Chapter 17: The Barrel
Lin Yao smiled and led Xiaodouding into the house.
Back in the house, Lin Yao took out all the cloth and collapsed on the kang, pointing to the distribution one by one, "This is your mother's, this is Xiaobao's, this is mine." As he spoke, he took out the silk again, "Mother, you touch it, this silk is very comfortable to the touch, cool and slippery, I think about using it to make a few pajamas, do you think?" ”
"Pajamas? Is it the meaning of underwear? "Yao's mother doesn't understand what pajamas mean, and the people here usually wear underwear when they sleep.
Lin Yao hurriedly reacted, yes, there is no word for pajamas here, and she actually leaked her mouth.
"Yes, that way we will sleep comfortably." Lin Yao replied with a smile.
"What? Lining with satin? Hearing this, Yao's mother was surprised again, but she was no longer surprised by her little girl's strange thoughts, "Alas, okay, Yaoyao will make money, you can do whatever you want." Yao's mother replied helplessly.
Su Shi also wore a silk dress today, showing off everywhere how much her husband and son loved her, but when she came to her little girl, she actually wanted to make silk into a shirt!
However, her eldest girl can make money, she has ideas, and she depends on her, thinking of Yao's mother, she smiled dotingly.
The Lin family has no land, so they don't have to be busy plowing and weeding, and with the silver at home, Yao's mother doesn't have to waste her eyes to embroider embroidery day and night, so she can make them a few clothes.
For dinner, Lin Yao warmed up the rice and chicken left over from noon, and the three of them ate contentedly together.
"Mother, I still have more than 20 taels of silver left here, I am going to rebuild our house first, what do you think?" Lin Yao said while sandwiching a piece of chicken and throwing it into the bowl of Xiaodouding.
The Lin family's house was built by Lin Yao's grandfather when he was young, and now the wall skin has long been gone, there is yellow bare clay everywhere, and some of the roof tiles are cracked.
According to the memory of the original owner, it generally costs six or seven taels to build a house in Peach Blossom Village, and more than a dozen taels of silver are needed, so his twenty-five taels of silver are definitely enough.
"What? Want to build a house for our family? Yao's mother was dumbfounded in shock when she heard this, it's only been a few days since their family is about to build a house? Why did she think it was so unreal?
"Yes, it's almost autumn, and the weather is gradually getting cooler, so it's time for us to build the house, so that our family won't have to suffer in winter," Lin Yao said with some emotion.
In the memory of the original owner, in winter, the dilapidated house of the Lin family could not cover the cold at all, and the whole family could only huddle on the only kang and cover it with a thin quilt.
Hearing this, Yao's mother also remembered the difficulties of winter, and said, "Well, mother listens to you, Yaoyao is really capable." Thinking of the misery of the family in winter, Yao's mother suddenly felt a little bitter, if her eldest girl can really build a house for her, then their family will really be blessed.
Thinking of this, Yao's mother couldn't help but feel a little happy, after so many years of hard life, she was finally going to get through.
After eating, Lin Yao was scrubbing the tableware she had bought during the day, when suddenly a middle-aged man's voice came from outside the house.
"Sister Yao, are you there?"
Lin Yao hurriedly shook his hand and called Yao's mother to rush out, and when she went out, she found that it was Uncle Erzhuzi, a carpenter in the village, who was pushing a wooden cart with a large wooden barrel on it.
It seems that the wooden barrel for the bath that I ordered in the morning is ready.
There are very few large items such as wooden barrels in the village, and they usually ask Erzhuzi to repair a piece of furniture or make a bowl or plate or something, so when he learned that Yao's mother wanted him to make a wooden barrel, he agreed without hesitation, and hurriedly made it, so it was ready in one day.
Lin Yao and Yao's mother hurriedly rushed over to help carry the wooden barrel into the house, "Sister Yao, what do you think of this wooden barrel?" Erzhuzi said with a grinning smile.
"What does Yaoyao think?" Yao's mother didn't reply, but asked Lin Yao.
"Well, that's right, Uncle Erzhuzi, how much is this barrel?" Lin Yao felt very satisfied with the smooth wooden barrel board, she saw the ancient wooden barrel for the first time, and looked around with some novelty.
"Forty yuan, your mother has already paid a deposit of fifteen yuan this morning, so you can give your uncle another twenty-five yuan." The second pillar replied a little shyly.
Lin Yao smiled and said yes, then went back to the back room and took out twenty-five coins, came out and handed it to him.
After receiving the money, Erzhuzi squinted with a smile, and couldn't help but boast, "Yao Yatou is really good now, not only has she earned money, but she has even paid back Butcher Liu's five taels of silver, which is amazing." ”
Lin Yao was slightly stunned when she heard this, when she just came back from the town, the people in the village were still mocking her for carrying a foreign debt of five taels of silver, how did these two pillars know? But then after thinking about it, I understood that it should be Brother Yang who went back and told the Jin family, and the Jin family told the villagers.
Thinking of this, Lin Yao suddenly felt a little moved, the Jin family really took good care of their family.
"It's nothing, it's just that I got some honey the other day and made some money." Lin Yao didn't want to say much and replied perfunctorily.
After a few more pleasantries, Uncle Erzhu pushed the wooden cart and hummed a small tune and left happily.
After Uncle Erzhu left, Lin Yao looked at the wooden barrel in the house with some joy, "Mother, with this wooden barrel, we can take a good hot bath." ”
Yao's mother was also very happy to look at it, and touched it, "Yes, I didn't expect our family to be able to use a wooden barrel, my mother is really happy to look at it." ”
That night, Lin Yao boiled hot water for Yao's mother to take a good bath, and then took off Xiaodouding to help him wash his body.
Finally washed the little bean and threw it on the bed, Lin Yao changed the bucket of water and soaked it in by herself exhausted, the warm water wrapped her body, Lin Yao couldn't help but sigh happily, it was really comfortable, this was the happiest and most comfortable moment she had walked through in the past few days.
Soaking and soaking, Lin Yao was so tired that she gradually fell asleep unconsciously, and Yao's mother saw it and quickly woke her up distressedly, asked her to go to bed, and then helped pour the water in the wooden bucket.
Early the next morning, Lin Yao got up a little late, but she was surprisingly comfortable and refreshing, and after stretching a big lazy waist, she suddenly smelled the fragrance of rice and walked out of the room with the fragrance.
"Yaoyao woke up, my mother boiled some porridge, you can eat some with the chin vegetable dipping sauce." When Yao's mother saw Lin Yao coming out, she hurriedly called her to come to dinner.
Lin Yao hurriedly refused, "Mother, I haven't washed my teeth yet!" I'll eat it later. ”
"Eh, okay then."