Chapter Seventy-Six: Poor Daman
After eating, the aunt and the uncle talked about it, but the uncle disagreed.
"What's the difference between that and a separation? I've thought about it, so I'm going to just build it on our original premises! At the front yard, a few wings were built on the east and west sides, and they could live in it when they got married in the future! β
The second uncle also hurriedly echoed, "This idea is good!" My family does the same, and it doesn't matter if the front yard gets smaller. β
Of course, the eldest aunt and the second aunt were reluctant to let the child go too far, so they all followed and said that this idea was good.
Erya thought that the ancients didn't like to divide the family and were more keen to live the life of a big family, so she gave up persuasion.
Lying in bed at night, Xiaohu talked to Erya: "Daughter-in-law, when you move to a new house, let Xiaolong sleep in separate beds, okay?" β
"Good! We're almost four years old, so it's really not suitable to share a bed with us anymore. But it's better to have someone with him, or ask Anzi to sleep with him?! β
"Okay! Why don't you ask a master for our furniture? Xiaohu thought about it and asked Erya.
Erya sighed and said, "Hi! It's not like I've been busy with my family's business all the time, and I'm a little reluctant to go. I just thought that when the houses of the eldest uncle's family and the second uncle's family were built, the three of us would fight together! β
Xiaohu suddenly remembered the request of the shopkeeper of the embroidery village, so he hurriedly said to Erya: "Daughter-in-law! Uncle Zhang begs you to help make a few fur coats and bags, and he wants to follow you to earn some New Year's fees! β
Er Ya said strangely: "This sweater is so easy to sell, he hasn't made any money yet?" β
Xiaohu explained: "Uncle Zhang said that the sale of the sweater was in the account of the embroidery village, and the share was also given to the embroidery village, and he actually didn't get much commission.
That's right! Uncle Zhang also said that he got the special paint for the fur you wanted. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, when I send the clothes over, I will bring them back. But the paint you want still doesn't have it! β
Erya: "Oh! After a while, he replied to Xiaohu: "Okay!" I'll cut the material first, and put it there!
According to the employees of our workshop, at such a fast speed, the wool should be gone in less than ten days.
When the time comes, let them make fur coats and bags.
There are also a few of your sisters, one piece per person, and I plan to cut it for them, so that they can make it here or take it home to make it.
Family, I'm going to make one for each person. Grandpa gave him the tiger skin, the uncle and the second uncle used the wolf skin, and my grandfather and my father used the wolf skin brought back from the grassland.
The women all use rabbit skin, and the sheepskin is too fat, and they must not be able to stand it.
As for you, I don't know what to use, so can I use sheepskin? β
Xiaohu stretched out his arm and hugged Erya, buried his face in his daughter-in-law's neck, and it took a long time to "Hmm!" After a moment, he said, "I can do anything!" β
Erya also hugged Xiaohu's waist and said softly: "That's good!" Tomorrow I will go and invite a few sisters and the second aunt and the cousins of the second aunt's family back and let them help me do it, otherwise I will be alone, and I don't know what year and month I will do.
If they are willing to help me make a fur coat to be sold, I will give them a reward of ten taels of silver for a piece of clothing. Do you think it's okay? β
Xiaohu tightened his arms and replied in a muffled voice: "It's all my family's benefit, can I say no?!" You should also count your eldest sister and younger sister, you can't forget them! β
Erya was still very happy to hear it, it's not that she is playing with her heart, her own sisters, naturally she will not be treated badly.
It's just that these words come out of Xiaohu's mouth, which is much more touching than coming out of his own mouth.
The two fell asleep while talking, and the next day Erya told the eldest aunt that she wanted to ask Hongxia and them to come back to help make fur coats.
The eldest aunt happily responded: "Okay! There is one thing that neither I nor your second aunt told you, your eldest sister and they heard that several granddaughters-in-law of your grandfather's family made a lot of money by making sweaters, so they thought that they would also learn to fight.
You know, sometimes I can't figure it out myself, how can I teach them! Your second aunt was angry that they shouldn't have rejected you in the first place, so she ignored them all the time.
No, they themselves feel embarrassed, and they never dare to come to you to say it.
If you're willing to ask them to come over and do something, they'll be happy.
I heard that the eldest daughter of your second aunt's family is not doing well in her mother-in-law's house! If you can help her earn some money and let her share it, it can be regarded as helping your second aunt solve her worries! β
Erya really hadn't heard about the eldest cousin, so she asked the eldest aunt: "Why didn't the second aunt say a word to us?" If you can't help anything else, let the eldest cousin follow the second aunt to make sweaters, and you can earn at least three or four taels of silver in a month. β
The eldest aunt sighed: "Alas! It's not that your second aunt is strong, and she doesn't want to trouble people about anything.
How many times have I said it, let her tell you, let her family Gui come over and follow the sweater, earn a few taels of silver a month, and see who else in their family dares to bully her. β
Erya disagreed: "Auntie! Being able to earn money will indeed make people's waists stand up, but first of all, the eldest cousin has to stand up by herself, otherwise, it will be useless to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. β
When the eldest aunt heard this, she sighed again.
