Chapter 202 Is it so serious?
The village was well protected, and except for the Shen Qing family and the Guan family, all the bricks and tiles from other families were transported back one after another within these four days.
Shen Qing's family hadn't even started yet. Guan Jiazhuang had few laborers and couldn't do the heavy work of making adobe bricks, so he had to grit his teeth and build a brick house. However, he had a small family, so he only built three rooms, and they would be transported away in a few days.
So Jiang Xiangxi and Guan the Carpenter began to dig the foundation, while Guan Li and Guan Xiaoshan, the brother and sister, drove a donkey cart and followed Shen Qing's team to carry bricks and tiles.
Shen Qing had previously lent his livestock to other families. Now that other families had finished transporting the bricks and tiles, their livestock were free, so they lent them all to Shen Qing to transport the bricks and tiles.
Every household in the village was laying the foundation, which was a physically demanding job. The young boys and the elderly who were unable to lift the weight were borrowed by Shen Qing to help her family carry bricks and tiles.
It is common for people in a village to help each other. No matter how much they were persuaded, they refused to ask for payment. Finally, at Shen Qing's insistence, they provided him with a lunch.
There were no pots, stoves, tables or chairs, and not even enough bowls and chopsticks, so the lunch was finally decided to be dumpling soup.
Lard residue and wild vegetable dumpling soup, plus a fried egg in lard for each person - driving to transport bricks and tiles is not tiring, but loading and unloading bricks and tiles still requires physical strength. It can only be said that it is easier than digging foundations and making adobe bricks. Physical work requires good pay.
After arranging everything, Shen Qing started driving a donkey cart with the Lei family to Jincheng.
Although the Lei family did not have a donkey cart, the Shen Qing family and the entire village had many people. The Lei family attached great importance to this time and brought more people than last time.
Liu Cuihua and Shen Qing were still riding in the double donkey cart, and along the way, they couldn't hide their excitement and kept saying, "In just two days, our three families have dried more than 200 kilograms of astragalus!
This is just the result of the three of us sisters-in-law and the girls. Oh, the men come back at night to help wash and cut, but overall, we are the main ones! Shen Qing, do you think it can really be sold? "
Thinking of the dozens of kilograms of inferior goods in the village that were purchased at 60 wen per kilogram, Shen Qing cautiously replied, "Selling them is not a problem. The medicine shop also ships them to other places. The demand is beyond our understanding.
However, it is not necessarily possible to charge 70 wen per catty for all of them. There may be many that do not meet the standard and can only be charged 60 wen per catty. "
"Well, as long as we can sell it, it doesn't matter whether it's 70 or 60 cents a pound!
Shen Qing, you don’t know how excited I am. No, my two sisters-in-law and Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter are also very excited. This is the first time we have earned money on our own. "Liu Cuihua let out a long breath after saying this.
In the past, the only way to earn money was to make tannin from hides, but that was earned by the men who hunted the prey, so it could not be considered as earned by themselves.
This time is different. If they can sell it, no matter how much they earn, it will be their own money!
Shen Qing had never experienced this, but she had seen many difficulties of having a poor husband. No matter how good her husband was, he still wanted to earn money on his own. Especially when her husband earned little, no matter how generous he was, she still had to live a tight life by budgeting carefully. In this case, of course she hoped to earn some money herself.
Liu Cuihua thought of the astragalus root drying at home and continued: "This is only enough for two days. We still have a lot at home. It's just that climbing up and down the mountain takes a lot of time. Otherwise, we can dig more every day, but we are very satisfied with this amount."
The main reason is that the price per kilogram is so good that you can buy nearly 20 kilograms of coarse grains!
Moreover, they sold honey to Shen Qing a few days ago and got more than 500 kilograms of fine grain, which was transported back this time. Together with the more than 200 kilograms of grain sent by each household in the village before, the three of them have never been so rich.
"Then some areas are too steep, so I only picked the pods and planted them on flat ground so I can dig them again in two years."
"After I sell the silver this time, I'm thinking of not buying grain anymore and looking at fabric instead."
The girls in the family have grown up. It doesn't matter if the fabrics of their outer clothes are a little rough, but try to use softer fabrics for their inner underwear.
Her two sisters-in-law also asked her to help bring the fabric.
Shen Qing was originally trying to find a reason to separate, but after hearing this, she immediately took over the conversation: "Okay, let's split up. You go look at the fabrics, and I'll go buy food!"
As soon as they separated, she bought food from the mall and filled the carriage. When she returned, it was already dark. After the Lei family's food was moved back, she could add more food. She could go to the city and bring back several thousand kilograms of food. It was really great to have a mall!
Liu Cuihua had no objection: "Okay, I'll buy some cloth and go find you at the rice shop!"
There are so many people in the city, it's safe.
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The closer you get to the city, the more people there are.
At the back, they crowded the official road, and children in rags rushed forward with broken bowls, demanding food and money.
The Lei family member looked reluctant and reached into his arms.
Shen Qing shouted to the vehicles in front and behind him: "We can't give it to you! Let's go, speed up and get into the city first!"
Although the Lei family didn't understand why Shen Qing was so cruel, they still did as they were told. They raised the reins and the donkey quickened its pace into the city.
When they got off the cart at the door of the medicine shop, Lei Sigui asked hesitantly, "Auntie, those children are so pitiful. We can't get poor by giving them a few coins, but maybe those children can have a full meal."
"Once you give us the money, we will be the ones who will be pitiful! And it's just a few cents? What you see are a few children asking you for money. After you really give us the money, those who are sitting, lying, and lying on the roadside, believe it or not, they will all rush up to us and ask for money?" Shen Qing explained patiently.
The men in the mountains are simple and kind-hearted, which is a good thing. However, kindness cannot be deceived. Their kindness must be used in the right place so as not to be let down.
The Lei family member opened his mouth and asked after a long while: "Is it so serious?"
Shen Qing continued, "Why do you think only children are rushing to the front? And do you really think that if you give them a few coins, they will have enough to eat?
No, they will only be asked by their families or those behind the scenes to ask for more time and money!"
This is how they got here on their way to escape.
The Lei family gasped.
Can family members be so bad?
What about those who are not family members?
Shen Qing said helplessly: "The court will take care of it, and we can't control what the court can't control."
In the face of a major natural disaster, the power of an individual is too weak. Even if you can help hundreds or thousands of people, the number of people affected is in the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions!
"What we can do is to protect ourselves first, then protect our families and eliminate all dangers."
Lei Laosan, the third oldest, was the first to react and said affirmatively, "Right! Why did the people in Huludu put up the entrance protection first instead of building their own house?"
Didn’t Shen Qing say to protect the family? You guys better not hold back, you must listen to Shen Qing! "
They no longer listened to him or Liu Cuihua, but listened directly to Shen Qing. Even though the Lei family was older, they were not as knowledgeable as Shen Qing!
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