Chapter 303 Working
When Manbao returned to Lao Zhou's house carrying a rope with eight or nine birds tied to it, dinner was almost ready.
When He saw the bird in her hand, she naturally took it. Then she remembered to ask, "Didn't Dad forbid you to touch the wheat ears?"
Manbao said: "This is not ours. Bai Erlang took the wheat ears from his house."
He nodded and didn't care.
When Old Zhou came back, he asked, "Does Mr. Bai know?"
Manbao thought of Bai Erlang having his servants carry a large bundle of wheat ears, so he nodded hesitantly and said, "You should know."
Old Zhou felt relieved. Unlike their family, the Bai family had a lot of grain. Even though they suffered a serious disaster this time, the amount of grain they harvested was not comparable to theirs.
Old Zhou picked up a piece of bird meat and said, "Hurry up and harvest all the beans in the field. Master Bai's family needs help. Work for three more days. Third brother, you take the fourth brother to Master Bai's house to get work. The eldest brother will stay at home to thresh the wheat and beans, and the second brother will go to the city to sell vegetables."
The brothers agreed.
Originally, Old Zhou had not planned to let his sons work odd jobs at Mr. Bai's house this year, because Zhou Silang had added a piece of land to the family, and they couldn't spare that much time.
However, due to the disaster this year, there is not enough work to do. Since the work at home is done quickly, of course I have to do some odd jobs.
In fact, there were many people who had the same idea as Old Zhou, so when Zhou Sanlang finally took Si Silang to the Bai family, he found that there were a lot of people looking for work.
But they also have advantages.
Zhou Sanlang was a capable man whose name was recorded by the steward of the Bai family, and he was also from the same village, so the steward of the Bai family accepted Zhou Sanlang as soon as he saw him, and the salary was slightly lower by two cents than in previous years.
There is no way. After the disaster, labor is very cheap even during the busy farming season.
If Mr. Bai had not been cautious enough and only wanted to use acquaintances he had used in previous years, he would only provide three meals a day and could attract a lot of people by just waving his hand in the county town.
The steward of the Bai family accepted Zhou Sanlang without hesitation. When it was Zhou Silang's turn, he hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted it with a frown.
This steward lived with Mr. Bai in Qili Village, and was mainly responsible for the fields in Qili Village and Dali Village. Naturally, he knew that his young master and the young lady from the Zhou family were very good friends, and they had been playing together every day recently.
Forget it, let’s not look at the monk’s face but the Buddha’s.
The steward reluctantly accepted Zhou Silang, but still warned Zhou Sanlang, "Zhou San, you have to keep an eye on your brother."
Zhou Sanlang quickly bent down to agree, and Zhou Silang also smiled and promised that he would work diligently.
The steward waved his hand, had two sickles brought to them, and then left.
Zhou Silang held the sickle and sighed, "My old waist."
Zhou Sanlang looked at him.
Zhou Silang said quickly, "Don't worry, Third Brother, I won't be lazy. Don't complain to Dad."
Zhou Sanlang withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go to the fields."
The Bai family’s wheat has not been harvested yet.
Other parts of Mr. Bai's land either have farms where servants work the land, or he rents the land out to tenants and also sets up farms to manage it.
Only the fields of Qili Village and Dali Village were nearby, so Mr. Bai paid more attention to them. Therefore, in addition to the twenty or so long-term workers and a dozen servants, he preferred to hire nearby villagers to do short-term work.
It was precisely because of this that Mr. Bai was able to quickly integrate into the local villagers within the first two years after moving to Qili Village.
He has great prestige not only in Qili Village, but also in Dali Village.
After all, during the busy farming season, everyone can make money from it, and during the slack farming season, everyone can still make money from it, right?
Country people are simple and honest, and they are always grateful to the employers who provide them with food and clothing.
Therefore, whether sowing or harvesting, his family's land is always slower than others.
Mr. Bai doesn't like growing beans. Compared to beans, wheat that can be ground into flour is naturally more delicious, so most of Mr. Bai's dry land is planted with wheat.
They came to the village from far away to harvest the beans. There was still a large area that had not been harvested. After that, they could harvest the beans.
In fact, Zhou Silang prefers to cut beans.
He yawned and resigned himself to following his third brother to cut wheat, taking only an hour's break at noon.
Although the three meals a day provided by the Bai family were good, Zhou Silang still suffered from such a heavy workload, especially doing it under the scorching sun.
Whenever he felt pain, he couldn't help but want to slack off, since it wasn't his own land anyway.
Zhou Silang's movements became slower and slower, and then he heard a rustling sound behind him. His body could not help but stiffen, and he immediately started to cut with all his strength. After a while, he heard no movement behind him, and he could not help but look back.
Not far away, I saw a very familiar little kid instructing a servant to pile up the wheat they had harvested, and then bundle it up and carry it away.
Zhou Silang couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, are you also going to the fields to help harvest the wheat?"
Mr. Bai was actually willing to order his precious little son around?
Bai Erlang turned his head to look at him, and it took him a long time to recognize that the dark man was Manbao's fourth brother. He grinned and said, "No, I want to go catch sparrows with Bai Shanzhou Man, and I need wheat as bait."
Not only was Zhou Silang silent, but Zhou Sanlang couldn't help but look back. Seeing that the servant had already carried the bundle of wheat, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't that too much?"
"Not at all. The more we spread, the more birds will fly down," Bai Erlang said confidently. "We've been catching birds so hard lately that it's hard to catch them at the village entrance anymore, so we can only catch them here."
Zhou Silang didn't quite understand, "Is my young master's family also short of meat?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"Since you don't lack meat, why do you have to catch birds?"
"Because it's fun!" Bai Erlang had been eating birds for several days, and even if he changed the flavor, he would get tired of it.
The reason why he enjoyed running to the fields to carry wheat ears every day was because it was fun to catch birds.
Up to now, he has gathered many friends to play this game together.
Yes, Bai Erlang has gathered a lot of friends, so that every time even if Manbao and Bai Shanbao are not present, they can do a good job.
Of course, Manbao would still come every day in order to eat meat, but he would bring his own books.
Bai Shanbao thought that snacks made from fried or grilled birds were also very good, so he came along and brought his own book.
Because there was only one set of fishing nets, they couldn't get the job of pulling the rope, and of course, they were even less likely to do jobs like digging holes and burying sticks.
So they found a tree to sit under and read, occasionally giving them pointers on how to position themselves properly.
Of course, when Bai Jilang arrives, he will take over the command forcefully and not let anyone else interfere.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao were both tired of this game, so they naturally didn't care. If he wanted to command, they would just let him. And precisely because of this, when the birds were distributed every day, Manbao and Bai Shanbao would get the same number as Bai Er, and they euphemistically called it an offering to the elders.
Yes, elder.
(End of this chapter)
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