Chapter 227 The whole village divides the money
With a donkey cart for transportation and companions to walk with and fight side by side with, the night journey is not difficult at all.
When they reached the entrance, they howled a few times, and the boys on duty on the watchtower immediately lowered the drawbridge to let the two donkey carts pass.
"Brother Dafu, Aunt Shen Qing asked you to go to her place when you come back. She has prepared food for you so you can fill your stomach before you go to sleep!" Lei Xiaoman shouted.
Now, there are only these young boys on duty at the lookout tower, four during the day and four at night, working in pairs, one group responsible for the first half of the night and the other for the second half.
Originally, the village chief said that the Lei family didn't need to participate in the movement in the mountains, but his parents insisted that as long as they were part of the village, they should be allocated together, and only then did he finally get a place.
Nowadays, every household has enough food, and they will prepare some food for their kids to fill their stomachs at night. Having food and friends to play with is more fun for them than playing!
When Aunt Shen Qing came to greet me tonight, she brought some hot steamed buns with fresh meat. When I took a bite, the juice from the meat flowed down the corners of my mouth. It was so delicious.
My aunt brought eight big meat buns as big as fists. Each person can get two. Not only can they fill our stomachs overnight, they can also fill us up for lunch and dinner.
Thinking of the big meat bun, Lei Xiaoman told his cousin: "Brother Dafu, if you have the opportunity to work for Aunt Shen Qing in the future, please take me with you."
No wonder everyone in the village likes to work for my aunt, she gives them real benefits!
Even those in the marginal areas can benefit from it.
Zhao Xiaogou also hurriedly told his elder brother in the team: "Brother, you have to remember me too!"
Zhao Hu laughed and said, "Didn't you see that Zhao Bao didn't even make the cut? You have to be really good to be selected. No one who's not good enough wants to be selected."
Both of them: ...They will definitely become even more powerful!
I heard that the village is going to build a school. In the future, people who sell medicinal herbs will need to be able to do accounting and read. They have to work hard so that they can squeeze out their older brothers.
A group of men went to the other side of the river.
They thought it was just a small favor, so why did they need to eat a meal? But since Auntie had already prepared it, it must have been warming in the pot, and she had also greeted the two boys on duty, so it would be rude for them not to go over.
Jiang Xiangdong would occasionally glance at the bridge. When he saw the crowd approaching, he quickly turned around and shouted, "Come back, come back!"
Lei Dafu, Zhou Sanshan and his group knew that there were big meat buns, but they didn’t expect that there would also be hot mutton soup!
The mutton soup, which is boiled until it becomes milky white and thick with chili peppers, is very refreshing to drink on a cold night.
Served with fist-sized buns filled with fresh meat and thin skin, it immediately soothes all the cold and hunger along the way.
Woohoo, it’s so delicious.
Before coming, they thought it was unnecessary, but after eating, they felt that the aunt had prepared it so thoughtfully!
"Little sister, don't worry. After this, Liu Sheng will have to avoid you whenever he sees you!" Jiang Dalang ate a big meat bun and a big bowl of mutton soup, and finally spoke.
Jiang Yu smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Dalang, and everyone else."
"Why are you being polite? We earned money from this meal, Auntie."
"Isn't it just stretching my muscles? I've been wanting to show off my Feng family skills for a long time!"
Delicious food, familiar environment and familiar people. Except for Lei Dafu, all the men were chatting in a relaxed and comfortable manner.
Lei Dafu held a large earthenware bowl and just listened quietly. Only when Jiang Yu thanked him did he glance at her quickly, and then quickly looked away.
No one noticed.
Shen Qing looked at it for a while, then turned and went into the house, bringing out a basket of juicy pears and saying, "Come, have a pear to relieve your greasiness."
Looking at the plump pears, Jiang Dalang praised, "This pear is so beautiful!"
Each one is very round and looks much better than the previous crooked ones.
Shen Qing watched Lei Dafu from the corner of his eyes and praised him: "It's just that Chuntian kid has worked hard. Our Xiaoyu loves to eat it, so she picks a big basket and sends it to me every day;
However, no matter how delicious it is, you can't resist eating it every day. Xiaoyu ate a lot, but she liked the yellow fruit delivered yesterday more. The fruit was wrapped in a thin layer of skin, and no one knew where it came from.
If you see it, tell me."
When Lei Dafu heard that he loved the yellow fruit delivered yesterday, he raised his head and quickly looked at Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu blushed slightly and said embarrassedly, "I just think that fruit is special. I've never seen it before."
"Isn't this easy? Our Dafu is a native mountain man. How could he not know what Chuntian knows?" Jiang Dalan suggested with a smile.
Everyone's eyes fell on Lei Dafu.
Lei Dafu pursed his lips and explained: "We call it lantern fruit. It has a cover on the outside like a small lantern, and the fruit inside is sour and sweet.
I think Chuntian probably thought she liked it and that you might like it too, so she picked some for me."
"I want to see what it looks like after hearing it."
"My kid should like it too. I'll go look for it some other day."
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They were just sweet wild fruits, so the group of men didn't take them too seriously. After eating their fill, they went home.
The next day, seeing that there were fewer pears by the door than before and a full pot of kiwifruit, Shen Qing's guess was completely confirmed.
Goji berry, also known as lantern fruit
This was indeed Xiaoyu's favorite food, so she put it away and placed it in the main room.
This cold-faced man is calm and proactive, but he is too restrained. He doesn't look around and keeps his mouth shut. How can he make any progress with Xiaoyu?
At least Xiaoyu still thinks that fruits are delivered by spring.
And Xiaoyu doesn’t like to go out much. These two people, ah.
Today she had to go to the village to divide the money from yesterday's medicinal herbs and food, and then arrange various tasks such as digging a well. Other things had to be put on hold.
When Shen Qing arrived, all the other families had already arrived.
Then I saw that the three Lei families on the mountain also sent people - the men and women of the Lei family all participated in digging and cleaning the medicinal herbs, and of course they were allocated the same amount of silver.
Shen Qing took out the account book. Next to it was a long solid wood table that had just been made by the carpenter. Jiang Xiangzhong placed pen and ink on it and began to grind.
Shen Qing said, "Yesterday I sold medicinal herbs totaling 63 taels, and bought stone mills, mortars, farm tools, etc. needed by the government totaling 6 taels and 7 qian. I still have 56 taels and 3 qian left.
A well costs two taels, and all the labor and tools are done by craftsmen. Every household in Huludu will dig one, but the three Lei families don't need one. So my suggestion is that we divide the money into 56 taels and 3 coins according to the number of people, and each family will pay for the well digging themselves. How do you think?"
The stone mill and mortar were provided to the Lei family, and the public farm tools were also used by the Lei family. It was fair for them to share the burden equally, but they lived in the mountains and could not dig a well, so they did not need to share the burden equally.
"Okay!"
Everyone agreed.
"Okay, then let's divide the fifty-six taels and three cents!"
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