Chapter 25 Who is this?
Now, in addition to feeding, the head of the household is also responsible for changing and washing diapers, burping and putting the baby to sleep as taught by his mother, and at the same time watching Xiaohua play.
From yesterday's reluctance to today's proficiency, the more I do, the less blame and accusations I had in the past.
The grown man in charge of the family can take care of the children, so it’s no big deal if the younger brother-in-law, a scholar, cooks.
Jiang Xiangzhong was frantically trying to make a fire with a flint in the kitchen. The dust stained his clothes and his face, but still no sparks came out.
His patience gradually wore away, and finally he angrily threw the flint far away.
His chest was heaving violently, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger.
He covered his stomach. He had been hungry once last night. He knew the pain of being hungry and didn't want to experience it again.
He calmed down, stood up, bent over and carefully searched for the flint in the direction he had just thrown it.
In the yard, Shen Qing said to the two brothers Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangbei, "Third and fourth brothers, you two should get ready and go to bed early.
Tomorrow morning, you can set up the cages and put the eels in the buckets. Tomorrow, I will go to the city alone to sell them, and you two can continue to catch fish and shrimp. If there are any left, I will fry some small fish for you to eat."
As long as they don't use electric shock or a net to kill the whole family, the way the third and fourth brothers catch fish and shrimp won't cause extinction, and there will be heavy rain and floods in two or three months, so save as much money as possible in the mall.
It's not just about buying food, but also medicine. With so many people in the family, someone might get sick. The more balance I have, the more at ease I feel.
"Mom, can you carry it? How about I go with you? We won't have to buy anything tomorrow and can come back early, which won't affect the fishing and shrimping." Jiang Xiangnan said proactively.
Fish and shrimp are not valuable anyway, and the leftovers can only be smashed and fed to chickens and ducks. Frying small fish consumes a lot of oil, so you can't fry them every day.
Of course Shen Qing couldn't let anyone go with her. She wasn't afraid of carrying buckets - as soon as she left the yard, she could sell them to the mall. The empty buckets she brought into the city would be just right for her to bring back with the things she needed to buy.
She had not planned to buy anything else, but in the afternoon she thought of Guan Li and Jiang Xiangxi and decided to go to the city to buy some things for him.
Serving corvee labor is no joke. Who would want to suffer more if they can suffer less?
"No, it's only seven or eight miles, we'll be there in no time. Besides, the entrance fee to the city is two cents per person, so if we don't have one person go, we can save two cents."
When Jiang Xiangnan heard the two cents, he stopped insisting.
That’s two cents. Three duck eggs can only be sold for two cents!
No one cared about Jiang Xiangzhong in the kitchen anymore. Everyone finished their work and went to bed early.
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Shen Qing still got up early.
The problem of not being able to sleep well and get up in China that she had in the past is completely gone. Now she falls asleep as soon as she falls into bed at night and wakes up before dawn in the morning - if she goes to bed as soon as it gets dark at night, how can she not wake up early in the morning?
After being as busy as a top all day, how can I not fall into bed and fall asleep?
But I have to say, going to bed early and getting up early really makes you feel better!
She took a deep breath, quickly washed up, and had breakfast, then saw eels splashing in the bucket in the yard.
I picked it up and wow, it’s so heavy!
Fortunately, there is a shopping mall, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to buy these twenty-three eels with water and a wooden barrel even if they were easy to sell in the city.
Not to mention that it doesn't sell very well in the city.
After selling the eels to the mall and earning 1,311 yuan, Shen Qingxi was beaming with joy.
The third and fourth children can earn nearly 2,000 yuan a day;
Small amount of water keeps the vegetables at home from worrying;
Huo Bing took care of all three meals a day;
The eldest child takes care of two children and can wash the family’s clothes while washing diapers;
Well, at present, only Jiang Xiangzhong has not contributed to this family.
Forget it, let’s treat studying as a long-term investment. At least in two years, Xiaohua will be able to get an education. Girls can’t go to academy, and then Jiang Xiangzhong will be useful!
Shen Qing still has modern thinking. She believes that people can be without a diploma, but they must be literate. No matter whether they are boys or girls, they must be literate and cultured.
Her granddaughters and grandsons would all need to learn to read and write in the future. Then she began to think that it could be more than just granddaughters and grandsons. When the business grows bigger, her sons, daughters, and daughters-in-law can also learn to read and do arithmetic. This would be Jiang Xiangzhong's chance to demonstrate his value.
Shen Qing had yesterday's experience, and since he bought less things today, he finished shopping and came back quickly.
Salt, sugar balls.
When I was almost at the village, I bought 20 kilograms of rice, 10 kilograms of millet, 5 kilograms of soybeans, and 5 kilograms of mung beans from the mall.
The mall sells a lot of grain varieties, but there are not many varieties at home. If you take them out rashly, they will be exposed.
So she had to go to the city alone, so that she wouldn't have to spend cash to buy it, and the food at home would be richer in variety and more in weight.
Salt and sugar balls were prepared for Jiang Xiangxi.
The government will provide meals for those who do corvée labor, but each meal only consists of a bowl of water and two black-flour steamed buns. The black-flour steamed buns are like corn flour mixed with corn cobs, and they scratch the throat very badly!
And it's hard!
There is no oil or water and not much nutrition, plus the heavy physical work every day, many people collapse halfway through their working period. When they collapse, their family has to replace them, otherwise they have to use silver to pay for labor service, and the silver to pay is astronomical.
Therefore, every household would bring some private food for those who were doing labor service to replenish their physical strength and nutrition.
Jiang Xiangxi had never done this before, whether he was going for his own family or for the Guan family this time, the Jiang family did not prepare anything for him, but fortunately the Guan family prepared some before he left this time.
Although the weather was not hot yet, cooked food could not be kept for too many days. Shen Qing thought that even if the Guan family prepared some, they would probably have eaten it all.
It’s okay if you don’t finish it, just eat more.
People who do physical work don't have much fat in their stomachs, so if they eat as much as they want, no matter how much food they eat, it will never be too much.
Shen Qing was carrying a lot of supplies home. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he saw a girl who was dressed neatly and had bright eyes.
The girl heard the sound and turned around to look over.
The two looked at each other from across half the yard.
Shen Qing: Who is this?
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