The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 117 Captured by Straw

Chu Ying looked at the many bullock carts piled up with straws and people carrying straws waiting at the door. As soon as Chu Ying opened the door, they chattered and chatted. Chu Ying was so frightened that she closed the courtyard door. closed.

"I told you to stay away, there are such a big group of people." Ye Qiu let the boiled water cool, and the people outside the door must have come all the way tired and thirsty.

"Who leaked the news, why is there such a large number of votes, what is going on..." Chu Ying bit her nails and frowned, feeling a little at a loss.

"Chu Ying is me, Qian Yong, you open the door, you open the door." Chu Ying opened the door and let the two of them in, then quickly closed the door.

"Chu Ying is my mother's fault. If you tell people that you are harvesting straw and can exchange for food, it will not spread to each other." The straw that Qian Yong and Lu Meng transported every day is the result of the orderly cooperation and coordination of the four of them. It is almost enough to use it under reasonable arrangements, and it is true that we need to charge some more, but there are too many people here.

Qian Yong looked at Chu Ying's embarrassed face, and felt a little guilty in his heart, "Chu Ying, I'll tell them that we don't collect straw, or how much food will be given to so many people..." Qian Yong scratched his head. , is really a head two big.

"No, no, it's not easy for them to come all the way, so we can't let them go back. Ye Qiu, bring down a bag of millet." Chu Ying rolled up her sleeves and took a deep breath.

"There are so many people, is one bag enough?" Ye Qiu brought down two bags of food.Lu Meng helped to pick it up.

"Phew, Qian Yong, open the door..." Chu Ying prepared her mind well and mustered up her courage. She always had to face what had to be faced.

"This straw has been shipped, will you take it?"

"It's hard to come here. You said you took it? Why don't you come out?"

As soon as Chu Ying went out, everyone rushed up. Chu Ying hurriedly climbed to the wall, and Qian Yong behind closed the door, "Folks, please be quiet, listen to me, be quiet." Chu Ying shouted After several calls, everyone finally fell silent. "I really don't need so much for my small business. Food is becoming more and more expensive now. I can only exchange two bags of millet for your straw at most." Chu Ying put her hands on both sides of her mouth to make her voice louder. , so that people behind can also hear.

"As much as we have shipped, you can change it for us." Several strong men stood on the bullock cart and shouted.

"I can only exchange 20 bundles of straw for one liter. This is the size." Hearing what Chu Ying said, Qian Yong hurriedly brought out a bundle for everyone to see.

"Didn't you say 10 bundles per liter?"

"Yes, yes, why did it become 20 bundles, it came all the way."

"The family really doesn't have that much food to exchange for your straw. If you want it, I'll change it. If you don't, please return it." Chu Ying watched everyone discuss in detail for a long time.

"Change, it's all here."

"Then everyone stands up one by one. How do we change this mess? Put the straw on the left, and Qian Yong count it. After counting Lu Meng, you move it inside, and then go to the right to get the grain. Ye Qiu, you come to share the food. Go away when you have received it, and don’t block others.” Chu Ying jumped off the fence, and let several people start working quickly.

Seeing that everyone was slowly lining up, Ye Qiu asked Ye Qiu to start counting the number of people individually, and then loudly reported to Qian Yong. Chu Ying put a few bowls on the low table, poured water on them, "Okay, let's go!" Come and drink some water, everyone is really tired."

Chu Ying roughly estimated that there were more than 20 people. The count should be quite fast. The shed had been slowly made out of paper, and now the shed was piled up with straw. Originally, Chu Ying wanted to make more You can rest now, but now it is estimated that there will be more than ten days of work.

Several people worked hard for a long time and finally collected all the straw, but there was still more than half of the bag of millet left.Lu Meng and Qian Yong were a little out of breath after changing positions and carrying straws. After drinking a few sips of water, they were finally able to sit down and rest for a while.

"Chu Ying, I'm really sorry this time, I've exhausted you." Qian Yong squeezed Chu Ying's shoulders.

"It's okay. Others will always know about our harvesting of straw. I'm not tired, so I moved a little bit. You moved most of it. But it's not good to keep so much straw. Let's cut some of it today." , This is just a guillotine... Take this ax on it, break up the grass and put it in the water, so it won't catch fire easily, and the yard is full of piles.

Chu Ying looked at the straw piled high behind her and couldn't move her body away. She was really invaded by the straw. "Okay, I won't be able to walk this way."

"Ye Qiu, go and cook, everyone is tired, Qian Yong, let's cook after eating..." Chu Ying stretched out her hand and waved it, then let it hang down feebly.

"Finish it early, or you will be burnt if the sparks from the fire fall out." Qian Yong held the ax in his right hand and the straw in his left hand and began to break the straw, giving up the guillotine to Lu Meng.

Chu Ying carried all the broken straws to the pond, and after lunch, everyone worked non-stop. Ye Qiu even took out the scissors, carried the straws, and sat by the pond to cut the straws into pieces. , Chu Ying delivered straw to several people in front of the porters.

The three of them did it very quickly. Chu Ying was a little tired carrying the straw, so she piled up a lot of straw for the three of them at once so that they could take a little rest. Seeing that everyone didn't stop for a moment, she took a little rest After a while, he continued to work.

When it was almost evening, everyone finally broke up the straw in the yard and put them in the pond and water tank, "It's finally done, Chu Ying, let's go back."

"It's time for dinner, I've done my work for the day, I'll stay for dinner, and I'll leave after eating."

"No, no, I've already eaten a lot at noon, so I can't eat yours anymore." Qian Yong pulled Lu Meng, who was still pinching his legs, and planned to leave quickly. Today has caused a lot of trouble for Chu Ying, and I can't eat any more. I have eaten Chu Ying's food.

"I don't have the strength to pull you. Come here quickly. Ye Qiu makes steamed cakes very quickly. After working all afternoon, those steamed cakes are gone. How are you going back?" Chu Ying slowly stood up and opened the door Close it, and now they can't leave.

"Okay, okay. Sit down." After they had eaten, Chu Ying prepared two torches for the two of them, which should be able to burn them until they go home.

"There's a moon here. What do you want this torch for? It's not that girls are afraid of the dark. No need. Let's go and go to sleep."

"It's better to have a torch, you can go faster, take it, go home and sleep." Chu Ying watched the two go away with the torch burning, thinking that they had no straw to send at home, but they still had to go every day It is quite exhausting to go back and forth from such a long distance. It would be great if I could spend the night at Wang Naiyuan's house.

The main reason is that I don't have any extra space for my bedroom, and it's always inconvenient for me and the two girls, Chu Ying.

"Don't look, come and soak your feet." Chu Ying turned her head and looked at Ye Qiu who was standing at the door of the kitchen holding water. Although she was very tired, she was very fulfilled. Chu Ying felt that every cell in her body was ready to go.

But the next day, Chu Ying felt that the world was not very friendly to her. Looking at the line that was already queuing up to the path in front of Wang Naiyuan's house, Chu Ying felt a little unsteady.

(End of this chapter)