Chapter 66 Chapter 66 Leaving the Boss
After Yu Laoer and his wife sent their three daughters away in the morning, they felt uneasy.
They are honest and a little timid. They have been digging for food in the fields all their lives and have never seen the world. They have never thought about going to the county town to make a living besides farming.
They would never go to a place like a county town unless it was necessary, and they would not dare to stay for long if they did go there.
Now that their daughters are going to the county town to set up stalls to sell things and make money, they can't help but worry. Sometimes they are worried that bad things will happen to them, and sometimes they are worried that the mixed-grain rice will not be sold, making them make a wasted trip and wasting food.
In short, you can worry about anything.
At noon, the three daughters were not at home, so the couple had a quick meal to get by. They did not take a nap after the meal, but worked at home while waiting for their three daughters to come back.
In the past, when they went to work in the fields, their daughter would usually wait for them at home.
At this moment, they finally understood the feeling of waiting for their daughter, and their hearts were somewhat complicated.
It was almost afternoon when the three daughters finally came back.
Liu quickly poured them some water and asked them with concern if they were tired. Yu Laoer took the buckets and baskets from their hands and found that both buckets were empty and had no weight.
He was a little surprised. Was it sold out?
The three sisters were thirsty and drank a bowl of water before answering.
Yu Jin said, "Mom, we are not tired. We just came back by boat."
Yu Yin said, "It sold out quickly today. It didn't take much time."
Yu Zhu's eyes sparkled, "My elder sister even took us out to eat. The county town is so big, the food there is so delicious, the streets are so clean, and the houses are so beautiful, all of them are two- and three-story..."
Seeing the smiles on her three daughters' faces, Liu's mood also became very good. She said, "It's still early. You go and have a rest. When we come back, we will go and deal with the water."
Yu Laoer smiled naively.
The three sisters talked with their parents for a while and then went back to their room to rest.
I got up too early today and I feel a little sleepy now. I can take a nap and get up to work later.
Yu Laoer and his wife finally waited for their three daughters to come back. After learning that the grain rice they brought had been sold, they were very happy and did not stay at home, but went to work in the fields.
Back in the room, Yu Jin poured out the money he earned today from his purse.
There was a rustling sound, and copper coins scattered on the bed, causing Yu Yin and Yu Zhu, who were originally a little sleepy, to open their eyes wide.
"Second sister, let me count!" Yuzhu said excitedly.
Yu Jin thought that his younger sister was getting old and really needed to learn how to count numbers so that he would not be unable to count money in the future, so he decided to teach her.
The two sisters sat there patiently watching her count, and corrected her if she made any mistakes.
After counting, Yuzhu said in surprise, "Second sister, third sister, there are ninety-eight coins in total!" Then she exclaimed, "What a lot of money! It's all what we earned today!"
She feels particularly accomplished and satisfied.
Yu Yin was also very happy, but still corrected: "The money for buying water, grains, firewood and sauces has not been deducted yet."
"We didn't buy the grains, we grew them ourselves, so we didn't have to spend any money." Yu Zhu said, "We don't have to include this in the calculation, right?"
Yu Yin said: "It still has to be calculated."
Yu Jin calculated in his mind, minus the ten cents for the offal - the amount of mixed grain rice today was not much, and only half of the braised offal was used, so it should be five cents.
The miscellaneous grains are the food for one's own family. If one buys them outside, it should cost only a dozen cents. There are also the money for spices, seasonings, firewood, etc., which add up to twenty cents. Firewood is chopped in the mountains, so it does not need to be included in the list. Only the money for spices and seasonings needs to be counted.
In this way, I should be able to earn about sixty cents.
After all, there is still profit!
Yu Jin was very happy.
At this time, Yu Yin reminded: "Second sister, you haven't yet calculated our boat fare and the fees paid to the dock manager."
Yu Jin: “…”
The round trip fare for the three sisters was twenty-four cents, and ten cents was paid to the dock.
If the thirty-four cents were deducted, they would only earn about thirty to forty cents today.
Yu Jin suddenly felt that it wasn’t that much.
Soon she cheered up and said, "It's okay, this is just the beginning. If we sell more in the future, things will get better and better." At worst, she could just walk back to the village and not spend money on the boat ride.
It’s just that Yuzhu is too young and I’m afraid she will get tired.
