In a blink of an eye, more than ten days later, the New Year is almost over.

During this period, Ga Ziniang made the cotton shoes of her sisters and brothers one by one, and they fit well after trying them on.

After Li Ziyu paid her wages, she also gave her the uppers she picked out from the pile of cloth, all of which were sturdy muslin cloth of different colors. Xiao Wu, Xiao Hu and Xiao Lan are all brightly colored cloth, and they and Xiaoshan and Xiaowen are all blue-black or blue-purple.

She asked Ga Ziniang to continue to make shoes to wear in the spring next year, and asked each person to make two pairs, and they had to change their shoes. The previous clippers were all worn and could not be worn, so this time I plan to make two more pairs.

The puppets of Jixiang Buzhuang sold very well, and after Li Ziyu saw it, he purchased a handful of cloth heads and broken cotton from various cloth villages, and arranged the second batch of work.

This time, monkeys and pandas were added to the original puppet looks. The personnel added Xiaohua and Wang Ruiqing's eldest daughter-in-law, that is, Wang Chunqiu's daughter-in-law Li Lanying, and they still made ten of each.

Li Ziyu assigned the task, and cooked the previous pickled deerskin and rabbit skin, and next she planned to make a pair of deerskin boots for each person in the family.

Li Ziyu made a Snow White puppet for Xiaohua, and the fabric was made of silk in the cloth. Snow White wears a red bow hairpin and a blue cloak on a red background. The upper body wears a lake blue blouse, this blouse is a ruffle collar, the upper half of the sleeve is a balloon sleeve, the lower half of the sleeve is a lantern, the cuffs are inlaid with rabbit fur, and the upper and lower sleeves are separated by a section of red silk. The lower body is an apricot yellow pleated skirt, and a pair of red embroidered shoes are worn on the feet.

When the puppet was handed over to Xiaohua, Xiaohua shouted in surprise and almost picked up the roof. When Grandma Zhao and Xiaohuaniang came to check, they were also amazed by the puppets made by Li Ziyu.

In the wooden box where vegetables were planted before, Li Ziyu planted several kinds of vegetables again, and the germination rate has been very good in recent days.

During this period, Li Ziyu took her younger siblings out of the house to carry out activities in the shallow mountain area, teaching them the most basic dart throwing methods.

Several younger siblings were like birds scattered out of a cage, running in the woods with joy, and the excited appearance made Li Ziyu deeply blame herself.

The younger siblings are very serious when practicing darts, and they have almost all learned the basic throwing method.

During this period's morning exercise, Li Ziyu handed over the sanda leg method to his younger brothers and sisters, and they had already practiced the boxing method before, but they were short of the heat and experience against the enemy.

The sandbags on Xiaoshan and Xiaowen's legs have increased from two catties to two and a half catties, and Xiao Wu is still one catty before.

Now, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen are already very proficient in boxing, and Li Ziyu also often practices with them, attacking them from all aspects, and their reflexes and sensitivity have also improved greatly.

That afternoon, Aunt Yang, Xiaohuaniang and several daughters-in-law who made puppets handed over the made puppets. Everyone looked at Li Ziyu with anticipation, hoping to be complimented.

When Xiao Shan, who was writing, saw it, he packed up his pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and took his younger siblings to the East House. The sensible appearance made Aunt Yang and Xiaohua Niang praise a lot.

Li Ziyu inspected them one by one, and to be honest, these puppets were even better than the last time. It seems that everyone has put their minds into keeping this work. It's no wonder that they are nervous, they can earn 300 wen without leaving home, and even the men in the family admire this kind of work. They also want Li Ziyu to see their sincerity, and they will find themselves in the next job.

Now working in Shiyan Town, the adult male labor is only 500 wen per month, which has to meet a good owner. When you meet a mean owner, it's good to be able to give half of it.

Because it was the first time for Li Lanying to do it, she was more nervous than others. Although he is sure of his needlework, he is still afraid that Li Ziyu will say something that is not good.

