Unexpectedly, in such a sleepy situation, the second child actually survived. The second family's life is more nourishing than before they were separated. This made his mood unbalanced again.

Especially when I went to sea in the spring, the amount of fishing was much less than when Yu Hai was there, and the money I earned was at least half. Mother always nagged and scolded him for his lack of ability, and he couldn't even compare to half of Yu Hai's. The iron-clad facts made him recognize the gap between himself and Yu Hai, and the boulder that he didn't put down for a long time pressed on his heart again.

He goes to sea in the morning, and he has to catch the sea in the afternoon, and sometimes he goes out to dig sandworms in the middle of the night, tired and tired, doesn't he just want to fight for breath and prove to his mother and family that he is no worse than Yu Hai?

But the reality still frustrated him, he was so tired and tired that he couldn't be idle for a moment, and he only earned three or four hundred wen, and Yu Hai didn't have to go to sea or dig sand, and his income in a day was two or three times that of him...... If Yu Dashan has read the book, he will definitely sigh with the emotion of "He Shengyu and He Shengliang".

Yu Hai, who didn't know that he was envied and hated by his eldest brother, was discussing with his family with a sad face at this time, whether to transfer the business of buying seafood!

Fang Zhen patted Yu Hai on the shoulder and said in a loud voice: "Hesitate a fart!" If you want to do it, you will continue to do it, and if you don't do it, you will throw it to others. What's there to worry about? ”

Yu Hai's mood at this time was very complicated. A lot of business in the family is made up by the little girl. He, the father, only has the share of a hand. Let a child less than ten years old be busy for the family's livelihood all day long, and he, who is a father, is distressed and self-blaming.

Finally, Zhen Yulou created this opportunity for him, so that he could increase his family's income, no matter how busy and tired he was, he was happy in his heart. However, the three acres of watermelons in the field are about to ripen. Whether it's watching melons, picking melons, or selling melons, it's definitely not okay to leave him. That's why he struggled with whether to continue the business of buying seafood or to manage everything in the melon field.

Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Mingzhe, what you said is light. That's three taels of silver a day, nearly a hundred taels of silver a month, how can you throw it away! But the melon field at home is also the time when people are needed......"

Yu Xiaocao finally understood why her father was always frowning these days, and she chuckled: "Dad, there is no conflict between melon fields and the purchase of seafood!" I know that you must feel that you don't have enough labor at home to take care of it. I have an idea, you can see if it works! ”

Yu Hai's performance in the past half a year has impressed Yu Hai, and he never dared to treat her as a child. Hearing this, Yu Hai said hopefully: "Cao'er, what good ideas do you have, come and hear it!" ”

Xiaocao organized the language, thought for a while, and said, "Our watermelon is almost ripe, and it really needs to be watched." It's okay during the day, but there must be people on the side of the melon field at night. Dad, the task of watching melons, no one but you can do it! ”

The house is smashed, the mouth is smashed, the sense of existence is brushed, and the sense of existence is said: "Just look at a melon!" I'm going to call Li Li or Wu Yun back, won't everything be solved? ”

Yu Xiaocao smiled sweetly at his godfather and said, "Godfather, the two eldest brothers are already busy on the dock, why should they trouble others with our family's private affairs?" Besides, watching melons and selling melons is not a matter of one or two days, your idea will not work! ”

House Town's eyes widened, and he said, "It's their honor for Lao Tzu to let them do private things." I think I rescued these two recruits from the pile of dead people. ”

"Godfather, I know you're amazing! However, the matter of coercion and revenge is not something we can do. Brother Li and Brother Wu just took the initiative to help, and I won't agree! Of course, Yu Xiaocao will not let his godfather be criticized by others.

The house town is also aware of this and feels very sweet. It's good to have a girl!

Yu Xiaocao said to his father who was talking next to him, and said, "As for the purchase of seafood, I also know that my brother can't do it alone." ”

Yu Hang opened his mouth and closed it unwillingly. What Xiaomei said is the truth, he is only eleven or twelve years old, not to mention the problem of whether the people in the village believe him or not, it is indeed not a person's job to weigh and collect money to buy seafood, and to put the collected goods in place.

Yu Xiaocao gave him a reassuring look and continued: "It's too busy, we can ask someone to help!" Now it's not harvest season again, and the people in the village have a lot of free! We can pick a trustworthy one and let him help with Dad's job. We won't let him work in vain, just pay him for one day! ”

"You mean hire someone to do it? However, the villagers in the township are afraid that they will not be able to wipe their face...... "Yu Hai feels that hiring people to make money for him is like a landlord exploiting poor peasants, which feels very bad!"

"Dad, what's not to save face? It's the same as our family asking someone to help build a house and pay for food! Didn't let people work in vain? Yu Xiaocao was puzzled.

Yu Hai thought about it, it seemed that this was also the reason, he hesitated and said, "That...... Who do you think would be a good help? How much do you get paid a day? ”

"This person, of course, must choose someone with excellent character and practical ability!" Yu Xiaocao already had this candidate in his heart, and said with a smile.

