Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

Shen Lingzhu suddenly realized: "Hey, Uncle Xia's reminder is too timely. We only allow one family to change this time.

"Let Erwang write down all their names, what do you think?"

Seeing him looking hesitantly in the direction of his uncle and aunt, she understood that he only listened to what his aunt said.

She is too arrogant. She is still a child. Xia Wang is willing to listen to her because he is young and eager to show off. Uncle Xia will not listen to her completely.

Well, you still need your own manpower.

After she passed the message on, her aunt actually handled it in the same way.

He then said, "The Taoist priest from the Seven Stars Temple will be here soon. Please accompany me to inspect the land for them. After the handover, please help us keep an eye on the families who come to collect their money."

"I will definitely see to it." Uncle Xia was a little uneasy at first. He was worried that after the land was transferred to another owner, he would only farm it for a year or two and then not be allowed to farm again.

But when his son said that the fifth master would give his family a share of the profits from his business, he knew it was safe. After all, a Jinshi was a hundred times better than a commoner like himself.

He said, "Also, the Fifth Master said we should split the profits by 30%. We don't need that much. One or two percent will do..."

When Shen Lingzhu heard him say this, she knew that her aunt would not overturn her uncle's decision, so she let go and went to look for her senior sister.

When the latter heard her say that she needed his own manpower, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at her and advised her to wash her face and sober up when she had the free time. She said that she was just a little kid and wanted to have subordinates. She should take care of her hands first and then think about other things.

However, after the people from Qixing Temple and my uncle left, there were only two and a half people who were able to work facing a pile of wooden boards that needed to be polished before they could form a bellows.

Shen Miaozhu couldn't help but say at this moment: "We really don't have enough manpower. Who do you think we can find?"

Hu's family is a family of craftsmen, and everyone in the family, young and old, has some skills. Unfortunately, her family is too far away from here, and it's not even in the same provincial capital.

She listed the most suitable candidates she knew in the village, and finally said with a wry smile, "Most of the people who can help have gone to the capital to pick us up and haven't returned yet, including your uncles."

Shen Lingzhu suggested, "How about looking for the group of young people who helped clean yesterday?

Except for Xiaoshan, they no longer go to school and don't have much work to do outside the busy farming season. If we give them ten dollars a day, they will definitely be willing to work.

I just don’t know how long the bellows-making technique can remain secret when there are so many people around.”

No, Xia Wang wanted to interrupt, but he felt that Xiaoshan and his group were all from the Shen family, and it was not easy for him, an outsider, to say anything.

Fortunately, the second girl said: "Little fool, you want to work and keep secrets for ten cents, and you will dream faster.

And if you invest too much at once and then the sales don’t meet your expectations, there’s no point in crying.”

“I’d be a fool to pay a high salary to someone who doesn’t know how to do anything and needs to be taught immediately.

It seems this approach won't work. I can only ask my brothers and sisters to work harder, while I, a half-invalid, go to the stream to clean the chicken feathers." Shen Lingzhu nodded to her aunt and picked up at least a bag of chicken feathers with her almost healed left hand.

Hu raised her hand and ran out of the door quickly. She couldn't help but shake her head and laugh. This little temper was just a fuss of her own. "Xianzhu, go get a big basin for your sister so she doesn't have to run back and forth."

She patted her eldest niece in front of her and said, "Xiao Zhuzi is very smart. A temporary worker in the capital can earn thirty or forty coins a day, but in Shun County it is only a little over twenty coins.

For a young man who knows nothing, ten cents is not a low salary.

She must have asked Xiaoyaomei about it at the head of Qili Village's house."

Xia Wang, who couldn't help but interrupt, agreed: "The Third Miss gave a lot. Usually, kids like Xiaoshan and I can only get ten cents at most for a short-term job in the county town.

As an apprentice, not only do you not get paid, but you also have to pay tribute to your master.

Making bellows is also a craft. If you pick a few reliable people to learn from, they won't leak the secrets because of the contract."

Shen Miaozhu nodded slightly. She knew that apprentices were cheap. "Do you have a suitable candidate?"

