Back in the wooden house, the family sat together, Shen carefully calculated the cost of building the house, and said: "I haven't counted the wages yet, the light blue bricks, green tiles, stones, wood, etc., as well as the cost of today's banquet, are almost eighty taels, I have prepared one hundred taels out, and there are still twenty taels left, which should be enough to pay the wages." This year's income from watermelons is two hundred and twenty taels, and the cucumber beans sold before the Mid-Autumn Festival are almost seven or eight dollars, by the way, and the dozen or so steers and eggs are also about a penny, and that's all I remember, if only I could be literate, I would keep an account, and I forgot it for a long time. ”

"It doesn't matter, you're in charge, no one will question you if you have more, what are you afraid of." Zeng Ruixiang said.

"That's not what I said, in order to have a number in my heart, so that I can have a plan."

"Mother, I can read, I can write a lot, I will help you keep accounts, I won't let my brother help me." Ziqing Mao recommended herself, in fact, Ziqing basically took care of the housework in the past six months, and now took over the account book, and the family's economic situation in the future is clear to herself, and she is planning her own earning plan.

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen were "fluttering", and Shen said: "I said that you are a little housekeeper, and you don't want to listen to it, you have been a worrying life since you were a child." Okay, you can take care of it, you have to learn it sooner or later, and it's good to learn it early. ”

"Isn't this nonsense? What would such an old child keep? Zeng Ruixiang stopped.

"Dad, mother, don't worry, I have learned a lot of words from my brother, and I have also learned arithmetic, which is just right to practice, and you can save a lot of trouble. I can't do it, I still have my brother. Ziqing begged.

"Just let my sister try it, our family's account book, just understand it yourself, and you don't need to take it outside to judge others." Zifu said.

"My sister is amazing, she learns everything faster than me. And my sister said that she would definitely earn money to send me to school, and my sister did it. I believe in my sister. Zilu said.

"Speaking of which, it's really a loss for our family to have today. Just let her try. Today is our Qing'er's sixth birthday, and my mother has been busy lately and has not had time to make a new dress for my good daughter, so my mother will make you something delicious in a while. "Shen agreed to Ziqing's accounting.

Ziqing excitedly pulled Zifu to cut paper, there was no thick kraft paper, so he had to find a piece of leftover red paper used before as a cover, and used the drill on the sole of Shen's shoes to pierce three eyes and sew it up, and Yang Zifu wrote the account book and year on the cover.

Ziqing herself wrote on the first page of September 28, and asked Shen how much silver there was before building a house, Shen said that she could only count, but the number of large to add or subtract will be chaotic, after saying that Shen opened the lock on the big box, took out a few large silver ingots inside, Ziqing saw that there were still one hundred and fifty taels left, Shen moved out of the wooden box under the bed, which contained a few broken silver and some fragmented copper plates, and dragged out two baskets of copper plates from the firewood pile in the corner of the wall, saying that it was saved by selling vegetables since the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was not exchanged for silver for the convenience of wages. Just let everyone count into a hundred and one strings.

So, Shen, Ruixiang, Zifu, and the three of them counted up the copper plates, Zilu and Ziqing strung them together with fine hemp rope on the side, and finally counted a piece of the box to be nine taels and eight strings, and Ziqing didn't count the odds, Ziqing wrote down a total of two hundred and thirty-nine taels of silver, and the house cost eighty taels of silver, Zifu came over to take a look, and asked suspiciously: "Sister, why do you write horizontally, isn't it from right to left?" How do you go from left to right, besides, your handwriting is really ugly, my brother tore it up and wrote it again for you. ”

"Don't, I want to practice writing, I don't like to read vertical writing, dizzy, oops, anyway, my mother handed it over to me, I can see it myself, and I can explain it to you later." Brother, don't be picky, it's the first time I've done it, it's very good, and don't look at how old I am? Ziqing said.

"That's just as well. Brother praise you, my little sister is so smart and capable. Zifu said with a smile.

Ziqing made a good account book in accordance with the modern bookkeeping format, and each money was indicated for purpose, but unfortunately it was not possible to use Arabic numerals, and it was very uncomfortable to add and subtract.

After settling the accounts, the family discussed the furniture, Zeng Ruixiang meant to go to the city to see if there was any ready-made, buy it earlier and move in earlier, Shen's meaning is to find someone to do it at home, and there are still a lot of wood at home, if it is not enough, you can cut some and change it with others, but the size of the house at home is also more pleasing to the eye.

"Besides, we can let the carpenter build a bed and paint it first, let's move it first when we choose a good day, and beat the rest slowly, just do it before the year. Let's just have a village, and we don't need any fancy furniture, just be strong and durable. As soon as Shen said this, Zeng Ruixiang agreed.

In fact, Ziqing really wanted to go out to see the furniture of this era outside, and the mother's bed and wardrobe at home were barely a piece of furniture, and the bedside was carved with entwined lotus flowers, pink and green, and she had children one after another. I used to see from the TV that the ancient big families were carved beams and painted buildings, what mahogany, nanmu furniture are exquisite and abnormal, as well as the rosewood furniture of antique treasure appreciation in TV, I am very envious, this time there is silver at home, and the house is not bad, Ziqing wants to have a chance or encourage the Shen family to make a few good things, I don't know how the carpenter level in the countryside is?

I was thinking that I only heard Zeng Ruixiang say that the owner of the carpenter shop in the town had good skills, and he brought several apprentices, and he generally specialized in making large pieces of furniture, and the big families in the town also asked him to do it.

Zeng Ruixiang went out early the next morning to contact the master carpenter and told him that he would come back in five days when the work at hand was over.

When he came back, Zeng Ruixiang hurriedly led the cow to turn over the ground, the soybean harvest had not yet turned the ground, and Shen took Zifu Zilu to cut the late rice, Shen said to cut it first, and then threshing with Zeng Ruixiang when Shen Wanfu came in the second year of junior high school.

With Shen Wanfu's help, the next day it was finally over. Zeng Ruixiang hurriedly turned over the ground again, dried it, and in a few days it was time to sprinkle rapeseed. It's time to plant wheat on the dry land over there. Ziqing felt that there were too many people in the family, and it was too little to give tenants to others, and it was tiring enough to say not much, mainly because there was a lack of male labor in the family.

After doing this, Shen said that there are no leafy vegetables in this season, and the original peanut field has been sown with radish seeds, and now they have grown, and seedlings are needed. Shen pulled out the radish seedlings and fried them as vegetables, and the taste was also good.

The work of the new house, Master Luo, took two days to complete the sweeping, even the big pit outside the clean house was dug, and a cross cobblestone road was paved in the small courtyard.

Shen took the others to clean up the garbage at home, Ziqing looked at the brand-new compound and the blue brick house, and felt as if in a dream, this was earned by himself, if only he had a perfect set of furniture, he could also arrange an ancient lady's boudoir.