Chapter 56: The Harvest of the Year Before
The time soon came to the twentieth day of the lunar month.
The Yaya Township Kitchen finished the last birthday banquet three days ago, and Ye Feng's side, no one came to sell camphor wood, thinking that the New Year was coming soon, and everyone wanted to rest and rest.
On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Chen Qianshan's house.
Because he made eleven banquets in a row, the wages and rewards were equally divided, plus the more than ten taels of silver earned from the cutting board business before, Chen Qianshan received a total of fifty-six taels of silver during this time.
In addition, he basically does not eat at home, and brings back some leftovers more or less every time, Chen Jiqin's life can be regarded as a qualitative leap.
Chen Qianshui followed Ye Feng to do the cutting board business, but for more than a month, he still did some carpentry work and got forty taels of silver. In addition, Liu's family sells pigs and chickens, and Chen Jiqin's family has a huge sum of 100 taels of silver as of the twentieth day of the lunar month.
On this day, Liu was very happy, thought about the silver she had counted only last night, and boldly killed two big roosters, according to the method Chen Qianshan said, one was stewed, and the other was mixed with chili oil.
That night, a family of six sat around a table, chatting and happily eating chicken.
Before the change, when you encounter such a good chicken, everyone will definitely not be able to chat, and you must be immersed in hard work. But since Chen Qianshan joined the Yaya Township Kitchen, the quality of life at home has been greatly improved, and everyone is not so hungry for meat.
"Mother, what are you laughing at?" Chen Qianshan asked.
Liu didn't know what he had thought of, and he didn't have time to eat a piece of chicken, so he sat there and smirked, looking quite funny.
"This kid is still joking about your mother. Me, it's happy. Guess what, a lot of aunties have come to your door lately to inquire about you. After saying that, he took a bite of the chicken.
This chicken is well fed, very fat, the meat is delicious, and it tastes delicious.
"What do you want from me? Then that, mother, our duck and duck village kitchen is not recruiting people for the time being, don't just promise people. ”
Chen Qianshan hurriedly swallowed the chicken he was chewing in his mouth and said anxiously.
Duck Duck Country Kitchen has taken over a lot of business recently, which many people know. After all, they will run to the city collectively every once in a while, and they will disappear collectively for a day or two, and there is really a lot of movement.
And the business is good, which means that they are not enough manpower, so many people in the village began to want to join the Yaya Township Kitchen.
However, as soon as everyone summed it up, they felt that the current people were basically enough, and they didn't plan to recruit any more. In fact, it is okay to recruit one or two more, but everyone thinks that there will be less money in this way.
They are all willing to be a little tired and have a little more money to support their families.
Chen Jiqin is an honest and wooden person, and he generally does not express his opinions, because he generally has no opinions. But today, he said rarely: "That is, the third child is right, child, don't be confused, we are still counting on this to make money." ”
was questioned by the two masters, but Liu was not annoyed, and still said with a smile: "I said that the two of you are the same, both elm pimples." It's a shame that the sister of the Ye family often praises the third child for being smart, and she is born to do business. I see, you just don't open your mind, it's so big, and you don't have a number in your heart. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the father and son in disgust and continued to eat.
It turns out that since the Yaya Township Kitchen has become popular, its members are naturally the focus of everyone's attention. It's okay to be like Chen Jiwan and Chen Jixing, after all, they are both married, so they don't have anything to pay attention to. As for Ye Ermei, she is not very old, and she is from Yejia Village, so no one will say a few words.
But the Zhao family has been widowed for many years, and someone did beat her idea a few years ago. But later when I saw that she was hard-hearted and would not marry again anyway, those people stopped thinking about it.
Now that people have found a way to get rich, they will naturally not remarry easily. A story about Chen Qianliang is like a day in a day, and it is not good to say. Second, people were able to persevere in the past when they were so hard, let alone now.
However, there are still two young unmarried children in the Yaya Township kitchen, namely Chen Qianshan and Chen Qianliang, so they have become the "key point of the key" in everyone's discussion.
These people originally thought that the Ye family was kind and easy to speak, and the Zhao family had no idea, so it must be a good breakthrough. Who knows that no matter what, both of them said that there is no shortage of people at present, and they can't recruit people.
