Zhao Zhen was surprised: "Part-time job? ”

The peasant woman said, "This is a new term, we used to call it labor." However, now, everyone says that this is a part-time job, and we also say that it is a part-time job. Like my man, during the spring ploughing period, during the autumn harvest, he came back to farm, and the rest of the time he went to work at Tiebiguan. ”

Zhao Zhenzhen asked: "Then what kind of work did he do when he went to Tiebi Pass?" What about the income? ”

The peasant woman was a little embarrassed, thought for a long time, and asked, "What is the income?" Is it a harvest? ”

At this moment, Zhao Zhenzhen was a little at a loss.

The proprietress who had been listening to the side at this time hurriedly interjected: "It's just how much money you make." ”

Now the peasant woman understood, and she smiled and said, "My man has no other skills, but he has a lot of strength, so most of the people who go are to build roads." In the past, I went to repair the city wall, and later I built the road, because the work was heavier, so the salary was okay, and the food and accommodation were all foremen's. My man will also save, don't gamble, don't drink, and can have three or four taels of silver left every year. ”

"It's much better to have these three or four taels of silver at home. Our family saved up money for a few years, rebuilt the house, and now lives in a new brick house. ”

Zhao Zhenzhen couldn't help but sigh a little, an extra three or four taels of silver every year can change the life of a family. These three or four taels of silver are really not enough for Zhao Zhenzhen to reward.

Zhao Zhenzhen thanked the peasant woman and asked her to give the peasant woman a purse with two taels of silver and a muslin cloth.

The peasant woman was very embarrassed and said, "I didn't do anything for the nobleman, but I just said a few words." Where is the noble man so heavily rewarded? ”

Zhao Zhenzhen smiled slightly, but the proprietress seemed to know the peasant woman, and she said to the peasant woman: "Don't worry about so much, you can accept what the noble person rewards, and just talk about the good of the noble woman in the future." Hurry up and kowtow to thank you. ”

The peasant woman listened to the words of the proprietress, and it was not good to postpone it, so she hurriedly lay down and kowtowed to thank her. Zhao Zhenzhen hurriedly asked the maid next to her to help her, and asked the maid to send the peasant woman out.

When the peasant woman went out, Zhao Zhenzhen began to ask the proprietress: "How is the proprietress doing business?" ”

The hostess has already understood. This is the life of ordinary people who are curious about the nobles. Such people. It's not that I haven't seen it, so the proprietress is very cheerful and said: "If you go back to your nobles, I'm a small shop." Business is getting better every year. I'm good at my craft. The meals made were delicious. Therefore, in addition to opening inns and restaurants, our family has no exceptions. Whoever has a wedding, funeral, or dinner in the town invites me to be in charge, and I earn a lot of money every year. In addition, our inn is close to the main road, this road is repaired, there are more people doing business on the road, working and going out, there are more people, more people staying in the store, more eating, and the business is better. ”

"Now, my eldest son has married a daughter-in-law, but he doesn't want to work in this shop, so he went to Tiebiguan, where the younger couple worked together, and I went there to visit the two of them last year. They're already little stewards. It's all in the workshop, and there is a lot of money, enough for two people to live. My head of the house and I bought them a small house there, enough for them to live in. Later, thinking about it, they will live in Tiebi Pass. ”

Zhao Zhenzhen nodded.

Like this, the husband and wife have entered the workshop together, and there have been many years in the capital. Because women can go to a ready-to-wear workshop like Cuijin Lou to work, the income is still very good.

Zhao Zhenzhen asked some more about the town. The proprietress is very talkative, she is also funny, and she can tell her very common things interestingly.

She also talked about ordinary little things, such as which girl embroidered flowers well, and was recruited to work in the Tiebiguan workshop. The income has increased in a month, and the original appearance is just average, but now the person who went to her house to say goodbye stepped on the door.

The kid from the butcher's family in the north of the city was very smart, and he was actually favored by the children of the black family in the county, and gave him a settling-in fee of five hundred taels of silver and took him to Nanyang to study. I can come back to visit my home once every three years, and every time I come back, I bring many things to the villagers that I have never seen before, such as dried bananas, dried mangoes, and dried durians.

There is also a good friend's house of the proprietress in the town, his man made money in Tiebiguan, he was originally a craft, and he also cooked very well, and he simply went to Shanhai City, where he opened a small restaurant, I heard that the business was very good, and the whole family was moved, and the family's house and fields were sold when the price rose in the past two years.

Last time, she went to see her eldest son, and she went to her good friend to have a look, and her life in Shanhai City was good. Not only is the business of the restaurant good, but also with the money earned, I bought a small pasture and raised a lot of cattle and sheep.

