Yipin Qiao Nongfei

Chapter 22

"In the past two days, my second sister and I have been digging sugar beets, and at the same time, we have investigated the surrounding areas. I found that our wild beet resources are quite rich here. There is no need to go far. The wild land and the foot of the mountain with a radius of hundreds of miles are conservatively estimated. It can be one or two thousand catties. At the sugar mill, the boss only hates that there are not enough beets, so there is no need to worry about sales. The biggest problem now is manpower..."

As soon as Su Wanqiu said this, she heard Wang's urgent voice: "I'm not afraid of manpower, just let your younger siblings go with me tomorrow."
Su Wanqiu glanced at her, and said leisurely: "Third aunt, including my fourth brother, fourth sister, and my second brother, we only have five people. How much can we dig in a day? After winter, the weather is cold, and the beets are withered, so they can't be used. , so we only have a few days.”

"What are you trying to say? Don't you want us to follow you to dig beets? That's impossible."

Su Yishan guessed Su Wanqiu's intentions and directly refused.But seeing the niece looking at herself: "Why is it impossible? Forty cents a catty of beets, this is not more than food earning? If the family is rich, it is fine to not count on this money, but now we eat at the dinner table. What, uncle didn’t see it? People who eat broken rice paste, what right do they have to despise beets to make money?”

"Adults have adult work, digging vegetables...that's what women and children should do."

"But making money is what men should do? Since digging beets can make money, men can do it."

Su Wanqiu didn't care about Su Yishan blowing his beard and staring, and said crisply: "Our grain harvest is finished, and the cabbage and radishes in the garden are also finished. After that, the family will have nothing to do. Just keep grandpa and sixth uncle selling grain. The rest, we They all went to dig beets on the mountain. Uncles, aunts, my father and mother, three uncles and three aunts, the eldest brother and the second brother have to go to school. This cannot be delayed. The eldest sister, the second brother, the second sister, and the fourth brother and sister, we will also get together. At that time The money earned by adults is handed over to the public, and the money earned by children is kept by themselves. A catty of beets is forty yuan, and a hundred catties is four pennies. As long as the adults are not lazy, they can dig two to three hundred catties a day. It's more than ten pennies. Uncle, isn't this money worth the efforts of men?"

Before Su Yishan could speak, he saw the silent second brother nodded and said: "It's worth it! I used to work part-time in the winter, and I could only earn one or two yuan. This is still a good job. Once there is no work, I can only do it." Eating for nothing at home. Nothing like digging beets."

"Second brother, you put it lightly. The family has been working continuously for more than half a year, and they can't rest until now. Do you think we are iron men?" Su Yishan said while looking at Su Yifeng. He knew that Su Wanqiu's words were too tempting. If you want to sing a different tune, you must find an ally: "The third child's hands are all broken, how does he dig vegetables?"

"Yeah, everyone is too tired." Su Yifeng said this very hesitantly. On the one hand, he wanted to be lazy;

"Having worked hard for more than half a year, is it just a few days? Our whole family is dispatched to dig three hundred catties of beets a day. It takes less than five days to catch all the beets around. At that time, we will be the ones who get dozens of money. If the children take [-] or [-] guan, there will be more than half left. With this money, we don’t have to go out to do part-time jobs, and we have the confidence to lie down and sit, right? And think about it, half of the [-] guan It's enough for our whole family to eat and drink spicy food this winter, and we can save fifteen sticks...

Fuck that's too much.Even the three-bedroom couple had bright eyes.Su Mingliang patted his thigh: "Where can I use fifteen guan for eating and drinking in a winter? I can't use five guan. It's still the third girl who can dig vegetables for a few days, which is better than us working hard for a year. Earning more, this is a gold ingot that fell from the sky, and a fool would not pick it up. Tell me, let your sixth uncle look after the house, contact the person who bought the grain, rather than ask the other party to come to collect the grain with less money, Save me and follow up the mountain."

Su Wanqiu was taken aback, thinking that she was going too far, and even made Grandpa's heart warm.She coughed hastily, and said, "Grandpa, although your body is still strong, but after all, you are old, how can you let us..."

Su Mingliang glared: "Nonsense, do you look down on my old man? Don't you like to bet, San girl? Do you want to bet with me too, and see which of us digs more beets in the end?"

Su Wanqiu: ...well, as long as you are happy.

Su Yifeng grinned and said: "Forget it, it's just been a few days of hard work. Just one thing, father, we earn so much money this year, should we find more tenants next year? Our family can be regarded as a small landlord. The landlord works as hard as us..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Mingliang spat on his head and heard him scold him: "You are a lazy donkey, and you spend all your brains on being lazy. It's lucky that you can say this, landlord? Who? You dare to call yourself a landlord with a hundred acres of land? You dare to dream of being a landlord..."

Su Yifeng was so scolded that he couldn't lift his head.Everyone sat with eyes, nose, nose, mouth, mouth and mind dry.Su Wanqiu thought to himself: Well, grandpa is not confused at this time, although he is biased, he will not change the hardworking nature of the Chinese people.oops!It's a bit embarrassing to sit like this. It would be great if I had some melon seeds. I'll buy some seeds next year and plant hundreds of them in the front and back yards. It's beautiful and affordable...

Even Su Mingliang went to battle in person, there is no objection to this matter.Su Mingjiang silently watched everyone walk out of the room, raised the jug and took a sip of wine.

The next moment, a slender figure rushed over, grabbed his wine jug, shook it, and said dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Six, you drank too much wine. You just poured a jug yesterday morning, and it took less than two days. Only half of it is left. Drinking alcohol will hurt your body. For your longevity, you must pay attention to moderation. When you go to the city tomorrow, I will buy you some tea. From now on, you will only drink tea every day. You are really hungry. Drink two cups at the dinner table that is."

Su Mingjiang stared blankly at the girl in front of him: "Third girl, you...you want to be my master before you are in charge?"

"It's not the decision, it's for your health." Su Wanqiu frowned: This is my biggest backer, and I can't die young because of drinking too much.

Su Mingjiang took a deep breath and looked at the back of Su Wanqiu who was going out happily like a deer. He was stunned for a while, then suddenly turned his head to look at Su Mingliang: "Third brother, this is your granddaughter, she...she is disobedient, you Don't you even say a word?"

Su Mingliang looked at the oil lamp, and said quietly: "In terms of speaking, how can I compare with you? You don't say anything, what do you want me to say?"

Su Mingjiang: ... Retaliation, Chi Guoguo's revenge, you think I helped the third girl get ahead, now seeing me in a cocoon, but finally let you vent your anger, right?
(End of this chapter)