Qiao Mingjin saw the eager faces of Sister Xiu and his wife, so she told them what she wanted to do.
"Did you go to the city to sell abacus a few days ago?"
Sister Xiu looked surprised. Didn't any of the shops in the city plan to sell abacus?
Qiao Mingjin saw his couple acting like this, smiled, and said: "The abacus I made is different from the current ones. The sales are quite good these days. I have also received some orders. There is about a hundred pieces, and I have to rush it."
It was completed within ten days. In the past few days, He Xiaochun, his father and his son, and He's father's two apprentices also rushed out some. But they had to work on it urgently. It would be best if they could get it out as soon as possible. This thing is not difficult to imitate.
I'm afraid that within a few days, cheaper imitations will be made. Even though half of the deposit is required, others can still return it."
After hearing this, Yue Dalei said: "I have never done abacus. I'm afraid I can't do anything too detailed."
After hearing this, Qiao Mingjin said: "It's okay. Brother can help split the wood and grind the beads. This way, we can make it faster."
After hearing this, Yue Dalei nodded with confidence: "Sure, I can do all this work."
"Then brother, please come over early tomorrow morning. Since we have to rush to work, it may be a bit hard, so I will pay my brother eighty cents a day."
After hearing this, Sister Xiu hurriedly waved her hands and said: "Why do you need so much wages! No way. If you have something to do, just ask him to help. How can you say that the wages are not paid? If you feel embarrassed, just pretend that he is in the city for the day.
Just give him fifty cents as wages."
Qiao Mingjin was very moved after hearing this.
Then he said: "I have to rush to work. When I am busy, I may not have time to drink water. Let's say it is eighty cents. Maybe I will have something to trouble big brother in the future."
Sister Xiu refused twice. Seeing that Qiao Mingjin was not interested, she had no choice but to give up.
He turned around and said to his man: "You have to do it carefully! My sister is going to be sold for money, so you can't do it casually."
Yue Dalei rolled his eyes at her and said, "How can I still not know?"
Qiao Mingjin and Sister Xiu looked at each other, smiled, and stepped up to shovel the soil...
That night, when Yue Dalei loaded up two chicken cages on an ox cart and went back, he went to Qiao Mingjin's house to take a look. He also listened to some advice from He's father and others. He soon knew what he wanted to do.
Only early the next morning, he knocked on the door.
At that time, Mingjue and Mingheng had already taken the oxen and delivered firewood into the city. Qiao Mingjin also prepared breakfast and prepared to carry chicken coops into the mountains to raise them.
After Yue Dalei entered the door, he and He Xiaochun and others started working hard. He was considered a veteran, and he had been working outside for many years, and he had done some carpentry work. Although he was not as proficient as those who specialized in carpentry work such as Father He and others.
.However, he can still do hard work, splitting wood, grinding and other tasks very well.
With his joining, the work efficiency of He Xiaochun and the four people has been greatly improved, and the speed has also been much faster.
Qiao Mingjin carried chicken cages into the mountain and found that besides her and Sister Xiu, there were also many villagers who also carried chicken cages and went into the mountain to raise chickens. The chickens were all over the hillside.
Fortunately, there are no other ferocious beasts in the mountains. Otherwise, how many ferocious beasts can this feed?
It seems that the people in the village are not stupid.
The chickens are raised at home. They have to take care of them and prepare chicken food three times a day. The chicken excrement is very smelly. Once they are released in the mountains, the chickens do not need to be fed. They only need to be placed in the chicken coop.
Put a sink nearby with water, and the chicken can find food by itself in the forest.
And some chickens don't even go back to the cage to drink water, so the water in the forest and mountain stream is enough for them to drink.
Carrying them into the mountains to raise them like this is much easier than raising them at home. That means you have to carry the cages back and forth in the morning and evening. But it saves a lot of time.
Qiao Mingjin put down the chicken cage at the fixed place in the mountains. He opened the chicken cage and watched his chickens happily heading into the forest. Just as he was about to walk into the forest, he saw the second and fourth sons of the Yue family were also there.
Each picked up a load of chicken cages and went into the mountain.
The three of them faced each other, and Yue Lao Er and Yue Lao Si were somewhat embarrassed.
However, the two of them still called her: "Sister-in-law (third sister-in-law)".
Qiao Mingjin smiled lightly and nodded at them.
Yue Laosi put the cage down on the ground and said to Qiao Mingjin: "Sister-in-law, are you so early?"
Qiao Mingjin also looked at him and replied, "Yes."
As soon as the words fell, the three of them were a little confused about what to say.
Yue Laosi scratched his head and said: "Third sister-in-law, please take Wan'er home for dinner when you have time."
Yue Laoer also helped: "Yes, yes, Donggen and Linglong are also thinking about Wan'er. My younger siblings also brought her home to play with the children."
Qiao Mingjin said nothing, only looked at them with a faint smile.
The two of them were a little embarrassed.
After all, the mother and daughter had moved away for quite a while, and my family hadn’t visited her home very often, and the village wasn’t that far apart. I even asked someone to help sell eggs, but they didn’t get much benefit, so they just went inside.
With the hard-earned money, there might be something broken on the road. And none of the children in the family went to play with Wan'er's cousin.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at them and said, "You guys are busy, I'll go for a walk in the mountains."
The two of them nodded hurriedly as if they had been granted amnesty: "Brother and sister-in-law (third sister-in-law), you can go on your own."
Qiao Mingjin nodded to them, turned around and entered the forest.
