Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 81

Xiuyao said: "Grandpa, think about it, when the time comes to raise pigs and open a mill, do we have to hire people, otherwise, uncles will do everything, and they will be exhausted and overwhelmed."

Old Liu patted his head on his thigh, "Yes, it's just..." He was worried again, if he hired someone to do it, it would be different, would he offend others?Although the mill has grown in size and improved its tools, it is still busy at home, and has never thought of hiring people. If hiring people to keep the family idle, the sons and grandchildren would not agree.

Xiuyao was puzzled, "Grandpa, can't you? Can't our family hire people? Didn't the Ren family employ a lot of people?"

Old Liutou sighed, "Girl, our family is different from the Ren family. The Ren family is a big family."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, what's the difference? Whether to hire someone or not depends on whether our family is a big family or not, whether our family needs it or not, and whether we have the ability."

When she said this, Lao Liutou also laughed, "Yes, girl, what do you think you should do."

Xiuyao said: "Grandpa, let's do this. Let me talk about it. You can discuss it with my grandma and uncle to see if it's okay. I think we should give him three slings of money. This money will buy his money." The land is not too cheap but it is not expensive either. And we can’t just buy the land, we need his help when the time comes, we have to help him plant sweet potatoes and raise pigs. Doesn’t his family still live near there? We have to ask him to help Let's see the ground."

Old Liutou laughed again and said, "You ghostly girl, you spent two extra coins to tie up everyone."

Xiuyao smiled embarrassedly: "Grandpa, don't say that I seem to be very calculating. I don't think I can help others. We won't suffer."

Old Liutou smiled and said: "That's it, I'll go and tell them."

During dinner, Lao Liutou told the old woman and several sons about his decision. Mrs. Li always listened to him on important matters, and her two sons always listened to him, but Mrs. Chen was a little doubtful and felt that it was not right to buy the land for three slings. It's worth it, why not add some money to buy good land, or wait two years to buy that kind of land at a lower price.

Lao Liutou said that the neighbors could help if they were in trouble, and then he said Xiuyao's idea. After hearing this, Mrs. Chen had another plan. He bought the land and asked people to help him. She said with a smile, "Father, it's better for you."

The uncle laughed and said: "That's right, Dad can suffer for nothing, you don't need to ask."

Chen was a little embarrassed, Xiuyao said with a smile: "Isn't the eldest sister-in-law doing it for the good of the family, in case there is something unexpected, the elder sister-in-law thinks of it, and our family will suffer less."

The eldest concubine hurriedly picked up a piece of roasted meat for her, and said with a smile: "This little girl, it's strange that everyone likes it, and she likes people when she speaks."

Everyone laughed, hurriedly ate and went to work.

Old Liutou said to Xiuyao: "Girl, let's go, let's go talk to Liu Wu, and Sandiao bought his land."

Xiuyao replied happily: "Okay. Old man, you're going!" After saying that, she bent down and ran forward to make a gesture of invitation. Old Liu Tou smiled happily and tugged at her little bun.

Went to Liuwu's house, old Liutou and Xiuyao felt sad. Liuwu's house used to be a good family, but these two days are really dilapidated. Those few houses have not been repaired, the windows are leaking, the gables There are water stains that flowed when it leaked.

The old lady was lying on the kang dying, and she seemed to be procrastinating. When she saw Lao Liutou, she opened her eyes and called him thoughtfully, "Fourth brother, you are here!" The daughter-in-law helped her to sit up, and looked at Lao Liutou and Xiuyao with a slight smile.

Afterwards, when Old Liutou said that he was willing to buy the land with three slings of money, and asked Liu Wu to help when the time came, the old lady laughed twice, and said thank you, then smiled at Xiuyao, and said Xiuyao didn't understand what she said, although the old lady looked scary with her sunken eyes, Xiuyao still smiled at her and said, "With money, my mother's illness will be cured. "If you have money to see a doctor and buy medicine, you should be fine.

When Lao Liutou and Xiuyao said goodbye and walked out of the gate, they heard Liu Wu's daughter-in-law crying loudly from inside the room. Liu Wu's face changed and his voice trembled, "Fourth uncle, nephew, I won't send you off." .” He said and cried “My mother” and ran home.

