No pain no gain

After selling the baskets and returning, Da Zhuang devoted himself to his family’s few acres of land, shoveled off the raised grass, picked out wild vegetables, and brought them back to improve the dining table that had not seen much green food for several months. , Dig a soil ditch at a short distance in each piece of land, pour in diluted homemade farmyard manure, and then cover it, mainly because there is no plow and cattle, so the ground cannot be plowed, so I want to improve the land in a deep level The situation can only be done little by little. Fertilization is not an easy task. The fertilizer formed after fermentation is mixed with rotten leaves, excrement, chicken manure and other things, and the smell is very bad. Moreover, he has to carry it from home to the field in a bucket. Even if Da Zhuang wears a mask and has been busy for a few days, he will inevitably be so disgusted that he can't eat.

The big girl takes care of several small chickens and washes clothes at home. Two of the four hens brought in a year ago are nesting. One big hen lays a dozen eggs, and asks the big girl not to approach The chicken coop disturbed the two hens. Although the eldest girl was worried that the two flower hens hadn't come out to eat for a long time, whether they would starve to death or not, she was absolutely convinced by her elder brother's words and was sensible. Don't make trouble for Da Zhuang.

Er Zhuang and Sha Zi went down to the field to help pick wild vegetables and cover up the soil.

It took more than ten days to say that it was eight acres of land, but the actual area was only a little over six acres. The field was almost finished. Da Zhuang planted the cultivated sweet potato seedlings in a field far away from home. Although almost half of the sweet potato seedlings were frozen to death at that time, Da Zhuang thought about it and felt that the remaining sweet potato seedlings were almost enough for planting, because sweet potato seedlings are easier to manage, unlike cotton that needs to catch insects, pinch the top, and touch the twigs. It is very inconvenient to carry the corn and hard beans when receiving the series, so the planting is relatively far away. Fortunately, the few pieces of land at home are not too far from the village, which is the farthest piece of land. It takes more than a quarter of an hour to get there.

Originally there was a mound of soil for cultivating sweet potato seedlings, but because it was still relatively fertile, Da Zhuang made a piece of land in the yard. After the shovel was fluffy, he spread the mound of soil and spread it on top, and picked up a few bunches to grow quickly [-]. Plant wild vegetables that last a long time, such as wild leeks and wild onions, and those that can only be eaten while they are tender, such as shepherd's purse and purslane, cannot be planted.

These are almost busy, February is over, and March is relatively busy. Except for cotton, which is planted in April, the others are basically planted in March. I keep my words in my heart, but I don’t have much time to weave small baskets. I only weave one or two every night. During the period, I have to find time to teach the idiot and Er Zhuang how to read, and the big girl occasionally learns a few words along with her. , before the accident happened to the parents of this body, Da Zhuang once went to the school in the next village to study for almost a year. There was only one teacher in that school, and he was the only teacher in several nearby villages. Da Zhuang's major in his previous life was the tasteless ancient Chinese, which was transferred. Although he knew it was unpopular, he didn't have any connections or money to try to change his major, so he had to learn it. The traditional Chinese characters here Da Zhuang couldn't help it, and because he had studied for a year, he was not afraid of being exposed when he taught a few children.

Da Zhuang did not start with the classic ancient enlightenment books such as the Three Character Classic and Hundred Surnames, but adopted a modern educational method, starting with the simplest characters, such as gold, wood, water, fire, earth, sun, moon and people.

The second day of March was the appointment time with Zhao Ziyang, Da Zhuang asked the fool to go home for a day, and took the eldest girl and the second girl there.

The eldest girl and the second girl happily found the hair rope that Da Zhuang bought for them last time and tied two small braids. That pair is reserved for San Niuer.

In addition to the fifty or sixty palm-sized small baskets weaved according to Zhao Ziyang's request, Da Zhuang also brought dozens of baskets that were not sold out last time, and planned to sell a few in Beishi.

It was a quarter of an hour before the end of the day, and Da Zhuang went to the shop to wait. Arriving on time or being late was the prerogative of the stronger party.

The two guys in the shop still remembered Da Zhuang, and enthusiastically asked Da Zhuang to wait behind the counter.

Da Zhuang looked around the store and was secretly surprised when he saw the decorated small baskets placed on most of the containers. The frames were decorated with various fabrics, and some were simply cut into rattan strips. The green cloth strips were wrapped around a bit, and some were carefully made of floral cloth and small flowers were inserted on the frame... The most important thing is that almost none of the baskets have the same decorations. At this moment, a half-grown girl happened to come in to buy things. , picked a heart-shaped basket decorated with rattan with flowers wrapped around it, Da Zhuang secretly noticed it, and it was sold for more than [-] yuan each!

When Zhao Ziyang came in, Da Zhuang was carefully observing the small baskets that could barely see their original appearance, secretly admiring the boss's ingenuity in his heart.

"How about it, isn't it a good decoration!" Zhao Ziyang raised his head slightly and said.

Only then did Da Zhuang notice that the shopkeeper from last time had arrived, and he hurried out of the counter to meet him, and while responding to Zhao Ziyang's words, he took out the small basket from his back basket.

Zhao Ziyang took it and played with it for a while, nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "Is it still four pennies a piece?"

Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and immediately gave an affirmative answer. In fact, the baskets were small. Although it took a little more effort to weave them, it took less time. Da Zhuang didn't expect to be able to sell them for four cents each.

Zhao Ziyang motioned to the two boys to count them, and noticed the baskets in the back basket that were not sold out last time. He also ordered the assistant to take twenty, and then he asked the assistant to pay for it. This time, he brought 56 ​​baskets. The extra small basket plus 260 ordinary baskets is [-] four Wen in total.

After Da Zhuang put away the money, he said shyly, "Little shopkeeper, well, the field will be busy next month, so I may not have much time to weave the baskets, or I'll deliver them in two months!"

Zhao Ziyang said indifferently: "My surname is Zhao. You can call me Brother Zhao. You don't need to call me shopkeeper or not. You can send it over if you have it, but it can't exceed three months at most. If I'm not around, Lao Cao will naturally I entertain you."

Da Zhuang was naturally thankful again, and made an appointment with the guy surnamed Cao for his next visit, which was also scheduled for the second day of the second day of May, which was the second day of May.

"Then I won't disturb your business, I'll go first." Da Zhuang said politely.

The two guys hurriedly said goodbye to Da Zhuang and went to greet the guests.

Da Zhuang secretly touched the hard money bag in his arms, and he was sincerely grateful to Zhao Ziyang from the bottom of his heart. Although he might just want to do the business of that basket on a whim, he really helped him when he was in trouble, that's all , I will have the opportunity to repay this kindness in the future...