As the saying goes, one day is a teacher, and a lifetime is a father, and I honor you, which is what I should do. Besides, this cotton was also obtained by accident, and I also left some of it in my own home. Later, when the cottonseed oil is squeezed, I will send some more to you to light the lamp, so that the needlework at night will not hurt your eyes. Du Mei said, smiling and following Yu across the threshold.

"Why are you sending so many things!" Huang Yiping, who was sleeping on the bed, heard the laughter and turned his head, his tone was a little complaining, and more grateful.

"We don't know where we have cultivated such a good fortune in our lives, you apprentice thinks about us whenever there is something good." Yu said to Huang Yiping, took the medicine and went to the kitchen.

"I just want Master to get better as soon as possible, the new cotton tire is soft, and it is good for your body to recover." Dume sat down next to the bed, touching the shriveled and old quilt they had laid out.

"Sister Meizi, Sister Meizi, this is for me?" The little girl ran in from the kitchen like a gust of wind and threw herself into the quilt to rub it.

"Well, when you grow up and sleep in a separate bed with your sister, I'll give you a bed alone." Du Mei was amused by the way her kitten rolled around.

"You girl, carefully rub the dirt on the cotton tire!" Yu came in a hurry and slapped Xiaoya's little buttocks.

The little girl who was beaten pouted and was about to cry, but when Du Mei saw this, she hurriedly opened her arms and coaxed: "Come to my sister." ”

Xiaoya turned around and threw herself into Du Mei's arms, glanced at Yu, and honestly lowered her head and leaned on Du Mei's lap.

"You just rely on your Sister Meizi to be good, lawless all day long!" Yu stared at her.

"Master, don't scold the little girl, my Guizi is much more naughty than her." Du Mei smiled lightly.

After speaking, Du Mei coaxed her own sister to comb the little girl's wind-blown hair, the child's hair was soft and smooth, and it looked like a vegetable seedling that had just grown in her hand.

Seeing Du Mei say this, Yu Shi didn't want to attack again, and turned to look at the medicine jar on the stove.

When the little girl saw that her mother was gone, she remembered that she was boiling water, so she hurriedly followed. Du Mei talked with Huang Yiping for a while, asked him how he felt, and saw that he was getting better day by day, and he was really happy for him. After a while, the eldest girl came back with a basket, and she went to the field to collect ears of rice, and by the way, she came back from digging some vegetables that she had eaten in the evening.

"How's it going in the barn? It's too much of a delay for you to keep it every day. When the eldest girl saw Du Mei, she put down the bamboo basket and asked.

"What's the delay here, Song Jiu is going back, Brother Niu and Brother Hei will go to the shop tomorrow, what should I do, you can take care of the master at home with peace of mind, and the salary is indispensable." Du Mei helped choose the dishes, knowing that she was anxious, and comforted her.

"How can this work?" The eldest girl said with some uneasiness.

"What's wrong with this, when we harvest the autumn grain, I want you to get up early and be greedy and settle accounts, and I won't process money at that time." Du Mei joked.

"Huh." The eldest girl was amused by her, "Don't worry, I'll definitely be able to do it!" ”

Du Mei sat down a little more, and then went home with the stone.

At the dinner table, Du Mei said to her three sisters with a serious face: "If you dig up herbs, you will sell them to Yu Jitang, no matter how expensive or low, and you can only sell them to Yu Jitang!" ”

"Sister, isn't there only Uncle Zhong Yu's hospital in the town? If you don't sell it to him, who else can you sell it to? Du Tao asked a little puzzled.

"I went to buy medicine for Master today, and I saw that a new pharmacy had opened in the town, and the dried cornwood fruit collected six wen a catty, which was one penny more expensive than Yu Jitang." Du Mei told them about the afternoon, only hiding the old story of her lawsuit with Bian Xilai.

"We must sell it to our own family, but it's hard for others to say, there are too many people who are greedy for cheap now." Du Ying frowned.

"We don't care about others, only we can't lose our conscience." Xu Shi glanced at Du Mei and said.

"Hmm." The three small ones nodded in unison.

The autumn harvest of Dujiagou has been busy for more than ten days one after another, and the grain has been harvested almost, Du Zhong and others will plough the land of Dumei and Du Shicheng to dry, only wait for a few rains, the land is loose, and it is good to dig ridges and sow wheat and rape.

Qian Maolu led people to resume work and lay bricks, Du Zhong and the Lin brothers also returned to the village, using two oxen to take turns plowing the field, it took about ten days to plough all the 100 acres of land, and Qian Maolu also just finished it.

On this day, Du Zhong took Qian Maolu to Du Mei's house to settle the salary, Du Mei trusted Du Zhong and did not interrogate too much. They are all from the villagers, and occasionally there are a little minor repairs, and Qian Maolu does not charge any additional money, so Du Mei paid the bill very happily.

"Meizi, there are still some bricks and sand and gravel on the village that have not been used up, do you think it will be returned or what?" Du Zhong took a sip of tea and asked.

"How many more?" Du Mei asked.

"I can build two or three rooms." Qian Maolu hurriedly said.

"I said I had too much." Du Zhong looked at Du Mei with some chagrin.

He is diligent and thrifty, he can exchange labor for it on weekdays, and he will never use money to buy it, and now these bricks and sand and gravel are bought with cash, and now they are useless, how can he not feel distressed!

"Don't retreat, Uncle Zhong, lend me the open space in front of your house first." Du Mei's eyes rolled and said to Du Zhong.

"What else do you use?" Du Zhong looked at Du Mei in puzzlement.

"Isn't this still going to be a school of righteousness?" Qian Maolu's brain turned fast, and his mouth was also fast.

