The one who came to visit the door was the neighbor of the Qin family, surnamed Wang.

It is a common thing for neighbors to visit the door, and there is no one in the countryside who can have fun, so when it gets dark, they will wander around, gossip among neighbors, and relax after a day's work.

However, as soon as the aunt of the Wang family came this time, she looked very cramped, and at a glance, people knew that she was not simply here to chat, but to come to the door for something.

Mu Xiulian politely invited Aunt Wang to come in and sit, Chen Youyi turned out a bag of jasmine two days ago, mixed some of her own tea leaves into it, made jasmine tea, added a little honey, drink a cup after dinner, relieve food and fatigue, Mu Xiulian and Chen Youyi love to drink, Qin Ziheng will no longer trouble to make another tea, drink with them.

Anyway, for him, everything he drinks is the same.

Aunt Wang drank tea, twisted for a while, and her demeanor gradually became natural.

"Girl, it's a shame to say, I'm here today to ask you for something." Aunt Wang is not a deep-minded person, and she said the purpose directly as soon as she opened her mouth. The first sentence came out of his mouth, and the rest was neatly picked up.

Aunt Wang is here to borrow food.

She has a large family, with an eighty-year-old mother and three sons. As the saying goes, half the size of the child, eat the poor old man, the three sons of the Wang family, one can eat one race, they all look a little thin, and when they eat, three bowls of one meal are not enough.

This is also the way it should be. A boy at this age is the time to grow his body and eat a lot. At home, I had another meal of gruel and cabbage, and when I drank it, my stomach was swollen, and after a while, I was so hungry that my chest was close to my back.

And it's such a gruel, and the Wang family is almost out of it.

"Alas, the family really doesn't have the money to rent more fields, just relying on the original fields, the grain collected has paid rent, and there is not much left."

Aunt Wang's eyes turned red as she spoke, wiped it with her cuffs, and choked up: "Last year, it was not easy, I saved money, and finally completed the boss's marriage, and spent all the family's savings. ”

If she really couldn't survive it, she wouldn't be able to wipe her face, so she came to Qin's house to borrow food.

The Qin family has had a prosperous year this year, and everyone in the village has seen it, even if the small courtyard still hasn't changed much, but every time Qin Ziheng and Chen Youyi come back, the items pulled back by a cart are explaining the facts.

"Sister Xiulian, I know that you are kind-hearted and better at talking than others, if you don't even want to borrow it, let alone others." Aunt Wang was full of sorrow, for fear of seeing Mu Xiulian refuse.

Mu Xiulian was indeed expected by her, and she didn't think about refusing. As soon as she heard Aunt Wang's intention, she decided to lend it to her.

"Sister-in-law Wang, don't be so outside. It's all from the villagers, who doesn't have a difficult time? Mu Xiulian agreed: "Wait a minute, let Ziheng send you back, and let him carry it for you." ”

The Qin family has accumulated a lot of food. Although there is not much land to plant, Mu Xiulian treats the grain as a treasure and stores it well. There is only one woman and one young in the family. Tong, he didn't eat much, and Chen Youyi and Qin Ziheng often brought back food from the county seat, so the Qin family actually had a lot of food left.

Annette Mu is frugal, but she is not a person who picks the door. The Wang family is not bad, Qin Ziheng was not at home before, the Qin family had a hard time in the past few years, the Wang family was so poor, and they were willing to help and send them some food, this neighborhood friendship, Mu Xiulian has always remembered in her heart.

"Thank you, thank you!" Aunt Wang was grateful, and began to choke again, and was persuaded, so she showed a little smile.

Of course, Chen Youyi will not object, they are all neighbors, and if she can help, she is also willing to lend a hand. Not to mention a little food, she can afford it now.

She cared about something else.

"Aunt Wang, you just said that your family doesn't have much land, so do you have to be idle at home and have nothing to do?" The jobs that can be provided in the countryside are really limited, and most of them can only guard their own one-third of an acre, all of which are on this.

Aunt Wang sighed and said, "Isn't it? Two or three people can get busy with that little field, and the rest of the people will have nothing to do. Last year, the second and third children went out to do odd jobs to supplement the family, and this year has just started the year, and I haven't found it yet! ”

The Wang brothers have little culture, they don't know a few big characters, and all they can find is manual work. But this kind of physical work is too tiring, and the third child is still a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and he can't bear it for a long time. Second, the more rough the work, the more there is no shortage of manpower.

Some people can't find other jobs, and in order to have a good meal, they would rather pay less than do it. In this way, the owner is even more unscrupulous, and the remuneration is lower, and it is lucky to have two or three pennies a day, and sometimes you can't get a penny.

Chen Youyi asked, but she didn't say anything, Mu Xiulian seemed to be reminded and glanced at her.

At this time, someone needs to make a start, so Qin Ziheng stood up and said: "It's a coincidence, our family has too much work to do, and we want to hire someone to help." If Aunt Wang doesn't dislike it, can you let the brothers of the Wang family come to my house to help out. ”

He opened his mouth, and Chen Youyi also took the opportunity to pester Mu Xiulian, half coquettish and half persuasive: "Mother, do you think so?" I really feel a little tired, and my arms and legs don't look like they're mine. The most important thing is that there is no time, if there is a help from the Wang brothers, you can catch up. ”

"Isn't there only that little land in your house?" Aunt Wang was very puzzled, what was the situation of the people in the village, everyone knew that the Qin family's land was less than that of the Wang family, and Mu Xiulian could barely finish it alone.

Mu Xiulian saw that the Wang family was doing very badly, and she wanted to help them a little, and she felt sorry for her son and daughter-in-law, so she calculated in her heart, and she really felt that she couldn't level that hill just by relying on her own few old and weak women and children.

At this time, the balance in her heart fell to the side with a bang.

"It's not these two children, they have to buy the wasteland opposite, this mountain full of weeds and trees, when are you going to get it?" Mu Xiulian finally relented and no longer insisted on the statement that 'only the landlord's family can hire people': "I can't be busy, so I want to find someone to help." ”

She still couldn't say the word hiring, she always felt that it was a flood beast, and if she said it, it would be a bad thing.

After she finished speaking, Chen Youyi added with a smile: "That's it. We were still discussing two days ago, should we go to the county seat and ask, didn't this happen to catch up with you? How can this person be compared with someone who knows the roots? Who doesn't know that your family is all good at work. ”

Aunt Wang was complimented a few words, her heart was comfortable, and she immediately slapped her thigh and accepted the matter.