Chapter 35: Thirty-five Days of Becoming an Old Lady
Jiang Shi does not go to the county seat, and the road of opening an embroidery workshop will not work. It will take some years for Hu Laosi to become an apprentice, and he is far from making money.
The old lady thought about it, but she didn't have a good way to make money, so she slipped out of the system.
"Jiaojiao, give me an idea, how can I make money?"
This kind of thing the old lady can't talk to other people, and it is uncomfortable to hold back, and at this time it is reflected in the benefits of the system.
What you can't say to others, you can say to the system!
The system has a little pride, and the voice is glutinous:
"Hmph, the money is all under your nose, and you can't see it."
"Huh? Where? The old lady was excited, and counted the ways she got the money.
Although Boss Hu has money there, he can't hold on to a single wool. She just got two thousand taels, and she had to let Boss Hu slow down; As for Hu Lao Er, the situation is similar, let's talk about it slowly; And the others...... Hu Laosan is still thinking about the game; Hu Laosi was an apprentice. As for the juniors, the old lady didn't have the heart to collect money from them, there would be a return on investment, not to mention that the juniors were still young, that would be later.
The system said it so absolutely, and the old lady also guessed whether there was a way to get money that she hadn't thought of. Her voice was soft and slightly flattering:
"Jiaojiao, I'm so lucky to have met you. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have a confidant here, but I would be lonely. ”
"Don't you think I'm useless?" Tongzi is still proud.
"How can you! My Jiaojiao is the most useful, and it is the best system in the universe. If the system also has a rating, you will definitely be at the top. ”
The old lady gave the system a thumbs up, and when people are in other places, they know that the villagers are valuable. The ancestors arranged a system for her, perhaps not to help her, but to relieve her of homesickness.
"Hmph, don't you just want me to come up with ideas, it sounds so good." The system was unmoved, but his tone softened.
The old lady's thoughts were punctured by a word, but she said:
"I came from the bottom of my heart, and I felt it."
Not to mention how sincere.
The system is so simple that it was praised a few times, and its self-esteem was greatly satisfied, helping to come up with ideas:
"The Hu family is a farmer, and the croppers naturally take money from the field."
The Hu family has dozens of acres of land, and the old lady can't see it?
"Oh, why didn't I think of it in my brain?"
The old lady slapped her head and realized it.
The main reason is that she came from the city and failed to understand the power of the ancient farmers.
When Hu Laohan was alive, the Hu family was a middle-sized household with 100 acres of fertile land. With the imperial examination of Hu Laoda, the Hu family fell from the middle household to the lower household, and now there are only 30 acres of land left.
Don't underestimate these 30 acres of land, all the living expenses of the eldest son in a year come from here. If it weren't for Boss Hu's wife, the Hu family would have been rich.
"Jiaojiao, you still have the ability, you are so powerful." The old lady boasted sincerely this time, thirty acres of land is not a small amount, thinking of how much silver she can get in exchange for the harvest, the wrinkles on the old lady's face are piled together.
"That's how capable the system is."
The system receives the whole disk. In a good mood, it hesitated to remind:
"Hmm...... If you have any other needs, you can come to this system. ”
The old lady was immersed in the joy of making money again, and failed to grasp the meaning of the system.
"Mmmm, I'm definitely looking for it, I can't live without you the most."
One person, one system, chatting happily, both parties are satisfied.
The old lady is not good at farming at all. Asking too much and being afraid of revealing the stuffing, I decided to go to the neighbor's house to learn from it.
The Zhang family next door originally lived an old couple, who had no children and no daughters all their lives, and they were almost eaten out of their homes. More than ten years ago, the Zhang family suddenly had a goddaughter. not only solved the problem of relatives who were out of poverty, but also took good care of the Zhang family and his wife, and gave them a pension for the elderly.
The goddaughter of the Zhang family was a widow and settled in the village with a son.
Mr. Hu rarely walks around with the Zhang family on weekdays, but because they are neighbors, they can also talk a few words. The old lady took a basket, put five catties of wild boar, thought about it and took some big bone sticks.
Widow Zhang's son is the same age as Hu Baozhu, and he also studied at the county academy, but because of his poor health, he must be sick every time he takes the exam, and he has not even taken the children's test to this day.
Half a year ago, he returned home from the academy and has never been out of the house since, and the smell of the Zhang family's herbs has become stronger and stronger.
