Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 111

"Then when it's spring, you and your sister-in-law will only care about those fields? I heard that Shuxiu needs a lot of money for half a year. There seem to be four children in the private school in the town. When will you be able to send Songqiu to the private school?" You can’t burn charcoal when the weather is warm next year, you can work with me while planting the land, maybe you can earn some money, send the pine cones earlier.”

Seeing that Qian Feng spoke as if he was a rich man, Qian Tong laughed and said, "I don't know if you can sell those stones in a few days, so just pretend to be a rich man here."

Qian Feng chuckled, "As long as it's a good thing, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it."

Qian Tong couldn't understand how his younger brother could be so relieved. If he were, he would have been too anxious to sleep.He remembered what his younger brother said about the private school, and said: "Actually, I also inquired about the private school. Three of the four children belong to the landlord Li's family, and the other is the son of the shopkeeper above the town. If our Songqiu goes there, will it be okay?" Will you be bullied?"

"Who dares to bully him? Don't even look at who Song Qiu's second uncle is! Brother, don't worry about it first, and earn two pennies quickly."

Qian Tong saw that his younger brother had fifty big men in his hands, and indeed no one dared to bully his family members.

The next day, Qian Tong brought back the share of charcoal, and Ge Taohua saw that her man gave two baskets to her mother-in-law, and then gave two baskets to Qian Feng.When she was feeding the chickens in the yard, she said: "Mother, you have raised two sons, and it's not just the second brother who honors you. Now your eldest son can honor you too. You are really blessed."

Mrs. Yang was pulling the charcoal there, looking at it carefully, "Well, my eldest son is not bad, he picks good charcoal, even better than the ones bought, last year I bought two baskets of charcoal, and the smoke made my eyes hurt. You are finally being generous."

Ge Taohua's face was flushed, and she finally got a face in front of her mother-in-law.

Pomegranate and Qian Feng were in a hurry. As soon as they had charcoal, they quickly lit a fire and set up several rough charcoal.Yang's heart ached when she saw it, "Look at you two, you can't wait to burn a basket of charcoal in a day, and you have to manage it until the first lunar month."

Shiliu hurriedly greeted, "Mom, you and Dad come over and enjoy the fire with us. This way you can save charcoal and sit and talk together. It's so lively."

Only then did Yang show some smiles, "Well, you're right."

Ge Taohua leaned over and said, "Let me join, so that the saved charcoal can be sold for money."

Shiliu brought the brazier that was burning hot enough into the sleeping room, Yang Shi, Ge Taohua, Qian Feng, and two children all surrounded them, and the small room became warmer. Really lively enough.

Qian Tong, Er Xi and the others went to sell charcoal, but Qian Lao is a restless person, he just came back from cutting some vines from the mountain.

Yang yelled from the house, "Old man, come to Feng'er's house to enjoy the fire, the charcoal is burning very well!"

Father Qian brought the rattan in his arms, sat beside him and warmed himself by the fire, and was busy weaving rattan baskets. He said he would weave more for his two sons to use at home.

Qian Feng went to the mountain after roasting for a while, and brought two pots of water for the workshop workers to drink.In the past few days, he spent most of his time watching on the mountain, helping to lift stones from time to time, and when some people were tired and rested, he took the chisel and worked hard, so that his body was warmer and he didn’t feel cold on the mountain. .

Recently, he has been thinking about how to make stone tables and benches. He knows that many rich families like to hide in the gazebo in summer. It would be very comfortable to sit on cool marble benches.He secretly went to the county, hid next to the stone shop at the south gate and watched how the workers who repaired the stone surface worked, and then went to the Sanlibao iron shop to buy some tools for sharpening the stone surface .

After returning, most of the people were still digging stones, and Qian Feng brought three people to grind the stone surface and eaves, and polished them smooth and bright, which looked very beautiful.When the workshop workers saw it, they all said that they would buy a pair of such stone tables and benches for themselves when they got rich in the future.

In the blink of an eye, fourteen days passed, and the food supply bottomed out again. Qian Feng thought that the new year would be celebrated in the next day, and felt that no matter what, he had to let the workshop workers bring some money home. Chinese New Year is still too shabby.

It snowed heavily that day, and it was windy and snowy. Qian Feng refused to let Pomegranate go with her, and asked her to stay at home.Yang originally wanted Shiliu to follow her to find the doctor, but it was snowing heavily outside, so she thought it would be better to wait until the New Year passed.

Qian Feng went out with cotton gloves and a cotton hat, but Pomegranate suddenly caught up and took out several pairs of cotton gloves and cotton hats, "I have sewed four pairs in the past few days, and my mother has also sewed two pairs, just look at it." Everyone, whoever is afraid of the cold can give it to anyone."

Qian Feng took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, "Mother always nagged that I shouldn't keep so many people, I didn't expect her to be willing to make such efforts. But mother's eyes are not good, you tell her not to do it." That’s right, this pair is only worth more than ten yuan, if I make money this time, I’ll buy a pair for each of them.”

Qian Feng was about to leave when Shiliu suddenly remembered something, and quickly took out money from her sleeve pocket, "In a few days, Erxi is going to marry Shaoyao, Erxi's mother asked you to help bring two packs of firecrackers back, and the town wants ten Two cents a bag, she thought it was too expensive, so she gave 22 cents for you to bring him cheap ones."

Qian Feng took the 22 Wen money, "How does Er Xi's mother know that with 22 Wen money, she will definitely be able to bring two packs back?"

"She said that if you can't buy two packs, you can buy one pack, but it can't be more expensive than twelve coins. On the wedding day, Er Xi will put Shao Yao over once, and those who come to see Shao Yao from her natal family will not let them go back. gone."

Qian Feng smiled and said, "She really knows how to save money."

Shiliu said again: "She also said that in order to prepare for this marriage, there was also gift money for Shao Yao's family, but she spent all the money her family had saved for five years. It is a little bit of savings. I don't know Erxi Does his mother like Shaoyao? I think Erxi's mother has a really powerful mouth. Last time you bombed the mountain, the villagers gathered around to talk about it, but she is the best at talking, and mother can't talk about her."

Qian Feng helped her brush off the snow from her head, "Go back to the house and enjoy the fire, I will talk about the peony when I come back."

Shiliu nodded and ran back to the house.

Qian Feng and NO.50 people had to walk for more than 40 miles. Although the snow was piled up and did not freeze, it was not easy to pull the cart all the way.This time, in addition to pulling fifteen carts of stones, he also pulled a stone table and four stone benches. Qian Feng made up his mind that he would never sell it unless the price was high, because this pair of tables and stools cost him a lot of effort. It was sold at a low price once, and it has been unable to sell at a higher price since then.

One must know that his pair of marble tables and stools are many times more beautiful than those of Nanmen Shipu granite tables and stools. His ones have large cloud patterns and are slightly rich and noble yellow. Even rich people will be envious when they see them.

(End of this chapter)