Chapter 44 Siblings
The winter is not over, and the spring is chilly, and more than 400 acres of paddy fields in Tieshan Bay are still silent in the cold wind.
The mountains cannot speak, but silently witness the passing of winter and coming, the coming of spring, the rise and fall. At the foot of the mountains, among the vast fields, there is a piece of land that has begun to be busy, showing the vitality of early spring.
Rice seeds have been cultivated in greenhouses. You can start transplanting and planting as long as you grow to the required size. Before that, there was another very important thing, that is, plowing the land.
At that time, there was no machinery and the land in Tieshan Bay was plowed by oxen, so Li Shaoan naturally thought of asking Qian Xiaoyu to help.
Before the official start, Li Shaoan and Qian Xiaoyu agreed on the price, and plowed acre of land at three yuan, and the wages were settled on a daily basis.
Qian Xiaoyu said at first that he refused to ask for money because Li Shaoan helped the Qian family a lot, so he could not collect the money no matter what.
Li Shaoan knew very well that plowing the land in the paddy fields at this time, the water and air are cold, which is a very painful job. No matter how much money is, I still have to pay Qian Xiaoyu.
The ox plowing rate is not fast, and it can be plowed about two to three acres a day. Li Shaoan has a total of twenty acres of land, which takes about eight days at this level. After roughly calculating, it happened to be the time when the rice seeds in the greenhouse grew into seedlings.
The sun sets at the foot of the mountain, and Qian Xiaoyu drove the cattle out of the field, covered in mud, and looked like a mud man.
"Brother Shaoan, I plowed three acres today and continued tomorrow."
"Xiaoyu, thank you for your hard work. This is today's wages, you can take them."
Seeing that Qian Xiaoyu was covered in mud and exhausted, Li Shaoan was grateful and took out ten yuan and stuffed it into Qian Xiaoyu's trouser pocket.
"Brother Shaoan, what are you doing? Didn't you say it's worth three yuan per acre?" Seeing that Li Shaoan gave one more yuan, Qian Xiaoyu refused to ask for it no matter how he said that, but now he is covered in mud and his hands are muddy, so he can't put into his pocket to pay.
"This is what you should take, take it." Li Shaoan said with a smile.
After ploughing for a day and getting ten yuan, Qian Xiaoyu was of course happy. Sure enough, he was sure to do it with Li Shaoan. Brother Shaoan would never treat the people around him badly at any time. Qian Xiaoyu recognized this brother-in-law.
"By the way, tell your sister that if she is willing to come, I will pay for the same salary."
"Hello, I will definitely bring you there."
The sun had already set in the west, and Qian Xiaoyu drove his strong big buffalo and hummed a small song toward the house.
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At the dinner table, Zhang Hong had prepared a delicious dish waiting for her son to come back.
Seeing Qian Xiaoyu like a clay man, Zhang Hong urged: "Go and take a shower quickly, change your clothes and have a meal."
"Let's go now, the two beauties wait." Qian Xiaoyu was in a good mood and even spoke in a fancy manner.
Zhang Hong glanced at her son and said angrily: "This kid is really big or small."
Qian Xiaolin took the opportunity to complain, "Isn't it a problem I learned after staying with Shaoan for a long time?"
Zhang Hong stared at Qian Xiaolin, as if she noticed something, and asked with a smile: "Brother Shaoan? Why do you remember that you used to call Li Shaoan directly? When did you become Brother Shaoan?"
Qian Xiaolin blushed and her heart beat, and she stomped her feet and said, "Mom, why are you like this!"
"Okay, okay, mom won't say this. Take your time with Shaoan, and you will have the chance to enhance your relationship." Zhang Hong looked at her daughter's shy expression and was happy. She was a girl who spoke in a quarrel. She obviously liked Li Shaoan in her heart, and she had to act like a life-and-death attitude when she met her enemies.
While talking, Qian Xiaoyu walked out cleanly.
"Welcome to our Comrade Xiaoyu back from Africa." Qian Xiaolin never talks soft-mouthed when she sarcastically said to her younger brother.
