Chapter 154

Xia Xi looked at him and said, "uncle, you have something to say."

The village head took a look in the yard over there and lowered his voice. "There's a place to air. It's the west side of your yard. It's a large area. It's all flattened. You can make the vermicelli to air, but..."

The village head didn't go on, Xia Xi had understood his meaning, half silk didn't hesitate to say, "in that case, it's there."

"But..."

Although Yu Yi was sent to the frontier, the Niu's mother and daughter were still there. When Xia Xi does this, Niu's family will become noisy, and the village head can't help him. After all, the place belongs to the Yu family.

"I forgot to tell you that Niu's mother and daughter have all gone to Fucheng. They think Huzi is in trouble and throw it to me."

"What?"

The village head's eyes were wide open, unbelievable.

There are even such people in the world who throw their own son to others to take care of.

"I'm not in a bad way either. They left the house to me."

What Xia Xi said is a lie, but Niu's family is not here. Who knows if what she said is true or false.

The head of the village believes it!

Niu's usual tiger that is as a heart treasure, since the tiger left, certainly will not be too aggrieved him, to Xia Xi house is also reasonable.

A pat thigh, "it's easy to do, your yard is spacious, I'll find a few people to use wood to build a simple workshop for you in the yard over there, make do with it, and build it tomorrow spring."

"Yes

The village head immediately stood up and walked out with the wind at his feet.

Xia Xi wants to open her mouth to stop him from coming. She shakes her head with a smile and says to Qi'er, who is lighting a charcoal pot. She goes to the village head's house.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law is waiting. Standing in the house, she looks out to see Xia Xi coming far away. She comes out of the house and welcomes her.

"Sister-in-law, please call the workers who worked yesterday. I have some work for you to do."

Work is rich, Wei Qian's wife should be happy, trot to call people.

Xia Xi went back and went there directly. The door was unlocked. Xia Xi pushed the door open and looked at the yard.

There is nothing extra in the yard. A kitchen is in the East, next to a large water tank. Then there is a pile of dry firewood. There is nothing else.

After surveying, he went to the moon door and took down the green bricks one by one.

Took a few pieces, tiger heard the movement, immediately ran to Deng Deng Deng, raised his head, toward this side of the happy cry, "Niang!"

Xia Xi action pause, "it's me."

"Oh." The tiger answered with a dull voice, and his head dropped down.

Hearing the disappointment in his voice, Xia Xi called him, "tiger, can you help my sister-in-law?"

Tiger immediately put Niu's behind him, took a step forward, stood on tiptoe, trying to see Xia Xi, "sister-in-law, what can I do for you?"

"Come here and help my sister-in-law take down the green bricks."

"Good."

Huzi ran to help quickly.

Xia Xi put the bricks in his hand and asked him to put them aside. She gave him two pieces at a time. "Be careful, I'll tell my sister-in-law when I'm tired."

"Not tired."

Tiger's face is red, because it's very happy to help Xia Xi.

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law took several women into the yard and saw Xia Xi moving green bricks. Without saying a word, she rolled up her sleeves and began to work.

There were many people and they worked fast. They soon removed all the bricks.

"Take the dry wood to my yard and clean up the kitchen."

A few women are nimble and quick to clean up everything in the kitchen.

"You see, who can use it? Take it."

A few women Leng for a while, Yu family's can be all good things, so give them?

Xia Xi thought they were not willing to, and said, "don't want to, just find a place to throw it?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Several women quickly answer, squat down body began to take, there is Xia Xi presence, who also embarrassed to take more, one person the same points.

The head of the village was very quick, leading people to carry wood.

Xia Xi said to him, "the kitchen can be used. Chisel a door out of the wall here, and then build a room along the wall here. Tear down the stove in the kitchen and build a new one. It's a big one."

The people called by the village head went together. After lunch, Xia Xi called the coachman to take the village head to buy a big pot.

When I bought the pot, I built the stove here. When I put it on the top, I pasted it all around with mud, and everything was done.

The men who carried the wood put down the wood, and no one left. They stood in the same place and looked at the village head eagerly. A few of them were not selected in the last election. We can't miss them this time.

