By the time we arrived at the reeds, the nests had been built and the reeds were already being harvested. Erya saw that they actually bent down to harvest reeds by harvesting rice, which was tiring on the one hand, and mainly very dangerous. She immediately called for a stoppage and designed a long sickle and a rake specifically for harvesting reeds. One is specially cut and the other is specially collected, and some people pick it up and put it at the door of the house to dry.

Because Erya wants sun-dried reeds, he picks three pennies, and he won't accept those that are not dried. Although everyone's life is not so poor that they don't have enough food and clothing, they can earn a little. If you do it well, a family can cut at least 50 picks a day, earn 150 copper coins a day, and earn more than 4 taels of silver a month, which can be regarded as a high income.

Because of the arrival of foreigners, people's topics and focus on watching the excitement have finally shifted from the bird's nest to the Caucasian with hooked noses, blue eyes, and yellow hair.

The children are giggling, you push me, I push you, and push each other in front of foreigners. Some of the bold ones turned their heads and pulled the children who pushed him behind and pulled them in front of the foreigner, and some of the timid ones looked at themselves very close to the foreigner's deep and sunken eyes, smiling at themselves, crying in fright, and their legs involuntarily retreated back.

The adults who temporarily took a break from work in the middle also finally saw the Western scenery, and they all surrounded the foreigners to see the strangeness. Lifting the death bar for the Western words that you don't understand, you say this is what he means, he says that he means that, and after a while, he blushes and has a thick neck. If it weren't for the fact that he was still a little measured in front of outsiders, I was afraid that he would be able to start fighting.

Xiaohu is also unhappy with them because these people actually laughed at the absurdity of their daughter-in-law letting people build a bird's nest. So knowing that his daughter-in-law could understand foreigners, he didn't let his daughter-in-law explain to them. Erya saw that Xiaohu stopped her from telling her, so she smiled and did not come forward to mediate. Let those people quarrel endlessly.

Lai Mingxun's father's health is really much better, he can walk around independently for an hour or two every day, and he will not be half-dead if he occasionally eats some greasy. After eating a bowl of rice, I no longer feel uncomfortable choking in my stomach.

The son and daughter-in-law's health gradually improved, and the loach and yellow eel were purchased by the Wang family and made seeds, and they got more than 30 taels of silver. Old man Lai's sky has always been sunny, since he came here. Just happily follow behind all day and night to do chores. Every time Xiaohu asked him to go home and be busy, he didn't need help here, he replied with a smile: "My son and daughter-in-law are much harder now." They can reach out to do things at home, and I want to follow you around in a panic at home. "I really couldn't persuade him, and Xiaohu let him later.

Two and one arrived. It was the turn of the old lady of the Lai family to follow suit. It's a pity that Er Ya is used to being self-reliant, and when the old lady has been following for several days and has no help, she sighs anxiously. Her daughter-in-law smiled and comforted her: "Mother! This lady of the Wang family is not that hypocritical person, so don't follow it anymore. She has so many things to be busy with, those foreigners have to find her for this and that, if you can't help, it will get in the way, she is not angry with her temper, if she has a bad temper, she may be angry at you. ”

"Hey! I know what you said. Then I'll help cook tomorrow, and I won't care about anything else. Always ask her this, ask her that. I guess she's going to be annoyed! ”

The old lady couldn't help, and kept asking, Er Ya really couldn't stand it, but it didn't get annoyed and lost her temper.

There are so many reeds in the reeds that they can't be cut in a month or two, but with Zhu Changming and Jiang Yuming starting to recycle, Xiaohu and his wife don't have to meddle in this file. They had the boat propped up, and began to busily inspect the depth of the reeds and the depth of the silt with the drills used to survey the geology.

They interjected every kilometer, with the center as a point, and spread out on all sides to investigate. The whole reed swing is irregularly circular, and judging from the recorded figures, it gets deeper and shallower at the edges as it reaches the middle. The depth of the water is, and so is the depth of the silt. There are nearly two or three hundred acres in the middle, and the depth of the silt cannot be detected, because even if the detection insert of the second Ya is completely extracted, it can only reach two meters and a half. In other words, the depth of the water and silt in the middle has exceeded two and a half meters, and it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of fishing out the silt and the place where so much silt goes. But if you don't clear the silt, just by virtue of the depth of the water, the shallow part is only one or two feet, and the deepest part in the middle is only one meter. The couple discussed to the end and unanimously decided that if the mud was removed, how much could be cleared, and if anyone wanted to fertilize the field, they could pick it up for free.

