Chapter Twenty-Four: Earning Money and Marrying a Daughter-in-law!
Zhuzhu was reaching out to grab the half-bright and half-extinguished light in the ice lamp, and when she heard her mother ask, she nodded her little head and answered.
"Uh-huh! Come back and make money and buy snacks! ”
These words were said by Tai Jiye, and Zhuzhu just learned a few words, but Yang Lihua was extremely relieved to hear it.
After a night without words, Yang Lihua simply picked up the east house and fell asleep with her daughter in her arms.
Tai Jiye brought his two nephews and was excited in Westinghouse for half the night until he was sleepy.
The next day, at three o'clock in the morning, the old man rushed to the city with his whole family.
Tai Jiye had already had a pig's head-like head, and ran out to buy some dyes, as well as simple carving knives and the like.
He wandered around the city for a few years, and he made a few friends, borrowed a cart, and a few pickaxes.
The family didn't even have time to rest, so they immediately rushed to the river outside the city, wielding pickaxes to mine ice.
In such a season, it is still very cold.
I heard that there were people who pulled firewood and charcoal to the city, but they worked hard to dig ice and transport ice, and the Tai family was definitely the first.
Many people are curious to ask, of course the Tai family can't tell the truth, and only vaguely respond to the idea of building an ice cellar.
Others can't ask, so they ignore it.
After all, it's not a cart full of gold and silver, it's just some ice cubes that can be found everywhere.
Then, these ice cubes entered the small broken yard borrowed by the Tai family, and they became treasures.
Tai Jizong has been skillful since he was a child, and he will go out to work as a handyman during the farming slack for so many years.
Kilns have been burned, houses have been built, and even iron has been struck.
In short, I do everything, and I am not proficient in everything.
But at this time, support my younger brother and carve a beautiful shape for the ice cube is still competent.
Tai Yongan has a lot of strength, and he is responsible for transporting ice cubes in and out of the city with his grandfather and father.
Tai Yongning, on the other hand, has bad legs and feet, but he is smart and careful, and he follows his second uncle to help dye ice cubes, or carry out simple preliminary carvings.
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue are responsible for running errands and handing tools.
Yang Lihua pulled cotton from her cotton clothes, tied a wooden stick, made a simple pen, and drew a lot of flower shapes and simple small animals on the table with dye for Tai Jizong's reference.
Liu Dongniang is responsible for boiling water and cooking, and doing a good job of logistical support.
Tai Jiye carried his little niece on his back, and he was moving his mouth to coordinate at any time.
The family didn't actually think about how much money they had to make, but since they had decided, they worked together and put all their hearts in one place!
In the end, even if it didn't work, there was not much loss, and the right to coax the child to be happy.
When the sky darkened, more than a dozen ice lanterns were lit one after another.
Zhuzhu was the first to pat the little fat hand and laughed happily.
"It's beautiful! Mother, star, flower star! ”
The milk dumpling hugged the neck of the milk and excitedly wanted the mother to see more.
Yang Lihua was also excited, and suddenly felt that this errand might really be successful.
This time, instead of using pine trees, the family bought candles, one truncated into five or six small candles, and put them in the ice lamp, which burned longer and had no black smoke.
Xu saw the light from a distance, and after a while, Steward Min came over with the little servant.
The two ice rabbits at the door were half a man tall, and they were the same size as themselves in the eyes of children.
A rabbit is holding a carrot, and a rabbit is pricking up its ears, which is very smart and funny.
Zhuzhu's favorite is also these two, for fear that Steward Min will take someone to move away.
She ran over and hugged the radish with the rabbit, looking at Steward Min with big eyes and blinking, the cute little appearance can melt even the heart of iron and stone in an instant.
Steward Min immediately took the snack box from the little servant and handed it to Zhuzhu.
"Little girl, this is the snack we baked at home today, exchange this rabbit with you, okay?"
Zhu Zhu's little nose moved, and her saliva was flooded by the sweetness of the dim sum, but she still asked her elders in a milky voice.
"Mother?"
Yang Lihua was also glad that Steward Min was so attentive, and hurriedly asked her daughter to thank her.
Zhu Zhu had a decent salute, and her chubby little body wore heavy jackets and pants, and she almost fell into a rolling gourd when she bent over.
Steward Min hugged the milk dumplings, squinted his eyes happily, and then handed the snack box to Yang Lihua.
"Our little girl is so cute, and she raises it so well."
The crowd thanked him and continued to look at the rest of the ice lanterns.
I have to say that everyone in the Tai family has also contributed with their hearts, and Steward Min has walked around, and they all looked at it and were extremely satisfied.
On the spot, he took out five taels of silver as a deposit, handed over the errand of decorating the garden to the Tai family, and then took the little servant back to carry the ice sculpture rabbit holding the radish.
Zhuzhu was reluctant to take the rabbit and wanted to reach it back, but she held the snack box in her hand, and the little milk fat that was tangled for a while was following the effort!
Cute bunny is carried away!
But the dim sum is so delicious, I want to eat it!
Tai Jizong was reluctant to let go of his niece, and hurriedly coaxed and persuaded, "Zhuzhu is good, the second uncle will carve you a rabbit again, which is bigger than you and can hold you in his arms!" ”
Zhuzhu was immediately happy, hugged the second uncle and kissed him several times.
Tai Jizong beat like chicken blood, took the tools and hurried to work overtime!
In fact, it's not to coax Zhuzhu, the whole family has to work overtime.
There are still three days left for the Min family's birthday banquet, and it takes at least two or three hundred ice sculptures to decorate a garden, which is a big project.
When the old man hesitated to go back to the village and find some more people to come over, Steward Min actually went and returned.
"Uncle Tai, just brought back the rabbit lamp, our lady likes it very much, and our lady and master also said yes."
He took twenty taels of silver directly from his bosom, and said, "Our lady said that not only the garden, but also some roads in the house also need to be lit with ice lamps. I'll leave it to you, so be careful.
When the time comes, after the feast, your benefits will be indispensable. ”
Without waiting for Old Man Tai to respond, Tai Jiye had already taken over the silver, and shouted loudly, "Brother Min, don't worry, our family will definitely do our best to do a good job, and it will definitely make our young lady's birthday banquet lively and decent." ”
He beat the snake like this, and directly changed the eldest brother from the steward, but he didn't disgust the Min steward, after all, everyone likes to be flattered.
Tai Jiye proposed to go to Min's house to have a look, and simply calculate how many ice sculptures are needed.
How could Steward Min not agree, this matter was proposed by him, if it was done, he would also show his face in front of his master.
Tai Jiye immediately cleaned up and followed Steward Min.
Yang Lihua praised, "The third brother is a brain, maybe this errand can really earn him money to marry a daughter-in-law!" ”
"Humph! He's just a street slicker, and he's a good fool of people. The old man said that he was extremely disgusted, but in fact, the corners of his mouth kept curling.
Zhuzhu played hard, tried to run to the second uncle, and pointed to the rabbit at the door who was missing a partner.
"Tutu, second uncle, there is a lack of Tutu!"
"Okay, okay, second uncle will carve it for you!" Tai Jizong hurriedly started working.
But the old man turned around and said, "No, we can't do this job ourselves, we need to find more people." ”
Tai Jizu and Tai Jizong made simple calculations, and they both nodded.
More than a dozen ice sculptures, the whole family is busy for a day, if you need two or three hundred, how can you carve them out in three days.
What to do, where to hire people?
Even if you hire someone, in case you are learned the way and steal the business......
Today's update is present~~