Chapter 48 What are you afraid of?
Li Changhu found a good man in two days. Everyone was very happy when they heard that a hunter came to the village.
The wages were reasonable, so there were many laborers willing to work.
It was hard work to remove adobe and dig the foundation.
"Hey? Why are there only a few children in this family? Where are the adults?"
Several men were digging the foundation and saw a few children in the shack, and no adults were seen at all.
Hearing this, Li Changhu replied: "There are only a few children in this family."
"Ah?"
"Why are there only a few children? This... Can the wages be paid?" One of the men looked hesitant.
If you don't pay, wouldn't it be a waste of work for a long time? How did this happen?
Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Changhu and felt uncomfortable.
Li Changhu raised his head and wiped the sweat from his head, and said: "He has money, what are you afraid of?"
Although he said so, the others did not move and stood still.
A dark-faced man said, "Changhu, didn't you say this family is a hunter? How can you lie to them?"
Even if they were just a few children, they had to pay. Besides, they came for the hunters, so they could buy game in the future.
"That's right, we are all from the same village. If we don't make it clear, we'll be working in vain!"
Several people complained for a while and stopped working.
The two people who were taking off the adobe bricks also stopped and asked what happened.
"What? What?"
"What are you doing?"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood aside and said unhappy words.
Lu Jinnian had been preparing food in the shack, mixing cornmeal with white flour to make steamed buns. The dish was wild boar meat, and she would just stew radish when the time came.
She heard the chirping outside, so she came out and saw that everyone was gathered together and no one was working.
"What happened?" She walked over curiously and asked.
Li Changhu saw her coming out, so he said, "You tell them."
Although he was the one who said this, everyone would know about Lu Jinnian's situation sooner or later. Even if he didn't tell them now, they weren't fools, otherwise they wouldn't have asked just now.
Besides, they were all from the same village. If they asked him about the Lu family's situation, would he lie?
Hearing this, Lu Jinnian became even more confused, and looked at the villagers and said, "Everyone, can you tell me anything?"
"What's the matter?" A dark-faced man came out and said, "I heard you say that you came to help because you are a hunter. Changhu said that you are the only children in your family. Who will pay us?"
"That's right, there is not even an adult?" Others agreed.
Without an adult, let alone a hunter, even wages can't be paid.
Hearing what they said, Lu Jinnian understood what was going on.
Her face was calm as she replied, "There are indeed no adults in our family, but I have reached the age to establish my own family, and I am the head of my family."
"You are worried that I can't pay you, so I will pay you now. Five cents per person, you can come to me to collect it, and you must finish the work for me."
It doesn't matter whether you get paid or not, the work must be done well, this is her bottom line.
Hearing that they had to pay, everyone hesitated for a moment. Is this true?
However, the black-faced man had already come over, and Lu Jinnian took out five cents from his arms and handed it over. This was really paid.
Others came forward to wait for the money, and soon several people received their wages.
Lu Jinnian walked up to Li Changhu and said, "Uncle Li, this is your wages. Please help me keep an eye on it. I just started working today and I still have to cook."
She would not blame others for not helping her. After all, they were all from the village, and she came later, so it was normal for others not to believe her.
Li Changhu didn't want the wages, but it was already in his hand, and everyone else was watching, so he accepted it.
"Don't worry about this. We are all from Lijiazhuang. We have to take the work of fellow villagers seriously." He said this not only to the people on the opposite side, but also to the helpers.
Hearing this, Lu Jinnian nodded, and then went back to work.
The wild boar meat needed to be stewed for a while. Her younger brother and sister went to collect firewood, so the cooking work fell on her.
Seeing that the people had left, the others looked a little embarrassed, and the doubts just now were resolved by the money.
Everyone didn't want to make trouble anymore, and hurried to work.
Lu Jinnian looked at everyone working not far away and didn't look at them anymore. In fact, she understood what these people were thinking. It was nothing more than seeing that they were all children, so they were afraid that no one would pay them.
This is normal. She didn't want to make friends with anyone anyway. After building the house, she would solve the major issues of her brother and sister-in-law, and then retire to the mountains.
After the meat was stewed, Lu Jinnian called Lu Jinxin, who had come back from collecting firewood, and asked her to watch the pot, while he went to the mountain.
There was limited meat at home. Although there was ready-made meat in the space,
it would only arouse suspicion if it was taken out without a source. She went out with an axe, a backpack and a simple bow and arrow. She
made this bow and arrow herself. She naturally knew how to make it very well because she had used it for many years.
She didn't know how to make anything too complicated, but it was enough to hunt pheasants and rabbits.
Lu Jinnian walked all the way up the mountain, and everyone who worked in the homestead saw him.
"Are you picking wild vegetables?" The black-faced man started to find trouble again.
He looked down on working here. If he hadn't given him five cents, how could he come here?
It's not easy to make money in the countryside. Everyone is scrambling to do any helper work.
Li Changhu frowned and said, "Li Changzhong! If you don't want to work, go home. There are many young men waiting to come!"
In Lijiazhuang, the surname Li is a big surname. They live next to each other, and most people are not out of the five generations.
There are other scattered surnames. Over the years, there are more than a hundred households in Lijiazhuang, but they live scattered.
Hearing this, Li Changzhong laughed awkwardly, "Brother Hu, what are you talking about? Of course I want to work."
He said this on the surface, but he was disdainful in his heart. If it weren't for Li Changhu's weight in the clan, he wouldn't give him face.
Lu Jinnian naturally didn't know what happened after she left, but she wandered around nearby and didn't find any game.
Probably they were all swept away by the villagers. If she really wanted to find it, she would have to go to the mountains.
But she didn't have enough time, so after wandering around for almost an hour, she went back with the pheasants in the space.
There were only two in total, and she could make a pot of food with more side dishes.
I won't eat this today, I'll eat it tomorrow.
When we got back, the dishes were almost done, and the smell spread far away.
The men working stretched their necks to look towards the shack, swallowing their saliva.
The main reason was that there was not much meat to eat. Except during festivals, who could eat meat every day? Only the head of the village could afford it.
Thanks to the book friend Hongcha for the reward
(end of this chapter)
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