Chapter 90 Harvesting Vegetables and Planting Sweet Potatoes
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This spring rain took three days before it cleared, and as soon as the sky cleared, Song Ancheng brought people from the town to build a house, and also found some laborers from the village, with a salary of forty wen a day, which is already the highest wage in the entire Tongzi Town, Yang Yun learned from Dr. Xu that Song Ancheng was in a hurry to return to Jiangnan, as if he had received a letter from Jiangnan, so he invited many people to help Kong Zhongkan's grandson build a house these days.
The materials used by Kong Zhongkan to build the house were all purchased from the town, including the timber, and Yang Yun saw that Song Ancheng asked people to send a few truckloads of green bricks and tiles, which were temporarily stacked in the courtyard of Dr. Xu's house, thinking that he was going to build a big brick house. The Yang family and the Li family have been in a hurry to sell vegetables recently, and some of the vegetables were soaked in water during the rain some time ago, and some of them were rotten, so the two families had to harvest all the vegetables that could be cleaned up in advance.
The two families spent three days harvesting and selling all the vegetables, and as soon as the vegetables of the four acres of wasteland were harvested, Uncle Li went to the village to rent a cow, and came back to turn over the land again. The one acre of sweet potato land planted earlier, the sweet potato vines grew luxuriantly, enough to plant another four acres of land.
It took two days to turn over the ground, and after finishing the rows of mounds, the two families seized the time to plant four acres of land with sweet potato vines, and the behavior of the Yang family and the Li family, the people of Zhoujia Village naturally turned over their words again, and now the two families have long been accustomed to the gossip of the villagers, and they will not pay attention to these gossip, and when the sweet potatoes can be harvested in the future, they will be speechless.
It took two days to plant all the sweet potatoes, and in the evening, Yang Yun took out the money from selling vegetables a few days ago and counted it, and earned 920 wen when he first sold vegetables, and earned a total of 2 taels of silver and 200 wen for selling vegetables in the next three days, and the money from selling vegetables several times added up to a total of 3 taels of silver and 120 wen. Alas! The price of vegetables is too cheap, except for the money for seeds, in fact, the two families also earned more than one or two silver, the first heavy rain soaked some seeds, and this rain soaked some vegetables on four acres of land.
The wasteland group in the back mountain does not dig drainage channels, and the grain has a chance to soak. Yang Yun put away the account book after calculating the accounts, ready to go to bed, and the money earned from selling vegetables will be divided between the two families tomorrow morning. The extra one hundred and twenty wen, Yang Yun decided to give it to a few children as change, they always work hard, and they should be rewarded. Yang Yong has saved all the money he has now, and even Yang Xuan has his own small treasury.
"I'm so tired, I can't straighten my waist." In the past two days, she has been bending over to plant sweet potato vines in the ground, and Yang Yun feels that her waist is almost no longer her own.
"Sister, Xiao Xuan will help you beat your waist." Yang Xuan looked at his sister, so tired that he didn't want to move when he lay on the bed, so he offered to help Yang Yun beat her waist.
"Okay, you can help my sister beat her waist." Yang Xuan's two little hands helped Yang Yun beat her waist hard, Yang Yun felt quite comfortable, she really didn't hurt Yang Xuan in vain.
The next day, Yang Yun felt that her waist was not so sore after getting up, and she thought that Yang Xuan was beating her waist very well. Yang Yun went to the kitchen to cook breakfast, and suddenly remembered that this Kong Tianyou and their house, I don't know if it has been built, it has been almost ten days, these days have been busy with the work in the field, often go home after dark, get up in the morning and go to the field, and have not gone to see how Kong Tianyou's house is built.
"Xiao Xuan Kong Tianyou, how is their house built?" During breakfast, Yang Yun asked about Yang Xuan, she had been very tired during this time, Yang Yun fell asleep with her head on the pillow, and she didn't remember to ask Yang Xuan about it.
"Their house hasn't been roofed yet, that Grandpa Song has gone back to Jiangnan, and the person who arranges to build the house now seems to be Grandpa Kong's entourage."
"Didn't Kong Tianyou come over during this time?"
"No, if he comes, he will definitely go to the back mountain to find his sister. Grandpa Kong came once, knowing that our family was busy with the work in the fields, so he didn't ask my sister to cook. "it! Could it be that she is now a cook and a professional cook.
"Is Grandpa Kong's house built big?" Yang Yun remembered that she had mentioned to Dr. Xu that she wanted Kong Zhongkan to be the gentleman in the village. If Kong Zhongkan is willing to be a gentleman, he will definitely build a private school, so a large room for teaching must be built in the house.
"It's quite big, it's all compared to the main family in our village, Xiao Xuan saw that they were all built with green bricks, unlike our family built with mud, Xiao Xuan also heard Grandpa Xu say that Grandpa Kong also built a big room at home, as if it was said to be used as a private school."
"Really?" When Yang Yun heard that there was a private school, her eyes lit up, and Kong Zhongkan was really willing to be a gentleman in Zhoujia Village.
"It's true, Grandpa Xu also took Xiao Xuan to see it, the room that is going to be used as a private school is very large, but it hasn't been roofed yet. When Grandpa Kong's family was building a house, some people in the village were always walking around the neighborhood and saying some things that Xiao Xuan didn't understand. "Alas! The people of Zhoujia Village began to envy, envy and hate again.
"If you don't understand, don't listen, some words are not good words."
