Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 19 Su Qian's Plan
The room was pitch black, and there was no oil lamp, for no other reason, because the oil lamp had been extinguished after eating.

In Su Qian's eyes, there is no room for any waste.

Now there are two or three dots of red dots in the main room, one of which is old man Su's cigarette pouch, accompanied by his coughing, and the other two are lit hemp sticks.

Hemp stalks are not a rare item in Dongwang Village. Some people plant wild hemp on the unwelcome wasteland. After the hemp is cut back, the soaked hemp can be used for twisting hemp ropes and tying things. Durable, more can be made into sacks, every household has.

After the hemp comes out, the rest is the hemp stalk, which is very brittle and easy to break, but it is good. After retting in plant ash, you can keep it and hold it in your hand when you walk at night. With such a little light, we can distinguish between the field ridge and the road.

There are not too many people lighting in the house, Su Qian's naturally wants to do so in order to save lamp oil.

Under the firefly-like light, one could barely tell who was where, and Su Qian said, "It's been so long since the autumn harvest, and it's time to rest, and we can't just stay at home every day." Eat and drink for nothing..."

Eat and drink for free?

No one in the room said anything, even Su Youcai, who had always been lazy, said nothing.

Mr. Su coughed and coughed, which meant the same thing, "I heard from your mother that you have to be diligent and thrifty to live, otherwise we wouldn't be able to live in such a house. We can grow so many fields while supporting so many people for so many years."

"Father, it's because the third brother's family has many children." Su Youcai muttered.

Ban Xia was originally sitting under the eaves of the door with Gu Ya'er in his arms. Hearing the words of the fourth uncle, he felt a little angry. He couldn't care about how many children he would have, let alone his family had more children, but now Yuanchen is still at grandma's house. , How much can Gu Yaer eat?Besides, my parents work so hard every day and night, and my brother is not idle, so could it be that he can't even eat when he is full?

Su Qian let out a long voice, and reprimanded Su Youcai, "Your third brother can work! Let's see what you can do!" It was rare for him to say such a sentence.

In Su Qian's heart, Su Youwen, the fifth-year-old who can study, ranks first, and this Su Youcai is second. Even though he is lazy, he has never been reprimanded. This is the first time.

And Su Youcai didn't talk to each other, let alone complain.

Ban Xia frowned.

Only then did Su Qian start to spread out, "If there are such a roomful of people, if they don't work like this every day and just eat, and eat rice seedlings tomorrow, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep everything. It's better to take advantage of the fact that there is nothing to do now. They all went out to earn some food money, and survived this period."

This is a bit wrong. The Su family now has nearly [-] mu of good land, and more than ten mu of bad land, and there are some sloping fields on the mountains. If every family lives like this, the grain they harvest is enough for their own food. What's more, selling tofu can also earn income, and my uncle is even more skilled.

Everyone has been like this.

But Mrs. Su Qian didn't think so. The fifth uncle and the eldest grandson wanted to study, so the more money the better.

There are not many ways for farmers to make money, and they can only save it from their teeth. For example, those who drink more porridge now eat less, and they can save a handful of rice, but it is hard for everyone. People say that buns have The meat is not on the pleats, the Su family is just a horse shit egg.

Even so, it cannot be said that Su Qian's family is wrong, anyway, everyone feels at ease with a strong family background.

"Landlord Zhou's family wants to build a granary and build a courtyard wall. Now it's a job that your father begged for. If you do this, at least you can live through the year." Su Qian said slowly.

In the main room, everyone's expressions could not be seen clearly.Just a moment of silence.

Mr. Su interjected, "I'll go with you guys, and I'll earn seventy or eighty cash a day, and at least two taels of silver in a month, and now it's neither hot nor cold, so I don't often come across such a job. "

Things seem to be settling down like this.

Seeing that Su Youli was silent, Mrs. Li didn't care much, her voice was a little anxious, "Mother, what should I do with the tofu these days?"

Selling tofu is the soybeans that my family grows on the sloping land. If I make it myself and sell it at home, I can also sell some money.

Su Qian's voice was flat and flat, "Could it be that you can't sell without the third child?"

At this point, Li's voice trembled a little, "Mother, the third child twisted his waist when he was pushing the mill yesterday, this..."

Mrs. Zhou just didn't like it, "It's really a coincidence that you don't flash at any time, but you just twist your waist at this time? Who doesn't know that this is tiring work? But our father will go!"

Mrs. Li was choked by these words, but the rest of the people didn't speak, they seemed extremely weak, "This tofu..."

Mrs. Su Qian immediately interrupted her, "Could it be that this painstaking effort to find a job is for us? How many years can I still have a job? Isn't it just to help you earn more money! This one twists that one If you hurt your leg, don't go at all, just wait at home to die!"

He seemed to be still angry, "If it weren't for my old bones, I would have been able to go, but why couldn't the third one go? After pushing a mill and twisting his waist, the third child, you said you could twist it?! "

It was a tone of aggressive questioning.

The third child was a little anxious about what Mrs. Li told them before, but when Su Qian asked him like this, he couldn't say anything else, "I...I'm fine." He looked stubborn.

Su Qian was even more fussy, his thighs slapped loudly, "Third daughter-in-law, you are holding a grudge! You are only thinking about Yuanchen!"

Li Shi was ashamed and ashamed, and secretly hated Su Youli for holding on, making herself uncomfortable.

Su Youcai was on the sidelines to please Su Qian, "Mother, don't be angry, the third sister-in-law is hurting the third brother, not to mention making tofu."

Mrs. Su Qian pushed it away, "You look like you have no strength, you think you are your third brother! Just do it this way, the old man will go to the rough with the boss, the second and the third. It used to be hard work, and cooking is also difficult You have to work hard, the second and third daughter-in-law have to work harder, and leave the tofu grinding to the fourth and fourth daughter-in-law!"

It's just going to be settled like this.

The rest of the people did not respond.

Banxia knew that it would be useless to interject at this time, and wondered if it was the last time she came back from selling tofu, what Zhou said to Su Qian, or if Su Qian was humiliated last time. It's not heavy work, but my parents have to grind tofu day and night before selling it, and they can't even bear to eat a bowl of rice noodles. Waiting for more heavy work here, but let my father do it?

Is there such a bias?
Su Youli's waist really flashed, and Mrs. Li would not lie about this, so what should I do?
I haven't waited for Pinellia to figure out a way.

Su Qian said again, "Boss, if there is something on hand, the boss's daughter-in-law will go and replace it. Yuan Guang has a lot of strength, so he can go..."

"no!"

(End of this chapter)