Chapter 123 Children who help with work
Meeting Su Tai's expectant gaze, Shen Yi's original intention of teasing her was gone, and he nodded with a smile, "It's unexpectedly good, all sold out.
As soon as I arrived at the river today, I saw a few people waiting to take the boat. They smelled the smell and kept asking. I said it was the food sold at our house. Hold it in, spend money and buy it all.
Some people also asked how to make it, but I didn't hide it. The important thing is the seasoning and stuffing anyway, and they couldn't figure it out.
When I arrived in Dahe Town, I went to the same place as yesterday to set up a stall. As soon as I put the rattan basket there, people passing by asked about it, and everyone followed suit. After a while, several people gathered around my small stall, and even Shopkeeper Li came out to take a look. lively.
He also cheered and bought one of each kind, saying that he wanted to try the taste. Unexpectedly, he rushed out less than two quarters of an hour after leaving and insisted on wrapping up all the remaining pot helmets in our house. He said that they were available in the store. Several guests were asking.
I was in a hurry to start the boat, so I sold it all to him. I didn't know how he would sell it. "
Su Tai nodded thoughtfully, "That's okay. If shopkeeper Li can buy some from you every day, we can make more money."
Today I have a small amount of 200 fen, including the 40 fen earned from punting, it is about 240 fen, which can be deducted from the wages of Huang Xinghua and the others, and can also save some money. At least the daily expenses of the family are enough.
"I think so too. Tomorrow we will prepare the same quantity as today. We will wait and see what happens with Shopkeeper Li." Shen Yida said.
Su Tai thought the same thing. When she came to her senses, she found that Shen Yi was already sitting in the vegetable field. He took out a few grape seedlings from the pot in a few seconds. With a shovel, there was a big pit. In a few breaths, the ground was broken. Three or four big holes appeared in it.
Then the fruit seedlings were thrown into the pit one by one, filled with soil, and four grape seedlings were planted.
Su Tai was shocked by the speed of his work. She swallowed hard, turned around and left wisely, "I'll go to the kitchen to cook you something delicious."
When Shen Yi saw her running away, he couldn't help but smile and frown, and continued working with his head down.
Without Su Tai by his side, he became more agile in his movements. He dug out a row of pits in one go, picked up the fruit seedlings and threw them in one by one, filled them with soil, and lifted water for irrigation, all in one go.
Sixty fruit seedlings were planted in less than an hour.
Seeing that it was getting late, he left the vegetable field.
The next day, after he went out, Huang Xinghua came with her eldest son Shen Dagou and her second daughter Chenxiang.
Su Tai saw question marks on their foreheads.
Huang Xinghua pushed her children forward and smiled shyly, "Shen Yi went to my house and asked me to call someone to help you plant fruit seedlings before going out. It just so happens that my two children can work, Shen Yi Agree, I will bring them here.”
Chen Xiang said nervously: "Sister Su Tai, although I am still young, I work very quickly."
Shen Dagou didn't show any weakness, "I can carry two buckets of water at a time."
Su Tai couldn't help but laugh when she saw them like this, "Okay, then you can stay and help me work today."
Huang Xinghua breathed a sigh of relief, quickly let the two children into the yard, and continued working in the fields.
This was the first time for the two children to come to Su Tai. Seeing the high courtyard walls and the clean and tidy yard, they seemed particularly cramped.
Su Tai asked them to come in and sit for a while, but they didn't want to. They only wanted to work.
She didn't force herself and led the two of them through the small door behind the stove house to the vegetable field.
"Today your job is to transplant the remaining grape seedlings. Just dig a hole, bury the seedlings and water them. It's not difficult."
The two stepped forward to look at it and nodded. Shen Dagou picked up the shovel and shoveled the soil, and Chen Xiang was responsible for removing the grape seedlings from their pots and transplanting them. The two cooperated very well. Su Tai looked at it for a while and then nodded with satisfaction and left.
Without Su Tai watching from the side, the brother and sister breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly speeded up. In one morning, the brother and sister had transplanted eighty seeds, and they could just stay busy for a while longer in the afternoon.
At this time, Su Tai came over to invite them both to eat.
They both shook their heads.
Su Tai suddenly said without resisting: "You come to work for my sister. It's natural for my sister to care about your food. It's not big fish or meat. You don't need to see me. If you don't come, I will bring it to you personally." ”
The brother and sister were then obedient and followed her out.
After they washed their hands and cooked on the stone bench in the yard, Su Tai immediately brought two bowls of goat milk and a plate of rough noodle pot helmets, all filled with pickled pork and vegetables and something sweet.
The two of them were a little overwhelmed when they saw such a rich meal.
Su Tai explained: "Our family raises two goats, and the goat milk is enough every day. If you want to decorate it later, the pot helmets are specially made by your elder brother Shen Yi and sold on the boat. I am impatient to cook, so I will eat them." You can also try these ready-made ones.”
"Thank you, Sister Su Tai." The brother and sister thanked each other before starting to eat.
After just one bite, the two of them were conquered by Guokui and couldn't stop eating. When they burped, they realized that the bottom of the plate of Guokui was bottomed out, and they both blushed in embarrassment.
Su Tai didn't care and prepared some camellia water for them to quench their thirst.
The brother and sister drank some water and hurried back to work.
The rest of the work was done in just an hour.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Su Tai immediately loaded them with goat milk and a few rough noodle pot helmets prepared in advance, which also contained their wages.
The brother and sister had a hearty meal at Su Tai's place, and even got goat's milk and pot helmets. They didn't even dare to think about getting any wages.
It was Mrs. Chen who found something in the oil paper bag when she was groping around and took it out.
When Shen Mu and Huang Xinghua came back when it was getting dark, Mrs. Chen quickly explained the situation, "Shen Yi's wife is too polite. She not only gave the two children food but also paid them wages."
One of the couple went to check the things, and the other called the two children over for questioning.
Chen Xiang spoke sharply and immediately told everything that happened to Su Tai today, "Sister Su Tai said that there are sheep at home and there is no shortage of goat milk, so she packed some for us. That pot helmet is Brother Shen Yi's We made it and put it on the fishing boat to sell, and kept extra at home. Sister Su Tai asked us to bring some back for our family to try.
We didn’t want wages, it was grandma who found out. "
Mrs. Chen nodded, "I counted it, it's sixty cents! It's the same as my daughter-in-law's wages."
Huang Xinghua hurriedly said: "Mom, the food they ate today cost several pennies! No, I have to pay back my wages tomorrow. We can't take advantage of others just because they have good conditions."
She took over the job for her children today because she wanted to save some food for the family and give the children a full meal. She never thought about letting them earn wages.
Chen Mu nodded, "My mother is right, we can't keep taking advantage of others. Now my mother gets thirty cents a day, which is much better than in previous years. We can't be too greedy."
Mrs. Chen said: "I think so too, so I have packed up all the money and Xinghua will take it with her tomorrow."