Unexpectedly, in such a sleepy situation, the second child actually survived. The life of the second child's family is more nourishing than before the separation. This unbalanced his mood again.
Especially when going to sea in spring, the amount of fish caught is much less than when Yu Hai was there, and the money earned is at least half less. Mother always nags and scolds him for his incompetence, not even half of Yu Hai's. The iron-like facts made him realize the gap between himself and Yu Hai, and the boulder that hadn't been put down for a long time weighed on his heart again.
He goes out to sea in the morning and in the afternoon, and sometimes goes out to dig sandworms in the middle of the night, exhausting himself. Isn't he just trying to win his breath and prove to his mother that he is no worse than Yu Hai
But the reality still makes him depressed, he is so exhausted and can't be free for a moment, earning only three or four hundred wen, but Yu Hai doesn't need to go to sea or dig sand, and his daily income is two or three times that of his... If Yu Dashan has read it The book will definitely send out the emotion of "he Shengliang is born with Yu".
Yu Hai, who didn't know that he was envied and hated by his elder brother, was discussing with his family with a sad face at this time, whether he should transfer the business of buying seafood!
Fang Fangzhen patted Yu Hai on the shoulder, and said in a resounding voice: "Hesitation is a fart! If you want to do it, then do it, if you don't do it, then throw it to someone else. What's the trouble?"
Yu Hai's mood at this time was very complicated. A lot of business in the family was created by the little girl. As a father, he can only serve as a helper. Let a child who is less than ten years old be busy with the family's livelihood all day long. As a father, he feels distressed and blames himself.
After all, Zhenxiulou created this opportunity for him, allowing him to increase some income for his family, no matter how busy, hard and tired he was, he was happy in his heart. However, the three acres of watermelons in the field are about to mature. Whether it is watching melons, picking melons or selling melons, it is absolutely impossible to leave him. That's why he wondered whether to continue to buy the seafood business, or to manage everything in the melon fields.
Hearing this, he smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Mingzhe, what you said is light. That's an income of three taels of silver a day, and nearly a hundred taels of silver a month. How can you just throw it away! But the melon field at home, And that's when people are needed... ”
Yu Xiaocao finally understood why her father was always frowning these days, she chuckled lightly and said, "Father, the melon field and the purchase of seafood are not in conflict! I know, you must think that the labor at home is not enough to take care of both." .I have an idea, you can see if it works!"
Yu Hai's youngest daughter's performance in the past six months has impressed Yu Hai, he never dared to treat her like a child. Yu Hai heard the words and said hopefully: "Cao'er, what a good idea you have, come and hear it!"
Xiaocao organized her words, thought for a while, and said: "Our watermelon is almost ripe, and we really need people to watch it. It's okay during the day, but there must be people at the melon field at night. Dad, the task of watching melons, in addition to you really Nobody can do it!"
The house was smashed, smashed the mouth, brushed the sense of presence, and said: "It's just a melon! I'll go and call Li Li or Wu Yun back, isn't everything resolved?"
Yu Xiaocao smiled sweetly at her godfather, and said, "Godfather, the two eldest brothers are already busy at the pier, why bother them with our family's private affairs? Besides, it's not right to watch melons and sell melons." One or two days, your idea won't work!"
Fang Fangzhen glared, and said, "It's their honor for me to let them handle their private affairs. I think I was the one who rescued these two recruits back from the dead."
"Godfather, I know you are amazing! However, it is not something we can do to repay favors. Even if Brother Li and Brother Wu offered to help, I would not agree!" Of course Yu Xiaocao would not Let the godfather be criticized by others.
House Town is also aware of this and feels very caring. It is good to have a girl!
Yu Xiaocao said to her father who was hesitating to speak, "As for the purchase of seafood, I also know that my brother can't do it alone."
Yu Hang opened his mouth, but closed it unwillingly. What the younger sister said is the truth, he is only eleven or twelve years old, not to mention whether the villagers believe him or not, buying seafood has to be weighed and collected money, and the collected goods must be put back together. human work.
Yu Xiaocao gave him a comforting look, and continued: "We are too busy, we can ask someone to help! Now it is not the harvest season, and the villagers have a lot of free time! We can choose a trustworthy Yes, let him help with father's job. We don't let him work for nothing, just pay him a day's work!"
"You mean to hire someone to do it? But, if you're a fellow in the village, I'm afraid you won't lose face..." Yu Hai felt that hiring someone to make money for him was like a rich landlord exploiting poor peasants. It felt bad!
"Father, what's there to save face? It's the same as our family hiring someone to help build the house and take care of the food and pay the wages! Didn't people work for nothing?" Yu Xiaocao expressed puzzled.
Yu Hai thought about it, and it seemed to be the same reason. He hesitated and said: "Then... who do you think would be good to ask for help? How much will you pay per day?"
