The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

After noon, there were fewer people in the shop, so Song Yuntang called Xu Qingye and Xu Wencheng to drive the mule cart back to the farm first.

Seeing Song Jinsheng helping with work in the wooden shed from afar, Song Yuntang asked as he walked over there.

"Second brother, have all the bricks and tiles been ordered?"

"It's settled." Seeing Song Yuntang coming over here, Song Jinsheng hurriedly stood up, wiped his hands on his clothes, and walked towards her.

He took out a contract from his lapel and handed it to Song Yuntang.

"This is the contract signed with the kiln factory. The bricks and tiles cost a total of 46 taels of silver. I paid a deposit of 20 taels. Five days later, the bricks and tiles are delivered and the balance will be paid after the number is counted. Please take a look and see if there are any problems."

Because the amount of money was so large, he checked again and again, fearing that there would be any mistakes.

After all, he didn't understand this kind of contract very well, and he was afraid that he would mess up what Song Yuntang asked him to do, and she would suffer losses and he would be unable to remedy the situation.

Song Yuntang took a look at it and put the contract away.

"The contract is fine, there's no need to be so nervous, second brother."

Although Song Jinsheng is not a particularly smart person, it is always safer to let him spend the money than to let others do it, after all, he is my brother.

There might be more such things happening in the future.

Song Jinsheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Song Yuntang say that it was no problem.

"That's fine."

Song Yuntang looked at him and said, "Tomorrow, I'm afraid my second brother and Mu Dong will have to go with me to deliver the goods to Wan Qingsi. When we come back, we can stop by the grocery store and Furongju. If we need to place an order, it will save their people from making another trip."

Song Jinsheng nodded quickly, "Okay."

He was very happy that his sister could continue to assign him tasks.

As if thinking of something, Song Yuntang looked at him again, "By the way, the yams I ordered from the Wu family should be delivered soon, right?"

Song Jinsheng nodded, "It can be delivered in early September. I was talking to Uncle Qiao this morning. We've stockpiled thousands of diabolo jars in the granary these days, so there's no rush to make more. We can plow the few acres of land on the farm when we have time. When the yams arrive, we can plant them. Wu Wei will be here by then, so we can ask him directly if we have any questions."

"Second brother is the most thoughtful one."

Song Yuntang took out another five taels of silver from his purse and gave it to Song Jinsheng.

"Tomorrow I will go to the county town with Xu Qingye to stay for a few days, so that I won't be there when Wu Wei comes. Take this silver, second brother. Four taels is the final payment for the yams, and the other one tael is your wages for late August. I still have to prepare the goods for tomorrow, so I won't say more to you, second brother."

Song Jinsheng hurriedly pushed the silver toward her, "I haven't done much work in the past half month..."

Song Yuntang interrupted him.

"You were beaten by the Huang family because of me, so it's considered a work-related injury. You can recover at home, so I should still pay you wages, right? Besides, my second brother didn't rest for a few days after his injury. Besides, you gave all the money to mother before. Although there is food, drink and a place to sleep on the farm, you always need to spend money on your own."

For example, buy some preserved fruits for a little girl.

It depends on whether the second brother can wake up.

Song Jinsheng was helpless.

"How can you pay me when I have nothing to do? You are just taking advantage of it."

"Suffering a loss is a blessing." She turned and walked towards the courtyard. "I have to get busy."

Looking at her back, Song Jinsheng squeezed the five taels of silver in his hand, carefully put it into his pocket, and went back to the wooden shed to work.

……

Song Yuntang returned to the courtyard and first boiled a pot of shampoo for Wan Qingsi according to the recipe they had agreed on before.

Then he took out the two hundred duck eggs he brought back from the farm in the morning.

She remembered that she had learned how to pickle preserved eggs in biology class in high school. The teacher at that time valued hands-on ability and even led them to practice. Now, it has only been a few years since she graduated from high school, and the recipe for preserved eggs is not complicated, so she can still remember the general idea.

If Uncle Chang hadn't mentioned that she could buy chicken and duck eggs from him today, she wouldn't have remembered that she could pickle preserved eggs.

In the past life, the recipes for the preserved eggs sold in stores were unknown, but the methods used at home were very simple, and the ingredients needed were readily available in the farm. Most importantly, the preserved eggs you make yourself do not contain lead.

"It seems that salt, white wine, wood ash, quicklime, alkali, black tea, and rice husks were used at that time."

While counting carefully, Song Yuntang collected the existing materials on the farm into the small courtyard.

Except black tea, we have everything else.

Quicklime was used to renovate the courtyard before, and the lime sink next to the courtyard is still dry.

The main purpose of using black tea to make preserved eggs in the previous life was that the tea tannins in black tea could help the protein coagulate. However, tea tannins are not exclusive to black tea, but are contained in all teas, so the ordinary tea that Aunt Miao usually drinks can also be used.

Thinking of this, Song Yuntang came to the kitchen.

Miao was looking at the fire in the stove at this moment.

"What are you looking for, girl?"

Song Yuntang looked at her and said, "Aunt Miao, can you give me some of the tea you drink?"

Miao quickly stood up, took down the basket hanging by the kitchen windowsill, took out a pottery jar and handed it to Song Yuntang, "Of course, but the tea I'm drinking is too poor, I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

"I don't usually drink much tea, and this time I'm not asking for tea to make tea." Song Yuntang smiled and grabbed a handful from the pottery jar. "I'll return it to Aunt Miao after I buy some tea."

Miao waved her hands quickly, "That's not necessary. It's not a very expensive item. I'm so happy that the young lady can use my tea."

"Then I'll go and take care of my own business."

Song Yuntang turned and took two steps, then looked back at her and said, "Oh, by the way, yesterday I gave the monthly allowance to Brother Fang and the others, as well as Aunt Miao and Tu Shi. I'll give it to Aunt Miao together during dinner later. I said before that I'd give Aunt Miao 600 wen a month, but now that we have so many chickens and ducks on the farm, and we have to take care of the farm work, I'll still give Aunt Miao 800 wen."

When Miao heard this, she was delighted.

"Thank you girl!"

Song Yuntang smiled and left the kitchen.

She poured a large basin of water and cleaned the duck eggs one by one with cotton cloth.

Xu Wencheng walked around and came to the courtyard. Seeing Song Yuntang washing duck eggs, he hurried over to help.

"Sister-in-law, why didn't you call us when you had work?"

He squatted down, tore off a piece of cotton cloth from a piece of tattered clothes next to him and began to scrub the duck eggs.

"The work wasn't hard, nor was it much. I thought I could finish it myself, so I didn't ask for help." Song Yuntang looked at him with a smile, "Like this morning, if there's work I can't do, I'll definitely ask for help."

Xu Wencheng looked at her smiling face and was slightly stunned.

"But even so, I'm still free. Sister-in-law can definitely ask me, a free man, to help."

Song Yuntang pursed his lips.

"Aren't you here to help?"

Xu Wencheng chuckled, "If sister-in-law had called out, I could have come even faster."