"Alas! I don't know how your second aunt raised the children, she is so strong, and none of the children she raised are like her. The eldest daughter was pinched by her in-laws, and several sons were pinched by their grandmothers. She also turned around, blaming her own child for not being good! β
Erya joked: "If the mother is strong, the child is weak!" A law that will not change for a thousand years! β
The eldest aunt nodded very approvingly, and only said: 'It makes sense'.
I went to a few houses that day to talk about things, and they all happily agreed and promised to arrive early the next morning.
The second aunt also brought a letter to her parents' family, asking her nieces to come over to help.
There are too many people, but fortunately, the second uncle's family has a large empty house, which can be used as a garment workshop.
Because they can do needlework, and they are only stronger than Erya, not better than Erya, so Erya doesn't need to talk nonsense, just talk about how to walk the needle.
"Look! To take the needle in such a zigzag shape, and then return when it is finished, it is also a zigzag, so that their pattern becomes such a diamond.
This is the easiest, if you have that skill, you can also walk into a four-leaf diamond shape. There are many other patterns that can be walked, as long as you are willing to research, the better the needle pattern, the higher the reward.
Every winter, I need to make fur coats, and if you can keep up, I want to send them to the capital, where the sales are much larger than in the provincial capital. β
didn't wait for Erya to let go, and felt that he was good at needlework, so he was eager to try it and wanted to give it a try.
Seeing this, Erya let them do it, and she was only responsible for designing the style and cutting, and then marking each piece of fur, and they only needed to follow the mark and sew it together.
Erya not only designed coats, but also designed several autumn and winter coats, vests, and long and short vests made of fur and wool weaving.
Because of the paint, Erya's design is also much easier.
The busier the end of the year, the busier it became, and the second aunt saw that the eldest uncle, the eldest uncle, and the second uncle were busy and their feet were not stained. Just built yì and said: "Uncle! After the New Year, let the yellow wolf and rabbit be raised by someone in the clan! They are exclusively raised, and my family takes them. It's okay to raise a few families, and my family's annual fur must be indispensable.
If they have any other ideas, you can also talk to them, my family can definitely help. The best thing is that everyone in our Zhuangzi can get rich. β
Uncle nodded again and again: "Okay!" When I greeted the New Year, I talked to them all.
There's another big thing coming! The paddy field on the other side of the river, how do you say you want to repair the water conservancy? You still want to make it clear, I want to take advantage of the fact that there are many idlers now, invite more people, and come back to repair reservoirs and drainage ditches. β
Erya, think about what is the direction of that paddy field? "Oops! Uncle, I can't imagine it out of thin air now!
I have to go up and down the field to see where the ground is lowest downstream, and what is the lowest place? If it's a river, we drain it directly into the river, and if it's not a river, we have to build a canal to the river.
Since Heti cannot be raised at will without the permission of the government, then we must build a high dam at the edge of our own fields, build a large canal outside the high dam, and the big canal will go downstream, and build a large reservoir every other section, so that we can store water and drain it again, so that we can keep the crops in the fields. β
The uncle listened attentively and came back to his senses for a long time. Said: "Good! When I hear you say that, I'm relieved.
According to what you said, there is probably no problem with the general waterlogging. If there is a big flood, then even our Zhuangzi will not be able to save it. β
Erya continued with the uncle's words: "Then I will go tomorrow to see the terrain, and then draw a map of the distribution of dams, canals, and reservoirs, and then you can repair them according to the drawings." β
A few days before the school was about to be closed, the eldest aunt mysteriously told SΓΉ Erya: "Nephew and daughter-in-law! Daman has a crush on a girl, do you think I should ask? β
Erya had a question mark: "Ah! Which girl? Who are you asking? β
The eldest aunt smiled happily: "It's the eldest granddaughter of our old gentleman, who came over today to help her grandfather pack up his things, bring washing covers and mosquito nets or something." When Daman saw it by the river, he came back and begged me to tell me. You say that people are scholars, can they look up to our family? β
"Auntie! No matter how anxious you are, you can't do without a score! Daman just took a look, and he was going to ask for a kiss? That's child's play, isn't it? I don't know if people are married, right?!
Uncle, you still need to understand the girl's temperament first, think that you can get along, and then ask grandpa or grandpa to talk to the old gentleman from the side, if people do not have a marriage, they are also interested in our family, and our family will mention the matter of proposing. Good no good? β
The first time the eldest aunt said that she was a daughter-in-law, she was a little dizzy. Hearing what Erya said, it was reasonable, so he hurriedly responded: "Hey! Then do as you say! β
Before the eldest aunt could get to know the girl, there was news from the other side.
It turned out that the girl came over not simply to clean up the room for her grandfather, but to go on a blind date with someone else's little gentleman.
The old gentleman has long been in love with other people's little talents, but he doesn't understand the character, so he has been watching the secret agent.
After so long, the old gentleman felt that Xiaoxiu was good, so he mentioned that the two families were married.
Xiao Xiucai didn't agree casually, so he proposed to meet both sides, and then the eldest granddaughter came over to help wash the quilt and mosquito nets.
Okay! The two families have seen each other, but they are full of suffering. The whole person was like a frosted eggplant, and even the joyful breath of the New Year did not move him.
The eldest aunt was very happy: "Now I finally know what kind of girl Daman likes, I know in my heart, it's always easier to find some!" β
I'm really speechless!