After the well was completed, everyone in the family was smiling.
Although it is very convenient to get water in Xiahe Village, the well has convinced the whole village. But Qiao Mingjin lives on the outskirts of the village, and the well is in the village. It takes many trips to fill the two large water tanks at home.
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In addition, now that there are more people in the family, and because the sculptures need to be washed, the water is no longer fetched once a day, but sometimes three or four times a day.
Although two buckets of water really don't weigh much to men like He Xiaochun, picking up too many is a laborious and time-consuming task.
Now that there is water at home, it is naturally much more convenient. You can use it when you want, and you no longer have to worry about using it.
Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er were even more happy. They happily took the small wooden buckets specially made for them and went to fetch water and were busy watering the vegetables in the yard and outside the house.
When there was no well, the two little guys were reluctant to scoop water from the water tank. They would use big wooden buckets to collect the dirty water they used, or they would go to the small river outside the village to fetch water to water the vegetables. Now they can
It can be used casually.
The two little ones enjoyed it so much that they wanted to water all the grass and flowers in the yard and in front of and behind the house.
After the well at home was completed, someone from Zhou Yanqing also sent a message, saying that the time was set for the 20th of this month. That day was an auspicious day and it was the right time to break ground.
Now it was seven or eight days before the 20th. Qiao Mingjin asked Sister Xiu to invite 20 young and strong men in the village based on the number of craftsmen and the number of craftsmen invited by Zhou Yanqing, and then asked five women to help cook and make some
Small job.
Many people in the village got the news and came looking for him one after another.
Many women also came together to find them. Qiao Mingjin didn't know these people very well. So he listened to Sister Xiu and the others and settled on five women, one of whom was Ma.
These five women, including twenty men, are all the extra labor of the family. Even though every family is now digging wood piles, they are still left.
These twenty men were mostly half-grown children and men around fifty years old, and they looked nothing like young and strong men.
It's just that Sister Xiu said that now every family is digging wooden stakes in the woods. The family members of these half-grown children and older ones are reluctant to let them go to the woods to work too hard. Besides, building a house is nothing more than helping to hand over some stakes.
Things, and then there are things like mixing and mud. Most of them are not a lot of effort.
Qiao Mingjin just did it after hearing this.
These twenty people also included the second and fourth sons of the Yue family.
When Sun and Yu first came to find them, Qiao Mingjin had no intention of wanting them.
But thinking about it, the second-in-law and the fourth-in-law had no conflict with her in the end. They had even helped her with some small favors when feeding chickens in the forest, but they were not as flirtatious as their women.
She happened to be looking for someone, and if they were eliminated, the villagers might think she had any complaints against that family.
Qiao Mingjin agreed. Then Sun and Yu smiled and thanked her and went back happily.
They are also very satisfied with the wages.
In order to get the workshop out as soon as possible, Zhou Yanqing and Qiao Mingjin had very tight deadlines, so they set a wage of forty cash. This was a lot of money. Even if they went to the city, it would be thirty cash a day at most.
Everyone was satisfied and waited for work to begin.
Qiao Mingjin, on the other hand, dug a well at home and had a clue about the workshop, so it was rare for her to have some free time.
On this day, Qiao Mingjin, Mingqi and Xiao Wan'er had breakfast together early in the morning, and then took them to learn arithmetic with their abacus in the yard.
Now that she has Yun Jin and others, she really has a lot of leisure time.
There was no need for her to carry chicken coops to the woods in the morning. She no longer had to carry water. He's father and others were also involved in root carvings at home, and Yun Jin helped her with all the chores.
Nowadays, apart from drawing some drawings, she has a free time every day and can take some time to amuse her children.
In fact, there was another thing that bothered her.
The chickens at home are growing up day by day. Now it is easier to put them in the forest to raise them. But what if they lay eggs?
Can she still wander around the woods every day, looking for eggs? Besides, her family is not the only one raising chickens in the woods. Does it matter who picks them up?
Moreover, there were many children in the village, so it was her two children's turn to look for eggs? They were afraid that all they would find were chicken feathers.
"Mom, look at Wan'er's beating, right?"
Her daughter's squealing voice interrupted her thoughts. Qiao Mingjin turned around and saw her daughter pulling her sleeve and pointing to the numbers on the abacus to show her.
Qiao Mingjin took a look and saw 5050.
Although my daughter calculated slowly, she typed out all the correct numbers.
"Wow, our Wan'er is so awesome, we're all right! It's so awesome, my mother smells so good..."
Qiao Mingjin hugged her daughter and kissed her heavily on her pink face, causing her daughter to twist and giggle. Following Qiao Mingjin's example, she held Qiao Mingjin's face with her two little hands and kissed each other.
This made Qiao Mingjin extremely happy.
Ming Qi next to him pouted and said, "Stupid Wan'er, I've done the math several times. I know how to do subtraction."
Qiao Mingjin turned around and touched her head, and said: "Well, our Mingqi is also the best. He is so fast in such a short time. We also need to practice subtracting Baizi carefully, and he will teach Wan'er after he has mastered adding Baizi.
she."
