Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Xia Shengsheng's furniture was delivered before the house was fully built.

The same goes for the Li family. Now everything in the house has been tidied up.

It's quite a coincidence.

At the furniture workshop in the city, the leading carpenter who delivered the goods was named Yang.

On the day Carpenter Yang delivered the goods, Yiyi was reading aloud with a few children the "Three Character Classic" that Xia Shengsheng had taught them the night before.

Sometimes when Ercheng and Sicheng read something wrong or forgot the meaning, Yiyi was able to correct the mistakes and explain the passages they didn't understand.

Carpenter Yang saw that Yi Yi had a talent for studying, so he asked casually at that time.

"There aren't many girls with such talent. If conditions permit, send her to Mr. Yu to study. We won't bury her talent!"

After asking carefully, Xia Shengsheng found out that there was a female teacher in the city.

Most of the female teachers worked as private tutors for wealthy families or government officials.

There are also some women with ordinary backgrounds or who are already married.

They would open small private schools in their own homes and enroll girls of appropriate age.

Teach them to read and write, play the musical instrument, chess, calligraphy and painting, and also some simple needlework lessons.

Carpenter Yang's conditions were pretty good because his family ran a furniture shop.

His youngest daughter was particularly fond of reading, and in her early years she had been following a female teacher named Yu.

Now that we are engaged, we are preparing for the wedding at home!

Carpenter Yang saw that although Xia Shengsheng lived in the village, he looked at the newly built house and the various custom-made furniture from him and thought that Xia Shengsheng's family conditions must be good.

That's why I added one more word.

Xia Shengsheng thought that there were no private schools teaching girls to read in ancient times, but she didn't expect that this was just a perfect match.

Now there is a solution.

I was busy these past few days and someone had to be at home all the time.

It just so happened that all the craftsmen in the house had left.

You can take a day off tomorrow to go to the city.

Solve the problems of several children's studies.

If we delay any further, we may not know when we will have time!

But it’s too late to go today.

Ma's family had always helped with cooking.

Occasionally when Shanshan is free, she will take a piece of cloth to practice embroidering small flowers, grass or something.

The Ma family's embroidery skills are better than those of the villagers.

After finishing the work at hand, she would sometimes give Shanshan some pointers on embroidery.

After a long time, when they became familiar with each other, Shanshan would sometimes go to ask for advice.

Now I'm going to the village chief's house.

When Xia Shengsheng wanted to collect some potatoes from the villagers, the first families he thought of were definitely the village chief Ma's family, the Li family, and the Ma Kui family, with whom he had good relations.

When we arrived at Village Chief Ma's house, Shanshan was just about to go home.

The Ma family was preparing to cook dinner, and Ma Lao Da was chopping wood in the yard.

Village chief Ma sat in a rocking chair, smoking his pipe and drinking tea, looking very comfortable.

"Mom, are you here to see me? I'm just about to go back." Shanshan had just walked out of the Ma family's courtyard when she saw Xia Shengsheng.

"I'm here to talk to your village chief and Aunt Ma, you go back first!

Your sister is cooking, go and help her."

"Okay, I'll go back now."

Shanshan ran back home happily.

When Mr. Ma heard the noise outside the yard, he came over to open the door.

"I guessed it was you, come in quickly..."

Xia Shengsheng was let in. He first greeted the village chief Ma, and then thanked everyone at Ma's house.

"Shanshan always comes to your place. Doesn't that cause you any trouble? Next time I'll remind her not to bother you all the time..."

Ma Dajie smiled and interrupted Xia Shengsheng's words, "Look at what you are saying. Shanshan is such a lovely child!

That is to say, now I can still teach her for two days and show her how to be an elder.

For example, my mother Hui, now that she is old and has mastered the craft, she no longer looks down on my work.

Shanshan is still the best. She comes every time when I come back! She calls me auntie, and it makes me feel comfortable. "

Xia Shengsheng really admires Ma Dajia. He speaks with a very high emotional intelligence and it makes people feel comfortable to listen to him.

Although every time Shanshan came over, Xia Shengsheng would ask her to bring some pastries and snacks that were always available at home.

But it’s not good to always trouble others.

This time when I go to the provincial capital, I will decide on Shanshan’s interest in learning embroidery.

Let's see whether to go to the embroidery room or follow Yi Yi and study with a female teacher, who can also teach some female workers.

"Sister-in-law always speaks so nicely. By the way, I have something else I want to trouble you and the village chief with!"

Village chief Ma sat there listening to the two people chatting and they mentioned him.

Sit up straight and listen carefully.

Xia Shengsheng was pulled by Ma Dajia and sat on the stone table beside him. "Come, sit down and talk slowly. I'll go get you some water."

"Don't bother, sister-in-law. I'll leave right after I finish speaking. Don't delay your dinner."

Ma Laoer and Li Laoer both accompanied their wives to visit their parents' home.

I did some work for Xia Shengsheng and earned some money.

So I brought my whole family, young and old, back to my parents’ home to visit them.

It just so happens that Guifen and Lanhua are from the same village.

So we went out together early in the morning.

Now only the Ma family cooks at home.

"What are you waiting for? It's still early! Since you've come to my place, why should I let you go without having a drink of water?

You talk to my father-in-law first, I'll be back soon."

"Let her go! Tell me what's the matter quickly. You always make me anxious." Village Chief Ma couldn't help but interrupt the argument between the two.

You really can't blame him; it's troublesome when women talk together.

He talks about this and that and never gets to the point.

Seeing this, Xia Shengsheng didn't beat around the bush.

She told Village Chief Ma directly that she wanted to harvest potatoes and sweet potatoes.

If villagers have anything they want to sell, they can bring it to her house.

She bought them according to the price in town and took as much as she could.

After harvesting enough potatoes and sweet potatoes, we may need to recruit a group of workers.

However, this batch of workers required are all female workers, about 10 people, with a daily wage of 22 cents. No lunch is provided, but they can rest for half an hour and go home to eat.

At present, it will take about ten days to complete the work. After ten days, we will discuss whether we still need to hire workers or not.

After hearing this, Village Chief Ma suddenly had a feeling that their village would be better and better in the future.

But there is still a little doubt now.

"I saw the row of factories built in front of your house before. Now you need to harvest a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes. What are you doing? Can you tell me?"

What Xia Shengsheng makes is not complicated. As long as the factory starts working, everyone will know what it makes, so there is no harm in saying this.

“Make vermicelli!

These are the vermicelli that I brought you with Latu last time.

I wanted to make vermicelli and sell it. The raw materials for vermicelli are potatoes and sweet potatoes, so I bought some from the villagers first.

Once everything is ready, you can hire someone to make vermicelli.

But hiring someone to make vermicelli has certain conditions, and a contract must be signed in advance."