Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 137

Laba was about to come in a blink of an eye, Qin Ye couldn't come back as a husband, and Liu had no choice but she thought Xiuxian should come back too.She asked Qin Xian to go to Siyanjing Village to call her younger sister back. It was originally agreed to do it at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but several days have passed.

Qin Xian was not willing to go, "I still have to read."

Liu frowned, "What book are you reading? I'm busy at home."

Qin Xian was even more unhappy, turned around and walked out, Liu frowned, and said to Qin Dafu: "Er Xian has become more and more outrageous recently."

Qin Dafu sighed, "How about we let Erxian study?"

Liu sneered: "Study, do you have this condition now? If he is really the material for reading, I will supply it. But if you are honest, are the two of us the material for studying?"

Qin Dafu said: "I heard that he reads very well."

Liu said: "Xiuyao can read, but Yangyang can read better. There can only be one reader in our family."

Qin Dafu hummed, "That's right. Now Daye has to marry a wife, and Xiuqin has to talk about marriage, but he really has no money. Yangyang is still young, so after two years we can recover, maybe it will be okay."

To provide for a scholar, unless the family is well-off, it is impossible. Even if the family is well-off, if it fails the exam for a long time, it may go bankrupt in the end, and it is too poor to eat.

But there is still a big family to support here, so Qin Dafu had no choice but to give up.

Qin Xian refused to go, Xiuqin Xiurong still had to weave gloves, Qin Dafu still had to poke chimneys, build chicken coops, dig the ground and make vegetable beds for the next spring to plant and order vegetables.

Xiuyao said: "Mother, let me go. Anyway, I know the way."

Liu was a little worried, "You little girl, it's not safe to go."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Mother, all the traffickers have been arrested."

Mrs. Liu still disagreed, and said to Xiuyao: "Go, let your second brother go, if you don't go, don't come back for dinner."

Xiuyao giggled, she ran outside, searched around but couldn't find her second brother, then she saw Xiuli and said she was at Nanny's house.Xiuyao went to the nanny's house to look for Qin Xian, but Qin Xian not only refused to go, but also said a lot of sarcasm, and Zhang Shi helped, scolding Liu Shi and Xiuyao.

Xiuyao didn't bother to argue with them, and shouted: "Second brother, mother told you to go, if you don't go, you won't eat." After finishing speaking, she left, so she wouldn't fight with them openly, it's boring.

Qin Xian was so angry that he still went, but Xiuxian said that she would come back in two days. Widow Xu was ill, so she helped clean up, cut down the firewood for the New Year, picked up wheat and rolled it through the mill before returning.

Mrs. Liu had no choice but to rely on her, this girl was careless, but she was kind.She said to Qin Xian: "Your sisters still have to knit gloves, you go and help carry water for the fourth grandma's house, remember to clean the water tank every day, don't make it dirty."

Qin Xian was furious. He couldn't finish his homework, so he went to work for a widowed old woman. He was really full.But he didn't dare to do anything to his mother, he was always unwilling, so he often ran to the nanny's house to hide and refused to come back to work.Mrs. Liu didn't care because he kept doing what she told her to do. Qin Dafu was spoiled by the child, fearing that Qin Xian wouldn't carry water, so he went quietly, and even helped Grandma Zhou chop firewood and so on.

Weaving gloves continued until the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. After a few more days of work, it was finished. Xiuyao discussed with Zhang Guifang until tomorrow. The work of knitting gloves before the year was suspended and started after the next year.

Those daughter-in-laws can't wait to be a junior year, and it is best to start work after the ninth day of the next year, but the boss has the final say, and they can only follow suit.

Xiuyao discussed with Zhang Guifang, "Auntie, these sisters-in-law and aunts have been busy with us for a month, and now it's the Chinese New Year, shall we give them some Chinese New Year's money?"

Zhang Guifang thought for a while, "I don't know if shopkeeper Feng is willing."