The village head understands their intention, but Xia Xi says that she only recruits women, not men.

Wave to drive them, "go, go, go, go home, tell your mother-in-law, who wants to come to work, after dinner, go to my house to sign up."

As soon as they heard this, she ran home.

Even though he didn't care about dinner, he dragged his daughter-in-law to the village head's house for fear that it would be too late.

The village head's daughter-in-law didn't know what was going on, so the yard was full of people, scared, "what's the matter? You are... "

"The village head said that Xia Niangzi's family wanted to recruit people. Let's sign up."

The village head's daughter-in-law understood this.

Over there, Xia Xi took a pen and wrote down her requirements on the paper for the village head to see, "if you want to come to work, you must sign a contract for at least five years. In these five years, you are not allowed to tell any step of making vermicelli. Even your family can't tell you. If anyone can't shut up and let it out, I will send her to the county government prison."

The village head took it, looked at it carefully and nodded, "OK, I'll go back and tell them."

"You tell them, because the place is limited, this is the first batch. When the spring is warm tomorrow, we may expand the scale and recruit people. Don't worry about those who are not selected."

When the village head returned home, he first told Xia Xi that she would have to recruit people for the Spring Festival tomorrow. Everyone burst the pot and talked about it. Now it's two months before the Spring Festival next year, with 20 Wen a day. In these two months, he can earn more than one or two yuan, and his family will have a good new year. They all clamor to go to work now.

The village head was annoyed by the noise. He lifted his feet and took off his shoes. He gave a few severe blows on the wall, and everyone was quiet.

Holding the wall, putting on the shoes, the village head's face was a little black, "this time only 20 people, you come one by one, some people in the family go to work in the county, first step back."

No one moved.

Village head fire, "want to do this job many people, if you don't move, today I don't choose one."

Some family members who have not been selected to work in the county are worried. "At least someone has gone to your family. Our family is still hungry. Don't delay the work of the village head. Go quickly."

As soon as I saw that the village head was really impatient, hula, a large number of people flashed to the side.

"Women in the family can't get away from themselves. Go to one side first."

Some women want to move and are grabbed by the man beside them.

make fun of! Such a good job, even if you can't get rid of yourself on weekdays, you can also get rid of yourself this time. It's a big deal that you have to let your daughter-in-law go to work when you wash, cook and serve the elderly at home.

The remaining people are still more. The village head takes out the contract written by Xia Xi, coughs and reads it out loud.

The first two were OK. After listening to the third, no one spoke. The punishment was too heavy. If one accidentally tells the truth and is sent to the county government prison, he will die.

Several women who like to chew their tongues on weekdays look at each other and feel that they can't do it. They have been talking fast for so many years, but they can't change for a while. If they really get into trouble, they will be sent to the county government prison.

Think of this, the body excites a chilly shiver, hurriedly went to one side. The man next to him was unwilling, but he knew his daughter-in-law's virtue, and sighed to follow him.

There were not many people left. The village head took a glance, kept it in mind and said, "I'll write the contract tonight, and you'll all come tomorrow morning."

When the crowd dispersed, only the village head's second son Wei CAI and his wife did not leave.

Just now there were a lot of people. They didn't speak. They were standing on one side all the time. Now the people are gone. Wei Cai came forward with a smile, "Dad."

The head of the village didn't lift his eyelids. He waved to him, "go to your father-in-law's house and work with him. Don't think about it here."

Wei Cai's father-in-law is a carpenter. He usually makes furniture for people. After Wei Cai got married, his father-in-law taught him how to make a living. He also called on him if he had any big things to make. But now there are few furniture makers in winter. Wei CAI has been resting at home for several days.

Village head words fall, Wei Cai stare, "father eccentric, big brother can go to work in the county, my daughter-in-law why not?"

The village head said to him directly, "why can't your daughter-in-law, you don't know?"

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law is good at everything. She does everything in the field. The only problem is that she can't control her mouth.

Usually, when she's free, she takes the sole of her shoes to the owner and runs to the West. She's the first one to know who's home and what's going on. Later, the whole village knows.