There is a fast mind, and immediately set his eyes on the two unmarried young people.
Chen Qianliang's family used to be poor, but now the mother and son are both members of the Yaya Township Kitchen. According to unreliable sources, in the past two months, the mother and son have earned about 60 taels of silver.
At this point, which one doesn't have to save for ten or eight years, it's good for people to earn it in less than two months. Although Qianliang is only twelve years old, he can marry first.
Unexpectedly, Zhao resolutely refused, only saying that the child was still young. There is nothing to do except scold a few words and get carried away when you have money. The man is unwilling to get married, so he can't lose his face and just rub it up.
Therefore, everyone turned their attention to Chen Qianshan again.
If you want to put it aside, this family is not the object of everyone's choice at all, without him, it is too poor. Thinking about it, the four brothers get one or two hundred silver just for the bride price to marry their daughters-in-law, and it is not enough to sell Chen Jiqin and Liu.
But now it's different.
Although Chen Qianshan's family has many brothers, his eldest brother has already begun to make money, and he may soon start a family. If there is no accident in this situation, the Chen family will start to split up in the next step.
Therefore, if the family affairs can be settled, this girl only needs to survive for a few years when she marries, and when the two younger brothers under Chen Qianshan get married one after another, it will be considered to be a breakthrough. What's more, where is the life of his family now, and today someone saw the Liu family kill the boss's two big roosters. The chicken is fat, five or six pounds a piece, and it listens to people when they look at it.
When Liu said this, Chen Qianshui reacted, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, he was in his twenties, and no girl could see it. It's these three brothers, who are only seventeen years old, and someone came to kiss them.
Chen Qianshan also understood at the moment, although he was happy in his heart, he could only continue to pretend to be confused, he didn't want to hurt his eldest brother's heart.
Unexpectedly, Liu didn't mind, and said directly: "His father, they are not here to inquire about business, but to say goodbye to San'er." I've seen a few, all of them are good, just wait for San'er to decide for himself. ”
"Yes! It's a good thing, a great thing. Mother, tell me, whose girls are there? If you want to say that I am familiar with these ten miles and eight towns, if you say it, I can also check my son. ”
Hearing this, Chen Qianshan's face suddenly turned red, and he stammered: "Dad, mother, you ...... I, I'm ......" both brothers looked at him and laughed.
In fact, he wanted to say that he had someone he liked, but he didn't know how to say it for a while.
Liu and Chen Jiqin were only shy as their sons, so they didn't think much about it, after all, they couldn't remember it. When the day is empty, slowly talk to him and open his mind.
And that's not all.
Glancing at Chen Qianshui, who was a little sullen, Liu smiled again: "Don't be upset, there are more people who come to ask you." However, don't complain about my mother, I pushed all the ones I looked at before, who made them look down on us before. I really like the girl in Liujiawan, who is five years younger than you and has only one brother. Let me tell you, this girl is good-looking, and I heard that she is a filial person. I see, it's a hundred times better than that Meizhi......"
Meizhi in Liu's mouth is one of the two girls that Chen Qianshui has a crush on, and it is also the one he loves the most. Who knows, the girl sent someone to Chen's house to inquire about the family situation a little, but she refused without thinking about it.
For this reason, Chen Qianshui was very depressed for a while, and Liu hated the other party. No, recently, Meizhi's parents heard that Chen Qianshui had found a way to get rich and made a lot of money in more than a month, and they began to regret it again, so they sent someone to find out.
In this regard, Liu naturally rejected it unceremoniously.
"Mother, why did you say you still mentioned this, it's all over......" Chen Qianshui didn't hate Meizhi, he felt that it was understandable that people looked down on him, after all, he was too poor.
Seeing that the eldest brother also had good things, Chen Qianshan breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was the inferiority of the eldest brother. Now it's okay, with Chen Qianshui's craftsmanship and the money at home, he has the confidence to say that it is a good family business.
After a little more discussion, the family decided to arrange for the two young men to see each other before the year. As a result, the two looked at each other. The two families struck while the iron was hot, and decided on this family affair a few days before the Chinese New Year.