There is also an old farmer in the town, there is nothing, however, his family was originally very good at doing farm work, after a period of learning in the county, even better, I heard that with the people in the county to learn the technology, in the bank loan, in their own field to build a glass greenhouse, planted out of season vegetables, this is very profitable.

They have become rich men. This thing made the proprietress envious. She said that now her restaurant can eat fresh vegetables in winter, but it is more expensive, because she signed a contract with the old farmer to provide vegetables to her family every day. Although it is a little more expensive, it can attract customers, and business is much better because of it.

There is also a merchant from the south of the Yangtze River, who travels back and forth here every year, and has been going back and forth for several years, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more followers, and finally, I heard that the merchant has also settled in Shanhai City. I also fell in love with a girl in the town and married away.

The proprietress has seen a lot of the world, and she receives a lot of people from the north and south every day, so she knows a lot of things, so it's very interesting.

Zhao Zhenzhen listened to it with relish, there are many of these things, even Mrs. Shen has never heard of them, so she is also very happy to hear them.

After talking for half an hour, Zhao Zhenzhen heard enough, so she thanked the proprietress and rewarded her with a purse, which contained five taels of silver and two muslin cloths, which were of very good quality.

The proprietress liked it and thanked her again and again. Although she said the words of this car, but it didn't cost anything, this family has been packing this yard for two days, cleaning up cleanly, not using any of their own things, even the meals in their own restaurant, they have their own cooks to cook, just buy some vegetables and meat from here. This saves trouble, but the money given is a lot, and ten taels of silver are given every day. That's more than she earns in a month. Can she not be happy? Such a high-roller doesn't give anything at all, and she is willing to let her speak for nothing.

What's more, he got these five taels of silver for nothing. Not to mention the two muslins. This kind of muslin cloth is different from the cheesecloth spun by ordinary village women. This cotton cloth is very soft and delicate to the touch, and the color is also very beautiful. This kind of texture, but you have to put it well, when you go back to Tiebi Pass, give it to the eldest daughter-in-law a little, she is pregnant, and she will give birth to a child in the future, and it is very good to make small clothes for the child.

Even the purse containing the silver is a good thing, the red satin purse with four sides buckle, embroidered with green onion yellow spring flowers, the flower embroidered is the same as the real thing, and the best embroiderer in her town can't embroider such a good job.

The proprietress left satisfied, and after she left, Zhao Zhenzhen chatted with Mrs. Shen for a while, and Zhao Zhenzhen asked a lot about the changes in the town, as well as Lord Shen's work in Tiebiguan.

Mrs. Shen said gently: "Our town is much stronger than before. There are also more people, and even the children in the town who speak out are more vocal than before. This is also because the people now can fill their stomachs. In the past, if there were too many children, the newly born child would be drowned or given away. Also, when there is a spring famine, there are many people who sell their sons and daughters. However, now that the people basically have enough to eat, where will the children who are born still die? After all, it's his own flesh and blood. In addition, there is still a policy, for every child born, the government will give two catties of sugar, two catties of cotton, one cheesecloth, and one tael of silver. Therefore, the number of children has increased a lot in recent years. ”

"The people are well fed, and there are more people who go out to work, but there are fewer men in the village, and women, children, and the elderly are the main population in the village and the town. Fortunately, most of the women in the northwest are strong and capable, and they can cope with the work in the fields. When it comes to spring ploughing and autumn harvest, the men will come back to work. ”

"These people work to make a lot of money, and many of them come back to buy land. In the past two years, land prices have risen one after another. Many people simply worked to gain experience and moved their entire homes away. Some went directly to Tiebi Pass or settled in five cities on the grassland. Anyway, the houses there are cheaper and the cost of living is not much. With a little money, you can buy some land or pasture, raise sheep, raise cattle, and make a lot of money, and if you do the math, it may be more than at home. ”

Zhao Zhenzhen listened to Mrs. Shen's words and was a little stunned for a while. How long have these second uncles and aunts only been in the northwest, why have they brought such big changes to the northwest?

No wonder, when I was at home, my father and mother repeatedly told me to cherish this opportunity and learn more from my second aunt, even if I learned one percent, it was enough for life.

Zhao Zhenzhen and Mrs. Shen chatted, and after a while, Mrs. Bai had already gotten up. After Mrs. Bai cleaned up, she walked over, and Mrs. Shen met Mrs. Bai and gave gifts to Zhao Zhenzhen and Mrs. Bai. Zhao Zhenzhen and Mrs. Bai both accepted it and gave her gifts in return.

Mrs. Shen sent Zhao Zhenzhen and Mrs. Bai into the carriage, and Zhao Zhenzhen continued to walk forward. (To be continued......)