Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 121

The smell of rice fragrance blows along with the early autumn wind, and the people in the yard are also starting to prepare for the autumn harvest.

And as the rice turns yellow day by day, Qiao'e's face remains rosy day by day, and she even has some heart-wrenching expectations, some nervousness and reluctance to leave home, that is, the past life. What kind of situation will a family, the person who will live together for a lifetime, be like.

But Li Dequan was making threshers as usual, Chen Yongyu and Li Dejiang had already set off, transported the carts to various villages, found a piece of rice that matured earlier, gave them some copper coins, demonstrated, and then explained how much it would cost to rent for a day , but really negotiated a lot of business.

It’s just that it’s hard for Li Dequan to stay at home, Dalin doesn’t work as a day laborer anymore, and even the housekeeper of the landowner’s house said that if Dalin goes to help harvest this year, it will be counted as the adult’s wages, Dalin dare not agree, for fear Li Dequan was too busy.

What's even more strange is that occasionally, not only did Jing Zhe help out after school, but An Jinxuan also joined the team, and told everyone that he also went to the autumn harvest this year. Anyway, he has eaten the Li family's food for so long, so it doesn't make sense Everyone is busy and he is idle.

Gu Yu was also happy to see him like this, but he never came close before, Chen Jiangsheng and the Jiang family all came over, Aunt Wen and Xiao He, the whole room was bustling

Chen Yongyu and the others walked around Zhuangzi for a few days, and someone had already come to the door. Seeing that Li Dequan was too busy here, he didn't dare to fully agree, and they all helped at home.

Dalin took this opportunity to make a batch of flails, which sold well, because the people in the village didn't have these things, and if they rented a threshing machine, they couldn't afford it, so some people wanted to buy them.

Li Dequan asked him to take back the batch of money he got back, but he refused, "These things are all from here, and besides, the craftsmanship of these things is learned now, and I don't have to take them all over." reason."

Li Dequan no longer insisted, he had seen Dalin's work, although it was a little rough, but it was also practical, and he was sincere, so the idea of ​​taking an apprentice came up again.

After lunch, Li Dequan and Li Dejiang and Chen Yongyu stayed in the backyard to discuss how many threshers to make. They already ordered nine machines. The things are all his own handicrafts, which surprised Li Dequan.

"To discuss a matter, I saw that our four families were together. Dalin has been working day and night to help us make these things and has no complaints. Besides, I have thought about it. I can't do it alone. Since a If we do a good job every year, we can have more than ten taels of silver. Our family has a few taels, which can be regarded as passable. No matter what, I can’t bear Dalin to do the work alone, earning more than ten yuan a day. You may not be able to earn a tael of silver in a year."

After Li Dequan finished speaking, Chen Yongyu also nodded, "Hey, you have the final say on Dequan, but we don't have any opinions. Dalin's family is orphaned and widowed. We should really help. Besides, that child is honest and smart. Don't worry about it." It looks a bit clumsy, but it is also very beautiful when it is used for work, and the flails we sell are praised as good and durable!"

Li Dejiang also expressed his opinion, "What did Dalin say? Did you let it out?"

Li Dequan shook his head with a wry smile, "How dare I say that, firstly, I have to take a good look at his understanding. Sometimes people can't learn this craft well, and secondly, I couldn't protect myself at the time. Thinking that Gu Yu can come up with this thing, if he can't make money, Dalin will follow me for a few years, I'm afraid it will delay him."

The three of them discussed talking together after dinner.

Li He came over to hug Xia Zhi again, Xiao Man was feeding Xia Zhi rice cereal, but Li He stopped him, "Xiao Man, what are you feeding Xia Zhi, don't choke on such a white thing."

Xiaoman felt aggrieved, and didn't quite believe it, "This was steamed by Gu Yu for Xia Zhi. A child can't eat many eggs a day. Besides, we have a lot of hens here, and Xia Zhi would get tired of eating egg custard every day. This rice paste is steamed with sugar. Well, I feel good after eating."

Li He didn't quite believe it, so she scooped it up with a spoon and took a sip, feeling good about it, "Unexpectedly, Gu Yu is a smart girl, and I have lived for so many years, but I have never heard of feeding rice cakes to children. almost."

Xiaoman is actually still angry in her heart, don't look at how often she is silent on weekdays, but she has an idea, she still remembers how Li He's side treated her side at the beginning, and she spoke a little bit Chong, "If Gu Yu hadn't been smarter, we would have starved to death by now!"

Li He's face was full of embarrassment, just seeing Chen Yongyu and Li Dequan coming in, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Dequan, I'm here to discuss something with you."

Li Dequan was in front of this big guy, and Li Heshi also spoke in advance, so he naturally couldn't ignore it, "Mother, tell me."