When Erya was writing and drawing on a blank piece of paper, and wanted to make a plan for what kind of aquatic plants this reed dang, his brain suddenly moved: "Huzi! You said that this reed swing is so big, if we get a small island of a few hundred acres in the middle, it shouldn't look too ugly, right? ”

Xiaohu was stunned, "That project is not small!" I'm afraid that I won't be able to get it for a year or two! ”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if it's longer, at least the mud has a place to go. And if you want to do it quickly, you can also make a roundabout, and the deepest hundreds of acres in the middle are also cleared out and used as a drinking water reservoir. It is surrounded by silt to build a high dam at least 30 zhang wide, and we design patterns on the dam to plant all kinds of flowers and plants, with three-dimensional and flat surfaces. Then build a deck platform around the dam, on which you can sit and fish, and make a large deck with a wooden house on top of it for people to rest, and then use the deck to make a road to the shore. Outside the high dam, lotus roots are planted, various fish creatures are stocked, and several food halls that cannot be eaten outside are also opened on the dam. When everything is ready, it can be opened to the outside world and go to the surrounding counties and prefectures to promote the beauty and food of our place. It attracts many people to come here for sightseeing, tasting food and enjoying a different life. Wow! The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible?! The more Er Ya talked, the more he felt that his idea was very good, and it was also feasible, and there was no vain fantasy.

Xiaohu still has a lot of things that he doesn't understand, so he naturally wants to ask: "You said three-dimensional, flat, what are these?" I don't understand! Also, what do you say splints look like? How do you build a house on plywood? And how do you make a road with a plywood? ”

Erya quickly drew three-dimensional and flat house graphics with two different senses on the paper, and showed it to Xiaohu: "Look! This kind of thing is three-dimensional, and this kind of thing is flat. I'm talking about decks. It is the flat part of the ship. Do you remember when we crossed the river, the big boat that even a horse-drawn carriage could cross? Such a ship is also called a deck ship. The house was also not built on the deck, but was built beforehand. Just like my horse-drawn carriage, a movable wooden house was built, and when the time came, it was placed on the deck for tourists to rest, and it didn't need to be too luxurious. ”

Xiaohu hesitated a little again, although his income was not low last year, he didn't have much money in hand. All of them are invested in various aspects. The house in the town, the water mill at home, the waterwheel in Liujialing, the newly opened hot pot restaurant, and the reclamation of the land in the north cost a lot of money in all walks of life. Now that the daughter-in-law is going to make the deck boat that looks like it can make a lot of money, Xiaohu's heart suddenly jumped. After enduring it for a while, he said, "Daughter-in-law! I'm afraid that deck ship you are talking about will cost a lot of silver! ”

Er Ya tilted her head and thought about it. Replied to Xiaohu: "I don't think it will cost much, what we want is not a real boat, just a hollow, floating and watertight wooden raft." If it weren't for the water leakage, our own carpenters would be able to do it. It's that wood costs a little money. After all, the wood used to make the ship is not ordinary wood. ”

Xiaohu saw that Erya didn't understand what he meant. He sighed and said what he thought directly: "Hey! We have finally collected all the money for the carriage and used all the rest of the money, and we have hardly received any money back. ”

Hearing Xiaohu's words, Erya felt that Xiaohu didn't check the settlement accounts of all walks of life in the emotional family at all. She pressed Xiaohu's ear and said secretly: "Who said that the money was confiscated and returned?!" The total cost of building houses and workshops in the town last year was less than 10,000 taels of silver, and the total expenditure of various expenses did not exceed 15,000 taels of silver. And our income is calculated separately from the carriage. The net income of the two hot pot restaurants is more than 4,000 taels, the net income of children's clothing is more than 3,000, the net income of sweaters is more than 6,000, the net income of fur is more than 9,000, and the children's toys and strollers made by the carpenter team led by Hu Sanjin are more than 4,000 yuan, and the tea is replaced by horses, cattle and sheep. There are other miscellaneous things counted together, and the total net income is more than 20,000, nearly 30,000. In addition, the silver tickets at home have been kept for too long, and I am a little uneasy, and even the silver tickets for the carriage that I have recovered are temporarily stored in the money bank recommended by Brother Li. I want to choose one of those courtyards in the town, secretly dig a basement, and then wait for Xiaolong to pass the exam, and then exchange all the silver tickets I have saved for gold, take them back and hide them myself. ”

Xiaohu was a little stunned when he heard this, it turned out that he didn't pay attention, and thought that he hadn't recovered any money at home! Erya saw that Xiaohu was stunned, and thought that Xiaohu was unhappy that he didn't show him the account book, so he explained: "I put all the account books of my house in the partition in the middle of the basement, and the detailed accounts are in the independent small account books of each workshop, shop, hot pot restaurant, and paddy field. The general ledger is relatively general, which is basically the income and expenditure of all walks of life. There are also several records of appointments and changes, which I keep on our bedside table. You have to take the time to memorize these things, so that you don't have a black eye and don't know anything about the audits, inspectors, and so on in the future. I thought you had seen and reviewed it before, but if you don't say this today, I really can't imagine that you have been a confused owner. ”

Xiaohu scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, "I thought that you would just be busy with this, but I didn't think about looking at your own account books or anything." I also thought that there was no money because I didn't hear you about the family's income, and I was worried that the money would not be able to keep up with it in the future. Since there is so much money deposited, then you can do it freely, I will listen to your arrangement, and I will do whatever you say. ”

Hi 1 only now did Erya understand what Xiaohu meant, it turned out that he was worried that the money was not enough, not that he was afraid of too much investment. In this way, she can rest assured, if Xiaohu objects, even if she does it stiffly, the couple will be unhappy. Since we are living together, we must live as well as possible, and it is of course best to be able to avoid contradictions, and to be able to work together in harmony between two people. (To be continued......)