"Uncle Jiang, you have worked hard these past few days.
However, our work here has now been completed, and your whole family will not come in the morning tomorrow; the Tatars who entered the customs have not yet retreated, so you and your family should stay at home to avoid any accidents.
Here is your wages, a total of 150 wen. Take it and count it to see if it is missing."
Ah Li put a large handful of copper coins behind old man Jiang's calloused hands and said this in his mouth. He also secretly emphasized that he told the old man and his family not to go out tomorrow.
Why is the salary 150 yuan?
Ali is a college student in the modern dimension, so this calculation will certainly not be wrong.
When Mr. Jiang received his wages these two days, he also collected the wages of his unmarried younger son and second daughter, saying it was reserved for their future marriages or for purchasing dowries.
Half of the day's wages for three people, doesn't add up to 150 Wen. The calculation is not wrong at all.
After receiving the heavy handful of copper coins, Old Man Jiang felt sad and happy at the same time. The happy feeling was that after four days of busy work, the family of seven had earned 1,400 coins.
This is more than half a tael of silver, which is quite a lot of money.
In addition, after eating and drinking white noodles and broth for several days, my youngest son and second daughter's faces were full of food and had some healthy rosiness.
The sad thing is that after the work is done, this kind of good thing that seems to fall from the sky will be gone tomorrow.
Old man Jiang, who never thought of being lazy when doing things so that he could do it for a few more days, also knew that this kind of thing should not be forced.
I am lucky to be able to do it for four days in a row.
But just when he had collected the coins that he had looked at carefully, he was about to ask his sons to go back first and pick up his eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter later.
An unexpected surprise hit him on the head.
Ali, who had just paid another man his wages, thought of something, stopped the dry old man who had just turned around, and said again:
"Oh! There's something I almost forgot to tell you.
Uncle Jiang, all your helpers are not in a hurry to leave today; we, Mr. Hu, have said that in order to thank you for your hard work these days, we will treat you to a nice meal and drink in the evening.
When the time comes, you should open your belly and eat more."
"How embarrassing is this? Mr. Hu's wages are not reduced at all. It is just the duty of the young man and others to work seriously."
Old man Jiang, who had been confused for a while, said with a little embarrassment,
But it didn't hinder him at all. He quickly decided to go a little further later and find a place to clear his stomach first so that he could have a good meal in the evening.
After smelling the aroma of wine and meat for several days, when he dreamed at night, he thought about having a good meal from Suifengdun...
By the way! Because tomorrow is the last day of the mission, according to the system, it is impossible to let a lot of netizens go and they can easily complete the mission.
At that time, a large number of Tatars are expected to arrive, and they will fight fiercely at Suifeng Dun.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Hu Biao and the others hired the surrounding people to work these days, as well as the carpenters, blacksmiths and other craftsmen. By four o'clock in the afternoon, the work was completed one by one.
All wages were paid and they were repeatedly told not to come tomorrow.
In fact, if Hu Biao and others had a darker heart, they could have kept these people as civilian husbands.
After this thought came to Hu Biao's mind, he could not make up his mind; he had no way to drag these people, whom he regarded as compatriots, into such a battlefield.
As for those military men, it's a different situation.
As soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally have the obligation to protect their homeland and the country. If they died here in battle, how could Hu Biao get a generous pension for these people.
The premise is that he, Hu Biao, hasn't hung up yet.
So in the following time, the netizens who were accompanying the wine table had this to say about the Ming soldiers who were eating and drinking together:
Now that all the work is done, why don't we send these people away quickly, otherwise they will make a lot of noise every day and disturb everyone's interest in drinking and eating meat.
Then, in the midst of the "brother said it is true" statement, everyone had another round of eating and drinking.
In addition, Hu Biao is also an open-minded person. Thinking about the employees and craftsmen working very hard these days, they are not lazy at all.
Treating them to a meal on the last day is also the right thing to do.
More importantly, Hu Biao discovered rookies in the PLA including Lao Hei. As the final time of the second phase of the mission approached, his nerves were actually getting tighter and tighter.
Several nights, when he went to put quilts on these coolies, he actually found that some people still had insomnia after intense training.
It's amazing that he was secretly pretending to be asleep when he was helping to cover her with the quilt.
Although Hu Biao, as a person who has experienced it, can completely understand the above situation.
But such a mental state is obviously not conducive to tomorrow's battle, so all the rookies also need to relax before a big battle.
Finally, after discussing with a group of veterans, Hu Biao unanimously decided to hold a bonfire party tonight.
On the one hand, we invite the common people and craftsmen to have a good meal and drink, and of course the military men are also indispensable, so that everyone can have fun together.
On the other hand, it is to let the rookies relax, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone...
So under the setting sun, the last cow in the Suifengdun stable was taken out and put down.
Ali stretched out his white-haired head from the earthen wall and roared. After a short while, many jars of wine, vegetables, chickens, ducks and other poultry were also picked up by the surrounding people. As soon as it was delivered.
It's so magical. Now Hu Biao and the others have reached such a state:
It's reached the point where as long as they want something, it's not special or rare supplies, they don't have to go out to buy them at all.
If you want something that can be found in the eight villages in Shiliba, just call a commoner who intentionally wanders in front of Suifeng Dun and ask them to help spread the word.
After a short time, some people were able to continuously send over what they wanted.
Don't steal or rob. The people of this nation are always willing to use such fair and reasonable transactions to increase their wealth, even if the process is very hard.
As for the question of how people like Hu Biao and others, whose pockets are cleaner than their faces, can use them to pay.
It was nothing more than taking a few useless mules and horses out to pay the bills. Before a battle of unknown life and death, these guys completely achieved the Feng Shui eggshell state, and the state of wealth and peace was achieved.
*******
It was night! The Suifengdun running water mat that Old Man Jiang had been looking forward to even in his dreams did not appear; but this dry little old man did not feel any regret at all.
In front of Suifeng Dun, on a field full of small horse pits, a large-scale carnival began.
Although you have to be careful when walking, it does not affect everyone's mood at all.
After several large bonfires were lit, everything around them was illuminated brightly on such a moonless night.
I was thinking that Zhang Xiu Niang and the other cooks had been working hard for several days and they had to take a break.
So the food that everyone is going to enjoy tonight is quite simple.
It's nothing more than using five or six large pots, lined up all the way, to cook various large meats; these pieces of meat are basically fist-sized pieces, and if you want to eat them, you can just grab a piece with a hook.
You can eat as much as you want, as long as your stomach can hold it.
There are also some pieces of beef and mutton threaded with branches, and even whole chickens and ducks, but they have been marinated in advance to give them a basic flavor.
If you want to eat it, just brush it with some oil on the fire and grill it; the aroma when the oil drips onto the charcoal fire is very tempting.
Large jars of wine were also piled aside for everyone to take.
Compared with the flowing banquets of the past few days, tonight's buffet is a simple way of dining, but to put it another way, it also has a bit of wild fun.
Especially after they got drunk, the two Ye Bushui, who were quite famous in his camp, took off their clothes and started wrestling with each other, shirtless and wearing only a pair of pants.
For a time, both men and women cheered loudly.
Eating meat and drinking wine in big mouthfuls, it can be said that everyone is letting go.
It is normal to think about it. I am afraid that most of the people here are poor people who are always worried about where the rice and noodles will be at home in the future. They have never been so relaxed and unrestrained.
It's pitiful to say that for them, the scene like a wine pool and a forest of meat in front of them didn't cost much for one person, and it didn't cost Hu Biao and the others a lot of money.
But such a scene has brought them joy beyond their wildest dreams.
