Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Chapter 83

The sound of the wooden wheels of the oxcart crushing the bluestone was heard in bursts. Liu Qingcao was sitting on the front of the cart, and the long whip was lightly patted on the back of the cow. The cow walked unhurriedly towards the direction where Liu Qingcao was pulling the rope. with.

Outside Liu Kaifu's courtyard, a group of burly men were sitting on benches with sad faces, smoking dry tobacco, exhaling a puff of smoke from time to time.

"Boss, how long has it been since we received work?"

Qiu Er looked eagerly at Liu Kaifu who was sitting on the big table, keeping his head shut and saying nothing, and couldn't help but speak.

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to Liu Kaifu.

Liu Kaifu was also very anxious at this time. His family of masons was not the only masons in these ten miles and eight villages.

But it was only their family, who had been out of work for almost two months. The brothers under him all relied on repairing and building houses to support their families. Once there was no work, the family would have to start running out of food.

"Wait a little longer, I'll go out and do some work tomorrow..." Liu Kaifu comforted everyone.

Qiu Er opened his mouth, his beard was trembling non-stop, and just about to speak, Zhang Wu held him back.

"The boss is also worried. There are seven or eight people in his family who are old and young. They eat and drink a lot in a day. You just raise a woman. What are you anxious about?"

Zhang Wu scolded, Qiu Er knew he had made a slip of the tongue, shut his mouth embarrassingly, and stopped talking.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu..."

Qiu Er's eyes lit up, and he ran out suddenly. The few people beside him didn't know what was going on with him.

This voice is familiar to him!

"Second Brother Qiu, isn't Uncle Liu here?" Liu Qingcao looked at the bearded Qiu Er and suddenly appeared in front of her, asking with a naive smile on his face.

"Sister Qingcao, the boss is inside, I knew it was you by hearing the voice, why don't you come out and have a look, haha."

Qiu Er laughed loudly, and the gloomy and irritable mood before was swept away.

"Second brother Qiu has a really good memory." Liu Qingcao tied up the cattle and followed Qiu Er into the courtyard.

"Boss, look, who's here?"

Qiu Er's voice was loud, before the person arrived, the voice reached everyone's ears first.

"Who's here? Qiu Er is so excited!"

Zhang Wu got up and walked outside. Before reaching the corner door, he saw Qiu Er bringing Liu Qingcao over with a happy face.

"Hi, girl Qingcao!" Zhang Wu's eyes lit up the moment he saw Liu Qingcao.

This is the God of Wealth, there must be good things coming!

"Fifth Brother Zhang, long time no see." Liu Qingcao greeted him with a smile.

Zhang Wu nodded excitedly.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, Miss Qingcao."

Liu Qingcao walked in with a smile. They had known this group of people for a long time, and they had gone back and forth three times.

It's just that today she found that this group of rough guys were a little bit more enthusiastic, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Uncle Liu, I didn't disturb your rest."

Liu Qingcao looked at the people on Dafang's table and greeted them with a smile. Liu Kaifu hurriedly stood up with a simple and honest smile on his dark face.

"Green grass, don't bother, don't bother, we here hope you come every day, haha."

"Come here every day, I'm afraid you'll think I'm annoying, but it's okay to come occasionally. Is Uncle Liu busy recently?"

"It's not busy, just sit and rest, Qingcao is going to repair the house again?"

Liu Qingcao shook his head and nodded again, Liu Kaifu looked at Liu Qingcao with doubts in his black eyes.

"Uncle Liu, if you take over my job, you won't be able to take over other jobs in a short time."

Liu Qingcao didn't understand what he said.

"Qingcao, we are all rough people, you can just say it directly, what do you mean, is it because you have been working for a long time?"

"Yeah, at least two months."

"Hiss..." Qiu Er exclaimed!
"That's great. Let's just pick it up. Don't worry if it takes longer. We have plenty of time."

Liu Kaifu cheerfully agreed, there is no reason to shirk such a good business.

