Chapter 54: silver

Seeing that she didn't look like a joke, Li Qinghe let her in. In fact, although the two of them were busy moving houses and preparing banquets recently, they also vaguely knew something was going on at home.
After entering the door, she didn't take her into the house, only pointed her finger at the stool on the edge of the yard, motioned for her to sit down, and squatted down again to watch Zhou Chengkang's actions, "Just tell me something."
Zhang Haiyao didn't go to sit, and stood aside, watching Zhou Chengkang's movements, and couldn't help but said, "What do you do with that effort? That dog can be raised under the eaves or in the wood house. So are you. You want to raise dogs everywhere. Yes, why have a wounded one?"
Zhou Chengkang said casually, "I will raise it when I just met. Anyway, I don't want to go out, so I can find some things to mix time."
Since she didn't say anything, the two of them didn't ask any more, Li Qinghe helped hand over the wooden planks, making a dog house very seriously.
They didn't ask, Zhang Haiyao walked around in the yard and praised, "This house is really spacious. The one in my town is bigger than this, but it's too far and inconvenient."
It seemed that she could go home and live if she was close, but Li Qinghe didn't look up at all, so he heard it.
"You probably won't go back to the old house, right?" She asked again, her tone hesitant and tentative.
Hearing this question, Li Qinghe instantly understood what Mei and her were doing recently.
Zhang Haiyao is a straight child, or she is too lazy to hide her thoughts in front of Zhou's family. It is the same now, she reached out and touched her belly, "My belly has been six months, and I should have a baby after the Chinese New Year. There will be no place to live when the child is born."
This is the house that wants to belong to their Zhou family, Li Qinghe patiently waited for her to continue, and did not ask.
Zhang Haiyao didn't need her to ask, and continued, "Anyway, your old house doesn't live there, so it's better to lend it to us... it's OK if you rent it to me. I will pay some rent."
The last sentence is quite plausible.
Borrowing this kind of thing, it is natural to borrow when feelings are reached. But the relationship between Zhou Chengkang and his eldest brother and third brother was really cold, and the two lent Li Qingmiao were about the same. But the feeling is not enough, I would rather let it go. Moreover, both of them want to give to whom or not to offend others?
Li Qinghe would not do this kind of thankless things, so it is impossible to borrow.
"I'm not telling you, the sister-in-law in the house also wants it. She wants to live with Aunt Liu." Zhang Haiyao supported her waist, "The price can be discussed, you can consider it."
Li Qinghe came to be interested, "How much do you plan to give me a year?"
Zhang Haiyao stretched out a hand, "Five coins."
Li Qinghe was speechless, and Zhang Haiyao was silent when she saw her, "Five coins are a lot of money, I know you don't need it, but your house is also kept. How many years can the unoccupied house be kept? You think about it."
Also, five silver coins, when Li Qinghe used to be a helper in this town, he got two and a half months' wages.
With a plan in mind, Li Qinghe nodded, "Okay, you have given the money. I will write a contract and rent it for one year."
Zhang Haiyao frowned, "Can I live there and then pay it? Besides, I don't need it now, until the end of the year..."
This means I want Li Qinghe to keep the house for her, but she won't pay rent when she doesn't live in.
Still very thoughtful.
"That won't work." Li Qinghe shook his head, "If the sister-in-law comes later, I believe she is still willing to pay the rent."
It wasn't that Li Qinghe was short of this silver. After the rent was taken, it would be good to honor Zhou's mother. It was originally a house built by Zhou's silver.
Otherwise, if you want Zhang Haiyao to take the silver, you will have to wait until the year of the monkey. She can remember that Zhou's mother wanted to pay her debt of two taels of silver.
Li Qinghe looked indifferent, as if it didn't matter whether the house was rented or not, Zhang Haiyao gritted her teeth with anger, "Okay!"
Then she went back, and in the afternoon, Zhou Laosan called the village chief and wrote the deed in front of the village chief, paying five dollars a year before living.
The deed was being written here, and the Mei family came outside. Seeing this situation, he was immediately anxious, "Zhang Haiyao, you are not kind."
Zhang Haiyao smiled and put away the deed. She deliberately got up early, just to make things happen before Mei's return. At this time, the contract book was in hand, and she was in a good mood, "Sister-in-law, if you let you spend five dollars to live for a year, you may be reluctant. Besides, you have a kitchen. After I rented the house, the kitchen is my mother and me. For family use, if you rent it, this kitchen won't let me take advantage of it for nothing?"
Mei was anxious. She didn't plan to rent it. She just wanted to borrow it from Li Qinghe with emotion. She rushed over after selling the tofu, but it was still too late. After hearing that she had spent money, she didn't think so. Lost. It's just that this room is occupied by the third room, which is a bit uncomfortable.
Mei turned away with anger. Zhang Haiyao and Zhou Laosan also took the village chief and left, and they closed the door. Li Qinghe squeezed the silver in his hand and smiled, "You send it to my mother."
Zhou Chengkang was a little surprised, "To my mother?"
"How about it?" Li Qinghe asked back.
Zhou Chengkang took the silver, and Li Qinghe over there was willing to give Zhou's mother, in fact, it was because it was his mother, but after all, it was for him. I was moved, "Qinghe, you are so kind."
