After dinner in the evening, when the family was sitting together and chatting, the third uncle suddenly came over in a hurry.

The family hurriedly stood up to greet them, and the third uncle said hello and sat down. didn't say much to them, and said directly to Erya: "A few families brought me letters before, saying that they wanted meat floss and jerky, because you were not at home, I would let people bring letters over and let them wait." Two families were in a hurry, so they sent someone over today. Can you do it in the next two days? ”

"Ahh Can you really sell it? "The whole family stared at each other in disbelief.

Erya's own family is not short of money now, so she wants to give this matter to her grandfather's family, but it is best to discuss it with the eldest uncle and second uncle.

"Third uncle! Thank you for making a special trip for this matter, I'll discuss it with my family first, and I'll come back to you later, okay? ”

"That's fine! You have discussed, and I will go back. ”

After the third uncle left, the second girl said what she meant: "Uncle, second uncle, eldest aunt, second aunt, and Xiaohu, you brothers, I want to give this matter to grandpa Tai's family." Our family is not bad at this point now, and we should help them earn some money appropriately. Otherwise, we will be hated before our people!" What do you say? ”

Uncle has always been a selfless person, and he first approves of helping others: "Okay! You're right! Do as you say! ”

The second uncle and they all follow the uncle, so the whole family has no objection, and it can be regarded as unanimous.

Erya saw that everyone was very reasonable, and she was a little too excited. Then he said, "Then tomorrow there is nothing to do, let's all go hunting in the mountains!" It's better to hunt a few more pigs back. The eldest aunt, the second aunt, and the red fruit should also go and pick up more chestnuts and come back. ”

The eldest aunt smiled: "I can't leave with your second aunt, there are a lot of things in the family!" Let your uncle and second uncle go with you! ”

Anzi shouted, "I'm going too!" ”

The second uncle slapped him over!

"Go aside! You and Xiaolong want to read, how can you just want to play? ”

Xiangzi and Laizi looked at Anzi's miserable appearance of wanting to cry or not, one lowered his head and snickered, and the other stuck out his tongue at Anzi and made a grimace. Now Anzi simply cried!

Xiaolong comforted Anzi while clumsily wiping his tears: "Brother Anzi doesn't cry, so we won't play with them!" We're going to play with the puppies on them! Brother Anzi! ”

The second aunt glared at the second uncle, and the second uncle scratched his head in embarrassment, and argued: "I didn't use any force, just a gentle slap, and he howled!" Blame me?! ”

The uncle saw that Anzi's crying voice was much quieter, and it no longer affected everyone's speech, so he talked to Erya about buying the field: "Xiaohu daughter-in-law, we are on the other side of the river, the terrain is low, and when it rained heavily last month, it was flooded over there again, and the field is flooded almost once a year, and the people in the village opposite want to sell the field." You say that no matter what kind of field, as long as someone sells it, you buy it! Do you think you can buy such a field? ”

Erya said without thinking: "Buy!" Why can't you buy it?! As long as there is a field, what are you afraid of when you are flooded? Let's plant the ones that are not afraid of flooding! ”

Uncle rubbed his hands happily, "It's good to be able to buy it!" I went to see it, and the area is larger than our current field, almost more than 200 acres! ”

"When the uncle and the second uncle are okay the day after tomorrow, go over and buy it! We don't follow along, it doesn't make a big difference. ”

The second uncle was busy speaking: "That's not good! Niece and daughter-in-law! You better go over and take a look first, you have a real success in your heart, and then we decide to buy it! You can't be cheap. ”

Erya nodded, "That's okay!" We'll all go over and see the day after tomorrow! ”

After saying that, Xiaohu and his family went to grandpa's house and told grandpa the results of their family's discussion: "Grandpa!" We are too busy to do too much at home now, so we will discuss giving this to your family, and tomorrow we will go to the mountains to see if we can shoot a few pigs and come back, if we can't do it, you can buy pigs to do it. When the time comes, I'll teach the big and a few aunts how to do it! Do you think it's possible? ”

"You girl, how can such a good thing not work? If you become big in the future, you are not allowed to regret it! ”

"Grandpa don't worry! If your family gets bigger, I will only be happier and regret it?! ”

Grandpa listened to Erya's words and laughed happily: "Okay! Tell me what they need, and I'll have them ready tomorrow. ”

"There's nothing special, just pots, braziers, and small bamboo chops."

"It's simple, and it's all at home."

The next day, the brothers went deep into the mountains and hunted a wild boar. Pheasants and rabbits were caught.

Uncle They only picked chestnuts in the outer mountains, and Hongguo also dug up two Jianlan.

When I got home in the evening, the third uncle said that several families were together, and a total of 120 catties of meat floss, 90 catties of jerky, and 110 catties of meat fillet were required.

Then this wild boar is not enough at all, so I can only buy a few more domestic pigs to add it.

Uncle sighed, "Hey! My wild boar grows so slowly, it's not that big yet, otherwise it would be better to take it and add it! ”

Erya smiled: "It's not just wild boar meat that can be made into meat floss or something!" The pork is also very well cooked. It's cheap to buy a whole pig, you have what you earn, third uncle! Don't worry! ”

"Hey! The third uncle is ashamed! After so many years, I don't have the courage to do you children. Okay, you do this wild boar first, and I'll go to someone else tomorrow to buy a pig!" ”

Er Ya waited for the wild boar to be cleaned up, soaked in water to remove the fish, and went home to sleep first!

