Yu Xiaocao, who handed over the processing of abalone, sea cucumber and shark's fin to her father, occupied her mother together with Xiaolian at night. Yu Hai had no choice but to make do with his eldest son Yu Hang and sleep on the same kang! When the youngest daughter is not at home, she panics; if she is at home, she will steal her daughter-in-law from him again. Yu Hai's entanglement!
The next day, Yu Xiaocao, who finally stayed at home for two days, couldn't be free. She followed her father early in the morning and came to help in the melon field.
The first batch of Yu family's watermelons didn't ripen too much, only about three to five thousand catties per day. Since Wang Ergou often comes to help and spares no effort in taking care of the watermelon, it is natural that he and the two uncles come first!
Wang Ergou made a lot of money selling watermelons last year, and bought a bullock cart this year. Why buy an ox cart instead of a horse cart? Economical! If you think about it, watermelons are sold for more than a month every year. If you buy an ox cart, you can pull people to see off guests in the town at ordinary times, and you can rent out the cattle to make money when the farming season is busy.
Now, thanks to the several workshops of Zhou's family, the villages near Dongshan Village are much richer than before. Going to the town to catch a market or something, I don't care about the few cents for the car fare! The old horse in the village next door is full of cars every day, which is faster than going to the wharf to get money!
Except for the head of the village, no one in the village buys cattle! The villagers of Dongshan Village, whose wallets began to bulge, lined up to rent the cattle from the village chief’s family when they arrived at the plowing land. Ten renminbi was an acre, and they could plow more than ten mu a day without plowing. Here we go! Don't mention it, Wang Ergou's head is used in the right place, it's still a bit clever!
When they arrived at the melon field, Yu Xiaocao's aunt's family was already busy! Liu Hu and Dagu's eldest son had already mastered the job of picking ripe melons. They were in charge of picking ripe watermelons, while Xiaocao's aunt and daughter carried the picked melons to the ground. Little Fang Ping obediently sat next to the watermelon and looked at the watermelon.
Wang Ergou's ox cart has already been led to the melon field, and Ergouzi has been busy in the field early in the morning. Seeing Yu Hai, he greeted him with a smile on his face: "Brother Da Da, I'm going to be in your favor again and make a lot of money!"
Maybe it's because of having a son, life is going ahead, Er Gouzi is much fatter than this time last year, and the appearance of the sharp-billed monkey cheeks has changed before, and his round face makes him look much more pleasing to the eye!
Yu Hai smiled and said: "You make money by working hard, how can you claim my favor? Work hard and save more money for your son to marry a wife!"
Wang Ergou laughed until he lost his eyes. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Dahai is right! I plan to use the money I earn from selling melons this year to build a house first. It will have five rooms and a big yard! "
Yu Hai patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, not bad! I'm quite optimistic about you!!"
At this time, Yu Xiaocao's two uncles also drove over in a carriage. The two cooperated with a well-known fruit shop in Fucheng, and two carts of watermelons passed by every few days, and they made a lot of difference in price from it!
Yu Hai and Xiaocao also went down to look for ripe watermelons. Due to time constraints and heavy tasks, Xiaocao asked the kitten transformed from Xiaobutianshi to help. Xiaobutianshi can clearly perceive the internal structure of each watermelon, and its spiritual power has not recovered enough, otherwise it can share what it sees and hears with Xiaocao. In other words, it can see into the watermelon. If the two share perception, then Xiaocao can also have the ability to see through!
Little Butianshi, who is still one step away from this kind of realm, has to work his poor little feet to shuttle between the melon bushes. Yu Xiaocao followed behind it and found a mature one, and the little golden cat rushed to it, meowing. Xiaocao bent down, pretended to pat, and picked the watermelon.
One person and one cat cooperated more and more tacitly, and soon Xiaocao left Dad far behind. Picking watermelons, in order to avoid duplication of work, they each share a piece of land. Yu Xiaocao quickly found all the ripe watermelons in the acre of land allocated to her. She attacked another piece of land.
Seeing that the youngest daughter was going too fast, Yu Hai was afraid that she would pick the raw melons, so he went over with some uneasiness and inspected the melons she picked carefully. There is no one who is not mature, so I am completely relieved.
With the little golden cat, the cheating artifact, Yu Xiaocao took over the work of picking three acres of land by himself, and successfully completed the task. Because of her fast speed, Fang Junping was afraid that some fish would slip through the net, so he searched carefully behind her again, and found that there was not a single ripe melon left in the field that his little cousin had picked.
The admiration and doubts in my heart were left behind by the heavy work of weighing and loading the truck. After the carriage was full of Wang Ergou and the Liu brothers, there were still a lot of watermelons. Liu Hu suggested that he and his eldest son drive a carriage to the town to sell the melons.
Yu Hai planned to also batch the melons to him according to the wholesale method, and the money earned would go to his brother-in-law. But was rejected by Liu Hu! In his opinion, the whole family ate and lived in Yu's house, and he owed a lot of money for medical treatment and medicine. If you take advantage of the Yu family again and use the Yu family's chariots, horses and watermelons to make money for yourself, it will be worse than a dog!
