In the afternoon, the Tian family really sent everyone, except for Tian Rubai and his mother Guan, the other two were Tian Youren's eldest daughter-in-law Huang and Tian Youyi's daughter-in-law Gu. Good guy, there are four rooms in total, and there are three people here, and the movement of the Tian family is really big.

Liu Guiyuan looked at them and thought to herself, the more people you come, the more optimistic you are about this business, and the more profits she will get when the time comes!

Guan and Gu are concubines, not to mention the same age, they should usually get along well, the two came to her door, they rolled up their sleeves to wash the melon skin, peel the melon skin, and look at the posture, they are skilled in work.

Huang estimated that because of his widowhood, he didn't talk much, but he was careful, and she would follow how big the diced watermelon Liu Guiyuan cut, and when Liu Guiyuan talked about the tricks of heat and stir-frying, she listened more carefully.

Liu Guiyuan saw that she was serious about learning, so he handed her the bamboo shovel and told her to try it.

"Shulan, you see, Ruijuan is still skillful, she doesn't turn it fast or slowly, and the watermelon strips are fried brightly, and there is no confusion at all."

Guan Shi smashed Gu Shi with his elbow and motioned her to come over, just now they both tried to fry it once, and it didn't take a few fries to paste the pot, of course they can eat it, but it doesn't look good, and it will definitely be discounted if they are sold out.

Gu Shi hurriedly leaned over to look at it, and teased while watching, "It's true, Ren Ruijuan was originally good for tea and rice, and it can't be compared with the pig food we make on weekdays." ”

Guan Shi hurriedly glared at her and said, "What you make is pig food, my tea and rice skills are good, my Xiaobai has a bad meal, right, Xiaobai?" ”

Guan's tea and rice are not good, this is well-known in the Tian family's rooms, Gu's and her are concubines, and sometimes they like to joke with her, of course, it is not malicious to make fun of, or to make fun.

Tian Rubai received his mother's gaze, didn't nod or shake his head, only touched his nose and said that there was not much water in the tank, and he had to go and fetch water. Actually, the second aunt is right, his mother's tea and rice are really a little better than pig food, but he is a kind person, how can he be embarrassed to say that his mother is not?

"Ruijuan, you see, her son couldn't listen to it, and slipped away with a wooden barrel." Gu pointed to Tian Rubai's figure and smiled, Huang couldn't help but smile when he heard it, and Guan smiled embarrassedly.

Liu Guiyuan's house had no yard, and the three women were busy working in front of their house, and they laughed heartily from time to time, and soon attracted the eldest aunt Gu who lived not far away.

"Who should I be, the laughter is earth-shattering, and I live in the back and listen to it really."

Gu's (Yumei) and Gu's (Shulan) are both from Gudian, and the two married in the same village and married in the same village, so the relationship is naturally good, so Gu Yumei came over and talked to Gu Shulan and a few people.

After chatting for a while, Gu Yumei talked to Liu Guiyuan, the watermelons in her house were cleaned up, and the work in other fields had been taken care of during this time, so she wanted to ask when she was rubbing ice powder, and she was really reluctant to leave behind.

The fourth grandmother came to ask about this in the morning, her watermelons had already been harvested and sold, and the reason why she came to her this morning was because the fourth grandmother felt sorry for the dog baby and wanted to ask him to take this opportunity to lie at home for two days, don't get tired.

"Okay, then I'll rub the ice powder from tomorrow, and I'm afraid I'll spoil it after I collect some of it in the house." Liu Guiyuan poured her a cup of watermelon peel tea for cooling, and continued: "I was busy collecting watermelons last time, and your family's wages have not been settled, so I will go over tomorrow to settle it." ”

Gu's, Liu Jindi, and the four grandmothers, each of them will pay fifteen yuan per day, but it will be settled every ten days, and the ice powder sold by the dog baby this month will be settled tomorrow, and then a new account will be reopened. Her brother still settles the accounts, and she can't hurt her feelings because of the account problem.

