The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 100 Raising Wheat

Chu Ying recorded the daily accounts of the past few days in the ordered book so that she could give Lu Ming an explanation at that time. The current situation is that all the money given by Lu Ming has been spent, and she paid back 8 coins, and the mason Uncle Xiang's wages for the past few days have not yet been settled.

Tomorrow, Uncle Qi's last pond will soon be paved with wood, and Uncle Xiang will be able to build the walls of the last house with one more day's work. Looking at the small amount of money in the money box, it is still a bit difficult to handle.

The last time the deerskin and antlers were sold for 3 renminbi, it was because the deerskin was relatively complete, otherwise it could only be sold for 2 and a half renminbi, and last time Ye Qiu bought rice and spent 5 renminbi, plus the one that Wang Naiyuan paid back before. There are 2 taels and 30 taels of silver, but there are nearly 1 tael and 9 taels of Ye Qiu's silver. Although Chu Ying can take it, she still has to return Ye Qiu when she makes money. After all, it is Ye Qiu's money. Little by little.

"Don't forget it, go to bed early. Tomorrow, we will use a stone mill to crush the wheat. It can be packed in bags after being removed from the husks. At that time, it will also be finely ground."

"If you have too much, you can exchange it for rice. It won't be damaged if you store it in the attic." Chu Ying touched her face with her hands. Although these days are busy, they are very fulfilling.

Chu Ying originally wanted to continue to store grain in sacks, but Uncle Qi said that his family has special storage pans for grain storage, which are woven from bamboo and used to store rice, because rice is water, and it is difficult to store it in a cellar. It will be moldy due to moisture. There are bamboo strips under this kind of tan for support and there are gaps in the weaving for ventilation.

Originally, Uncle Qi had to pay back 1 cents, but Chu Ying asked for 10 of these tanns to store food, so Uncle Qi took a car back and brought them all over.

In the afternoon, Mr. Xiang had already finished the work, and packed up all his things. Because Wang Naiyuan had informed Chu Ying before that the mason’s wages were 80 yuan a day. Different, Chu Ying had already prepared 2 and 40 Wen silver.

"No, I didn't work for three days, and it's easy to do with Naiyuan's help, so I'll only charge you 2 yuan. Next time I have work, I'll say hello."

"Okay, you go slowly." Chu Ying put the remaining 40 Wen in Wang Naiyuan's hands.

"What is this, I still charge you this money? Take it, you spent a lot of money to build the house, and it will take some time before I can pay you back the remaining one or two." Wang Naiyuan gulped down some water. Put the stone mill borrowed by Ye Qiu on his shoulders.

"One yard is one yard, how dare you let your work go for nothing?" Chu Ying also got into the handle of the stone mill and pushed it together with Wang Naiyuan.

"You don't need the money, just let me owe you a few more days. Go and raise the wheat with Ye Qiu." Chu Ying saw that Wang Naiyuan couldn't do anything with the two of them together, so she could only help Ye Qiu.

When Ye Qiu was a child, he did farm work and raised wheat, but Chu Ying spilled the wheat many times even with a small bamboo stick, and only three handfuls of wheat were left on the bamboo stick behind. , Chu Ying sat on the wooden pier and panted heavily.

"The first time Yang is already very good, just practice a few more times, why don't you pack up the wheat." Seeing Ye Qiu shaking and picking up very smoothly, Chu Ying stood up and put some wheat to continue raising with.

When waiting for Uncle Qi to come, Chu Ying had already mastered some skills, but she was still a little surprised to see Zhutan Chuying who couldn't hug alone. Wang Naiyuan and Ye Qiu could barely hug each other. Chu Ying, who came down, felt that buying 10 seemed a bit too much, but when she put the wheat in, Chu Ying felt that 10 was not enough.