Yu Hang pursed his lips and didn't speak for a long time, but at this time he spoke: "I think Uncle Santang is quite suitable." When our family is busy, he always comes over to help. We all know who he is! Dad, if you don't want to go, you can give more money to Uncle Santang! ”

Yu Hai thought about it, his cousin Yu Jiang was full of brains and was emotional, and he was indeed a good candidate, so he nodded and agreed.

The next day, it was a crisp sunny day, and the sun was shining warmly on my body. Yu Hai went to the uncle's house early this morning, and told the uncle's family about the hope that Yu Jiang could come to help, and was a little embarrassed to mention the payment.

Uncle Yu Lichun was very angry at first. I feel that relatives are doing a favor or something, and it hurts my feelings to raise money. Yu Jiang also repeatedly emphasized that he would help, but he would not ask for money.

Yu Hai was very moved in his heart, and some of the missing family affection in his own family was made up for in his uncle's house. He resisted his uncle's preaching and explained bitterly for a long time.

"Uncle, in fact, I didn't invite Xiao Jiang to help for a day or two, but to cooperate with him for a long time. I'll tell you the truth, the purchase of seafood delicacies gave me a hundred percent of the hard money, how can I, a brother, make money by myself, but let my brother work for nothing? ”

"Don't be in a hurry to get angry, listen to me! The seasoning workshop of Zhen Yu Lou needs a long-term supply of seafood. If we have two families and one person, it will be regarded as two cooperative businesses. I'm taking advantage of your family, after all, our Xiaosha is still a half-grown child......"

Hearing the news that his cousin's family was too busy to do it, so he proposed that the two of them should cooperate in this business, Yu Jiang also felt that it was feasible. Hearing this, he hurriedly said a fair word for Yu Hang: "Cousin, Xiaosha is not old enough to work as an adult." Let's just talk about his ability to calculate accounts, don't talk about me, even the town's account office doesn't have an abacus and he can't calculate fast! ”

Of course, Xiaocao has quietly taught the multiplication formula to his brothers and sisters at home, and oral arithmetic and mental arithmetic are not a problem.

In the end, under Yu Hai's earnest repeated requests, Yu Lichun finally agreed. However, he did not agree to Yu Hai's proposal for half of the family's distribution. Yu Lichun knew in his heart that Yu Hai was able to get this errand with a lot of oil and water, because of the love between Zhenyulou and him.

In the end, the two families agreed on four or six points, with Yu Jiang accounting for four and Yu Hai accounting for six. Yu Hai felt very embarrassed and felt that he had taken advantage of his uncle's family.

Early this morning, Yu Jiang took office. It was early in the morning at low tide, and as soon as the sky was bright, villagers came to sell oysters and unprocessed sea sausages. Yu Jiang, who has come to help a few times, got started quickly.

He was responsible for weighing and placing the harvested seafood, and Yu Hang was responsible for bookkeeping and settlement. Yu Hang has been learning to read and write with his younger brother for a few months, and most of the commonly used words are no longer a problem. The two of them cooperate very well.

Yu Hai's family buys seafood, and they are never short of catties or two, and they are not like the heads of other villages who lower the purchase price. Therefore, not only Dongshan Village, but also some fishermen from several nearby villages will also travel more to sell to him.

As a result, the number of acquisitions by the Yu family is increasing day by day. At the same time, the income has also increased a lot. As soon as the settlement was settled in the evening, Yu Jiang didn't expect that he would get more than one or two pieces of silver. You must know that a middle-aged laborer is only a few dozen cents a day as a helper in the town.

He didn't do any heavy work, and when there were few people in the middle, he could rest for a while. At the end of the day, there were more than one or two items...... Yu Jiang couldn't believe it, and he even suspected that his cousin had shared more of his money.

Yu Hang told him the account, and Yu Jiang couldn't help but be speechless. He thought that he had agreed to help his cousin with this business, but it was just to make a little money. Who would have thought that there would be an income of forty or fifty taels of silver in this month. This is something he would never have dared to think of before!

A flat-headed person like him, who has no skills and no ability, sells coolies all year round, and can earn five or six taels of silver after working tirelessly, which is a lot. Now I don't have any heavy work every day, it's easy to have forty or fifty taels a month, and five or six hundred taels a year...... Yu Jiang suddenly felt dizzy, as if he was in a dream.

When he got home, Yu Jiang held the one, two, or three coins of silver tightly in his hand, and his palms were deeply red marks from broken silver. Yu Lichun, who was tending to the vegetable garden in the yard, and Yu Xi, the eldest brother who was chopping wood, looked at his unyielding appearance, and they all stopped what they were doing and looked at him with concern.

"What's going on? Didn't you give your second brother a favor? Why did you come back so early? Not feeling well? Yu Lichun wanted to touch his palm, but found him clenched into a fist.

Yu Jiang finally came back to his senses, and spread his fist with excitement on his face, revealing the broken silver inside.