……

Shen Lingzhu didn't know that her senior sister also agreed to find someone, but didn't want to find a bunch of Shen family members.

She threw the bag to the stream angrily and stared at her hands. She realized how little she had when she needed them.

"Why are you sighing, little one?" Shen Xianzhu brought her an old basin, poured out some chicken feathers, and stepped back. "Next time, I'll have to ask Uncle Xia to collect some clean ones."

"These should be freshly plucked from the chicken." Shen Lingzhu picked one up and looked at it carefully.

You can't do that, otherwise all the chickens in the village will become bald.

Then she came up with another idea: "Brother, let's raise some chickens, ducks and geese. There's plenty of space in front of and behind the house, so it's convenient for them to roam freely."

"Can you raise one?"

"Second sister can." She must.

"what can you do?"

“I can eat.”

"Hahaha……"

The brother and sister couldn't help but laugh at the same time. Shen Lingzhu's little hands were unable to do the work, and she kept directing her elder brother to wash this way and rub that way.

Until a team of fast horses passed by from the opposite side and stopped, interrupting the cooperation between the two.

Shen Xianzhu cautiously hid his sister behind him. Shen Lingzhu turned his head slightly and saw the soldiers dismounting wearing large hats in the shape of conical hats and wearing blue or green linings.

The leader, with a long sword hanging from his waist and official boots on his feet, approached the stream. It was his personal guard behind him who called out, "Excuse me, are you willing to sell me some food?"

"Sell." Shen Lingzhu then discovered that smoke began to emerge from his chimney. It must be his senior sister preparing breakfast. The person on the other side was speaking very politely. He could earn some extra money.

"No." This was Shen Xianzhu's answer. He refused to let a group of soldiers into his house. When the government troops were ransacking his house, they smashed and looted things and almost hurt his mother. This left a very bad impression on him.

But Shen Lingzhu didn't know. She ran home while saying, "Please wait a moment, I'll report to the elders at home."

Shen Xianzhu: ...When he was about to refuse again, the group of people had already come riding over the rocks in the middle of the stream.

"Why are you running, kid?" The leader, upon seeing Shen Xianzhu drop his belongings and run home, couldn't help but stroke his full beard and asked the others behind him, "Am I scary?"

"It's generally scary."

"Hahaha."

"Get lost, you're a bunch of troublemakers."

When they walked out of the gate, Shen Lingzhu came out, followed by her reluctant elder brother and curious Xia Wang.

"There's a pregnant woman at home who can't stand being disturbed, so instead of inviting you in, why not set up a table and chairs for you under the tree at the door?

If you need horse feed, we can help you buy it in the village."

There were only about ten people in total, and they could all sit down at the octagonal table if they squeezed together.

Although the leader was dissatisfied, he still nodded. They were government troops, not bandits, so the master had to tolerate some of the inconveniences.

If I had known there were no houses behind, I should have listened to Baibu and gone into the village to find the headman.

After receiving the instructions from behind, he found Shen Lingzhu who was in charge and said, "Okay, as long as we have some cooked food, it will be fine. But can you get some hot water to clean our leader's wound?

It's really too uncomfortable to travel all night. I'm Zhuang Baibu, and I don't know what you call me, little sister.

"The Shen family calls me Miss Shen. Please send someone in." Shen Lingzhu wanted to make money, but he would not let everyone into the courtyard. "Brother, please move some tables and chairs."

Fortunately, when my uncle pulled the table bed yesterday, he also brought back several pairs of bowls and chopsticks, which were enough.

The conversation between the two of them, in which they exchanged names, made Zhuang Baibu and his team feel inexplicably funny.

When everyone led the horses to the stream to wash them, the one who followed Shen Lingzhu into the yard to fetch water was naturally Zhuang Baibu.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw the girl who was lighting the fire pulling a wooden pole beside the stove, and the flames were flickering in the stove.

"This... can increase the fire power in the stove to prevent smoke?" He couldn't help but walk closer to take a closer look.