The next morning, I prepared the seasoning from home and brought it over, first poured out the blood and water of the wild boar meat and cleaned it, and then pickled it with salt, shallots, and ginger wine for an hour.

When the time came, Erya began to roast meat. All the steps, the big and a few aunts are learned step by step, and most of them are said by the second girl to do it. When a wild boar is done, they will be proficient. Only the seasoning Erya didn't say, it was always prepared and taken over.

Then the two and their family went around the river and went to see the fields on the other side.

When Erya saw those fields, she couldn't cry or laugh.

Looking at the direction and topography of these fields, they should not be flooded at all, because these families cannot unite, and no one wants to take the lead and build a few more drainage ditches. Let it flood, and now I only think about selling it cheaply, and I don't want to change it.

It is estimated that the uncle also saw this, so he wanted to buy it!

The eldest uncle, the second uncle, and the eldest man gathered the owners of the fields and were busy buying their fields. Erya went home first.

Grandpa's house is making meat floss jerky, and he is very busy, and the school here is about to be put on the beam.

The school is simple, you don't need to invite guests to eat, just get more pastries and candies, and scatter them to the children to grab the fun!

When October comes, it means that the autumn harvest is coming. Only then did Erya remember that the foot rice threshing machine had not yet been done, and he was busy drawing and calculating the size.

Find a blacksmith to cast gears, bearings, connecting rods, and iron elbows set in the inner cylinder, and a carpenter to make the shell, inner cylinder, and foot pedals.

Erya made four at a time, and as soon as they were done, the family began to cut rice.

Because they are transplanted, they actually plant many days earlier than those who sow, so the rice also matures earlier.

The uncle and the second uncle saw that in the drying field, the second girl tried the rice threshing machine, the two of them were as novel as children, looked left and right, looked at it and stood in front.

Er Ya shouted anxiously: "Uncle." Second uncle, don't stand there, beware of rice particles getting into your eyes. ”

"Hey! Ay! The eldest uncle and the second uncle hurriedly ran to the side, and then they felt that they couldn't enjoy watching it anymore and wanted to try it.

Erya took the rice and taught them: "Don't take too much at a time, it's best to hold it with one hand!" It's better to have a helper nearby to help with the delivery, it's faster. Do not stretch your hand forward, or the iron elbow on the rotating cylinder will break your fingers. ”

Two very big people tried a few handfuls, and they were happy like a child who got the toy of his dreams, happily playing like this.

Er Ya didn't care about them, let Xiaohu and Daman help carry one to her mother's family, and grandpa's family could use it directly.

On the first day, they cut some rice at home to test the machine, and the next day they began to ask someone to officially cut the rice. It will be cut in three or four days.

Those who invited to cut the rice saw their rice threshing machine and asked to borrow it.

By the time the late rice harvest was over, the rice threshing machine had swept the thirty or forty villages around them, and the carpenter and blacksmith were busy.

According to the statistics of the yield per mu of their family's late rice, it has reached six or seven stones, which finally alarmed the people of the government.

When Erya heard that someone from the government had come to investigate their family's grain production, she was very uneasy.

"What to do? If this is the agricultural tax collected according to this in the future, then our family will not be torn apart! ”

Grandpa comforted: "Girl! Don't be afraid, what is going to come will come after all, and you can't hide from it. If the government had promoted it first and then raised taxes, perhaps the situation would have been much better.

However, I think if this county order is smart, it will be promoted first, and it will be reported according to the actual situation, if it is only for merit and does not care about the life and death of the people, then he will also live to the end.

And you, the rice threshing machine, is good to say, saving time and effort. It's not good to say that it's not good, and there will be a lot of short-term workers who will lose the opportunity to earn money because of this. If you live by working part-time jobs, you will be miserable! ”

"Grandpa, don't say it, I'm going to cry if I say it again!"

Grandpa Tai smiled, "Then let's talk about what makes you happy, if you use transplanted seedlings, their income will increase by at least five or six percent, and the tax will only be three or four percent, you see that the people will benefit." So, you better think about the good! ”

Erya also learned to comfort herself, 'Oh too! Although the machine makes people much easier, it's not that people don't want to do it, and those who want to hire odd jobs still need to be invited! 'Hmmm! Thinking about it like this, I really feel a lot better.

Erya did not receive the so-called investigation in the countryside, and all the people from the government were pushed to Grandpa's house, after all, he was the patriarch.

After the main body of the school was built, it began to support the hot air aisle in the classroom, which was connected with the flue of the kitchen at the east and west ends, which was specially designed by Erya according to the principle of the hot kang in the north.

He also made a fireplace on the middle wall of the two classrooms, because in order to make the classroom bright enough, Erya designed the kind of open classroom with all windows in later generations.

In winter, the windows will be covered with window paper, but it is not warm at all, and the heat from the kitchen smoke alone is completely useless.

In order to keep the children from freezing, Erya made a fireplace on one side of the conjoined wall of the two classrooms.

The east kitchen is dedicated to cooking for the husband and students, and the west kitchen is dedicated to boiling water for the students to drink.

When it's hot, open the other exit of the flue and block the entrance of the flue to the classroom.