Chapter 50 Absolutely Not Telling
Liang Chunfen was not full, far from it, but he was just too embarrassed to say it.
Xu Zhichun saw her hesitation and smiled as she asked her to serve the rice in the pot. Seeing that Sister Zhichun was not joking, she hurried to serve the rice.
After finishing this big bowl, I feel like I am half full.
Xu Zhichun was really shocked. No wonder his aunt repeatedly emphasized that she had a big appetite!
Although there was no rice in the pot, as long as she was willing, we could take out noodles from the harbor warehouse and feed them to her. We could find any excuse to explain the origin of the noodles.
But thinking that she definitely couldn't eat so much on a normal day, and if she ate too much at once, her stomach wouldn't be able to adapt and she might get sick, he didn't make noodles for her. Instead, he let her eat the big bowl of leek and egg soup and the remaining dishes.
In the future, I will slowly do more every day to give her time to adapt.
Xu Zhichun would never do such a thing as working for his family and not having enough to eat.
Anyway, she didn't care about the food. There was so much rice, flour, oil and grain piled up in the harbor warehouse that even if tens of thousands of people came, they wouldn't be able to finish eating them in their lifetime.
Liang Chunfen was very happy.
A complete package.
He put down the bowl and sighed with satisfaction, then perked up: "Sister-in-law Zhichun, I'm going to work!"
Xu Zhichun nodded and chuckled: "Go ahead, just do the same as you did this morning, I'll be back in a bit."
She had to first feed the pigs and chickens, collect the eggs laid by the hens today, and wash the dishes.
After three days, the potato planting and sweet potato seedling raising work were completed. Xu Zhichun also figured out Liang Chunfen's appetite, which was about four times that of an adult man. So, it was okay.
After planting these things, Xu Zhichun planned to go to the county government office to "present" them. He had no other work to do for the time being. He was afraid that Chunfen would go home and starve again. Xu Zhichun really liked her. She was simple, enthusiastic, and worked quickly and well. If you were to ask for a better employee, there was no one better. After a few days together, Xu Zhichun no longer regarded her as just a hired worker, but more like a sister.
There is no shortage of food at home, so it doesn't matter if we support one more girl. But there must be a rule for this matter, and she can't do whatever she wants.
Xu Zhichun first asked his brother-in-law for his opinion, analyzed the pros and cons, and expressed his desire to hire Liang Chunfen as a long-term worker. What did he think?
Liang Mingxuan had only recently gotten to know Liang Chunfen and agreed: "Sister Chunfen is very simple, simple-minded, strong, and does things well. Sister Chunfen's family is also very good. With her help, my sister-in-law can also relax a lot."
More importantly, he could see that Sister Chunfen particularly admired the eldest sister-in-law. In her eyes, everything the eldest sister-in-law said was right, and she would do whatever the eldest sister-in-law said without hesitation. Liang Mingxuan felt that it was necessary to have such a person around the eldest sister-in-law.
Xu Zhichun was relieved when his brother-in-law agreed. He said happily, "Here's my plan. I'll just tell Aunt Xu about this. If she agrees, then we'll do it. We'll provide Chunfen with lunch once a day and pay her three hundred coins a month as wages. We'll call Chunfen over if we have something to do, and she can come as she pleases if she doesn't. But we'll provide lunch every day. But Aunt Xu and her family should keep this a secret. Don't tell anyone else. It wouldn't be good if others knew."
"Of course, I'll give a heads up to the village chief."
Now no one in the village knows how much money they have earned, but to say that they have hired a long-term worker is indeed too conspicuous and inappropriate.
The reason we greeted the village head was because he was the village head, and we should tell him about this matter.
Liang Mingxuan naturally agreed: "Sister-in-law's arrangement is very good, I will listen to her."
After reaching an agreement with his brother-in-law, Xu Zhichun went to find Chunfen's mother and brought up the matter in a tactful way.
How could Chunfen Niang not agree? Originally, she just wanted to do odd jobs, but now she has a regular job, which is a pleasant surprise.
