After crossing, I look forward to the three stepmothers leaving the singles every day

Chapter 24

Suddenly, Nan Xing seemed to realize something, and asked tentatively, "Old man, why don't you find someone destined for Liu Xiaodou?"

"Good idea." The white-haired old man said cheerfully, "Then when will you go to the county government to register?"

"Let's go in two days, when this batch of preserved apricots is ready."

"Okay." The white-haired old man smiled with satisfaction.

So, this matter was decided so happily.

Liu Xiaodou was still ignorantly running for his wife. When passing by their house, he suddenly had a flash of light in his head, ran in with a 'swish', and ran out with a 'swish', and then There was another basket in the house, so one person and two baskets rushed up the mountain quickly.

When he ran to the middle of the mountain, the others came down with a basket of fruits on their backs.

When everyone saw him coming up, they hummed in their hearts: "We will also go back and find helpers."

It's a pity that this hour is so busy, the adults are all out to work, and the younger ones are too young, and the younger brothers and sisters who can help don't know where to go to play.

So, they had no choice but to go uphill with dark faces.

When they started picking wild fruits, they belatedly realized that Liu Xiaodou had brought two baskets with him.

Soon, under their more envious and jealous gazes, Liu Xiaodou carried one on his shoulder, held the other in both hands, and went down the mountain again.

This time, it wasn't just Qiu Ju and Chun Mei who couldn't close their mouths in surprise, Nan Xing also noticed something strange: "Your speed seems a little fast..."

It's not just a little bit fast, it's not even a little bit fast, it's too abnormal...

So, Nan Xing looked at him suspiciously, but still registered forty cents of wages for him.

Liu Xiaodou blushed, smiled embarrassingly, and finally confessed honestly: "I called my brother Liu Xiaoshan too..."

"I see." Qiu Ju and Chun Mei never imagined that such an honest person would be quite cunning at critical moments.

Nan Xing was stunned: "Your brother is still young, so you are too anxious to get a wife at this time, right?"

Liu Xiaodou's face became even redder: "...he saved the money of the big meat buns."

"This..." Nan Xing almost licked his tongue, thinking that the ambitions of these two brothers are not small.

At this time, the white-haired old man smiled and reminded: "Girl, you can find a way to help him."

"It's simple." Nan Xing agreed immediately without thinking about it, and it happened that she had the same intention, after all, Liu Xiaodou still worked hard in her opinion.

Liu Xiaodou didn't continue to chat nonsense with them, just after finishing talking, he picked up two empty backpacks and wanted to go up the mountain.Nan Xing stopped him immediately, and after thinking for a while, she asked Chunmei to take out two more empty panniers and two more shoulder poles for him, and said, "Bring these, I guess I will run another trip, and the fruits will be almost picked." .”

Liu Xiaodou glanced at her gratefully, picked up the things quickly and ran away.

The rush of sweat soaked his clothes in an instant.

Chunmei smiled and said, "Little lady, this solution you gave is really good."

"Actually, there are better ones..." Nan Xing narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Xiaodou's back.

"...better?" Qiu Ju and Chun Mei scratched their heads in disbelief.

"If it were me, I would take a dozen or so baskets up the mountain, and after picking the fruit, one person would carry it down, and one person would guard it..."

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei stared at her with wide eyes, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths: "...This method is good, but why does it sound like a scumbag?"

Nan Xing gave them a white look, and quoted a classic: "It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat."

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei looked at each other silently, then shook their heads half-understanding, expressing that they didn't quite understand this statement.

Nan Xing thought for a while, and then explained in an easy-to-understand manner: "As long as you can make money, it's a good way."

Qiu Ju and Chunmei looked admiring, thinking that reading is really good, and they can learn a lot.

When everyone went up the mountain with two empty backpacks, they were heartbroken to find that Liu Xiaodou actually had four backpacks, and was about to fill up three of them. Li He secretly envied, envied and hated again in his heart.

When they looked up and saw that more than half of the fruit had been plucked, they were dumbfounded, so they could only squint their mouths, roll up their sleeves and continue working.

By the time everyone had filled one of their panniers, the old apricot tree had been bald, so they had to look at the other empty pannier and sigh.

After the break, a group of people walked down the mountain in a mighty way, but this time they were finally out of time, and everyone realized that their backs were sore.

So in the middle of the journey, everyone rested twice before carrying the rest of the fruit to Nan Xing's home.

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei checked one by one, and found that the picked apricots were well preserved. It seems that everyone is afraid of being detained for labor.

Otherwise, they could pick the fruit much faster than they are now.

But now it's too fast, it doesn't even take half a day, faster than Chunmei estimated at the beginning.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Nan Xing took out a lot of copper coins and began to give them coins one by one.

Of course, the job couldn't be easier.

Except for the two brothers Liu Xiaodou who brought back seven baskets, the other eight people only brought back three baskets each, making a total of 31 baskets.

Therefore, Nan Xing paid Liu Xiaodou 140 Wen, and the rest each paid [-] Wen.

Although the salary has been agreed in advance, Qiu Ju and Chun Mei still felt very sad when they saw her counting the money out.

Even though other people were prepared in their hearts from the beginning, they were still very shocked and confused when they got the money.

After the circle of confusion passed, with an excited face, she yelled 'Wow' on the spot, making Jiang Yanhua, who was resting in the room, run out too.

"Xing'er, what are you doing..." Before she finished speaking, she was startled by dozens of apricot fruits in the basket on the ground, and almost screamed.

"Sanniang, I'm going to make preserved apricots. If you think it's delicious, I'll save more for you this time." Nan Xing ran over and said, blinking.

"... so much? How long do you have to eat it?" Jiang Yanhua stared at the basket of apricot fruit, only feeling that her eyes were a little dazzled.

She has been immersed in her own sorrow, and until now she still doesn't know that the preserved apricots were sold at a high price by Nan Xing.

"It's okay, if Sanniang likes it, you can eat one and throw one away." The words that popped out of Nan Xing's mouth were as sweet as honey.

'cough cough'...

Jiang Yanhua choked on her own saliva.

How rich one must be, to be so arrogant as to eat one and lose one...

Her brows couldn't help but twitch, she patted Nan Xing's small head, and then said in a trembling voice: "Xing'er, does your second mother know? Why don't you put it away? Otherwise, I'm afraid she will wait later When I see you at home, I will keep nagging you..."

"Just put it like this, it's too late for Erniang to be happy when she sees it." Nan Xing said confidently.

"...Okay." Jiang Yanhua also knew her temperament, sometimes she was stubborn, so she simply stopped talking and let her do what she wanted.

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(End of this chapter)