reborn as a brother

Go to bed early at night and sleep well, even if you wake up at the beginning of the morning, you don't feel uncomfortable.

The two of them had just put on their clothes before opening the door.

I heard the sound of horseshoes from far and near.

"Xiaomu. Good morning." Ji Anyi stood in front of the house, looked at the person who jumped out of the carriage, and greeted with a smile.

Xiaomu nodded to him, which was a response.

The three of them packed the dishes in a hurry, and when Xiao Mu gave him the money, Ji Anyi talked about what happened yesterday afternoon. "Xiaomu, please tell your boss that you can't hand over a hundred catties of fish sauce after fifteen days. I forgot that soybean paste also needs time to marinate. There is not much soybean paste left at home. After fifteen days, only fifteen catties of fish sauce."

With that said, Ji Anyi took out two taels of silver, handed it to Xiao Mu, and continued. "If you can't hand over a hundred catties of fish sauce, naturally you can't charge such a large deposit. I'll refund you two taels of silver first. My brother will pickle the soybean paste today. He said it can be done in about ten days. If you want It takes about fifteen days for the taste to be right, plus the marinating time of the fish sauce, that is to say, one hundred catties of fish sauce can be produced after one month."

"Okay. I'll tell my boss about it." Responding to the words, Xiaomu didn't take the money and continued. "It shouldn't be a big problem. You have already started making one hundred catties of fish sauce. The deposit does not need to be refunded. On the contrary, I will give you half of the deposit for the other fifteen catties of fish sauce."

As he said that, Xiaomu counted out 450 copper plates neatly. "Brother Ruo Ji has nothing else to do, I'll go back to Jingyang Town first, the restaurant is still waiting for food."

"Okay. Xiao Mu, go slowly." Ji Anyi smiled and sent him to the carriage, and watched the carriage out of sight before entering the kitchen.

The porridge for breakfast is served with a plate of garlic and spicy dried radish. It tastes very delicious and very exciting.

The ewes are now completely self-reliant, they are not tied down, and when they are hungry, they find tender grass to eat by themselves, and generally like to lazily stay under the tree behind the house.

After mixing food for the chickens and ducks, I opened the cage and let them out.

Xiao Huang finished the porridge, and after eating and drinking enough, saw the chickens and ducks coming out of the cage, and began to move forward dishonestly. She is small and wicked, and the twelve chickens and ducks can't eat well. .

Ji Anyi couldn't bear to look at it, but don't scare these poultry, they are laying eggs now, they are quite precious.

"Xiao Huang, don't make trouble." He walked over, picked up the naughty Xiao Huang, and put it beside the ewe. "Big sheep, look at your little son."

The ewe raised her head slightly, let out a long and continuous bleat, then lowered her head and plucked Xiao Huang beside her.

Xiao Huang moved, glanced at Ji Anyi, opened his mouth and barked twice, and rushed to Da Huang's side happily, wagging his tail, and nestled next to it.

Nothing happened, Ji Anyi closed his eyes, washed and dried the clothes, and cleaned the front and back of the house.

After a while the sun came out, and I prepared to lay out a drying mat to dry the radishes in the sun.

At this time, Wang Xiaoer came back with a wooden barrel, and the vegetable field in the mountain depression had been watered.Not long after, Wang Baoer also came over, carrying a sack in his hand.

"I brought the soybeans here." Putting the sack firmly in the corner, Wang Baoer said with a smile.

"How many catties here?" After a pause, Ji Anyi said again. "Yesterday, I specially bought two high-quality large jars in the town. First, I used them to marinate soybean paste. Xiaomu will come over tomorrow. Tell him, please bring two more jars the next morning."

Wang Baoer thought for a while and answered. "It's estimated to be about one hundred and twenty to thirty catties. There is still a sack at home."

Not many soybeans are grown, and they can’t be sold at any price. Generally, they are planted on the ridges of the fields, and not many are grown in the ground.