"This person, of course, must be selected with excellent character, practical and capable!" Yu Xiaocao already had this candidate in her heart, and said with a smile.
Yu Hang pursed his lips and didn't speak for a long time, but now he said: "I think Uncle Santang is quite suitable. When our family is busy, he always comes to help. We all know what he is! Dad, If you feel sorry, you can give Uncle Third Tang some more money!"
Yu Hai thought about it for a while, and his cousin Yu Jiang was very intelligent and affectionate, he was indeed a good candidate, so he nodded in agreement.
The next day, it was a sunny day, and the sun shone warmly on my body. Yu Hai went to his uncle's house early this morning, and told his uncle's family all about the hope that Yu Jiang would come to help, and even brought up the matter of remuneration with a little embarrassment.
Uncle Yu Lichun was very angry at first. I feel that it hurts feelings to ask relatives to do a favor or something. Yu Jiang also emphasized again and again that he would help, but he would never ask for money.
Yu Hai was very moved in his heart, part of the family affection that was missing in his own family was made up in the uncle's house. He resisted his uncle's preaching and explained earnestly for a long time.
"Uncle, in fact, I didn't ask Xiao Jiang to help me for a day or two, but to cooperate with him for a long time. Let me tell you the truth, I bought 10% of the hard work fee for the seafood delicacy restaurant. How can the elder brother make money by himself, but let the younger brother work for Bai?"
"Don't worry about getting angry, just listen to me! The seasoning workshop of Zhenxiu Restaurant needs a long-term supply of seafood. One of our two families has one person, so it's a joint venture between the two. I'm taking advantage of your family. Well, after all, our little Sha is still a half-grown child..."
Hearing that his cousin's family was too busy to handle the news that the two companies would cooperate in this business, Yu Jiang also felt that it was feasible. Hearing this, he hurriedly said something fair for Yu Hang: "Cousin, Xiaosha is young enough to work like a grown-up. Let's just talk about his ability to settle accounts, don't talk about me, he is the one in the town. The accountant doesn’t have an abacus, and he can’t count fast either!”
Of course, Xiaocao has quietly taught the multiplication formula to the brothers and sisters in the family, and it is no problem to do oral and mental calculations.
Finally, under Yu Hai's earnest and repeated requests, Yu Lichun finally agreed. However, he strongly disagreed with Yu Hai's proposed distribution of half of the family. Yu Lichun understood in his heart that Yu Hai was able to get this lucrative job because of the friendship between Zhenxiulou and him.
In the end, the two parties agreed on four or six points, with Yu Jiang taking four and Yu Hai taking six. Yu Hai felt very embarrassed, and felt that he had taken advantage of his uncle's family.
Early this morning, Yu Jiang took office. It was early morning when the tide was low, and as soon as it was dawn, folks came to sell sea oysters and unprocessed sea sausages. Yu Jiang, who had come to help several times, got started very quickly.
He is responsible for weighing and placing the collected seafood, while Yu Hang is responsible for accounting and settlement. Yu Hang learned how to read and write with his younger brother for a few months, and he has no problem reading and writing most commonly used characters. The two cooperated very well.
Yu Hai's family has never been short on seafood when purchasing seafood, nor is it like the heads of other villages to lower the purchase price. Therefore, not only Dongshan Village, but some fishermen from several nearby villages would also travel a little way to sell it to him.
Therefore, the purchase volume of the Yu family is increasing day by day. While working hard, the income has also increased a lot. After the settlement at night, Yu Jiang did not expect that he would get more than one or two taels of silver. You know, a working man in the middle of his life can only spend a few tens of pennies a day as a helper in the town.
He didn't do any heavy work, and when there were few people in the middle, he could rest for a while. At the end of the day, there were more than one or two income... Yu Jiang couldn't believe it, he even suspected that his cousin gave him more money.
When Yu Hang told him the account, Yu Jiang couldn't help being speechless. He originally thought that he agreed to help his cousin in this business, just to make a little money. Who would have thought that this month, at least, there would be an income of forty or fifty taels of silver. This is something he never dared to think of before!
For an ordinary commoner like him who has no skills and no ability, working hard all year round, earning five or six taels of silver through exhaustion, feels that it is a lot. Now there is no heavy work every day, easily four or fifty taels a month, and five or six hundred taels a year... Yu Jiang suddenly felt dizzy, as if he was dreaming.
When he got home, Yu Jiang tightly held the one, two or three coins in his hand, his palms were left with deep red marks from the broken silver. Yu Lichun, who was tending the vegetable garden in the yard, and his elder brother Yu Xi, who was chopping firewood, saw his absent-minded appearance, stopped what they were doing, and looked at him with concern.
"What's the matter? Didn't you go to help your second brother? Why did you come back so early? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Yu Lichun wanted to touch his palm, but found that his fist was clenched tightly.
Yu Jiang finally came back to his senses, and opened his fist with excitement, revealing the broken silver inside.