Chapter 305: Gratitude (Part 2)
Cui Qingci understood that in her mother's eyes, her sister-in-law's feelings were the most important.
If she were in her sister-in-law's shoes, she might feel bad if they kept everything from her.
"Well, I still need to tell my sister-in-law."
"My sister-in-law's feelings are the most important."
When the two of them returned, it was already getting late.
They could only wait until the next day to collect brown sugar in the village.
Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci cooked dinner and ate at home. As they ate, Mrs. Cui would sigh, "If Zhiluo were at home, the house would be so lively."
Cui Qingci understood that her mother was missing her sister-in-law.
Yes, in the past, my mother and sister-in-law ate and worked together every day, and a sense of dependence developed between them.
Not to mention her mother, even she misses her sister-in-law.
Although she had only been with her sister-in-law for a few months, she couldn't help but miss her.
Not to mention the eldest brother.
Cui Qingci could only comfort her, "Mom, it's okay. My sister-in-law has already told me in the letter that she will be back as soon as she is done."
"Besides, the weather is getting cold, and the New Year will be here soon. My sister-in-law will definitely come home for the New Year."
"And my sister-in-law's parents, brothers and sisters will miss her too."
After hearing this, Mrs. Cui was happy.
"Then we have to run the store well and sell the brown sugar. We can't wait for Zhiluo to come back to do these things."
Seeing her mother suddenly cheer up, Cui Qingci nodded and said, "Of course."
After eating, Mrs. Cui went to the headman's house.
The headman and his family were busy making brown sugar, and there were a lot of freshly made brown sugar on the shelf next to them.
"Brother Zhou, the eldest sister is still busy!"
Hearing the sound, Zhu turned around and saw Mrs. Cui at the door. "Oh, Sister Cui, what brings you here? Come in quickly!"
As soon as she saw Mrs. Cui, Zhu was very happy.
Zhou Zhaoxi and Zhou Zhaohe also hurriedly called out to Old Madam Cui, "Auntie Cui!"
"Well, your two sons are diligent, capable, and filial. That's really great."
Zhu's face was full of smiles. "They are all country folk. You are the only one praising them."
Madam Cui said seriously, "Sister Zhu, I'm not exaggerating, I'm stating the truth. The key is that she's well-proportioned."
"Oh, the girl just looks down on our Donghe Village."
Speaking of this, Zhu was also a little worried.
Her eldest son is already sixteen years old, and normal families get married at the age of fifteen.
Zhu was worried because her eldest son was about to turn seventeen after the New Year.
Madam Cui said, "Our village can make sugar, but others don't know it yet. When they find out, they will definitely know how good Donghe Village is and will no longer look down on it."
Thinking of this, Zhu was also happy.
"Of course not. This is all thanks to Zhiluo. Otherwise, we wouldn't have learned such a skill. As long as we work harder, we can make more brown sugar."
Now everyone in the village is working hard to make brown sugar. Occasionally when you see villagers on the streets, they all have smiles on their faces.
Zhu was very moved when she saw this.
And the whole family is very motivated.
The key is that this kind of work will not delay anything, including work at home and work in the fields.
You have free time and can arrange it however you want.
Where can I find such a good craft?
The key is that brown sugar is scarce in the north.
Sometimes they can’t even buy brown sugar in the market.
Even when the farm work is busy in early spring, you can stop making brown sugar and do more farm work.
You can continue to make sugar during the slack season and still make some money.
This is a craft. Although the recipe may seem simple, you won't be able to make it if you don't know how to do it.
This is considered a family craft.
Mrs. Cui chatted with Mrs. Zhu and said, "By the way, Sister Zhu, I'm here to collect the brown sugar as well."
"I thought I'd come to you and Brother Zhou first to count the amount of brown sugar the villagers have. I'll prepare the money for everyone. We agreed on 25 cents per pound."
"Of course, we have to do what we agreed to do. Besides, this is the skill that Zhiluo taught us."
Everyone in the village is honest and grateful to Jiang Zhiluo.
Nowadays, when everyone sees Old Madam Cui and Cui Qingci, they respect them from the bottom of their hearts.
If anything happens to the Cui family, everyone will actively help.
Mrs. Cui was mainly talking about this matter.
After she returned, the head of the village and Mrs. Zhu hurried to hold a meeting with the villagers.
Ask everyone to bring all the brown sugar to weigh the next day.
The next day, everyone in the village hurried to the headman's house to weigh the brown sugar.
The main reason is that many families don’t have scales.
For more than half a month, most of the village head's family worked as laborers, using two pots to boil brown sugar, and produced more than 20 kilograms of brown sugar.
Many families in the village made more than ten kilograms, some more than twenty kilograms, and one family made more than thirty kilograms.
Mrs. Cui settled the payment on the spot.
The price is calculated based on 25 coins per catty, and if it is less than that, it will be calculated based on the full catty.
"Thank you, Aunt Cui."
"Thank you, Sister Cui."
"Thank you, Aunt Cui..."
When the villagers actually received the money, they didn't know how to thank Mrs. Cui and the others.
Everyone's face was filled with gratitude, and their words of thanks were genuine.
All of a sudden, everyone had a few hundred coins in their hands, which was a lot of money for the villagers.
Everyone even calculated in their minds that if they were more diligent and made more brown sugar every month, they could earn several taels of silver every year.
And in the spring, they all planned to open up some wasteland to grow beets.
Everyone walked back happily with copper coins in their hands.
They talked and laughed with each other, and were full of hope for life.
Even Mrs. Zhao, who was returning home with her two grandsons, said happily, "We've earned three hundred coins right away. Let's work harder and make more brown sugar. By the time the New Year rolls around, we can save up more than one or two taels of silver."
Old Mrs. Zhao was thinking about all these things in her mind, and they would be able to do more work after the New Year.
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Erlin were also happy.
One or two taels of silver, they had never dared to think about it before.
Old Mrs. Zhao also sighed deeply. She almost died before, and it was Zhiluo who saved her.
She didn't even know what to do at that time.
The main reason is that she is too old to do farm work, and her two grandsons are not yet adults and cannot do farm work either.
Who would have thought that I could learn how to make sugar?
In this way, even if you can't work in the fields, you can still make a few taels of silver a year by making sugar well.
Life at home got better.
After the New Year, Zhao Dalin will be fifteen years old. If she finds him a wife and has children, she will feel relieved.
Zhao Erlin is still young.
But as long as you have this skill at home, you can have enough food to eat.
"You all must remember the kindness of the Cui family and your sister Jiang."
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Erlin nodded seriously.
…
Xinghua Village
Jiang family
Since everything was fine outside and the Cui family sent them a message, the villagers moved out.
Everything is normal in Xingshan Village now.
When Jiang Xiangchuan was hiding in the mountains, he made a lot of umbrellas and made a lot of money by selling some of them.
In fact, Jiang Xiangchuan and Ye Shi don’t care much about gold and silver. They just think that the most important thing is that their family is well.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