The old lady caught a glimpse of it by chance, and the Zhang family boy was thin and thin, but he was not weak at all. The old lady speculated that his illness in the exam was related to psychological factors.
The old lady of the Hu family suddenly came to the door, but Zhang Ai was shocked.
"Aunt Hu?" She threw down the long stick in her hand and reached for the basket in the old lady's hand.
The weight of the basket was not light, Zhang Ai received it without any burden, and put it under the eaves.
The size of the Zhang family's courtyard is not even half of the Hu family's, but it is enough to live only Zhang Ai and her son. There is no arrangement in the yard, a few bean vines are hanging their heads half-dead by the wall, and a row of shallots are lying there as if they have been ravaged, and the scenery in the courtyard is like winter in the good spring time.
At the moment of opening the door, the old lady was amazed by Zhang Ai's appearance. Willow leaf curved eyebrows, cherry mouth, high nose bridge, peach blossom eyes. Her eyes are deep, and at first glance there is an exotic atmosphere. But if you look closely, the feeling fades, and the appearance seems to be just ordinary.
Before the old lady could think about it, Zhang Ai had already brought a cup of tea and handed it to her. and rudely cleaned up the sticks scattered in the yard, which was not aesthetically pleasing to all.
The old lady suddenly thought that Zhang Ai had a big killing move - she knew martial arts!
This is also an important reason why she, a widow with a child, has no one to bully in the village.
The old lady looked at the wooden sticks in the garden, and wondered if she should also make a few wooden sticks to prepare, because the rolling pin at home was not easy to use.
"Auntie, is there something wrong?" Zhang Ai packed up the wooden stick, saw the old lady holding the teacup silently, and took the initiative to ask.
The old lady's gaze was then removed from the stick, and the wrinkles on her face were piled up. She pointed to the basket under the eaves, a little flattering:
"I have a wild boar in my house, and I have a lot of meat, and I will give you some of it. There was meat, there were bones, and some pigs went into the water. ”
The Hu family caught a wild boar, and they could hide it from others, but they couldn't hide it from the neighbor Zhang family. The old lady also wanted to have a good relationship with the Zhang family through the excuse.
Zhang Ai looked at the basket and smiled with a righteous face:
"Auntie, you don't need this. Don't worry, I won't talk to anyone, and no one will know about it. ”
She took the basket and asked the old lady to take it back. As the so-called no merit is not punished, she does know about the wild boar of the Zhang family, but she has never liked to deal with people, and she never gossiped behind her back, and the old lady's move is really meaningless.
In these years, no one is too meaty, the basket is quite weighty, and Zhang Ai doesn't want to take advantage of others.
Take what you sent out and take it home?
The old lady can't afford to lose this person.
"Auntie, don't worry about you. It's not because of that. ”
Regarding Zhang Ai's doubts, the old lady hesitated,
"Spring ploughing is coming, how are you going to fiddle with the land at home?"
Seeing that she was still thinking about it, the old lady said angrily:
"You have few families and little land. It's better for me to plant it for you, I have a lot of family. ”
The old lady patted her chest, don't look at it as just an old lady from a farmer's house, she also has a heroic face.
Zhang Ai laughed "poof", the neighbor has been a neighbor for many years, and she never knew that the old lady of the Hu family was so interesting.
When the old lady saw her, she only smiled, but did not answer, so she simply let go of this old face and asked with a shy face:
"I see that the growth in your field is gratifying, and the harvest is good every year, can you teach some experience to the eldest mother?"
Before coming, the old lady specially asked the Oda clan clearly, whose crops are good and whose crops are bad? Don't look at the Zhang family's vegetables, but the crops in the field are among the best in the whole village.
Relying only on the harvest in the field, Zhang's family supported the cost of his son's education.
"It's not in vain, I'll give it a shackle." The old lady didn't plan to exchange a basket of pork for other people's abilities, anyway, she has money now, as long as Zhang is willing to teach, it doesn't hurt for her to give more.
The old lady in the courtyard sat upright, her body straight, completely different from the other peasant ladies, as if she were ...... It's like the old lady of the clan family.
Zhang shook his head, and suddenly smiled:
"Hey, what's going on. If you want to know, I'll teach you. ”
The old lady thought that she would have to waste some lip service for this trip, but she knew that Zhang was very angry. not only told her the steps of farming in detail, but also shared many tips.
It's worth it to get these experiences in exchange for a basket of pork!