Early in the morning, as soon as Song Qiu got up and had breakfast, there was a lot of excitement outside the house. People from his own village, from Shitou Village and Dazao Village across the street, who were close by, all picked up red peppers and delivered them to their door.
There were so many people that the house was packed and noisy.
Song Qiu went out and told everyone not to worry. People from other villages who were on their way here came one by one to drink a bowl of mint herbal tea to rest their breath.
Then he opened the courtyard gate of Zhang's house and asked everyone to line up and come one by one to weigh the weight and pay the money.
Du Chuanfu took Wang Laifu, Wang Chunzhu and his son to help, and watched them move the baskets.
The red peppers that were brought in were packed into other people's baskets and put into large dustpans, and they were all moved into the Zhang family's east room and kept there.
Song Qiu, dressed in green, settled accounts and settled money.
While he was busy, people from other villages came one after another carrying baskets.
It wasn't until the sun got very high that I collected all the red peppers that came to my door today.
Everyone sold red peppers, got money, and went home happily talking and laughing.
Song Qiu also breathed a sigh of relief, took the honey water handed to him by Lu Yi and drank it all in a bowl.
The harvest of red peppers has begun, and the people in Songshan Village also remembered what Song Qiu said about opening a workshop, so they didn't go home after selling the peppers. Since they had no farm work to do, they stayed to help carry the baskets and move the peppers.
After everyone in the other villages had dispersed and gone home, he asked Song Qiu about the workshop.
Today we collected red peppers from several villages, a lot of them. They cannot be stored for a long time. They will become wilted after being stored for a long time, and it is not easy to make chili sauce.
At that moment, Song Qiu said: "That's what I'm talking about. The peppers have been harvested, and this workshop is about to open. I rented Uncle Hugua's yard as a workshop, and we will work here."
As for the candidates for the work, it is still the same as last year's sweet potato workshop, almost the same people.
Almost everyone in the village was here, and Song Qiu didn't hesitate and immediately pointed them out.
There is only one Mrs. Zhang in my grandma's generation, and there are not many people in her family.
Then there are Sophora japonica, Chunxiang, Huixiang, Lotus, Hongxia, and Baicao from the sister-in-law generation, and Meifu, Guixiang, Chrysanthemum, Chenghua, and Meilan from the sister-in-law generation. These were all worked in the workshop last year.
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Manju had business to do at home, so naturally she didn't come, so she replaced it with yellow cauliflower, which she hadn't visited last year, and added a new daughter-in-law, orchid grass, who had just joined the Qian family.
There are also Wang Dali, Zhang Daquan, Anzi, Tuwa, Shunzi, Wangcai, these uncles.
There are twenty people in total, and the work is enough.
In this way, almost every house has people coming, no matter how many there are, there is no need.
The person is called out, and what needs to be said should be made clear. Work hard and don’t talk too much. The weather is bad and the time for work may be different. Three meals a day. Get up early and come to work at two o’clock. Chen is having breakfast.
, finish work at noon, have lunch, and then rest for half an hour before continuing to work. The end of work is at the end of Youshi, so you have to pack everything up and go home after dinner.
As for wages, they remain the same as last year at 600 cash per month.
The salary and wages are excellent, and most importantly, it's close to home. It's not easy to go out in such a bad weather, so I'm naturally very happy to find such a good job.
Immediately everyone rolled up their sleeves and prepared to start working.
After the peppers are harvested, they cannot be left dry. It would be good to start working on them as soon as possible.
From now on, Song Qiu continued to arrange things for all twenty people to do.
Twenty people were divided into two processes. Four people were responsible for selecting the peppers, removing the stems, washing them and drying them.
The remaining sixteen people all did the remaining process, which was to chop the chili peppers.
These are all simple. Mei Fu and others came to help last year. Now that Song Qiu has made arrangements, everyone is busy at Zhang's house.
The sun was shining brightly in the yard, so the person cleaning the peppers was sitting on the eaves, while the others were busy working in the house.
Each person has a clean large wooden basin and a brand new chopping knife, which Song Qiu had already prepared.
First, help me select and wash some peppers and let them dry. After each person has half a basin, he starts to chop them.
After the finely chopped chilies are crushed, pour them into a separate large wooden basin. After filling the large wooden basin, take it out.
Before this, Song Qiu had asked Du Chuanfu to take the Wang family and his son to dig a door through the Zhang family's side of the wall, leading to the outer east courtyard of their home.
The chopped chili peppers are moved to the east courtyard, and then the final seasoning process is done in the east courtyard wing. Then they are put into jars for fermentation, and then they are piled in several wing rooms so that they can be shipped out easily.
Old Yuan couldn't help but came to help, and Song Qiu didn't stop him, so he asked her to bring the red, yellow, blue and green ones to help. She knew how to cook the seasonings. With her watching over this, Song Qiu felt relieved.
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I also asked the kitchen to prepare meals for twenty people, leaving Mrs. Shi to help in the kitchen even when she was empty-handed.
Song Qiu then went to Zhuangzi again.
Zhuangzi Shang is also harvesting red peppers today. In addition to those from Huangjia Village, the ones from Yanghuai Village opposite, which are very close, are also sent to Zhuangzi Shang, not to Songshan Village.
When Song Qiu arrived at Zhuangzi, he happened to encounter Yuan Shuanzi and Yuan Daping coming to sell chili peppers and leaving. This was their second delivery. In the morning, when Yuan Cheng and his wife came to work, they each picked up a load.
They got up early to break the grain, and when the sun was strong, they returned home after finishing their work before delivering this batch.
Song Qiu looked at the young man and had to ask, "Have you finished delivering them? My cousin didn't even say anything that you were going to deliver them today. He should have driven the mule cart to pull them."
"It's all over. I planted two points of land this year and harvested less than 500 kilograms. It's not much. It takes two trips and it's not far. There's no need to use a cart to pull it. Besides, your cousin doesn't know how to rush.
A mule cart." Yuan Shuanzi said with a smile.
When it came to the mule cart, what did he think of? He hesitated, as if a little embarrassed, and said to Song Qiu: "Ah Qiu, my uncle wants to discuss something with you. I heard from your cousin that you will bring back six
As for the mule cart, this number is also auspicious. Look, your cousin Daping is looking for a wife after the autumn harvest. Can you borrow this mule cart for use?"
"Wangjialiang is not close. It will be more convenient to have a mule cart to pick up the bride. Do you think it is feasible?"
When Song Qiu heard that it turned out to be this, there was nothing wrong with borrowing the mule cart for use, but his uncle had been hesitant to say so for a long time.
She smiled and said, "Okay! Why not? When the time comes, all six mule carts will be there for us! When the carts arrive, I will send someone to drive them to ensure that my cousin will bring my cousin back home in a lively manner!"
Nowadays, it is very prestigious for ordinary families in villages across the country to use an ox cart to pick up a bride. In many families, the groom himself uses a cart to push the bride back.
Six mule carts went to pick up the bride, which was indeed lively and spectacular.
Yuan Daping blushed at the side, and Yuan Shuanzi responded cheerfully, "Okay, okay! Then it's settled!"