"Brother Ji, I went home last night and had a conversation with your Brother Aqiang." After a pause, Wang Baoer continued. "It's mid-August now, and the days go by so fast. If you don't pay attention, it will be winter. The house at home is not easy to survive the winter. I don't feel like living in it now. Winter will not work. I thought, during this time, I bought fish sauce. The money, plus the money for the two kinds of dried radishes, should not be much different, let's focus on the house first, and try to build the house before winter."

This means that during this period of time, they are not going to share the income of fish sauce, and they have to take care of the house first.

Ji Anyi listened, his heart was warm, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be stopped. "Brother, it's okay. I have saved some money, fish sauce and dried radish. It should be enough to build a blue brick house." After a pause, he said again. "I thought so too, but I felt like I hadn't brought it up a long time ago. Although the jam is only available for a month, it still earns a few taels of silver. Xiaomu comes here every day to haul vegetables, and it's almost a tael of silver after a month. "

He didn't tell Wang Bao'er about the 200 taels of silver bills for the buyout of the ice shavings.

"You and Xiao Er went to the county town and bought a lot of things. I saw that the house has changed, and it must have cost a lot of money." I'm just a child, and it's the first time I've come to the city, so it's normal for me not to look down on myself. I think back when he first came to the town, everything was novel, and he wished he could move back home, could he sell it? He and Dad bought them for him, and those who couldn't afford it could only feast their eyes on it. Later, after Ah Mo and Dad left, he realized how difficult life was when he became a housekeeper.

There are many things that you have to experience to understand.Wang Baoer doesn't stick to Ji Geer's spending money, because only by letting him know the importance of money, can he think of ways to make money, and he can spend whatever money he can, as long as he has a degree in his heart.

When he didn't come to Ji's house before, whether he was awake or asleep, he was always thinking about how to earn money, and only after earning money could he have money to spend. Now that he is married to Ji's family, Uncle Ji is too picky. Hua only knows how to pick and choose, he has no mood at all, and the money he can't spend is earning a fart.

"It's okay, it's okay." Ji Anyi touched his nose.

Among the eight taels of silver, there is a little bit of impulsive consumption.

Seeing his guilty look, Wang Baoer couldn't help laughing, and patted him on the shoulder. "I don't mean anything else. The money I earn is spent to make life better. I just thought, you spent a lot of money in the city, and I'm afraid there's not much left from what you saved a while ago. Since the brick house is going to be built, we have to make it stronger and more spacious. I reckon that every 20 taels is not enough. If we have a new house, we must add some furniture to put it in. There are a lot of beds, tables and chairs. It’s gone, the new house has been built, the tables have to be set, and the wages paid for three meals a day are all money.”

Ji Anyi was taken aback when he heard that.He really didn't think so carefully.

Quickly counting his purse secretly in his heart, after counting, he was a little stunned.

After a trip to Wanjing City, his wallet was empty...

Now I have the deposit of three taels given by Su Jinming when he came back. Among them, he bought two large pots and spent some money. Xiao Mu gave him 910 eight copper coins just now. Adding up, his current family wealth is more than three taels.

Of course, that large sum of money is still lying quietly in the space, and it cannot be used now.

Why does he always have the feeling that he is a landlord?Where did this pain in the ass come from?Now when I counted my wealth, I suddenly realized that I was actually a pauper.

Ever since he came back from Wanjing City, he has been a little out of shape.

Ji Anyi pinched himself fiercely on the arm, sober up, young man! "Brother, I know what's in my heart."

"How can you count?" Wang Baoer laughed. "About the house, I'll take care of it for you with Ama Liu. It's troublesome here. How much money can you have as a child? If you really run out of money, put the furniture aside, set the table and The wages and three meals a day are not sloppy. Of course, the green bricks and wood used to build the house cannot be sloppy. We will discuss this matter in detail when the time comes. You, Brother Aqiang, should also know about this, Ji Our house has only just been built.”

Before 20 taels, he didn't dare to think about it. He saved it in just a few months. Now, he thinks he can try it. Whenever possible, he has to try to get the house ready before winter.

