Chapter 413: Lack of Manpower at Home
"Then you dare to say you'll come back to help me! Aren't you afraid of being chased and beaten by Lord Lu?" Su Tai glared at him in reproach and gave him a piece of tender beef with chopsticks, "Nourish yourself well, you'll be busy after the New Year!"
Shen Yi was very pleased, and asked Su Tai to give her some more, saying, "The matter of the coal mine will probably offend a lot of people, especially those big families with deep roots in the local area."
Su Tai paused while blanching the beef and asked, "Are you talking about the Zhu family?"
Shen Yi nodded slightly, "Not only the Zhu family, but also several other families. The main reason is that the county government cannot afford to compensate them with enough money, so the losses caused cannot be borne naturally."
"There's nothing we can do about it. We can't build pavilions and towers here. That would be too beautiful!" Su Tai curled her lips.
I deeply realized how difficult Shen Yi's situation was.
“So when I came back this time and saw that our village had actually built a wall, I was actually quite happy. Apart from anything else, with the wall, your life in the village will be safer. In addition, I want to buy a few more servants to come back and look after the house.
When I'm not at home, it's not safe for you and your children to be alone. If you go out again, it will be even more dangerous to leave four children at home."
Chen Yi knew that Su Tai didn't want to bring strangers home, but the situation was different now. It was abnormal that their family didn't even have a servant.
Su Tai gritted her teeth and said, "You are right, but how can we guarantee the character of these servants? My uncle's family has stayed in the Bai Mansion. There was Madam Li Cuilan before, and the Ma family also caught a lot of traitors. The more people there are, the more trouble there is."
Chen Yi knew what Su Tai said, thought about it, and suggested: "How about we go to Qiongzi and buy some children from poor families?"
"Why do you suddenly think so?" Su Tai was a little surprised.
Chen Yi was quite helpless. "Coal mining has started in Zhaohua County, and every household has a way to make money. As long as they are not really unable to survive, which good family is willing to sell their children? Besides, there are many troubles if we buy from local people. It is better to go to Qiongzi.
Life is hard there, and there are many families who can't even support their children. If we choose carefully, we can pick a good one. As for the special features of our family, we can find a way to cover it up."
Su Tai was reluctant at first, but after careful consideration, she felt that Shen Yi's suggestion was the most reliable. It was indeed not safe to leave four children at home. There was also the Guokui workshop, which was an inconspicuous small business that made money. More staff had to be hired on the first and fifteenth days of the month. It was becoming increasingly difficult to find staff in the village, especially during the busy farming season, when all the orders had to be pushed out.
"Okay! Then I'll listen to you. When will you come over?"
It takes a long time to go back and forth.
Chen Yi smiled and said, "Spring plowing, I have arranged the tasks of spring plowing in advance. I also have to take people to the ice field and go to Qiongzi by the way. It won't take up much time."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong clamored to go together. Even the twins were eager to go, asking why their older brothers and sisters could go to their aunt's house while they had to be left at home.
That self-righteous look made Su Tai so angry that her teeth itched.
It's not easy to discipline the children during the New Year, so I can only stare at them.
The next day was the first day of the first lunar month, and Chen Yi and Su Tai woke up late for a rare occasion.
It is said that one should not cook in the first month of the lunar year, so the couple just lay down and rest. As for the problem of eating, that was easy. Su Tai went directly to the Fire Time and Space Food Street to buy ready-made food.
The children were confused and asked a few questions.
If Su Tai didn't say anything, they had no other options.
As long as there is food, it’s fine; they won’t really care that much.
For the villagers, the days during the New Year are all about eating, drinking, visiting relatives and friends, and enjoying themselves as much as possible.
Except Su Tai and Shen Yi.
The two of them just slacked off for two days.
After going to Dongmen Village on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the couple left their four children at the Su family's house to Han and Su Chunlin, and immediately got busy with their seafood operations when they returned.
Su Tai fished in the water space-time for a day, and Chen Yi was outside with a shovel sorting and stacking various seafood.
On the fourth day of the New Year, the villagers and tenant farmers of Zhangjia Village came to the villa to work.
The group walked to the gate of the villa and found that the door was only ajar and not locked. They tried to push it open, but there was only a small gap, and it was obviously not bolted.
Zhang Youfu was puzzled and shouted at the top of his voice, "Mrs. Shen, are you there? Open the door!"
"Here! Find a way to open the door! We can't get out!" Su Tai's voice came from deep in the yard.
Everyone looked at each other.
Fang Wei acted decisively and called a few strong tenants to push the door open.
As soon as the door was knocked open to create a wider gap, frozen fish kept rushing out.
The tenant farmer who opened the door was so frightened that he jumped up and down, trying to avoid the "weapon" that was sliding down.
"Oh my God! What's going on? I haven't been here for a few days, and the goods have buried the yard?"
The villagers of Zhangjia Village all looked at this scene in shock.
Several women huddled together and swallowed hard, "How long will this last?"
"Oh! Stop talking and get to work! One hundred and fifty cents a day! I estimate it will take me ten days or half a month!" Zhang Youfu was happy and worried. He called two more people to help and pushed the door hard.
As a result, they worked very hard that day but could only clear the area near the door.
The rattan baskets and banana leaves used for packaging were thrown out by Shen Yi with great effort.
The loaded goods could not be delivered to the warehouse and had to be temporarily piled in the thatched shed.
Fang was worried, so he called over a dozen tenants to keep watch together.
They were still calculating how long it would take to process all the seafood in the yard, completely unaware that Su Tai was still pouring it in.
Everyone worked so hard that it wasn't until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that they packed up all the seafood in the yard.
At this time, all the rooms in the yard had become warehouses, filled with all kinds of seafood. Even the yard was full, and half of the thatched shed outside the yard was occupied.
It's not safe to keep so many goods here.
Su Tai could only contact Ma Xingteng to come and take away some of it.
Ma Xingteng was quite fast, but his face looked a little grumpy.
Su Tai raised her eyebrows, "What's the matter? Are you not happy about being asked to make money?"
Ma Xingteng wanted to cry but had no tears. "Sister-in-law, I have been busy all year. I finally wanted to have a good rest, but now all my plans are ruined! Oh! I am destined to be a hard worker!"
"How about I find someone else to do it?"
As soon as Su Tai opened her mouth, Ma Xingteng immediately asked the servants to move the goods, fearing that if he was a second late, Su Tai would really have some inappropriate thoughts. If the deal was lost, he would be in big trouble when he returned.
Su Tai looked at his attentive appearance and sneered, "You little brat! I can't control you!"
Unfortunately, Ma Xingteng’s caravan was still too small. Despite his best efforts, he could only clear out three thatched huts, leaving two thatched huts with no place to store the goods.
Just when Su Tai was having a headache, the caravan finally returned.
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