What Liu Hu meant was that he helped the Yu family sell melons, and all the money he earned belonged to the Yu family. Yu Hai knew that his sister and brother-in-law were in difficulties, so he would not take advantage of his brother-in-law. When the two were arguing in the melon field, Yu Xiaocao said, "Father, Uncle! If you continue to argue, the melon will rot in the field!"
Yu Caifeng glared at Yu Hai with a stern face, and said unhappily: "Xiao Hai! You are having trouble with your sister! My sister knows that you want to help me, but we are sisters and brothers-in-law, so let's just forget about it. You always take advantage of your younger brother, do you still have the face to hang out in Dongshan Village in the future? If you do this again, we will move out... "
Seeing his sister's unhappy expression, Yu Hai hurriedly explained: "Sister, I didn't mean that, I..."
"Father, Auntie, I have an idea, do you think it will work!" Yu Xiaocao came up with an idea when she saw that both parties were very persistent and had no intention of taking a step back.
Yu Hai knew that the little girl was always clever, so she would definitely be able to think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so she nodded repeatedly and said, "Cao'er, what do you think, let me hear it?"
"Father, auntie! One of you thinks that auntie's family has helped so much, and you are embarrassed to let her do white work; the other thinks that my father has helped you a lot, helping you with some work, so you can feel at ease..." Yu Xiaocao First analyze the psychology of the two.
When Yu Hai and Yu Caifeng heard the words, they kept nodding their heads in agreement!
"Auntie, Uncle, do you have any plans for the future?" Yu Xiaocao asked suddenly.
Liu Hu thought about it seriously, and said: "Your aunt and I have discussed it. After your family has been busy for a while, we will apply to the village chief for a homestead, and we will build a shed to move out... Dahai, listen to me." Say! I am also an upright man, so I can’t let my wife and brother support me forever! Why don’t people poke my back?”
Without waiting for Yu Hai to dissuade him, he said again: "Don't worry, I'm a gentleman, can't I even afford to support my wife and children? When I was in the Northeast, I often went up to the mountains to hunt some wild game to improve my life. , as long as you don’t go deep, there are still plenty of prey! With my body, I don’t have to worry about finding work on the pier! Your brother-in-law and I, even though we don’t have your skills, can’t starve your sisters and nephews !"
After these days of recuperation, Liu Hu's body has fully recovered. He is a typical northeastern man, with a burly figure, a hulking back, and great strength! As the head of the family, Yu Hai put himself in his brother-in-law's shoes and thought that what he said was right. Gentlemen, you can't always rely on others!
"Auntie, uncle! You don't want to drag my father down. We can understand this feeling. But we can't order you for nothing! You see, those who come to help pick vegetables every day are paid twenty yuan a day. You The whole family is helping to plant corn, and helping to look after the melon fields, and they are busy every day. If we don’t say anything, we are afraid that the village will say that we are being ordered by free workers who don’t need money!” Yu Xiaocao also told her father’s concern. On the one hand, Yu Hai wanted to help his sister and brother-in-law, but on the other hand, he was afraid that someone would gossip!
Yu Xiaocao paused for a moment, and then said: "As the saying goes, brothers and sisters settle accounts clearly! Auntie, uncle, can you see if this works! In the past, we would sell these watermelons on a case-by-case basis, the big ones were five taels of silver, and the small ones were four taels , sold at the last three taels of silver each! You pull to the side of Zhenxiu Restaurant and tell the shopkeeper there that it belongs to our family. If you want to set up a stall nearby, he will definitely not stop! You sell watermelons for us, and we will also sell watermelons. I can't let you work for nothing, and I will give you a commission of twenty silver coins for every watermelon sold, do you think it is okay?"
Yu Xiaocao didn't want to take advantage of her relatives, but she knew that if the commission was higher, her aunt and uncle would definitely disagree. A watermelon costs 20 cents, and there are at least thirty or forty watermelons in a cart. If two carts are pulled over a day, the aunt's family will have at least one or two taels of silver in income.
The production of watermelons at home can be sold for at least a month, and then the aunt's family can use the money from selling melons to build a decent house. My aunt has already decided to settle down in Dongshan Village, and having her own house is a must! What my uncle said about building a shack is fine in summer and autumn, but with the temperature in winter in the north, people will freeze to death!
Yu Caifeng wanted to say something, but was stopped by her eldest son Lala Yijiao. Liu Junping whispered in his mother's ear: "Mother, just follow what my little cousin said! We don't have the ability now, but in the future, there will always be a time to repay this affection! If we continue to argue, it will be dark." no result!"
Yu Caifeng struggled for a moment, she knew that once her younger brother decided something, eight horses would not be able to pull him back. Xiaocao's suggestion should be the biggest concession for my brother. As the eldest son said, the days are long, and the younger brother’s family is too busy. She will help them do more work in the future, and the whole family will help out when the farming season is busy. Just repay the debt slowly!