Liu is even happier, this girl's surname is Liu, although she is not from her own family, but in the end, she has a surname, and she has a little more closeness than others.
As soon as the eldest son's family affairs were resolved, Liu and Chen Jiqin were relieved. This can be regarded as a difficult thing that has been pressed on their hearts for many years, and now that it is solved, the Liu family feels that their breathing is much easier.
However, since the eldest son's family affairs have been perfectly resolved, it is the turn of the third son. It's not that the Liu family doesn't care about the second child, it's really that the third child is too popular.
On this day, Liu took the information of several girls and asked Chen Qianshan's opinion. Chen Qianshan knew that he couldn't escape this time, so he didn't run away anymore.
Since Chen Qianshui's matter was decided, he has not been idle for a day. It stands to reason that his second brother's affairs should be dealt with first, but his second brother is currently unattended, so he took it.
"Although you can make money now, you can't be picky. If you want me to say, these girls have all been selected by their mothers, and they are all very good, so you can choose one. Mother, will you still be harmed......" Liu said bitterly.
"I, I have someone I like." Chen Qianshan plucked up his courage and said with a red face.
"Yo, I have a sweetheart, why didn't you say it earlier, my mother will go back to someone's house." Seeing that his son blushed with shame, Liu quipped, "Whose girl is it?" ”
"Mother, wait a minute, I haven't told anyone yet, and they may not agree. Wait, I'll find time to talk to her. ”
When Liu heard it, this is okay, anyway, among the sons, the third child has the best market, and it doesn't matter if it drags on for a while.
After speaking, he turned his back and went to Zhang Luo's second family.
While walking, I thought that it was a loss to the Ye family to have such a good life. People are not doing well, and they still remember her family when they have the idea of making a fortune, and they have been affectionate and kind for many years.
So I thought about selling the pig one day and inviting the Ye family to a meal.
Looking at Liu's distant back, Chen Qianshan sighed, his mother is really powerful, and as soon as he has money, he will show his pungent side. It seems that women really have the talent and enthusiasm to be a matchmaker.
The twentieth month of the month, the Zhao family.
Zhao happily put the silver away, and watched his son Qianliang mix those screws and mussels in the yard and prepare chicken food, and he was very happy.
Since joining Duck Duck Country Kitchen, her life has been different. In the past, in order to keep a good reputation, she went deep into the simplicity and almost never talked to anyone except Da Niu Ma and Ye's family, and was a well-known "living dead" in the village.
originally thought that this was the end of his life, but he was just guarding his only son to live. But Duck Duck Country Kitchen changed her completely.
First, the quality of life has changed dramatically.
In the past, there was no income in the family, except for feeding chickens, ducks and pigs, and her son Qianliang was small, so she had to rent out the two acres of land left by her deceased husband and live on the rent. Of course, she can also make some embroidery and sell it herself. However, it is just barely enough to feed and wear, and the mother and son will be able to survive.
Now, with this job, the income has increased all of a sudden, and Qianliang has officially joined the team, not only learning to build a stove with Qianshan, learning to chop firewood with Chen Jixing, but also learning to drive ox carts.
The last few times he cooked, he was able to catch the car.
The second, of course, is that the attitude of the people in the village towards her has changed.
In the past, seeing that the Zhao family didn't take care of people, the villagers naturally wouldn't take the initiative to take care of it, after all, she was a widow. Well, now that there are more and more people talking to her, they all envy and respect her.
Especially her sister-in-law is enthusiastic about her now, so she asked her daughter and her niece Chunhua to come to the house to help. She naturally understood such an obvious thing, but she also pretended not to know. The left and right sons are still young, and it is not too late to talk about them when they are older.
People, a lifetime is so long, it's not easy to find someone you like.
Then there are these chickens, ducks and pigs at home. Her family followed the Ye family to feed chickens, ducks and pigs with those things that were fished up and dried in the summer, and after a few months, these dozen hens actually laid double yolk eggs several times, and the roosters were also fat, and they were sold in the city in a few days. As for the pigs, they grow well and can be sold for a good price at a glance.
The days are getting better and better, and she is more down-to-earth than she has ever been.
