Chapter Twenty-Eight: Pomp and Circumstance
readx;? There were more people and persimmons in the afternoon than in the morning. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In the end, even Ziluo stepped forward to help, and she was busy enough. Fortunately, after what happened in the morning, everyone cooperated with Ziluo's work, and the process of harvesting persimmons went smoothly.
Ziluo and the others were busy until dark, and they didn't have time to drink the water they were busy this afternoon. Until everyone sold the persimmons and left, Ziluo and the others almost fell down tired.
Zixuan saw that the utility room was full of persimmons, and couldn't help but ask, "Where should we put the persimmons we harvest tomorrow?"
"If there are persimmons tomorrow, the persimmons will have to be piled up in the yard. Zishu couldn't help but worry about the stacking of persimmons when he saw the house full of persimmons.
The enthusiasm of the villagers to sell persimmons was really beyond their expectations, and now they have received nearly 10,000 catties of persimmons. Today may be in a hurry to prepare, and everyone hasn't had time to pick enough persimmons, so I'm afraid that everyone will bring more persimmons tomorrow than today.
"It's okay, anyway, Uncle Zhou will come to harvest persimmons the day after tomorrow, at most the yard will be piled up. Let's eat and put it away! The eldest sister has already cooked the meal. Ziluo also comforted when she saw it.
Ziluo remembered the grand occasion of the villagers selling persimmons today, and the people in their yard were full of people, as if the whole village had gathered together. Ziluo herself also likes this kind of excitement when everyone gets together. Of course, it would be better if you ignored those elements of disharmony.
Sure enough, the next day, the villagers had more persimmons to sell, and in less than one morning, Ziluo and they received 10,000 catties of persimmons. They have run out of money that Uncle Zhou gave them.
Zishu saw that it was almost noon, so he said to everyone: "Zhou Bober asked us to collect persimmons, and the money has run out so far." We didn't know how many persimmons Uncle Zhou wanted, so we stopped collecting persimmons for the time being. Tomorrow when Uncle Zhou comes, we will decide whether to harvest persimmons or not. So, you don't have to come here in the afternoon. ”
Yesterday afternoon, Zishu saw that everyone was making persimmons into astringent fruits, and in order to facilitate communication in the future, he told everyone that Boss Zhou would call these astringent fruits persimmons. Everyone thinks that persimmons are more palatable, so now everyone also calls astringent fruits to make persimmons.
Everyone couldn't help but be a little disappointed when they heard Zishu's words, almost every family in the past two days has earned more than one tael of silver, and they have earned almost two taels of silver diligently. You must know that they go out to work for others for a short time, and they only pay 20 yuan a day, which is not something that everyone can find. At this time, I heard the news that persimmons were not harvested, so many people were not calm.
In the past two days, everyone in our village has made a lot of money, even if Boss Zhou doesn't collect persimmons, we can have a good year. These are all blessings thanks to Brother Shu'er, so we have to thank Brother Shu'er and them. ”
The village chief saw that everyone was disappointed when they heard the news that they would not harvest persimmons in the afternoon, and some people wanted to open their mouths to say something. After being the village chief for so many years, how could he not understand everyone's careful thoughts, but he just wanted Brother Shu to pay for Boss Zhou in the afternoon and then collect persimmons. I'm afraid that someone will say something that hurts the friendship between Zishu and everyone. So, the village chief hurriedly said this before everyone spoke.
"Brother Nashu is waiting for Boss Zhou to come, and if you want to harvest persimmons, remember to inform us. A villager admonished.
After listening to the words of the village chief, they were embarrassed to say the following words, unless, they were really thick-skinned to the point of invulnerability.
After everyone left, Zishu took out two taels of silver and gave it to the village chief and said, "Grandpa the village chief, everyone has contributed money and efforts to our mother's funeral. Now that our brothers and sisters have money, we want to give it back to everyone. Here are two taels of silver, so I will trouble the village chief's grandfather to help us share it with everyone. ”
"Brother Shu, are you still blaming everyone for what they did the day before yesterday? What everyone did this time was really unkind, but this was also forced by poverty, so the village chief and grandfather wanted to be cheeky and hoped that you would not blame everyone. The village chief said as he couldn't help but feel weak. No one is poor, but poverty cannot be a reason to hurt others.
"Grandpa the village chief, you misunderstood. Zishu didn't mean to blame everyone, after all, it was not easy for everyone. Zishu just wants to repay everyone's kindness to us before. In the past, Zishu was not able to repay everyone's money, but now that Zishu has the ability, it should repay everyone's money. Also, Zishu thinks that the future of his mother and relatives will be relieved if we use our own money. When my mother was here, we didn't have the ability to support my mother, which was already unfilial, so only our brothers and sisters gave us the money for my mother's funeral. We'll have a little more peace of mind. Zishu was afraid that the village chief would misunderstand.
"That's it! It's the village chief's grandfather who didn't think it through. Then I will notify everyone to come to my house in the afternoon to get the money. The village chief saw that Zishu was very sincere, and he knew how much he thought.
Originally, Zishu wanted to come to the door to repay everyone's money in person, but Zishu thought that we didn't have the village chief and grandfather You know the people's relations in this village, so I want to ask the village chief and grandfather for your help. Besides, we have collected more than 20,000 catties of persimmons in the past two days. We need to organize them now, so we can't leave. Therefore, the village chief's grandfather is tired of you getting old. ”
"As soon as it's a trivial matter, I'll just send a message and go out. Go ahead and get busy with the persimmons. Don't delay, tomorrow Boss Zhou will come to transport persimmons. The village chief said.
