Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 103

Qian Feng patted Wang Qingtou on the shoulder, "Good job! We'd better make more than a dozen carts, so that we can sell more than a dozen carts every half a month. If the stones are not easy to sell, we have such a With a multi-board truck and a strong labor force, it can also be used as a transport team to pull work for other people's shops, and it is not bad to earn a wage."

Wang Qingtou listened freshly, "What is a transportation team?"

"It's just that we use our strength and carts to pull goods for some big shops, and they pay us wages. Last time I saw that the stones for the Nanmen Stone Pavement in the county town were all pulled from Suzhou. They didn't know how much it would cost them all the way. How much wages are used to pull goods. Since people can make money with such a high cost, we are much closer to the county town, so we should be able to make money."

Wang Qing grinned and said, "Okay, although I don't understand these things, I will follow Fangzhu's orders and have food with Fangzhu."

The others also booed, "Follow the Fangzhu to have a meal, we will do whatever the Fangzhu tells us to do."

Qian Feng thought to himself, it's too wise to keep these people, where can I find such a group of honest people.Since they are loyal, he has to think about them too.

After dinner, Qian Feng went to the back mountain, and brought the two quilts he prepared when he got married, and asked Pomegranate to fry a few catties of peanuts that he saved for the New Year, and he was going to send them to everyone Have a mouthful.

When everyone saw that Qian Feng even brought the big red quilt and fried peanuts, they didn't dare to accept it. Qian Feng is their owner, and now he doesn't earn a penny. They all shook their heads and said that it was not cold at night, and they also said that the bastards were dirty, how could they cover them with such a clean quilt.

Qian Feng didn't say much, so he put down the quilt, sat with everyone and ate peanuts for a while, and then started working on making the cart.

With so many people working together, two carts were made after more than an hour, and Qian Feng was relieved for a while. More people consume more food, but more people are more powerful.

The weather in the next few days was suddenly cold, not only windy, but also cold and bone-piercing.Qian Feng didn't go to the county town to do small business anymore, and wanted to wait until the wind stopped before going, even if it snowed, it was better than a strong wind.In the past few days, he either chiseled stones with everyone, or he and Shi Yazi made carts in the tree shed by the roadside.

There are already a lot of stone slabs that have been hewn flat and placed in the tree shed. There are very few outsiders coming and going here. When people from this town pass by here, they just look at them curiously, and no one comes forward to ask the price.

After ten days like this, many people started to light fires at home to keep warm.Farmers don't use much charcoal, they shovel out the red-hot firewood from the stove to keep warm, and only add two sticks of charcoal when there is really no heat in the brazier.

Qian Tong, Er Xi and the others had already burned the first batch of charcoal. Qian Feng ran to credit a few baskets, and secretly delivered them to Zhang Lizheng's home with a few people at night.

Seeing that Qian Feng did what he said, Zhang Lizheng was very grateful in his heart, so he chatted with Qian Feng, "Qian Feng, can you sell this stone? Are you going to sell it in the county? I think you If you are not afraid of suffering, you can sell them in Suzhou, where there are many rich families."

Qian Feng shook his head, "I can't go to Suzhou, there is Yunjian Stone Square. The stone is too heavy, and it would be good if it can be pulled to the county. Isn’t there no one to work on Stone Mountain?”

Zhang Lizheng looked anxiously, "But I heard that Uncle Xiang said that your family is almost out of food. Could it be that you have some idea in mind?"

Qian Feng chuckled, "I have a bad idea."

Zhang Lizheng was stunned, "Oh, it's a bad idea, so I won't ask about it. If your bad idea doesn't work, you can go to the town to find Landlord Cao. His family will build a house for the new year, and they say it's for the eldest son." To build a house, his family has plenty of money, and he probably wants such a stone, you can ask him if he wants it, and if he can sell it for a little bit."

Qian Feng nodded his thanks. In fact, he didn't want to go there at all. He didn't want to deal with these landlords. Although he could sell some stones that way, it couldn't solve the problem at all.These landlords are all bullying long-term workers. If they see Qian Feng treating the workers well, they may stir up troubles, so Qian Feng doesn't want to have any contact with the landlords at all.

After another day, the wind stopped, and although the weather was cold, we could go out.Qian Feng and Shiliu went to the county town again, this time they went to the shop to get back the padded jacket, put on the thick new padded jacket, it was very warm.

Because tomorrow is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, there must be many people going to the streets to buy ingredients for Laba porridge.Qian Feng burned paper money for the land lord, and a few people in the village were willing to give money to Qian Feng on credit. This time, Qian Feng and Shiliu brought a lot of peanuts, sesame seeds, mung beans, peas, etc. to sell.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is not far away from the Chinese New Year. Many people took advantage of the ingredients to make Laba porridge and bought some more to eat for the New Year. Many, their stalls were also patronized, and Qian Feng wrote a lot of Spring Festival couplets.

Qian Feng sneaked to the South Gate Stone Shop to have a look, and he hid aside to listen to the waiter and the customer to discuss the price.There is only such a stone shop in the county, and it is not so easy for the customer to bargain because he does not buy here and there is no other place to go.The clerk listened to the shopkeeper, gritted his teeth and said that there was nothing missing, but the customer still paid for it, and then a few small workers helped to pull the goods to the customer's home.

Because they had to eat Laba porridge at home tomorrow, Qian Feng and Pomegranate had sold out their things and rushed home overnight, it was already late at night.

The next day is Laba.In the early morning of this day, Qian Feng asked pomegranate to cook a large pot of Laba porridge, and Yang Shi also asked him to cook a large pot. He wanted to invite the workshop workers to eat Laba porridge at home to make it festive and lively.

Pomegranate poured the last few catties of food in the house into the pot to cook, and Yang's face was sullen, "Feng'er, you and Pomegranate have run out of food, what are you going to do tomorrow? It's this time, can you still hold your breath? "

Qian Feng stirred the pot desperately with a spatula, "Mom, today we will eat the Laba porridge in your pot, and then sell it with stones. If we sell it for money, we will pay you back for the food. Don't be stingy."

Qian Feng saw that the porridge in the pot was almost cooked, so he was about to go to the back mountain to call for someone, and he didn't forget to ask, "Mother, these are not enough, you and pomegranate take out the two pots and put them in a basin to cover them." Come on, cook two more pots!"

Yang gritted her teeth and widened her eyes, Qian Feng coaxed: "I will definitely pay you back, and you will see the cash tomorrow. Don't do this. Put more sesame seeds and peanuts in the porridge, it will taste better when cooked like this .”

(End of this chapter)