Chapter 042: Bringing the eldest and second sisters-in-law into the city
After returning to the village, Bai Zhenzhu first went to the village chief's house.
When the village chief's wife saw the spare ribs, fruit candies, and two packs of Wuniu cigarettes that Bai Zhenzhu brought, she smiled so much that her face became as beautiful as a flower.
"Pearl, why are you being so polite to your Uncle Zhao? Is there something wrong? If so, just speak up."
Village Chief Zhao also smoked a cigarette and said:
"I heard that your family wants to give the land to others to farm?"
When Bai Zhenzhu heard what the village chief said, she became worried that the village chief might want to cultivate the Bai family's land.
The village chief's family has a lot of labor force, including two sons. Neither of them goes far away to work, so they do have multiple abilities.
So he smiled and said:
"Yes, Uncle Zhao, my eldest brother and second brother have found jobs in the city and are planning to take my eldest and second sisters-in-law with them to work. My parents can't farm all the land, so we need to find someone to farm the land of my parents and the eldest and second brothers."
The village head's wife was impatient and said:
"Pearl, my family has a lot of laborers, can you give us some to plant?"
Bai Zhenzhu said in a clear voice: "Of course you can. We feel most assured if we let Uncle Zhao plant the crops. Everyone in the village knows that Uncle Zhao is an expert in farming."
She thought about it and thought that the land of Old Man Bai and his wife and the land of her eldest sister-in-law might be entrusted to someone. Only her second sister-in-law had a hot temper and had fought with most of the women in the village. She had no close girlfriends, and her second brother was not at home, so she should be able to make the decision on the land.
So he said, "How about this, Uncle Zhao? How about letting you farm my second brother's land? We won't charge you rent or anything. You just need to give us 40% of the output. After the rice and sweet potatoes are harvested, you can plant winter wheat."
The village head's wife was extremely happy:
"Okay, of course. It just so happens that we have some land next to your second brother's."
Bai Zhenzhu was thinking that since the village chief cultivated her family's land, he would naturally look after the old couple in the future. This was the purpose of her visit.
The village chief is also a wise man:
"You should also be careful when you are out there earning money. Don't worry about your family, I will keep an eye on them. Don't take the gossip in the village to heart, it's just gossip from idle women."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhao. I feel relieved with your words."
As she spoke, Bai Zhenzhu took out another two hundred yuan from her pocket:
"Uncle Zhao, my elder brother and I have to leave before the rice and sweet potatoes are harvested. Please help me find someone to collect the money. You can decide the price. If there is any left, it will be considered as tea money for you. If there is no left, you will have to bear the loss."
The village head's wife's face was frozen with laughter:
"It doesn't matter what you do. We are all from the same village. Don't worry, Zhenzhu. Your Uncle Zhao will definitely do a good job for you and will not burden your parents."
Bai Zhenzhu said gratefully, "Then I'll trouble Uncle Zhao and Auntie."
As soon as she left, the village head's wife took the money and began to count:
"It would take eight people four days to work on the millet and sweet potatoes of the three families. Then you can find four women, each of whom will earn five yuan a day, which will be 80 yuan for four days. Four men, each of whom will earn six yuan a day, which will be 96 yuan for four days, a total of 176 yuan, and you can still get 24 yuan. If our eldest son and his wife also work, they can also get 44 yuan. Oh, Pearl from the Bai family is really sensible. I think her behavior is better than her brothers."
Village Chief Zhao smoked a cigarette and said, "When the time comes, go help Sister Xiufen cook. We can't take this money for nothing."
The village chief's wife smiled and glared at him, "You're the one who needs me to tell you. I think the Bai family will become prosperous sooner or later. Zhenzhu thinks so highly of you as the village chief. Apart from anything else, she has never come back without your cigarettes and meat. I'll find a chance to teach that old woman Feng Cui a lesson. She has such a bad mouth. She's still an elder, bah!"
Bai Zhenzhu naturally didn't know what the village chief and his wife said at home, so she continued to harvest corn after returning home.
Bai Chenglei's corn had been harvested, so the couple came together to help Xu Yin.
The weather was good these days, so the corn was dried in the yard. After the sun went down, the boys brought it into the house.
There is a lot of rain in this mountainous area, so the dried grain must be brought into the house every day for safety.
These corns are used to feed pigs. If the corns get wet by rain and become moldy, they cannot be used to feed pigs.
The old couple planted tobacco on the land and planted less corn, so they came to help Xu Yin with the harvest after they finished harvesting.
The next day, the whole family worked together and finally harvested all the corn from Xu Yin's family in one morning.
Then the family began to pack up, and Zhang Minmin went to the housing management office in the county with Principal Zhang to sign the contract and go through the transfer procedures.
In the end, Bai Chenglei's land was given to a family Liu Fang was friendly with in the village. That family was also very honest and brought a piece of bacon that day.
The old couple gave their land to Li Zhongguo to farm.
Li Zhongguo is about the same age as Bai Dahai. No one wants to hire him when he goes out to work, but he is not too old either. If he plants more land, he can produce more food and feed more pigs.
As for the smaller output from the fields, such as soybeans and mung beans, the old couple just help to harvest them.
Now that the fields have been settled, the brothers and sisters can finally feel relieved.
Early in the morning of the third day, Bai Zhenzhu took Bai Chenglei, Liu Fang, Xu Yin and Xiao Shuosuo back to Yuan County.
Several children had red eyes.
Liu Fang touched her eldest son's head and said:
"You have to listen to your grandparents at home. You are the eldest brother, so you have to take good care of your younger brothers and guide them to study hard. Your parents go to the city to make money to support your college education and buy you a house in the city."
She couldn't say anything else, these were just what parents really thought.
Bai Wenbin rubbed his eyes and straightened his chest like a man:
"Dad, mom and second mom, don't worry, I will take good care of my brothers and grandparents, and I will take good care of the family."
Li Xiufen wiped her tears and chased them away:
"Hurry up, hurry up, don't miss the bus."
Xu Yin held back her tears:
"Son, don't be naughty at home. I'll buy you machine guns after the New Year."
Toy guns these days are very tempting to boys. When playing war or catching spies games, whoever has a toy gun will always represent the side of justice.
The three boys stopped crying immediately.
When Bai Zhenzhu and her group got on the bus, they found that Zhang Minmin and Dong Juan were also on the bus.
Bai Zhenzhu also rode her bicycle here, paid the shipping fee, and asked the driver to tie it to the roof of the car.
When Zhang Minmin saw Bai Zhenzhu carrying something, she took Shuo Shuo into her arms and said with a smile:
"My mother insisted on coming along. She also wanted to see the lotus pond."
Bai Zhenzhu sat next to them: "It's right for Auntie to go there. If you decide to get the goods in Lianhuachi in the future, it will be inconvenient for you to go to work, so you really have to rely on Auntie."
Dong Juan said proudly, "Of course not. This damn girl thinks I have poor taste. Then I will go and see how the people in the city dress and learn from them, right?"
Xu Yin also joined in the fun:
"Ms. Dong's thinking is more progressive than our young people. I was a little nervous when I went to the county town for the first time, but you wanted to go to the provincial capital."
Someone on the bus thought they looked like a family, so he asked curiously:
"What are you and your family doing in the city?"
Bai Zhenzhu smiled and said, "Let's go to the south to work."
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