Chapter 18 Raisin 2
Zhang Jing didn't expect Zhao Yi to be so generous. Many people keep their skills secret for fear that others would learn them and take away their livelihood.
Zhao Yi himself didn't even mention that his mother's family was also in a difficult situation, so Zhao Yi took the initiative to help.
early morning.
After breakfast, Zhang Jing rushed to her parents' home, while Zhao Yi had already gone into the mountains at dawn. He waited until he had a basket full of wild wine before returning to work, and then went to Zhang Jing's parents' home after work in the evening.
Neither of them ate the fish from last night, and they just asked Zhang Jing to carry it to her mother's house.
When everyone at the village entrance saw Zhang Jing leaving with two fish, their faces turned green.
However, Wangou Village is close to the river, so there is no need to report these things to Li Dequan. Anyone can go to the river to catch fish to eat. Those with better skills can catch more, while those with less skills naturally can't catch any.
"Why marry a daughter-in-law like this? She'll send all the good things to her parents' home."
"Isn't it? If I dared to do that, I would have been beaten to death long ago."
Several women at the entrance of the village pointed and talked at Zhang Jing's back.
Not long after, Zhang Jing walked back to Zhangjia Village.
At this time, everyone in Zhangjia Village had already started working.
There was no one at her father-in-law Zhang Fusheng's house, and the door of the yard was just closed casually. Zhang Jing pushed it lightly and walked into the yard.
After putting the two fish into the basin, Zhang Jing hurried to the field.
"Oh, isn't this Zhang Fusheng's daughter? Look, she's wearing cloth shoes, and they're new."
"It seems like you're having a good time at your husband's house."
"I heard that she got married and separated from her husband within two days. I guess her husband is also a soft-hearted person who listens to his wife in everything. Otherwise, why would he still make cloth shoes for her?"
Most people in the village wear straw sandals. One reason is that the weather is hot and straw sandals are cooler.
Secondly, there was no money to buy cloth to make clothes at home, and no scraps of cloth to make shoes for myself.
Seeing Zhang Jing's rosy face, everyone was envious. Nowadays, everyone has a pale and thin face.
It didn't take long for Zhang Jing to find Zhang Fusheng.
"dad."
Zhang Jing shouted with a smile.
"Why are you here? Don't you have to work in your team?"
Zhang Fusheng asked in a somewhat reproachful tone.
Nowadays, work points are food rations. The more work points you get throughout the year, the more food you will get at the end of the year.
By running back home every few days, the work points in her team naturally became less. My daughter used to work every day at home, but how come things have changed so much after she got married?
"Dad, Brother Yi asked me to come over and tell you something."
Zhang Jing pulled Zhang Fusheng to the shade of a tree where no one was around.
"Don't wait until after work to do anything. It will delay your work."
"As for making money, I might make a dozen dollars a month."
Zhang Jing looked around carefully and spoke in a low voice after making sure that there was no one around.
"How many?"
Zhang Fusheng was a little dazed. He earned more than ten yuan a month, and everyone in his family could buy new clothes this year.
"Don't worry, Dad. This is a reliable business. Brother Yi has already earned two dollars and four cents. He brings wild grapes from the mountains back, washes them, and then roasts them in a charcoal pot. After they are ready, I follow Brother Yi to the city to sell them. I earn two cents per pound."
Zhang Jing said in a low voice.
"Okay, I know. I'll ask the captain for a day off."
Zhang Fusheng suppressed his inner excitement, waved his hand as if nothing had happened, then found Zhang Jing's two brothers, and went to ask for leave from the captain. When they got home, the three of them carried bamboo baskets and walked into the mountains.
There are quite a lot of wild grapes in Zhangjia Village, but usually only a group of little kids will pick a few to satisfy their cravings when they see them in the mountains. Adults rarely pick these things. When adults go into the mountains, they either pick wild vegetables or other things.
Zhang Jing started cooking after returning home. It didn't seem like her first time killing fish now. She seemed very experienced and soon she had cleaned the two fish.
When Zhang and his two sons returned home, the smell of meat was already wafting from the kitchen.
"My little sister sent fish again?"
Zhang Qiang looked at his father and asked.
"Otherwise, where else can you make it? The important thing now is to learn how to make this thing, and not just think about eating all day long."
Zhang Fusheng rolled his eyes at his son, then put down the backpack and went to get the winnowing basket from home.
Wash the grapes once, then put the clean ones into the dustpan.
"One of you two will go light the charcoal, and the other of you will quickly clean up the west room and build a few shelves."
Zhang Fusheng was busy washing grapes, but he did not forget to assign tasks.
"Girl, how many pounds of raisins can this thing yield?"
Zhang Fusheng asked when he saw Zhang Jing who had just walked out of the kitchen.
"It takes about three and a half pounds to make one pound. It doesn't cost anything, but it takes a little effort."
Zhang Jing said quickly.
Of course she didn't know these things, Zhao Yi told her all of them.
When Wang Kaihui got home from work at noon, he had a gloomy face.
Three strong laborers in my family asked for leave on the same day. How many work points did they lose that day?
But when he got home, he saw the three of them busying themselves with those unwanted things in the mountains, and his face suddenly became even uglier.
"Mom, the meal is ready, come and eat."
Zhang Jing brought out the cooked fish with a smile and quickly invited everyone to eat.
"Eat, I'm so angry today. What the hell are you three doing today? Why did you ask for leave?"
Wang Kaihui looked at her man Zhang Fusheng and asked.
"Mom, I was the one who asked Dad and my eldest brother to take leave. Mom, let me tell you,."
When Zhang Jing mentioned that one could make money by selling raisins, Wang Kaihui was a little bit unbelieving. He quickly walked to the washed wild grapes, took one and tasted it, and then he calculated whether anyone would really buy such a thing?
"Try mine."
Zhang Jing handed some raisins that Zhao Yi gave her as a snack to Wang Kaihui. Wang Kaihui tasted two and nodded with satisfaction.
"The supply and marketing cooperative collects it?"
Wang Kaihui looked at Zhang Jing puzzledly.
"General supply and marketing cooperatives don't seem to recycle. You have to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city."
Zhang Jing thought for a while and said.
Zhao Yi always ran directly into the city to sell his goods. It must be because the county supply and marketing cooperative or the commune supply and marketing cooperative would not accept them. Otherwise, it would take more than an hour to go to the county town than to the city. Moreover, the road to the county was safer. There was no road in the mountains, so it was very dangerous to go in.
Wang Kaihui was immediately delighted. He didn't expect that his son-in-law was so good at taking care of people. Most people with this skill would hardly pass it on to others, even to his wife's family.
Wang Kaihui hurriedly helped Zhang Fusheng wash the grapes and instructed his two daughters-in-law to help their husbands.
It is not easy to find a job that can earn money in the countryside, especially those who can earn more than ten yuan a month are rare.
After a simple lunch at noon, everyone turned around and started working on the raisins, hoping to get what Zhang Jing mentioned out as soon as possible, and then go to the city with Zhao Yi to make money.
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