There was a bamboo plaque at home that was slightly larger than a table. Jin Xiaoye moved two benches outside, put the bamboo plaque on it, and then put the rice inside to dry.
This kind of bamboo plaque is mainly used for raising silkworms. However, their family does not have mulberry fields, so Jin Xiaoye does not raise silkworms. On weekdays, they mainly use it to dry and store grain.
After drying the grain, Jin Xiaoye went back to the house and took out her sewing basket to do some needlework.
Li Qingzhi took a look and found that what she was cutting were the pants that the original owner wore when she escaped from the quarry.
This was a pair of tattered trousers, which Li Qingzhi thought were no longer wearable. However, Jin Xiaoye cut the trousers shorter and used the relatively intact fabric from the trouser legs to mend the hole in the upper part of the trousers, thus making a pair of shorts.
The scholars and wealthy people of this era were more particular and would not expose their breasts, but this was not the case for ordinary people, especially those at the bottom of society who lived a hard life.
Many of the men, including those carrying goods on the dock, working in the fields, and rowing boats on the river, were shirtless.
As for women, those whose families are better off would wear short-sleeved single clothes. If their families are poor, they would take apart the quilting in their winter clothes and wear them, rolling up their sleeves to keep out the heat.
The shorts made by Jin Xiaoye are often worn by men in the village in summer.
While doing this, Jin Xiaoye said to Li Qingzhi, "You don't want these pants, do you? If you don't want them, I'll give them to Dad."
The father that Jin Xiaoye is talking about is Li Laogen.
Li Qingzhi said, "Give it to Dad." He really didn't want these patched pants.
The main reason was that the original owner left two sets of clothes at home, so he was not short of clothes to wear for the time being.
Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaoye continued to do her needlework and collected the cut scraps of cloth.
These scraps of cloth can be used to paste the soles of shoes.
Jin Xiaoye was not very careful when doing needlework. She had never liked doing such delicate work since she was a child. As she was doing it, someone came in and said, "Xiaoye!"
Li Qingzhi looked and saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law coming in with his brother-in-law.
Jin Xiaoye's grandparents raised two sons and two daughters in total. One of the daughters married in the next village, and the other married in their village. The two sons are Jin Xiaoye's uncle and father.
Jin Xiaoye's grandfather knew a little about cooking and used to prepare banquets for the villagers. Jin Xiaoye's uncle relied on this skill to work as a cook in the nearby Xiangjun, earning two strings of cash a month.
Jin Xiaoye's father inherited her grandfather's "business". In addition to farming, if there was a wedding or funeral in the village, he would go over and prepare a banquet.
City people look down upon Mr. Jin's craftsmanship, and rural people don't have much money, so he doesn't earn much. He only makes thirty cents for cooking a banquet for someone, and if the host is polite, he will give him something else.
Speaking of income... Li Qingzhi converted it according to the original owner's memory and found that if the money of Da Qi where he was was converted into rice price, one penny in this era was roughly equivalent to two yuan before the end of the world.
One guan is one thousand wen, equivalent to two thousand yuan.
Jin Xiaoye's uncle earned 4,000 yuan a month, and Jin Xiaoye's father only earned 60 yuan by cooking a banquet for others. It seemed very little, but at that time the farmers had no source of income, and the Jin brothers being able to make money like this was already very enviable.