Everyone in the compound has finished dinner, but Tan Xiuxiu has not returned home yet. She is now in the yard listening to Liu Xue reading a storybook.
"The woman took out a house deed and said to the unfaithful man with a proud look on her face, 'The house has been bought by my son, and you should get out now!'"
"good!"
Dao Xiaoyi led the applause.
Everyone in the yard also started clapping.
When Liu Xue looked up, she saw Song Yuehua leading Dabao in. She stood up quickly and said in surprise, "Master!"
Other people in the courtyard also looked over. Tan Xiuxiu and Dao Xiaoyi ran over excitedly, "Boss!"
"Boss, you're lucky enough to be in time. The cotton should be harvested tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," said Qin Xiuxiu.
Liu Xue asked Zuo Chunniang to boil some water, and the others came over to talk to Song Yuehua.
Song Yuehua looked at Liu Xue with a smile, "You are becoming more and more literate now."
"There's not much I can read. It just so happens that the words in this book have all been taught in Bai Shu." Liu Xue said a little embarrassedly.
Song Yuehua said, "That's good too. It's always fun to have something to do every day. I'll find some more storybooks some other day, and you can read them to them if you like."
Tan Xiuxiu asked, "Can those families living outside come over to listen, too?"
Song Yuehua looked at Liu Xue.
"Sure. We can go to the playground and read the storybook while enjoying the cool air. If you want to listen, just bring a stool over and listen." Liu Xue said generously.
Tan Xiuxiu nodded and said, "Then I'll go find Grandma Xi and make some mosquito repellent bags."
The rest of the people went back to their rooms. Song Yuehua asked the two of them to go to the dining hall to have tea and learn about the recent situation in the compound.
Liu Xue poured tea while talking, "Those 50 pigs were taken away a few days ago, and they were sold for a total of 320 taels. I went with Aunt Qin to pick out 100 piglets, and they were all brought in yesterday. The pig pen was also fumigated with wormwood. The first two meals of pig food were cooked by Grandma Xi. I'll take you to see it later."
Song Yuehua asked Dabao to sit next to her and said to Liu Xue, "It's a good arrangement."
Tan Xiuxiu also talked about the cotton fields. "Since the boss left, Dafu has come to the mountain every day to help look after the cotton fields. We originally planned to start picking tomorrow."
"We have also arranged the manpower. Master Yi will give the students three days off. After the students go back, Xiaoxue will also transfer a few people to help out. I have also included the working hours of the students' parents."
"The women of the long-term workers living in the townhouses also wanted to come and help. Although they said they didn't want any wages, I still felt it was not good, so I discussed with Xiaoxue and asked them to come and work for a few days."
This way, there are enough people to pick cotton.
Song Yuehua asked, "How many people are there in total in those houses in the townhouses?"
"There are a total of eight people who came to look for me." Tan Xiuxiu said.
Song Yuehua said, "If you are short of people, you can ask them to do short-term work, and they will be paid per day."
Before coming to the compound, Song Yuehua and Dabao took a walk around the cotton fields in Dongshan.
The cotton was well taken care of, and Tan Xiuxiu must have put a lot of effort into it.
Dao Xiaoyi brought over some hot tea and asked, "Boss, my mother wants to ask if you guys would like some sweet soup?"
In fact, Song Yuehua hasn't eaten the brown sugar eggs at home for a long time.
"Is there any brown sugar left?" Song Yuehua asked.
Dao Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Yes."
"I made mung bean soup to help everyone cool down, and bought a lot of brown sugar." Liu Xue said.
Song Yuehua said, "Then let's cook a bowl of brown sugar eggs for everyone."
After that, he looked down at Dabao and asked, "How many eggs would you like to eat, Dabao?"
Dabao thought for a moment and said, "3."
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Then I want 5."
After that, he looked at the two of them and said, "Don't be polite. We have so many chickens and they lay so many eggs. We can eat as much as we want tonight."
Liu Xue said, "Cook two for me."
"One egg is enough for me," said Tan Xiuxiu, stroking her belly. "I'm not being polite. I'm really afraid of overeating."
Before Dao Xiaoyi could say anything, Song Yuehua said, "You have a big appetite, eat more."
"How can I..." Dao Xiaoyi was embarrassed, "Then I'll just eat more."
After saying that, Dao Xiaoyi ran back to the kitchen with a smile.
Song Yuehua asked them again if there was anything else happening in the village this month.
Tan Xiuxiu said, "The 25 mu of rice fields have already started to be harvested these days, and it just happened to collide with the cotton fields here."
"Aunt Tang and Aunt Zhang want to ask for leave?" Song Yuehua asked.
Liu Xue said, "I've asked them about this. Not everyone can take on the work in the compound. The Zhang family plans to exchange jobs with the villagers. The two aunts can take turns to take two days off, and that's about it."
"This is good," Song Yuehua said, "It's not good to delay either end. Now that I'm back, I can have more free time."
Liu Xue smiled and said, "That's right, Master can do the job of several people by himself."
Song Yuehua, "..."
Several people laughed when Song Yuehua asked her if there was anything else on Dongshan Mountain.
Tan Xiuxiu said, "There's nothing serious going on in Dongshan. There was some friction between a few families in the townhouses. Last time my father-in-law came to help, he happened to run into them and scolded them a few times, which made them behave themselves."
"Townhouse?" Song Yuehua asked, "What friction?"
Tan Xiuxiu had originally intended to just briefly mention it, as it wasn't a good thing in the first place, but since Song Yuehua asked, she would just briefly talk about it.
The rest of the people who were assigned to the townhouses brought their wives and children or their mothers with them, except Wang Gangzi, who brought his father with him.
Wang's father is in poor health and cannot work, but he lives a good life with Wang Gangzi taking care of him.
Wang Gangzi has been working in Dongshan in recent years. He has no worries about food and accommodation. He has saved a lot of money and also wants to marry a wife.
Except for Wu Datou, all the people living in the townhouse have wives and children, so Wang Gangzi is naturally envious.
So he asked a matchmaker named Tang to find a marriage for him.
The woman's surname was Wu. She wasn't very pretty, but she was an honest person.
Both of them were very satisfied with each other, so they returned to their hometown to get married during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and after the marriage, they moved into the townhouse.
Originally the newlyweds were getting along fine, but his father-in-law also lived there.
Some of the foul-mouthed people started saying dirty things about the new bride's father-in-law. Wu was not good at speaking, so she went back to her room and wiped her tears quietly.
Wang Gangzi couldn't stand his newly married wife suffering such an injustice, so he rushed over and started fighting with the man.
"Who is talking nonsense there?" Song Yuehua asked.
Tan Xiuxiu looked embarrassed, "It's Jiang Cai."
Jiang Cai was someone who came from Qin Xiuxiu's mother's family. Now that he had done such a mess, she felt ashamed.
"Just take action," Song Yuehua said, "If you just sit there and keep silent, you'd be a real bastard."
After hearing what Song Yuehua said, Liu Xue nodded and said, "That's right."
In fact, these are all minor problems.
Wang Gangzi has worked in Dongshan for a long time and has always been an honest man. His life is getting better and better now, and Song Yuehua is happy for him.
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