If such a big project as building a river falls on the heads of the common people, it will be a lot of silver, and it will definitely not be able to make up the money.

But if these rich people are allowed to give it and divide it, it will only be two or three hundred taels per person, although it cannot be said that this money is a small amount, but for them, it is really not worth mentioning.

But after Tiankuo told them about this, an older one stood up, and after all, he excused himself, saying that the past two years have not been good, the business is not good, and the money is not easy to come out.

After he said that, of course, the people behind him followed his meaning, and one by one they began to cry poor.

Later, I felt that this was really not giving face to the magistrate, so I said that I was willing to take twenty taels of silver out, which made Tiankuo angry, and these people were so heartfelt, and they couldn't complain that the local people were not happy.

They only said that they would take a few dozen taels of silver out, of course Tiankuo would not accept this money, and the river channel repaired in one place was almost the same, if it was repaired in every place, it would not be enough.

He always had to think of a way to get more money out of them, and the river was repaired, which also benefited them, because these people only wanted to squeeze the common people, and they didn't even want to give him the money, so they had to discuss it with their sister.

Anyway, there was nothing else to do, so he let those people go back, and Wang Tianxiang and Wang Tianlai also sighed vigorously.

"Hey, these people, I really don't know what to say, their own son has spent more than ten times the amount of silver in the brothel of the Qinglou, now let them take some money out to repair the river, just say these words, twenty taels of silver, who are you looking down on?"

Tiankuo didn't say much, he pondered in his heart, and asked them both to go back, "It's cold now, and the county government doesn't have anything important to do, you can go home and do your family's work, I won't give up the matter of repairing the river so easily, I'll discuss it with Siqi and see if we can come up with a good way." ”

Wang Tianlai arched his hand, "Lord and Mrs. are bothered, you have been working day and night since you came here, there is nothing important these days, you should cultivate your body well." ”

Tiankuo smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm young and have the energy to do this, since I'm here, and I promised everyone that I will find a way, then I can't break my promise, as long as I can do it, I will do it." ”

Wang Tianxiang said, "It's already deep winter, the weather is very cold, this year's day is estimated to be colder than in previous years, I don't know if the firewood in the house is enough, the firewood in winter is actually not convenient to buy, if the adults are not enough, open to us directly, we have lived here for most of our lives, this thing can still be arranged." ”

"Adults are not polite, what is lacking just say, this north is not more convenient than the adult's hometown, in winter everywhere is inconvenient, this weather is very cold, Mrs. is young, can not stand the cold, adults must not be polite to us."

Tiankuo said again and again that he was not polite, there was firewood at home, and the two of them kept saying that Tiankuo wanted them to go and see the firewood stack at home.

When it was just winter, the husband and wife had been busy, but Zhou Hao and Zhou Xing were very important, plus there were two mothers-in-law and two sons of the Wang family who were here to help, helping to manage everywhere, so could they still leave such an important thing behind?

At that time, Yongqing and Zhengyuan went to the nearby mountains to cut a lot of firewood back, there were firewood sellers in the city, and when the two mothers-in-law and Zhou Hao Zhou Xing went out to buy things, they bought a lot, and the firewood stack was really not small, even if it was cold this winter, but there were few of them, and they could use the kang all the time.

But they are still very moved to insist on Tiankuo, and the anger they have just received from those rich people has also dissipated.

Of course, those people hate it, but there are still more simple people in this Lu County, so he has to think about these aspects.

When you come to the north, you can't make bacon sausages in winter, you have to put them outside to dry, and then dry them in the shade, but the weather here is too cold, and they are directly frozen outside, and they are put in the house, and there is a fire kang, and they will be roasted out of oil, and the north can't make sausages at all.

You can eat sausages in the wax moon, Siqi remembered the first sausage in previous winters, and pork ribs, saliva was dripping, it was really delicious.

It's only available at home, it's too far away.

She suddenly envied the express delivery in her previous life, if there was a courier, wouldn't it be delivered soon? Even if you are in the north, you can still eat the good taste of your hometown.

After finishing the previous food things, the big things are almost busy, and these days I think about it is really relatively leisurely, and I stay at home all day, and I won't go out easily.

It was so cold outside that she had to put on a thick cotton jacket and leather jacket and leather boots when she had to go out, or the snow that didn't reach her calves would freeze her to death.

I used to feel cold at home, but now I'm in the north, and it's even more so, but fortunately it's very warm in the house, otherwise I don't know how to live.

These days, she has been learning to make sweaters with Zhou Hao and Zhou Xing, and the two of them are now very proficient, after all, they are doing this most of the time every day, which is more powerful than the two mothers-in-law in the family.

They have made a lot more patterns than before, and sweaters have been made several times, which were originally made for Siqi, but Siqi can wear so much, so they will have time to knit for the family, and warm up this winter.

During the Chinese New Year, the four people who helped the family were going back to celebrate the New Year, and when the time came, they could bring their clothes to the people in the countryside to take a good look and cheer up.

Siqi herself is also knitting sweaters, her handiwork is not as good as others, weaving very slowly, some places are loose, some places are tight, and a section of weaving has to be disassembled and redone.

Just one sleeve, she has been doing it for several days, Zhou Xing looked at her and felt that she was tired, and said with a smile, "If the girl really doesn't like to do this, let me do it." ”

Zhou Hao said directly, "The girl knitted it, of course it was made for the son, and I want you to intervene." ”

Zhou Xing stuck out his tongue, "Haha, so that's the case, I didn't think about it, the girl will do it herself, let us teach you where you really can't, the girl is becoming more and more virtuous after getting married." ”

Zhou Hao said again, "Do you mean that the girl was not virtuous before?" ”

Zhou Xing said, "Anyway, it's more virtuous now, how good." ”

The two sisters joked with each other about Siqi, which made Siqi embarrassed and glared at them, "Hurry up and do your own thing, I want you to talk more." ”

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, and continued to work.