Lin Anxin doesn't care what Ji Chunhua thinks. Every autumn and winter is her busiest time. This year, Lin Anxin's sangtang is more than usual. Lin Qingshan intends to ask Su Yangjiang and the village head of Xiatang village to help. What's more, Lin Anxin has a very capable manager Huang.
Lin Qingshan didn't want his sister shuilingling to eat northwest wind with her all day. After discussing with her, he decided to let steward Huang, PI Zhuangtou, Su Yangjiang and the village head take charge of the business together. Among them, Su Yangjiang is the main one, and the village head mainly helps to go to other villages to get some strong labor. Both steward Huang and PI Zhuangtou let Su Yangjiang arrange the business.
Lin Anxin's sangtang Chuang Tzu has a total area of about 2000 mu, or about 1000 mu of fish ponds. After the fish have been weighed, the old lady of PI Chuang tou and hundreds of people directly cut the pickles there.
There is no need to wash and marinate the cut fish. It is said that it will wash off the delicious taste of the fish. Lin Anxin doesn't understand this, which is the custom here. She abides by it. What's more, after marinating, she has to clean it, dry it for a few days, and then smoke it with sawdust. Finally, she can make smoked fish.
When winter comes, Lin Qingshan doesn't have much work on hand. Every winter, he brings in fish from Lin Anxin, suyangjiang and several other big families.
Men are too busy to touch the ground. Lin's family members have already lived the life of Maodong.
On this day, Deng Jinchai finished her accounts at home, settled the wages of such craftsmen, and looked at the balance on the account. She was really excited. Who would have thought that it was just to build a yard, where the water was very deep.
Even a brick has to be divided into three, six and nine grades, not to mention other materials. In Lin Qingshan's words, you can't see how much silver you throw into it.
"The eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law of the pan family is here."
Pan family?
For a moment, without turning her head around, Deng Jinchai frowned and asked, "when did I know Pan's little grandmother?"
Mang Zhong hurriedly came forward to remind in a low voice: "the eldest daughter-in-law is your mother's second aunt."
Deng Jinling?
What is she doing here?
There was a trace of disgust in Deng Jinchai's eyes.
"Please ask her to go to the front hall. My study is messy and messy. If my second sister comes here, it would be too much for her."
Mang Zhong immediately understood and said, "the maid has invited the second daughter-in-law of the pan family to wait in the front hall."
Deng Jinling's visit soon spread to Lin Anxin.
It's not that she has put in any ears or eyes, but that the Lin family has a simple personnel, and it doesn't say that she wants to hide such a thing from anyone.
Lin Anxin now nests in Liu Sanniang's arms.
"Mother, tomorrow, let elder brother take us to Fucheng again. Well, it doesn't matter if I go there. It's mainly my sister-in-law. We've been to Fucheng many times, but my sister-in-law hasn't been there. Is she too wronged?"
Liu Sanniang glanced at her and did not speak.
Lin Anxin continued to act coquettishly: "Niang, OK!"
Liu Sanniang was called by her, so she felt very soft. She held out her left index finger and gently touched her forehead. She said with a smile, "I think you are too busy at home. Your brother has to go to every family to collect the debts after you finish the business of fishing in sangtang. What's more, it's clear that sangtang Chuang Tzu belongs to you. Everyone else is too busy to die. You are so busy It's time for the master to arrive. "
"Those who can do more work, mother, I'm a lazy man and a lazy life, so... Hee hee!" Lin Anxin continues to pester her.
Liu Sanniang was helpless and said, "it's impossible to go to Fucheng. I can follow your brother to the county town. I heard him say a few days ago that there is a big family who asked him to help rebuild a small courtyard after the Spring Festival next year."
Talking about building a yard, Liu Sanniang thought of another thing.
"By the way, two days ago, your aunt Su invited me to have tea and play cards. By the way, she invited me to see the new east courtyard. It's very big. It's a big courtyard with two entrances. There's also a small garden behind the inner courtyard. Closing the door of the east courtyard is the only one. Your elder brother helped build the courtyard. It's said that the materials are all first-class. I took a look at it and found out I think the east courtyard is really strong. Your elder brother knows that you love to grow flowers, and he doesn't know where he got them. Anyway, it's the main point of the owner. The West family dug some for you and planted them in the back garden. "
Lin Anxin remembered that in spring, Zhang Yulan and Liu Sanniang had discussed this matter. She didn't know when the east courtyard was completed.
"Niang, I went to see the yard with Wanping, and envied her very much. She also said that if anyone could build a bigger and more beautiful yard for her, she would marry whom."
"Oh, that feeling is a good thing. No, I'll talk about it with your aunt later. The little girl knows how to get married." Liu Sanniang talks about Su Wanping with a smile on her face.
Then he asked Lin Anxin, "I'm talking about this with you today. The only one is what kind of furniture do you want?"
"I want to make furniture with mahogany, but after your brother inquires about the price, he thinks it's too expensive. We can't afford it. Pine is too cheap, and the furniture is not durable. Elm, beech and camphor are good."Lin an thought for a while, this ancient method of mold and insect prevention is not very good, if you use camphor wood to make furniture, it is not bad.
