Yun Xue sat at the Wu family for a while, then came out of the Wu family and went to the Zheng family. Zheng Dahai is a well-known capable person in the village, who used to learn to be a stonemason, but later he didn't want to do it, so he farmed at home. Yun Xue wants to find someone to help, but I am afraid that Zheng Dahai will have to come forward, and in addition, he will have to lead the work.

In the first month, there was nothing to do, and the Zheng family was idle at home. Yun Xue came to Zheng's house and told Zheng Dahai about building a house, and Zheng Dahai understood, "It's simple, there are a few good players in the village, I'll go find them." We work, you can rest assured, you can't go wrong. Yun Xue, okay, look at you who don't show mountains and water this year, Yun Zhen is going to marry a daughter-in-law. Okay, the uncle can't help with anything else, this little help can still help, you can rest assured. ”

After talking to Zheng Dahai, Yun Xue's heart was put down, and when she came out of the Zheng family, Yun Xue felt that her heart was a lot brighter. When I returned home, I told Yunni and Tianfu about the matter, and the big guys were relieved.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Dahai found more than a dozen people in the village, and everyone went to the canyon north of the village to beat stones. This work can be done regardless of spring, autumn, winter and summer, although there is still snow in this season, but it does not delay their work. In fact, there are stones in the canyon that fall directly from the cliffs on both sides, but these stones are too big to be broken with professional tools such as chisels. Zheng Dahai took people and smashed stones in the canyon.

Yun Xue discussed with these people, work for a day, give fifty yuan, and take care of another meal. He started his work in the morning and came back for dinner in the afternoon. People in the countryside are used to eating two meals in winter, and everyone doesn't think so.

These people work very quickly, and they do not deliberately grind foreign workers because they are counting money on a daily basis. During the day, they all drove stones in the canyon, and when they finished work in the afternoon, they used a cart to push the stones back and pile them on the open space opposite the gate of the Han family.

In the open space, a lot of bricks have been piled up in the past two days, all of which Tianfu bought from outside. Generally, the kiln factory that burns bricks, before the Chinese New Year, will also put in a kiln of bricks, which is called a pressure kiln. So it is not very difficult to buy bricks after the year.

Yun Xue, Yun Ni, and Yushu were busy in the kitchen, and there were more than a dozen good laborers to eat, but there were too few things that could not be prepared. Yun Ni found out the big bones and pig goods left over from the pig killing last year, and ate some at that time, but most of them were washed and pickled, originally waiting for the spring to be eaten, but now it comes in handy.

At this time, there are no vegetables at home, but there are still some cabbages in the cellar and some sauerkraut in the jar. At this time, the sauerkraut has been pickled and the sour taste is very strong, and when you eat it, you have to cut it and soak it in water for a while.

Yun Xue made a pack of tofu in advance, so that she could add more dishes. Northerners, around the beginning of spring, mainly point to tofu.

Cabbage stewed tofu vermicelli, sauerkraut stewed pig in water, dried beans dried in summer, stewed in soup boiled with big bones, plus pickled vegetables in autumn, this is the best thing the Han family can come up with now. The staple food is cakes, and Yunxue uses sorghum rice noodles mixed with steamed cakes with bean noodles and sweet potato flour. Didn't make sorghum rice because that would be too expensive for sorghum rice.

"Isn't this meal a little missing?" Yun Xue always felt that she was not very upset, and when people came to help, she made these meals, and she seemed to feel a little unable to handle them.

"That's good, Sister Yunxue. Do you still think that every household can eat this now? Yushu smiled. You don't have to worry about it, I don't believe that they will come back later, and these people will not find fault with them. ”

There was a commotion outside, and then I heard someone shouting, "Yunxue girl, is there hot water?" The big guy wants some hot water. ”

Yun Xue hurriedly came out of the kitchen, beckoned everyone to come into the house and sit down, and poured hot tea for everyone. Everyone sat on chairs in the middle of the room, gathered around the table, drinking tea and talking.

Yun Xue hurriedly served the food, "Uncle Zheng, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Liu, the meal may be a little worse." But you can be full, the big guys are tired of the day, let go of eating, and there are still in the kitchen. Yun Xue said slightly apologetically.

"You girl, what are you polite? When we come to work, you not only pay for the work, but also take care of the food. Where can I find such a good thing? Besides, I think this meal is pretty good, the big guy is at home, I'm afraid he can't eat like this. Zheng Dahai smiled as soon as he saw the dishes on the table.

"The big guys all use chopsticks to eat, Yun Xue said it, it's full. Hurry up and eat. "Zhang Changan was not polite, he just took the cake and gnawed it." Well, what a swaggering cake, fragrant. He took the dish again, "Oh, this dish has so much oil, it's delicious." Yunxue girl, what you just made tastes good, full of oil and water, if this is not good, we really don't know what to call it. ”

The big guys all started to eat the dishes, and no one found fault with the dishes. Yun Xue breathed a sigh of relief at this time, she was afraid that people would say that she was stingy and didn't give the helpers a good meal.

