Yan Yan wiped her face without saying anything, "Oh, if I had known better, I wouldn't have drank so much coconut juice..."
Second uncle, how about I help you chop down the tree? Grandma said that you will get hungry faster when you work, and you can eat again when you are hungry."
Shu Mingyi: "..."
This kid really loves to eat.
Xiaotuanzi did what he said, put down the coconut shell that he had gnawed clean, and walked towards the sickle placed by his second uncle at his feet with a clear purpose.
Shu Mingyi didn't dare to let her touch the knife, so he quickly pointed to the front left and said: "The tree is too big for you to chop down. How about you go to the back of the house and help my aunt pull weeds?"
"Okay, I'll go pull the weeds." Yan Yan agreed immediately, not forgetting to bring a big coconut to Mrs. Sun before leaving.
The vacant land behind the Shu family's house has been abandoned for many years. The shrubs and weeds have grown so lush that it is quite difficult to deal with it.
Pulling out weeds and cutting down shrubs is only the first step. After the ground is cleared, you still have to dig out the shrub roots and thatch roots remaining in the soil.
When Yan Yan went there, the weeds had almost been pulled out, and Mrs. Sun was leading Lao Liu and Lao Qi to cut down the bushes.
This was hard work, and after a while, the three of them were exhausted and sweating profusely.
Yan Yan quickly brought the coconut juice with the reed poles planted in it, "Auntie, drink the coconut juice."
Mrs. Sun bent down and took a sip from her hand. After drinking, she let out a long sigh of satisfaction. The fatigue and heat all over her body seemed to be swallowed into her stomach along with the refreshing and delicious coconut juice.
One word: cool!
Shu Mingliang's eyes grew hot when he saw it, so he stepped forward and asked, "Yanyan, where's my coconut juice? You can't be partial!"
Yan Yan turned back and pointed at the three young people who had arrived belatedly, "They also have some in their hands. You drink from them. I'm going to help my aunt pull weeds!"
"The grass here is too big for you to pull out. Come on, aunt will help you find some grass that you can pull out."
Mrs. Sun took the little dumpling and walked around the vegetable field, and finally found a handful of missing grass seedlings. "That's it. Pull it out slowly. After you pull it out, my aunt will find new ones for you."
"Yeah!" Yan Yan started to fuck her immediately, moving her left and right hands together, pulling out quite quickly.
The three young men were not idle, and followed Sun to pick up grass roots. Soon, Yan Yan finished pulling out the grass seedlings and joined the team of picking up grass roots.
On the other side, Shu Mingyi also cut the wood, took out the tool box and sat at the door of his house. With the help of Shu Mingren, he started sawing the wooden planks.
In the courtyard, old man Shu had mixed the mud and was instructing Shu Mingli to move bricks to the kitchen and prepare to build the chimney.
All work is being carried out nervously and orderly.
In the evening, a donkey cart stopped in front of Shu's house.
After moving the bricks, Old Man Shu came out to get some air. When he saw the donkey, his eyes instantly lit up. "Hey, this donkey is beautiful. Its fur is shiny. Isn't it worth a lot of money?"
Mrs. Shu rolled her eyes at him, "What are you thinking about? This car is rented!"
"It's rented..." Old Man Shu touched his chin regretfully. Alas, he was thinking about the big yellow dog again. I don't know if it is living well in Qizhou.
Mrs. Shu heard the sigh and glared at him again, "Can you please give me a look? There are so many things in the car, so you can move them down!"
Old Man Shu recovered his thoughts, looked at the packages piled up in the car, and said in surprise: "Oh, you bought so many things?"
"Is that much? I haven't bought enough yet!"
When this was mentioned, Mrs. Shu felt dizzy. She had just moved to a new home and was lacking a lot of things.
Those who just eat have to buy a lot of food, first of all, food. I thought that there would be no drought in the south and food would be cheaper, but who would have thought that it would still be just as expensive.