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Auntie, I'm afraid there will be more work in the coming year. Naturally, some money will be earned. The Feng family refuses, so let's come and do it. Let me figure it out. Let's give ten cents to each of us. Their family went to New Year's Eve to subsidize subsidies."

Zhang Guifang hesitated and said, "How about the money?" She felt that although Xiuyao was easy to get along with, it was better to explain clearly when money was involved.

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Auntie, we are relying on them to make money. This year, after taking care of them, they will be willing to follow us in the next year. Let's give one hundred and fifty, and Auntie will give fifty. How about that?"

Zhang Guifang hurriedly said: "This is not possible. How can you make so many? If it is true, we will be half of us. I found the person, and I should be the one." She thought that Xiuyao might feel that she followed Bai She was a little jealous of making money and wanted her to give it all. She didn't expect Xiuyao to make a big buck herself, so she felt that she was a little narrow-minded.

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Auntie, don't argue, I got two more money than my auntie, so I should pay for it." Originally, it was her own proposal, but Zhang Guifang can do it without paying, but Xiuyao thinks it's because of her reputation For things, I still have to bring my aunt, after all, they still have to cooperate for a long time.

Zhang Guifang didn't insist anymore, but when the reward money was distributed, she and the women praised Xiuyao.Zhang Guifang said: "Our Xiuyao girl is really generous. Speaking of asking you to weave gloves, it is to make money for you. She didn't make any money at all, but I made a little money for burning fire. In the end, Xiuyao still took Come out and subsidize us ten fen per person, and let our family go to celebrate the New Year."

Everyone said that Xiuyao was so generous at such a young age, she was really benevolent and virtuous, and all kinds of praises were heard endlessly, and they all thanked Liu Shi.Seeing that people praised her daughter so much, Mrs. Liu complained that Xiuyao didn't discuss the reward with her in advance, which made the family lose 150 yuan.But this time they have already made almost three dynasties, and it's nothing if they take out 150 yuan.Now that these people praised Xiuyao and the Qin family so much, she was happy again, and Xiurong and Xiuqin were also said to be smart and generous, which was really praised.

Liu Shi thought it was a good thing, if someone praised her like this, then Xiuqin's marriage would be easy to talk about.

On the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, shopkeeper Feng brought the money to pick up the goods in person, exchanged some pleasantries, and then he paid the money to Xiuyao exactly.Xiuyao broke up with Zhang Guifang in front of him, and Zhang Guifang got additional money for firewood and lamp oil.

Shopkeeper Feng sent his clerk to take the goods away, but he stayed behind with his servant, and said to Zhou Qiang: "I am the host, and I will set up two tables of banquets in your house, and we will also have wine and talk, get together, thank you A few of you have worked hard."

Zhou Qiang smiled and said: "Leave this to me. The cabbage and spinach are ready-made at home. I will go to the back and cut a few catties of meat to stew. I will also buy a few catties of tofu and a few pairs of pigs. I will sell ten catties of wine , to keep you comfortably fed and drinking."

Shopkeeper Feng smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

When Zhou Qiang went to set up a banquet, shopkeeper Feng talked to Xiuyao. He heard that Zhang Guifang said that Xiuyao had decided to reward those female workers. Although it was not much, compared to her income, it was already very generous.

He was surprised and said: "Xiuyao is really a villain, shrewd and magnanimous."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "What kind of shrewd is this? It's just thinking of giving benefits, and I will work harder in the coming year."

Shopkeeper Feng laughed and said, "Isn't that smart? Let me tell you, this is a good move. We will need more gloves next year."

Xiuyao's eyes lit up, "Really? Didn't you say before that the Feng family shipped and sold it themselves? Could it be that you have found a big merchant?"

Shopkeeper Feng stroked his beard and smiled slightly. What he said before was actually just a means of doing business. The personality of his second grandmother would not come to work if she didn't make a profit. The last batch of goods was mainly for the poor in the river. Husbands.The next year's batch will be specially sent to the military camp, and the second grandmother left her natal family's way to get this batch of business with great difficulty.If there is a way to make money, no one will think too much of it. This is something that everyone is happy with.People in the village earn a few pennies, but those above earn hundreds of dollars. It's like buying eggs in the palace.