"Oops, why didn't I think of this, this is good, this is good." Du Zhong said with a smile.

"Uncle Zhong, please ask Uncle Jiasuo to come over, and you have to trouble him with the tables, chairs and benches in the village." Du Mei didn't answer them and said something else.

"Okay." Du Zhong stood up and left.

"Uncle Maolu, I still want to ask you to build a house." Du Mei saw Du Zhong coming out of the courtyard, and turned to Qian Maoda and said.

"Build a house? Where is it? Qian Maolu looked around the courtyard of Du Mei's house and asked, there is no room for three big houses in this courtyard.

"It's not me here, it's for Uncle Zhong's family." Du Mei said with a clear gaze.

"Why did you just ...... You're trying to hide it from him! Qian Maolu said in surprise.

"According to Uncle Zhong's temperament, if I directly tell him to help him build a house, he will definitely not be beaten to death." Du Mei knew his temper well, so he had to hide it.

"But ......" Qian Maolu just wanted to say something, when he saw Du Zhong and Du Jiasuo coming in one after another, so he had to hold back his words.

"Uncle Jiasuo, I want to find you to make furniture for Zhuang Shang, are you free lately?" Du Mei poured a cup of tea for Du Jiasuo and asked.

"The fields are not busy these days, and they are free." Du Jiasuo was busy with the autumn harvest at home, and there was nothing to do for a while, so he could just help Du Mei.

"How long does it take to make a set of furniture?" Du Mei then asked.

"It's hard to say, the carpenter is meticulous work, and he still needs it for ten or twenty days." Du Jiasuo thought for a while and said.

"In about ten days, we will sow wheat and rape, and this time is a bit rushed." Du Mei frowned slightly.

"This ...... If there is a helper, it will be faster. Du Jiasuo also thought of this problem, but where to find someone temporarily.

"I heard that Uncle Lin Ping can do carpentry work, Uncle Zhong, you can take Brother Shu to the village to help, you can give Uncle Jia Suo a hand, and it will be faster." Du Mei turned his head to look at Du Zhong.

Du Mei's words were heard in the ears of others, and she only felt that she wanted to hurry up and get to work, but Qian Maolu understood in her heart that she was going to take everyone away so that she could secretly build a house.

"It's okay, the fields always have to be dried for a few days, and I will take him to the village to work tomorrow, so that he won't be crazy every day." Du Zhong listened to Du Mei's words and nodded again and again.

"Ming'er, you can go, leave the matter of transporting bricks, sand and gravel to Uncle Maolu, I just told him, he has three carriages, and he can transport them in half a day." Du Mei winked at Qian Maolu.

"Ahem, yes, yes." Qian Maolu coughed dryly, but nodded in cooperation.

After saying that, Du Zhong and Du Jiasuo left, and Du Mei left Qian Maolu under the pretext of cultivating the school.

"Uncle Maolu, how many rooms can Uncle Zhong's family build?" Du Mei asked.

"His house has limited space, the original two low houses, if they are all demolished, at most four will be built, if not demolished, the open space in front of him can build three large houses, and the low houses can be kept as the next room." Qian Maolu is an expert and said confidently.

"Then build another three big houses, how many days will it take, the sooner the better." Du Mei didn't want Du Zhong to come back and the house had not yet been built.

"I'll bring more bricklayers, and I'll be able to grab them in ten days!" Building three houses was a piece of cake for Qian Maolu.

"It's so good, but I don't know if it's enough?" Du Mei was a little worried about this.

"I don't think it's much worse, don't worry about this, I know the owner of the brick sand and stone workshop, if there is a lack of a star and a half, buy some temporarily, I still have this face." Qian Maolu led the bricklayer team to work everywhere, so he naturally recognized these workshop owners, and these people were also willing to make friends with Qian Maolu for mutual benefit.

"If that's the case, then it's the best, tomorrow will transport everything, and then it's September 28, I think it's an auspicious day, you can start work." Du Mei thought for a moment.

"What about the Righteous Academy?" Qian Maolu asked.

"The Yi School is always used in the old mansion of the scrapped uncle's family, how to repair it, how to settle it, you have to listen to him, you just have to come to me to receive the salary when you arrive." There is a difference between intimacy and intimacy, Du Mei has a scale in her heart, Du Mei dares to build a house without knowing Du Zhong, that is because of their deep friendship, and she is not so intimate with the scrap manuscript in addition to respect, she naturally will not interfere in the repair of the scrap manuscript.

"Okay then." Since he was still asked to do the work, and he still received his salary here in Dumei, Qian Maolu had nothing to say.

In the evening, Du Mei went to visit Du Zhong and his son, the two were packing their bags, Du Shu saw Du Mei coming, and hurriedly poured a glass of water for her.

"Uncle Zhong, it will take you more than ten days to go, your house is old, and we are far away, we can't take care of it, I heard that there are thieves in the village next to you after the autumn harvest, you can collect the money and take it away." Du Mei blew on the hot air in the cup and took a sip.

"Is that really the case?" Du Shu asked in some surprise.

"We can have a few dollars, let's take them all. Meizi, if you bump into me and are robbed, don't force yourself with the thief, for he will take all the rags in my house, but he won't hurt you. Du Zhong looked at Du Mei lovingly and told him carefully.

"I'm not stupid, besides, there are still stones at home." Du Meiqiang laughed, she was sour by Du Zhong's words.

"Okay, it's getting late, let Du Shu send you home." Du Zhong looked outside the door, it was so dark that he couldn't see his five fingers, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"Brother Shu, what is your biggest thought?" The two walked in the night, Du Mei held a fire fold in his hand to illuminate it, and asked Du Shu softly.