Chapter 38: It's Cool
"Because the birth portal is different. The children of the family are all enlightened at the age of four or five, and then they invite famous teachers to teach, plus the books passed down from the family. It's enough for them to see and learn a lot. However, what do the poor disciples have? ”
"The children of the poor family started to study in their teens, five or six years later than the children of the family. Even if there is a teacher in the school to teach, where is the knowledge they have learned? ”
Su Tang nodded, there is no nine-year obligation in this world, and there are still a few ordinary people who study, and it is even rarer to embark on the road of the imperial examination!
Before lunch, Zhang came to pick up the children, but found that the two little ones had already eaten at Su Tang's house, and had even begun to take a nap.
Zhang looked at the three little ones lying on their clothes, sleeping sweetly like a tumbling toad, and couldn't bear to wake them up.
In order to get up early for the autumn harvest, the two children were woken up to the ground as soon as the sky was bright, and now they are sleepy.
"The second sister-in-law is really bothering you, how do you know that they are all asleep?"
Shen Yunniang smiled very gently, "My brother and sister are very well-behaved, they are not noisy, they are not noisy, they are not noisy, they eat with Guoguo, and they sleep together, it is not troublesome at all." Go to the fields in peace and let them stay here. ”
Zhang thanked again and again, declined Shen Yunniang's invitation, and hurried home to cook.
Although the two families are not far away, the second brother came to the house to help, and he didn't pay for it, so he couldn't ignore the food, right?
It may not be as good as the food at the second brother's house, but it is also their heart?
Where will it be like her mother-in-law, the two sons help with the autumn harvest, not only don't care about the food, but also complain that they can't work hard.
If it weren't for the old man in Zhang's family, he wouldn't want his man to help, I really haven't seen such an ignorant mother-in-law.
Back at home, Zhang looked at the kitchen of the main room, and thought that he had already eaten.
The work in the field is just a trivial matter, and the old man just goes to the field to work by himself, and the Qiu family does not go to the ground.
It is said that Qiu has time, and her two children in the family can be handed over to her mother-in-law to take care of.
However, Zhang Wei didn't think about it like this, after living together for a long time, he didn't know that his husband and wife were not liked by his mother-in-law, and he couldn't even get into his mother-in-law's eyes with his two children.
Forget it, now that the second sister-in-law is helping to watch, Zhang thinks that when he is done with the work in the field, he will send some beans, sesame seeds, or something to the second sister-in-law, after all, the second sister-in-law has no land, and these things still have to be bought.
Although these things are not worth anything, they are also a piece of their husband's heart.
In the main house, in the hall.
Qiu sat on the side and mended clothes, the needle angle was very dense, and the movement of his hands was very fast.
Old Man Su sat on the top and smoked the old dry tobacco, and there was a big bowl of boiled water on the table next to him.
Hearing the movement in the courtyard, Old Man Su looked outside through the bamboo door curtain, and then withdrew his gaze to look at Qiu.
"Although there is not much work in the field, but the grain of the third family has not been harvested yet, so you can't wait to see the boss again?"
Qiu's eyelids didn't lift, and he said lightly, "The eldest family has been gone for more than a month, and I don't know how they have settled, has the eldest grandson's academy been found, and how is the family eating?" I can't worry all day, and there is not much work in this field, so why can't I go to the county? ”
Old Man Su took a puff of cigarette, and then spit it out, behind the smoke he couldn't see clearly, "Isn't the third child still unfinished?" ”
"Isn't that the second family? Brotherly harmony, it's not what you've always wanted to see. Where are you worried? ”
"The third family's is cooking and working in the fields, and you can also help watch the children with the two little ones, and when the third family is done, will you go again?"
"Isn't that the second family?"
"You say that you are an old woman, why do you have such a temper and say that wind is rain? The second family is pregnant, and they originally brought two small ones, plus two of the third family, can the four little ones take care of it? ”
Qiu's face was very ugly, "The boss brought a letter back, saying that everyone was also pregnant with a child, and there was no adult in the family to take care of it, so he gave me a letter." The old family is not young, and this child is still a little unstable, how can I rest assured if I don't go? ”
Qiu mended his clothes, folded them neatly and put them in the cupboard.
It doesn't matter whether Old Man Su is happy or not, anyway, she has already gotten up and started to pack up her clothes and salute.
Old man Su saw that the old woman didn't care about it, and he was a little worried, "Let's da, let's go" The action of smoking is faster.
The next day, Su Tang heard that her grandmother was going to the county seat, and she just said "oh" casually, and she didn't care, anyway, it didn't have much to do with her.
Zhang didn't know what to say about her mother-in-law, so she just went to the county seat by herself, and didn't care about the old man's dinner.
Fortunately, there is nothing to say about the country man's cooking, and he will be able to cook.
This autumn passed in the blink of an eye, and soon the weather slowly turned cooler, and the business of pickles was getting better and better.
Honghanting in Beijiang Prefecture came to pull the goods two more times, saying that he would come again before the year and let Su Mingjiang pickle some more pickles.
There is no way, the workshop that was originally planned to open again next year will be opened directly this year.
First of all, the vegetables they grow themselves are no longer enough, so they have to go to other villages to buy them.
And this season, there are cabbage, radish, and cabbage, and as for the beans, there are no more after the season.
In this era, the land in winter is not planted with other crops, and the fertility of the field cannot keep up.
Therefore, after the autumn harvest, there was no work in the village, and it just so happened that the beginning of the workshop also allowed some people to have work, and there was no need to go to the town to work for a short time.
It's a pity that there are not many people in the workshop, and there are about a dozen men and twenty women.
The five men were sent out to other villages to collect vegetables, and the women washed, chopped, and dried the vegetables.
The man moved the vegetables, put it in the tank, Su Mingjiang added the prepared spices and seasonings, and then sealed the tank and pasted the date.
The division of labor work, although there are a lot of them, they are also well organized, and there is no one who is too messy.
And Su Tang took care of his younger brother and the two little guys in the third aunt's house, because the third uncle and his wife also went to the workshop.
Old Man Su also went around when he had nothing to do, and when he saw that he couldn't be busy, he would also help, and the smile on his face never fell.
The workshop opened by Su Mingjiang has made a lot of money for the people in the village, and the wages are a lot in a month. No less than the wages of going to the town for a part-time job.
Not only did the clan praise Su Mingjiang, but the people in the village were even more enthusiastic when they saw it.
As Su Mingjiang's father, whether he raised him or not, he was still respected in the same way, which made him have face on his face.
Now he likes to wander around the workshop, and then go and chat with the old guys in the village, and live a very comfortable life.
Even the old woman went to the county seat and didn't come back for a few months, I don't think there's anything wrong.
As for eating, sometimes I cook it myself, and sometimes I eat it at the house of my two sons.
Of course, he was still a little unnatural at first, but he just looked at the two sons who really let him pass, and looked at the cute and sensible grandson and granddaughter, and he felt more fragrant when he ate.