"The three big ones are 3 stones, the six small ones are 5 stones, and this one is one stone. When you can't see enough, send someone a message and I'll send it. Then I'll go first." Zhong has seen it before. One stone weighs 6kg. Wang Naiyuan helped move them to the attic. The big ones were placed in the middle and the small ones were placed on both sides, which just took advantage of the slope of the roof.

Chu Ying put all the rice in the sacks on the attic into the 2 shi bamboo grate, which can save some space. The attic has been strengthened, even if it is full of food, there will be no problem.

After the house and the three small ponds were built, Chu Ying took out a small part of the stems and leaves that had been stripped of wheat and put them in the pond, and she used a dustpan filled with plant ash to sprinkle powder in the house to draw a picture that she wanted to build a stove. In the area, Chu Ying stole a glance or two when Uncle Xiang was working.

Take out the blueprints I drew before, move all the bricks into the house, move all the firewood, and set up firewood for half the house. After the scattered things are done, Chu Ying asks Wang Naiyuan to go back to rest earlier, or go back I'm afraid that Bai Yuhe will be unhappy if it's late. Although Bai Yuhe hasn't come over these few days, Chu Ying definitely feels uncomfortable watching her poking around the door of the house.

Chu Ying thought that Bai Yuhe would not come to her again, but the next day Bai Yuhe and Aunt Wang came to help with farm tools.

"Girl Ying is promising now, and she has built two more houses. We couldn't build a house before, but now Yang Maizi has to come and help." Aunt Wang went to the kitchen and wet her face towel with familiarity. Go to the yard to help Ye Qiu start working.

"How embarrassing that is."

"The neighbors say what to do, and you can rest earlier if you finish it early." Wang Naiyuan wrapped some cloth around the handle of the stone mill so that it would not panic when pushing.

"Chu Ying, why do you grow wheat, don't you grow rice?" Bai Yuhe looked around for a long time as soon as she arrived. If it wasn't for the newly built house and bedrooms being locked, she might have to go in and take a closer look.

"The terrain is high, where does the water come from? This wheat doesn't waste water."

Bai Yuhe picked up a little rabbit playing in the enclosure, stroked its white fur, "Is this rabbit difficult to raise? How much can it sell for?"

"I haven't sold them yet. I don't have many. If the water and food are clean, I won't get sick." Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu who had stabbed her. In fact, I don't really like Bai Yuhe's help, but after all, we are neighbors, and her mother-in-law and husband-in-law didn't say anything, and Chu Ying didn't say anything.

"You have to separate the fur that is different. This rabbit fur should be quite warm in winter."

"Yuhe, come and help. If you don't help, go back." Aunt Wang originally wanted Bai Yuhe to get acquainted with the neighbors, but when she came, she just looked here and there, and even teased the rabbit not to want to work.

"Mother, I just want to see, if the business is good, we will also raise a few, so that we can dress warmer in winter." Bai Yuhe picked up the bamboo flat leaning against the wall, picked up the wheat and raised it, with skillful movements and strength. Evenly, there are more wheat husks thrown out than Mrs. Wang's. It can be seen that she is used to farm work.

In a short while, she finished raising a bamboo stick. Although Chu Ying had some feuds with Bai Yuhe, she was not very pleasing to the eye, but she had to admire that she was indeed no match for her when it came to doing farm work. Don't talk nonsense, Yang's good wheat is more than Ye Qiu and Aunt Wang combined.

"Hey, I'm old after all. When I was young, I was much better than you, but now it's useless." Aunt Wang looked at Bai Yuhe's serious look and gained face.

"What would you do if you were so capable, without me? Don't worry, Nai Yuan and I will take care of the farm work from now on, so you can enjoy yourself. You've been busy for most of your life. Now that you have a daughter-in-law, what do you want?" What are you busy with?"

Bai Yuhe's virtuous Chu Ying has heard Ye Qiu say many times that since Bai Yuhe married, Aunt Wang has never cooked or dragged the floor once, except for feeding chickens, which is Aunt Wang's last pleasure. All other work is done by Bai Yuhe.

(End of this chapter)