"Do what you say, I can still be afraid that you won't give it?" Gu smiled heartily, chatted with her for a while, and saw that she was really busy, so he hurriedly said goodbye and went home.

In addition to Gu's coming this afternoon, there were several villagers passing by, and seeing several people gathered at the door of her house, as if they were stirring up something, there were always people who wanted to come and come and ask, but fortunately, Huang's heart was careful, and he didn't see anyone coming, so he asked people to block and not let him get close to the pot.

Before a few people left, Huang thought about it and then suggested: "Guiyuan, do you want to have a courtyard around your house, it's not good to keep it secret if someone comes to see it." ”

Liu Guiyuan also noticed this problem, she used to rub the ice powder either at Gu's house, or she rubbed it behind closed doors, but it was not good to fry watermelon sugar, this had to be used on the pot, after a long time, someone must be able to see the doorway.

Having said that, she was afraid that Tian Rubai would see the way out and mention cooperation this time, so she nodded and said: "Sister-in-law Tian, don't worry, our family will have a yard in the past two days, and it will be kept so that others can't see it." ”

After the people left, Liu Guiyuan looked at the door of his house, a slightly larger adobe house, a pot table with a straw shed, a circle of branches and a fence around the periphery, a chicken coop next to it, and then outside is the vegetables and pigsty, and behind the house is a thatched toilet.

In fact, she originally wanted to save enough money to prepare it together, but there were still a dozen taels of silver in her hand, so she had to wait until autumn to earn it.

"Forget it, don't care, take a step, count a step, anyway, the money is earned, not saved. Eldest sister, second sister, let's build a courtyard wall first? ”

Liu Guiyuan's proposal, how can the two sisters disagree, especially Liu Huaan, she wants to take a dog back to raise it wholeheartedly, and now she wants to build a yard, she wants to bring a dog back even more.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, the eldest sister was cooking with her grandmother at home, and Liu Guiyuan and her second sister went to the second uncle's house to ask him for help.

"Second uncle, how is the bamboo tube cake business doing recently?"

The second aunt is a fan of money, and she didn't stop steaming cakes when she collected watermelons, and I heard that his adults and children were tired during this time.

"It's okay, the watermelon is on the market, there are many people who eat melons, and the bamboo tube cake is not selling as fast as before." The second aunt moved two benches over, asked them to sit down and eat cakes, and then said: "However, this is also a good thing, the cakes sold by some people are terrible, and people will not buy them. ”

The second aunt's words were loud, obviously for Liu Yao in the house, Liu Guiyuan and her second sister covered their mouths and laughed when they heard it, and only after laughing did they explain their intentions.

"This is going to build a courtyard wall, and it will be one person high?" Second uncle Liu Chonglin had to admire her nieces, who sold a few snails for money earlier, and then sold ice powder for money, and built a courtyard wall in less than half a year, which is no better than the three boys in his family!

I heard that I recently collected watermelon peels with the village chief's family, although I didn't know what to do, Liu Chonglin just knew that his niece would not suffer anything to do.

"Well, it's not, the courtyard wall is high, and I have a few families at ease, by the way, which family in the village has a puppy, I want to hold one and raise a family." Liu Guiyuan added.

The second uncle thought for a while, but he didn't expect anyone to have a newborn puppy, and it happened that Liu Tiezhu of his family came home, and when he heard it, he said: "My second uncle's neighbor gave birth to a puppy, and I saw it last time I left my second uncle's house to play." ”

When the second aunt heard this, she said that she asked her second brother to bring one, and the peasant family did not need to give money to hold the puppy, and each family generally only raised one, and if there were more, they would give it away, so there was no need to waste food.

"The courtyard wall is easy to build, I will find a few people tomorrow to put together some adobe first, and when it is dry, I can start to build the wall, about five or six carts of adobe, plus one or two taels of silver." Liu Chonglin calculated a little and gave a number.

