The next day, Chu Ying drank some of the leftover fish soup from yesterday and continued to mow the grass, but she had no other ability and could only rely on brute force to make money.

When I got to the ground, I found that the grass had been pushed back a few steps compared to yesterday, but I didn't seem to cut that much, maybe I was sleeping, Chu Ying took a piece of flat wood as a stool, cut a piece and moved a place, and he was not so tired.

With the sickle, it was originally only possible to cut more than 20 bundles, but now it is 35 bundles until it gets dark, waiting for Grandpa Li to come, Chu Ying took the cattail root and ate it on the ox cart.

"Can this still be eaten? Little mice. Grandpa Li quipped.

"Yes, but you have your own fields to grow rice and vegetables, and there is no shortage of these, and besides, if you eat too much cold, you will have diarrhea. It's good to eat once in a while. "Grandpa Li has also heard of Chu Ying, she is a poor child, she has no parents, whether it is a hard life or not, it is not easy for this little girl to survive.

"Yes, the grass is tied neatly, so it is much more convenient for us to set up the warehouse, how many more do you have? If there are too many, we will not accept other people. Uncle Qiu took the notes and wrote down how many bales of grass there were.

"There are more than 20 to accompany today's amount, but I can't cut much by myself." Chu Ying counted a string and 5 copper plates.

Uncle Qiu took a closer look at the ears of grass on the grass, and Chu Ying, who was counting the money in ragged clothes and smiling happily. "So you can't do it alone, you can ask for a few strong forces, and now the grass ears are real, and I can't give the price of 3 yuan a bundle after the grass ears fall." See for yourself. "

What Uncle Qiu said is very reasonable, if you can cut it quickly, it will still be the price of 3 wen a bundle, and after a long time, there will be one penny less, and I will go back and talk to Brother Wang.

Grandpa Li touched the 12 copper plates, and looked at Chu Ying helping to move the grass, and there was a little sweat on his face. "Chu, there are also a few people who come to sell grass in the morning, and they look similar to yours."

Chu Ying looked at Grandpa Li's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and understood something. "Grandpa Xie Li, I know, I'll go buy some rice and noodles first, and the family has bottomed out."

Just like Grandpa Li said, the grass looks almost the same, even if they find those people who secretly cut the grass, they can still be said to be theirs, but there are not so many wild grasses on the ground in the village, and even if there is, it is difficult to grow so tall and full ears.

When she arrived at the grain store, looking at the rice noodles at different prices, Chu Ying picked the cheapest 10 catties of rice for 3 wen and spent 30 wen. Looking at the other oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, I can only take you away next time.

On the way back, Chu Ying had been thinking about the grass, and when she arrived in the village, she didn't bother to carry the rice home and walked to Brother Wang's house.

"Brother Wang, are you at home?" Chu Ying stood at the door and knocked on the door. After a while, a little girl with a beautiful face came out.

"What are you calling my brother for? Don't keep pestering my brother, you don't look at your father's life, don't come out and harm others. Chu Ying didn't pay attention to her arrogant appearance, and shouted a few more times.

"Here, Chu Ying, what's wrong?" Chu Ying saw that Brother Wang was coming, and deliberately pulled him aside and quietly told him about asking someone to cut the grass.

"Hey, Chu Ying, you said that you little baby can't understand people's words, you should drink milk and drink milk." Wang Liyuan dropped the melon seeds in his hand and came to pull Brother Wang.

"Sister, let's get down to business, you go back to the house." Brother Wang pushed her through the door and leaned against the door. "Chu Ying, don't worry, Ming'er will definitely do it for you."

Chu Ying listened to the splashing sound of the pear orchard inside, and walked home with a smile. For the first time, Chu Ying couldn't wait to wash the rice and cook it, and put a piece of dried fish. Stared at the clay pot for a long time, listened to the squeak inside, and after a while, opened it to see, and ate something still alive.

But sweet, even raw is so delicious, Chu Ying can't suppress the protest in her stomach even more.

Although there are no dishes, only a piece of salty dried fish, the hot rice is already the best gift from heaven. After eating, Chu Ying also licked the bowl clean with her tongue.

I added some water to the clay pot and soaked it first, so that I could drink porridge when it was hot tomorrow. Maybe it was the first time she came here to eat a full meal, and Chu Ying overslept a little the next day.

When I woke up and opened the door, I saw a bunch of human-high bales of straw at the door. Three shirtless men were mowing the grass. "Brother Wang, are you here so early?"

"Didn't you say 4 bundles of 1 wen? This is already 20 bundles, 5 pennies, don't play tricks. A slightly immature man pointed to a pile of grass behind him.

"Didn't you say you wanted to finish it sooner? And they're fine at home, it's not yet the autumn harvest, and they just come out to rejuvenate their muscles and bones. Don't look at it, let's get to work. Chu Ying heated up yesterday's pot soup, and after drinking it, it was full of water, mowing the grass is a body job, there is no delicious food, but the water still has to be enough.

Burn Chu Ying and put it on a wooden board to cool. Looking at the grass that had been piled high, Chu Ying sat on the ground and began to pull the grass rope. The younger man alone was twice as fast as he was.

When Brother Wang was tired of cutting, he also sat on the ground and tied up the straw rope one by one. "Chu Ying, that little one is Qian Yong, and one who looks a little older is Lu Meng. You can rest assured, they are all good and neat. "

"I don't worry, by the way, Brother Wang, you cut first, I have to call Grandpa Li, so many have to go back and forth a few times, I have to go early." With Brother Wang here, Chu Ying is 100 rest assured.

"Well, go ahead." Wang Liyuan looked at Chu Ying, who had been frowning sadly, and his face finally relaxed, and he was a little energetic.

When Grandpa Li came, there was already a bundle of grass ready to go on the road, and the four of them worked together to move it and fix it with straw rope. Chu Ying looked at the back of Grandpa Li, who had been submerged in grass, and the movements of his hands were even faster. It wasn't grass that was moved, it was silver, and Chu Ying seemed to have seen that the copper plate was about to fall from the sky.

By the middle of the day, everyone had gone back to their respective homes to supplement their bodies, and Chu Ying cooked the rice first, and then tied up all the grass that had not yet been tied.

Looking at the grass that has been paved with a large area, I have to sigh that the man's body is indeed much larger than his little girl. And the bundled grass is not sloppy at all, just like Brother Wang said with neat hands and feet.

Chu Ying looked at the dried fish that still had a tail left after being cut, and said to herself: "Good, when you have money, I won't eat you when you let me eat you." But after thinking about it, the tax on the 10 acres of land had not been paid, and Chu Ying could only touch the tail of the fish with regret.

The difference between men and women working is the difference between the sound of the shell, and whether women work will talk about whether the east and west are short, while men can only hear the sound of the sickle mowing the grass. By the time it was about to get dark, Grandpa Li had already made 5 trips, and when the rest was loaded, Chu Ying and Grandpa Li went to check out together.

"Go home first, and then I'll take the money and send it to you."

"No need girl, there's still a big piece of uncut here, I have to come tomorrow, I'll give it tomorrow, then we'll go first." Chu Ying looked at the sweaty backs of the three men, and felt that the men seemed to be so responsible.