As soon as Liu Bo finished speaking, the rest of the people present were stunned and stared at him without blinking.
He stared at Uncle Liu and he muttered softly: "I'm just asking casually, forget it if it doesn't work..." After saying that, he pouted, looking a little aggrieved.
Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Liu Yunniang joked, "Uncle Liu, you're not young anymore. You should stay home and rest your arms and legs. Qingluan said that the work requires climbing mountains and crossing ditches. Don't sprain your ankle again!"
Su Qingluan also laughed. She didn't intend to hire anyone too old, because the older they got, the more unstable their health became. Overtime work had been visibly rampant over the past two weeks. Young people, with their abundant energy and excellent stamina, could hold out for a while, but if middle-aged and elderly people developed any illnesses from overwork, she would be guilty.
When Uncle Liu heard what Liu Yunniang said, he sighed deeply: "Alas, living in such a shack, how can I rest in peace? If I rest any longer, I don't know where tomorrow's rations will come from!"
When these words were spoken, even Yagyu was laughing at first, but now everyone else couldn't laugh anymore because of these words.
Uncle Liu glanced at the people across from him and waved his hand soothingly. "Well, a bridge will naturally be straight when it reaches the bow of the boat. How can a living person be killed by holding his urine? I was just joking. If there seems to be no problem with this contract, just copy it twice!"
Things like transcribing don’t require too much thought, so Su Qingluan wrote with her hands while thinking about other things in her mind - how many "Uncle Lius" are there in this narrow alley?
Su Qingluan made a rough calculation and found that there were at least dozens of households and hundreds of people.
Since the jam "production line" has not been fully established yet, it is obviously unrealistic to recruit these people to join.
But these people live in such a simple environment, with food and clothing becoming a problem, and no one cares about them. When winter comes...
Closing her eyes, Su Qingluan steeled her resolve to try to get rid of these messy thoughts from her mind, and secretly advised herself: You can't bite off more than you can chew, and if you want to help others, you must do so within the scope of your ability.
She is just an ordinary person and does not have the ability to support the lives of the poor people in the world. This is not something she should worry about.
Now her ability is only enough to take care of the folks in Huaxi Village.
Su Qingluan tried her best to harden her heart and not think too much about things that were too far ahead.
When Su Qingluan had finished copying two lines of the last contract, Madam Xi returned from the county government office.
Su Qingluan was seen sitting next to the only low table in the room that could be considered "furniture", writing something on a "stool" made of two stacked earthen bricks.
After understanding the whole story, Madam Xi clapped her hands cheerfully: "That's great! The Su family is a kind family. Girl, you must do your best when you go to work!" The second half of the sentence was said to Liu Yunniang.
Su Qingluan suddenly thought that if Liu Sheng was allowed to take over the job of handling the sewage instead of Liu Yunniang, his legs and feet were not very flexible after all, so she asked: "Is Uncle Liu having any difficulties with the sewage? Otherwise--" Otherwise, her family would have to make one more trip every day and let Su Guangfu come to carry the sewage over.
Su Qingluan originally intended to say this.
However, Liu Sheng was worried about losing his job in handling offal, so he quickly patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, Miss Su, I have my wife bring the offal over every morning, and there will definitely be no shortage of weight..."
A few people were discussing the handover of the water, while Uncle Liu was waiting for Su Qingluan over there, as if he had suffered a great shock. He pointed at her in disbelief and looked at Liu Sheng: "You...you called her 'little lady'? He...she is a woman?!"
Liu Sheng hadn't seen the old man's heroic act of "serving with a carrying pole" just now, and nodded in confusion: "Of course."
"Ouch!" Uncle Liu slapped his forehead and quickly stood up, bowed and apologized to Su Qingluan: "Oh my, young lady, I was too impulsive just now."
Su Qingluan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly helped the man up: "Don't say that, you are just being kind."
Liu Sheng was watching from the other side, completely confused. Liu Yunniang told her father how Su Qingluan was almost labeled a "thief" and a "lecher".
Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding and everyone laughed it off.
Su Qingluan copied two contracts, adding the original one to make a total of three copies. After asking Liu Yunniang to confirm the content again, the two of them wrote their names and pressed their fingerprints on the three contracts respectively.
Uncle Liu took a look and signed his name next to the three contracts. Each of the three parties kept a copy of the contract so that they could check each other in case of any emergency.
After finishing his work, Uncle Liu went back home.
Because things had been busy lately, Su Qingluan explained to the Liu family that they might have to work harder and harder. Although she could get double pay, she feared Liu Yunniang would be too exhausted if she had to travel back and forth between the county town and Huaxi Village—after all, each round trip would take more than an hour.
So Su Qingluan discussed with Liu Yunniang that if the main work site was in Huaxi Village, then Liu Yunniang would live with Su Qingluan in the Su family and share a room with Su Qingluan - fortunately, Su Qingluan now lived in a room by herself, and the two girls were both thin, so they could just fit on the bed.
The Liu family had no objection to this. After all, Su Qingluan was also a girl, so it didn't matter if they lived together.
Thinking of this, Madam Xi gave her daughter a few more instructions, and then began to pack luggage for Liu Yunniang - such as underwear or some commonly used items.
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