When Xu Zhichun said that she would work when she had something to do and that she could do whatever she wanted when she had nothing to do, Chunfen's mother refused to accept that. She said hurriedly, "There will always be work to do. How can we let her sit idle and receive wages while eating at your house? If there's really nothing else to do, let her go up the mountain to chop firewood, look after the fields, tidy the ditches, or cut grass for the pigs, carry water, or weed the crops."
Xu Zhichun thought about it and agreed with a smile, then reminded: "We have a small family and there is not much work to do during the slack season. Auntie, just let Chunfen do it slowly. Don't rush her and don't tire her out."
Chunfen's mother laughed: "Don't worry, Zhichun, that silly girl won't be tired!"
Liang Chunfen's family was delighted when they heard about this. Although Liang Chunfen only had one lunch, it was white rice or steamed buns or noodles made from white flour. They heard that she also had meat almost every day, which was enough to keep her full. She probably saved the family a lot by eating that one meal, not to mention the three hundred wen she earned a month.
Three hundred a month is not a small amount.
Liang Chunfen was even happier, and she was happy to follow Sister Zhichun.
So, the villagers soon discovered that the silly girl from Liang Dong's family ran to Xu Zhichun's house every day, whether she had something to do or not. She fetched water for people every morning, then went up the mountain to play around. When she chopped a bundle of firewood, she didn't carry it back to her own home, but carried it to Xu Zhichun's house, or she cut pig grass and also sent it to Xu Zhichun's house.
"What a fool."
"How come her parents don't care about her when she's so silly?"
Everyone is really grateful to Xu Zhichun for the sweet potatoes and potatoes, but the silly girl is also really silly.
But soon everyone discovered that this silly girl was doing some odd jobs for the Xu family, and Xu invited her to have lunch.
This seems to make sense again.
Everyone knows that silly girls have big appetites.
Then someone teased Liang Chunfen again, "Silly girl, you go to your sister-in-law Zhichun's house every day. What delicious food did your sister-in-law Zhichun give you? Are you full?"
Liang Chunfen just smiled foolishly and didn't answer.
Her mother told her not to tell anyone; Zhichun's sister-in-law also told her not to tell anyone.
She listens to her mother and Sister Zhichun, and she listens even more when they say the same thing.
Absolutely not.
When the people from the first and second branches of the Liang family found out, they were very disapproving. This Xu was so lazy that she tricked Liang Chunfen, that silly girl, into doing the work of fetching water and chopping wood. She bribed her with just a meal. She was very cunning.
Chunfen's mother never mentioned asking Liang Chunfen to help make konjac tofu, which made Xu Zhichun particularly satisfied.
For the time being, she has no plans to add any more people to handle the konjac tofu matter.
They have been digging konjac for such a long time, but the raw materials are always a problem. Wild konjac does not always grow in such large areas. Some grow in quite fragmented areas. Perhaps it will not be so easy to find it soon.
So Xu Zhichun simply assigned Liang Chunfen a task, asking her to go to the mountains to help find where there were wild konjacs, preferably in large areas.
Fortunately, this is the characteristic of konjac. No one digs it up, and year after year, the tubers continue to increase and new ones continue to grow, growing more and more.
Xu Zhichun felt fifteen mu wasn't enough, so he planned to buy several dozen mu of land, all planted with konjac. He also planned to buy some more land on the hillside behind his house, so he could grow sweet potatoes and potatoes later.
After arranging Liang Chunfen's affairs, Xu Zhichun started to go to the city to set up stalls as usual with Zeng Xiaoyan, Zhu'er and Auntie. Uncle Qi Tian also took new jobs and went to the city, but unlike before, he did not take jobs for wealthy families and had to live in their homes. There was no place for him to stay in small families, so he would rather go home and return to the village every evening.
Xu Zhichun went to the county government office with a bamboo basket filled with several sweet potatoes and potatoes - both raw and cooked.
(End of this chapter)
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