A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

The flat land is already in full swing and full of people.

The men each picked up their tools and started fucking enthusiastically.

Sister-in-law Chen said she would start calculating wages today.

She gave the five overseers of the masonry work thirty-five cents a day, and the big masonry workers forty cents.

The money was set based on the wages in Jiangzhou Prefecture. When the six bricklayers heard the price, they all smiled.

No one thought that in this remote mountain village, one could get such a salary.

When a countryman builds a house, it is a custom that the workers must take care of their midday meal.

Forty-six workers, plus five members of the family, totaled fifty-one.

During these days, Dafu would continue to go to Shen Bohu's house for treatment on his leg, and Erlu would also go to the city to deliver goods, leaving only two little ones, Sanshou and Sixi, at home.

Although Chen Changsheng was a teacher at New Oriental School in his previous life and thought he was good at craftsmanship, he had to feed so many people at once. Even if his mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, came to help, she would still be too busy.

If you ask for help, you must ask for help.

Before she could speak, Mrs. Chen spoke first, "Boss, wife, since you have chosen the people to build the house, would you like to invite two more people to prepare the lunch meal together?"

Chen Changsheng nodded.

"Mom, you know a lot of people and know the basics. I have to ask you to help select a few women who have clean hands and feet and don't talk much. The salary is three cash per person per day. Do you think so?"

"Three pennies is enough. It only takes an hour to choose vegetables, wash them and cut them."

"Then it's up to you, mother, to decide on the invitation." Chen Changsheng looked up and saw the sun rising, "It's getting late, I'll go back and prepare today's lunch."

As soon as Chen Changsheng left, the old lady opened her mouth to shout, and a crowd of people immediately gathered around her.

"Old Mrs. Chen, I can do it."

"My daughter-in-law is taking care of me at home, so I can also make lunch."

Women think that although they don't earn as much as men, they can earn three cents by preparing a lunch meal, which is no different from picking up money.

"I can come and do it too, and my two little ones can also help with choosing and washing vegetables." The second aunt held a baby in each hand and squeezed into the crowd of women.

Old Mrs. Chen glanced at the second aunt, then at the two children beside her, and frowned slightly.

The clothes on the two children were tattered and dirty, with patches piled on top of each other. The sleeves and trouser legs were obviously a lot too short. They also wore worn-out winter cotton shoes on their feet, with their toes exposed.

The old lady thought to herself that Chen Erlai's family was so poor that they didn't even have a spare piece of fabric or shoe soles to make a pair of summer shoes for the children.

Before her wife had money for her rattan basket, the family was not much better off. Her grandchildren would wear clothes that didn't fit, but at least the clothes were clean and tidy.

Mrs. Chen felt pitiful for her second-rate wife.

It is not easy to meet such a useless man and a woman with two children.

His eldest son is also a good-for-nothing bastard. It is not easy for his eldest daughter-in-law to raise four children by herself.

Fortunately, the eldest son died early and did not hinder the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law managed to survive.

After thinking about this, Mrs. Chen said, "You can come too, just come an hour before noon."

Hearing that the old lady agreed to let her come over to do some work, the second aunt was so excited that she thanked her repeatedly, "Hey, that's good. Our kids can help with some work too."

My man is a lazy guy, so I have no choice but to go out alone and see what work is available.

No matter how hard it is, the two children still need to eat.

In fact, she also wanted to do the work of digging foundations and transporting stones. That would earn more money, even more than in the brick kiln factory.

It's a pity that I am a woman. To build a house, only strong men are needed, not women.

And she also has two kids to take with her. The lazy guy at home gets drunk every day and doesn't care about the kids at all.

Mrs. Chen added, "Let's go home today and arrange everything at home. Then we'll come over to help tomorrow."

The other women agreed and went back happily.

The second aunt didn't move a step, "Aunt, I don't have anything to arrange at home. I can start working today. Is it OK?"

It was a hard-earned job, and if I could work one more day, I could buy three more taels of brown rice if I earned three cents more.

There were bricklayers watching over the construction site, so no one had to worry about it, so Mrs. Chen felt relieved.

*

Chen Changsheng was washing vegetables at home, but he didn't expect that his second aunt would come with him.

Seeing Chen Changsheng busy at work, the second aunt hurriedly ran forward and took over the work, "I'll wash it, you rest. Zhaodi, quickly lead your brother to choose vegetables."

The girl Zhaodi led her younger brother to squat down in a corner and select wild vegetables.

Old Mrs. Chen took the lead in explaining and whispered, "She said she also wanted to come and work. I thought she was pitiful with two children, so I let her come first.

Don't worry, if her hands and feet are found to be unclean, she will definitely be let go. "

Chen Changsheng still remembered that the last time the second lady came over with moxa leaf and pine cones mixed with impurities, she discovered it and gave her a lesson.

This time, since the old lady spoke, it was hard for her to say anything.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law agreed, Mrs. Chen asked, "What are you going to make for lunch today?"

Workers build houses, which takes a lot of energy, and they must eat dry food at noon.

There are so many people, and it’s hard to afford to eat white rice and noodles for ten days and a half. And it was too eye-catching, so Chen Changsheng decided to cook brown rice.

She rinsed the rice steaming pot and replied, "Just make a big pot of wild vegetable and egg soup, and add some pickles. There is a lot of bean dregs at home. I want to cook brown rice, and give each person half a bean dregs pancake. Make it." It’s quick and convenient to get up, mother, what do you think?”

Mrs. Chen nodded in agreement, "Very good."

Most people in the village still drink wild vegetable porridge, and the better ones are still eating wild vegetable brown rice.

Like the eldest daughter-in-law's plain brown rice with egg soup and pickles, it's a pretty good meal and no one will think it's bad.

Chen Changsheng had already scooped several tablespoons of brown rice, and bought some black rice and glutinous rice from the bracelet mall to mix it in.

Add some rice to fill your stomach.

Of course, the bean dregs pancakes are made with brown flour. After steaming the rice, the pancakes just stick to the edge of the pot.

Aunt Er Lai's two children had already washed the wild vegetables, and Aunt Er Lai took them and chopped them into pieces quickly.

After the two children finished their work, they stood aside carefully and pinched their fingers.

Chen Changsheng saw it and shouted, "Sanshou, take Zhaodi and his sister. The three of you will chop up the remaining wild vegetables and feed them to the chickens. After feeding, come over and eat together."

The second aunt hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, I will take the children back to eat. The food has been prepared at home."

Sister-in-law Chen thinks that she is pitiful, and it is great to have her come over to work. How can she have the nerve to eat here again.

The men in the family are useless and can only support themselves, but they can't be like before.