Qian Xiaoyu didn't care and said casually: "I am a proletarian brother who supports the Third World. We all work together to fight for the lofty ideals of communism."
"You two are too lazy and tired for a day. Come and have a meal."
Zhang Hong said, the whole family gathered around the table and ate with relish.
Qian Xiaolin couldn't help asking, "Did you just plow the ground today?"
"Otherwise, what else do you have to do?" Qian Xiaoyu winked, deliberately elongated his voice, and said with a wicked smile: "Oh! I understand, sister, you must be asking Brother Shaoan."
"Who is going to ask him about it?" Qian Xiaolin hurriedly denied: "I just made a bet with him, so I want to know what he has done."
"Don't refuse to admit it, I think you are clearly concerned about Brother Shaoan."
"Qian Xiaoyu, are you so bored when you are full, are you?"
Qian Xiaolin glared at him, and Qian Xiaoyu was so scared that he quickly lowered his head to make rice.
When it comes to betting, Qian Xiaoyu and Zhang Hong already know about it, and Zhang Hong did not object. Instead, she thought this matter was very interesting and wanted to witness the bet made by her daughter and Li Shaoan.
"Before today, what Brother Shaoan did was to build a greenhouse and then cultivate seedlings in the greenhouse. I have told you all these before." Qian Xiaoyu said: "After today, there was an additional plowing land."
"There is nothing else except these?" Qian Xiaolin asked.
Qian Xiaoyu said deliberately: "Can you want to know something else, such as whether there are other girls around Brother Shaoan?"
When Qian Xiaolin heard that there might be other girls around Li Shaoan, she became anxious and said seriously: "Didn't Brother Shaoan be with you every day? When will there be other girls around?"
Qian Xiaoyu covered his mouth and laughed out loud, saying that he didn't care about Li Shaoan. I just made up a lie casually and lied to you, and he acted so carelessly, "Sister, you have always been like this, you are right and wrong and never admit it."
Qian Xiaolin reacted instantly, and was posed by her younger brother, and immediately put her waist on her waist and looked at her angrily, as if she was tearing Qian Xiaoyu with her hands, "Little bastard, I think you are tired of living."
"Mom, your daughter wants to hit someone, you have to take care of it." Qian Xiaoyu had no choice but to ask Zhang Hong for help.
"Okay, you two can't calm down for a while and sit down and have a meal." Zhang Hong was also quite helpless and looked at her children with a smile.
"Sister, don't worry, I'm the ace spy you placed next to Brother Shaoan. As long as Brother Shaoan has any trouble, I will report it to you." Qian Xiaoyu swears.
Qian Xiaolin dragged her chin and became worried for Li Shaoan, "Is it possible to plant rice in March when I plowed the land so early? Can Brother Shaoan really plant twenty acres of land?"
Qian Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Sister, if you want to know more about Brother Shaoan's situation, why not go with me to help him plow the land tomorrow."
"That work is dirty and tiring. Whoever likes to go, I won't go anyway." Qian Xiaolin turned her head and said.
"Here, what do you think this is?" Qian Xiaoyu proudly took out ten dollars from his pocket.
Zhang Hong and Qian Xiaolin were surprised when they saw Qian Xiaoyu’s money and asked together: “Where did you get such money?”
"It was given by Brother Shaoan. I helped him plow the land. He calculated the wages for me at three yuan per acre." Qian Xiaoyu was complacent, "Brother Shaoan was kind and gave me one more yuan."
Zhang Hong smiled and said, "Shao An is really a good young man and he is very considerate of you."
"That's right, Brother Shaoan is my only brother-in-law whom I agree with. I, my brother-in-law, have no choice but to do my job." Qian Xiaoyu agreed with Zhang Hong, and became more and more excited.
Qian Xiaolin scoffed and said, "Look at your promising prospects, you will be bought with ten yuan."
"Brother Shaoan also said that he has too much land in his hands and I can't handle it alone. I want to ask if you want to help him. I will calculate three yuan per acre for you." Qian Xiaoyu brought Li Shaoan's explanation to him.
Chapter completed!