Both of them lowered their heads and said nothing.
"I told you to eat by yourself, so you have to be obedient from now on. Hurry up and eat. I've already eaten at my eldest brother's house." The two of them then walked to the pot to get food. They didn't know what Chunxiao wanted to eat, so they fried some pancakes with flour. Because they were kept warm in the pan, the bottom was a little burnt, but the two of them ate it with great relish.
Chunxiao saw that they were wearing thin inner clothes. It was so cold, and they would freeze to death if they didn't sit by the stove. So she hurriedly asked them to sit by the stove to eat. After they finished eating, she sent them back to the room and put them to bed. She also gave them an oil lamp and a pot of lamp oil.
"Just do it in bed; it's warm. Tomorrow morning you'll be on your own at home. If you're hungry, you can cook for yourself. I have a farm in another place, and I'll send the cattle there tomorrow. There's not much work to do before the New Year. Make a set of underwear today, and another set for changing tomorrow, and two sets of jackets. The 10 pounds of new cotton I gave you today should be enough. I'll give you half a piece of cloth tomorrow. If there's any left, make your own spring clothes. The scraps of cloth can be used for changing clothes during the sunflower season. In short, your job before the New Year is to make your own clothes and keep yourself in good spirits, so that I won't be listless when I need you."
The cotton at home was really not durable, and she only had more than 30 kilograms left.
"Don't worry, miss. If you treat us well, we will definitely take good care of ourselves and work well for you."
Chunxiao nodded, and without waiting for another day, she directly brought another piece of coarse cloth and told them that they didn't have to get up early tomorrow and went back to her room.
Now she was starting to worry about money again. She still needed two more oxen, and the tools hadn't been decided yet. Alas, she couldn't move anything for the time being. She didn't want to use the public account prematurely, otherwise it would become a habit and would be difficult to manage in the future. Fortunately, the silver would be distributed in a few days, so she could only wait. Zhou's money would not be repaid before the New Year. And the food supply to the farm was almost exhausted. For now, she could only use what she had at home.
She fell asleep in bed without realizing it. At dawn the next day, Dashan and Dahe came with four men. The seven of them drove six cows on the road. Yan Bingfa said yesterday that he would keep one of the five cows he bought at home, and the one Chunxiao bought later would be sent to the farm first, and he would buy another one later.
When they arrived in town, they first went to Juxian Restaurant to deliver the goods. When the servant opened the back door, he was surprised to see the cows lined up at the back door. "Why did you bring so many cows here?"
Yan Dahe laughed heartily, "They're bored staying at home, let's take them to the town for a walk."
The servant naturally knew that he was joking, so he just smiled and asked them to move their things in.
As soon as Chunxiao entered, he wanted to find the shopkeeper. Unfortunately, the shopkeeper was not there for the past two days. They paid the bill and went to Lu Village without staying for long.
After arriving at Lu Village, she handed the five cows to Wang Shiwen and inspected the farm. Seeing that all the pits she had previously instructed had been dug, she asked Wang Shiwen if there was anything important happening in the farm recently.
Wang Shiwen told her everything was fine.
She took 300 kilograms of cotton seeds from the warehouse and put them on the ox cart. After taking the things, she asked Yan Dashan to return. When they arrived in town, she asked Dashan to go to the market instead. She went in and found the sister-in-law who sold tofu. She was very happy.
"Sister-in-law, do you remember me? I bought soybean dregs from you before, remember?"
The woman smiled as soon as she saw her, "I remember, I remember. How could you not remember? What, sister, you want to buy soybean dregs again?"
Chunxiao nodded, "I want a lot this time, do you have it?"
"We have plenty of bean curd dregs for making tofu. How much do you want?"
"1,000 jin."
The woman was surprised. She didn't expect that she would really need so much. "Sister, what do you want so much bean dregs for? Are you in the bean dregs cake business?"
Chun Xiao smiled and said, "No, I use it as fertilizer."
"This bean dregs can be used as fertilizer?" The woman thought she was joking.
"How about it, sister-in-law, do you have it?"
The woman was a little embarrassed. "I do have it, but you want so much, I have no way to transport it to you. The cows and mules at home are used to make and deliver tofu, so they are not free to deliver the tofu." The main reason was that 1,000 kilograms was only two taels of silver.
Chunxiao thought for a moment and said, "When do you usually close your stall? How about this? I'll drive the ox cart back with you tomorrow to haul the bean dregs."
The woman nodded and said, "Okay, I'll close the stall at noon, so you can come at noon."
"Then sister-in-law, we have a deal."
As soon as Chunxiao came out of the market, everyone hurriedly drove their cars back home.
They were supposed to take the cotton seeds to the farm. Eighty mu of land would require more than two hundred kilograms of cotton seeds. When they got home, their family was already preparing. They had borrowed three ox carts from someone in the village who had one, plus two of their own, making a total of five. They would send four oxen there first and then bring another one back. They still needed to buy a few more cows.
Uncle Wu has been busy with their family's work in recent months. Now four bed frames, four cabinets, two tables and chairs, and a few stools have been placed in the yard. There are also many buckets and basins that were made before, both large and small, and many winnowing baskets. Tian has also prepared a lot of food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other necessities of life. In short, the yard is full of tables, chairs, benches, and jars.
Everyone loaded all their things into the car, and then hurriedly took two pancakes each and set off. Shuwen and Shufeng also went with them. Although they didn't live there before the New Year, they also wanted to go there in advance to see what the manor looked like after it was built.
Many people in the village wanted to go along and join in the fun, but unfortunately the car was full, so they had to give up.
The next day, Chunxiao asked Xingfu to follow Shuwen in driving the ox cart to the women's village to collect bean dregs. Most of them were sent to the Lu Village, and a small part was dragged back home.
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