Speaking of which, such a good life is all due to the Ye family, and the people are not doing well, and with the idea of making a fortune, I still remember her family, and it is also many years of love and kindness. So, I thought about selling the pig one day and inviting the Ye family to a meal.
The twentieth day of the lunar month, the big cow's house.
Watching the eldest and second follow Chen Jiwan to see wood in the yard and learn carpentry, Da Niu's mother never felt that her life was as smooth as this year.
Before, she was worried about the livelihood of her family, and her worried hair turned white. Her family is a little better than Chen Jiqin's family, the difference is that there is one less son, and the age of the sons is younger, she can wait a few years.
Da Niu's mother's family name is Zhou, and when she was not married, the village called her Xia Ju. As a result, when he married into the Chen family and gave birth to three sons in succession, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were naturally happy, but slowly, it became a worry.
What are you afraid of, I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law.
Now it's okay, first Chen Jiwan followed Ye Feng to sell cutting boards and earn some silver, and then both of them joined the Yaya Township Kitchen, and they earned a total of eighty taels this month. Also, last night, Ye Feng also sent six taels of silver, saying that it was a "technical guidance" fee for making a cutting board.
Just a few days ago, she made a quick decision and set a girl from Lijia Village for the boss, waiting to enter the door in May next year. The second child is only thirteen years old, so she can wait, and now it's her family who picks the girl.
When Ye Feng came, he not only came to deliver silver, but also said a way to make wooden strips of leftovers used in these days, and then slowly put them together to make cutting boards.
Before, Chen Jiwan left a chopping board, and took it to honor her father and mother before the New Year, which made the second elder happy. Now this camphor wood is not available, because it is not sold in the market.
The third master said to do it, the eldest and the second child got started quickly, and in the end, they really cut out a lot of wooden strips from those leftovers. With a planer, it immediately becomes smooth and smooth.
A few people spent the morning and really put together a cutting board!
Looking at this chopping board, several people suddenly had motivation, no longer doubted Ye Feng's theory, and immediately started to act again. Anyway, I have saved a lot of leftovers these days, and then work hard to make a few more cutting boards before the New Year.
When the time comes, let Ye Feng help deal with it, and it's good to keep it for yourself or give it away.
Such a good life is all due to the Ye family, and the people are not doing well, and with the idea of making a fortune, she still remembers her family, and it is also many years of affection and kindness. So, I thought about selling the pig one day and inviting the Ye family to a meal.
On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Chen Jixing's house.
If you want to say that the most money has been earned during this period of time, it is naturally Chen Jixing's family. Chen Jixing and Ye are both founders of Yaya Township Kitchen, so they are naturally in it. In the past month alone, the two of them together earned more than 70 taels of silver.
If you add Ye Feng's previous sales of cutting boards, it would have already exceeded one hundred taels.
Now, Ye Feng and Qianyan each have at least two taels of silver on them, and they can buy whatever they want to eat. But the two of them didn't spend a copper plate, so they kept it well.
Before it was put on hold, the family's savings were not as much as the two children's snacks.
Although this family is poor, it has always been more democratic and harmonious, and today, for the first time, this family has a disagreement.
Chen continued to want to buy land, in his opinion, the family is still renting other people's land to plant, no matter how much the harvest is, whether it is good or not, it has to be handed over more than half. Although this condition is already very generous, I am still unwilling.
Therefore, he wanted to buy ten acres of land for a hundred taels of silver.
Now the price of land in Chenjia Village is almost 5 taels and 1 mu. Of course, the price of better land is not the same as that of worse land. Five taels and one acres is the kind that Chen Jixing's family is planting now.
However, Ye did not agree with this plan, because now the family had finally saved more than 100 taels of silver, and she wanted to use it to build a house.
Now the house where the family lives is still hastily built when the family split up many years ago, it is almost dilapidated, leaking wind and rain, and she is really fed up with the days when she gets up on a rainy night and puts a clay pot to catch the rain.
Sometimes, if the rain leak happens to be on top of the bed, then you don't want to sleep that night.
Seeing that the two had a disagreement, Ye Feng felt that this was normal, after all, everyone had different needs.
