Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

Chapter 277 Chapter 277

In the evening, I ate casually at a nearby restaurant. Not to mention, there are not only many small yards and students near Qingliu College, but there are also many small restaurants for flies.

The students renting houses nearby are not from Nanzhi County, but mostly students from surrounding towns or villages. Their families have money to support their education, but in their hometown, there are no good colleges and teachers.

Reading is not easy, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation all cost money. Behind many students, the whole family, young and old, or even the whole clan support them together.

The whole family, young and old, is not just parents, it may be grandparents, parents, uncles, and even brothers, sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters, etc., supporting a scholar.

Parents are present, regardless of family separation, all the money everyone earns is in the hands of the elders, and then used to support a child who is the best at studying and is most likely to succeed in school.

As long as this child succeeds, he can pull the whole family.

This is a very common behavior nowadays, but Lin He and the others separated early, so they didn't encounter this situation, otherwise, they might be one of them now.

Closer to home, because of the existence of Qingliu College, there are many students who rent houses nearby to study. They can't cook or do laundry. Usually, two or three people work together and find an aunt to help cook and clean.

Similarly, there are naturally more small restaurants around. The taste is good and the price is not very expensive. At least these few days, before their food is delivered, they don't have to travel too far to eat.

It got dark early during this time, and there were not many people on the street after dinner. Fortunately, when they came out, they prepared lanterns in advance, so they didn't have to go home in the dark.

If it is on the main street, many restaurants, inns and other shops will hang a string of lanterns at night. One is a signboard, which can guide guests and illuminate pedestrians on the street.

However, both oil lamps and candles are very precious things, so only shops with better business are willing to do this.

Of course, because of the curfew, such a situation won't last long.

The family walked home slowly, and on the way they could still hear the faint sound of reading from the yards on both sides.

Lin He listened and felt very satisfied: "This learning environment is good. When I stayed in a hotel before, it was not so quiet at night."

Li Changhui nodded: "Indeed, there are people around who are hardworking and studious, and those who are not self-motivated will be ashamed to be lazy."

The two brothers, Li An and Li Hao, walked in front with a lantern, whispering all the time, Li Yu followed beside his parents, and when he heard what his parents said, he seemed thoughtful.

However, Lin He and Li Changhui didn't notice, and they talked about tomorrow's work instead.

In the afternoon, Li Changhui had already gone to the grain farm to say hello. Tomorrow morning, he would first send two hundred catties of coarse grains, as well as broad beans, soybeans, mung beans, peas, etc., each fifty catties, to Li's house outside Nancheng.

In addition, I went to the carpenter's shop to ask. At present, I can find a dozen carpenters. I will go to the new home tomorrow morning to check the area and what I need, and then I will order materials and carpenters. As for the wages, I will not know until tomorrow.

The aunt who cooks also asks the staff of the dental shop to help find it. Three people, each cooks a meal for ten yuan, and takes care of the meal.

There are 50 people working in the field, a dozen or so carpenters, and three aunts are enough to cook. The amount of cooking does not need to be too much, just enough.

Lin He is not a saint, so naturally he would not do things like giving away more money for nothing because he pitied everyone for their hard work.

The salary is the same as others, but in terms of food, it can be slightly better, at least provide enough to fill the stomach.

Even in Yonghe Town, during the most tiring and busiest days of work, or those who worked for a long time, every month they would deliberately kill a chicken or rabbit, or buy some meat for everyone to supplement.

This is already a big deal in a place where many people are reluctant to eat meat twice a year.

Compared with working in other people's homes, it is indeed much better to work for the Li family.

But if it's too conspicuous, I'm afraid it won't do well, especially if you may be squeezed out by others. After all, there are a lot of people who need to find someone to do the work, so you can't do it yourself.

These trivial matters are all arranged by Lin He, as long as they are worthy of their own conscience, just like the uncle reminded them at the beginning, don't be too ostentatious.

The two were talking about the next arrangement, wondering if they didn't know, but they were surprised when they thought about it, they were actually quite busy.

At least until the move to a new house, or the matter of transplanting grapes, is all sorted out, I will be very busy.

Simply discuss with Li Yu and Li Hao, let the two have lunch in the college cafeteria at noon during this period, and each bring some money. I forgot to ask about this before, and I don’t know whether to give the money in advance or during the meal. .

After all, it is impossible for people to eat for nothing.

As for the night, don't worry too much. The gates of the city were closed just before the curfew, and they would have returned by then. After all, it was dark and there was no way to work in the fields.

Naturally, Li Yu and Li Hao would not refuse. The two brothers knew that they had just moved, and there were a lot of chores at home in the field. Even if they couldn't help, they could always do it without delaying.

The chatting room is also home, it's still early, Li Yu and Li Haohe are going to read some more books, Li An is still young, he ran with his parents for a day today, and read like a breath in the afternoon, and he is already tired by now.

After being washed briefly with the help of his parents, he rolled into the bed and fell asleep.

"I'm going to buy some vegetables and meat tomorrow morning, especially to send some to my new home. Even the simplest dishes can't be done without oil."

Lin He was lying on the bed, and had already started to yawn. It could be seen that he was really sleepy.

After all, this afternoon, I have been busy cleaning up the house.

"Okay, let's rest first, I'll go early tomorrow."

The market is not far away, but you must go early to buy meat. Although it is a county town, there are many people after all. Even if only [-]% of the people will buy meat, a few pigs a day are not enough.

In this regard, it is not as good as they are in the town.

There are too many rich people in the county town, but not every rich family can buy meat every day. There is no other reason, mainly because there are too few.

It takes at least half a year to a year for a pig from birth to slaughter, and even if it is raised for a year, it will only weigh one or two hundred catties.

In this county, even if there are dozens of villages around, even if every household raises pigs, it still cannot supply the consumption of pork in a county.

These days, a pig is worth more than one person, no, more than two or three people combined.

There is no fixed number of pigs that a pig butcher can buy every day. After slaughtering pigs, some will be sent to restaurants, and some will be given to rich men who are connected. The rest will be transported to the vegetable market and sold to others. .

That's it, if you go late, where is the meat?

For the first time, Li Changhui felt that the lives of ordinary people were really difficult.

Especially when you are used to eating meat every now and then.

Thinking of going to the market today and not even buying eggs, Li Changhui pushed Lin He beside him.

"Xiaohe, when the work in the field starts these few days, I will find someone again to build the pigsty and chicken coop first."

Lin He, who was in a daze, didn't know what Li Changhui said, but just said 'hmm' twice, indicating that he heard it.

(End of this chapter)