Chapter 31, Price Increases
Early the next morning
The eldest brother of the Fang family came again with his younger siblings, and it was quite early today.
"Why is Brother Fang so early today? Have you eaten? Gu Qingcheng brought the food to the table and asked.
"After eating, I want to tell you about the factory today, it has been repaired, and I will clean it up today and do the final cleaning. It should be done in the morning. The eldest brother of the Fang family said.
"Well, then, I'll take a look after dinner. I have paid your wages as well. And then we're going to get to the rest of the story. After Gu Qingcheng finished talking to the eldest brother of the Fang family, he beckoned a few people outside to eat.
Seeing this, the eldest brother of the Fang family said goodbye and left with his younger siblings, anyway, she would have to go over later, so naturally she didn't have time to take care of the first siblings.
"Sister, are you going up the mountain today?" During the meal, Gu Xueyan asked curiously.
"What, is there a problem?" Gu Tingcheng took a sip of porridge and asked lightly.
"No, this is the medicine I just developed to lure small animals. Sister, you can try it and see if I succeed! The little guy took out a bottle of medicine with an excited face.
"Just try it." Gu Tingcheng also took the medicine fondly, and his younger brother was really a little different from her when he first came, and he was a lot naughty.
I heard that two days ago, he got a snake under the master's table, which frightened the master, and the master thought that the grass around him had run in from outside.
When Gu Tingcheng heard this, he only sighed and sighed, this student era was really the most naughty time.
After eating, Gu Qingcheng took the silver and went to Aunt Zhao's house first.
Aunt Zhao was sewing and mending clothes, seemingly making new clothes, and Li Qing was reading on the side.
Gu Qingcheng had to sigh, he was really a good reader. Ten times I saw him, and eight times I held a book.
"Aunt Zhao, are you making clothes?" Gu Tingcheng greeted and asked.
Aunt Zhao raised her head and saw Gu Qingcheng, a little puzzled. These days, Gu Tingcheng delivers dishes almost every three days, and he usually doesn't come.
Yesterday's food was just delivered, why did you come today? That's what she thought, and she asked.
"Why is Xiao Qi here? But what's the matter? Qing'er, go and come out with a stool. Aunt Zhao instructed her son.
Li Qing put down the book and went into the house to move the stool.
"It's nothing, it's just that the factory is going to be completed this morning, I'll tell you."
As soon as Gu Qingcheng finished speaking, Li Qing's stool was taken out.
"Little Seventh Sister, please take a seat." Li Qing said gently and politely.
"Thank you." Gu Tingcheng nodded.
"It's finished in the morning, so do you want to cook at noon today?"
"Naturally, I have to do it, and I have to do a little better, let's cook a little more food for everyone today, I will let people send some wine and meat later, and the steamed buns can also be steamed a little more." It's your wages. ”
Gu Qingcheng took out the silver prepared in his arms and gave it to him.
"Thank you, Xiaoqi." Aunt Zhao took the silver and hurriedly thanked her. This time this job was easy and I earned more, thanks to the village chief.
"No thanks, this is what you deserve, by the way, if you have time in the future, you can come to my factory to help, and also make some snacks, the salary is similar to now, if you do well there will be another reward."
Gu Tingcheng thought, there are bad people in the factory anyway, this Aunt Zhao is a good one, she is serious, and she doesn't like to chew the root of her tongue.
"Really? Nacheng, when to go? "Aunt Zhao is very happy, after all, with a stable income, she will worry a lot less.
Next year, Qing'er will go to take the imperial examination, and he will need silver everywhere. Aunt Zhao is still a little worried.
"I'll let you know when the time comes, then I'll go first, and I'll go to the factory to have a look." Gu Tingcheng said goodbye, and Aunt Zhao asked her to sit again.
But because Gu Tingcheng said that she still had something to do, Aunt Zhao also sent her out.
When I came back, I sat on the chair and sewed my clothes, rubbed my eyes, and felt that my eyes were a little sore.
"Mother, you can rest for a while. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to wear it now. Li Qing said when he saw this.
"How can you not be in a hurry? It's about to be winter, and you've been wearing those clothes for many years, and it's not warm to wear, but I pulled this material for you, and I bought some cotton, so you can study well when you're warm. ”
Aunt Zhao rubbed her sore eyes again, then picked up the needle and said kindly.
Li Qing didn't say much, and read the book carefully. He must take the test well so that he can't live up to his mother.
This way
Gu Tingcheng arrived at the factory, looked at this big courtyard, and was a little relieved, this is the house she came here and is seriously looking for someone to repair by herself.
She's been here a few times, and each time she's been here, she's changed a lot, and this time, it's almost finalized.
The windows and beams have been repaired, and it looks like a courtyard house is very large, like half the size of a modern football field, and it is still two floors.
On one side is a renovated house that can be inhabited. The other three sides have kitchenettes on the first floor, and there are four kitchens on each side, for a total of 12 kitchenettes. The second floor is used to store things
The floor in the middle yard was paved with stone slabs, and some shelves custom-made from the poplar carpenter were placed to dry.
The inside of the house was also slate, and everyone was cleaning up and doing the final cleaning work, and the pots on the stove had been moved.
Everyone greeted Gu Tingcheng when they saw him
"Miss Gu is here, just right, let's see if there is anything to change." A big man asked.
Gu Qingcheng smiled, looked at the completed house and said
"It's all good, everyone has worked hard these days, today everyone goes back to eat and drink well, I will prepare drinks for everyone."
When a few people present heard this, they were very excited, and a group of men smiled rough and cheerfully, maybe this is their happiness point, they are very satisfied and happy to eat and drink well!
"Xiao Qi, you're here, let's see if there's anything else to change?" The eldest brother of the Fang family also came out when he heard the sound, he was checking every corner just now.
"There's nothing to change, I'm satisfied, it's cleaned, you can go to Carpenter Yang later to bring back some of the remaining tools."
"Done." The eldest brother of the Fang family nodded and agreed.
"Tell all the people inside to come out, and we'll count the rest of the wages. Today is over. Gu Tingcheng took out his last family foundation.
You must know that repairing this big courtyard house can waste her a lot of money, and the money from selling chicken cakes has been put in, but it is still worth it.
Waiting for everyone to come out, after some settlement, Gu Tingcheng only had the last 2 taels of silver left.
Alas, miserable!
But don't underestimate these 2 taels of silver, which is enough for ordinary people for more than half a year.
After all, the current market price of rice noodles is only three pennies a catty.
However, I heard that the price of rice noodles is also rising now, because of the famine in the town next door.
The main reason is this year's drought, and the next city is not as close to the water source as their county, there is a river, as long as you are diligent, you can draw water from the river to water the grain.
So they are pretty good here, although the grain they harvest is not very high, but it is not bad. If you stick tightly, you can survive until next year's harvest. But not elsewhere.
Speaking of this panic, Gu Tingcheng remembered that in modern times, he often heard that a drought and a cold are warm.
If this winter is still very cold, it will not be easy to do, after all, it is not easy to plant, and next year there may be a continued drought, and a more serious one will experience a plague.
With the current level of medical care here, the plague is not so easy to solve.
Gu Tingcheng was a little worried.