Yu Yin also thought of this and glanced at Yu Zhu who was already sleeping soundly and leaning on the side. He remembered how she had hit her head and her face was as pale as gold paper that day, which scared them all.
She said, "Second sister, you can't carry the grains from the village to the county town to sell them alone. You can't carry so much. Zhu'er is still young and can't help you carry it. Why don't you let mother help you?"
Yu Jin was stunned and said, "But the work in the fields..."
"Dad can do it alone." Yu Yin said, "When the harvest comes, we can help. If we are too busy, we can hire temporary workers. According to the price in our village, twenty cents a day will be enough."
Some families in the village have a lot of land and will hire temporary workers during the busy farming season.
Just like the headman's family, he has a lot of land, and he has to hire temporary workers during the busy farming season.
There are many poor people in the village, and their families don’t have much land. After harvesting their own crops, they will go out to work as odd jobs for others, and are paid on a daily basis.
It’s not that Yu Jin didn’t think of this, but he was worried about the money.
I have never thought of hiring someone to do the work I am capable of doing. I would rather suffer a little more and be more tired myself.
If she had the same strength as her elder sister, she felt that she could do anything and would never spend a penny to hire anyone for help. She could even carry the mixed grain rice to the county town to sell it by herself.
At this time, Yu Yin said, "I think when the autumn harvest comes, Grandma and the others will also hire temporary workers."
Although they were separated, they were only separated by a wall, so they could hear what happened in the first and third rooms.
Except for Yu Qin, all the other members of the Yu family's eldest branch have stayed in the county town and have not returned.
Old Madam Yu scolded Chen for this, but Chen would always find excuses not to go back. She couldn't go to the county town to catch people herself, right? Even if she wanted to go, Old Man Yu would stop her, fearing that she would go to the county town to make trouble and embarrass her eldest son, eldest grandson, and second grandson, and affect their future.
Old Mrs. Yu had no choice but to take her anger out on Yu Qin, which made Yu Qin feel very aggrieved.
Because she was too angry, Old Lady Yu even stopped sending food to the county town.
Of course, they couldn't control this matter. Boss Yu worked as an accountant in a rice shop, so it was very convenient for him to buy grain. The rice shop would even give him a discount, so he didn't have to spend much money.
In the past, he was willing to do so because his family sent him food, which saved him some money. Now that they don’t send him food, it doesn’t matter.
Judging from the situation of the eldest son, they won’t come back to help even when the autumn harvest comes.
Yu Lao Da has a job, Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli need to go to school, Yu Jingzong is still young and cannot do farm work, so only Chen can do it.
But Chen was determined not to come back to do farm work, otherwise she would not have preferred to be scolded by the old lady rather than come back.
The eldest son and the old couple were allocated more than ten acres of land. We can't rely on the old couple to do it all, right?
I can only hire part-time workers.
Of course, the old couple might want people from the second and third rooms to help, just like in the past, when the land at home was taken care of by people from the second and third rooms, and they didn’t have to worry about anything.
But since we have already separated, this is impossible.
Although the second wife of Yu might be pressured by the old man to help out by using filial piety as an excuse, how could the second wife's daughters possibly agree? It wouldn't make sense for them to help their brothers with work after the family division.
The Yu Jin sisters would never allow their parents to be taken advantage of.
It's even more impossible for the third house. Yu Lao San and his wife are very cunning. They would never do it unless they are given some benefits.
Yu Jin sneered, not surprised at all.
She smiled and said, "If grandma and her family really hire temporary workers, we will do the same. Their eldest son's education is very expensive, and we can't leave for business."
Yu Yin pursed her lips and smiled.
She is now learning embroidery from Zhou. After Zhou's guidance, she can already embroider like a real person. Soon she will be able to make money. By then, not only will her second sister make money, but she can also make money.
Their family will be able to live a good life soon, so it won't be a big deal if they spend some money to hire temporary workers.
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For several days in a row, after delivering the goods, Yu Li would go to the dock to take a look.
With her around, the multi-grain rice balls always sell out very quickly, which makes Yu Jin want to give some money to her sister and ask her to come over and take charge when she has nothing to do.
Yu Yin came for a few days and then never came again.
The one who came was Liu.
Liu felt sorry for her daughters. She saw that there was too much rice in the bucket. If they had to carry it to the county town, the little girls would grow up and their waists would be bent, so they would not grow tall.
