Nongmen fierce wife, this king depends on you

Chapter 88 Running a Brick Factory 1
A few days ago, Brother Er Dan called the first few young people in the village to come over. Seeing that they were malnourished but full of confidence, Xia Mujin first made a few molds for them to try. Brother Erdan came.

"Uncle, aunt!"

As soon as they entered the room, they greeted Aunt Xia and his wife.

Aunt Xia and his wife like Er Dan very much, but it is a pity that there is no suitable girl in the family, otherwise...

"Jin'er, the ground has been paved, look, is there anything else to do?"

Erdan really admires Xia Mujin, seeing how a teenage girl like her has transformed the family in just two or three months.

Now who in this village is not envious, two days ago he heard many uncles and aunts inquiring about her birthday, probably because they wanted to come to her to say goodbye.

"Oh, no need, let them go home, Brother Erdan, do the big brothers you looked for a few days ago have time today?"

Xia Mujin walked to the door and glanced at the new place, then walked back and asked.

"Xiaotian and the others, it's all right, just waiting for your arrangement."

Hearing this, Xia Mujin nodded, and asked her father to find Aunt Six and Sister Yanzi.

Xia Senlin didn't know what his daughter was going to do, so he didn't dare to delay, and went after hearing the words.

Aunt Six had just dried her clothes, when she saw that Xia Senlin let her and Yanzi go, she wiped her hands and led Yanzi over.

"Sixth Aunt, Sister Yanzi, can you help me find five or six capable sisters and aunts who have a better reputation, preferably in the afternoon, I want to hire them to do things for me for a few days, so they can rest assured that they will be ready when they are done." Here, [-] Wen per day without lunch, and [-] Wen per day with lunch.”

Aunt Six and Yanzi widened their eyes in shock when they heard the words, and immediately agreed, and then they left happily.

"Sixth Aunt, I hope they can let them go to my house, and my mother can help look after them."

When Aunt Six heard this, she let out a sigh with her eyes moistened, and led Yanzi away.

"Brother Erdan, call those big brothers over to have a meal, bring a hoe and a dustpan, I have something to arrange."

After giving the order there, Xia Mujin said something to Er Dan again, then washed her hands and started cooking.

Half an hour later, Erdan brought over six young men in their twenties, probably because they were used to being suppressed by the Wang family, and each of them showed fear in their eyes when they saw Shen Muhan.

Xia Muzhen happened to serve the last dish of boiled fish in a large basin. In the past few days, I asked my brother to make a big round table, which can seat ten people. Mingyi helped to serve the dishes on the table. Xia Muzhen used a small I put some boiled fish in a pot, and some pheasant soup in a bowl, and asked my father to bring it to my aunt's house.

Speaking of which, Sister Yanzi is a half-widowed father and daughter after all, she might not feel comfortable eating with these men, and it will cause people to gossip, the best way to do it is to prepare some and send them over, so that their family can eat comfortably.

"It's all from the same village, and the big brothers can do whatever they want."

Aunt Xia and his wife also greeted warmly, and everyone cast aside their fear and sat down.

For this meal, Xia Mujin cooked quite a lot. The main course was boiled rain. This is a male fish bought in the town yesterday. Boiled amaranth, stir-fried green beans, cold purslane, and a plate of steamed buns.

At first, several people were still embarrassed, but Xia Mujin was a living treasure, and after a few words, several people relaxed their guard and let go to eat.

"Let's just say, why are you cramped? It's not shameful. It's a pity that you still have children with your wife."

Seeing that everyone had let go, Xia Mujin said teasingly again, Shen Muhan stopped the hand that picked up the vegetables, gave her a deep look, and then grabbed a big piece of chicken and stuffed it into her chattering mouth.

"Eat more vegetables and less talk, your future husband will be in bad luck."

His doting but gnashing of teeth words made several men blush, they are all experienced, besides, at this table, Shen Muhan has been picking vegetables for Xia Mujin, especially this fish, even the bones are picked for her out.

Xia Mujin gave him a hard look, drank a bowl of chicken soup, put down her chopsticks and ran into the house.

When he came out again, he held a thick notebook and a nondescript pen in his hand.

Yes, this is actually a brush, but it is not the ancient brush, because she thinks the brush is cumbersome and troublesome to use, and you have to keep grinding the ink, but this one just needs to find some herbs to extract its juice When it comes out, it can be used as ink.

This nib is just a swan feather from Feather Arrow. I made a small refill by myself and stuffed it with some fine cotton to absorb ink.

Seeing that everyone had eaten well, he called everyone into the yard and made tea with pine nuts.

"What are the names of the elder brothers?"

Everyone looked at her suspiciously, and Xia Mujin was helpless, this was calculated on a case-by-case basis, besides, she had to write down every single item to settle accounts, otherwise she would have to count them one by one when calculating!

