After returning home, Guan Yingwu came to the school to find Guan Xiaodie again. Song Yuehua was already angry, but when she saw him, she thought it was bad luck and sighed heavily.
"Hey..." Baozi was about to step forward to stand up for the injustice.
Unexpectedly, Guan Yingwu crossed his arms and laughed, "See? She's angry. Her face is twisted with anger."
Baozi quickly responded, "Second Master is wise!"
Although it is not possible to add more cotton fields for the time being, we can only raise more piglets.
Another 50 pigs can be slaughtered by the end of this month, and the remaining 50 will have to wait until next year. This time, Song Yuehua plans to buy 100 piglets.
Liu Xue said helplessly, "Master, if this happens, we won't have enough manpower."
Originally, the number of pigs had been controlled at 100 to ensure the health and hygiene of each pig. This time, there were two fewer people in the compound, and the work was shared among everyone, so it was manageable.
If we raise 50 more pigs, we definitely won’t have enough manpower.
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "As for the manpower issue, I'll talk to Dafu. When the pigs are sold, you can go and ask Aunt Qin to pick 100 more. When the time comes, tell the pig farmer in advance so he can keep some for himself."
Liu Xue sighed and said, "If we can raise a sow to give birth, we can save a lot of money."
"After these piglets grow up, we will buy another batch of sows to raise next year," said Song Yuehua.
After the cotton harvest was over, Liu Xue asked, "Are we going to slaughter pigs again this year?"
In the whole village, Hu Jinshui was the only one who knew how to butcher pigs. A trace of discomfort flashed across Liu Xue's face. Last time she rejected Hu Jinshui, neither of them was happy in the end.
Song Yuehua shook her head and said, "No need, let's kill them after the New Year. I've prepared the cotton and will give some to the farmhands. I'll prepare some food for them in the next few days as a reward."
After the cotton is sold, I will wait until the land is prepared and I can plant potatoes again. It just so happens that I have all the potato seeds left.
The birthdays of Dabao and Xiaobao are in a few days, so Song Yuehua doesn't worry about what gifts to get them. Today, she went to the county town to exchange four gold ingots.
The 50 taels from Gouwazi plus the 350 taels, minus the saved gold ingots and silver bracelets, the total cash in the house is 878 taels of silver.
The 3rd birthday of Dabao and Xiaobao was celebrated one day in advance.
Because Xie Wenwu was working for the Guan family now, he could only sneak back the night before to bake a cake for the two of them. He originally wanted to bake the cake and let the two little ones eat it the next day.
Song Yuehua felt that Xiaoyu would never come back, and Xie Wenwu had finally come back, so she simply spent the night there.
The big and small treasures still can’t remember the date very well, but they certainly won’t forget the time when they had a sneaky birthday when they were three years old.
Late in the evening, the whole family brought cakes with smiles on their faces as gifts to the two confused little ones.
Song Yuehua put a gold ingot into each of the four small jars.
Now the four siblings each have four gold ingots in their small jars.
When the next day came, Song Yuehua had no intention of being perfunctory and still cooked a table full of meals for the two little ones. The whole family ate happily.
Dabao picked up a piece of meat and ate it until his mouth was full of oil. Thinking of the cake from last night, he asked, "Big sister, have you celebrated your birthday yet?"
"It's still going on," Song Yuehua said as she picked up a glutinous rice meatball and gave it to him, "It's over today, and that's it."
Dabao asked again, "Will the wish come true?"
Song Yuehua was a little curious about what wishes Dabao and Xiaobao made.
Dabao looked at Song Yuehua pitifully and said, "I don't want to go to school..."
Song Yuehua, "..."
"What wish did Xiaobao make?" Song Yuehua turned to ask Xiaobao directly.
Xiao Bao pursed his lips and said seriously, "I don't want to take Master Duan's class..."
Song Yuehua sighed heavily, "You have to know that in life, not everything you want will come true. For example, your birthday wish will definitely not come true."
Xie Yu on the opposite side couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Dabao suddenly said excitedly, "I'll take Xiaobao's place at Master Duan's class, and Xiaobao will take my place at Sister Xie's. Isn't that good?"
Xie Yu really couldn't hold it in any longer, so he turned to the side and laughed breathlessly.
Song Yuehua suddenly felt that there was something in Dabao's brain.
"no."
After being rejected, the two little ones looked a little depressed.
After dinner, Song Yuehua received the letter that Xiaoyu had asked someone to bring back from Qingzhou, as well as birthday gifts for Dabao and Xiaobao. They were two small purses, both made of blue cloth, one with a lamb embroidered on it and the other with a rabbit embroidered on it.
There is also a peace amulet inside that was obtained from a temple in Qingzhou.
Song Yuehua asked Xiaobao and Dabao to choose for themselves. Xiaobao chose the lamb and Dabao chose the rabbit.
Although birthday wishes cannot be fulfilled, at least they can make their day happy.
After the cotton was picked, there was still a lot of work to do. Among the ten temporary workers that Zhou Dafu found, only six were finally kept.
Five of them are from Caiyun Village.
Although Song Yuehua was open-minded about the departure of his subordinates Chen Mao and Su Youtian, Zhou Dafu was still brooding over it.
Therefore, he was extremely cautious when recruiting this time.
Caiyun Village is the village of Zhou Dafu's father-in-law. This time, he specially asked Lin Lizheng to pick more than ten people with good character.
Among the six people who stayed behind, there were two women, and all of them were assigned to the main courtyard.
One of them was a woman named Luo Si'er and the other was a girl named Dao Xiaoyi.
Dao Xiaoyi was only 14 years old. Zhou Dafu was afraid that Song Yuehua might misunderstand him, so he explained, "This Dao Xiaoyi was waiting for me in Caiyun Village by herself. I just happened to meet her this time. I saw that although she was young, she was very strong, so I accepted her. I also paid special attention to her when she was working. This girl is really capable. If the boss is worried, you can go and take a look yourself."
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