Everyone's blood boiled with excitement when they heard that it would last for more than two months if they could not survive, this is really exciting.

"Uncle Liu, I am here to repair a factory shed and warehouse, large and small, as wide as seven acres of land, and the materials are not ready. I plan to hand it over to Uncle Liu, but you have to make it cheaper. So much material."

"Okay, this is no problem, wait a minute, no, tomorrow I will go to Shihe Village and draw out the foundation first."

Liu Kaifu rubbed his hands excitedly, seven acres of land, this is a big list, it doesn't happen once in ten years, but they caught it.

"Then I'll leave this matter to Uncle Liu. By the way, Uncle Liu, go find a place for you to set up a stove tomorrow. It will be more convenient for you to cook then."

"Okay, don't worry, Qingcao, Uncle Liu will make arrangements for you, haha."

"By the way, Uncle Liu, how much money will you need to pay for repairing the seven acres of land?" Liu Qingcao made a rough estimate in her heart, but she had to be sure, otherwise it would be unclear, and it would be hard to say after the repair was completed.

"Green grass, it's still the same as last time, how about it?"

Liu Kaifu thought for a while and answered.

Same as last time?
Fifty Wen per person a day?
Liu Kaifu and the ten of them earned 15 taels of silver a month.

"Uncle Liu, how much do you think it will cost for the materials?"

"This, I guess it's quite a lot. It's so wide. Grain, grass, bamboo, and wood are not worth much, but they can't support the large quantity you need. I think you need to prepare at least this amount."

Liu Kaifu stretched out a finger, and Liu Qingcao knew what he was seeing.

"Okay, about 100 taels is acceptable."

"Uncle Liu, this is the advance payment of wages and materials. You take it and make arrangements first." Liu Qingcao took out a 20 tael bank note from her pocket and handed it to Liu Kaifu.

These materials require a lot of money, which is paid by the owner first, and the craftsmen will not pay in advance out of their own pockets, which she still knows.

Liu Kaifu collected the banknotes and put them close to him.

"Qingcao, I will go to Shihe Village to draw the foundation tomorrow, and I will start construction the next day. The materials will come soon after harvesting the rice. Every household has it. It is not so tight, and the price will be cheaper."

"That's fine, then I'll leave it to Uncle Liu. It's getting late, and I have to hurry back. You guys are busy first."

Liu Qingcao looked at the sun above her head, and it tilted more than half, if she delays any longer, she is afraid that it will be dark when she goes back.

Liu Kaifu knew that Shihe Village was far away, so he didn't talk too much. He sent people to the door and turned back.

"Haha, brothers, let's not worry anymore!"

Liu Kaifu smiled heartily, and Qiu Er kept smiling the moment he saw Liu Qingcao. His fierce face made him smile a little naively.

"Boss, we don't have to worry about it anymore. The seven acres of land can't be done in a month or two, at least until autumn."

Zhang Wu rubbed his hands together, and excitedly patted Qiu Er beside him.

Qiu Er laughed, raised his hand and slapped him back.

"Yes, in the first half of the year, we only did the work of three or four families. We will start to live, and in the second half of the year, we will rely on the grass."

Liu Kaifu lamented that there are too many monks in their line of work, and they can only pick up some wharf jobs if they have no work to do. But the wharf does not have work every day. Live in a belt.

"Boss, can I take two hundred Wen first, there is no food at home, and my mother is still hungry, I can bear it without food, but my mother can't bear it..."

Zhang Wu said bitterly, his mother hadn't eaten for a day, he went to beg for some food a few days ago, and managed to survive for a while, these two days, he couldn't beg for much food, and he was starving every time .

"Okay, you take two hundred Wen to meet the emergency first." Liu Kaifu knew the situation of their family, so he agreed without much hesitation.

The others looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn’t speak in the end. Of the ten of them, only Zhang Wu’s family had a hard time. They still had some savings, but Zhang Wu was different. He had a Most of the money earned by the sick old lady went to the pharmacy, and the few coins left were barely enough to eat and drink.

(End of this chapter)