He did the math himself last night, sixteen coppers a catty, can sell for five or six hundred catties, which is more than six taels, and there are two kinds of dried radishes, 22 coppers a catty, can sell for two to three hundred catties, It's more than three taels, adding up to ten taels of silver. Ji Geer has some small savings, and the vegetables are a total of three taels of silver. He still has some private money, which he earned when he was not married into Ji's family. Come on, such a calculation, barely enough.

"Brother, I'm talking about money, I know it in my heart." After a pause, Ji Anyi made a budget in advance for the sake of Wang Bao'er's peace of mind. "Build the house before the winter solstice. Work should start in early November, and it should be out in about 20 days. It is now mid-August, mid-September, mid-October, mid-November, and there are still three months left. Braised radish Dried 44 copper coins a catty, three hundred catties in three months, dried garlic and spicy radish..."

"Wait." Wang Baoer was stunned.

44 copper plates per catty... What a sky-high price!

Originally, 22 copper coins per catty for dried radishes was a sky-high price, but the pork belly was only 44 copper coins per catty. It was the first time I heard that radish was more expensive than meat, but now it has risen to [-] copper coins per catty.

He's all a little off.

He couldn't imagine how people in the city would spend 44 copper coins to buy a pound of dried radish. No matter how delicious it was, it was still dried radish!Is it possible to still taste the taste of dragon meat?

How do city people live their lives?Did all the money fall from the sky?How to look different from them is stupid.

"What's wrong, bro?" Ji Anyi was bored, looking at Wang Baoer's face...he really didn't know how to describe it.

After a while, Wang Baoer's mood eased, and she smacked her mouth. "Isn't it 22 copper plates a catty? How come the price has doubled? Can it be sold?" After a pause, he said something hastily. "Ji Geer's earning money is earning money, we can't be impatient, this 44 copper coins per catty is too scary, who will sell it."

If it were him, he wouldn't sell it for ten coppers a catty, and he would buy two radishes and take them home, and the taste would not be much different, so why waste the money.

"It's okay." So it was this, Ji Anyi smiled. "Boss Su proposed the price on his own initiative. Brother, you didn't go to the city to see. The eggs there cost one copper coin. I heard that if you send them to the mansion, they are all two copper coins each. The price quoted above is this amount... "

Ji Anyi opened his eyes on purpose.

Of course, there must be a way to do this, either to take the job for his own family, or to put the job on the head of the person who gave the filial money.This is Mr. Xu nagging. He once worked in the kitchen of a big mansion for five years. He said that the life in the mansion was really hell-like. It's also rough work.

Emma, ​​Wang Baoer has gained a lot of knowledge today.

An egg can be sold for five coppers, so the people in the mansion are all fools, how did the people below deceive them, they don't even understand this bit of common sense, what do they rely on to make money?

For the first time, he felt that he knew very little and couldn't see the world clearly.

"Brother. They are not stupid, but rather smart." After thinking about it, Ji Anyi explained very shallowly. "Rich people have many people and many things. If you want the people below to do things for you faithfully, you have to give them some oil. If there is no benefit, who is willing to help with things? Even if you sell yourself, you will not be too dedicated. , there must be something to look forward to, right?"

It seems that this is the case, Wang Baoer's head is a little dizzy now.

"Daughter-in-law." Wang Xiaoer, who had been staying by the side, suddenly spoke up, and looked at Ji Anyi eagerly.

"What's wrong?" Ji Anyi turned his head and asked.

Wang Xiaoer still looked at him eagerly, pursed his lips and did not speak, looking a little unhappy.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Ji Anyi hadn't reacted yet.

Wang Xiaoer turned his eyes to look at the sky outside, and then quickly turned his eyes to his own wife, watching eagerly.

Only then did Ji Anyi come up with the idea that it's time to send Xiao Er to the village chief's house to learn boxing!

"Brother, Xiaoer and I will go to the village chief's house." Saying that, Ji Anyi took Wang Xiaoer's hand and smiled at him. "let's go."

Wang Xiaoer listened, grinned happily, and called out three times for his wife, not to mention how happy he was, and followed him out of the house happily.

