Li Yunzhu rushed out of the courtyard door of Lao Li's house in a huff, but no one chased after him.

It's not that the old Li family is so cold, it's really that the big guys are busy with their own messes, and no one notices that Li Yunzhu, a grumpy little lady, ran out.

Li Jingfu took a group of children and grandchildren to the ground early in the morning, and he would not come back until the sun set.

Qiao Ximei sat in the courtyard, guarding the tofu mill while squeaking and spinning twine.

Some of the twine she spun had to be kneaded into hemp rope, and some had to be woven into linen.

The Nie family, the Wang family, the Feng family, and the Chen family also have their own work.

Nie is now in charge of feeding the family's livestock.

Chickens, ducks, pigs, and the new donkey, all had to be fed. I have to clean all their circles.

After the Wang family finished selling the tofu, they could take a break for half an hour when they got home, and then they had to settle the accounts first, and hand over the money that should be handed over to the old lady Qiao Ximei.

After collecting the accounts, she had to clean the tofu picks and dry them on a shelf in the yard.

Then I had to carry water and chop firewood.

Wang had to run several times to fill the vats in the tofu factory with water.

I have to prepare all the firewood that I need to use tomorrow.

Feng had to wash and sew the family's clothes and shoes, and if he had spare time, he also had to collect the soles and make shoes.

It was her job to make the clothes of adults smaller, and to put together two or three old clothes that were badly torn into a new one.

Chan is a little more relaxed. Today, it's Chen's turn to cook.

In addition, she also had to look at several younger children, including Brother Ming.

Make sure they don't run away, don't get hurt, and don't cause trouble for adults.

As for the sanitation in the yard and in the room, it is the business of Li Yunzhu, Li Yunxiu, Li Yuncui, Li Yunrou, and other half-grown children who can't farm.

A large family, busy and orderly.

And the busy time always flies quickly.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, Li Xiyi, who had gone to sell tofu in the surrounding villages, also returned.

Today, he brought four plates of tofu as usual, a total of 120 pieces.

In exchange for 20 yuan, 50 catties of beans, 10 catties of black noodles, 10 catties of coarse grains and dried vegetables, and a fine arrowroot cloth was taken out.

This fine arrowroot cloth is a good thing. The better materials used by the villagers are fine arrowroot cloth and cheesecloth.

Unexpectedly, someone was willing to exchange it for tofu.

Qiao Ximei carefully investigated for a long time and found that the fabric was woven quite well. It's a pity that the color is dyed a little. Originally, I probably wanted to dye it an earthy yellow, but it was not evenly dyed, one was deep and one was light.

If you want to sell this kind of material, I'm afraid it's not easy. If it is cut and sold, it is not so convenient. If it is used to pay taxes and dyed like this, the officials will not collect it at all......

Thinking about it this way, it is not so difficult to understand when you take it out and exchange it for tofu.

Qiao Ximei thought about it, and immediately slapped the board, this fine arrowroot cloth will be used to make this year's summer shirts for the children.

When I heard that there was a new summer shirt this year, the children cheered:

"Oh, there's new clothes to wear!"

"Grandma is the best!"

"Mother, embroider a flower for me on the neckline......

"I want it too, I want it too, I want to embroider a duckling on the cuff!"

"Haha......"

The children were shouting and laughing, and the yard was full of noise for a while.

Qiao Ximei looked at the children, all of them blushing, and the corners of her eyes were slightly moist.

For many years, she has been working hard and calculating.

The money is so tight that almost every daughter-in-law can't help but complain about her slamming the door behind her back.

She knew all these things in her heart.

But he never relaxed even a fraction of a centimeter.

The main thing for the old Li family is to farm.

Therefore, even if she has some family resources in her hands, she does not dare to let go easily.

After all, there are so many places where you need money to live at home. Who knows how many holes await ahead!

She loosened it here, loosened it there, and this silver coin should be like sand between her fingers, shaking off almost in the blink of an eye.

But now it's different.

With this tofu workshop, there is a steady stream of channels for money.

In the future, in terms of eating, you can relax a little, at least you can rest assured that your family can eat all three meals.

When it's time to make this garment, you can also make a few pieces appropriately.

Zhou Niangzi, a tailor in the village, was soon invited over to tailor the children of the Lao Li family.

Zhou Niangzi moved to Gushantun in recent years.

She used to live in the town and run a small tailor's shop.

In fact, if there is a woman in the family, there is no one to do the work of cutting and sewing clothes.

Zhou Niangzi's craftsmanship is not very outstanding, and she can't come up with too fresh patterns, so she just buys some tattered old clothes, slowly and carefully sews them, patchwork them into ready-made clothes, and hangs them in her own shop to sell.

Many people have cotton clothes and quilts in the spring, and if they have no money to redeem them in autumn and winter, they have to come to the garment shop to buy some old clothes that have been washed and sewn clean, and they will be able to deal with them and wear them.

In addition to the ready-to-wear part, Zhou Niangzi's main business is to take on some bachelors' pulp washing and sewing work.

The town has a large population, and most importantly, there is also a wharf and warehouse in the south of the town.

There are many men who make a living at the docks and warehouses. There are naturally many bachelors who are willing to spend some copper money to buy ready-to-wear clothes to wear, or sew up old clothes.

As for the work of making clothes for the servants of large families, there are naturally those big embroidery workshops, cloth villages, silk villages and the like to undertake them, and it is not her turn to be a small person.

Zhou Niangzi and his wife only had one daughter, and they also followed Zhou Niangzi and learned a good needle.

Later, the old couple was reluctant to marry their only daughter, so they recruited an honest son-in-law to come back and help their daughter look after the store.

The old couple moved to the countryside.

People in the village, making new clothes, is a new thing, naturally not much use of Zhou Niangzi's craftsmanship.

Mrs. Zhou only occasionally went back to town to help her daughter.

For example, when encountering an urgent job or something, the girl is busy, and Zhou Niangzi also follows to work day and night.

I'm afraid that my daughter won't be able to do it, or she will hurt her eyes by doing work with an oil lamp at night.

This time, Qiao Ximei went to her to make summer shirts for the children at home, but she was so happy that she smiled, the folds on her face were a little deeper, and the flattery also rolled in.

"Sister Qiao, these children in your family are really top water spirits, and they are all rare!"

"Oh, Sister Qiao, your house is really magnificent! This yard is really neat! ”

"Sister Qiao, your tofu workshop has made a name for itself in ten miles and eight villages, and the big guys are envious.

We mud legs, which family has such a good blessing as Sister Qiao! ”

……

Qiao Ximei smiled and diverted the conversation:

"Sister Zhou, if you want to say that this is to make clothes, we can also make it ourselves.

Looking for you, first, to see the affection of our villagers; Second, it is also rare for your craft.

I heard that Sister Zhou, you are the best at patchwork, and there is no waste at all.

If we cut this piece of cloth ourselves, we can probably only come out with six sets of summer shirts at most.

If you are asked to cut, how many sets can you make? ”