This dog house was delayed because of the delay in the middle, it was already noon when it was ready, the rhubarb is still small now, and it is still empty when it enters, it is October, it is late autumn, the day is fine, the night is very cold, Li Qinghe is looking for I shopped some old clothes for him, and I found a bowl to make a dog bowl for him. Rhubarb settled at the door.
Zhou Chengkang finished the dog house and was quite satisfied, and then asked Rhubarb, "Take care of the house!"
Li Qinghe couldn't help but laugh while watching. The two went to feed the fish together, and then went there to watch the chicken.
The 70 or 80 chickens that the two bought at the time died more than 20 when they were young. The remaining 50, half of the roosters, grew up in almost a year.
Some hens do not lay eggs and have different calls and want to hatch.
Now there are more than 100 eggs in the family. There are many women in the village who will pick breeding eggs. Li Qinghe is not very good at picking eggs. As far as she knows, the third aunt next to Li's house will pick them. She even invited them.
When I went there, Yu Yan was looking at the sky in the yard. To be precise, she came out to rest her eyes after embroidering for a long time. She just happened to meet her. He heard that she was picking breeding eggs, so she came along with great interest.
In the end, more than 60 of them were picked out. Li Qinghe stood by and learned, and divided the eggs among the five hens to hatch. The rest of the eggs could only be kept for their own consumption, and of course they could be sold.
Li Qinghe also picked a few for her third aunt. This was the second day after she moved. Everyone who came would inevitably talk about the new house. The third aunt was no exception. He smiled, "This house is pretty good, remember When you were young and thin and small, you cried and chased for a while when your mother left. In the end, I took it back. At that time, I didn’t expect you to be such a promising child. Poor..."
"Those things are over, and they will get better and better in the future." The third aunt smiled and talked about hatching eggs. "This chicken didn't need to be fed before, but when hatching, you have to put the food here and use water Put a bowl and don’t let it go for too long, otherwise the egg should be destroyed. That would be a shame."
Li Qinghe noted down one by one, it was getting late and sent them out.
The third aunt sighed along the way, "I'm relieved if Yaner can find a reliable marriage."
Yu Yan pretended not to hear this, and asked, "Are you going to town these days? The weather is getting colder and colder, I want to get some embroidery back, and the embroidery thread you brought back. I embroidered it. A few handkerchiefs, I want to ask for the price. If you go, remember to pick me up."
This girl comes from a big place, and some habits are always different from those in the village. For example, when she goes to town, people who don’t have a carriage or a cart will want to walk, and a small number of people will use a copper plate to take a ride, but Yu Yan can never walk. .
Li Qinghe thought for a while and said, "In a few days, I will come to see you."
They have been busy these few days, and a lot of dirty clothes have not been washed. Today’s time has passed. Why do you have to wash the clothes tomorrow? The weather is getting colder and colder, and it will rain or even snow. Sometimes, the clothes will not dry for many days after washing, a musty smell makes them uncomfortable to wear.
The next morning, after breakfast, the two of them washed their clothes. It is worth mentioning that there is no well in the yard of the new house. Instead, a stream is drawn from the spring water source to the corner of the yard, where bluestone slabs are used. There is a small square well from which all the water used in daily life is taken, and the excess will go out of the courtyard wall and flow into the fish pond.
After the clothes were washed, the two went up the mountain again. They didn’t want to cut wood, but the wasteland. The few acres of wasteland that were opened up were not good this year. Li Qinghe wanted to dig some mulch in the forest and come back together this year. Sprinkle the chicken manure in, and the harvest should be better next year.
The two of them had been busy for half a month, and finally put a layer of mulch on the wasteland. In late October, it rained heavily for several days.
Li Qinghe went to see the hen that hatched her eggs every day. After it rained outside, the two couldn't get out of the house, so they started to burn charcoal.
To burn charcoal is to ignite a large firewood. After it is burned into pieces of charcoal, it is put into a sealed jar, the flame will be extinguished, and pieces of charcoal are left. This job is best to do when it rains. The fire won’t be cold. By the way, you can bake clothes and bake hay in the pot.
The hay is roasted to feed chickens and horses, that is, ordinary weeds are cut back and cut. After being roasted and cooked, they can be fed to chickens, horses, and pigs. In fact, people can eat them during famine. It doesn't taste very good.
The two of them live here, some distance away from the village. Usually, there are few visitors. They both like such quiet and peaceful days. Of course, Zhou Mu still comes here often. Basically, she will run once every three or two days, even if it rains.
Hearing the knock on the door and looking at the rain outside, which was smaller than the rain, Li Qinghe knew that Zhou Mu should be here again.
Zhou Chengkang went out to open the door, and soon came in with a wet mother Zhou. Li Qinghe hurriedly got up and let her sit in front of the fire, "Mother, why are you here in such heavy rain?"
When Zhou's mother came in, she scanned the well-organized yard. At this time, she saw the wood burning in the stove, her complexion softened, "It's okay, I'll come over and take a look."
It's not like coming here to have a look. Li Qinghe smiled and said, "I have steamed the buns, and my mother will come back after dinner later."
She got up and went to cook. Mother Zhou looked at her, and took out five silver coins for a long while, "You should keep it yourself."
Li Qinghe was a little surprised. Zhou Chengkang probably took the silver, so why did it return it again?