Crossing the green wheat ears

After the Chinese New Year, it is necessary to make plans for this year's livelihood. Xiyuan discussed with the adults in the family that this year the family will build a house and there will be more work, so there is no need to raise geese and ducks, but you can raise more chickens and sell them last winter. Eggs are also sold for a few bucks.The family members were a little bit reluctant, after all, they also sold ducks and geese for a lot of money last year, but everything has a priority, so they agreed.

After the Chinese New Year, Xiyuan went to Jude Building again. My family still gets the internal organs and duck feet and goose feet of ducks and geese from Jude Building. Now the ducks and geese are not our own, so I have to give them to Jude Building accordingly. capital.After setting the price in two seconds, Xiyuan heard from Sun Ye that it is not easy to buy ducks and geese now. Basically, no one raises these poultry on a large scale, so Judelou can only send people to go from village to village to buy them.

Xiyuan heard this, and told Sun Ye that he could help to find a solution, but the results would not be seen until autumn, and Judelou had to figure out a solution by himself during this period.

Because he also has shares in Judelou, Xiyuan was very concerned. He calculated the number of ducks and geese needed for Judelou plus the Judelou branch in a year, and decided to pick out a few families from the village and teach them Raise ducks and geese.

Everyone has selfishness, and Xiyuan is no exception. Of course, he must start with those who are close to his family.After I came back and shared my thoughts with my grandparents and parents, my family members also agreed.But Xiyuan thought he couldn't pass Lizheng in the village, so his father and grandfather had to come forward and tell Lizheng that Lizheng's family could raise him if they wanted.

Xi Mingwen and the old man went to talk to Li Zhengyi, and Li Zheng was of course happy. He looked at the Xi family's income this year with cold eyes, and was also a little tempted.But it won't be like those villains.

The Xi family made it clear that they first asked Lizheng to pick a few families from the village to teach them, and when these families had no problems raising them, they would teach other families in the village.Moreover, if they have no place to sell the ducks and geese they raise, they can help find buyers. Who would not like such a good thing.However, people also limit the number of ducks and geese that can be raised. A family can raise up to [-] ducks, which is [-] ducks in total, not [-] ducks of each kind.This was specifically requested by Xiyuan, and he told his father and grandfather to limit it. He was afraid that someone who raised too many people would not be able to take care of them, and some of them would die by then, so it would be bad to rely on his own family.

Lizheng is also a sensible person. The Xi family told him such a good thing, and let him make up his mind because he thought highly of him and gave him a favor, so when choosing a family, he considered the few households that had a good relationship with the Xi family. Wang's family, Cheng's family, Zhao Laoba's family, and Xie's family, all these are known to a discerning person at a glance. The children of these families are all studying with the boss of the Xi family. If the relationship is not good, let them go.

In addition, Lizheng also selected two families from his own family, and two families from the east end of the village, plus his own family, a total of nine families.

Lizheng sent his son to find the men from several households, and they didn't agree with it.Last year, a few half-grown children from the Xi’s family watched it all summer, and in Laoqiu they sold it for several taels of silver and bought a donkey. He didn't hide his secrets at all, and even promised to help sell them. This is really a good thing.

"Brother Xi, will your family support this year?" Cheng Yi asked Xi Mingwen when several people came out and walked home together.Now that Cheng Yi is free, he will go to Xiyuan's house to sit and chat with Xi Mingwen.In fact, Cheng Yi and Xi Mingwen don't have many topics in common. They are two people with different personalities. He and Xi Mingwu, the second son of the Xi family, are relatively similar in age, but Xi Mingwu has moved to Yangjiazhuang. I have a good relationship with the Xi family, so I have to chat with Xi Mingwen. When the two of them chat, they just talk about the crops. What will be planted in the field this year? It depends on the weather and what month the field will start to plant. Who will take good care of it? And so on, which made Cheng Yi very helpless. The key is that Xi Mingwen is honest, and he can't talk to him about anything else if you talk to him.

"My family wants to build a house this year, so we have to make preparations. There is no one to take care of the house, so I don't want to raise it." Xi Mingwen replied.

