At noon, Liu Cui took the last batch of cakes out of the oven and hurried home.

During this period, she earned wages at the Qin family, and the cooking and laundry duties at home became the responsibilities of her husband and son.

"Mom is back!"

Her son Xiaoshan was chopping wood in the yard. When he saw her, he ran over. Liu Cui reached out and wiped the sweat off his forehead with her sleeve, then put it on the ground. "Where's your dad?"

"Kitchen!"

In fact, Liu Cui had already smelled the fragrance in the yard.

Just as she was about to go over, she saw Wang Dashan coming out with a bowl of porridge: "You're back? Just in time, let's eat!"

The family sat around the square table. Old Mrs. Wang used a wooden spoon to serve porridge to the whole family. When it came to Liu Cui, she scooped from the bottom and took the thickest porridge.

The soups she and her children and grandchildren had were very watery and had a lot of liquid.

Now her daughter-in-law goes to work at the Qin family and works all day long. When she is busy, she has to go even after dinner.

The calluses on his hands looked not much better than those from working in the fields.

You are so tired, you need to eat something full.

To be honest, Liu Cui has been married for so long, but she has only recently received this treatment.

She looked at him with a smile and coughed dryly. Wang Dashan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and went out to bring a bowl of water.

Liu Cui pursed her lips as she watched him come in. When the water was handed to her, she couldn't help laughing.

She reached out and took out the silver coins in her pocket, which jingled in her hand, and the eyes of the whole family lit up.

"Is this today's pay?"

Liu Cui smiled and nodded: "Yes, the boss said that we will distribute it on this day from now on."

She counted out some of her wages and handed it to her husband: "Dashan, take this to the city this afternoon to buy food. From now on, our family will have thick porridge!"

"Okay!" Wang Dashan took it and smiled innocently.

Old Mrs. Wang hasn't felt so comfortable in her life for a long time. As long as she can see the young couple living a good life, she has no other thoughts.

"My family has good taste in choosing wives. You don't know that when I go out, everyone is jealous of me!"

"They say that apart from those people who have always been with Tong Xiaozi, you are the first one in the whole village to go to work for the Qin family. They also asked me what our relationship with them is like and whether we are still hiring. Oh, they are jealous of you!"

The tone of her voice was full of boasting, as if she had never been so proud before. Liu Cui found it very funny.

She counted out another twenty copper coins and pushed them in front of the old lady.

Old Mrs. Wang quickly pushed it back: "Why give it to me? You can keep the rest. I'm at home all day and have nothing to spend. Don't give it to me."

But Liu Cui was very persistent.

"Mom, just take it. This little copper coin can't do much. If you want to eat something, you can buy some eggs from other families in the village to satisfy your craving."

The old lady had only had a few good days in her life. Liu Cui felt that she and Dashan were young and still had time to work, so it was just a few copper coins and not that bad.

Her salary will increase next month. Neither her mother-in-law nor Dashan has any intention of coveting her money. She feels at ease as she can keep the money.

Old Mrs. Wang was now even more delighted. She accepted the copper coins with a smile and praised him again. However, whether he would be willing to spend it or not would depend on the future.

Liu Cui was so coaxed that she couldn't close her mouth. "Don't worry, I see that the boss's business is getting bigger and bigger. Maybe they will need to recruit more people in the future. When they need more men, let Dashan give it a try!"

The old lady was even happier when she heard this. She clasped her hands together and muttered, "May God bless Fang Tong to make a fortune. I hope he can keep doing this business!"

Wang Xiaoshan was listening on the side and wanted to go and work, but his grandmother was in poor health. It would be okay if it was not the busy farming season, but if the fields needed people, the whole family definitely could not go to work.

It would be great if his family could hire a temporary worker someday.

After dinner, Liu Cui secretly gave her son a few copper coins and asked him to keep them in his pocket. He could save them or use them to buy food for himself.

At the same time, Tiezhu also arrived home. As he passed by the yard, he heard the sound of pots and pans banging and banging in the kitchen, and then his aunt cursing.

"The eldest brother is alone, and there are so many chores waiting to be done at home all day long, but he just ignores them and runs out!"

"I'm not good at anything I do, and I never have enough to eat. I don't contribute to my family with my salary, and I don't know who I spend it on!"

Tiezhu pretended not to hear and went straight into the main room where his grandfather was peeling chestnuts on the kang.

"Tiezhu is back. Are you tired from working? Come, sit down and take a rest."

Tiezhu sat on the bed, took out his wages and handed them all to the old man.

The old man was startled and quickly lowered his voice: "Why are there so many?"

While covering it with his hands, he looked out and heard his daughter-in-law still mumbling in the kitchen. He felt relieved and packed the silver and money and hid it in a hole in the wall that he had secretly dug. After covering it with his hands, no one could see it except Tiezhu in the house.

After hiding them, he sat back on the bed and began to peel chestnuts.

"This money is for you to get married in the future. If your aunt doesn't like what she says, just pretend you don't hear her! Don't pay attention to what she says. Just eat when you're home and don't go hungry."

He said with a sigh: "The food in our family comes from the land, and you have a share of it."

Tiezhu was not the type to argue with his aunt about these things, so he just smiled and agreed to whatever his grandfather said.

Compared to Tiezhu's family, Erwa is much more relaxed at this moment. While the market is still going on, he brings his two younger brothers and sister to buy meat. They're going to have meat tonight!

Even though they couldn't eat as much as they wanted, families like them couldn't bear to eat meat all year round. It's not that they couldn't afford it, but certainly no one would skip food for several days just to eat meat.

When he was walking back after buying the meat, he remembered something.

"By the way, the three of you should go to the Qin family this afternoon to borrow the cow, and then help your big brother Fang reclaim his half-cultivated wasteland, okay?"

"All the meat I bought for you was only available because of him!"

"I know, brother!" "We'll be there soon!"

The three children agreed with a laugh, but Erwa actually felt a little sorry.

His brothers and sisters are too young, otherwise if they could go to other villages to help pick chestnuts, they would definitely make a lot of money.

such a pity!

But he was not too anxious. He realized that this business did not seem to be something that would last for a while. In such a short time, this guy had already made several things. Tongzi was capable of doing this.

Even if this cake business cannot continue, the money earned is enough to continue the business. As long as I can still do it, I have to keep hiring people.

Maybe when his younger brothers and sisters grow up, they will be able to catch up with better times and earn more money.

Thinking this way, he works with full enthusiasm every day.

We have to keep this business going, and they will all make a lot of money in a few years!

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