Since marrying into the Yu family, she has not been to the county town very often. She has a natural fear of the county town and doesn't think she can do anything to help. She has never thought about doing business.
But we can’t let Yu Laoer go, right?
The crops in the fields really depend on people, as they are their food. Yu Laoer has to stay at home to take care of the fields.
In the end, Liu had no choice but to grit her teeth and go with her daughter.
When Yu Li came over today, he saw Liu standing timidly beside Yu Jin. He just raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
Yu Jin was making multi-grain rice balls for someone. When she saw her coming, she smiled and handed the rice balls to the customer.
The other party handed over two cents. Liu took them and carefully put them into her purse. It was more reassuring to carry money with you.
Seeing that no customers came, Yu Jin turned to Yu Li and said, "Big sister, I'll make you a rice ball."
Her sister went to deliver goods, which is physical work, and she must be hungry now.
When Liu saw the large bamboo basket in Yu Li's hand, she asked quietly, "Mother Li, did you just deliver the goods?"
Yu Li nodded softly.
"Are you tired?" Liu asked again.
“Not tired.”
“Is that so?”
“…”
All the courage Liu mustered up several times disappeared in the face of Yu Li's indifference.
She felt a little lost, but didn't know what to do.
In fact, she knew in her heart that if she and her husband had not firmly opposed Old Lady Yu's decision to marry her eldest daughter to the Fu family for the purpose of bringing good luck, the relationship between father and daughter and mother and daughter would have been broken and could never be repaired.
Even if they now know that they were wrong in the past and want to make amends, their eldest daughter is no longer interested.
Liu felt a little sad.
She realized it too late, and her daughters suffered a lot because of their incompetence and inaction.
Even people like Chen and Wang knew that they should protect their children and not let others bully them, but they did nothing, which made them even more hateful.
Yu Jin handed the prepared rice ball to Yu Li, and when he saw this scene, he said nothing.
What is there to say? Even if my parents know they are wrong now and want to repair their relationship with my eldest sister, it does not mean that my eldest sister has to accept it. If she accepts it, what does all the suffering she has endured in the past mean?
Yu Jin feels that just because parents want to repair their relationship, their children don’t have to accept it.
Even if the world thinks she is unfilial, she still thinks so.
Yu Li pinched the rice ball and ate it slowly.
She had just finished her work and there was no water to wash her hands, but the rice balls were wrapped in vegetable leaves, so she just had to avoid eating the dirty leaves.
Yu Jin has always been generous to her sister. This multi-grain rice ball is big, has a lot of meat in it, and is particularly solid.
Yu Li eats very quickly, but her movements are not rough. Plus, she is good-looking, so everything she does is pleasing to the eye. Anyone who sees her eating will have an increased appetite.
So those who pass by would come over to buy a multi-grain rice ball to try.
Yu Jin knew that once her sister came, business would pick up and she would soon be busy.
Mrs. Liu was a little flustered and almost collected the wrong amount of money. It was only after Yu Li finished eating that he came over to help her.
Now, more young people come to buy multi-grain rice balls.
While we were busy here, some yamen runners came to inspect the dock.
A steward from the dock followed the two yamen runners and accompanied them attentively.
The managers at the dock usually have backgrounds, otherwise they couldn't come here to be managers. But their backgrounds are not as strong as Manager Cui's. Now that Manager Cui is recuperating at home, he naturally can't be the manager of the dock.
There is still a lot of exploitation at the dock nowadays, but at least not as severe as when Manager Cui was here.
The status of these managers is somewhat lower than that of yamen runners, so they have to show some respect when they see them.
The manager who issued license plates at the dock was of lower status than the two yamen runners, so he did not dare to be too casual and accompanied them in patrolling the streets where breakfast was sold.
When passing by a small stall crowded with people, the two yamen runners suddenly stopped.
The steward didn't understand what was going on. He took a look and said, "Sir, is there a problem? This shop sells multi-grain rice balls. I've eaten there once. The multi-grain rice balls didn't taste good, but after adding the marinade, they did have some meaty flavor, so they were OK."
The two yamen runners stood there stiffly, and until the person behind the stall looked away, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They secretly sighed in their hearts that they were unlucky. They were just here for inspection as usual today, so how could they run into this female evil star?