A bucket of rice costs 90 cash, and corn is sold for 70 cash per bucket. The most exaggerated price is flour, which costs 130 cash per bucket.
The reason is also simple. Xiaopo Island is too remote, and the price of even the cheapest items shipped over will be several times higher.
The relief food has not arrived, and the food I brought before coming here is almost gone, so I have to bite the bullet and buy it no matter how expensive it is.
In addition to food, you also have to buy oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and sugar. These things are not cheap, and only four taels of silver are gone.
Then there are the pots and pans.
The porcelain bowl I brought with me before I came here was bumpy and bumpy all the way, and there were a lot of holes in it. Eating was like a torture, and I accidentally cut my lip. Now that I have arrived at my new home, I naturally need to replace it with a new one.
The bottom of the iron pot is full of rust and is almost worn out. It needs to be replaced with a new one.
There are also things to wear and cover.
Along the way, everyone's clothes, shoes, and bedding were all soaked and soaked. They couldn't wash them and had to replace them with new ones.
In addition, she also bought some tools for fishing, farming tools for land reclamation...
After some operations, nearly ten taels of silver were gone.
But when I moved my things home, I still felt like something was missing.
Mrs. Shu looked around, and suddenly realized when she saw Shu Mingyi sawing wood in front of the door, "I will go to town again tomorrow to buy some wood. After Mingyi saws it out one by one, the day lilies will be cold."
Old man Shu continued: "I still need to buy some more bricks and tiles. My chimney is half-way out of bricks. Don't you think it's annoying?"
"Buy, buy them all!"
Buy it all at once and you won’t have to worry about it again!
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In the next few days, the Shu family was still very busy.
Make furniture, repair the roof, plant a vegetable garden, make new clothes and shoes, make new quilts...
I start working as soon as I open my eyes in the morning, and even when I go to bed at night, I am still thinking about which piece of cloth I will cut tomorrow and how many bricks I will move.
Not only them, everyone in Yaoshui Village is busy.
The unified sentence pattern when everyone met and greeted changed from "Have you eaten?" to "Are you done with your work?" The person who asked the question had already left in a hurry before the other party could answer.
He really managed to come and go without a trace.
During this period, Yan Yan and Sanqing played in the woods every day, and they visited the huge wild forest from east to west countless times.
Which coconut tree is the tallest, which pine tree is the straightest, which tree has a bird's nest... it's all clear.
In fact, the place Xiaotuanzi wanted to go to more was the beach, but Mrs. Shu was afraid that something would happen if they went to the beach alone and refused to let them go no matter what.
I waited and waited eagerly, and finally waited until the tide receded on the first day of October.
For people living near the sea, the first and fifteenth day of every month are good days that cannot be missed.
In the past two days, the sea has been at low tide, and there are several times more small things on the beach than usual. If you just pick them up, you can find a big basket. If you take them to the pier and sell them, you can exchange them for a lot of copper coins!
Just after dinner in the early morning, Mrs. Wang took the initiative to come to remind: "Sister Guizhi, are you ready to catch the sea?"
If not, I can even give you a rake, don’t miss it, it’s such a good opportunity to pat your thighs!”
Fang Guizhi opened the courtyard door and invited her into the house, "The shovels, rakes, and fish baskets are all ready. What's missing is the clamps for catching crabs. I forgot about them because I was so busy. Mingyi is working on them."
A wide bamboo piece is placed in the middle over a charcoal fire and roasted until soft, then bent into an arc, tied with a rope, and a simple bamboo clip is ready.
This kind of small thing is a piece of cake for Shu Mingyi. In a short time, a dozen bamboo clips were ready.
Mrs. Wang saw him raise his hand and pinch one with very quick movements, and praised: "Your old man's skills are really good. I saw him make a bench a few days ago. It's beautiful. It's better than the ones sold in the store."
Shu Mingyi smiled honestly, "My aunt is so cruel. I actually worked in a carpenter's shop for several years."