When he saw that Li Ziyu was not picky about the puppets he made, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ziyu did not disappoint them, and praised their color matching, animal demeanor and overall layout, and everyone was very happy. Li Ziyu paid everyone's wages, and everyone was happy

Say goodbye and go.

Li Ziyu didn't know that several little daughters-in-law who walked out of her house gathered together and whispered:

"I heard that Xiaoyu's family has made a fortune, and they bought more than 20 acres of land, and even bought Xiaohe, and Xiaohe is only 100 taels." It was Zhou Dazhuang's daughter-in-law Li Qinqin who spoke.

Lu Ming's chubby body approached Li Qinqin and asked, "Really?" I also listened to it, and I didn't believe it at first, but when I heard you say this, it seems that I really got rich. ”

"You say, they are just a few orphans, where did they get the money? He who bought land and river. ”

"Who knows, maybe the puppets will sell for a lot of money, and they will only give us a little salary."

Wu Lanlan, who was closest to them, cowardly wanted to say something, but swallowed back when the words came to her mouth.

Li Lanying pulled Hu Xiaoxue and hurriedly walked forward.

Aunt Yang and Xiaohuaniang vaguely heard a few words, and the two glanced at each other worriedly, and then went home.

Xiaohua came by herself after Aunt Yang and the others left, carrying a big package, sweating profusely and looking ridiculous.

Li Ziyu, who was about to go to the town to hire a car, hurriedly helped her take the package, and couldn't help but blame: "Look at you, why don't you come with your aunt, you are strong." ”

Xiaohua grinned: "I don't want to come with a group of daughters-in-law, the east and west families are short, and I hate it to death." ”

"You're naughty!"

"Look, how am I doing? Can't get through? ”

Li Ziyu also looked at it carefully, and had to admire the ability of the ancient little girl. Xiaohua is a panda this time, although it is the first time to do it, but it also expresses the panda's cute demeanor very well. So Li Ziyu affirmed her work and choked Xiaohua enough.

Xiaohua played for a while and left, she knew that Xiaoyu had to go to the town to hire a car, and she couldn't delay any longer.

After Xiaohua left, Li Ziyu said a word to Xiaoshan and hurried to the town. He hired an ox cart at the carriage and horse shop, and told the coachman to wait at the bottom of the last hill in the east of Yangcaogouzi Village early tomorrow morning, and he hurried back, which took about 70 minutes.

The next morning, the hired coachman arrived at the bottom of the hillside on time, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen helped Li Ziyu carry more than a dozen large and small packages to the ox cart, and Li Ziyu set off with the ox cart.

The ox cart walked for about half an hour and stopped at the gate of Jixiang Buzhuang, Li Ziyu told the coachman to let him wait a while, and walked into Buzhuang.

When Li Ziyu walked into the cloth village, Sister-in-law Xiang and a young man were sorting out the cloth. Seeing Li Ziyu come in, Sister-in-law Xiang hurriedly walked out of the counter, took Li Ziyu's hand and said sorry again and again, with a look of embarrassment and guilt on her face.

Li Ziyu's heart sank and asked, "Sister-in-law Xiang, what's going on?" ”

Sister-in-law Xiang's eyes were dodgy, and she lowered her head and said, "Xiaoyu, I'm sorry, I can't sell the puppets in the shop."

"But we've signed a contract!" Li Ziyu abruptly interrupted Sister-in-law Xiang's words, her face full of disbelief! At this time, she only felt a buzzing in her head, and she tried her best to calm herself down.

Sister-in-law Xiang stretched out her hand and handed over the two cloth bags, and said with red eyes: "Xiaoyu, I know that what we have done in this matter is not authentic, and I have already compensated according to the contract." As he spoke, he pointed to the small cloth bag in his hand and said, "This is one hundred and eighty taels of silver for selling puppets, I don't have the face to raise it again, you take it." This is the three hundred taels of silver that I will pay you. I can only tell you one thing so far, and I have no choice but to do it. ”