The Landlord And His Wife

    Liu Gao heard the movement and had already come out, and happened to meet the boss at the door, so he asked: "Have you found a job?!"

    Liu Changqi also grinned: "Mother, I found it."

    "The summer landlord's family has set the spring sowing and autumn harvest next year, we will send two people..."

    Before Boss Liu finished speaking, Liu Gao interrupted in surprise: "What?! Spring sowing and autumn harvest? What about our land? That's not going to be a tenant for the Xia landlord's family. ?! No, no, no! Absolutely not!" Liu Gao's face flushed with anxiety, and he shook his hand vigorously.

    Seeing that the big brother is stupid, he can't tell, Liu Changshi hurried over and said to himself with a smile.

    "Mother! It's not tenants, or renting our labor to work in the fields next year. The landlord's family has just bought 300 mu of fertile land on the Xiliupo side in Xia. There is not enough manpower for the autumn harvest, and there is no place to find tenants now. Even if they are looking for it, I am afraid that they will not be able to get the manpower for a while. Only then did they hire people to work in more than a dozen villages around this place, and give him the spring sowing and autumn harvest next year. There is also a year to slowly find someone.”

    He explained in detail with a smile: "Our brothers discussed it, but we can't go there. We still have land, so we agreed to go to two laborers. In our family's land, we will leave two people. With Dad, it should be enough."

    "Mother, don't worry, anyway, the child can go to work in the fields, willows and willows! There should be enough manpower, just a few more days than this year. Besides, The work is not to be done now, but to free up the time of the past two months, tomorrow, the fourth child and I will find work!" Liu Changgeng also said.

    Liu Gao nodded after hearing this: "So that's the case, that's fine."

    Liu Xuer tilted her head and asked: "Xia Landlord said it will be settled?"

    Liu Changshi was about to say it, but when he heard Liu Xuer's question, he immediately smiled and reached out and pressed it on her nose: "It's just you elf!"

    The eldest Liu Changqi also smiled, and took out a purse whose original color could not be seen clearly from his arms: "I gave us a thousand wen as the fixed money, and it has been agreed that next year's wages It's four thousand words, two thousand for one person." As he spoke, he gave Liu Gao's purse together.

    When they were talking, Mrs. Ma had already come out of the room, and stood beside him and listened. At this moment, he saw the boss hand over the purse to Mrs. Liu Gao, and his eyes were red with anxiety. It's just that he didn't dare to speak in front of people, so he could only goug out Liu Changqi fiercely.

    Liu Gao did not expect that he would give a thousand pennies as a deposit, and was surprised and hurriedly took it. The cushion was really heavy, and the wrinkles on his face that immediately smiled were invisible. Nodding his head happily: "Okay! Four thousand wen is really a lot! Four taels of silver... oh, the landlord of Xia uses twenty taels of silver to set a labor force, won't you lose money?"

    Liu Xuer blinked her eyes and thought quickly.

    Liu Changshi smiled and said: "How can they lose money! Next year will be the busiest time for the country people, besides, after all, they are looking for people when the farming is busy, who can Work for them regardless of their own land?"

    Liu Changgeng also nodded and said: "Yes, I heard that they are looking for work, and there are many people going, but when I heard that they were working during the busy farming season next year, they left. Most of the time, the housekeeper of the Xia family is also anxious, originally it was 1,500 wen for one person, but there are very few people who can do it, and it adds up to 2,000 wen little by little."

    Liu Changshi nodded and continued: "Yeah, I discussed it with the eldest brother and the second brother, and it is just right to provide two labors. We can also take care of our own, and theirs can also be done. ."

    Seeing that her mother-in-law went in, Ma slammed Liu Changqi into the kitchen, and before she went in, she heard her scolding in a low voice: "Why did you give your purse to my mother? ?! There's two pennies I gave you there!"

    Liu Changqi was pulled in.

    Liu Changgeng shook his head and carried Liu Sen into his house. Liu Changshi also followed with Liu Xuer in his arms: "Liu Lin, where are your three uncles and three aunts? Locked? Your third aunt is seriously ill?"

    When he saw that the door of the third brother was locked, he naturally thought that the condition of the third sister-in-law had suddenly worsened, and he might have gone to the city to see a doctor!

    Liu Lin immediately explained everything that happened at home today. When it comes to the quarrel between her third aunt and her grandmother, she was vivid and vivid.

    That's it, I'm not finished, after all, he is still a younger brother.

    Liu Changgeng did not speak with a dark face, but from the looks of it, if he was at home at that time, he would definitely go up to help the third brother teach the unfilial third brother and sister a lesson!

    Liu Lin raised his face and looked at his father: "Dad, the uncle of the third aunt's family brought a box of silver, is there really so much silver in the world?"