It's not easy to have this opportunity. Wei Cai is not willing to give up. "Dad, Cui loves to say something, but I promise you that as long as you let her go to work, she won't say a word."

After saying that, she gave her daughter-in-law a color. Wei Cai's daughter-in-law had long been envious of going to work in the county. Seeing Wei Cai's wink, she quickly promised, "yes, Dad, don't worry. I'll sew my mouth up when I go back today and keep it. I won't say a word out, i..."

Can the village head understand this daughter-in-law? Naturally love to chew the root of the tongue, where will really change, without waiting for her to finish, directly interrupt, "Wei CAI has this craft, you are much better than the villagers, so don't think about it."

"Dad, you are partial."

Wei Cai is discontented again.

Because the elder brother is ill, what delicious food and good drink he has had since he was a child is close to the elder brother, even to school. The elder brother went, but he didn't.

Now it's just a matter of working. It's not like my daughter-in-law is sitting around asking for money, and my father is still pushing me around.

When he yelled, the head of the village got angry and hit, "I'm partial. Your elder brother married his daughter-in-law. I built two rooms at random. I didn't even buy him decent furniture, and your sister-in-law didn't spend much money. what about you? The new house built for you, the new furniture made for you, the yard and so on are all tidy for you, and all the family members are spent for you. When your sister got married, your mother and I didn't buy her a decent piece of furniture. Do you think I was partial

The village head was so angry that he really slapped Wei CAI and beat him to hide.

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law was very anxious, but she didn't dare to say anything. She just said, "Dad, don't fight, don't fight."

The village head's daughter-in-law came quickly, stopped the village head and said to Wei Cai, "don't you go yet!"

Wei Cai came up with that stubborn spirit, standing in the same place, choking his neck and shouting, "I spent money when I got married, but how much have you and your mother helped my elder brother over the years? You think I don't know? "He said

"You said, you said..."

Stopped by his daughter-in-law, the village head could only touch Wei Cai's clothes. "Have you ever helped your elder brother over the years? When you go out to earn money, you can't help your family. When did your sister-in-law go to help you? What did you give your brother, a penny? Or did you buy a bite for your child? Don't say anything else. You refuse to give your nephew or niece anything that your child can't eat. How dare you say I'm partial? "

The village head is really angry.

He saw all these things in his eyes. Because of his face, he never said that it was a big deal for his old couple to save a little and supplement their children. However, Wei Cai had no conscience. No matter how good his elder brother and sister-in-law were to him, they could not warm his heart.

When Wei Cai's daughter-in-law saw that the village head was really angry, she quickly came up to pull Wei CAI and pretended to complain, "you are too. You just make my father angry. Go home quickly and come back to make amends when my father's anger is gone."

Wei Cai refused to go. Wei Cai's daughter-in-law was strong and pulled his arm out of the yard.

The village head gasped for breath. The village head's daughter-in-law beat him on the back, "OK, what kind of person he is? You don't know. Give him a breath."

The village head pushed her hand away, turned around and went into the house in a huff.

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Over there, Xia Xi went back to the villa in a carriage after the village head left. When she came the next day, she heard a woman who came to burn the pot table ask Wei Cai's daughter-in-law, "Wei Cai's daughter-in-law, did the village head quarrel with Wei Cai last night?"

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law is a big mouth, but she is angry. When she goes back, she comforts Wei CAI. She doesn't have dinner, so she goes to the neighbor's house to visit, and the whole village knows it before too many meetings.

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law pursed her lips. "I don't know. I went home after work yesterday. The weather is getting colder and colder. His father is going to work in the county wearing thin clothes. I want to make a thick cotton padded coat for him

When she said this, they did not ask any more questions about what they did not understand.

Xia Xi listens in the ear, thought for a while, went to the village head's house.

The village head was very busy last night. He wrote 20 contracts and asked the people who came to sign this morning to press their fingerprints. He estimated that Xia Xi should come too. He was going to find her with the contract.

As soon as I went out, I saw Xia Xi coming.

"Uncle."

Xia Xi shouts first.

The village head laughs, "I'm going to send these contracts to you."

"The contract is not urgent. I want to tell you something."