Chapter 36: The Autumn Harvest Begins
The day of harvesting the crops is coming soon, and Lin Zhu is also ready. Because her land was next to the village chief's land, the two families started together. The three short-term workers that the village chief helped her find are father and son, father Wang Shudun and second son Wang Lin and youngest son Wang Sen, their family fled from the famine before, the family of seven people, three generations of grandchildren, there are three sons, because the family is poor, only the eldest Wang Mu has become a parent, so many people only have five acres of land, not enough for the family to chew, are maintained by short-term work, this time I heard the village chief say to find five people, two are born and raised in Linjia Village, they all feel that the village chief to help find the job should not be wrong, and there is no need to go out at night to go home, The land in their house has Wang Mu and Wang Mu, and it just so happens that Lin Zhu also needs three people, so he came over.
Through the village chief, he learned that the main family who wanted to work was a child, and the salary was also high, and the only requirement was to work hard, and if they did a good job, they would be called to come if they had a job in the future, so that his family would have a fixed income, and they were happy to accept it.
Lin Zhu saw Wang Shudun father and son, and was very satisfied with them, they all seemed to be good at work, but the youngest son Wang Sen was only fifteen or sixteen years old, which made her feel a little child labor, but when she thought about it, here boys generally start to work in the fields at the age of eleven or twelve, and fifteen or sixteen-year-old children are already the main force of work at home, so they don't care. The village chief introduced the three of them to her, explained the mutual situation, and also said in front of Wang Shudun's father and son that because his youngest son was only 16 years old, he could be paid a little less.
Lin Zhu looked at the three of them, and said to the village chief Lin Changqing, let's take a look at it for a day, if the three of them do a good job, the salary will be calculated according to 30 yuan per person, Wang Shudun father and son heard her say this, their faces showed a grateful look, and promised her that they would definitely do a good job for her.
After the village chief explained the specific location of the field to them, the three of them began to work, Lin Zhu looked at it for a while, and felt that they were doing quite well, compared with the two short-term workers of the village chief's family, she was also relieved.
Regarding the village chief's house, Lin Zhu only knew that his family's land was twice as much as his own, but he also had more family, except for the second son who couldn't come over when he was studying, the village chief and Aunt Li, as well as Lin Hongwen and his wife, Lin Youqing and Lin Ruyu were responsible for cooking at home.
Lin Zhu couldn't help much in the field, so he explained to Wang Shudun and the three of them, and prepared to go back. For her such a reassuring behavior, Wang Shudun father and son also feel very warm, few owners trust the people who do the work so much, they are the kind of people who can't wait to stare tightly, for fear of being lazy, Lin Zhu's approach makes them work harder.
In fact, Lin Zhu felt that staring at them here was like a contractor, this feeling made her very uncomfortable, it was better to go home and turn over the wolfberries and make their lunch. Besides, they don't seem to be the kind of people who can sneak and play tricks, and they were introduced by the village chief, so they can't be wrong, so it's better to let them go. By the way, I said hello to Aunt Li and went home.
Lin Changqing watched Lin Zhu walk away, and he also felt very comfortable in his heart, although he was confident that the short-term jobs he found for Lin Zhu were all good, and he didn't have to worry about working, but if Lin Zhu kept staring here, as if he didn't believe him, it would make him feel uncomfortable. Lin Zhu's departure made the village chief Lin Changqing feel a lot lighter.
After Lin Zhu went home, she remembered that Wang Shudun and his son didn't seem to have brought a water jug, so she sent water again, and then she went home with peace of mind. She wanted to make some oil cakes today, and the pasta was strong, so she baked ten oil cakes, and she was afraid that it would not be enough to eat, so each cake was full of portions, and cut half of the pig's heart, so that they could eat it in the cake, and put some vegetables in the bone broth, so that the meal was ready.
Leave a cake and two bowls of soup for himself and black beans, and the rest of the soup is packed in a jar, and the cake and pig's heart are wrapped in a drawer cloth, and three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks are taken away, and they are first put into the space, and then they pretend to be on their backs, and then go to the field. On the way, I happened to meet Lin Youqing and Lin Ruyu, two sisters who also went to the field to deliver food. I was afraid that the two of them would find out that there was actually no food in the back, so they took the rice out of the space and put it in the back while people were not paying attention. Lin Youqing and Lin Ruyu both carried baskets, because there were many people working in their fields, so they took a lot of food. Lin Youqing made a lot of rice and covered it with a pot, the dish was cabbage pork, the meat was cut into slices and stewed with cabbage, the taste was very fragrant, and it was also very real, and a lot of meat was put in it. Ruyu also wondered what Lin Zhu cooked, so Lin Zhu took the back and let her take a look, the golden bread was fragrant, and the milky white bone broth with green vegetables floating in it was also very attractive.
"Hee-hee, Xiaozhu's rice is so delicious, but ours is also very fragrant, isn't it, sister?" Ruyu smiled and talked to Youqing, but her eyes kept sweeping over Lin Zhu's flatbread and her own slices of meat, and Youqing patted her head, "Okay, hurry up and send it over, Daddy and Mother They must be hungry, and the family has left you a meal, and you can eat it in a while." Ruyu thought about it, nodded and walked towards the ground with the two, and met a lot of villagers who delivered food on the way, including old people and children, Ruyu and Youqing both thought that they greeted each other, Lin Zhu didn't know each other, so they had to follow Youqing to see what she did and how to do it.
When I got to the field, I found that a large area of rice had been cut down. The village chief's family was also the same, because it was six people, so they cut more, separated from the Ruyu sisters, and walked over to the three who were still working. "Uncle Wang, let's rest for a while and eat." Lin Zhu called them over, and the three of them happened to be hungry, so they stopped their work and walked over to Lin Zhu.
Lin Zhu took out the cake and soup from his back, and took out the dishes and chopsticks, which could only be placed on the grass. Wang Shudun father and son came to take a look, startled, couldn't believe that this meal was prepared for the three of them, they had also done work for the village people before, at that time they only ate some rice and some vegetables, and the better people would add some meat to the dishes, and it was only a few slices of sporadic slices, and a little oil star in the other meals was good. Now they were a little flattered when they saw that there were golden flatbreads and sliced meat-like pork hearts in the rice sent by Lin Zhu, and they were embarrassed to reach out to eat.
"Uncle Wang, you guys are tired for a long time, eat quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold." Lin Zhu saw that they didn't use chopsticks, and thought that he was not satisfied with the rice, "I baked some oil cakes, because they are pig hearts, they have already been cooked, even the village chief thinks it is delicious, you can also taste it, just add it to the cake and roll it to eat, if you dry it, there is soup." Wang Shudun listened to Lin Zhu's words and immediately said, "Girl, this is for us to eat?" Seeing Lin Zhu nodding yes, he was a little speechless with excitement, "This, this, this is also too good to eat." I, we don't actually have to eat such a good food. Seeing him so excited, Lin Zhu felt that the people here were too simple, she felt that it was appropriate to invite someone to work and provide better food, but looking at him like this, he must not have received this kind of treatment before, so he quickly persuaded him to eat first, and then talk about the rest later.
Wang Shudun's two sons felt even more hungry when they saw such a good meal, but the father didn't speak, neither of them dared to step forward, and after Lin Zhu persuaded the father, the three of them picked up the dishes and chopsticks to eat together.