Chapter 449 Asking the Villagers for Help
Mrs. Li and her family now make toothbrush handles at home every day. This morning, they finally saw a wedding in the village, so they went to see the bride.
The two sons came back and had long forgotten about Fan Dazhu and Zhang Chunhua. They went home excitedly to cook.
When they saw Hu Wenhua enter the yard, the children at home immediately ran in to tell him.
Mrs. Li wiped her hands and turned her head to shout into the house: "Er Zhuang San Zhuang, Wenhua is here, come out quickly! Dayan, make a cup of tea for the guests."
Er Zhuang and San Zhuang went out with Wenhua. They didn't know if Hu Wenhua came to talk to them, so they called the two sons out to entertain the guests;
Dayan was the matchmaker arranged by Wenhua, but if he didn't come to talk about marriage this time, it would be awkward, so it was just right to let Dayan make tea.
Seeing this, Hu Wenhua quickly made his intention clear: "It's just right, all three of you are the people I'm looking for."
Feng Dayan immediately understood when she heard it, handed over the tea and stood aside with a smile, waiting for Hu Wenhua to explain his intention first.
Hu Wenhua first handed the money bag to the two of them: "Er Zhuang San Zhuang, we will be out for a total of 46 days this time, nine taels and two cents, you two count it."
When they heard nine taels and two cents, the people present were extremely excited!
After going out for less than two months, they actually earned nearly ten taels of silver. In the past, a family might not be able to save so much in two or three years!
Mrs. Li was about to say that there was no need to count, they could trust it, but San Zhuang said first: "Mom, this is the rule Wenhua set for us. All the silver and money that pass through our hands must be counted clearly, otherwise it will be difficult to explain if there is more or less later."
In the past, they felt embarrassed from the bottom of their hearts and were always not used to it, but after going out to sell rabbits a few times, they gradually adapted and felt that it was good to have rules, and it was even better to follow the rules for everything!
Feng Dayan heard his brother-in-law say this, and quickly took a dustpan from the side, and said with a smile: "Then count the copper coins and put them in here."
The two men counted the two hundred copper coins separately. After counting twice to confirm that they were correct, they took out nine taels of silver from the purse and handed the purse back to Hu Wenhua.
They counted twice to make sure that they didn't take too much or too much, so that both parties would feel at ease. How good.
After getting the nine taels and two cents of silver, even the children in the yard looked at the dustpan with their eyes wide open.
Erzhu grabbed a handful and gave them to the children, and sent them back to the house to divide it up by themselves, and gave the rest to Aunt Li to keep.
Aunt Li resisted the urge to see the silver and asked Hu Wenhua cheerfully, "Are you looking for Dayan to propose marriage?"
Hu Wenhua bowed and sincerely requested, "Sister-in-law Dayan, we may have to go on a long journey next month, so I have to trouble you and Sister-in-law Guifen to finalize the date for the proposal."
Since they were all in the same village and the two families did not go out during this period, it was not difficult to set a date, but the man and woman who had betrothal gifts would formally propose marriage through a matchmaker.
Feng Dayan was all smiles and very happy, "Today is the 28th, and tomorrow is an odd number, or the day after tomorrow? If it works out, I'll go and tell Guifen later."
"Okay!" Hu Wenhua had no objection.
Er Zhuang saw that the date for the proposal had been set, and asked anxiously, "Wenhua, are you going on a long journey next month? Really?"
"What are you going out for? Are we there?"
When they came back, they only knew that the whole family was making toothbrushes, which were said to be for brushing teeth. They were very delicate and cost one penny each!
If an adult is busy, he can earn nearly thirty pennies a day, and even a child in his teens can earn more than ten pennies a day! Tiantian, who worked in the workshop, even earned 30 wen a month. This month, the people at home also earned more than 2 taels of silver!
No need to run around and no sun and rain, 2 taels of silver a month, why do the two brothers feel it is so unreal?
They thought that no matter whether it was true or not, they would follow suit, but now Wenhua said that he would go on a long trip next month!
Aunt Li and Feng Dayan also realized this later, and they looked at Hu Wenhua nervously.
It’s 100 wen a day to go out.
Hu Wenhua talked about sending toothbrushes, and finally said: "This time, going out is different from going directly to Yuhang. We have to go to many big cities along the way, so it may take longer."
"It’s okay, I like going out!" San Zhuang said with a smile.
"One hundred wen a day, even if you let me live outside, my mother will probably thank you!" Er Zhuang joked.
Aunt Li slapped her son on the back and muttered unhappily: "Nonsense! I am not obsessed with money."
But it is okay to come back once every six months When they first went out, she kept thinking about it, but later she was very busy and had no time to think about it. Once she stopped thinking about it, she found that time passed very quickly.
But this cannot be known to the two sons.
Hu Wenhua asked the two people: "I have something to ask you for help."
"Why are you being polite? Just say it!"
"You also know that I bought the land on the far right to build a house. I have been delivering goods before, and I will be delivering goods again next month, so I want to ask you two to help build the house;
32 wen a day, okay?" In the past, this number was very good, but now making toothbrush handles can earn more than 20 wen a day, and it is not tiring.
Whether it is pulling bricks and tiles or digging foundations and building walls, building a house is physical work, and the wages are not much more, which is not advantageous, so it must be made clear in advance.
Er Zhuang and San Zhuang thought it was something else, and when they heard it was building a house, they agreed immediately!
"Don't even mention 32 coins a day, I'll go build it for you even if you don't pay me!"
"We are friends for life, it's just a matter of a word."
Auntie Li followed up and said, "That's right, if there are not enough people, let Dazhuang go too!"
During this period, Dazhuang was building the section of the wall that his family had allocated, and it was almost finished.
Hu Wenhua said politely, "I have also told other families, and with Feng Damancang and others, it should not be a problem to finish the construction before going out."
It will be faster if there are more people, and as for the part of the wall that their family has allocated, they can build it slowly later.
The four of them were relieved to hear that they had enough time.
After going out, except for the four families, the rest of the families would earn at least 4 taels and 6 cents, and the families that earned money would immediately add more dishes!
At the lunch table, the most common dish was braised rabbit, followed by ginger rabbit, and then boiled rabbit...A rabbit weighed five or six pounds, enough for a whole family.
The rabbit fur can also be sold to the toothbrush workshop, so it seems that they can afford it.
The fat rabbit is really delicious
The men who went out only rested at home for one day, and the next day they followed Hu Wenhua out to pull bricks and gray tiles.
The other men in the village went to dig ditches and lay foundations.
Early in the morning of the third day, Hu Wenhua, Hu Wenhua, Shuiqing and the whole family got up early, washed and dressed, and under the guidance of Feng Dayan, went to the Ding family to propose marriage.