Old Liu touched his eyes, then Xiuyao's head, his voice trembled, "Girl, let's go."

Xiuyao asked softly: "Grandpa, do you think that mother-in-law has been working so hard not to dare to die?" She was afraid of death, the family had no money for funerals, and her son was in trouble, so she might have driven the whole family to a dead end.

Old Liutou sighed, "Who says it's not."

The third grandpa and others all said that Lao Liutou spent three slings of money to buy the few acres of land by the river. After finishing the delivery, signed the deed, and filed the land deed at Lizheng, and then went to the county government to file and enter the roster.

The six acres of old Liutou are bought, but he has to pay in two installments. First, he will be paid for the three acres of land, and let him do the funeral for his mother, and the rest will be collected after two months from the mill. Give it to him.Old Liutou didn't want to act like he had spare money to buy land, so that people would think that he was just doing nothing, so as not to cause other things to happen.

In a blink of an eye, Xiuyao stayed at her grandfather's house for several days. After Liu Wuniang's funeral was over, he offered to help Lao Liu's family. Ridge.

Liu Wu and the others felt that since Lao Liutou had helped him, and he had received his mother's dying warning, he would help Lao Liutou wholeheartedly. He didn't talk much, but only knew how to work. After discussing to let him grow a few ridges of sweet potatoes, at least he can subsidize the food, Xiuyao naturally agreed.

That day, Xiuyao and Liu Xu were studying looms at home as usual. At noon, Liu Fei and Qin Yang came back. Qin Yang jumped into the room with a book in his hand, and said with a smile: "I have a good book here. Do you want to buy it?"

Xiuyao turned her head to look, and saw that he was holding up a scroll full of pictures, and she could see a loom painted on it with a glance. She was overjoyed, "Little Yanger, quickly show it to my sister."

Qin Yang shook his head triumphantly, "Hey, what do you want in exchange?"

Liu Xu shouted, "Little Yang, get the hell out of here, you're getting fatter."

Qin Yang dared to laugh and laugh with his sister, but he didn't dare to go too far with his aunt. He came in honestly, handed the book to Xiuyao, and said with a smile, "Auntie, it was given by Mr. Ren. My sister asked to borrow it earlier."

Xiuyao took it over and flipped through it, and said joyfully, "Auntie, look at it." The parts were drawn in detail, and there were even drawings on how to make them. This is an instruction manual for making various looms.

Liu Xu was also very happy. She took it over and looked at it. Although she could tell it was a loom, she couldn't understand it because she couldn't read. "Yaoyao, tell me what these are."

Xiuyao has basically figured it out, she asked Qin Yang to speak, Qin Yang scratched his head, wondering: "Sister, how can I learn so many characters, I don't know many of them."

Xiuyao also scratched her head, "I don't know some of them."

They called Liu Fei, but it was a pity that Liu Fei didn't know many of them. After all, he was mainly learning about mills, and he had never been in contact with such professional things as textile machines.

Liu Fei said: "Why don't you go to the school with us and ask the teacher for advice?"

Xiuyao was right when she thought about it, she said to Liu Xu: "Auntie, let's go."

Liu Xu hesitated for a moment. She wanted to get married anyway. Although she didn't want to, she couldn't do anything that would damage the reputation of the old Liu family. She said, "Why don't you go with your third brother and come back and tell me alright."

Xiuyao hummed, and went to the school with her third brother and Qin Yang after lunch. Mr. Ren was not surprised to see her. He went to teach the students and lectured to her when he came back to the study.

He glanced at Xiuyao and said with a smile: "You are young, but you have a heart."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Sir, it was my aunt who thought of it. She is an expert at weaving. When she saw those leftovers of silk and satin, she wanted to change the way of weaving cotton."

Mr. Ren chuckled, "There are a lot of this kind of flower looms in the textile workshops in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are mainly used for weaving silk and satin. I have never heard of cotton cloth."

After a pause, Mr. Ren continued: "As far as I know, most cotton fabrics are printed, and some are dyed cotton yarn and then weaved. This kind of direct flower weaving is rare." They are willing to wear that to upgrade the class.

