bestfiction Chapter 155 Preparing to Build a House
Chapter 155 Preparing to Build a House
Finally, the clever Gou Maoer brought a group of black little kids in the village and readily contributed a basin of honey water for washing fine cloth in his own yard.
Nowadays, the honey water used to wash fine cloth is so sweet that little kids would scramble to drink it!
Besides, the Lin family also drank together, so only Guangdan was the one who was considered nonsense in everyone's eyes.
No one could eat dinner that day, as their stomachs were filled with honey water. After dark, the sterilized jars were dried, and Lin Daniu filled the jars directly in the yard with torches.
There were a lot of these coarse pottery jars in the farmhouse. He used four small jars that looked relatively new to hold four portions of royal jelly, and Grandpa Lin let Lin Daniu hold the rest of the honey himself.
"Dad, this is a lot of honey. Let's take it to town to sell some. We can't eat so much." Lin Daniu said with a smile as he looked at the crystal clear honey under the torch.
"Send some of the dogtail honey to your uncle's house tomorrow, and second sister-in-law, you should send some to your mother's house. Sell half of the rest and keep the other half." Grandpa Lin looked at the nearly 20 kilograms of honey and felt that it was time to sell some.
Guangdan opened his mouth and closed his mouth for a long time, but chose to remain silent after wanting to say something. If he said that all the honey was kept at home for everyone to eat, well, I dare not say, because his family is not that wealthy.
This time, the honey combined with the rice fish allowed Guangdan to successfully earn a batch of copper coins, which also led to his desire to go out to the market recently.
The last time I bought a bunch of sweet treats, my grandma locked them in a small cabinet. Now I give a little bit of them to the kids at home every day.
Grandma has made a slight improvement. Despite Guangdan's constant nagging, she now gives snacks to Taohua and a few other girls.
If grandma had been like she used to be, there would be no chance of having a girl in the family. Now the old lady is gradually compromising.
When the busy farming season begins, the whole village becomes visibly busy and lively.
Linjia Village is not a place that produces a lot of rice, so compared to the south of the Yangtze River, the busy farming season here is not that urgent.
The fields in the village are all next to each other, so apart from the rush to harvest rice, the rest of the sound is the villagers chatting and joking.
The private school in the village has also opened for a half-month busy farming season holiday. The ones working in the fields at home are Lin Daniu and his wife Lin Erniu, as well as Lin Xiaoniu and Gouwei.
Erya, Taohua and grandma were responsible for all the housework at home. Every noon, Taohua and Erya would bring cakes and cold honey water directly to the field.
Guangdan’s task was to pick rice ears with a few other children and then help with some housework at home.
The whole family was busy and couldn't stop, and the adults' skin became visibly darker.
The only pity is that I didn’t have time to buy a suitable calf before the busy farming season, but as long as I have money in my pocket, I have nothing to fear.
On the third day of the busy farming season, Uncle Guangdan came with his two sons to help, which accelerated the Lin family's work.
The next most important task for the children in the family is to dry the rice.
Every day I have to hold a small stick and watch over the rice to prevent small birds like sparrows from stealing the rice.
After the adults drained the water from the fields, they would start digging the land. This was the difficulty of not having oxen, as all this work had to rely on manual labor.
After the rice is harvested, some people plant wheat and some plant rapeseed. At this time, rapeseed has gradually come into people's view, but not many people in Linjia Village plant it.
"Grandpa, I heard from Wumao that there are people who specialize in selling rapeseed oil in the city. It is said that the leftover rapeseed oil can be used to fertilize the fields. Let's plant some at home!" Guangdan took a small stool and sat next to his grandfather, chattering.
This was already the second day since he recommended rapeseed, but his grandfather remained unmoved.
He naturally understood his grandfather's thoughts, because the rapeseed yield was really low at this time, but Guangdan thought that if his family of this size relied on lard to live, it would be too wasteful of the pigs.
If soybean oil and peanut oil don't work, then it will be fine, but the local technology doesn't exist. But he found out about rapeseed oil from Wumao.
As for the information in the village, there are two sources. One is the private school. The teacher of the private school once traveled around the provincial capital when he was young, so he has some knowledge.
The second is the village chief’s family. As for what’s happening outside, the village chief’s family always knows about it faster than anyone else.
So Guangdan would find out something from time to time when he was chatting with the Wumao people.
This Wumaoer knows that his little brother is very interested in what is happening outside, and will take the initiative to inform him when he knows some news.
As a result of this and that, Guangdan and Wumaoer were considered to be rare but knowledgeable little guys in the village.
Grandpa Lin was brainwashed by Guangdan's language for two consecutive days, but in the end he couldn't stand the kid's mouth and had to agree.
The main reason for this is that the old man thinks this kid is good at making money. He said that even if he doesn't make any money, he won't lose money either.
Grandpa is right to think so, because Guangdan is thinking about eating the rapeseed oil at home! Don't even think about selling it!
What is left after paying taxes on such a low output?
It was still a hot summer when the busy farming season ended. Fortunately, Linjia Village was in the mountains, so it was nothing like the heat in the steel and concrete cities of later times.
So after the rice was stored in the warehouse, Grandpa Lin finally gave the order and prepared to start building the house.
Before building the house, Grandpa Lin discussed it with his family after dinner. It was more of a notification than a discussion.
"I originally thought that building two rooms would be enough, and then building it to the west. Now I think two rooms are still not enough." Grandpa Lin said and watched the reactions of his family members quietly.
In fact, apart from Lin Xiaoniu, no one else reacted much, especially Lin Erniu and his wife from the second wife, who basically had no reaction at all.
Because the oldest child in the second room is only six years old, he doesn’t want a new house at all now.
"Grandpa, we have children who are studying at home. We need a study room. It would be best if we could build a warehouse. If not, a cellar will also do." Guangdan simply began to express his thoughts.
"And then?" Grandpa nodded slightly and continued to ask.
"Well, now we all live in one room, which is actually not a big deal, because in winter we would waste firewood if we sleep separately while heating the kang. But let's build a few more cabinets in each room, in addition to the kang cabinets, we can also put cabinets in the room."