"Ah? Your family wants to build a house?" "Then what's the job? Just call me. I'm idle." Cheng Yi was a little surprised. Building a house is a big deal.However, he felt that his reaction was not good, so he hurriedly continued.

"Okay, when the time comes, I will find you a job." Xi Mingquan said honestly.

The next day, the selected households, including Lizheng's, came to Xi's house for advice. Xiyuan told them the things they need to pay attention to, especially emphasizing the need to disinfect with lime and vinegar, and to clean diligently.A few people listened and asked clearly what they didn't understand. Xiyuan also said that if there was anything unclear in the future, feel free to ask. They were very grateful.

The next night, Xi Mingquan came when he heard the news. He felt very angry that his eldest brother told others about the fortune but did not tell him.He entered the house with a gloomy face, and yelled at Xi Mingwen and his sister-in-law, saying that they were still elder brothers and sisters-in-law, and they didn't care about their own brothers at all. In that way, if you want to borrow someone else's light, you don't see if you can borrow it, etc., and so on, the old man and the old lady are angry. The old lady takes turns lighting fire sticks and wants to beat him, and the old man is also very angry. He wants to use the broom wheel he.Xi Mingwen and his wife didn't say anything, they were stupid, and they couldn't talk about others, let alone quarrel.

Xiyuan saw that it was not good to keep making trouble like this, so he stopped his grandpa and grandma, but Xi Mingquan just stood there and refused to leave, regardless of whether it would make the old man angry or not.He was not afraid, but Xi Mingwen and Xi Yuan were afraid. In the end, Xi Mingwen had no choice but to find Li Zheng, saying that his brother's family also wanted to raise him, and see if he could accommodate him. Li Zheng also knew about the Xi family. Knowing that the third child of the Xi family was a scumbag, and that the eldest brother of the Xi family was kind enough to help the villagers, he agreed without embarrassment to Xi Mingwen.Only then did Xi Mingquan stop.

"Hey, what did I do to raise such a thing." The old lady cried and scolded angrily, and the old man squatted on the threshold and couldn't get up, smoking a cigarette.

"Grandma, it's okay, he can raise him if he wants, and our family will only go to my father to talk to Lizheng, and nothing else will be done." Xiyuan comforted the old man.

"Grandma is not angry about this, grandma is angry that he said what your father and mother said. Your father and I have no time to care about the three of them since we were young. Your father is the boss, and your second and third uncles are your father who coaxes and hugs you." The older one, why do you think he is so heartless? What a disgusting thing!" Hearing what the old lady said, Xi Mingwen couldn't help but shed tears. The two brothers loved him as much as he did since they were young, but the second child has always been with him. Caring, but this third child, it seems like he can't survive without going to his own house for a while.

"Father, why are you still crying? Those ten fingers are still long or short. Isn't my second uncle very good? You can't ask everyone to be well either." Xi Yuan was also very helpless.

"It's okay, dad is just a little sad when he thinks about the past." When he was young, he had a stutter and was reluctant to eat by himself, so he left it to his two brothers. Because Xi Mingquan was the youngest, they still favored him. Do this to him.

"Boss, don't be sad. You see, our family is doing well now, ah!" Grandma saw that he made the eldest son cry, and quickly stopped her tears to persuade her son.

"Mom, what a bastard, I'll kill him with a hoe when I get impatient." The old man scolded angrily.

"Father, it's okay. Don't be angry. I'm also narrow-minded for a while. Look at how comfortable our family is now. There's nothing wrong with it." Xi Mingwen persuaded the old man in turn.

The family has been unhappy for a few days because of this incident, but how can we live without this and that, and gradually the family will no longer be entangled.The key is that one is father, mother and son, and the other is brother-in-law and younger brother. How can one be one and the other be two, and make it clear and clear.

After the first lunar month, Xi Mingwu came back to help the eldest brother's house.They first selected trees suitable for purlins and rafters from the woods in the wild, and then knocked down the trees with a saw, removed the branches and left the trunk.The wood had to be dried in the summer. Because the wood was unlucky, Xi Mingwen hired three bullock carts in Qianqian Village and pulled it back for a few days.

