As usual, the couple got out of the car and headed straight to the place where the medicinal materials were collected. The herbal medicines sold this time were similar to the last time, costing more than fifty yuan, but this time they had an extra half a summer's worth of income.
, as much as twelve pieces.
Xiang Jin was still very satisfied. This Pinellia ternata was indeed valuable. She had just dug out a small bag, and it was still alive. It seemed that she would dig more Pinellia ternata in the future. Taking advantage of the summer vacation, she still had
time.
Because it would take two days for the craftsman to come, they did not buy meat this time because they had not put it away for a long time. When the craftsman came, they could still have a meal of bacon the day before. Her grandmothers still gave them the meat last time.
Yes, after a few days, the craftsmen officially started to work and she would come to the street to cut meat.
But Xiang Jin still went to Xinhua Bookstore and bought a box of red ink pad. Yang Juyun asked her, "Why did you buy this?"
Xiang Jin told her, "Mom, don't we have to pay those people for labor and materials? I will write a payment note to each of them, and then while paying them, let them
One person puts a red fingerprint on it.
This red fingerprint is legally binding, so you don’t have to worry about someone who has clearly paid money from us, but then turns around and says that we didn’t pay them. This is to avoid trouble in the future.”
Yang Juyun said, "Yeah, no?"
Xiang Jin said, "Be careful of the ship that sails for ten thousand years, right? I also hope that those people are reasonable, but sometimes we still have to do it. After all, it is always good to leave evidence in our hands. Just in case,
What if you happen to meet that kind of person?"
Yang Juyun pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Okay!"
Then the mother and daughter went straight to the bank, where they withdrew several hundred yuan and went home directly.
On the morning of the third day, Sun Shijiang and the others did indeed drag the stones. The tractor ran back and forth many times. Just as Xiang Jin and the others had guessed before, it was indeed going to hit Aunt Cai'er's land on the mountain.
There are some corn seedlings inside.
So before the tractor passed through that field for the first time, Xiang Jin and the others went out to invite Master Rui Bin and Aunt Cai'er from the mountain to come down to the bay, and in front of them they counted those who had been run over by the tractor.
The number of corn stalks will be paid to them directly from the corn growing in their flooded fields.
Aunt Cai'er said, "Oh, you can't be so polite. Just crush them. You have to call us here to count them. It's so weird!"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Hey, sister, it should be, it should be. It's not easy for everyone to grow crops. How can you say that if you crush it, it will be crushed? You should pay for it."
Then the two old ladies stood aside and started to set up the dragon gate formation, while Xiang Jin and her mother each took a machete and a hoe to chop down the crushed corn stalks.
This is firstly convenient for the tractor to pass behind, and secondly, because there are still some young corns hanging on the corn stalks, they can break off the corns and peel them to cook porridge. The third one is to cut back the corn stalks.
Feed the cows.
It would be too wasteful to keep it lying on the ground waiting for the tractor to crush it back and forth.
The two women chopped off the corn stalks and took them aside. Then they broke off the corn stalks one by one, and finally broke off a whole basket.
How can they finish eating so much corn? Moreover, the corn is not stored. It only lasts for two or three days at most, and then it will be old and no longer taste good.
So Xiang Jin and the others stuffed more than a dozen bags for Aunt Cai'er to take home for dinner, and then gave some to a few people with good connections in Wantou, such as Grandma Mo's family, and Xiang from Wantou.
Mr. Liu and his family, as well as Xiang Bingchong and his family, finally asked her grandmothers to take some back in the evening.
The next day, when her grandparents came, they brought a dog with them. The dog was called Hucai. It was not an ordinary small rural Shiba Inu. It was a bit tall and fierce. It seemed that it had the blood of a wolf dog.
Anyway, Xiang Jin didn't dare to get close, but Xiang Jin was very satisfied, because its tall and powerful appearance was very intimidating, and he would feel more at ease when the building materials for their home were dragged there.
She decided that the next time she went to the market, she would buy some bone sticks for it and treat it well first, so that it could serve their family well in the future.
Xiang Jin took out the drawing and handed it to Sun Shijiang and said that their house should be built like this.
After Shijiang Sun and others saw her design drawings, they were all surprised, "You want to repair it like this? No one has ever repaired it like this before?"
"Well, just follow the repairs on my drawings, so when you are laying the foundation, you should also follow the steps on my drawings," and then she told them the specific direction and back of their house in front of them.
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After Shijiang Sun glanced at the location she mentioned, he was immediately surprised, "Do you know anything about geography?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I don't know anything about geography, but I think it should be built like this to look good, because I will also plant some flowers, plants and trees around our house, so I
I think the location should be adjusted better.”
Mr. Sun Shijiang nodded, "Well, the location you decided is very good."
After proper communication, everyone started to work.
When the work was about to end in the afternoon, Xiang Jin and her mother went to the construction site with a small notebook, pens and ink pads. Then, in the bamboo shed there, they collected everyone’s previous wages, as well as the wages of the past two days.
They paid for the stones they hauled.
They were all surprised. They thought they would have to settle the bill after the house was repaired, or it would have to be delayed for a while. They didn't expect the settlement to be settled so quickly, so everyone was very happy.
Xiang Jin said, "It is not easy for everyone to work, so we don't want to owe you the price of labor and materials. As long as you do the work for us well, we will not owe you the price of labor."
Now I will call someone, and everyone will come in and settle the bill. Also, please help me sign this settlement book to show that you have all received the payment, and we have settled the settlement for you."
Then everyone said, "This is no problem, this is no problem."
After everyone lined up, Xiang Jin called out, "Sun Youzhi."
"Coming, coming!" Sun Youzhi hurried forward.
Xiang Jin pointed to the numbers on the notebook, "You worked for a total of thirteen and a half days. If you calculate it as a full day, it would be six and a half days, right?"
Sun Youzhi nodded, "Yes!"
Xiang Jin added, "According to the originally agreed labor price, which is five yuan a day for a big job, the total is thirty-two and a half cents, right?"
Sun Youzhi nodded again, "Yes, yes."
Xiang Jin asked her mother to count thirty-three yuan and give it to them. When the other party saw that they gave her an extra fifty cents, she suddenly felt happy. Although fifty cents was not much, it broke a person's heart and proved that they were not picky.
Yang Juyun handed him the money, and he was a little embarrassed and polite, "Look, I took advantage of you?"
Yang Juyun said, "It doesn't exist. It doesn't exist. You were still working hard before."
Then Xiang Jin put the notebook and ink pad in front of him, "Uncle Youzhi, could you please sign here and then press your fingerprints, and our payment will be settled."
Sun Youzhi hurried after reading the piece of paper that said how much money someone made to a craftsman on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, and the date from what day to what day. It was written in both lowercase and uppercase letters. It was very clear and detailed.
Said, "Okay, okay."
Seeing that he signed his name and stamped his red fingerprint on it, Xiang Jin started to call the next one, "Sun Quanning."
"Coming, coming," Sun Quanning stepped forward.
Xiang Jin repeated what she had done before, reconciled the account with the other party, and then asked her mother to pay.
Then they settled with each other one by one, and finally Xiang Jin and the others settled the money for the stones with Sun Shijiang.
When the group saw it, they all laughed from ear to ear. It was probably the most enjoyable settlement they had ever had in their many years as craftsmen.