According to the price of one hundred copper plates and one catty, thirty catties of cicadas molting their shells, it will cost three taels of silver, there are a total of forty-five households in Shangou Village, according to what was said before, a household is divided into a piece of silver, one day's time, a family will share nearly seventy copper plates a day's wages, a month, multiplied by thirty days, a family, you can earn nearly two taels of silver, this cicada shell can continue to pick up, probably from mid-May, pick up early September or more than half of August, which lasts up to three months, three months down, If there is no accident on the way, it is not a problem for a family to earn six taels of silver, even if the weather will rain in addition to the fact that it will affect the collection of cicadas and molting their shells, Liu Yiyu estimates that a family can earn at least four taels of silver.

On the first day, I followed the three leading people to the town to sell cicada molting shells, and when they came back from selling cicada molting shells, they knew that after selling the cicada molting shells for nearly three taels of silver, they became more and more diligent in doing things one by one, and they all supervised each other.

The men who built houses for the Liu family, seeing that the mother-in-law at the head of the family picked up the cicada molt that the Liu family said, and sold it for a high price, these men worked harder and harder to build houses for the Liu family.

Liu Yiyu expected that his house would not be built until the beginning of July, but Liu Yiyu had a small accident and built the house a month ahead of schedule.

After the house was built, the Liu family originally wanted to invite the villagers who came from home to help with the work, but now the villagers are busy picking up cicadas and molting their shells, and they have spent a lot of money to build their own houses, and they have no extra money to make a banquet, so they have to save this matter.

As for the Liu family, they were even busier, moving back and forth from the cave to the new house, not to mention, fortunately, the Liu family also had few things, only some pots and pans, quilts, cotton clothes, rice noodles and other things, and it only took a day to move the things in the cave back.

In addition, every family in the village has to send two people to the mountains to pick up cicadas and molt shells, and Liu Li took the third sister to do this.

Liu Yiyu took his younger siblings to arrange the new home, and the tables, chairs, beds, cabinets and other furniture that he had built for his own family had been sent one after another after the Liu family had completed the construction of the house.

Waiting for the hall and the wings on both sides to be arranged, the time has come to July, yesterday there was a heavy rain, the lard brushed on the big tree was washed by the water, the tree has been sticky cicada chrysalis, the people in the village do not have to pick up the cicada molt this day, everyone has a day off.

It's just that this rain is a few days of hard work, and suddenly the villagers are both happy and sad, happy that this year has a heavy rain, there is no need to worry that the rice in the paddy field will die of drought, after the rain, the rice in the paddy field grows very fast, and the harvest is good.

The sad thing is that after the rain, after the lard on the big tree is washed away by the rain, it is no longer able to stick to the cicada chrysalis, and it cannot pick up the cicada molting shell, and it cannot make money.

After picking up cicadas and molting for half a month, the people in the village discussed, saying that every family every half a month, each family divided the money, and the day before yesterday, the people in the village divided the money, and after the silver money arrived, each family shared nearly one or two silver dollars.

It's just that God is often unsatisfactory, and the rain is endless, either heavy rain, light rain, or drizzle, and it will take half a month to clear up.

In the middle of half a month, the Liu family was immersed in the joy of building a new house by themselves, even if they didn't pick up the cicadas to make money, Liu Yiyu's family was not the slightest unhappy, the family was happy, sitting in the spacious and bright hall, and the family talked and laughed.

"Eldest sister, how much did our family spend on building such a house." On this day, after the Liu family finished eating, they sat at the table in the hall, and after thinking of this, Liu Zhang hurriedly asked.

"Well, the eldest sister calculated, our family bought green bricks and big tiles, these two alone cost ten taels of silver, on the outer wall, the eldest sister called the iron to create some sharp iron for our family, this thing, inserted all over the wall of our house, such things cost two taels of silver, and then the eldest sister called Li Zheng to build some tables and chairs for our family, as well as beds, put them in the embroidery building, these also cost a total of one or two silver.

Our family bought more pots and pans, and some farm tools, plus Li is busy with our family, sent something, these miscellaneous, also spent nearly a tael of silver, and our rice noodles in March, has eaten almost, halfway to the town to buy some rice noodles back, now the new grain has not yet been listed, although the price of rice noodles has declined, the eldest sister bought the cheapest rice noodles back, bought five hundred catties, and also spent nearly four taels of silver, a total of total, our family spent eighteen taels of silver, In addition to the money we got from selling cicadas for one tael of silver, now we have three taels of silver and six dollars left." Liu Yiyu bought something from his house one by one and listed it.

"What about spending so much money? Eldest sister, why do you call striking iron to beat those sharp pieces of iron and stick them in the wall? What about the cost? ”。 Liu Li felt that the sharp iron blocks inserted in the wall were arranged for two taels of silver, and Liu Li said a little distressed.

"Mother, our family built such a big blue brick house, and it only cost eighteen taels of silver, which is a lot, if it weren't for the fact that our family picked up cicadas and molted their shells, and the people in the village in exchange, let them work for nothing without getting wages and food, otherwise with wages and food, our family would have to pay a sum of money?" Liu Yiyang followed Li Zheng and was busy, and he also knew how much a worker's salary was, more than 40 households, a strong man in a family, and built a house for a month and a half, and this salary was nearly ten taels of silver.

"The eldest sister sold the cicada shell to the villagers before, and I still feel a little lost in my heart? The fifth brother is calculated like this, and his family still has a share of the money to pick up cicadas and molt their shells, so our family will not lose money? ”。 Liu Yisa said.

"Whether you lose or not, you are all measuring it in your heart? And mother, that thing is worth it, our family is some women and children at home, there are no adult men to stand up the door, our family has built such a big house, in case there are young people, want to climb the wall to come in, come to our house to steal things, the sharp iron block, insert it into the wall, those young people, but to be leisurely." Liu Yiyu in modern times, is to see many people, in their own walls, plug in glass, also to prevent thieves, however, there is no glass in this era, otherwise the effect is better, Rao is so, when Liu Yiyu built the house, he considered that his own family is some women and children and half-grown children, when building the wall, he asked them to build the wall one zhang high.

In ancient times, one zhang high, there were three meters and three meters high, and it was not so easy to climb the wall of the Liu family.

Liu Yiyu still hasn't said anything? When the embroidery building was built, it exceeded Liu Yiyu's advance.

This small embroidery building, it cost six taels of silver, if it wasn't for the busy some time ago, their own and the splendid cloth shop still have half a year of embroidery money has not been settled, a month of embroidery five samples, a two hanging money, six months down, just six taels of silver, this silver just filled in, otherwise their own embroidery building can not be built.