"That tree has thanked the village chief and grandfather first! Tomorrow, if Uncle Zhou still needs persimmons, I will definitely inform everyone. In addition, when the village chief's grandfather helped us return the money, he also helped us and thanked everyone for taking care of us. ”
"Okay, then I'll go first, remember to ask the village chief and grandfather for help if anything. ”
The idea of returning the money that everyone had for their brothers and sisters to bury their mothers was the result of their discussions. The reason Zishu said to the village chief's grandfather in front of him is that one of the main reasons is that Zishu and they don't want to be implicated with everyone in terms of money, after all, as the saying goes, it doesn't mean that brothers should also settle accounts, let alone with the people in the village.
Although there are many people who really want to help them, they can't stand some people who have opinions! The people's hearts are unpredictable, and they still have to prevent people from making a fuss about their mother's funeral affairs in the future, just like Aunt Pan's practice this time.
Hey, in this world, people and money are always prone to quarrels together, and it is difficult for everyone to avoid them. Zishu: It is also a helpless move for them to return everyone's money.
The next day, finally, Uncle Zhou and they came!
"You don't know that our persimmons have just arrived in the city, and they are almost sold out. When I saw this, I quickly took some and went to other cities to open up sales. The merchants I worked with before tried these persimmons and ordered them from us. Now we can easily sell persimmons even if we don't ship them to the south. Lao Zhou talked about the situation of selling persimmons for a few days with an enthusiastic face.
"That's good, we congratulate Uncle Zhou. Zishu is also happy that the persimmons are selling well, which means that the persimmons of the people in the village can be sold.
"Good, good. How many catties of persimmons have you received in the past two days?"
"It's a little more than 20,000 catties. Uncle Zhou, we have all used up the money you gave before. But everyone still has a lot of persimmons on the mountain. I was afraid that Uncle Zhou wouldn't be able to ask you so much, so I didn't dare to accept it all. Zishu replied.
"How many persimmons can your village probably collect?"
"We can basically pick more than 1,000 catties of persimmons on the mountain of every family here. There are 35 families in our village, so our village can receive about 60,000 catties of persimmons. In addition to the 20,000 persimmons we have received now, we may also receive 40,000 catties of persimmons. Zixuan replied.
Seeing that Zixuan had figured out the answer so quickly, Lao Zhou couldn't help but admire him.
"Little brother, your arithmetic is good. I haven't even figured it out yet. Lao Zhou couldn't help but say to Zixuan.
Uncle Zhou praised. "I want Zixuan to be thick-skinned enough, but I'm still embarrassed to hear Lao Zhou praise him in person. After all, no matter how smart he is, he is just a peasant boy.
Besides, this arithmetic was taught to the little sister after learning it from the fairy grandfather. He was even more embarrassed to show it to everyone.
"I'll tell you the truth. Your brothers and sisters are much better than my skin-boys. ”
After hearing this, the corners of Ziluo's mouth twitched, how unpopular Uncle Zhou's sons were! This is the second time he has counted his sons in front of them. I wonder if his sons will cry when they know that their father is so unkind to them.
"Okay, the persimmons in your village, I sold them all in Lao Zhou. Today, I, Lao Zhou, will stay at your house and wait for everyone to come and sell persimmons. Brother Shu, please go and inform everyone. After some consideration, Lao Zhou finally decided.
Then, Ziluo's family was once again in the market. Fortunately, there are people brought by Uncle Zhou this time, so they are not busy. At noon, everyone went home for dinner. Lao Zhou said to Zishu and them: "I, Lao Zhou, will stay with you for dinner today." You don't mind, do you?"
"I can't ask for it, but of course I don't mind. The eldest sister has also cooked everyone's meal. Zishu said.
"Then you're welcome. Lao Zhou also said heartily.
For lunch, they opened two tables. Uncle Zhou and Zishu have a table with their brothers and sisters, and Uncle Zhou brings four Xiaosi at a table. Fortunately, there is no woman in this dynasty who can't be on the table, otherwise, Ziluo will be depressed. It's a meal they cooked, but they can't be served at the end of the day, do you think it's appropriate?
Moreover, through the observation during this time, Ziluo found that this dynasty was still relatively tolerant of women. Moreover, the hierarchy between their peasants and industrialists was not as clear as the feudal society heard in later generations, and the status of merchants here was still relatively high. For example, businessmen here can also take the imperial examination, but those who are officials can no longer do business.
When Ziwei and the others brought all the meals to the table, a pot of oily pancakes, a large plate of white rice, a large plate of braised rabbit meat, a large bowl of braised pork, and a plate of green vegetables, although the dishes on this table were very simple and farmy, they all exuded an attractive fragrance, which made people appetize.
"Sister Wei'er is really a great cook! No wonder Shopkeeper Liu is full of praise for your cooking skills. Oh, by the way, look at my old foolishness. When Shopkeeper Liu saw that I was coming to you, he brought me a basket of snacks and thanked you for reviving his business. After getting along for half a day, Lao Zhou has already met the names of several brothers and sisters in Ziluo's family.
Now when it comes to Shopkeeper Liu, he remembered to let him put a snack on the carriage, so he hurriedly called someone to fetch it. He was so excited today that he only cared about sharing his happiness with Brother Shu'er and them, and forgot about it.
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