With a vegetable garden, Chu Ying gets up early every day and waters carefully, while the wheat field is not dry due to the previous rain, so it is watered when it is dry, and the wheat is also chosen because of its drought-tolerant characteristics.

Chu Ying has been concentrating on making quilts these days, and when she went to pick cattail velvet, she also brought back one or two long logs by the way, and it was impossible to sleep on the ground with the quilt, so it was time to make a bed.

After bringing back enough wood, Chu Ying first set up 4 pieces of wood of similar length in the house, beat them down heavily with a stone axe, and when the wood could not be pushed by hand, he cut a notch on it, put the other 4 pieces of wood on their respective notches, and tied them with straw ropes.

Then spread the wood on the finished wooden shelf, which was also fixed with straw rope, Chu Ying sat on it and moved without collapsing, it seemed to be quite stable, Chu Ying put the unused clay pot and firewood under the bed, which could be regarded as saving some space.

Spread enough cattail leaves on the wooden bed, and then use thin threads to wrap the uniformly cut reed stems together one by one to make a reed mat, which is rough but complete.

Chu Ying lay on the wooden bed and felt the pride of being a modern person for the first time. If you have more time, maybe you can make a mattress, the more Chu Ying thinks about it, the more luxurious she feels, she didn't have anything when she first came, but now she has a stomach of rice and clothes to keep out the cold, which is already very good.

is to pay taxes, Chu Ying felt that the brain hurt when she thought of paying taxes, now that it is almost winter, the money has not yet landed, it is really urgent, and I will go to the city tomorrow to see if there is any coolie to do.

But when I arrived in the city, I knew the cruelty of reality, and there was a place where I either disliked my small size, or I hated my small strength, anyway, I didn't want my little doll to move things, so I spent 1 penny to enter the city, Chu Ying still carried the basket on her back and looked around.

When I arrived at the place where I bought the clay pot last time, although I didn't see a stall, I saw Hu Da who seemed to be talking to someone.

"1 tael, that's all the work, if I hadn't been busy, I would have done it myself. Can't do more. ”

"Hu Da, you don't know, this is also called living less? You have to cut the bamboo first, right? This is a perennial bamboo, not so easy to cut, and the roots underneath are intricate, it is difficult to dig, and it takes a lot of time to dig one person deep. The bamboo that was cut down and the soil that was dug up had to be disposed of. ”

"Up to 1 tael 2 yuan, including lunch. It should be completed within 5 days. ”

"Hu Da, at least 1 tael 4 yuan, and if you want to finish it within 5 days, you need to hire more people, and you have to add 3 yuan. One tael 7 dollars, I'm barely there. ”

Chu Ying understood next to him, Hu everyone has a big project to find someone to do.

"Hu Da, 1 and a half, it will be completed in 3 days, and you can find someone to come today. Give it to me. Hu Da and the other contractor looked at what Chu Ying said and laughed.

"Little doll, go home and play in the mud, don't talk big."

"I can start doing it now, and then my brother and a few other strong men can come." Hu Da looked at Chu Ying, who had a serious face.

"Little doll, you have to know that the bamboo is twice as thick as your thighs, and it has to be dug 1 person deep, but it is not a person as tall as you, the soil and bamboo dug out will be transported to the waste land on the outskirts of the city, this is not a child's house."

Chu Ying knew that if she had work to do, she should not be afraid of hardship or tiredness. "Uncle Hu, you don't believe what I said, then I'll do it first, and in the evening you see if I can pick it up, if I can't take it or not, I won't charge you a penny, if I can take this job, then 1 or two halves, and I will do it for you within 3 days."

"You little doll is very loud, Hu Da, you still have to find me tomorrow. I'll go first. ”

"Okay, why not free labor?" Hu Da looked at the contractor who walked away, thinking that he would let this doll do the work first, in case he could save 2 coins and two days, and if he couldn't, he could find the contractor again.

"Then I'll let the villagers talk first. Then come to you. Chu Ying went to the gate of the city and watched Grandpa Li tell him what was going on, thinking that Brother Wang should be able to organize the personnel well.

Chu Ying arrived at Hu Da and followed him to a large backyard, sure enough, most of the yard was bamboo, and it was perennial, and the roots were very thick, and it was really laborious to cut it.

"I see you didn't bring any guys, you use this machete first. If you want anything, just tell me, and when it's time for dinner, someone will bring it over. ”

"Hu Da, can there be flint?"

"You want to burn them all? What about the crackling and noisy host's house? And you can't burn it all. ”

"Don't worry, I won't make noise to others, I'm useful." Chu Ying got the fire fold, opened the small lid on it, blew hard, and some sparks appeared.

Chu Ying first picked the largest bamboo, cut a small hole with a machete on the bottom of the bamboo, piled some bamboo leaves on the root of the bamboo, lit the bamboo leaves, and slowly waited for the fire to burn the bamboo roots crispy, and when the bamboo roots were almost burned, Chu Ying kicked a few feet with her feet, and the bamboo fell.

By the time Brother Wang came with the other 4 people, Chu Ying had already burned 10 bamboos.

"Chu Ying, what kind of work is it, you let me bring so many people?" Chu Ying looked at the 5 strong forces, including Brother Wang.

"First cut the bamboo, then dig the ground, dig one person deep, and dispose of the bamboo and the soil. 1 tael and a half, 3 days, excluding today. Do not do it? ”

Five people will receive two and a half dollars, and in addition to the money for disposing of bamboo and soil at that time, each person will also receive two pieces of silver.

"Let's do it, we've brought the guys, come on, let's do it quickly." Qian Yong rolled up his sleeves and picked up the machete to prepare.

"You tell them to leave the thick bamboo, and I'll take care of it, and you cut the rest, and when you cut out a piece, divide two people to dig the soil. The cut bamboo should be cut again, and it is not good luck if it is too long. Chu Ying stepped on the fire on the bamboo root and told Brother Wang the process. Because he is still too young, his words have no weight, but Brother Wang is different.

Chu Ying held the bamboo hard, making the bamboo yearn for the side where no one was. Cutting bamboo is actually not a difficult task, the difficult thing to deal with is digging the soil, the bamboo is intertwined under the roots, and it takes a lot of effort to dig it up.

Fortunately, what Brother Wang called was all strong and strong, and after Brother Wang told them according to what Chu Ying said, several people also understood, and worked in a muffled voice, occasionally saying a few words to remind the bamboo to fall.

Everyone is cutting bamboo piece by piece in a carpet style, and Chu Ying is picking up large bamboo, so you should pay more attention to the fallen bamboo.

At first, everyone was not very familiar with each other, but then they slowly became active, "Chu Ying, why are you like a bamboo rat, stringing east and west." ”

"There's no way, who told the big bamboo to grow randomly." Chu Ying looked at the pile that had been piled up on the ground, thinking that she had to let Grandpa Li come here, and if the progress here was fast, she would have to ask Grandpa Li to find a few ox coachmen.