Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 74

The next day, Qian Feng and Shi Liu had a long sleep, Yang Shi and Qian Daddy both had breakfast, and the two of them hadn't woken up yet.

Yang knew that the two of them must have been tired from the journey yesterday, so instead of urging them to get up, they fried a few extra pancakes.After breakfast, Father Qian went to the mountain to chop firewood. It is now mid-November, and it is getting colder every day. He wants to chop more firewood to prepare for the winter.

There is not much work in the field now, and Yang is more than three months pregnant. She is sitting at the base of the wall basking in the sun, busy making small clothes for the baby in her stomach.

Ge Taohua is a hardworking person. He ate early in the morning, and then went to the field to pick up the last load of radishes, planning to pickle them all into pickles to prepare for winter.Qian Tong originally went to open up wasteland on the mountain, but now he suddenly came back for some reason.Although his family had four acres of land and two acres of land after the separation, he still felt that it was too little, because he had raised two children and wanted to earn more money to build a kitchen and pay off debts in the coming year, so he went to the mountains to open up wasteland. I look forward to adding another one or two acres of fertile land when the village adjusts the fields next year.

Ge Taohua squatted there chopping radish leaves, planning to cook some to feed the pigs, she was very curious when she saw Qian Tong's sudden return, "What's the matter, are you going home?"

Qian Tong squatted in front of Ge Taohua, and said with a happy face: "Just now when I was opening up wasteland, I heard brothers Tang and Er Xi were discussing burning charcoal, and they said that they would sell it when the weather was cold. They must have seen the second brother. They took things to the county town to sell and earned money, so they were greedy, so they thought about it, but they were afraid that they would not be able to sell, because they had never done business and would not settle accounts. Uncle Xiang can just settle the score. When they saw me there, they asked me if I would like to work together, saying that I just need to work hard and don’t care about anything else.”

Ge Taohua was stunned, and there was no joy on her face, "I heard that burning charcoal not only requires cutting down big trees, but also staying in the mountains to watch the fire day and night. Smoke, if the fire is too high, it will overburn, and there will not be much charcoal, which is hard work."

Qian Tong chuckled and said, "Why don't farmers work hard, I just rely on my strength to support my family."

Ge Taohua glanced at Qian Tong, and said worriedly: "The price of charcoal is very cheap, and I can't earn much money. Someone in my natal family burns charcoal, and it burns tens of thousands of catties in one winter, and it burns on the mountain for a full month. Then they had to be dragged out to peddle. After nearly two months of tossing, each person only got two hundred coins. If you have this spare time, you might as well follow the second brother, and earn back in a few days."

"Second brother doesn't need me for that job. I can only do physical work, but nothing else. Let me try it with Brother Tang and Erxi. The charcoal burning at your natal family was a few years ago. Now that the price of charcoal has risen a lot, it is impossible to earn only that amount of money. I have also opened up more than an acre of land these days, and no one in the village agrees with it. Anyway, I am idle, so I might as well earn some money , I will go up the mountain to cut trees tomorrow, and start burning charcoal in half a month."

Ge Taohua kept her head silent, and she didn't know whether she should agree or not.

At this time Qian Feng finally got up and walked out of the room sleepily.Qian Tong immediately came over and told his brother about it, and said that the price of charcoal had risen in the past two years, so he should be able to earn some money.

When Qian Tong spoke, he winked at his younger brother. Qian Feng was very clever, knowing that his eldest brother wanted him to say that it was good to burn charcoal in front of his sister-in-law, and he also agreed with his elder brother to go.

Qian Feng didn't know anything about burning charcoal, but he also knew that burning charcoal made him often stay in the mountains, so he said, "Brother, you will have to wear a padded jacket in a few days. If you want to stay in the mountains to watch the fire, you can't go home at night. How cold is that?"

Qian Tong laughed and said, "What's so cold about guarding the fire?"

Qian Feng was startled, and then laughed, "That's right, my brain is really numb. I just think this job is too hard, and I may not be able to earn much money."

Seeing that his younger brother didn't speak up for him, Qian Tong was too disrespectful, so he stared at Qian Feng with big eyes.

Mrs. Yang didn't say a word just now, but now she said, "Don't stop Tong'er, he can go if he wants, he is also the head of the house now, he has a wife and children to support, relying on a few acres of thin land Although he can earn a living, he will not be able to live a good life. A man must find a way that suits him, and when he saves money, he will send Songqiu to school to study. It would be nice to be able to read and write like Uncle Xiang."

When it comes to reading, Ge Taohua became interested, "I also want Song Qiu to study for a few more years in the future, not only to be able to read and write, but also to write articles. It will be great to be a scholar in the future. Maybe you can win the election.”

Qian Tong hurriedly said: "Then let me burn charcoal, how can I send the pine ball to school if I don't have money?"

Ge Taohua had no choice but to agree, "Well, even if you earn less, you still earn."

The sister-in-law agreed, and it was not easy for Qian Feng to stop his brother, maybe he could make money by burning charcoal, anyway, his brother was not afraid of being tired.

(End of this chapter)