Chapter 361 We Must Have Ideals (I)
Although the white landlords were stingy, they were willing to pay wages during the busy farming season, so they could often pay eighteen or twenty cents a day as wages.
Before the Zhou family started growing ginger and went to the county town to sell vegetables, white landlords were an important source of income for the Zhou family.
I could earn at least a thousand coins a year by doing odd jobs for the white landlords, and that was the minimum.
Basically, this is where their mother's medicine money comes from.
So Manbao subconsciously thought that long-term workers made more money than short-term workers because they often had work to do.
The three farmhands looked at Manbao sadly and said, "Miss Man is joking."
The wages of farmhands are not calculated on a daily basis, but on a monthly basis.
Their monthly salary is 300 wen, including food and accommodation.
For example, during the busy farming season, they ate food prepared uniformly by the farm. After the busy farming season, the Bai family would give them some coarse grains, and they could make as much as they wanted.
Therefore, those who eat less can save some food, and those who eat more can buy it with their own wages.
Manbao counted the money and said, "Three hundred coins is not a small amount. How come you can't find a wife?"
The farmhands became even sadder. They all lowered their heads to eat their steamed buns and didn't want to talk to Manbao.
Manbao really wanted to understand them. Her father taught Manbao last night that if you want people to do their work well, they must be fed, and asked her not to treat the farmhands who work for them harshly.
This morning, when they were about to go out, Grandma Liu specifically called the three of them to stop and told them to be serious when they got to the fields and to win over the hearts of the people, and not to rely on Bai Zhuangtou for everything.
Manbao felt that she didn't need to win over the hearts of her brothers and the young men in the village. Bai Zhuangtou seemed to listen to them and was very kind to them, especially Shanbao.
If Shanbao says east, Baizhuangtou will definitely not say west.
So she looked around and squatted in front of the three farmhands.
She felt she needed to have a life talk with them.
Three people whose lives will be discussed:
The three farmhands were so annoyed that they had no choice but to say nothing. It was lunchtime anyway and they had nothing to do.
Mainly, they doubted Manbao's age. Could she understand what they said?
Indeed, the three men did not think it was difficult to speak out about their poverty. It was a well-known fact that the farmhands were poor. They just felt that telling Manbao was like lighting a lamp for a blind man, which was meaningless.
"I have fifty coins left from last month's salary. I received a month's salary before the New Year, plus a red envelope, which should be around three hundred and fifty coins. I plan to go to the market to buy some meat, and then buy some rice and flour from the master so that we can have a good New Year. This money has been spent."
"I caught a cold last month, and the medicine alone cost me eighty wen. I was also out of work for ten days, and I only got half my wages. I wanted to save the money to buy some nice clothes."
"I spent all my money on wine and snacks."
The three of them looked at Manbao together, "So Miss Man, you see, we don't have a penny, how can we get married?"
Manbao was stunned. "You guys spend so much money! My eldest brother doesn't even spend a hundred coins in the whole year. And that's because he has to pay the entrance fee to go to the county town, and occasionally he has to buy a few buns in the county town, or buy candy and snacks for us, which costs a lot of money..."
So in her opinion, three hundred wen a month was really a lot.
I can save at least two hundred yuan a year, right?
You can marry a wife for about five hundred yuan, so three years of hard work will be enough.
She didn't understand why they couldn't find wives.
Manbao counted for them, "My second and fourth brothers are the ones who spend the most money in the family, but they don't spend much. For example, my second brother, when he's busy, has to go to the county town to sell things every day. My mother always gives him twenty coins every time. But apart from the entrance fee and the stall fee, and the occasional one or two coins for buying hot soup from others, he saves the rest of the money and brings it back to my second sister-in-law..."
Zhou Erlang did this secretly of course, but when the couple gave or hid the money, they would not hide it from their youngest daughter, San Ya.
If Sanya knew, Erya would know too. If Erya knew, Manbao would know too.
"And my fourth brother. He used to buy food for himself or us whenever he had money. But after having my fourth sister-in-law, he became very stingy. He saves his money to buy brown sugar for my fourth sister-in-law and cloth for my future nephew... So even when he goes to the city, he never spends more than ten cents each time. How can you spend so much money?"
The three farmhands were upset, and one of them said angrily, "If we had a wife, we could also save money."
The other two agreed.
"You have to save money to get married. Besides, it's not enough to just have money. You have to keep yourself clean and be energetic." Manbao, who has many older brothers, knew since he was a child that to get married, your family must not only have land, a house, and money, but you also have to be clean and capable.
Seeing the three people's nonchalant expressions, Manbao perked up and turned on his chatterbox attribute. He glanced at their dirty hands, but did not shake them. Instead, he squatted in front of them and said earnestly: "Do you know our Zhou family?"
The three of them nodded. How could they not know?
They have been working as farmhands in Mr. Bai's house for three or four years and are very familiar with the villagers of Qili Village. The Zhou family is quite famous in Qili Village.
"Does our Zhou family have any land?"
The three nodded.
"Is there a room?"
The three nodded again.
"Is your reputation good?"
The three of them looked at Manbao and nodded slowly.
"But you don't know, my parents told my fourth brother and his family since they were young that they should work hard and be clean, so that they can get married when they grow up." Manbao said, "My parents were very worried before, worried that my fourth brother wouldn't be able to get married. My family is so well-off, but this is the case. You have no land or house. If you don't clean yourselves and work harder, how can a girl be interested in you?"
The farmhand said, "Miss Man, we don't expect any girl to like us, as long as there is a widow who likes us."
The second farmhand said, "That's right, and Miss Man, the reason your parents are worried that your fourth brother won't be able to find a wife is not because he's not clean, but because he has a bad reputation, right?"
The farmhand said: "That's right, although we didn't save any money, we didn't gamble either."
Manbao looked at the faces of the three people one by one and shook his head, saying, "If you think that way, then you are finished. You will probably never be able to marry in your life, and it will be difficult for you to even become a widow."
"Why?"
"Because you are ugly. Look at my fourth brother, he is so handsome!"
The three farmhands all turned their heads to look at Zhou Silang, who was talking happily to someone on a rock not far away, and then they all looked away.
Manbao continued, "Although my fourth brother made mistakes, he is handsome and not very clean, but at least his clothes are clean and tidy, and his hair and face are clean. Otherwise, why would my fourth sister-in-law like him? Look at yourselves. Oh, if you can't see yourself, then look at each other. You three look similar now."
The three of them looked at each other, then turned away in disgust.
(End of this chapter)
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