How come she is here?
When they looked at the girl making rice balls, they recognized Yukin's identity and confirmed it, and they almost frowned.
Her sister sells food here, so it's normal for her to be here too.
Hearing what the steward said, Ge Yayi asked, "Have you eaten? Have you paid?"
The servant Peng was shocked and stared at the steward.
The steward was confused and asked, "Give money? Give what money?"
He is the steward of the dock. He comes here to eat, so of course he can take whatever he wants. Why should he give money to these lowly people? There is no respect for them.
You don't need to ask to know that the manager didn't pay.
The two yamen runners were immediately furious and shouted, "How can you eat someone else's food without paying? Go and give them the food as soon as possible."
The manager looked at them in confusion, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears.
How dare you, these rogue yamen runners who never pay for their food, say such things to him?
Is it going to rain red rain and they are going to mend their ways?
Although the manager was confused, he didn't want to offend the two yamen runners, so he had to promise that he would give them money and that the food they ate would not be free in the future.
The two yamen runners finally looked better.
Then Ge Yayi said, "This family sells mixed grain rice. You are not allowed to bully them in the future. Just follow the rules."
This means that they are not allowed to be exploited.
The steward quickly agreed and asked cautiously, "My lords, are they your relatives?"
If they were relatives, I could understand why they did this. Who would like their relatives to be exploited?
They don’t have such terrible relatives!
The two yamen runners pondered inwardly.
After inspecting the place, he asked the steward to leave. Two yamen runners stood not far away, hesitating.
"Brother Ge, should we go over there?" asked the servant Peng in a low voice.
He was very afraid. What if the evil female star thought that it was their instructions for the steward not to pay for meals, and she got angry and told their families...she would have to explain clearly.
"I have to go," said Ge, "I have already seen her. If I don't say hello to her, it will be bad if she holds a grudge against me."
They didn't understand Yu Li's personality and didn't know what she was thinking, so it was better to be careful.
The two yamen runners did not dare to go to Yu Li openly, for fear of being seen and causing trouble.
Of course, they were more afraid that Yu Li would think they were in the way, get angry, and beat them up...
It's better to be cautious.
Not long after, the two yamen runners saw Yu Li walking towards them.
The two men were so nervous that their hearts were beating in their throats. They stood there stiffly. If anyone came close, they would definitely notice something was wrong with them.
When Yu Li came near them, he didn't speak to them and continued walking forward.
The two yamen runners looked at each other, then slowly followed her, keeping a distance from her, as if they were patrolling the area so as not to give the impression that they were following her.
When the two men saw her turn into a narrow and quiet alley, they realized that she was indeed coming for them.
Not long after, the two entered the alley and saw Yu Li standing there waiting for them.
Meeting her cold eyes, Peng couldn't help but blurt out, "Li Boss!"
Ge Yayi: “…” You are too sensible, aren’t you?
They didn't know Yu Li's name, nor did they dare to inquire about her background. In addition, Wu Shouzi and the others didn't dare to reveal anything casually. They only knew that Wu Shouzi and the others called her Boss Li.
The person who can make idlers call him boss willingly is not a good person.
Sometimes when Peng Yayi talked about her, he would directly call her Li Boss.
Yu Li accepted the address well and asked, "Did you go to the dock for inspection just now?"
"Yes, yes." Ge Yayi said nervously. Even when they were facing the county magistrate, they were not so nervous, because the county magistrate would not beat them for no reason.
Yu Li said: "You saw my sister selling rice balls at the dock. When you go on patrol in the future, please help take care of her. If anyone bullies her..."
"We will never let anyone bully her!"
The two yamen runners quickly made the promise.
Yu Li looked at them until they were so nervous that they were sweating profusely, and finally they grunted.
"Okay, let's go."
Hearing this, the two men felt as if they had been pardoned, but they did not dare to leave hastily. They cautiously bowed to her before leaving.
Walking out of the alley, the two looked at each other and could see sweat on each other's faces.
They didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Yu Li behind them would hear them. They walked forward silently, came to a teahouse, sat down and ordered a pot of tea to calm their nerves.
As he was drinking, a tall and thin yamen runner came over.
The visitor greeted them: "Brother Peng, Brother Ge, you are having tea here!"
The two of them also replied, "Brother Zhu, why are you here?"
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