Early the next morning, when the grain was sold, the Wang family welcomed several villagers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Eldest niece, I'm really sorry to come to the door so early to disturb you," the woman who spoke was the woman who had taken the initiative to ask for wages before, and she smiled and said, "But we have been busy for most of the year, and the harvest has been handed in, and we are indeed a little anxious about this salary." You see..."

Wang Jin admires her coolness and understands their urgency. She thought for a while, smiled and nodded: "I originally planned to settle the salary with everyone in the next two days, but the preparations have not been done yet." But Aunt Yan is right, it really made everyone wait for a long time. In this case, please help me gather everyone to the door of the warehouse in my cotton field, and I will calculate the remuneration with everyone today. ”

"Hey, the eldest niece is refreshing! Okay, let's go over and call someone! Aunt Yan's smile was even brighter, and she left briskly with a few women behind her who were also smiling.

Wang Jin thought about the cash at home in his heart, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

This time, the wages paid to the villagers were almost 100 taels, and the Chen family naturally had this money in her hands, but she tossed the cotton planting alone, and the Chen family had the last savings in her hands, and she didn't want to use it until she had to. Chen had asked her several times before if she had enough money, and she said that she had saved a lot in her private house, which was enough.

In fact, after a few months of buying seeds and farm tools, paying wages to long-term workers, etc., her private house has been almost spent.

As for the money from selling grain, she wanted to use it for her younger brothers to take professional research in the future, so she deliberately saved it, so that she could save a lot every year.

She still has some jewelry, but even if she does, it is estimated that it is worth twenty or thirty taels, which is far from it, and it is too easy to be discovered by the Chen family.

At this moment, she feels a little bit like a hero who is stumped by a penny.

So she went back to her room and fumbled for a while, and finally pulled out a one-foot-square wooden box from the wooden box under the bed.

She sat down at the table, gently rubbing the wooden box, recalling the past, and was stunned.

Since she was a child, she has been fond of collecting all kinds of beautiful utensils, especially porcelain. This wooden box contains a set of colorful glazed ornaments brought to her by her father Uncle Wu from Da Shi on her tenth birthday.

She gently opened the wooden box, carefully took out the three glass utensils inside, and placed them on the table.

It is three small and exquisite, clear and crystal sluggling palm-sized ornaments, respectively a small vase with a big belly vine pattern, a small bowl with neon colored glaze, and a small glazed tripod with lotus pattern, all of which are exquisitely made and make people love it.

When a ray of sunlight shines in the middle, it can refract colorful and brilliant light, which is extremely dazzling.

Wang Hibiscus held the small bowl in the palm of his hand, and his eyes were full of reluctance.

Finally, she bit her lip, put the small bowl back in the wooden box, wrapped the wooden box in cotton cloth, and carried it out the door.

When they arrived at the door of the warehouse, Aunt Yan had already led everyone to wait at the door, gossiping with Uncle Jiang and them.

Seeing Wang Jian coming, everyone stopped and looked at her expectantly.

Walking in front of everyone, Wang Jian smiled and said hello first, and then asked Uncle Jiang to bring the account books in the warehouse.

At this time, Village Chief Li also came over leisurely.

He waved his hand to Wang Jin, who was about to come over, and said, "I'm just here to hear about everyone's harvest this year, Wang family's daughter, you just need to be busy with yours." ”

Wang Jian stopped, smiled at him, and bowed his head. In the morning, in a hurry, she forgot to ask the village chief to come over to be a witness, but fortunately, the old village chief has always been quite concerned about her family's affairs, and she secretly thought that she should walk around the village chief's house more in the future.

When everyone saw that the village chief was coming, they had a bottom in their hearts. Although the Wang family has always been kind, with the village chief here, they are still more assured.

"This year, since the first pick of cotton in mid-August, the cotton sent by each family has been weighed and recorded one by one, and everyone must know their own harvest." Wang said the villagers who sat on the ground nodded their heads, and the weight of the cotton each delivered was indeed the same as the results they had weighed at home. She continued: "Then my family and everyone will check the amount of cotton and the remuneration due. ”

At the most critical time, everyone held their breath and listened to Wang Jin's report one by one.

"Uncle Li's house, two acres of land harvest a total of 408 catties of cotton." As the first number was announced, there was a sudden burst of discussion.

"It's really two hundred pounds!"

"Although I've calculated my own before, it's almost the same number, but I still can't believe it!"

"That's right, that's two hundred pounds of cotton! Ancestors have never planted so much! ”

Without waiting for everyone's surprise to subside, Wang Jian continued: "The salary is twenty or forty wen, plus ten catties of cotton. ”

"Wow-" There was another exclamation.

