I went back early today, and when I arrived at the bottom of the dam, I happened to see Wang Xiuju pulling vegetables in the vegetable garden.

"Mom."

"Mom."

"Grandma!"

All three of them greeted Wang Xiuju.

"When you come back, don't cook at night, come to the house to eat." Wang Xiuju said.

The family asked Huolu to help me today, and I got a lot of delicious food and drink.

"Okay, Mom."

Lin Jiayin opened his mouth and agreed.

Jiang Xiaobai originally wanted to buy a chicken and stew it for his wife and daughter to replenish their health, but since Lin Jiayin agreed to go to his parents' place for dinner, he had no choice but to nod.

Well, it's the same with buying chickens tomorrow.

When they returned home, they put away all the cigarettes and alcohol, and after resting for a while, they went their separate ways.

Lin Jiayin went to a few homes that were willing to buy small potatoes and told them to be delivered to the side of the road at 7 p.m.

This time I also received about 3,000 catties.

In addition, I asked if they sell winter melons, and if they do, they will also send some to the side of the road.

Jiang Xiaobai carried a flower basket and went directly to his own vegetable garden, picking all his winter melons first.

Lin Jiayin planted a lot of winter melons, and almost one could be picked at hand, and the winter melons were so big that they couldn't fit a few in a basket.

Jiang Xiaobai picked up a basket and went to the side of the road.

"Am I mistaken, Jiang Xiaobai's second-rate son is carrying things?"

"It's like a winter melon on your back."

"Where did he carry the winter melon?"

"It's really surprising that he is willing to carry the basket."

"Don't you say, he seems to have been back in the house for a few days."

"Yes, I heard Changming say that Jiang Xiaobai is doing a kang potato business in the city, and he also said that his life in the house is good, and the kang potatoes are particularly delicious."

"That's right, his daughter-in-law Jiayin has been harvesting small potatoes for the past few days."

"Jiang Haibo, Zhang Changming, Jiang Xiaoming, Liu Shiguo, many of them have sold small potatoes, saying that they are 5 cents a catty."

"Yesterday a tractor came and towed a cart away."

"Well, Jiayin also told me in the house, saying that he would tell me next time he came to the tractor to tow him, and the little potatoes in my house also said that he would sell them to her."

“……”

The people who came back from work were all surprised to see Jiang Xiaobai carrying a big flower basket of winter melons, and when Jiang Xiaobai walked by, they started talking in a whisper.

Jiang Xiaobai arrived at the side of the road, chose a place that was not in the way, took out the winter melon and put it away, and returned with the empty basket on his back.

He estimated that he would only have to make a dozen trips to pick the winter melons that could be picked in the vegetable garden.

This kind of rough work and heavy work, he used to disdain and will not do.

But now, he's doing it with all his might.

As long as you behave well and turn over with your wife, isn't it a matter of time or time?

I didn't see my wife's attitude towards herself much better now.

Jiang Xiaobai walked uphill along the path, and when he passed a house, he glanced at it, he turned around and walked towards that house.

"Uncle Tan, are you at home?"

Jiang Xiaobai walked to the dam and shouted towards the open gate.

"Which one?"

A half-aged man in his fifties came out of the room, holding a three-inch pipe with a bamboo root and copper in his hand, spitting smoke echoes.

"Uncle Tan, it's me."

Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Oh, it's you, what's the matter?"

Tan Xuechao saw that it was Jiang Xiaobai, and said lukewarmly.

He is the only carpenter in Jiangwan, known as Tan carpenter, a carpenter has nothing to say, tables, chairs, beds, wardrobes, cupboards, boxes can be played, carved and engraved on the furniture, but also shot like a god, figures, landscapes, flowers and birds carved lifelike.

And then he has a good coffin, and the coffins of the old man in Jiangwan are basically made by Carpenter Tan.

Carpenter Tan is not only famous in Jiangwan, but people in several nearby villages are almost always looking for him to make furniture and close coffins.

It is said that Tan Carpenter has this craft, and he should be relatively wealthy.

But there is something special about his family's situation.