Ming Qi's face suddenly became brighter and he nodded heavily: "Yes! Sister, don't worry, I will practice with Wan'er every day. I will teach her well."
"Okay, what a good boy."
"Mother, mother, I am a good boy too!"
"Yes, our Wan'er is also a good boy. It's great!"
After Qiao Mingjin made the abacus, she began to teach Mingqi and her daughter to practice abacus. In addition to teaching them counting, he also taught them addition and subtraction within one hundred.
Using an abacus is the best way. Not only does the brain, hands and eyes work together, the brain becomes more active and the fingers become more nimble. In the process of using the abacus, the whole person also becomes more focused and learns to concentrate on doing things.
Mingqi learned very well, and in a short period of time she memorized the abacus formula by heart. Jia Baizi also did calculations quickly and accurately. Sometimes she could do some simple arithmetic without an abacus.
It's just that Wan'er is young after all, and when Qiao Mingjin teaches her, he just wants her to concentrate on learning one thing, to practice her brain power, eyesight and finger flexibility, and to sharpen her temperament.
Qiao Mingjin doesn't ask her to learn much. He just teaches her to count. She needs to be able to count within a hundred smoothly. It doesn't matter if the abacus is wrong, as long as she can use her eyes, hands and brain flexibly.
It's just that Wan'er's memory is very good. When Qiao Mingjin taught her to read some simple ancient poems, she discovered that her daughter had an excellent memory.
Generally speaking, if you read something to her two or three times, she will be able to remember it.
Qiao Mingjin then tried to teach her to memorize the abacus formula. He taught her three sentences a day and asked her to practice on the abacus repeatedly. Now she has memorized the formula by heart with stumbling steps!
Although the speed is not fast, she can accurately dial the beads on the abacus by reciting the formula. She can also dial the correct number on the abacus for additions within one hundred.
Qiao Mingjin felt very pleased.
The day before, I taught her three formulas and watched her practice on the abacus repeatedly. Even Qiao Mingjin found it boring. But her daughter was able to move a small stool and sit in the yard by herself, putting the abacus on her knees, safely
Sitting steadily, reading and dialing at the same time, I got used to it stumblingly.
Qiao Mingjin couldn't explain how she felt in her heart.
After her daughter learned the abacus, when Qiao Mingjin was busy, she could look back and see her daughter's little body sitting under the eaves or in the yard, playing with an abacus by herself. She read silently while reading.
A little figure counting beads.
The small abacus made especially for her has become a toy that her daughter never leaves her hand. She always puts it next to her pillow when she goes to bed.
Ever since her daughter was busy working on root carvings at home, her daughter had always been sensible and not disturbed her, and just followed her aunt. When her aunt was busy in the kitchen preparing meals for everyone, she would move the table by herself.
Sitting on a stool in the yard, a man was playing with an abacus.
It's always where Qiao Mingjin can see it when she turns around.
Qiao Mingjin felt sour and bitter when she saw it.
Her daughter is becoming more and more cheerful, but she doesn't want her daughter to be closed off because of her difficulties.
"Wan'er, Mom is free today, can you help me tie your pigtails?"
As soon as the little thing heard this, his eyes immediately opened wide and were as bright as a clear spring.
Nodding like a pound of garlic: "Yeah! Mom, Wan'er, go get the comb and hairband!"
After saying that, his little body immediately got off the stool and swung toward the house.
"Sister, can you help me comb my hair too?" Ming Qi looked at Qiao Mingjin with wide eyes and asked.
"Okay, sister will also help our Mingqi tie her hair today, just make it look good!"
"kindness!"
Although nine-year-old Mingqi is very sensible and helps her with various housework, washing vegetables, cooking, and taking care of her children, etc., she is still a child after all.
Qiao Mingjin watched her rushing towards the room in a hurry, shook her head and smiled.
Soon the aunt and nephew grabbed their own things and ran out. Each of them also held a small wooden box in their arms.
The small wooden box was made for the two of them by He Xiaochun and the others these days after they came here. The two little ones liked it very much and put their most cherished things in it.
"Mom, help Wan'er comb her hair first!"
"Okay, then you bring a stool and sit in front of me."
"Sister, I'll move it!" Mingqi went to the yard to move two stools and ran over.
Xiao Wan'er immediately took one and ran to her mother, turned around and sat down with her back to her mother.
He quickly used his hands to pull the two buns on her head, making them a mess.
Qiao Mingjin sat on the stool, folded her legs and circled her daughter in front of him, took a comb and slowly combed her daughter's hair.
It had been a long time since she had bothered to comb her daughter's hair.
When she got up, her daughter was still asleep. So when her daughter woke up, it was Mingqi who helped her comb her hair. The two aunts and nephews just randomly picked two buns and tied them up. How much hair was on both sides and whether there were any.
Don't care about the road.
Country people are not that particular. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
ps: Dear friends, this chapter is still a supplement to yesterday’s chapter.
