Liu Pan'er smiled, the village chief's family still hasn't forgotten to do business, it's very good, "I've bought rice and noodles, now I'll buy two catties of meat, and I'll go back, let's go all the way." ”

"Okay!" Li Yuanqi replied, "My family bought a lot of sewer, and when I went home, I cooked it and asked my mother to send it to my sister-in-law." ”

Liu Pan'er thanked, "Thank you Yuanqi, then the children and I are waiting to eat your braised pork." ”

Soon, they each bought meat, and Liu Paner and Li Yuanqi drove the ox cart home.

When she got home, Liu Paner sent her things back, and when she saw that the children were not at home, she knew that her sister-in-law had taken the children to work in the fields.

Liu Paner went to Grandma Li's house, saw Li Nan and Li Xiaobao, and sent a handful of maltose over, "Grandma, thank you for helping me take care of Xiaobao and Anan." ”

Grandma Li smiled, revealing her toothless gums, "I'm at home, you just have to send the children over, I have a lot of children here, I'll help watch, and the adults will work in the field." ”

Li Nan and Li Xiaobao surrounded their mothers on the left and right, eating maltose.

Liu Pan'er smiled and touched Li Nan and Li Xiaobao's heads, "I'll go to the field and call your aunt and brothers and sisters to come back, and someone will come to our house to work tomorrow." ”

"Huh?" Grandma Li was surprised, "Yuanqing's family, are you hiring someone?" ”

Liu Pan'er nodded and replied, "Yes, grandma." It's so much that I'm so tired that I can't straighten my back, and the child is too young to be tired. ”

Mrs. Li's face was worried, worried that the locals would fool and bully Liu Paner, "Is it reliable?" Don't attract bad people. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled and patiently explained to Grandma Li, "It's Mrs. Wu of the Wu family's grain shop who often comes to my house to buy melons and croissant honey, and she will hire a reliable person for me tomorrow morning." Besides, there are officials patrolling our village now, who dares to spread wild in our village without opening their eyes? ”

When Grandma Li heard this, she laughed, "Yuanqing's family, what you said is true." With these servants here, no one dares to go wild with us. ”

Liu Paner said a few words of greeting, explained that Li Nan and Li Xiaobao were obedient, and then went to the ground.

Liu took the children to cut two acres of rice today, and everyone's faces were red, and they deeply understood the hard work of work.

The Liu family also wanted to carry these rice men down, but was stopped by Liu Pan'er, "Sister-in-law, someone will come to our house to work tomorrow, and let them do it when the time comes." ”

Seeing Liu Pan'er say this, Liu nodded with a smile, "Okay, listen to you." ”

When I came home in the evening, everyone was tired and paralyzed, and they didn't want to move when they sat down.

Liu Paner urged, "Hurry up and take a bath, change into dry clothes, and you can be more comfortable." I bought meat, and today I'm going to make you braised pork with potatoes. ”

"Good!" A few people should go down.

Li Dabao took his clothes and went directly to the creek to take a bath.

Liu took his daughters and nieces to take a bath in the bathroom, and they were really refreshed.

Liu Paner steamed rice in one pot, stewed potatoes and roasted meat in one pot, and the fragrance emanating from the pot caused people to drool non-stop.

These potatoes are all sporadic small potatoes, the size of quail eggs, which are not suitable for seed keeping, so Liu Paner will wash and peel them, fry them, and cook them.

The fragrant rice is served with fragrant potatoes and roasted pork, and the family is very satisfied. After eating, I seem to feel less tired.

Liu Paner cleaned up the pots and pans, and Liu wanted to come over to help, but she refused.

On this day, Liu and the children were tired.

When she rested at night, Liu Paner could hear snoring, all because she was tired from working during the day.

Early the next morning, Liu Paner and Liu did not rush to the rice field, but came to the melon field and began to pick melons and croissants.

When it was almost time to have breakfast, the coachman sent by Mrs. Wu came over, and there were eight strong men sitting in the carriage, and they came directly to Liu Paner's house.

Wu Da is a coachman, a servant of Mrs. Wu's family, saw Liu Pan'er smiled and said: "Mrs. Liu, my wife got up early in the morning and went to Siwan Bridge to find a few people who know the roots. If you feel like it's right, stay. If it's not suitable, let them go back. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled, nodded, and looked at those people, "Everyone, please stretch out your hand." ”

Whether it is a working hand or not, you can tell at a glance.

These people stretched out their hands, which had calluses on them, and there were quite a few small wounds, which should have been caused by work.

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Let's all stay, you help first, move these picked melons to the carriage, and I'll take you to the field later." My sister-in-law would bring food to the field and eat in the field. At night, I have a bamboo shed here, 30 wen a day, and three meals in the morning, noon and evening. ”

"Boss, we can endure hardships and listen to your arrangement." A slightly older man in the prime of life replied, I heard Mrs. Wu say that it is estimated that this family will be hired for a month, thirty wen a day, and almost one or two silver can be earned a month.

Liu Pan'er nodded and asked, "What is the name of this big brother?" ”

"My surname is Zheng, I am the eldest in the family, I live in Zhengjiaqiao, and the double-cropping rice planted in our paddy fields still has 20 days or a month to harvest, so I usually come out to find some work." Boss Zheng explained that he hoped to stay.

Liu Pan'er listened and nodded, "Then I'll call Brother Zheng, it just so happens that after our family has finished harvesting rice, we have to prepare the land and plant others, and it is estimated that it will take more than 20 days." ”

When they carried all the six baskets of melons and six baskets of croissant honey to the carriage below, the coachman paid Liu Paner three taels of silver, and explained to the strong men to do things well, and then left.

Liu Pan'er took the people to the field, and one of them gave a knife, "We are here in the terraced fields, and it is too heavy to move the rice directly, so use the knife to cut off the rice ears on it directly, and the straw will not be cut first, and then cut the straw before plowing the land." When the time comes, tie it firmly and follow the road, and directly put the straw on the ground and roll it down. ”

Hearing this, Boss Zheng's eyes lit up, if he did this, he could indeed save a lot of effort, after all, a bundle of rice is dozens of catties, and he can only carry one back and forth at a time, which is time-consuming and laborious.

"Boss, your method is good, let's try it first." Boss Zheng took the knife, pulled the ears of rice in his left hand, and held the knife in his right hand, delicately cut a few ears of rice, squeezed them into a handful, and then put them in the back basket on the ground.

They are all adults, and they are all veterans of work, and they are very skilled in doing it quickly. Liu Pan'er also began to cut the ears of rice, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

In a few moments, they had finished cutting a small terrace.

"Brother Zheng, you continue to cut, I'll go home and get breakfast." Liu Paner explained, "You work hard, and when my family is done, not only will I be paid, but also rewarded." ”

Boss Zheng smiled honestly, "Thank you owner, don't worry, we won't be lazy." ”

Liu Pan'er nodded, and then left quickly.

After selling melons just now, Liu went home and cooked with the children.

Liu is the best at making pasta, preparing flatbread for hired workers, and then sandwiching a la carte in between, which is the most convenient.

Li Rong took the thirty yuan given by her aunt and went to the village chief's house next door to buy three catties of brine water.

Li Dabao took a knife and cut the two golden dough flatbreads from the side, and then sandwiched the braised intestine or braised pork inside, and stuffed a little cucumber shreds inside.

Two people can eat enough even if they have a large amount of food; The amount of food is average, and I can eat it.

In addition, Liu poured the thin rice porridge in the pot into the clay pot. Some eat, some drink, dry, thin, both.