It was easy to complete this "double robbery", and Chrysanthemum was also relieved, although the focus of labor turned to the ground again, but finally there was no need to toss as if robbing for life.

Because Li Changyu came back and set up a shop in Xiatangji, Aoki also found someone to build a shop in Xiatangji, and from time to time, he and Zheng Changhe had to go to the supervisor to check the progress; In his absence, he entrusted Sillaf to take care of him.

Thinking about building a workshop in the village, this also has to be planned early, and you can't wait until the autumn to start construction, many things are crowded together, and Chrysanthemum reflects: I just want to live a simple life, it seems、It seems that it has been getting busier and busier recently, and the days have become more complicated。

She solemnly said to Aoki: "Brother, we can't interfere in everything, we have to let everyone in the village participate in the affairs of this workshop, use everyone, and let the village chief take care of it in front." Wait for a year of operation, and then let everyone choose their own people to be stewards. ”

She also discussed this matter with Aoki and Zhang Huai many times, and secretly put forward a lot of suggestions to draw up a charter suitable for this rural workshop.

Aoki nodded and said, "That's right." I'm also very busy, let's let the village chief take the lead in the front of this, he has the help of Master Zhou, and it's cheap. I'll have to ask Huaizi to help me cover this shop first. Chrysanthemums, let's build a part of the shop first, and the rest of the place is surrounded by a large yard, put it aside for the time being, and wait to see what the development of the next pond will become. Maybe one day we'll want to move to the market ourselves. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I bought twenty acres of land, and I originally wanted to keep a piece of land for my own use." Who knows what the future holds? When you have money, build a yard over there, and it's cheap to live there for a while. ”

Aoki smiled lovingly, "That's what I meant." We can't be busy, and when we go back to the market, we don't have a place to live, so we have to live at a relative's house, isn't that a joke? ”

After a pause, he said again: "Cousin Laifu got the money, and bought two more shops, and Laixi sold more things." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "That's how it should be."

If I had to buy it later, it would definitely not be the price I have now. Brother, do you see that the episode is on now. Is there more traffic? In other words, is the set more lively than before? ”

Aoki exclaimed, "Why not? Originally, this season was the time to pay the summer tax, and after the opening of the Fang family's workshop, people came and went, and there were a lot of hot lots. You don't look down on this workshop, and every now and then, someone sends timber to sell; The workshop also sometimes transports a batch of rice threshing machines from the Erlipu wharf; Those who work in the workshop go to the market to eat and buy odds and ends after work; There are more and more merchants who come to Song's shopkeeper. Coming and going, going in and out, the villagers feel that everything on the collection is better than usual now. Once met the shopkeeper Mao, he also said that the business of Qinghui Restaurant in Xiatangji has been booming for a long time. ”

He really didn't expect that only one workshop could play such a big role, if there were a few more shops, wouldn't the next pond set be on fire!

Chrysanthemum chuckled, this is the inevitable result, but Xiatangji still has a long way to go to truly become a commercial market town, and it will not be possible without a few years or more than ten years.

Then it depends on everyone's joint efforts, she doesn't want to care too much, mention and push, that's all.

She said to Aoki: "You just live in the market, cover the shop and come back." I have a mile at home, and when you go to school, your family is like this. After the shop is covered, the autumn harvest can be settled and busy - this year's autumn harvest is more than ten acres of late rice miles than in previous years. Speaking of which, she regretted that this double crop rice really shouldn't have been planted so much. The land fertilizer can't keep up, and people are also struggling.

Aoki nodded, "Bah! It's almost there, too. You don't have to worry about it, it's just an ordinary shop, with small bricks and tiles, and it's not a wealthy courtyard. It's all planned, just cover it. The people I am looking for are all people I know well in my grandmother's village, as well as people from our own village. I borrowed my cousin Laifu from Shopkeeper Song to help, and everything was in order. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, these people also want to do odd jobs for a few days and earn some pocket money.

Aoki pulled Zhang Huai to build a shop and chrysanthemums on the market to help his father and mother collect soybeans, corn, and peppers everywhere!

The yard is always full of things, a scene of abundant harvest.

Spread out in the big dustpan are red and bright peppers, spread on the ground are soybean pods, and hanging under the eaves of the verandah are yellow corn. Well, the yam is also digging!

There are so many peppers that it's impossible to sell them—to whom? Only I deal with it first, and then after the workshop is built, if those pickles sell well, they will be sold to the workshop as raw materials.

So, every once in a while, chrysanthemums carried red peppers home basket by basket. Part of it is used to dry chili peppers and grind paprika; Others are washed and dried, served in a large wooden barrel, sharpened with a shovel, chopped up and down in the barrel repeatedly, chopped into pieces, and then added ginger and garlic to pickle the pepper flakes, or ground into chili paste with a stone mill.

When you do these things, you are very bored, and you have to be helped. As a result, Chrysanthemum often works with Xiaoxiu and Meizi to be busy with each other. Pickling chili flakes at your house today, and grinding chili sauce at her house tomorrow, such a partnership, it dries quickly and lively.

