The next day, the uncle didn't come, but the second uncle and the brothers Yang Zhao and Yang Hui came. Yang Xu and Yang Xin didn't come either. Xiang Nan even thought of asking the brothers to dig up pinellia for her.
.
Yesterday, the three of them dug most of the bamboo in the field. Xiang Jin initially estimated that it weighed at least three or four kilograms. She tasted the benefits, so she asked the two brothers why they didn't come.
Yang Zhao said, "They also went to dig potato seeds today."
"Ah? They also went to dig?" Xiang Nan showed a surprised expression, and then complained, "True taught the apprentice to starve to death, the master, these two boys are so heartless, they actually started a fight themselves
Xiao Jiujiu, hum!"
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at her angrily, "How do you teach me how to dig potato seeds? What kind of master are you? If you can dig up potato seeds and sell them for money, then why can't others dig them up and make money?"
Is it okay? If you don’t help you dig, you have no conscience? What kind of truth is that? Why should they give you work for nothing? Xiang Nan, don’t be too unreasonable and overbearing? "
Xiang Nan muttered and looked short of breath, "I'm just talking casually, how can I be unreasonable and overbearing?"
Xiang Jin just stared at her, "Just talking? If you didn't think that in your heart, would you say that?"
Xiang Nan remained silent, and Xiang Jin educated her with a serious expression, "Xiang Nan, I'm warning you, if you have such thoughts again in the future, how will I deal with you?"
"I know, I know," the little girl stuck out her tongue and complained, "You only know how to educate me all day long!"
Xiang Jin's cold eyes stared at her, and the little girl quickly shut her mouth and ran out quickly.
Yang Zhao smiled and walked up to her and said, "Sister Jin, I didn't expect you to be so strict?"
Xiang Jin said, "No?"
Yang Zhao nodded, "Yes, why not? If you don't believe me, ask my brother?"
Then Xiang Jin looked at Yang Hui who was standing aside, and Yang Hui nodded, "You are a little stricter than before. You didn't seem to be so fierce before. Maybe we didn't have much contact before, so when you were strict
We didn’t see it either.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "It won't work if I don't have to be strict, otherwise it will be bad if she develops a temperament in which everyone should take it for granted that I am selfish."
Yang Hui and Yang Zhao nodded, and then they went to shell the corn together. The main purpose of their visit today was to help her aunts shell all the corn.
Xiang Jin fetched them a set of equipment for shucking corn, and then she gave them a demonstration. Both of them were very excited and started shucking corn together with a few others.
After a while, several people each peeled a big bucketful of corn kernels and took them out. Then brothers Yang Hui and Yang Zhao carried them to the head of the courtyard to dry them in the sun.
Because of the lessons learned from the sudden heavy rain last time, Xiang Jin later became more thoughtful, that is, she later cut two large pieces of oilcloth at the supply and marketing cooperative.
So before pouring the corn into the dam head to dry, Xiang Jin had already spread one of the oilcloths on the ground, and then poured the corn on the oilcloth to dry, so that even if a heavy rain suddenly came, they would
There is no need to panic or be anxious.
Because then they only need to pull and fold the four corners of the oilcloth toward the middle, so that the corn kernels can be quickly concentrated in the middle and blocked by the four corners of the oilcloth, even if it is a few days later.
The heavy rain at night is not afraid of getting the corn inside wet, and then it will sprout.
After Xiang Jin spread the corn kernels on the oilcloth to dry, she peeled them for a while, which took about half an hour, and then she went to make lunch.
There were no outsiders in the house. The craftsmen were Aunt Liao’s brothers and nephews, and they were also their relatives, so at noon, Xiang Jin took the dried seafood that Grandma Mo and the others had brought to their family.
After cooking it, I stewed a winter melon and pork ribs soup, stir-fried a vegetable and mixed it with a three-fresh vermicelli.
There were still two tables occupied at noon, but everyone was quite happy and satisfied with their meal.
After the meal, Xiang Jin was clearing away the dishes in the kitchen, and Aunt Liao gave her the bag of dried sea fish that Grandma Mo had given her last time, and told her to make hers later.
Xiang Jin was surprised for a moment, and then Aunt Liao said, "We are not outsiders anyway. The most important thing is that your cooking is delicious. Aunt Liao is too clumsy to make it taste like yours, and even wastes the food."
Xiang Jin was not polite to her and happily accepted her kindness.
As the sun set in the afternoon, Ai Chaoyun and Dengwei's father and son came down to the bay. By then, the second uncle and Yang Hui brothers, as well as Aunt Liao's brothers and nephews from her mother's family had already gone back after dinner.