Wang Baoer was a little confused at first, but watching this scene, she couldn't help laughing.

Looking at these two sips always puts him in a good mood.

Now that the price of dried radish has risen to 44 copper plates per catty, there is no suspense about building a house. He has to talk to Ah Qiang when he gets home tonight. The wood will be prepared now. The blue bricks have to be picked well, and the price must be authentic, shouldn't it be a pig?Three months is a good time to give birth and grow up a lot. Meat is a must for three meals a day, and buying meat every day is not a problem.

Ji's family has pigs, but considering Uncle Ji's temper, forget it...

Wang Baoer went out of the house while thinking in her heart, and walked around in a circle, thinking about where it would be suitable to set up a temporary pigsty to come out.

After arriving at the village chief's house, after sitting for a while, Ji Anyi came out and stopped by Brother He's house, asking him to send a hundred catties of radishes, and then went to Zhong San's home with chili sauce and chili peppers The fans asked for 25 catties each, and then told him not to sell the soybeans at home, and keep them for his future use, as well as radishes. He saw that his second brother He's house was running out of radishes.

Ah Zhong San was overjoyed when he heard this, and kept saying yes.

There are a lot of chili peppers at home, and there is not much chili sauce left after chopping for more than a month. Now I have picked up another [-] catties, and even my own food is a bit tight. He thought it would be like this, but it didn’t happen. , and a new way to make money.

When he got home, Wang Baoer was preparing to soak the beans, and when he saw Ji Anyi came back, he said something. "Ji Geer raises a pig."

ah?Raising pigs...that smell...

Ji Anyi was startled. "Brother, what are you doing raising pigs? We don't have a pigsty at home."

"It's okay, I just took a look. The land on the right can be used as a temporary place. When building a house, you don't eat meat every meal, but you still need a meal of meat a day. There will be more people, and it will take a day." There are more than 20 copper coins to buy meat, which is very profitable. Now that I am raising it, I can grow some meat after three months. After all, I need to save some money. Sweet potatoes are planted in the mountains, and the sweet potato vines are the best for raising pigs.”

Uh...it's all right. "That's fine. Later, I'll ask Master Lu to come over and build a pigsty." If you want to build it, it should be built well, far away from the main house, and it will be suitable to raise a pig every year in the future.

Upon hearing this, Wang Baoer glared at Ji Anyi. "Master Lu, please, I can fix it in three to five days with your Brother Aqiang."

"Okay." Ji Anyi smiled. "Brother, how many peppers are grown at home? Aunt Zhong San just said that the peppers in his house are almost clear, and there is still a little bit left, you have to keep it for yourself."

"Yes. You need to tell me later, I'll pick it up and chop it up." Wang Baoer was busy with the work in hand while talking.

He's full of energy now, it's all money, and a new house is going to be built in early November.

The sun will also come out.Ji Anyi opened the utility room, ready to take out the dried radishes to dry.

Wang Baoer watched, stopped what she was doing, wiped her hands, and walked over. "I'll carry the sun mat. You're too small to carry it."

The sun mat was three meters wide and five or six meters long, and it was indeed a bit difficult for Ji Anyi to carry it.

After laying out the sun mat, Wang Baoer continued to be busy with his own business, soaking beans.

Ji Anyi took out the dried radish and dried it carefully.

As soon as he finished his work, Brother He came over and brought a hundred catties of radishes. "Brother Ji is thinking of a new way to make money? I also have some soybeans at home. If you need them, you can tell me." He was straightforward.

"Okay." Ji Anyi took the radish, put it away, gave him the money, and said with a smile. "If you need it, Second Brother He put the soybeans away first, and I'll come back to you later."

In fact, Second Brother He just asked casually, unexpectedly, when it really happened, he immediately nodded with joy. "Okay, okay. That's it, my family's soybeans will not be sold in the town this year, and they are reserved for Ji Geer."

After a few more words, Brother He returned home happily.

"Second Brother He is also straightforward." Wang Baoer said with a smile.He likes to deal with straightforward people, without worry.

