"My second brother's house is about to start construction. I saw his blueprints and it will probably take more than 20 days. Uncle Mu Sheng will be very busy then."
"He's happy when he's busy, and he earns money when he's busy. Now everyone in the village is watching your family, saying that the first batch of people who started working were lucky. If you had known this job would last two or three months, you would have come to your house to ask for it even if you had to flatter your old face. This is two taels of silver."
"There are so many people in the village, I can't take care of everyone. There's nothing I can do about offending some people." Chunxiao looked at Dongsheng who was not far away, "Dongsheng, how is your mother's illness?"
"The medicine she's taking is better now, and she's in better spirits. My dad said that once we save some money, we'll take her to the county town to see a doctor. Maybe one of them has a cure."
"Your father is right. Our town is small after all, and the doctors' skills are limited. It would be best if we could go to the county town. But my eldest brother said there are rumors of war outside. We don't know what the situation is like now. We can't understand it if we stay in the village all day."
"Chunxiao, after you harvest the cotton, do you want to dry it or do something else with it?" Zhou asked from the side.
"Mom, put them in the yard to dry. After they are dry, you can remove the seeds and put them in sacks." The weather has been very good recently. Except for a heavy rain at the end of July, the sun has been shining brightly the rest of the time, making it very convenient to dry the fruits. Of course, people will not feel comfortable.
"You have so much land, and with so many of us picking, we really can't pick it all. If it doesn't work, why not hire some odd jobs? How about your Aunt Fang's two daughters-in-law, Wang Zu's wife, and your fifth uncle's daughter-in-law? These are all people we know."
Chunxiao thought about it and decided it was feasible. Her mother was smart now and knew to ask for help. So the next day, four more women joined the farm. They were paid 20 wen a day and provided with food. After all, she had no shortage of food.
The women were honest people, already happy to be working. Though surprised to see so much cotton in the fields, they didn't ask any questions and simply did their assigned tasks. Currently, the three women and three children from the Zhou family were working the cotton fields. Pan'er was too young to stay home, and Xiaoqi was too busy at school. Add to that two permanent workers and four part-timers, for a total of twelve people. Wangzu, Dongsheng, and Shuduo were responsible for four mu of land, while the others were each given an mu.
In addition to harvesting cotton, they also had to cut off the empty branches and old leaves after the flowers were picked. There were only four pairs of scissors at home, so Chunxiao asked the women who had scissors at home to bring their own, and those who didn't had to use axes to cut carefully.
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