Li He smiled again, and said to Chen Yongyu: "I also know that you are busy here. The flail I gave us last time saved a lot of energy. The other day Dejiang said that he would go to a village to look at it when the harvest was over. With the threshing machine, our family is the two old bones of me and Dequan's father, and the family of the eldest daughter-in-law. The fourth daughter-in-law does not go to the field, but I, a mother, can't talk to her, because I am old. ..."

Li Dejiang laughed a little dryly, "Mother, what are you talking about, didn't you say you have something to tell Dequan?"

Li He laughed again, "Oh, look at me, I mean we have few people and a lot of fields, since there are so many threshers here, isn't it cheaper? Let us rent one too ..."

Before she finished speaking, Chen Yongyu also understood her reason for coming, but she was a little unhappy. Originally, Quan Dejiang was here, and Li He's side would naturally send one over, but she was so obedient and said Rent, it would be strange if he was willing to give money in his heart, but if it got out, he would be laughed out of his teeth, so he said first: "Look at what you always said, Dequan is your son, who has always been brought up, this matter has to be done." Quan told me a long time ago, after these threshers are ready, we will send one to you first, and if we run out, we will take it back and rent it out. I’m going to run outside, now I’m in charge, I’ll bring you one later, don’t worry about it!”

Li Heshi was naturally very happy. This is a threshing machine worth tens of pennies a day. If he uses it, even if he loses the labor of Dejiang, it's not a problem.

Now that he has decided to accept Dalin as an apprentice, Chen Yongyu let everyone rest for a while in the afternoon. Jiang brought some food and wine, and Chen Yongyu went to the warehouse to get some wine, and Li Dejiang and the others also called off work early, which made everyone a little strange. As soon as Li came back, he didn't have a moment of leisure, but now he was free.

Dalin was the only one packing things there, sorting tools and other things into categories, then wiped them with a dry cloth, looked at them again and again, with envy on his face, Li Dequan saw this look in his eyes, and his heart was relieved again After two minutes, he comfortably returned to the main room and continued to smoke.

After Dalin finished these, he put the wooden planks into long and short ones for easy access, and then there were things like cowhide, which were used to drive the wheels, and they were also placed in wooden boxes. Let it go, pick it up and put it away, and then move the wood to the side. He has learned from Li Dequan for a while, but he knows what kind of wood can be used. There is no idle time.

But Xiaoman couldn't stand it, "Father, Brother Dalin is here to help, how can you order him around like that."

Xu Qinshi also laughed, "Girl, it's not your father ordering him, it's Dalin following me. If he doesn't do something, this person will panic."

Li Dequan let them say what they said, but kept silent.

When the dinner table was ready to be set, Xiaoman went over to call in person, and Dalin came over to wash his hands and prepare to eat.

But I saw everyone sitting in the main room, only Li Dequan and Chen Yongyu, the brother of Dejiang, knew about it, and Aunt Wen also kept it from it. Sitting like this at this time, I thought there was something important to discuss.

They all sat upright, Chen Yongyu asked Dalin to sit beside her, and he kept giving way, Chen Yongyu couldn't help but push him down on the stool, "Dalin, Dalin's mother, we discussed it, if you want to Let Dalin learn from Dequan. There is one thing that needs to be clarified, that is, we will probably be able to make some money this year, and we may not be able to make money next year. We just need to learn for a few years, but you... ..."

Dalin had been waiting for this day for a long time. He had always wanted to recognize Li Dequan as his master, but he just couldn't say that. Now that Li Dequan had already spoken, he couldn't help but agree, and Aunt Wen turned her face away to wipe Tears, "It's hard for you to help our orphans and widowed mothers so much. I can't rest assured that Dalin learns crafts from Dequan. It's good for people to be apprentices, not to mention giving money. How dare we say that money is distributed? Inevitably, the past few years have survived.”

Xiao He also said crisply: "Brother learns crafts, and I embroider to make money for the family!"

Seeing Da Lin's bewildered look, Xiao Man burst out laughing, "Fool, why don't you worship Master!"

Only then did Dalin react, and he knelt down with a plop, making everyone laugh.

Chen Yongyu said again: "We also discussed it in the afternoon. Anyway, we have completed more than a dozen units this year. Everyone in our division will look at the two Zhuangzi and count the money. If it is ten units, it will take two days. You can collect about one or two taels of silver, and Dequan will suffer a bit, and each of us will pay [-]%, and we will see what to do with the rest after the work is done."

Hearing that he has recognized his master again, there will still be some silver points at that time. Dalin's family seems to have never thought that such a good thing will happen to them, and they are all filled with joy for a while.

(End of this chapter)