When it comes to dividing the money, several people are no longer sleepy. Even Li Cuicui, who was so tired that she collapsed, stubbornly climbed up by holding on to the wall.

Several people divided the work and quickly counted the copper coins.

Throughout the day today, they earned a total of 130 coins, and Jiang Jiang earned another 90 coins for ice cubes with tears and blood.

Jiang Jiang gave each person ten cents and kept a profit of one hundred and ninety cents for himself, which is comparable to Zhou Baopi of the modern times.

But Li Cuicui and the other two were completely unaware of this. They acted even happier than the last time they received five taels of silver.

After all, this is the result of one's own labor, and as long as one works every day, one will have money.

Ten cents a day, that's a full three hundred cents a month, which is higher than the wages of the men in the village for odd jobs. They also have relatives and friends working in the town, and the maximum salary for each of them is more than a hundred cents.

They are very satisfied with this salary.

Li Cuicui carefully wiped each copper coin with a handkerchief before putting them into her purse.

Huang Ying and Sun Qiaoqiao were no less eager to follow suit. One put the money into the pocket she had sewed inside her trouser waist, while the other counted the money over and over again, as if counting the majority would give her a few more cents.

"Okay, okay, the children are still waiting for us to go back home." Jiang Jiang spoke out to stop Sun Qiaoqiao when he saw her wanting to count again without getting tired of it.

Jiang Jiang and his companions hurried home before it got completely dark. Although they had been tired all day, they were more energetic than in the morning.

Li Xu and Li Sheng, who had returned home early from working in the fields, saw their wives coming home with smiles on their faces and knew that business must be good.

In the past, they didn’t do housework or take care of the children at home. They didn’t know that taking care of these kids, cooking, and cleaning the house was actually more tiring than working in the fields for a day.

"Wife, look at this kid Li Yuanchang, he was fooling around with the kids in the village today and got his clothes dirty..."

As Li Xu spoke, he leaned towards Huang Ying and glanced at the basin full of dirty clothes.

Huang Ying was in a dilemma. She got up early in the morning and was tired after a whole day. She didn't want to wash the dirty clothes for the child.

"You don't feel bad for your own wife, but I do feel bad for my two daughters-in-law. They have been busy with me since early morning, and they have earned ten cents a day to support our family. You two grown men are at home, and there is not much work to do in the fields. What's wrong with taking care of the children and washing some clothes?"

Jiang Jiang couldn't bear it anymore and spoke out.

The two daughters-in-law looked at her with gratitude. They didn't expect that their mother-in-law would speak for them. Li Cuicui also had admiration on her face. She decided to find a husband who was as good as her mother in the future.

When Li Xu and Li Sheng heard this, they didn't dare to refute. They had to each carry a basin of dirty clothes and a piece of soap and walk to the river.

At this time, many men were bathing by the river. When they saw the two brothers of the Li family washing clothes themselves, they all started to flirt with them.

"Hey, why do you come to wash the clothes yourself? Isn't it your wife who washes them?"

At first, the two were a little embarrassed. In every household, it was the women who washed the clothes, so today they were the first to do so.

But as they were talked about, the two brothers started to rebel. Why couldn't men wash clothes? Their wives were earning money outside and they were taking care of the children at home. Washing clothes was not a big deal. It was all for the children anyway.

The two brothers washed more and more vigorously, almost tearing the clothes which were not strong to begin with.

After hanging the washed clothes in the yard, they smelled the aroma of meat.

Following the smell of meat, the two brothers went to the kitchen.

The kitchen was already crowded at this time. Several children were tasting the shredded meat that their grandmother had just given them, while the two daughters-in-law and the sister-in-law were chatting and laughing.

The two brothers were completely jealous now. They were not taken with them to eat delicious food, but they were always the ones doing the work.

Li Xu and Li Sheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Li Sheng happened to see Jiang Jiang walking into the kitchen and immediately said, "Mom, there's nothing to do in the fields right now. I see you're all very tired. How about I go to town to help out tomorrow and let my eldest brother take care of the kids at home and relax for a while, after all, he's still injured."

Li Xu looked at Li Sheng with a betrayed look. They were brothers who had agreed to share weal and woe.

"Mom, let me go. My second brother has taken good care of the children today. I'm afraid I can't take good care of Laibao." Li Xu immediately fought back and used Li Laibao as his trump card.

Jiang Jiang knew what the two brothers were planning without having to listen to everything they said.

It just so happens that once the business picks up, there will probably be quite a few orders, so it would be nice to let them take turns helping with the deliveries.

So Jiang Jiang pretended to think about it and reluctantly agreed to their request.

She asked two people to take turns helping, leaving one person at home to look after the children.

The two brothers of the Li family were dumbfounded again. They ended up losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken.

Huang Ying and Sun Qiaoqiao covered their mouths and laughed secretly. They did not feel sorry for their men at all. They faithfully showed that they stood with their mother.

Who makes these men always think that taking care of children and doing housework at home is an easy job? Let them try it themselves.

Li Laibao walked to Li Sheng, stretched out his hand, took the half-eaten shredded pork and fed it to Li Sheng's mouth.

"Dad, eat meat."

Li Sheng's heart melted immediately. He felt that his own son was so caring.

Li Xu saw his two sons stuffing shredded meat into their mouths. He didn't expect that his old father's son would be so angry.

Raising a child does not prevent you from getting old.

Li Sheng was also a little hungry, so he ate half of the shredded pork that Li Laibao handed over in one bite, ignoring his wide-open eyes.

Why did Dad really eat it?

His shredded pork!

For a moment, Li Laibao's eyes misted over. Li Sheng didn't notice the change in his son at all and was still happily chewing the shredded meat in his mouth.

Jiang Jiang saw that the child was about to cry, so he gave him a new piece of meat. He couldn't let the child lose the good habit of sharing.

Li Laibao laughed immediately. Grandma is good and dad is bad.

"Alright! The dishes are ready, let's eat."

Li Cuicui brought a few children, holding bowls and chopsticks, and quickly rushed to the dining table to take a seat.

Several adults followed closely behind, carrying dishes, rice and soup.

Today is the first day of business. After making some money, the women in the family are no longer as frugal as before. They just steamed a pot of rice and boiled the big bones that Jiang Jiang brought back yesterday into a snow-white bone soup. Pork cannot be kept for a long time, so they just cut it into slices and fried a big bowl of stir-fried pork with chili peppers. They also took a few eggs, washed a few leeks, and fried leek and eggs.

There were meat, eggs, bone soup and white rice, and everyone felt that this was better than the food during the Chinese New Year.

Jiang Jiang served everyone a bowl full of rice. Everyone stared at the dishes on the table with shining eyes, waiting for Jiang Jiang to be the first to pick up his chopsticks.

"Aunt Jiang, are you guys having dinner? Did I come at the wrong time?"

A weak voice came from the door.

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