However, after thinking about it, Ye Feng was more inclined to support Chen Jixing's views.
In his vision, Chenjia Village will be richer in the next step, the first rich will lead the latter to become rich, and finally the whole village will be rich together. He also wants to build Chenjia Village into a garden village, a demonstration village, and a tourist village.
Although it will take a long time to achieve, Ye Feng believes that there will always be this day. At that time, the price of land in Chenjia Village is bound to rise. Buy now, it's the right time.
As for the house, if you buy land now, it will definitely not be enough to build a big house. Since you want to build a house, you naturally have to build a beautiful and atmospheric yard in one step. Anyway, with the village kitchen business, it will be enough to save for another year next year.
Thinking of this, Ye Feng said to the two: "Sister, brother-in-law, I have a suggestion, you can listen to it and see if it's okay." My brother-in-law and I thought overnight, and I also suggested buying land first, after all, it is only when there is land at home. ”
Hearing this, Chen Jixing finally smiled, and was a little proud. Men don't have to say anything to understand men. No matter how young Ye Feng is, he is also a man.
Seeing that the Ye family was silent, Ye Feng continued: "As for building a house, I think that if you want to build a new house, you have to build a big house, and there is no need to spend money to repair the current house. Next year, let's save another year, and then we'll have silver. I'm confident that we'll be able to save more money next year. When the time comes, when my longevity fruit is sold for money, I will build a house with a small two-story building for my sister and brother-in-law. ”
In fact, the Ye family was not angry with Chen Jixing, but he felt uncomfortable looking at this dilapidated house. I don't know why, she always feels that this house makes her angry when she looks at it.
As soon as he heard Ye Feng say it, he was relieved. As long as you save for another year next year, you will have the silver. And Chen Jixing is not against building a new house, he just wants to buy land first.
Thinking of this, Ye Shi agreed, and then smiled again: "A two-story small building? Isn't that the landlord's house! Okay, I'll wait, wait for you to build a house like that for your sister. ”
Chen Jixing is a man who can't hide things, a man of action, seeing Ye nodding, he took the silver and ran to Master Zhao's house.
Mr. Zhao is the richest man in the village, living in the east of the village, near the home of the village chief Chen Jifa.
Before Ye Feng could speak, Chen Jixing had already disappeared. His desire for land was really beyond Ye Feng's comprehension.
It's just that now that I run over like this, I don't know if people are willing to sell their land.
As a result, in less than an hour, Chen Jixing came back with a red face, and what he held in his hand was the title deed of ten acres of land. In addition to the few acres of land that he rents now, there is also an acre of sandy land that Ye Feng wants, but he can't let it out until he harvests the winter wheat.
If it was just Chen Jixing who was happy just now, then at this moment, holding the title deed covered with a bright red seal, the Ye family was also happy.
Since then, I finally don't have to look at people's faces to rent land.
On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Ye's mother's family.
In the past month or so, Ye Ermei received an income of thirty-two taels of silver. This made the Ye family happy all of a sudden, as if they saw a beautiful life beckoning to them.
In addition, in the past few days, Father Ye has sold two fat pigs and more than 20 chickens and ducks, and the family can finally not worry about food and clothing.
For the first time, Lin felt that it was good to have a daughter. Since the eldest daughter helped her mother's family, took the second daughter to cook, and purchased the camphor wood they cut down on the mountain, the life of this family has gradually improved.
In the past, whether in the village or at home, she couldn't hold her head up, who let her give birth to five daughters at once. So much so that when it comes to the Lin family, what everyone can think of is not anything else, but the fact that she can't give birth to a son in her life.
Now that the living conditions at home have improved, even the matchmaker has begun to come to the door to say goodbye to Ye Ermei. There are two families that she and Father Ye think are not bad, but before the change, they couldn't reach this kind of condition.
However, I don't know why, Ye Ermei refused to agree, only saying that she was still young and wanted to wait for another two years.
After thinking about it, Lin rejected the other party and respected Ye Ermei's opinion. Wait, just wait, anyway, Ye Ermei now has a handicraft, and she doesn't have to worry about getting married.
In fact, what they don't know is that she has someone she likes.