These people did have a large amount of food, and they ate up a pot of bread in a few clicks. Yun Xue hurriedly went to the kitchen to bring another pot, but this time she didn't finish it so quickly.

"Yunxue girl, you should also hurry up and eat, we are almost here, you don't have to wait on the side. is not an official master, and he has to stand next to a girl when he eats. Zheng Dahai said with a smile.

Yun Xue saw that they were indeed not eating so fast, and they should be almost full, so she took her younger siblings and ate in the kitchen.

"Yunxue girl, we are all full of food and drink, let's go first. Tomorrow morning, we'll go straight to the north and bring back the stones in the afternoon. It won't take a few days, at most the day after tomorrow will be about the same. Zheng Dahai and the others were full, and said before leaving.

Yun Xue and Tianfu sent them out, and then came back to sit down to eat. "Eldest sister, these people are really edible. I just looked, and the two pots of bread are gone, and all the dishes on the table are at the bottom, so they are all served in small pots. Tianfu said.

"It's all strong laborers, and they could have eaten. Not to mention, there is not enough food to eat now, and everyone is idle with half a intestine. Now that it's open for them to eat, can they still eat less? Yun Xue shook her head and smiled. Okay, since we agreed to take care of the food, we don't care about their food and drink, as long as we do our work well. ”

Zheng Dahai's estimate was really about the same, and in four days, there was a pile of stones outside the gate of the Han family. "Yunxue girl, these stones are enough for you to build six houses, Uncle calculated it for you, and it's right to keep it."

After dinner, Yun Xue calculated the salary to everyone, and the big guy took the salary and left the Han family happily.

Looking at the large pile of stones in front of him, as well as the bricks and tiles over there, Yun Xue's heart has a bottom now. Don't worry about the wood for building a house, the family has saved a lot over the years, and they will be used when the time comes. "Okay, when the land is planted, let's find someone to build a house."

Yun Xue made such a big move here, and everyone in the village knew that the Han family was going to build a house for Yun Zhen to marry a daughter-in-law. Those who originally wanted to marry the Han family inevitably talked about it, and some said that the Han family's vision was too high, and they couldn't look down on the daughters of the Zhuang family, so they insisted on going to Gaopan City to be a girl, and they didn't know what they could be like in the future. Some people also said that the Han family's life is really getting better now, and other people's families are almost out of food, and they still have the heart to build a house.

Those family members who beat stones for the Han family will also tell others that the Han family's food for the helpers is enough, and the Han family's food must be there. For a while, there were a lot of discussions about the Han family in the village.

Time flies quite quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the New Year has passed. The clothes made by Yun Xue and others in the state city were delivered, and together they came, as well as a lot of food sent by Shen Hongjun. The stuff full of two carriages made the people in the village see it, and their eyes were hot again. The person who sent the things also said that Shen Hongjun and they went into the mountains to suppress bandits. The suppression of bandits is going very well, and now more than a dozen cottages have been exterminated. Yun Zhen's kung fu is good, and he is very brave when he fights, and now those soldiers admire him very much, and Shen Hongjun also said that he would give Yun Zhen credit and play the court in the future.

Yun Xue was quite happy to hear this. After seeing off the visitors, the whole family cheered happily. In fact, it doesn't matter if Yun Zhen has made meritorious service or anything, as long as he is safe, everyone will be relieved.

Yun Xue and Yun Ni took out their clothes, put them on and tried them on, and they really fit very well, and the workmanship is also very exquisite. "This lady's craftsmanship is really extraordinary." Yun Xue stroked the patterns on her clothes with her hand and sighed.

Tianfu and Yun Ting had already gathered all the things sent by Shen Hongjun and came in from outside. "Eldest sister, Third Brother Shen has sent these grains again, so we don't have to worry about it." If there is surplus food at home, you will not panic in your heart.

While everyone was talking happily, they heard movement outside, "Okay, okay, give me a stutter." Be kind, you're going to starve to death. ”

Yun Xue frowned, this is here to ask for food? "Let's go, go out and have a look."

When they came to the gate, they saw an old woman in her sixties and seventies, with a stick in her right hand and a broken bowl in her left hand. The old woman was unkempt, and the clothes on her body were also patched, and a pair of shoes under her feet were torn, and her big toes were exposed. The old woman had a pocket behind her, and looked flat, there was nothing in it.

As soon as the old woman saw Yunxue and them coming out, she hurriedly took two steps forward, but she didn't dare to get too close to Yunxue and them. "Pity the poor old woman, there is really nothing to eat at home. Poor and pathetic. ”

When Yun Xue saw this old woman like this, she felt uncomfortable for a while. "Grandma, why did you come out to ask for food?"