GBP Chapter 360 I don’t want to hold you back
Chapter 360 I don’t want to hold you back
Shen Youyou went to catch up on her sleep, but everyone was preparing for setting up stalls the day after tomorrow with great enthusiasm.
Shen Tietou was forging iron with a loud noise. His hands were covered with calluses and even had some new blisters. He didn't care and continued to hit the iron with the axe for dozens of times. Even when the blisters burst, he didn't even frown.
Even the iron-forging action did not slow down at all, as if the hand was not his.
The same thing happened with Wang Fuxi. The other guys called over a few other men in the carpentry group. He took a carving knife and carved a little rabbit according to Shen Youyou's drawing.
In fact, Shen Youyou's drawings are relatively simple and easy to carve. However, Shen Youyou has to make molds, and she needs to make at least a dozen bunnies of the same shape.
Moreover, the size and appearance should be similar, preferably to the point where they cannot be distinguished by the naked eye.
There were quite a few cuts on his hands as he was busy every day. Even if he applied the facial oil made by Shen Youyou at night, the dryness and cracking did not improve much.
At this time, Shen Zhixia came over and whispered in his ear: "My mother just came to me and said that she would wait and see how much money the shoe sole group can make in a day. If it is not as much as her group, she will let me go over there and work with her."
Wang Fuxi paused for a moment, feeling warm inside. His mother-in-law always thought about them. He nodded and replied, "Okay, you decide."
Old Lady Hua, who had returned to the house a long time ago, was directing several old ladies to crush and grind the dried Eclipta prostrata into powder, add glutinous rice vinegar to the powder, and stir it with a wooden stick until it becomes a paste that can be used directly.
"Work in pairs and apply the wipes to each other. Wear plastic gloves when applying and don't get it on your hands. The day after tomorrow when you go to set up a stall and reach out to grab a hairpin, your fingers will end up being all black. That's not good."
The other old ladies quickly responded: "Yes, yes!"
Old Lady Hua said to her mother-in-law, Old Lady Wang: "Sister Wang, I'll wipe it for you. Come on, put on this plastic sheet."
This mother-in-law is different from other widows.
In rural areas, many widows are more strict with their sons because they have lost their husbands. So when they see that their sons have a good relationship with their wives, they are afraid that their sons will forget about them after they get married, so they always try to trip up their wives, either openly or secretly.
When their family came to propose marriage, Mrs. Hua was afraid that her daughter would be unwilling to agree to the marriage.
But then he thought, their family lives in the same village, and he would not want his daughter to marry into another village, besides, their family only gave ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift.
In the countryside, if a family can offer ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, they are considered to be a wealthy family. The elder brother of the Wang family used to resell large salt grains, so he must have made much more money than those of them who work hard in the field.
But because the elder brother died early, the reason why ten taels of silver could be taken out at that time was also partly because the son-in-law Wang Fuxi learned the skills of a carpenter.
At that time, there were still many girls in the village who were attracted to this young man, but somehow he came to her house to propose to her daughter.
Later, after considering all aspects, she agreed. In the beginning, Old Lady Hua was always paying attention to her intentionally or unintentionally, fearing that her daughter would be bullied by a widowed mother-in-law after marrying into the family.
Later on, it became clear that this old mother-in-law was a very good mother and had never spoken loudly to her daughter.
Sometimes when the two of them are together, even their mother feels jealous.
In her life, the old lady had three boys and one daughter. She must have taken better care of her daughter than the boys because she was a woman and knew that women's lives were not easy.
So since the mother-in-law is good to her daughter, she has to protect the old mother-in-law.
When she goes to set up the stall the day after tomorrow, she will bring her mother-in-law with her. They will no longer stay in Fang County, but will go to the provincial capital to do big business.
Apart from making shoe soles, the only thing left in the yard was to build a half-circle thatched house on the originally empty east wall of the village. As the weather got colder, plastic shoe soles and the like could no longer be made outside.
After the house is built, she has to prepare the stove designed by her daughter. By then, Shen Tietou’s iron pancake mold can be used directly.
We need to build a few more kangs. We can't let the people who make headwear do it all in their room. It would be inconvenient for them to go in and out.
It's more fun when there are more people working together.
They worked in groups of three or five, carrying dung baskets and carrying soil on shoulder poles.
Cartloads of adobe bricks were also brought here. Fortunately, they were thinking of building pig pens and chicken coops, so the people from Tangjia Village helped them make a lot of adobe bricks.
This one shouted, "You guys outside, mix some more mud and bring in more adobe bricks."
The one yelled, "Xiao Sanzi, we ordered plastic sheets for the windows here? Come over here and take a look at this field-shaped window frame. Is it okay?"
Shen Zhiqiu had to take care of everything, and was sweating profusely from all the hard work. He hurried over, took a few glances, and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, that's it. Later, the windows of the houses we live in will be made like this, so they can be warm and windproof in winter."
After working on the small animal samples for a long time, Wang Fuxi just came over to see how the windows were installed when he heard this. At that time, the honest man froze.
For the first time in my life, I regretted choosing to be a carpenter.
The little kids were holding the candies that Grandma Hua bought for them yesterday. They were so happy that they always wanted to go to places where there were more people.
As a result, many men scolded the children, mainly because they were not busy enough, such as pushing carts, carrying loads, moving bricks, and mixing mud. As a result, the boys were running around everywhere and could be knocked over by them if they were not careful.
"Go play somewhere else. Why are you joining in the fun? You're indispensable everywhere. Don't show off. Wait until I have time and see if I will beat you up."
Grandpa Shen smiled and waved his hands: "Come on, kids, don't go over there, or the cart will hit you. Be obedient, and I will ask your uncle to buy you candy the day after tomorrow."
Someone else shouted, "Xiu'e, go home quickly and take a look. Little Xingyun ran around and fell down, and he's crying."
Li Xiu'e, who was laying out pieces of sweet potato starch to dry, said without even turning her head: "It's okay, go ahead and cry. Besides, there's Grandpa to comfort him, don't worry about him."
In fact, Li Xiu'e tossed and turned all night yesterday and couldn't fall asleep. Why?
Because she saw that the hairpin group made more money. Her family was different from others. Other families had larger families and more work. Even though the shoe sole group did not get as much as the hairpin group, they were still able to save a lot of money.
But she is a woman with a little luck. If she saves all her money to build a brick house, Shen Laosan said that it will not be built in this yard, but a new foundation will be built in the north. Can she afford it with the money she earns alone?
Although things are still far away, we need to prepare in advance.
Even though she knew that no one would leave her and her daughter here alone, she really didn't want to always hold everyone back.
Little Yang, who also had a red crabapple flower hairpin in her hair today, was wearing a satin dress given by Li Jingshu. She was holding the railing on the stone bridge, facing the river, smoothing her hair and stroking the hairpin.
This was specially made for her by Shen Erya yesterday. Little Yang really loves it.