Xiuyao asked curiously: "Sir, is that feasible? My aunt really wants to weave flowers, but I don't know if anyone wants it."

Mr. Ren raised the key question, "Even if it is woven, how much do you plan to sell it for? Who are you going to sell it to?" If it is too cheap, it may not be as good as the cloth we woven before, but it is too expensive, and it is also a question of whether anyone will buy it. .

Xiuyao also thought of this question, which is why she wanted to ask Mr. Ren for advice, "Sir, do you think this kind of cloth will be liked in the county? It’s not that comfortable, it’s chilly in winter, it’s better to wear cotton.”

Mr. Ren smiled and said: "That's right, how about it, I'll help you find out, and I'm going to the county when I turn back, let him help to look."

Xiuyao thanked her, and asked Mr. Ren a few more questions, and she was relieved until she explained all her doubts clearly.

She happily said: "Mr. is really knowledgeable. Other scholars can only write articles. I didn't expect Mr. to know so much about agriculture and textiles."

Mr. Ren couldn't help laughing, and laughed at himself: "You are a scholar who is useless. You can do nothing but study. If you can learn something, it's worth it. If you don't do it for a long time, you can only be a sour scholar for the rest of your life." It's gone." After he finished speaking, he was a little surprised, why he was talking to a little girl, she didn't understand.But seeing her staring at him with big black eyes, it seemed that she knew everything.

"Sir, isn't it said in the book that I am born to be useful? If you are knowledgeable, you will definitely win the exam. Besides, even if you don't want to study, being a teacher here can teach many students, isn't it very good?" Is it a good thing? How can it be useless?"

Hearing this, Mr. Ren laughed loudly, "You little girl is good at enlightening people, but how many people just can't let it go." Then, he went to the bookshelf and took out a few books that had been dusty. Wiped it with the cloth, and said with a smile: "I have treasured these books for many years. I bought them by chance at the beginning. Most people don't have them. I haven't read them for so many years. Why don't you take them back and look through them?" , if you don’t understand anything, just ask me.”

Xiuyao saw that there were several atlases of utensils, and flipped through them, and saw that there were some methods of making agricultural tools, and there were water wheels and water mills in them!Xiuyao was overjoyed immediately, she was looking for these things, so she quickly thanked Mr. Ren.

Mr. Ren smiled and said: "Although these things are treasures, to put it bluntly, if no one uses them, they are waste papers. I don't know how to use them. If you can use them, it will be good." One book for the loom is no different than the other books. It is said that it is a collection, and it is of no use to him, but it is purely collected as a collection.

For Mr. Ren's generosity, Xiuyao was very grateful, thanked her again and again, and then went to the home with the book.

After returning home, she locked herself in the room with her aunt and continued to discuss how to improve the loom. With Mr. Ren's guidance, Xiuyao could basically understand the principle.She discussed it with her aunt again, they don’t have to completely copy the appearance of satin jacquard, they can simplify it a bit, another point is to twist the cotton thread as much as possible when spinning, so that the yarn count is finer and the yarn is tighter It is shiny and can even create a spun silk effect.

Xiuyao drew all the patterns, and then she and her aunt went to the third grandpa to share their ideas, and asked the third grandpa to make some new parts.Although the third grandpa is not good at farming and doing other things, but the carpentry is first-class, he can know what to do after listening to them, and even as long as they ask, he can make similar objects accordingly.

Liu Xu was busy renovating her loom, and Xiuyao also took time to learn Chinese characters, and then flipped through the pictures of other utensils borrowed from Mr. Ren. In addition to looms and spinning machines, there were also some farm tools and so on.

Xiuyao went to Liu Fei's study to get pens, ink, paper and inkstones. She was not used to brushes, although she had learned how to use brushes, she seldom wrote on weekdays.When needed, she always uses homemade willow branch charcoal, that is, she takes down the willow branch and burns it, then extinguishes the fire, rubs off the skin, and what is left inside is black charcoal, and then wraps it tightly with paper to make a stick. Make your own pencils.

Others only think of her as a child, and because she has too small a hand to hold a brush, she draws with a branch. Although she thinks it is wrong to learn to use characters, she is not a scholar, so naturally no one interferes with her.

(End of this chapter)