"Niang, it's better to use camphor wood. When I used to live in Su's house, I found that some furniture in Su's house had been used for a long time. There were many holes in the wood, and it was easy to stain the clothes."
Camphor wood?
Liu Sanniang thinks this is good: "I've heard that camphor wood is the least harmful to furniture. If you want to use camphor wood, you can use camphor wood. After years, I'll let your elder brother do the business of buying wood by the way. Anyway, he knows a lot of people in this field, and it's cheap."
"Niang, you can do it. Anyway, I don't know anything about material selection."
Liu Sanniang also asked her what kind of wood she wanted to make furniture, and she had to discuss with Lin Qingshan, the eldest son.
At this time, Qiu Feng came in with a dish of washed pears from the outside and said, "madam, four girls, the maid just came over from the kitchen and saw the second aunt of the Deng family coming back."
"She's back?" Lin Anxin remembered that she had not heard about Deng Jinling for a long time.
She quietly looked at Ai Qing, who nodded gently, and slipped out when people didn't pay attention.
"What did she come to my house for?" Liu Sanniang was not angry at all. At the beginning, Deng Jinling had done harm to her little girl.
Thinking of this, Liu Sanniang shouts to Qiuyue: "go, bring me the bamboo broom sweeping the yard, and the door of my house on my face, hum!"
Lin Anxin quickly grabbed her and advised her: "mother, this matter has been exposed. At the beginning, my brother didn't help me out. The pan family is not a good place to go. What's more, the second elder of the pan family only likes pan Erlang's original wife, if it's not for the sake of money..."
Liu Sanniang gritted her teeth and said: "I hope she doesn't have a good life all day."
Lin Anxin said with a smile: "this is inevitable. Let's see what she came to do. She must have something to ask for."
Deng Jinling is a person who can't get up early for nothing. What's more, in those days, she was worried about Lin everywhere, but now she has the cheek to come to the door.
Sure enough, soon, Deng Jinchai's little man came to find them.
After meeting them, he gave a gift first, and then said, "madam, four girls, the second aunt of my little grandmother's family has come."
Lin Anxin sneers and says nothing. Liu Sanniang pretends not to hear.
Mother and daughter whispered there, hanging Xiaoman aside.
Xiaoman is surprised. No, madam and the fourth girl are afraid that they have misunderstood each other.
Then he hurriedly said, "madam, four girls, please tell me. The second aunt of the Deng family suddenly came to our house, and my little grandmother didn't know about it in advance."
Liu Sanniang then looked at her and said, "sisters love each other deeply. It's human nature."
Xiaoman broke out in a cold sweat and said, "the young grandmother is not reading brotherhood. She just thinks that now the Lin family is also a family with face. The second aunt of the Deng family is the young grandmother's sister, and it's not good to do it too well in front of outsiders. It's called the right and wrong of the Lin family."
Liu Sanniang could accept such a reason. She took a look at Xiaoman and said, "what's the matter with her coming? I remember that she almost hurt my little girl at the beginning. I don't welcome such a person who has no face and no skin. "
"Yes, yes, yes, what the lady said is very true. The young lady also wanted to see what tricks she played. So she heard her say. Who knows, the second aunt of the Deng family is a greedy person. She wanted to ask the young lady for help and steal the four girls' method of raising silkworms and feeding fish. She also foolishly told the young lady that she couldn't take the things of the Lin family to another family."
Lin Anxin sneered and said, "how does she know that what I have learned and what I know is all taught by my mother's family? When I was in the Su family in those years, they were all ellipsis! "
Xiaoman doesn't understand what an ellipsis is, but she estimates that Lin Anxin must be really angry, and says: "the young granny also replied like this, saying that she was taught by the Su family. The girl will go out of the door and enter the door of the Su family in the future. All the things she learned and used are brought out of the Su family. Naturally, she will take them back to the Su family. The young granny flatly refused her request. Don't you know, Deng The second daughter-in-law even said that the eldest daughter-in-law didn't know what was good or bad and didn't know her good heart. "
"Ha ha, is she short of money?" Lin Anxin's eyebrows gently picked. She called back to Tingquan and told her: "you go to Deng ' Read the old love and drive her out as a beggar. "
Listen to spring will her words down, wait until the evening after the Yellow steward came back, and learn these words to him.
Manager Huang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him. He scolded, "if you want me to say, there is no good one in the Deng family."
He pointed to the other side of the courtyard and said in a low voice, "looking at us, I don't know. She is selfish, too."
Hearing that Quan was busy, he asked him to stop talking, and then advised him, "you are also in charge. How can you be so impatient? My girls don't care. She will be out of the house in two years. There's no need to tear her face for these things. Besides, the eldest daughter's wife and my girls are OK. The sharp fingers are not the same length. Who can do it perfectly 。”"You're the only one with me. What a nice girl we are!" Director Huang reassures Lin about his grievances.