Xiang Jin and his sisters were harvesting corn at the head of the courtyard.
Aunt Liao took the broom and dustpan from Xiang Jin's hand and said, "Go ahead and leave this to me. Your fathers must have something to do with you."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then she and her mother walked towards the father and son.
Her mother first politely asked the father and son if they had eaten.
Denwei's father also replied politely, saying that they had already eaten.
Then Yang Juyun nodded, and then asked Xiang Jin bluntly, "Has Dengwei's father already calculated how many trees our family will need to make the remaining furniture?"
Dengwei's father nodded, "Well, I figured it out."
The mother and daughter followed them and welcomed them to the street eaves. Then her mother took out two small stools from the house and handed them to them to sit on. Then Denwei took out a large notebook paper with some densely written words on it.
handwriting.
"The one above is a rough tree root tree that I calculated, and the one below is a specific quantity of wood. At that time, you can consider whether to find someone to sell trees in Wantou, or go directly to
Go to the lumber shop in town and sell lumber directly.”
Then Xiang Jin asked, "What's the difference?"
Then Dengwei's father analyzed the pros and cons of each for her, "If you directly find someone to buy trees in Baytou, everything else can be ignored, but this tree is alive. If you want to change the board, you still have to
Let it dry for a while.
At least all the water in the wood must be evaporated, otherwise the modified trapezoidal board will be easily deformed during the drying process.
The advantage of buying live trees for sawing in Wan Tou is that you can get some firewood, such as cypress branches, cypress bark, etc.
If you buy wood directly in the town, the advantage is that the wood is dry wood. You don’t need to dry it again and can be used to make furniture directly. However, the disadvantage is that the price is definitely higher than if you buy live trees directly.
It’s more expensive. After all, we are doing business, and since they handle everything directly, we always have to charge some crafting and labor fees, right?”
Xiang Jin nodded, "I understand this, but I don't know what the price between them is?"
Although Lao Xiang's family stole the trees on their hillside to sell them last time, they didn't know the price of the live trees, so they had to ask the experts like them.
Yang Juyun also nodded vigorously. She also wanted to know the price of the live tree and the price of buying dry wood. After all, they might have to buy lattice and purlins later, so she wanted to do it.
a budget.
Then Dengwei's father told them separately, and Xiang Jin thought about it for a while. Although live trees are cheap and can be burned with some firewood, this will also delay the construction period. Another point is that if the live trees are cut,
Sometimes people will be hired to move the trees.
To ask for help, at least you have to prepare a table with decent food and drinks for others. The last time they asked someone to break corn, she still spent fifty or sixty yuan on food for that day.
Although it is natural to ask people to help with work and cook a good meal for others, the most important thing is that you owe them a favor.
She has never been a person who likes to trouble others, especially if she owes favors. Generally, she tries her best to handle things that she can handle herself.
Furthermore, in this current family, there are only three of them in total, and she and Xiang Nan are still minors. Her body and bones have not grown well yet, so she is determined not to do more heavy work. She still
Want to grow taller? In her previous life, she was 1.68 meters tall. If not 1.68 meters in this life, she must be at least 1.65 meters tall, right?
This family owes a favor, and her mother will have to pay it back by herself. How can she pay it back?
Although dry wood is a bit more expensive, the good thing is that you can use it directly after buying it. This not only saves the construction period, but also does not need to owe anyone favors, so Xiang Jin thinks it is better to go directly to the town to buy dry wood, and she does the same.
She told her mother and Dengwei's father, and then she asked Dengwei's father how many companies in the town were currently buying lumber? Which streets were they on? She said it would be good to go and have a look at them then.
Dengwei told her, and also introduced to her the personalities of the bosses of several of them, which one was more stingy, which one was easier to talk to, which one had fair prices, etc. After learning about it, Xiang Jin thanked him and followed Ai
Denwei and his son got up and went home.
Then Yang Juyun pulled Xiang Jin and asked, "Why did you decide to buy dry wood? Is dry wood more expensive than buying live trees?"
Then Xiang Jin analyzed it with her and then said, "If you have the skills to return favors everywhere, you might as well sell your braised vegetables on the street. Then the extra kilograms of braised vegetables will make up for the price difference.
Then you don’t have to be so tired. You said you return favors everywhere, so aren’t you tired from work?”
Yang Juyun frowned and thought about it seriously, then said, "That's true, but can we really open that shop by then?"
Xiang Jin rolled her eyes in the sky angrily, "With me here, what can't be done?" With the current level of cooking skills of these people here, she really has that confidence!
You know, even Yan Chen's grandparents praised her cooking skills. She is a mayor and the mayor's wife, so doesn't she have more delicious food than these ordinary people?