Chapter 7 Silver Brings Hope
The family spent five days making bamboo mats, and these five days were very busy, except for eating and sleeping, they were weaving bamboo mats. Pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info grandfather taught the method of weaving a few times Yang Yun also learned from his grandfather to weave a bamboo mat, these days Uncle Li helped grandpa cut bamboo a few times, Xiaobao is running every day to help grind bamboo chips.
Uncle Li's family went to the landlord's house in Zhou to work and help with the autumn harvest, a person's salary for a day was thirty Wen, Xiaobao was too young to go, and when Uncle Li came back from work at night, he touched the gang grandfather to cut bamboo, and it was difficult for them. In the past few days, Uncle Li's family went to work at the landlord's house in Zhou and had two meals, and no one at home cooked for Xiaobao to eat, and Xiaobao came to grind bamboo slices every day, so Xiaobao stayed here for two meals these days. I always feel that the relationship between Xiaobao and Xiaoxuan is so irony that they wear the same pants, (there is a lot of love) Yang Yun is a little evil in her heart. Although there was no meat to eat during this time, he cooked bone broth every two or three days to drink, and Xiao Xuan's face also changed a little better.
After five days of busyness, with everyone's help, I actually made 2,000 bamboo mats in five days, although I was very tired, but I was very happy in my heart, because hard work will always have a sweet reward. Liu Shan rushed to the village early in the morning to pull the goods at the agreed time, and saw that we had paid half of the goods than the original agreement, and now that the goods were all made, he happily paid six taels of silver.
Grandpa and grandma were very excited, especially grandpa's hand holding the silver stator trembled slightly. Seeing his grandfather's trembling hands, he was very sad, and his throat seemed to taste hardship. Grandpa is really not easy, grandma is even more happy to wipe her tears, since the death of my father in the spring, grandma has been very sad, maybe at this moment grandma is happy in her heart, because with silver, the family will no longer starve to death.
After sending Liu Shan away, the grandfather handed over the silver to the grandmother to hide. Yang Yun found a vegetable basket in the yard and went out to find Xiao Xuan and they went, today I knew that Liu Shan was going to come to receive the goods, early in the morning Xiao Xuan and Xiao Bao rushed to dig wild vegetables after breakfast, the heart of prevention is indispensable, it is not Aunt Li's family to prevent it, but I am afraid that Xiao Xuan and Xiao Bao will say that they will leak their mouths and reveal the price of selling bamboo mats, if the people in the village forget their righteousness, this will bring trouble to the family. I am also selfish, this family finally made some money, the bamboo mat itself has no technical content, others will do it if they take a closer look. Therefore, it is a day to hide it, and this bamboo mat is only a short-term profitable business, and many people will learn to do it in less than a month, and there will be no profit at all.
Aunt Li's family has seen it since her grandfather first made bamboo mats, and her family has not asked how many goods she has sold and how much money she has made for so many days, so she only asked Uncle Li to help her grandfather cut bamboo, and let Xiaobao come over every day to help grind bamboo chips, so I believe that Aunt Li's family has no idea about the bamboo mat business, and the life of the family has become better, which is also good for Aunt Li's family. Grandpa has to take care of grandma and Xiaoxuan every day, and he has no time to work to make money, and there is no land, no land and no food at home, how can he survive until now, it is not easy for everyone.
When I walked to the back mountain, I saw Yang Xuan digging wild vegetables on the side of the mountain, and both of them dug half a basket.
"Xiao Xuan, Xiao Bao."
"Sister, Sister Yun." When they heard the sound, they ran.
"Sister, you're here so soon, did the person who bought the bamboo mat come to pull the goods?"
"Well, I've been here, the goods have been pulled away, I made money today, let's add vegetables at noon, and after digging wild vegetables, I will go to the village to buy some meat."
"Oh! There was meat to eat. Both children cheered, the world of children is always so simple, and it is a very happy thing to have meat to eat. I walked halfway up the mountain with the two children, wanting to see if the burdock cabbage I found last time was still there, and when I went to the halfway up the mountain, I saw a green and vibrant burdock cabbage, but fortunately no one knew its efficacy, and the burdock cabbage did not show any traces of picking. I breathed a sigh of relief, no one picked it, this season is not suitable for planting, and we have to wait until spring to find a way to pick and plant.
Yang Yun and Yang Xuan went home after digging wild vegetables, and went home with their grandmother to buy half a catty and a half fat meat at the Zhou butcher's house in the village, half a catty of meat costs 11 wen, lean meat 18 wen a catty, fat 26 wen a catty, and half fat 22 wen a catty.
"Sister, the meat is carried by Xiao Xuan."
"Okay, good, good for you." Half a catty of meat was tied with a straw, Yang Xuan happily lifted the meat, the excited expression was like eating honey, Xiaobao was also very happy, looking at the excited appearance of the two children, it was very sad, these two poor children had not eaten meat for a long time. Even if Uncle Li can hunt, the meat he hunts is sold for food, and Xiaobao hasn't eaten meat for a long time. For Yang Xuan, for his grandparents, and for this family, Yang Yun is even more determined to lead the whole family out of the predicament of poverty and run to a well-off life. I bought meat, and I also bought two more big bones to cook soup. After coming out of Zhou's butcher's house, he went to Uncle Wednesday to buy two pieces of tofu at the grocery store in the village, and he could make soup with big bones at noon. It was too hard to make bamboo mats during this time, so let grandma cook three meals a day. In modern times, it is three meals a day, sometimes with a late night snack, since I came to this world, two meals a day is really hungry, and I have not eaten a full meal for so long.
At noon, I cooked bone tofu and radish soup, mixed a wild vegetable cold, and then fried a pork cabbage, which was also called Tian Cai, which was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty, and I was very surprised when I saw the cabbage, but I have not figured out which historical stage this era belongs to, like the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. The vegetables are all grown by Xiaobao's family, Xiaobao eats here during this time, and Aunt Li sent a lot of vegetables over. The staple food at noon is black flour steamed buns, I made money today, grandma was so happy to make a lot of steamed buns, although it was too rough and grinding the throat, but it was not often eaten.
At noon, the family ate very satisfied, and according to Yang Xuan's words, today is almost in time for the New Year. Watching the two children gobble up food, grandma told them to eat slowly, don't get hot, the freshly cooked tofu soup, the tofu is so hot that it can't be eaten, and the two children send tofu to their mouths while sighing. This is really the best portrayal of being in a hurry to eat hot tofu.
After eating at noon, I drove the two children to take a nap, during this time everyone was very tired, and when I opened my eyes in the morning, I made a bamboo mat, and I didn't see my fingers before I finished the work. Grandpa and grandma also went to take a nap, Yang Yun stayed in the yard to clean up, these days day and night to make bamboo mats The yard is messy, bamboo knots and bamboo pieces are thrown everywhere, the yard is cleaned, and the front and back of the house turn around and feel that these two thatched houses need to be repaired and reinforced.
Selling bamboo mats earned six taels of silver, and if you just repair the roof and walls, it should be repaired within two taels of silver. Both rooms are leaking wind and rain, but fortunately it didn't rain during this time, otherwise you would definitely see the big pots and small bowls in the house to catch the rain. If it snows in winter, the roof will collapse, and the walls will not be able to keep warm if the air leaks, so when my grandfather gets up from a nap, I will discuss with him to repair the two rooms before winter comes.
(Digression: Following a friend's suggestion, I felt that writing ancient Chinese was not suitable for first-person expression, so Tori Bird was going to revise the text and replace the first person with the third person.) Thank you for your support! Ask for collection, collect tickets. )