He laughed and said, "Last time, the river was supplied to Chafu, but this time it was given to the barracks."

Xiuyao's heart trembled, "Shopkeeper Feng, it won't be a problem to supply the barracks."

Shopkeeper Feng reassured her and said: "Of course there will be no problem. Don't worry, we just do it. We can earn a few pennies for a pair. The big money is on the top. And the goods have been inspected by the top. No matter what Just let it fall on us. If there is a problem, our boss will not dare to ground it."

Xiuyao also knows that this kind of thing has connections and contacts, as long as the quality of the goods is good, there will be no problem, and there are samples before, and things with a few pennies are just like this, so she is relieved.

Shopkeeper Feng took out another string of money, and said with a smile: "The rewards for the female workers can't be spent by the two of you. This is five hundred dollars, and it's for Xiuyao's Chinese New Year." He took out another string, "This is two hundred dollars. , for Mrs. Zhou."

Xiuyao still refused, Zhang Guifang smiled and said: "Xiuyao, since the boss gave it to us, then we will keep it. We have collected the money, and we will work harder next year, so the boss can rest assured, right?"

This kind of money is always taken, which means to express a cooperative attitude. After taking the money, the cooperation will be more pleasant in the coming year. In fact, it is similar to Xiuyao's meaning of giving wages to women.

Xiuyao understood, thanked her, and gave the money to Liu Shi.

Zhou Qiang also set up a banquet over there, came in and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, go home and invite my eldest brother and the child, we are all in our own home, eat and drink freely, so we don't invite others."

Because shopkeeper Feng specially invited Xiuyao and Zhang Guifang to the banquet, so he didn't invite Uncle Zhou Lizheng or anything. Of course, Lao Qintou didn't invite him either, just for the convenience of his own businessmen here.

Qin Dafu was overwhelmed by the invitation to drink, and shopkeeper Feng was a great figure in the Feng family.The Feng family is the richest and most famous squire family in Fei County, not to mention the magistrate, even the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture pays them three respects.Mr. Feng was also a man of influence in Jinan Prefecture back then, from an official to a third-rank official, and now he is an official at home, but his eldest son is still an official in the court, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world.

Although the second and third masters of the Feng family are not officials, they take care of the Feng family's land and shop, and going to and from the county government office is like entering their own garden.The families of the two grandmothers were also great gentry families in the neighboring counties, and both were famous.

This Shopkeeper Feng is dedicated to serving the second master, so he is naturally extraordinary.

Over there, Qin Xian heard his father say that shopkeeper Feng is very powerful, his eyes lit up immediately, he stepped forward to toast, and said something eloquently, hoping that shopkeeper Feng would praise him so that he would have a good face.

Who knows that shopkeeper Feng might be drunk, or he might not be able to understand, so he just smiled and said he didn't dare, so he drank the wine.

Qin Xian couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw that shopkeeper Feng even specially toasted Xiuyao. She is just a little girl, what can she do, if she wants to keep accounts, she can do it herself.I haven't gone to school for a day, but I am self-study, but I can know a lot of words.

He deliberately said loudly: "Shopkeeper Feng, how do you keep accounts? There are so many people doing the work, what if they get mixed up? I have a way to help."

Shopkeeper Feng smiled, "There's Lingmei, so I definitely can't get along."

Qin Xian pursed his lips, wanting to say something else, Liu frowned, and said to Qin Xian: "Er Xian, you are only so old, don't drink."

Qin Xian was a little unhappy seeing his mother caring about him, but he obeyed. After all, he was outside, so he couldn't be too willful.

After drinking for three rounds, the banquet was withdrawn, everyone drank tea and talked again, and they dispersed in the evening, and shopkeeper Feng stayed at Zhou Qiang's house.Zhang Guifang packed up some unfinished food for Liu Shi to take back and heat it up for tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)