Ji Anyi listened and smiled. "Not really."

The two of them were chatting nonchalantly, while they were busy with the matter in hand.

After putting the bamboo flats away, he moved the table out of the kitchen, took out the chopping board and kitchen knife, and Ji Anyi was ready to cut the radish strips.

After soaking the beans, Wang Baoer had nothing else to do, so she moved a stool, sat at the table, took another chopping board and a kitchen knife, and chopped the radish sticks.

His speed is much faster than Ji Anyi's, and he cuts quickly, accurately and well.

As time goes by, the sun rises higher and higher...

You can't stay outside this room anymore, your whole body is so hot, sweat is flowing like rain.

Ji Anyi withdrew his hand, and said while rubbing his slightly sore wrist. "Brother, we are busy moving in the kitchen, the sun is so strong, I feel a little dizzy."

"Okay." The sweat flowed too fast, directly affecting the movements of the hands, Wang Baoer stood up, moved the table into the room.

The bamboo flats were already full, Ji Anyi carefully fiddled with them, and put them in the sun outside, then turned over the dried radishes in the drying mat, and then went back to the kitchen to continue cutting radish strips.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so Wang Baoer didn't come over, and followed Ji Aqiang directly to the field.

After Ji Anyi and Wang Xiaoer came back from the village chief's home after learning calligraphy, they went into the mountains to find some dead branches and came back. They went to the fields to check the growth of the seedlings. They stayed at home for a while, and in the evening, they started to tidy up. Waiting for some housework with radishes, almost busy, ready to cook dinner, clean up the kitchen after dinner, take a bath and sit under the eaves to enjoy the cool, chatting with the villagers who came to pick up well water, waiting for dark Yes, go to bed.

The next day when Xiao Muguo was hauling vegetables, Ji Anyi told him to settle the matter and gave him the money. He nodded in agreement, saying that he would bring them over tomorrow.

The beans have been soaking for a whole day, and the second step can be started.

Ji Anyi learned from Wang Baoer in a decent way, and helped out together.

In the afternoon, Ji Aqiang came over, and the four of them went into the mountain, found a few moderate trees, chopped them down and carried them home, preparing for the whole pigsty.

Ji Anyi expressed his thoughts, and Wang Baoer agreed very much. Since it is going to be set up, it should be set up well, and it is possible to continue raising pigs in the future.

The building of the pigsty is not a big deal, but the four of them have been busy for several days, because it needs to be built more solidly, so the work will naturally be more delicate.

Wang Baoer and Ji Aqiang have been eating here these few days, and I don't know what Ji Aqiang told Ji Bo, but this time he was very quiet and didn't say anything.

Because only one pig was raised, the pigsty was not very big, and a cesspool was dug at the back. According to Ji Anyi's opinion, it was a little far away from the main house. A shed was built next to the pigsty. All the ewes lived in the shed, and only the two dogs still slept in the firewood nest in the kitchen.

After finishing his work, Wang Baoer made a special trip to Qingliu Village, the piglets there were very good, and the surrounding villages went to Qingliu Village to buy piglets, thinking that they would have to be slaughtered in November, and it wouldn't last long, so he picked a bigger one piglet.

After happily bringing the piglets back, Wang Baoer carefully told Ji Anyi what to pay attention to when raising pigs. Of course, there is also a certain amount of attention to the pig food.

Ji Anyi sounded a little confused, but Wang Xiaoer was listening beside him, looking at the piglets in the pigsty with sparkling eyes, his expression, not to mention how serious it was, he... actually understood everything?

Wang Baoer also found out about this, but fortunately she directly took her younger brother to give more detailed guidance.

One day later, Wang Xiaoer was no longer the idiot he was back then. When he talked about the past, he cleared up Ji Anyi's doubts.

He said that his daughter-in-law talked to him in bed that night, saying that raising pigs smells bad and it’s not easy to clean... Well, he vaguely understood that his wife doesn’t like pigs very much, so he thought, he should learn how to raise pigs Pig, then, he learned it, which is unbelievable now that he thinks about it.