Chapter 228: Silver and food have been distributed, what else is important?
Everyone present was excited and anxious. The Lei family was even more excited. They had earned money from hunting and selling astragalus during this period, and their family financial situation was obviously much richer than before. Although there were expenses, they were not large, so they were not too anxious.
But the people in the village are different. Since they sold all the astragalus, they have to pay for bricks, grain, cloth, poultry seeds, and wages for craftsmen, etc., and they have no source of income at all.
Even if a family is extremely wealthy, they will feel anxious if they have only outgoings and no incomings, let alone they have just escaped poverty.
The most important thing is that the money distributed today was all earned by the "old, weak, women and children" in the family!
Yes, the strong laborers in every household in the village were making adobe bricks and carrying wood to build houses. This batch of silver was used by the elderly, the weak, women and children to collect coptis chinensis and angelica dahurica, pick up acorns and chestnuts, and even transport them back. Therefore, the meaning of this silver to them was completely different from before.
Everyone looked at Shen Qing, waiting for her announcement.
Shen Qing looked at the account book in his hand and read out, "There are a total of 111 people participating this time, all working full time. 56 taels and 3 qian equals 5 qian and 72 wen per person."
There were gasps coming from the audience!
Fifty-six taels is a lot, but there are many people in the village who are involved. They don’t understand it. Sometimes they feel that it is a lot, and sometimes they feel that it is not enough. They are very nervous.
After hearing Shen Qing report the exact number, they finally calmed down, and then they were overwhelmed with joy!
Five cents and seventy-two coins! I only worked for a few days and I could get more than five cents!
And it's not just them, the elderly and children in the family can all get a share. How much did this family earn?
How much food can be bought?
Oh, there’s no need to buy food, Shen Qing even exchanged acorn powder for food!
Shen Qing continued, "I'll call people from the roster later. Whoever's called will go to him to collect the money. After receiving it, please circle your name. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
It’s explained so clearly, how can I not understand?
What followed was Jiang Xiangzhong's clear call, and the people who were called happily stepped forward to claim their share.
There were about one or two hundred people at the scene, but the whole place was silent, with only the sound of people calling names and responding.
The Lei family was amazed.
Who in this village isn't a talkative person? Their voices are so loud that when there are many people around, they have to interrupt to get a word in. Just now, when Shen Qing wasn't here, the noise and bustle were as lively as a market.
Unexpectedly, at the critical moment of distributing silver and money, everyone was able to suppress their excitement and wait quietly and patiently.
Until everyone was gathered, all kinds of conversations broke out in an instant.
Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Lei Qigui, Lei Xiaoman and others each found their own family members and happily handed over the silver and money: "Mom, here!"
Lei Qigui calculated excitedly, "I calculated. There are four people from my eldest uncle's family, five from our second branch, and three from my third uncle's family. This time, our Lei family alone earned more than six taels, nearly seven taels of silver!"
Especially since it was earned by a group of people like them who were unable to go into the mountains!
Fang Ting held nearly three taels of silver in her hands, with a look of confusion on her face. She just came down to help wash medicinal herbs for a few days and earned more than five cents?
And her four half-grown children who were unable to go into the mountains to hunt, each earned more than five cents?
Shen Qing really gave them some money, and not a penny less!
The same is true for Ma Pandi.
She always felt that since Shen Qing came, her sister-in-law and Shen Qing had become closer and closer, and their three families were always making money, a lot of money!
The family's financial situation is getting better and better, and life is really getting better little by little...
Shen Qing stretched out his hand and gestured, and the crowd in front immediately shut up. The people behind him also gradually shut up when they saw the noise dissipate a lot.
Sure enough, after everything had calmed down, Shen Qing's voice came from the front: "Silver is the biggest part, it's been distributed, now let's start distributing food."
"A total of 350 kilograms of acorn flour was exchanged for 1,750 kilograms of flour. It was divided among the 111 people, so each person got 15 kilograms and 7 ounces."
"When your name is called, come up with a cloth bag to put it in."
There were figures moving in front, some were moving flour, some were holding scales, and some were using gourd ladles to scoop flour. Jiang Xiangzhong sat behind a large wooden table and began to call out names.
Ma Pandi felt that she was wrong.
Their lives are not getting better little by little, but are getting better rapidly!
First, he used the money earned from selling astragalus to buy enough cotton cloth and cotton, and then he had enough money to buy food. Then, the villagers took all the meat that the men hunted in the mountains, and even Shen Qing took the leather.
They saved the energy and time of going to Jincheng and took the villagers up the mountain. As a result, they discovered two kinds of medicinal herbs and acorns that they originally disliked. The medicinal herbs helped them earn money.
Can the bitter and astringent acorn powder be exchanged for delicate and fragrant flour?
Ma Pandi always felt that if this day happened in the past, she would never dare to dream of it!
After the grain was distributed, the conversation became even louder than when the silver was distributed.
After all, for children, the benefits brought by silver cannot be seen in the short term, but white flour is something they can actually eat!
"Mom, I want to eat white flour pancakes with cabbage, chili peppers, shredded eggs, and preferably meat. I heard from Sister Xiaoshui that Aunt Shen Qing made it for her and it was delicious!" Zhao Xiaohu found Zheng Hui and begged.
In the past, such a request would have been met with a response like, "How about you include me?"
Or: 'You look like a white pancake to me!'
But today, Zheng Hui's smile was particularly kind and gentle: "Okay, I went to the city yesterday and bought some pork fat. How about chopping up the lard into small pieces and wrapping it in?"
If I had known this, I would have bought more meat yesterday.
Since you have other ways to make money, just keep the eggs for yourself and don't sell them or exchange them for coarse salt.
If you eat well, you can earn more, right?
When the other children heard that Zheng Hui agreed to Zhao Xiaohu's request, they immediately turned around and went to find their mother.
Everything Aunt Shen Qing makes is delicious, and they want to eat it too!
They divided up the silver and the food, most of which were earned by the children themselves. Which mother would not be willing to give them up?
For a moment, the entire wasteland was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
*
After Shen Qing played the good guy, Mr. Jiang came out and started playing the bad guy.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
The people who were chatting happily were stunned when they heard what Mr. Jiang said.
The silver and grain have been distributed, is there anything else important to say?
After the scene quieted down, Mr. Jiang said in a deep voice: “It is already early September, and there are still more than ten days of harvest period, and the progress of the house is not very fast, even a little slow, so we need to send more people;
In other words, you can’t have both!”
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