"Don't be adobe, but have a decent brick wall, build a wider one, and then build another house in the yard." Liu Guiyuan hurriedly shook her head, she had money in her hand, and if she wanted to build a brick wall, the adobe was particularly ugly after the rain.

"Hey, there aren't many families in my village who are willing to build the courtyard wall with bricks, it seems that the village chief's house has built it, right?" Liu Chonglin hurriedly reminded them, "You two don't want to make some money and spend it indiscriminately, it's easy to spend money and it's hard to make money." ”

Liu Guiyuan knew what the second uncle thought, it was not easy for the peasant family to make some money, they generally saved it up and kept it for the New Year or the New Year, and if the adults and children got sick, the money would come in handy.

But Liu Guiyuan doesn't think so, she went from selling snails to fried watermelon candy, which one is not self-made? I'm not afraid, I can earn it if I can spend it, I can earn it if I can spend it, and I finally earn money, and I build an adobe wall that is crowded next to each other, what is the matter.

Liu Guiyuan smiled and said: "Second uncle, don't worry, our sister has enough money, you can help us buy bricks on credit, just find a few people to build the wall, I don't know what the salary is, you look at Yun, how much it will cost, you just ask." ”

"Hey, okay, you said so, can the second uncle still give you a look, I'll go to the town to ask for the price of brick materials, as for the manpower plus I'll make up enough for four, and the salary will be fifteen yuan a day."

Liu Chonglin originally wanted to say ten things, but the courtyard wall is a hard work, but also a craft work, and there is less fear of people making trouble in it, so it is better to give enough money, anyway, the three girls can make money, so he won't bother following behind.

At noon the next day, Liu Chonglin went to the town to ask for the price, came to Liu Guiyuan, and asked her how wide the yard she planned to build.

"Oh, double the size of the fence here, leave more space on the east side, and then set up a new house on this side, and open two doors, open a gate to the south, open a small door on the west side, and go out to the thatched house......"

Liu Guiyuan didn't have drawings, and she didn't understand architecture, so she stretched out her hand and gestured everywhere at the door for a long time, and Liu Chonglin was stunned for a while, and finally looked at her and said: "According to your method, how can you have five taels of silver facing up, do you have enough money in your hand?" ”

When Liu Guiyuan heard this, it was only five taels of silver, she had enough money, and nodded with a smile and said that the money was enough, Liu Chonglin saw that he couldn't stop it, so he could only say helplessly: "You wait, then I'll go find someone and strive to start tomorrow." ”

Five taels of silver, Liu Guiyuan really doesn't take it seriously, it's not that she has a high vision to make money, but that the family is in urgent need of four brick walls, first, not to let outsiders see what her family is doing, and secondly, for the safety of her sister, it is impossible for Grandma Luo to accompany them all the time.

But when he thought of building a courtyard wall, Liu Guiyuan wanted to blame Liu Chongshan and Zhang's family, for so many years, they didn't even build an adobe wall at home, so they made some broken branches and plugged them, can that thing prevent bad guys?

That night, Liu Tiezhu sent a little milk dog with black flowers on a white background, estimated to be only a full moon, looking a little thin, with a drooping tail, and humming and chirping.

"There's only one left, or I'll raise one too, and you can get some water to drink."

Liu Tiezhu seems to like this dog very much, and he touched it for a while before leaving, in the past, he occasionally came to deliver things, and he always sent them down and left, not staying for a long time, let alone talking much.

"Why, you can bring some of the fried watermelon candy this morning." Grandma Luo liked these children the most, so she grabbed a handful from the table and handed it to him.

Liu Tiezhu didn't want her things, but the sugar in Grandma Luo's hand looked so delicious, and she could smell a sweet smell, so she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and took it and said, "You have to give it to me." With that, he ran away.

This awkward little child!