I returned home and continued to work. I earned more money now, but I was also more tired.

Zhao Cheng helped clean the pig's head before going home.

When he was leaving, Zhang Hulan said to him, "Brother Zhao Cheng, please don't tell anyone how much money I earn every day."

Zhao Cheng nodded immediately, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Although most of the villagers were nice and everyone knew that she must have made money, Zhang Hulan still didn't want others to know how much money she could earn every day.

The next day, Zhang Hujun, Zhang Hubing, and Zhao Cheng all went out to deliver goods. Although Zhang Hulan didn't go out to deliver goods, she got up early and prepared the braised meat for the three of them.

When Zhang Xinyue woke up in the morning and found her mother still there, she said in surprise, "Mom, you're not delivering the goods today!"

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Mom won't be delivering goods anymore. How about staying home with Yueyue?"

"Okay, okay!" Zhang Xinyue threw herself into Zhang Hulan's arms, feeling very happy.

The morning was mostly uneventful. After breakfast, Wang and Li would carry manure water to the fields.

The fertilizer fermented by the villagers is ready to be used, and the villagers have begun to pour the fertilizer water from the manure pits into the fields.

Now that the fields are well-watered, the second crop of millet seems to be growing even better than the first. At least the regenerated rice in Daping Village is growing well.

Zhang Hulan didn't let Wang and the others throw the manure. Especially Li, who was already over six months old, if she accidentally fell, it would be troublesome. Now Zhang Hulan didn't let her do any heavy work at home.

There are so many people digging the fish pond, just call two people to pour the water.

With an income of more than ten taels a day, Zhang Hulan's wallet was visibly bulging.

After five or six days, the braised meat shop owned by Manager Hao of Manfulou was ready, and he would have to deliver an extra hundred kilograms of braised meat there every day.

There are nearly fifty pig heads a day, and Zhang Hulan and her colleagues are simply unable to handle it all by themselves.

So she found Zhou and Liu Yongquan's wife Zheng and asked them to help, also paying them 30 wen a day.

Zhou and Zheng were very happy. With only 30 cents a day as wages, why would they farm?

When Ma saw Zhang Hulan asking her sisters-in-law to help with the work and earning them thirty cents a day, she was extremely envious, but she didn't dare to ask Zhang Hulan to ask her to come and work too.

Finally, she found Wang and asked, "Aunt, is Hulan still short of help? Can you help me talk to them so that I can come and work?"

Wang said, "Why don't you ask Hu Lan yourself?"

Ma smiled awkwardly, "Aunt, please ask for me."

Wang was surprised and said, "Don't you think you have a big mouth? In the time you've been talking to me, you've probably already finished talking to Hu Lan."

Ma still smiled awkwardly. "Go and help me say that I promise to work honestly and not be lazy. Twenty-five cents a day is fine."

Wang was really confused as to why Ma Da Jiao didn't go and talk to Zhang Hulan herself.

Just as she was wondering, Zhang Hulan happened to come in from outside, and Wang called out, "Hulan, come here."

Seeing Zhang Hulan coming over here, Ma quickly ran away.

"Hey... why are you running?" Wang couldn't stop him.

Zhang Hulan came over with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Mom, what's going on?"

Wang was puzzled and said, "Ma Da Jiao came to me and asked me to ask you if you needed any help. She only wanted twenty-five cents a day."

"Why didn't she come to me herself?"

"How do I know?"

Thinking about how Ma had been hiding when she saw her recently, Zhang Hulan said suspiciously, "Mom, why do I feel like Ma Da Jiao is afraid of me? Just like a mouse seeing a cat."

Wang said, "She does seem a little afraid of you, otherwise why wouldn't she dare to come to you herself?"

Zhang Hulan thought for a moment and turned to go out, "I'll go find her."

Zhang Hulan wanted to ask what was wrong with Ma Da Jiao. The workers were also inadequate. It was estimated that soon, the stewed meat shop owned by Qian Yiweixuan would open, and there would be a dozen or twenty more pig heads to process every day, and he would definitely need help.

Liu Yonggui was a very nice person. Ma Dajiao might be a bit of a mouthy person, but I'd never seen her get into any major conflicts with the villagers, nor had I ever seen her harm anyone. They were all neighbors, so there was nothing wrong with giving her the opportunity to make money.

As soon as Ma arrived home, Zhang Hulan came to find her.

Ma was so frightened that she hid in the house, and hurriedly said, "Hulan, forget it if you can't do it, I'll do it."

Zhang Hulan was speechless and said, "Why are you hiding? Am I going to eat you or something? Why do you hide when you see me? I haven't done anything to you, have I?"

Ma leaned against the door frame and said nothing.

Zhang Hulan asked, "Do you want to work for me?"

Ma leaned against the door frame and nodded.

Zhang Hulan said, "Then wait until my brother comes back and you can go over and help. It's 30 cents a day. You won't be busy for long in the morning, but you have to finish the work in the afternoon before you can leave."

Ma's eyes lit up, and then she nodded immediately, "Okay, okay!"

Zhang Hulan then looked at Ma and asked, "Why are you afraid of me?"

Ma hesitated for a moment, then spoke with a guilty conscience, "Hu, Hu Lan, I didn't know that the peddler wanted to steal things from your house last time, otherwise I wouldn't have brought them to your house."

"Peddler? Stealing things?" Zhang Hulan immediately understood who Ma was talking about.

Ma continued, "At the time, I saw that his things were selling cheaply, and he said that if I helped him explain things, he would give me a lower price. I thought that since you were going to buy something anyway, his things were cheap, so it would be a good deal for you, so I brought him to your house."

"Just because of this? Are you afraid that I'll blame you?"

Ma nodded.

Of course, the reason why Ma was so afraid of Zhang Hulan was not just because she felt guilty, but also because she saw Zhang Hulan beat the peddler so badly that she was afraid of being beaten.

Zhang Hulan waved her hand and said, "You also said you didn't mean to do it, and you didn't know he was here to steal. This matter has nothing to do with you. But you should try to avoid taking advantage of small things in the future, so as not to suffer big losses due to greed for small gains."

Zhang Hulan left after she finished speaking, and Ma breathed a sigh of relief.

After talking about it, she felt much more relaxed and no longer had to worry about Zhang Hulan beating her.

Ma had been watching at the gate of the courtyard. As soon as Zhang Hujun came back, she went over immediately.

Zhou and Zheng also knew when Zhang Hujun would return, so they went to Zhang Hulan's house in advance to wait for him.

Now the cleaning of pig offal is slow, so Zhou, Zheng, Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahua are the only ones washing it.

Wang took Zhang Xinyao and a few others, along with Shanzi and Zhang Xiaojun, to clean the pig's head.

Ma came over and immediately asked, "Hu Lan, what am I doing?"

Zhang Hulan was just thinking about what work to assign to Ma when Xiang Chunhua said, "Sister, let Da Jiao wash the pig intestines. I'll go help mother and the others."

Zhang Hulan glanced at Xiang Chunhua, then smiled and nodded, "Okay, you teach her how to wash."

Xiang Chunhua immediately stood up happily and taught Ma how to clean the pig farm.

Xiang Chunhua was very depressed during this period.

When washing pig intestines, they had to blow air into them and add water. Xiang Chunhua felt like vomiting every time she blew air into the pig intestines with her mouth, but she endured it for the thirty cents a day. Now she could finally pass this job on to someone else.

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