Tan carpenter's wife Shi Dafang has been bedridden for a long time, the eldest son was glorious in the southern self-defense counterattack a few years ago, the eldest daughter married to another village, the second daughter is not yet 19 years old at home, and the youngest son is only 15 years old, and he is in the same class as Jiang Xiaolei in the third year of junior high school.

Carpenter Tan earned a few dollars by handicraft outside, while providing for his wife to treat her illness, and on the other hand for her son to study, the family had a very difficult life.

Jiang Xiaobai understands all these situations.

Moreover, according to Jiang Xiaobai's memory, he knew that Tan Carpenter's second daughter Tan Xiaofang and his youngest son Tan Xiaojie were later involved in selling blood, and they were also infected with AIDS.

Seeing Carpenter Tan again after being reborn, Jiang Xiaobai felt a little sighing in his heart.

"Uncle Tan, what are some things I'm looking for you to get today?"

As soon as he heard that there was business, Carpenter Tan was in good spirits. In the past few days, I haven't received the live lu, and the family is in a tight situation, and if I can receive the live lu, I can turn around.

However, when he thought that his employer was Jiang Xiaobai, his expression faded again.

He was only afraid that he would be tired and tired of doing his work, but in the end he would not get paid, wouldn't that make matters worse?

"Uncle Tan, don't worry, I've made a little money doing business in the city recently, I can pay my salary first, and then you can help me do things."

Jiang Xiaobai was a human being in two lives, how could he not see Carpenter Tan's thoughts and concerns, so he spoke directly.

"Do you want to hit the furniture?"

Carpenter Tan's eyes lit up, he didn't care about Jiang Xiaobai and Jiang Xiaohei, as long as he paid his wages first, then he didn't have anything to worry about.

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Your son, first help me find a good wood to make a signboard, and engrave the four big characters of 'three meals and delicacies'." ”

After a pause, he said, "Help me make a few other boards with seats, and I'll put them on the ground and stand them up for advertising." ”

The advertisement is Moz, and Carpenter Tan has not heard of it.

However, it is not difficult for him to press a seat on the board and stand on the ground.

nodded, explained the size specifications and requirements to Jiang Xiaobai, and finally said: "I can take your work, and you can give 1 yuan for a few things." ”

A dollar's salary is also a lot of expense for other families.

But Jiang Xiaobai didn't care, and said, "I'll give you 10 yuan, and you will also provide the wood." ”

"10 bucks?"

Carpenter Tan exclaimed, even if he helped people close the coffin, it would only cost 2 yuan for a coffin to work for a few days.

Jiang Xiaobai wants to do this little thing, he can do it in one day.

But Jiang Xiaobai said that he was willing to give 10 yuan in wages.

He almost thought that Jiang Xiaobai was opening his mouth to fight wow, and he came to entertain him.

"If you agree, I'll ask Jiayin to send you the salary first."

Hearing what Jiang Xiaobai said, Carpenter Tan was convinced that Jiang Xiaobai was not entertaining himself.

"Agreed! Agreed, of course agreed. ”

Carpenter Tan immediately agreed with a smile and said: "Xiaobai, you are out of business now, you have made a fortune in business, and the entire Jiangwan, no, the entire Qingshan people, have not been generous to you." ”

He beckoned Jiang Xiaobai again, "Come, come into the house and sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

Jiang Xiaobai waved his hand, "I won't sit, I still have to go to the vegetable garden to pick winter melons and carry them to the road." ”

Carpenter Tan hadn't seen Jiang Xiaobai carrying a winter melon before, but only then did he notice that Jiang Xiaobai was carrying a flower basket, and couldn't help asking, "What are you carrying the winter melon to the road?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Wait for a car to be dragged into the city to sell, if there is a winter melon in your house, you can also pick the scales, and then wait for the car to come back and sell it." ”

Carpenter Tan was overjoyed when he heard this.

Who doesn't grow winter melons, they can't eat them all, they can't sell them, they can only wait for them to rot in the field.

It's good now, someone actually harvests winter melons.

"A lot of money?"

Carpenter Tan asked nervously.

"5 cents a pound."

Jiang Xiaobai thought about it and quoted the same price as the little artichoke.

"Okay, I'll go pick winter melons in the vegetable garden." Carpenter Tan said excitedly.