Chapter 305: Gratitude (second update)
Chapter 305: Gratitude (Second update)
Cui Qingci understood that in her mother's eyes, her sister-in-law's feelings were the most important.
If it were from the sister-in-law's perspective and they kept it secret from her, she might feel uncomfortable.
“Well, I still need to tell my sister-in-law.”
“Sister-in-law’s feelings are the most important.”
After the two of them went back, it was already getting late.
They had to wait until the next day to collect brown sugar in the village.
Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci made dinner and ate it at home. While eating, Mrs. Cui sighed, "If only Zhiluo was at home, the house would be lively."
Cui Qingci understood that her mother missed her sister-in-law.
Similarly, my mother and sister-in-law used to eat together every day and work together, and a sense of dependence was formed between them.
Forget about her mother, even she also wants a sister-in-law.
Although she had only been with her sister-in-law for a few months, she couldn't help but miss her.
Not to mention eldest brother.
Cui Qingci could only console her: "Mom, it's okay. My sister-in-law said in the letter that she will come back when she is done."
“Besides, the weather is getting cold, and the Chinese New Year will soon be here. During the Chinese New Year, my sister-in-law will definitely go home.”
“And my sister-in-law’s parents, brothers and sisters will also miss her.”
Say this, Mrs. Cui is happy.
“Then we have to open the store and sell the brown sugar. We can’t wait for Zhiluo to come back and do these things.”
Seeing how her mother cheered up, Cui Qingci nodded and said, "That's natural."
After having a full meal, Mrs. Cui went to Li Zheng's house.
Li Zheng’s family are all busy making brown sugar, and there are a lot of freshly made brown sugar on the shelf next to them.
“Brother Zhou, eldest sister, you are still busy!”
Hearing the sound, Mrs. Zhu turned around and saw Mrs. Cui at the door, "Oh, Sister Cui, what kind of wind has brought you here? Come in quickly!"
Zhu was very happy when she saw Mrs. Cui.
Zhou Zhaoxi Zhou Zhaohe also hurriedly called Mrs. Cui, "Aunt Cui!"
“Hey, your two sons are hard-working, capable and filial. It’s really good.”
Zhu's face turned into a smile, "They are all country folk, so you are the only one to praise them."
Mrs. Cui said solemnly: "Sister Zhu, I'm not praising you. What I'm telling you is the truth. The key point is that you are honest."
“Oh, it’s not like this girl looks down on us in Donghe Village.”
Speaking of this, Mr. Zhu was also a little worried.
Her eldest son is already sixteen years old. Normally, people get married at the age of fifteen.
The eldest son turned seventeen after the Chinese New Year, and Mrs. Zhu felt anxious.
Mrs. Cui said: "Our village can make sugar, but others don't know it yet. When they find out later, they will definitely know that our Donghe Village is good, and they will not look down on Donghe Village."
Thinking this way, Mr. Zhu was also happy.
“No, that’s all thanks to Zhiluo. Otherwise, how could we learn such a skill? As long as we work harder, we can boil more brown sugar.”
Now everyone in the village is working hard to make brown sugar. Occasionally, I see villagers on the street with smiles on their faces.
Zhu was very moved when she saw it.
And the whole family is very motivated.
The key is that this kind of work does not delay anything, not even the work at home or the work in the fields.
You have free time, you can arrange it however you want.
Where can I find such a good craft job?
The key is that brown sugar is scarce in the north.
Sometimes they can’t even buy brown sugar in the market.
Even in spring when the fields are busy, you can stop making brown sugar and do more field work.
You can continue to make sugar during the slack period, and you can still make income.
This is a craft. The secret recipe seems simple, but if you don’t know how to make it, you won’t be able to make it.
This is considered an heirloom.
Mrs. Cui had a conversation with Mrs. Zhu and said, "By the way, Sister Zhu, I am here this time to collect brown sugar."
"I thought I would come to you and Brother Zhou first to count the brown sugar of the people in the village. I will prepare the money for everyone. It was agreed at that time that it would be twenty-five yuan per pound." "This is natural, and it is natural to do what was agreed You have to do it, besides, this is the skill that Zhi Luo taught everyone."
Everyone in the village is sincere and very grateful to Jiang Zhiluo.
Now that everyone sees Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci, they respect them from the bottom of their hearts.
If anything happens to the Cui family, everyone will actively help.
Mrs. Cui mainly talked about this matter.
After she returned, Li Zheng and Zhu hurriedly held a meeting with the village.
Let everyone bring all the brown sugar and weigh it the next day.
The next day, everyone in the village hurriedly took the brown sugar to Li Zheng’s house to weigh it.
The main reason is that many people do not have a scale.
In more than half a month, most of Li Zheng's family members were laborers, boiling brown sugar in two pots and making more than 20 kilograms of brown sugar.
There are many families in the village, some make more than ten kilograms, some make more than twenty kilograms, and a large family makes more than thirty kilograms.
Mrs. Cui paid the settlement on the spot.
The calculation is based on twenty-five cents per catty. If it is not enough, it is calculated as a full catty.
“Thank you, Aunt Cui.”
“Thank you, Sister Cui.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Cui…”
When the villagers actually got the money, they didn’t know how to thank Mrs. Cui and the others.
Everyone’s face was full of gratitude, and even the words of gratitude were true thanks.
Suddenly, everyone had a few hundred more coins in their hands, which was a lot of money for the villagers.
Everyone even calculated in their minds that if they were more diligent and cooked more brown sugar every month, they could earn several taels of silver every year.
And when spring comes, they plan to open up some wasteland to grow sugar beet.
Everyone walked back happily with copper coins in their hands.
Talk and laugh with each other, and are full of hope for life.
Even Mrs. Zhao and her two grandsons came home and said happily: "I have made three hundred cents at once. Let's be more diligent and boil more brown sugar, and we can save more than one tael of silver by the time of the Chinese New Year."
Mrs. Zhao has this in mind, and they can do more work after the New Year.
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Erlin were also happy.
One tael of silver, they had never dared to think of it before.
Old Mrs. Zhao also sighed. She almost died before, but it was Zhiluo who saved her.
She didn’t even know what to do at that time.
The main reason is that at her age, she cannot do the work in the fields, and her two grandsons are not yet adults, so they cannot do the work in the fields at all.
I never thought I could learn how to make sugar.
In this case, even if the work in the fields cannot be done, if you make sugar well, you can still make a few taels of silver a year.
Life at home will get better.
Zhao Dalin will be fifteen years old in the new year. She will marry him a wife and have children by then, and she will feel relaxed.
Zhao Erlin is still young.
But as long as the family has this craft, they can have enough to eat.
“You all must remember the kindness of the Cui family and your sister Jiang.”
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Erlin nodded seriously.
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Hinghua Village
Jiang family
Ever since things became quiet outside and the Cui family sent them a message, the people in their village also moved out.
Everything is normal in Xingshan Village now.
When Jiang Xiangchuan was hiding in the mountains, he made a lot of umbrellas and made a lot of money by selling some of them.
In fact, Jiang Xiangchuan and Ye Shi took gold and silver relatively lightly. They just thought that the most important thing was that the family be well.
(End of this chapter)