Even Liu Xiaomei often came over, complaining to a few people that she was far away alone, sometimes she looked for bamboo and Lin Zi together, and Jin Xiang didn't go out much - she was married.

Meizi is becoming more and more capable, and she used to say that she can't pickle chili flakes well, but now she has become everyone's technical guide.

Life as a farmer is always hectic and hard. However, some people will make life full of laughter, and some people will always frown and misery. Chrysanthemum naturally won't let life fall into misery, she has been busy for so many days, and she can't help but want to find some fun in her busyness.

Of course, her so-called fun is definitely not a lack of business, but just a spice up for eating and playing outside of work. For example, breaking wild bamboo shoots, digging fish ponds to raise fish, picking wild vegetables, picking mushrooms, and so on.

Now this season, she has another thing in mind, and that is to pick water chestnuts.

When Meizi heard that she was going to pick water chestnuts in the fish pond, she hurriedly said: "Your fish pond is at the door, and it is small, so don't pick it first." Let's go to the round pond first, the fish pond is big. I asked Brother Changming to ask Changxing, let's see if it's convenient. ”

Chrysanthemum thought about it, the round pond is several times the size of their own fish pond, and it is much deeper, if there is a small boat, row away the blue waves, row the boat to pick the ling, what a pleasant thing.

So, Li Changming went to find Li Changxing - this round pond is now owned by him.

Li Changxing said with a smile, this water chestnut is from the village, and it is usual that whoever wants to eat it will go down to pick it, and there is no rule that no one can pick it. Now you might as well pick it up, and then the children in the village will share some.

So, in the afternoon of this day, the two called Liu Sanshun again and brought two large wooden barrels for bathing, which were much shallower than those of the Chrysanthemum family, and a group of people rushed to Yuantang.

The girls also came a lot, not only to eat water chestnut, but also to watch the excitement and pinch some water chestnut dishes by the way.

They gathered under a willow tree by the pond, and Li Changxing first fished out a bunch of water chestnut vegetables for them to pinch, and then sat on a wooden bucket with Liu Sanshun and paddled slightly awkwardly towards the center.

Chrysanthemum didn't see the leisurely scenery of the boating on the water, but saw the two wooden barrels rowing around. I saw Liu Sanshun's wooden barrel spinning in place, unable to move forward, and everyone laughed; The wooden barrel that Li Changxing was sitting on swayed from side to side, and it was not very elegant to move forward a little, and there was no leisurely boat on the water.

Liu Sanshun tried his best to control the wooden barrel, and said to Li Changxing angrily: "I said to borrow Uncle Li's boat, you are too troublesome, isn't it more troublesome now?" ”

Li Changxing smiled: "Isn't this just like a boat? It's just a matter of ingenuity, and you can just try a few more times. Uncle Li's boat hasn't been in the water for a long time, and I don't know if it can be used! As he spoke, the barrel he was riding on became more stable and began to move forward.

On the ridge of the pond, the bamboo sprinkled a string of crisp laughter, and said: "Brother Changxing, Brother Sanshun, you two have been mixed on the water for so many years, and you can't even sit on a wooden barrel, and you dare to brag that the water is good!" ”

Li Changxing listened, ignoring the wooden barrel under his buttocks that had not yet been controlled, he glanced at the bamboo, and when he saw her smiling and smiling, his heart moved, and he replied: "Sister Zhuzi, don't look at people in the crack of the door - do you look at people." It's not like I haven't paddled with a barrel before—who has nothing to do with a barrel—and it's going to take us both to get used to it for a while, and see how much better I'm now? ”

Unexpectedly, he was so distracted, the wooden barrel that had finally managed to maintain its balance shook again, even more unbearable than just now, and it also spun in place like Liu Sanshun.

This coincidence of the mouth made everyone laugh even harder.

Zhu Yi stomped his feet and smiled: "It's much better—it's almost overturned." Woohoo! Brother Changming, Brother Big Mouth, you have to be ready, ready to go down to save people. ”

Zhao Dazui took his daughter-in-law to pinch the water chestnut vegetables, and also waited to eat the water chestnut, and said with a smile: "Xingzi just stays under the water for half an hour, and he is alive when he climbs up, where does he need someone to save him!" ”

Chrysanthemum asked incredulously, "Really?" ”

Zhao Dazui finally blew a bull, but was questioned by Chrysanthemum, he was not good at coaxing Chrysanthemum, so he had to smirk: "Fake." Sister Chrysanthemum, I'm talking about playing. However, the water nature of the star is really good. ”

His daughter-in-law Guizhi glared at him and said, "Pure blind blowing!" ”

Chrysanthemum also smiled, if the water is really so good, then isn't it a water ghost!

Li Changxing didn't care about talking to the little girl, and controlled the big wooden barrel with all his might, and it was finally stable again. This time, he didn't dare to look around, so he carefully paddled the bucket and went to the place where there were many water chestnut vegetables. On the other side, Liu Sanshun also improved, and finally advanced a short distance, approached the water chestnut vegetables, and began to pick water chestnuts.

They sit on one side of the barrel so that the barrel is slightly tilted, which is closer to the surface of the water and easier to pick up and pick water chestnut.