Two taels of silver, ordinary people work hard for a year, they can eat and clothe, and it would be good to have a few hundred wen left, and now there will be two taels of silver, which is enough for their expenses for a few years! and the ten catties of cotton, although it was said at the beginning, but Wang Hibiscus was so simple, they were still pleasantly surprised, and this winter could finally be warm.

Feeling the envious eyes around him, Uncle Li couldn't help but touch his head innocently, and there was a big smile on his face.

Village Chief Li also squinted his old eyes and smiled happily, this Third Uncle Li is his youngest son, and he is naturally happy to have such a good harvest. I couldn't help but think about it, I don't know if Wang Jin will not take the land next year, and if his other two sons can earn so much, he will be even happier.

Wang Jian reported the harvest of more than a dozen families, which was similar to Uncle Li's, and the yield per mu was around 200 catties, and these tenants were also very satisfied when they heard this result. And a few people who are less than 200 pounds are holding their breath in their hearts, thinking that they must work harder next year.

Soon Wang Jian reported to be the last one.

"Uncle Xue, a total of 246 catties of cotton are harvested in one acre of land. The wages earned were one tael plus two hundred and thirty wen, plus ten catties of cotton. ”

At this time, someone suddenly whispered: "Hey, have you found it, Boss Xue and Boss Yang, their harvest is dozens of catties more than ours per mu!" ”

Everyone recalled the figures reported by Wang Jian just now, and found that this was indeed the case, and they couldn't help but start talking in a whisper.

But after all, it was only a few dozen catties, not hundreds of catties, and after a little discussion, everyone was attracted by Wang Jin's next words.

"Originally, I was going to send the silver and cotton to everyone immediately," Wang Jian paused, and said with a helpless smile: "But everyone's harvest is so good that my family doesn't have so much silver to distribute, so I can only go to the city in the afternoon to get some silver and come back." At this hour tomorrow, please come over again and take the silver cotton home! ”

Everyone was reassured when they heard the reward given by Wang Jian today, and they also knew that they were too anxious and didn't give her time to prepare, so they had no opinion on this arrangement.

"It's okay, daughter of the Wang family, we can wait a day!" Aunt Yan, who is quick to talk, said.

Everyone also echoed it. After a while, they dispersed in groups of threes and twos, and those who went home went home, and those who worked worked. But without exception, there were joyful smiles on their faces.

"I'm going to trouble you to work hard today, and I'll allocate the cotton that will be used tomorrow first." Wang Jin apologized slightly to the long-term workers.

"Hey, big niece, look over there!" Uncle Xu suddenly pointed mysteriously to the corner of the warehouse, with a smile on his face.

Wang Jin followed his finger and found two piles of cotton, one large and one small, the larger one as white as snow, and the smaller one slightly flawed.

"When did you get this? Hasn't it only been a few days, how can it be so fast? Wang Jin was surprised.

"Hehe, the eldest niece gave us a bonus a few days ago, so we naturally work harder. Taking advantage of the good days in the past few days, the whole family went into battle together, and most of it was stripped in a few days. Uncle Xu smiled and pointed to the other end of the warehouse, "According to what you said before, some yellowed and black cotton is picked out and put away, and then the cotton seeds are peeled out and piled up here." ”

Wang Jin found the pile of brown and gray cotton seeds, and his heart was very moved. In the past few days, she has been busy with food matters, and she has not come to the cotton warehouse to see it, but she doesn't know that they have brought their family members over to help. She looked at the long-term workers in front of her, and her heart was very warm. I suddenly found that several of them had gauze wrapped around their fingers, and I couldn't help but be a little anxious: "What's wrong with everyone's hands?" Injured? ”

"Hey, it's okay, isn't this work a common bump!" Uncle Jiang on the side said indifferently.

"Yes, Sister Jin'er, we're just a little frayed, and we haven't even bled out, so it's okay." The bolt also comforted, "Take advantage of the good weather these days, let's peel the cotton out and dry it, and you can sell it earlier." ”

Wang Jin's nose was slightly sour, and he nodded to the long-term workers and said, "Well, when I sell the cotton, please go to the big restaurant in the city to have a good meal!" ”

Uncle Jiang and the others all laughed: "Then we have to say it in advance, we have to go hungry for a meal or two!" ”

Leaving the cotton barn, Wang Jin went straight to the village and got on the ox cart that entered the city. The old man who was driving the car seemed to know that Wang Jian was going to the city to go to the silver today, so he waited for a while until she got into the car before driving the old cow away.

The ox cart was bumpy all the way, and after sitting for a long time, it actually hurt in the butt. The morning at the end of September was already a little cold, and the wind slapped on people's faces, adding to the coldness.

Holding the wooden box, Wang Jian, who was sitting on the side of the car, was always warm in his heart...