After returning home, Song Yuehua started to get busy.
First, we have to deal with these two baskets of bamboo shoots.
A few younger ones were responsible for peeling the bamboo shoots, while Song Yuehua was responsible for slicing them. After slicing, they were blanched in water, and then taken out and placed on a winnowing basket to dry.
This year, Song Yuehua had plenty of time, so she made a lot of dried mushrooms, dried black fungus, dried bamboo shoots, dried vegetables, and pickled vegetables.
Excluding the part I eat myself, I can sell it for quite a bit of silver when winter comes.
The family now has a total of 46 taels of silver. Song Yuehua plans to dig a well, which will not only be convenient, but also save the time of fetching water every day.
I remember that Zhou Dafu said at that time that the shallow well was 12 taels and the deep well was 25 taels.
For long-term planning, Song Yuehua wanted to dig a deep well so that if there was a drought, her family would have some extra support.
I have to save some money in the future as dowries for Xiaoyu and Xiaobao.
Xiaoyu is eight years old this year. Here girls usually get married at the age of sixteen.
Song Yuehua was thinking, see if she can stay until she is 18, then save more money, buy a few acres of land, and buy some more jewelry. It would not be a bad thing to have more dowry.
Just as she was calculating the money for Dabao's future studies and the dowries for Xiaobao and Xiaoyu, and was feeling a little sleepy, there was a knock on the door outside.
When he opened the door, he saw that it was the woman from the daytime, Liu Meiniang.
Liu Meiniang was a widow in the village. Five or six years ago, she married her daughter to a family surnamed Bai in the village.
After giving birth to a son with a man from the Bai family, her husband died of illness, and her mother-in-law followed soon after. Now there is only a widow with two children in the family.
Everyone in the village said that Widow Liu had a hard life and was unlucky in her husband and family, so not many people came to visit her.
Liu Meiniang and Song Yuehua never even spoke a word to each other.
Song Yuehua looked up and saw Liu Meiniang wrapped in a black robe, which wrapped her whole body tightly, leaving only her fair and tender face exposed.
"Is there something?" Song Yuehua asked.
Liu Meiniang looked unnatural, and said in a flattering tone, "Daya, that... during the day... "
Song Yuehua said, "I am busy from morning till night every day. I don't have time to chat with others, and I won't do so in the future. If there are any rumors, they must have nothing to do with me."
Liu Meiniang said nothing.
"Anything else?" Song Yuehua asked.
Liu Meiniang hesitated for a long time before saying, "Daya, can you promise not to tell?"
Song Yuehua just wanted to go back to sleep quickly, so she said patiently, "I promise!"
After saying that, he closed the door.
No one knew about this little episode that happened that night except Song Yuehua.
I originally thought that this matter was over.
The next day.
Song Yuehua was throwing manure into the vegetable field when an unexpected person came over.
"Daya, are all these lands yours?" Liu Xue asked in surprise.
Liu Xue is the daughter of Liu Meiniang and her ex-husband.
The two of them had no dealings with each other before, so how could Song Yuehua not know why he came to her this time?
"These lands are mine, so I'm really busy. There's no need for me to come here again and again to ask." After Song Yuehua said this, she threw out another bucket of manure.
Liu Xue's mouth twitched and she stepped back, but she still smiled and said, "Daya, can you handle this normally? How about I come and help you?"
"Do you know how to fertilize the land?" Song Yuehua asked.
Liu Xue stuttered for a moment and said stubbornly, "I can learn."
"Okay then!" Song Yuehua decisively handed her the ladle and pointed to the large vat and manure pit in front. "The water is there, and the manure is there. Remember, add 1 ladle of manure to 8 ladle of water. After mixing evenly, you can sprinkle it on the ground. This piece of land and the one next to it are all up to you."
After saying that, Song Yuehua went home.
After all, it was her own vegetable garden. When she got home, Song Yuehua set up a ladder and leaned over the wall to look at it.
Liu Xue was very disgusted at first, pinching her nose and staying away from her.
I don't know if she came to her senses later or her nose was out of control, but she numbly poured, stirred, and picked up manure, and watered all the plots of land pointed out to her.
"Oh..." Song Yuehua was also helpless.
Even though she said she would keep it a secret, he still didn't believe her. He had to let his beautiful daughter pour manure on her before he would believe her.
Originally, I just wanted Liu Xue to give up, but I didn't expect her to be so stubborn.
At this point, she couldn't let him go back smelling so bad, so she invited him in and helped him wash his face.
"I know your mother sent you here because she was worried. Go back and tell her that we have no grudges against each other, so I will never say anything nonsense outside. Let her be at ease, okay?" Song Yuehua reiterated.
I don't know if Liu Xue heard it or not. I just saw her squatting by the well, washing several basins of water and rubbing her hands hard.
After rubbing for a long time, Liu Xue smelled the smell on her body and said to Song Yuehua with a sad face, "Daya, please, let me take a bath, otherwise people will think I fell into a cesspool."
Song Yuehua, "..."
In the end, Liu Xue not only took a bath, but also took a soak in it.
Her original clothes were all full of the smell of manure. After taking a shower, she put on Song Yuehua's clothes. The two of them were about the same size, so only Song Yuehua's clothes could be lent to her.
While wiping her hair, Liu Xue said, "Daya, why don't you make some bright-colored clothes? This fabric is good, but the color makes me look old."
Song Yuehua sneered and said, "This color can't be seen even if it's splashed with shit."
Liu Xue, "..."
Seeing her frustrated look, Song Yuehua felt a little relieved.
After cleaning up, Liu Xue explained, "My mother asked me to come here, but I also want to get to know you."
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