"Well, Xiao Xuan knows, Grandpa Xu said the same thing." After breakfast, Yang Xuan went to Dr. Xu's house to study as usual. Yang Yun sent the money from selling vegetables to Li's house after breakfast, and on the way back, Yang Yun was very happy that Kong Zhongkan was willing to open a private school.
A private school is a school run by an individual, and the class time can be arranged by the husband himself, and when the teacher is hired by the village, he must attend the class according to the time specified by the village. Yang Yun also thought of this situation at that time, so when she mentioned it to Dr. Xu, she suggested opening a private school, so Kong Zhongkan would definitely be willing. And opening a private school is also good for their grandchildren, when they are gentlemen, they have income, and it is enough to support their grandchildren, of course, Kong Zhongkan may not lack this money when he was a master, judging from the scale of their family's construction, I know that the Kong family is really not bad for money.
After another five days, Kong Zhongkan's house was finally about to go to the beam, which had been built for half a month, and the beam was very lively that morning. Kong Zhongkan's grandson came to preside over the Shangliang ceremony, and this time they came to bring more than a dozen entourages, and those supplies for worshipping the gods were handled by special people. After sacrificing to the gods and letting go of firecrackers, and distributing some candy to the onlookers, they began to put on the beams, and after the beams of the houses were built, they directly built the roof.
After Yang Yun finished reading Shangliang, she saw that she didn't have anything to do, so she asked Yang Yong and them to go home to the utility room, take a few bamboo baskets out, and prepare to dig bamboo shoots. The bamboo forest in Zhoujia Village is very large, just past the back mountain, relatively close to the left mountain. Spring bamboo shoots will emerge from the ground after the spring rains, and they can be mined around the Qingming Festival, and in two days it will be the Qingming Festival. At this time, digging bamboo shoots is the most appropriate season.
A few people carried bamboo baskets with small shovels, Yang Yong and Li Dabao each brought a hoe, and a group of people walked towards the bamboo forest, of course, Yang Xuan and Kong Tianyou were indispensable. During this time, the bamboo shoots could already be harvested, but Yang Yun had never seen anyone from Zhoujia Village dig this thing, so she asked her grandmother why no one was digging bamboo shoots. Grandma's answer was that the thing was too bitter and a little astringent, and no one in the village ate it.
When Yang Yun heard such an answer, she was happy in her heart, it was good that no one ate it, and it was cheaper for her own home. Although Yang Yong and Li Dabao also knew that bamboo shoots were not delicious, Yang Yun said that if they could eat it, they could eat it, so they naturally listened to Yang Yun, and Yang Yun did whatever she asked. A group of people went to the bamboo forest and began to look for bamboo shoots and dig them.
The bamboo shoots are big and very heavy, and they quickly dug two baskets, Yang Yun asked Yang Yong not to dig them first, digging too much and putting it out for a long time is not delicious, and no one wants this thing now, you can dig it whenever you want, take these two baskets home and pickle them first. After digging the bamboo shoots, a few people went home, and when they returned to Yang's house, Yang Yun commanded Yang Yong and them to work in the courtyard.
"You girl knows how to toss people, these bamboo shoots in the village are not delicious, and you still let Xiao Yong dig so many of them back." Grandma watched Yang Yun and them dig up two baskets of bamboo shoots and come back, afraid that they would spoil things again, so she talked about Yang Yun.
"Grandma, the villagers say it's not delicious, it's because they can't cook, and at noon you all taste the bamboo shoots cooked by Xiao Yun to see if it's delicious."
"Okay, if it doesn't taste good, see how grandma fixes you." Grandma was just joking with Yang Yun.
"Grandma, if my sister doesn't cook well, Xiao Yong will help you fix her and toss us to work early in the morning." Yang Yong sang and harmonized with his grandmother, making jokes about Yang Yun.
"You wait, how can the bamboo shoots cooked by my sister be not delicious, brother, don't rush to eat them when the time comes." Cut! Yang Yun didn't believe that they wouldn't rush to eat when the time came.
"Then we'll wait and see." Yang Yong looked at Yang Yun gritting his teeth, and his unconvinced look was quite funny.
Yang Yun asked Yang Yong to clean the skin of the bamboo shoots, take a few to stew at noon, and find a jar to pickle the rest of the bamboo shoots. Several people were busy in the yard, and suddenly Chubby ran into the yard from the door of Yang's house.
"Sister Yun, Grandpa Xu said to let you take Kong Tianyou to him." Chubby is here to report the news.
"Chubby, did Grandpa Xu say it's over now?"
"Yes, it is said that Kong Tianyou's grandfather has something to explain to Kong Tianyou."
"Okay, I'll take God Bless over." Yang Yun went back to the house to get the copper plate, and she was going to buy some ribs and come back to stew bamboo shoots. After getting the money, he took Kong Tianyou to Dr. Xu's house, and there was nothing else to do after the fat report was finished, he saw Yang Xuan and they were in the yard, and it was fun to pick up the bamboo shoot skin, so he stayed at Yang's house to help pick the bamboo shoot skin.
When Yang Yun took Kong Tianyou to Dr. Xu's house, she heard a very unexpected news. Kong Zhongkan actually entrusted Kong Tianyou to the Yang family to take care of him for a while, this news was too sudden for Yang Yun, Yang Yun just stood quietly in the hall, digesting this amazing news. (To be continued.) )