"My name is Hei Niu!"

The first person made a sound, and everyone laughed. Xia Mujin followed the sound and looked over, and it really fits his name, because his skin is really dark enough. If he goes out at night, he will be scared to pee if he shows a few teeth. Besides, he was the tallest and the strongest among them.

"My name is Erbai!"

"My name is Ah San!"

"My name is Guazi!"

"My name is Sangou!"

Xia Mujin endured a burst of laughter and wrote down their names one by one. During the period, Shen Muhan quietly walked behind her and watched her remove the names of several people one by one. The font is delicate, just like her personality.

At the same time, he was also lost in thought, why she could write...

Not only him, but others are also puzzled.

"Uncle, I'm very good. You only taught me for a month, and I know all these words."

After finishing writing, Xia Mujin realized that everyone's eyes were fixed on her, as if looking at a monster. Suddenly, her mind turned, and she said to Shen Muhan behind her, and winked at him, as if to say: If you don't admit it, It looks good with you.

Shen Muhan shrugged his shoulders amusedly, as he admitted it, and the few people heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Xia Mujin said: "I have an agreement here. If you think it is suitable, you can press your fingerprints. From today onwards, you will be hired by me. If you don't agree, I will not force you."

Seeing her open a small thin notebook filled with densely packed words, several people looked at each other, their hearts pounding, but they heard Xia Muzhen say: "The meaning of this agreement is very simple. I, Xia Muzhen, invented this brick. I will teach you how to do it by hand, but you are not allowed to start a brick factory by yourself after you finish your studies. If you want to start it, you can do it, then I have to get 50.00% of the benefits. The bricks are calculated as one penny, but they must be finished products , That is, from the time the bricks are produced to the drying, if it rains halfway, and everyone has not had time to protect it, and it falls or cracks, then all these must be borne by ourselves. Of course, if it is a natural disaster caused by floods or mudslides, we will You still pay the same, and you have to accept my suggestions at any time."

In ancient times, one tael was sixteen qian, and one qian was 160 ren, so 160 bricks was one qian. As long as they were proficient and willing to endure hardships, they could still earn five hundred bricks in a day, so it was five yuan. Baiwen, this is already a sky-high price for them.

Of course, this is also seasonal, so you can’t do it in winter, it’s too cold, and it’s really cold to step on the watered mud with bare feet.

Hearing what Xia Mujin said, the eyes of several people showed hope, and they nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Xia Mujin asked everyone to press their fingerprints on the agreement.

Then he took them to the field he bought for the second time.

"Today, everyone will clean up the weeds first. Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you at home for half a day, [-] yuan per person, and you can come to pay in the evening."

Looking at the pulp-colored soil, the corners of Xia Mujin's mouth cracked, showing that she had divided the place for everyone. After giving orders, she hurried back home, and saw that Aunt Six had brought some capable-looking women over.

Without delay, Xia Mujin led everyone out of her yard and stopped by a pile of rice stalks, then took the straw ropes and bamboo strips six centimeters wide and four to five meters long that had been prepared, and took them The rice stalks passing by are connected to the bamboo strips little by little, and then fixed with straw ropes.

"Do you all understand? Originally, I wanted to count by the day, but now I will count by the piece, four pennies a piece, everyone is ready to pile up their own, I will come to count when I go back, and the wages will be settled at that time for everyone."

As soon as she said this, everyone dared to say no, they all found a place and started to work. In addition, he asked Mingyi and the others to help collect these rice stalks at a price of ten yuan and one thousand catties Take it back.

And as soon as the news of her was released, the villagers rushed to pull their own rice stalks over. Xia Mujin found a large scale again, and took some broken silver to her father, letting him take care of the matter aside.

"Girl, what's on your mind? What if I want to put you in my pocket every day?"

After finishing all this work, Xia Mujin sat in the yard to rest, Shen Muhan saw that there was a lot of fatigue between her brows, so he stepped forward to squeeze her shoulders, and whispered in her ear.

Suddenly, he realized that he was too useless, so he could only watch her command and give orders.

Moreover, such a wife is too dazzling, he just wants time to pass quickly, preferably three years later, five years later...

"Uncle, let you relax for a few days first, and you will be busy after a while."

Xia Mujin tilted her head to look at him a few times, then said sarcastically.

In the early morning of the next day, Xia Mujin and a few older brothers came to the new land, and then asked everyone to dig the soil first and lengthen the ladder.

In fact, this ladder is not the kind of farming, but a long mound of soil about one meter wide, which is about the same size as the ridge of the field, and a channel for discharging water has been built. The ladder is used for placing bricks.

Everyone works in the fields, and the village has also made adobe bricks. Now that Xia Mujin is a teacher, everyone can understand it easily.

(End of this chapter)