Cheng Yi and the others came to help out after watching the Xi family cut down trees. They haven't started farming yet, and the family is idle, just in time.Other families in the village who wanted to make friends with the Xi family also came to help.These helpers don’t need to be paid, but they have to prepare lunch and dinner. Now it’s the time when they are in short supply, and the dishes on every table are very monotonous. Fortunately, some Chinese cabbages and radishes are left when they are delivered to Judelou at home. There are also dried eggplants and dried beans that grandma dried last fall.

Now that the adults in the family are too busy, Xiyuan took on the job of delivering food to Judelou and delivering ready-made food.Send it to Jude Building every three days.After a while, the weather will get warmer, so we can't send them off like this, and have to go to Yansui City every day.

Every time he came back, Xiyuan would stop by to buy some big bones from Wande Town, boil the big bones into soup, and then use the bone soup to eat dried eggplant and beans. It was very delicious. It tastes delicious.There are also duck and goose viscera brought back from Jude Building. The duck liver and foie gras are far from being sold for food.

Therefore, after a few days, everyone in the village said that the food that the Xi family provided to the helpers was very good, and some men who had nothing to do came to help the workers just for a good meal.Of course, there are also those who come to fish in troubled waters, just want to eat delicious food and don’t work, but after one time, they dare not come. Now the Xi family is not the boss of the Xi family, but the second child of the Xi family. Take advantage.Even Xi Mingquan wanted to come here to eat and drink, and Xi Mingwu scolded him so much that he never dared to come again.

The wood was brought to the house and left to dry outside the courtyard wall. There is no need to worry about the villagers taking advantage of it. There are weeds and trees all over the mountains and plains. Who doesn't have eyes to harm the things used to build houses.

The purlins and rafters are ready. The most important part of building a house is the wood used for the girders, but there are no suitable trees near the village. Originally, the grandfather took his two sons to Dongshan to buy them for him. , The trees in the mountains grow well and thick, there must be suitable ones.

But when grandma thought of the beard who broke into the house last year, she heard that it was from Dongshan, so she refused to let him go.Later, people from Ximing Wutuo inquired about it, and bought it from a timber dealer in Wande Town.

Now the money at home is no longer in hand. Before Xiyuan can think of a way, Sun Ye brought 100 taels of silver to Xiyuan when Xiyuan was delivering the goods. The words are clear, you take it and use it first , and the rest will be counted together after two months of accounting.Well, Xiyuan felt that he had returned to before liberation overnight, and now he owed Sun Ye 200 taels again.

But Xiyuan didn't refuse, took the money back home, and said that it was Sun Ye who had repaid the debts, as well as the dividends for the past few months, and he also advanced a little.

Anyway, the family can't settle accounts with Xiyuan, and even his second uncle can't read, so he has no choice but to believe what Xiyuan says.

Now that I have money, I don’t have to worry about anything else. First, I bought sand for the foundation, as well as stones, tiles and bricks.The basic materials are ready, and the family starts to dig the foundation and pad the body of the house on the selected house base. The foundation needs to be dug about two and a half meters. The layer is deep, and then the soil is compacted with a stone roller, and then filled with sand; the body of the house can be directly paved with soil, but it must be compacted.

After the foundation was laid, the preparatory work was almost done. Xiyuan and the second uncle discussed the number and size of the doors and windows used in the house, which had to be done by a carpenter in advance.

Xi Mingwu looked at Xiyuan without saying a word for a long time. His nephew is really a man of God. He only remembered that day when he was laying the foundation. During the first month, the family members were still arguing about how the house should be built. Come according to Xiyuan's intention, Xiyuan is also interesting, the money is not enough, he quietly took back 100 taels, this kid!

There is a carpenter in the village, and the second uncle said that this person is good at craftsmanship, so Xiyuan also agreed to let the old carpenter do the doors and windows.However, the style of the doors and windows is combined with modern ones, so I studied it with my second uncle, and then the two of them studied it with the old carpenter for two days before finally deciding on it.