When Man Bao woke up the next day, she heard the commotion in the compound. After washing up, she walked over curiously with a small bookcase on her back.
The compound where twenty or so women stood was quiet for a moment, and then the familiar Dazhu daughter-in-law stepped forward and grabbed Man Bao's hand, and said cheerfully, "Gu Man Bao, wake up, come and see, these They are all here to work, do you think you can stay?"
Everyone looked at Man Bao with piercing eyes.
Man Bao was taken aback, and seeing the familiar Dayuan daughter-in-law inside, he asked, "Dayuan daughter-in-law, do you want to work in the small farm too?"
"No, no, no," Dayuan's daughter-in-law quickly waved her hands and said, "My family has enough land, it's not me, it's my aunt who wants to come."
She pulled a thin woman to step forward, and said with a smile, "Gu Man Bao, don't look at my aunt as small, but in fact she has great strength, and she does her work neatly. If you don't believe me, just do her best for the rest of the day." , it’s not good for you to retreat.”
"My sister-in-law is also good. She has been farming since she was a child. Who knows how to farm..."
"My aunt is also good..."
There was a commotion in the yard, and it was only then that Manbao realized that only twelve of the twenty or so people came to work, and they were only led by relatives in the village.
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief, there were not many people there.
Mrs. Qian quickly stopped everyone's conversation, and said with a smile: "Man Bao alone can't make up his mind about this matter, why not let Man Bao take you to Bai's house to meet Mrs. Bai. You don't know, it's Mrs. Bai who decides to invite people. , the wages are also paid more from there.”
After hearing this, Xiaoqian went to the kitchen to wrap a pancake, cracked an egg into the bowl, sprinkled a handful of green onion and salt, rinsed the egg water with boiling water, and poured it directly into the bamboo tube.
Xiaoqian put the two things into Man Bao's bookcase, and said: "Go to the school to eat, don't go into the small courtyard, go in after eating outside the door, so as not to fume sir."
Man Bao said "Oh" and led everyone directly to Bai's house.
Everyone came out to work for the first time, and they were very nervous, even the villagers in Qili Village who led them here were very nervous, so they couldn't help but squeezed to Man Bao and asked her, "Gu Man Bao, what's so special about this hired worker?" request?"
"No," Man Bao said, "It's just that you need to know how to farm, work hard, and be obedient."
She thought for a while and said: "It's the same as planting your own land, except that you can't be lazy when the farmer doesn't call for a break. At noon, the Bai family will provide lunch. After avoiding the hottest noon, you will start working and wait for food. You can go home after about half an hour after dinner."
Man Bao asked them curiously, "Do you want to go home or live here?"
The women became nervous, "Do you still have to live here?"
"Of course it's better to go back to your own home." Man Bao also felt that there were too many of them, and the house might not be able to accommodate so many people, so he said, "I'm afraid that your home is too far away and it will be inconvenient to go back and forth, so you can live here. But we only have one mudroom, and you have a lot of people crammed together, so go home and live if you can."
Everyone felt relieved when they heard this, and Dazhu's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Aunt Man Bao doesn't have to worry about this. At worst, it's not too difficult to let them live with relatives."
After crossing the river and walking forward for a while, it is Baijia.
Man Bao knocked on the door directly, and Bai Shanbao was just about to go out. When he met her, he was surprised, "What are you doing at my house so early in the morning?"
Pointing to the people behind him, Man Bao said: "They are here to apply for the job, let Grandma Liu come out and see if they can be hired."
Only then did Bai Shanbao notice that there was a group of people standing behind her, he turned to the doorman and said, "Go and tell the old lady."
The concierge went away.
When a group of women saw Bai Shanbao, they didn't dare to move for a moment, the scene immediately became quiet, and everyone stood quietly.
Bai Shanbao stood aside and talked to Man Bao, "Have you finished the homework assigned by Mr. last night?"
Man Bao nodded in distress, "I was so sleepy, I pinched myself several times before I finished writing."
Bai Shanbao breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought I was the only one like this. I don't know if my husband will assign homework tonight."
"Then go back to my house at noon and pay homage to Master Tianzun?"
Bai Shanbao said: "I don't talk about strange power and confusion."
"It's good to have some sustenance, don't say anything else, don't you feel at ease?"
"If you are willing to walk for two or three quarters of an hour to come back, and another two or three quarters of an hour to go to the field, just go for worship."
Man Bao thought for a while and said, "Master Tianzun is everywhere, so it's okay for me to worship him in the wild."
Bai Shanbao:..."
Nanny Liu came out quickly, and when she saw the two children standing at the door with their bookcases on their backs, she smiled and said, "Master, Miss Man, you go to school, just leave these people to me."
Man Bao then walked with Bai Shanbao. The women's faces were a little uneasy. Da Zhu's wife couldn't help calling Man Bao in a low voice, "Gu Man Bao, this..."
Man Bao comforted them, "Don't worry, Grandma Liu is very good, as long as it is suitable, she will naturally keep you."
Nanny Liu showed a kind smile to them, and said: "Don't worry, everyone, our old lady wants to see you, as long as you can farm land and are not lazy, we will stay if you are suitable. Come in with me."
The women were slightly relieved, and followed Nanny Liu into the door anxiously.
And Man Bao followed Bai Shanbao to the school.
When she got outside the school, Man Bao didn't go into the small courtyard, but sat down on a clean stone step and took out her breakfast food.
Bai Shanbao was not in a hurry to go in, he sat beside her and looked at her, "Why don't you have breakfast?"
"They came too early. I just got up, and they were waiting in the yard."
Man Bao opened the bamboo tube, took a sip of the still warm egg water, and then took out the warm pancakes wrapped in lotus leaves and took a sip.
Bai Shanbao watched her eat and couldn't help swallowing.
Man Bao gave half of it to him.
Bai Shanbao sat beside her and ate together, while eating, he said: "Your sister-in-law's cooking skills are really good, since the school closed, I can no longer eat the meals she cooks."
Man Bao said: "You come to my house for dinner at night. My sister-in-law must also make pancakes and boil eggs at night."
Bai Shanbao nodded after thinking about it, "Okay, I'll go to your house for dinner."
Bai Shanbao took out a pack of snacks from his book box, and shared a few pieces with Man Bao. After everyone sat down and rested after eating and drinking, Bai Erlang walked over yawning and weary.
Carrying the bookcase on his back, he went all the way to the front of the school, only to see rows of people sitting on the stone steps. He tried hard to open his eyes and asked, "What are you doing?"
Man Bao said: "We said we were waiting for you, do you believe it?"
Bai Erlang said expressionlessly: "I don't believe it."
Bai Shanbao patted his buttocks together with Man Bao and got up, "Then what are you talking about, let's go in."