When Man Bao returned to Lao Zhou's house with a rope tied to eight or nine birds, the dinner was almost ready.
As soon as He saw the bird in her hand, he took it naturally, and then remembered to ask, "Didn't dad let you move the ears of wheat?"
Man Bao said: "This is not from our family, it is the ears of wheat that Bai Erlang took from his family."
He nodded, not paying attention.
After Lao Zhou came back, he asked one more question, "Does Master Bai know?"
Man Bao thought of Bai Erlang asking his servants to bring a large bundle of wheat ears, so he nodded hesitantly and said, "I should know."
Old Zhou was relieved. Unlike their family, the Bai family had a lot of food. Even if the disaster was serious this time, the food they harvested was not comparable to theirs.
Old Zhou took a piece of bird meat and said: "Hurry up and collect all the beans in the field. Master Bai's family is looking for someone, and they will work for three more days. Third son, you can take fourth son to Master Bai's house to get them." The eldest son stays at home to thresh wheat and beans, while the second son continues to go to the city to sell vegetables."
The brothers agreed.
Originally, Zhou Tou didn't plan to let his sons go to Master Bai's house to do part-time work this year, because the family had an extra piece of land from Zhou Zhoulang, so they couldn't spare so much time.
However, due to the disaster this year, there is not enough work to do. Since the work at home is done quickly, of course I have to do part-time work.
In fact, there were quite a few people who thought the same as old Zhou Tou, so when Zhou Zhou Lang finally took Zhou Zhou Lang to Bai's house, he found that there were a lot of people looking for work.
But they also have advantages,
Zhou Zhoulang is a capable person who has recorded his name with the steward of the Bai family, and he is still from the same village, so the steward of the Bai family accepted him as soon as he saw Zhou Zhoulang, and his salary was slightly lower than that of previous years.
No way, after the catastrophe, even during the busy farming season, labor is very cheap.
If it weren't for Master Bai being cautious enough and only willing to use the acquaintances he used in previous years, he only provided three meals a day, and he could attract many people with a wave of his hand in the county town.
The steward of the Bai family accepted Zhou Zhoulang without hesitation. When it was Zhou Zhoulang's turn, he struggled for a while, and finally accepted with a frown.
The steward lived with Master Bai in Qili Village, and was mainly in charge of the fields in Qili Village and Dali Village. Naturally, he knew that his young man and the young lady of the Zhou family were very close, and they played together every day recently.
Forget it, let’s not look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha.
The steward reluctantly accepted Zhou Zhoulang, but still told Zhou Zhoulang, "Wednesday, you have to watch your brother a little bit."
Zhou Zhoulang quickly bent down to answer, and Zhou Zhoulang also smiled and promised that he would work hard.
The steward waved his hand, asked someone to send them two sickles, and left.
Zhou Zhoulang sighed while holding the sickle, "My old waist."
Zhou Lang looked at him.
Zhou Zhoulang hurriedly said: "Third Brother, don't worry, I will definitely not be lazy, so don't complain to Dad."
Zhou Zhoulang withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go, let's go to the field."
The Bai family's wheat hasn't been harvested yet.
The land in other places of Master Bai’s house may have Zhuangzi, which is cultivated by servants, or the land is mainly leased to tenants, and Zhuangzi is also set up to manage it.
Only the fields of Qili Village and Dali Village were nearby, and Master Bai paid more attention to it. Therefore, besides twenty or so long-term workers and a dozen or so servants, he preferred to hire nearby villagers as part-time workers.
It is precisely because of this that Master Bai was able to quickly integrate into the local villagers in the first two years after moving to Qili Village.
Not only in Qili Village, but also in Dali Village.
After all, everyone can rely on him to make money when the farming is busy, and when the farming is slack, everyone can still rely on him to make money, right
The country people are simple and honest, and they are always grateful to the boss who can provide them with food and clothing.
Because of this, no matter sowing or harvesting in his family's area, it will always be a little slower than that of others.
Master Bai didn't like to grow beans. Compared with beans, wheat that could be ground into flour was naturally more delicious, so most of the dry land in Master Bai's house was planted with wheat.
They went to the village from a distance to cut. At this time, there is still a large area that has not been cut, and the beans can be harvested after the cut is finished.
In fact, Zhou Lang prefers to cut beans.
He yawned, resigned to his fate, and followed the third brother's buttocks to cut the wheat, only resting for an hour at noon.
Although the three meals a day that the Bai family is responsible for are good, but such a workload, and it is done under the sun, still makes Zhou Zhoulang a lot of pain.
When he was in pain, he couldn't help but want to fish, anyway, it wasn't his own land.
Zhou Zhoulang's movements became slower and slower, and then he heard the rustling sound behind him, he couldn't help but froze, and immediately cut with all his strength, after a while, when he heard that there was no movement behind him, he couldn't help but Live and look back.
Not far away, a very familiar little boy was instructing a servant to pile up several piles of wheat they had cut, and then tie them up and carry them away.
Zhou Zhoulang couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Langjun, is this also going to the field to help harvest the wheat?"
Master Bai is willing to order his precious little son around
Bai Erlang turned his head to look at him, and it took a long time to recognize this dark man as Man Bao's fourth brother, so he grinned, "No, I want to catch sparrows with Bai Shan Zhouman, and I need wheat as bait."
Now not only Zhou Zhoulang was silent, even Zhou Zhoulang couldn't help but look back, seeing that the servants had already picked up the bundle of wheat, he couldn't help asking: "Is it too much?"
"Not at all, the more you sprinkle, the more birds will fly down," Bai Erlang said confidently: "We have been catching too hard these days, and it is no longer easy to catch birds at the entrance of the village." It’s gone, so I can only come here to catch it.”
Zhou Zhoulang didn't understand very well, "Does Mr. Xiao Lang also lack meat at home?"
"No, why do you ask that?"
"Since there is no shortage of meat, why do you have to catch birds?"
"Because it's fun!" Bai Erlang ate the bird for several days, even if he ate it in different flavors, he would get tired of it.
And the reason why he enjoys going to the field to carry wheat ears every day is because catching birds is very fun.
Up to now, he has gathered many friends to play this game together.
Yes, Bai Erlang has recruited many friends, so that even if Man Bao and Bai Shanbao are not present, they can still do a good job.
Of course, in order to be able to eat meat, Manbao will still come every day, but he will bring his own book.
Bai Shanbao thinks that fried or grilled bird snacks are also very good, so he will follow along and bring his own book.
Because there is only one set of fishing nets, they can't get the job of pulling the rope. Of course, they can't get the job of digging holes and burying sticks.
So they found a tree to sit and read a book, and occasionally pointed out how to adjust their positions.
Of course, when Bai Erlang arrives, he will firmly take over the command and won't let others get involved.
Both Bai Shanbao and Man Bao are tired of playing this game, so they naturally feel that it doesn't matter, he will let him direct if he wants, and because of this, when dividing the birds every day, Man Bao and Bai Shanbao can get the same amount as Bai Er. The number, euphemistically called, is an offering to the elders.
Well, Elder.