    Liu Changshi made a 'bah' at the door.

    Liu Changgeng shook his head: "Dad doesn't know either, but it's not ours, we're not jealous!"

    Liu Lin nodded his head immediately: "Yes! I'm not jealous, I just ask." He quickly defended.

    Liu Xuer pouted: "Second brother, father, fourth uncle, we really don't need to be jealous of them, after a few years, our life will definitely be much better than them, we have seen more money than them !"

    Liu Changshi was immediately happy: "Oh! Xu'er is small, and his tone is not small!"

    Liu Xuer raised her face and said, "Let's live our lives diligently and diligently, isn't it better than those who are too lazy to even move?"

    Liu Changgeng was teased and laughed: "Don't say it, what my daughter said makes sense!" She gave Liu Xuer a heavy kiss on the face.

    "Yes!"

    The brothers chatted and laughed for a while in the room, and went to wash their faces and hands. In the kitchen, Liu Changqi finally came out scratching his head after being scolded. Liu Changqi's eldest daughter, Liu Xian'er, went to help Ma Shi Cook.

    After a while, Liu Hong, the little aunt who had saved eggs and insoles from the sellers in the city, also came back and went to pay Liu Gao's account. Shi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about it in his heart.

    Liu Hong washed her hands and hurriedly went to help her sister-in-law cook.

    When the old man Liu came back from the outside, the sun began to set. Liu Changgeng saw that his wife and son had not come back, so he was worried and went to find him again. Hands wandering in the courtyard, from time to time to see the way outside the courtyard.

    As soon as Liu old man entered the door, he was blocked by Liu Gao's house, and told Liu old man what happened today. ear.

    "The third daughter-in-law is forcing the family to split up like this! Did you know that the third son came to me yesterday and told me that his daughter-in-law was ill and wanted to build a stove in his own house and be alone Fire!"

    "What?!" The old man Liu's voice was buzzing: "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?!"

    "I'm not afraid that you will be angry... Look at it now, I really can't go on..." Liu Gao's voice was much lower.

    Liu Xuer actually looks down on lazy people like the third uncle and aunt. Even if they have some money for a while, they can't guarantee that they will be helped all their lives. Such people should never think about being rich. Besides, being so lazy, I don't know what else to pursue in this world? Do you lie on the kang every day and eat and wait to die?

    Anyway, Liu Xuer is a very diligent person in both past and present life. Two years ago, she was thinking about how to make a fortune, but she was too young to implement it, but she had an idea. A lot of praise, it will start next year.

    Liu Changgeng came back with the wash basin, followed by He and Liu Shu, and walked into the yard. Ma's meal was finally ready. Seeing He came back, Ma Shi snorted unhappily.

    He also gave her a blank look.

    Liu Hong followed behind and was busy setting up meals. The peasant family had to eat before dark to save lamp oil. Now that the weather is cold, the meals are placed in Liu Gao’s and Liu Laohan’s house. There is one table on the kang and the next table. Liu Laohan, Liu Gao’s and several sons are on the kang, all the daughter-in-law and Liu Hong. Take the children to eat at this table under the kang.

    Generally, the dinner is very simple, a dozen black noodle buns and a plate of pickled vegetables. But I don't know if it was because my grandmother Liu Gao was stimulated by the third daughter-in-law Jia, she actually fried a cabbage with some shredded and minced pork in it.

    As soon as the chopsticks of the old man Liu picked up the table and stretched them towards the black-faced buns, Ma quickly stretched the chopsticks to the plate of fried cabbage, slammed the chopsticks, and sent them into the bowl of his youngest son Liu Tao. Ma's two eldest are daughters, and the youngest has a son, two months earlier than Liu Xuer. Ma was very used to this young son.

    He and Liu Hong didn’t say anything. They were used to Ma’s behavior. Willow and Catkin never robbed them. Only Liu Lin was a little greedy. Time to grab a chopstick.

    The buckwheat noodles in Liu Xuer’s bowl were made by Liu Gao’s family for Liu Hong alone. Liu Xuer knew that her little arms were short, and she didn't plan to grab the fried cabbage, but Liu Shu and He Shi alone took chopsticks for her, and she ate the noodles.

    He held a black-faced bun in his hand, opened it and put a chopstick and pickled vegetable in it, then hugged Xiao Liusen, fed him noodles with one hand, and held his own bun with the other The buns were eaten in two or three bites.

      What do you say?"

    Old man Liu thought for a while and shook his head: "There is no need to look for it tomorrow, the county will go to the city tomorrow to prepare the baby's New Year's things, and your mother will give you money later, so prepare early for the next morning. Don't worry, don't get old and things get expensive again."

    The head of the family said so, and the brothers nodded in agreement.