Since she and Wan'er moved out, their mother and daughter seemed to have little contact with their in-laws. Now that they meet again, they are almost like strangers.
Qiao Mingjin shook his head, forgetting all the people in the Yue family, and started walking in the woods.
Nowadays, pheasants and hares are rare in the woods. She has not encountered one or two along the way. In the past, as long as she walked into the woods, she could encounter pheasants or pheasants escaping from the grass in a panic at any time.
It's a hare.
It seems that the people in Xiahe Village are not stupid. In just a short period of time, the number of pheasants and rabbits has dropped sharply.
But now the sound of chickens flapping their wings can be heard everywhere in the woods.
This mountain provides the people of Xiahe Village with firewood for firewood, and now helps feed so many chickens...
Qiao Mingjin walked around, picked a large handful of black fungus, wrapped it in wide leaves from the forest, and went down the mountain.
After going down the mountain, she picked up a basket and a shovel without stopping to shovel the soil. The four acres of land around her home had not been filled in yesterday, and they had to fill it for another day today. They would fill it with fertilizer for another day tomorrow, and then they could go up.
Planted winter melons, pumpkins and some fruit trees.
At the beginning of the morning, Sister Xiu also came to help her.
Fortunately, Sister Xiu and her cow were here. Otherwise, Qiao Mingjin would just have to carry load after load to the house, or wait for her to fall down. Her shoulders were so bruised that they couldn't even fill the space in front of and behind the house.
Mingheng and Mingjue came back in the afternoon and joined the shoveling process, as well as Liu Qi.
This morning, Liu Qi was also clamoring to follow her to the city.
It's just that he may have been too excited yesterday and was brave. He shoveled a lot of soil and filled in the soil as if for fun. When he finished the work yesterday, he didn't care at all that the dish was different from his own, and he didn't care whether it was different or not.
Whether the meat or rice is polished rice, just pick up the bowl and fill your mouth with rice.
I ate two big bowls in a row.
Then he followed Mingheng to the well to take a bath. It was very late before he fell into a deep sleep.
Perhaps they were extremely tired. When Qiao Mingjin, He Xiaochun and the others finished work and went to bed, they could still hear Liu Qi snoring from inside the room.
This morning, when Mingheng woke up, he woke up in a daze without opening his eyes. Mingheng wanted him to sleep at home, but he grabbed Mingheng's clothes and refused to let go.
Qiao Mingjin had no choice but to wipe his hands and face and put on his clothes. But he didn't even open his eyes to eat breakfast. Qiao Mingjin had no choice but to let Mingjue carry him onto the back of the cow, and then let Mingheng sit behind him. From behind.
I held him in my arms and carried him all the way into the city.
The three of them came back from the city in the afternoon, and the ox cart loaded half of the ox cart's contents.
Liu Qi shouted excitedly, pulled the package and began to divide the things.
Tell us what is in which packages, which ones contain meat, which ones contain food, and which ones have snacks and fruits.
He did not leave behind the rivers and willow branches that came to play, and everyone got a lot of food. Several children immediately happily played with him.
Mingjue glanced at the children and told his sister that Liu Yuanwai had ordered someone to wait at the city gate early in the morning. Knowing that his son would definitely follow him into the city, he asked his servants to prepare a bunch of things.
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In addition to Liu Qi's own clothes, she also packed several large bags, as well as purchased polished rice, meat, vegetables, oil, salt, melons, fruits, snacks, etc., which were loaded onto half an oxcart.
Qiao Mingjin picked some and gave them to Sister Xiu. Sister Xiu didn't show any pretense and accepted them happily. Then she helped dig the soil again.
By the time it was almost dark, the four acres of land in front of and behind the house had been filled in.
Since there were four people at home including Father He, plus Liu Qi, a young guest from the city, and the various dried fish, meat, vegetables, polished rice and other things he had brought from the city today, Qiao Mingjin left Sister Xiu and her family to have dinner at home.
Two tables were gathered together.
There was no extra table at home, so Yue Dalei went back to his house and brought his table over.
There were no extra stools, so I took a basket and turned it upside down on the ground, propped the table top on it, and moved some half-height wooden stakes from the woodshed to serve as stools.
Liu Qi was still feeling so new that he didn't even sit on the stool given to him. Instead, he yelled to sit on the wooden pillar. However, the wooden pillar was too narrow, and an inattentive person threw him backwards.
This guy was a very honest and shameless guy, and he wasn't shy at all. He even joked with Ming Heng who was laughing at him.
It actually made Chang He, Liu Zhi and Wan'er like him even more.
Qiao Mingjin looked at him coldly, thinking that this child was not too naughty.
Maybe it's just that he doesn't like studying. Willful and arrogant is a problem that every rich young master has at some point. This child is brave enough to act, especially not picky about food, which Qiao Mingjin particularly likes.
I saw him coming with me before, and I was worried about him all the way back.
She knows the situation of her family well. The rice she eats at home is all broken rice mixed with dried sweet potatoes and boiled. There are only a few vegetarian dishes on the table, and she can't bear to add more oil. Salt is also expensive, but sometimes she can eat it.
It's hard to swallow, let alone the young master from this city.
But it's very good. This child has seen everything new, curious about everything, and played hard. He doesn't care whether he has fine clothes and food, a fragrant quilt, bath beans, etc.
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It actually made Qiao Mingjin feel a lot relieved.
The family has been working on it for several days, and the four acres of land in front of and behind the house are all ready. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support.
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