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm everyone up first.

In the end, the boy said that the third son had already confessed.Fang Xiaofu looked at the young man who was busy in the yard and couldn't help but smile. He knew she was busy making items to keep out the cold, so he didn't come to ask her to disturb her.

Not long after, Fang Zijian and Xiao Er came with a large bag of cotton each, followed by two young daughters-in-law, each holding a sewing basket in their hands.

Being able to bring their own tools to do the work shows that they are indeed responsible.

Not enough fabric, Fang Xiaofu first asked them to join in making armholes, they didn't talk much, let alone ask any more questions, they sat down and looked at what other women were making, and started working after a while.

Fang Xiaofu nodded again, she likes such employees.

Tang Cai and Tang Xue started pulling cotton again, without waiting for Fang Xiaofu's order.

Fang Xiaofu thought for a while, and asked Fang Zijian to call all the teenagers over five years old and under ten years old to the next hall.Then take a sack of cotton and ask Tang Cai to tell them to pull the cotton.

Tang Si wanted to come over to help when he heard this, but Fang Xiaofu said that there were enough people, so he just stayed in the room.

Although there is a brazier in the house, Fang Xiaofu is worried that children will not take care of themselves and get hurt. In this day and age, burns are a big problem, so everyone is not allowed to get too close to the brazier, just stay in the room, and let the older children take care of the younger ones. child.

Fang Ziyuan also bought fabrics and came back.

The carriage drove in directly from the side door, and immediately called for the cloth to be brought in front of Fang Xiaofu, so as not to delay time, who made Fang Xiaofu give such serious and urgent orders in the first place.

(End of this chapter)