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

Song Yuntang also stood up and looked outside the yard. When he saw Song Jinsheng and Tu Shi, as well as Tian'er who was crying loudly in fear after being held in Tu Shi's arms, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tu Shi, why are you scaring the child for no reason?"

Tu Shi quickly handed the child back to Jiang. He said a little embarrassedly, "I just saw that this little girl was as pretty as a doll in a New Year's picture, so I wanted to hold her. Maybe it's because I look too scary that scared the child."

Then he hurriedly apologized to Jiang Zhiyan.

"Sister, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to scare her."

With a child of two or three years old, the woman in front of me should be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, so it is not wrong to call her sister.

Jiang Zhiyan held her daughter in her arms and looked at the tall and strong man in front of her. He looked like a giant and she felt a little scared for a moment.

"No...it's okay."

After saying that, she hurriedly hugged Tian'er and held her tightly back to the main room.

Seeing this, Tu Shi felt quite helpless. It seemed that he not only scared the sister's child, but also scared the sister herself.

He looked at Song Yuntang.

"Ma'am, I really didn't mean it. I have no ill intentions."

Song Yuntang smiled and patted the child's head before looking at Tu Shi. "I know you don't mean any harm, but the child is timid. You have to be careful next time."

Tu Shi nodded quickly.

"Hey, I get it."

Song Yuntang then introduced the two parties, "Sister Jiang, this is Tu Shi, and the one next to him is my second brother. He's currently working in a shop in the provincial capital and came back to celebrate the New Year."

Then he said, "This sister is Jiang Zhiyan. Her husband has passed away, and now she is working alone on our farm with her children."

The two of them understood.

It's not easy to raise a child alone without a husband.

The guilt in Tu Shi's eyes was even stronger.

Song Yuntang looked at Song Jinsheng.

"Have Mudong and Muqiu returned?"

Song Jinsheng nodded and said, "Yes, Tu Shi and I came here after sending them home."

Looking at his expression.

"How's the progress between Second Brother and Mu Qiu?"

Song Jinsheng felt a little embarrassed.

"Last time after I went to the county town, I bought her some pastries to apologize. She said she didn't blame me and asked me when I planned to marry her."

"What does second brother think?" Song Yuntang asked.

The 10% dividend from the county restaurant is still in her hands. She wants to wait until the two get married before handing it over to her second brother. By then, the young couple will have their own savings to use and will not have to ask the Song family for money for everything.

After all, given Zhao's biased nature, it would not be easy for my second brother and his wife to get something out of her in the future.

Seeing the brother and sister chatting, Tu Shi looked at Song Yuntang.

"Ma'am, I'll go get some fodder for the mules."

After saying that, he turned and left the yard.

Song Yuntang looked at Song Jinsheng and continued, "Second brother, did you give all the money you earned to mother?"

Song Jinsheng came to the main room, sat down next to the charcoal brazier, and stretched out his hands to warm them by the fire.

"I didn't give it all away. I kept some for myself."

Song Yuntang picked up the fire tongs and added two pieces of charcoal into the charcoal basin.

"If you don't want Mu Qiu to have a hard time after getting married, you should leave yourself some wiggle room. Mother said she realized she was biased, but apart from making you a set of clothes in autumn, has she treated you any differently since then?"

Song Jinsheng thought about it. He had been in the provincial capital most of the time in the past few months. After he returned, although his mother no longer gave his clothes to his eldest brother, it seemed that except for the time when he paid the money, his mother treated him no differently than before.

Scratched his head.

“It’s all fine actually.”

Song Yuntang put down the tongs.

"You haven't encountered any trouble yet. If you really encounter any trouble, you will know."

For example, something as big as the last marriage proposal.

Song Jinsheng pursed his lips.

"They are my parents after all, we can't just ignore them. If they continue to be the same as before, Mu Qiu and I will be working for you now, so we don't think we will be home much in the future."

He glanced around the yard and suddenly felt like something was missing.

"Why didn't I see Sister Xier and Fubao today? Did they go back to their parents' home or their in-laws' home?"

Song Yuntang curled his lips.

"neither."

Tao Xia laughed and said, "She took Fubao and Mazi back to Rongshu Village."

Song Jinsheng was stunned for a moment, then he grinned.

"Brother Mazi finally got it!"

Song Yuntang looked at him and said, "There's a famine outside right now, and it's not safe for us to store so much food and chickens and ducks on our farm. When you go back, tell Qiao Da, Qiao Er, a few cousins, and Uncle Cheng that I need some strong men to guard our farm during the New Year holidays. If they're willing to come, starting tomorrow and lasting until the eighth day of the first lunar month, the wages will be one hundred coins a day."

An ordinary worker earns thirty cents a day.

One hundred wen a day, and one tael in ten days, is a sky-high wage for the people here.

I think quite a few people would be willing to come.

Song Jinsheng nodded. "Okay, I'll ask the villagers when I get back. If anyone is willing to come, I'll bring them to the village tomorrow and have them take turns coming day and night to guard every spot."

After the clinic in the county town was repaired and returned to the village, Song Mazi, Cheng Shu and others were also busy.

After they finished the finishing work on the yard under the spring, they also built a row of adobe houses at the foot of the mountain on the side for everyone to rest.

The bed is made.

We will then lay the straw thicker and put bedding on it so that everyone can rest for a while when they are tired these days.

When everyone arrives tomorrow, we will build a few straw huts in the mountains so that we won’t be too cold when we are on duty. If it is really cold, we can light a brazier in the straw hut to cope with it.

However, the weather is dry now, so we still need to pay attention to fire prevention.

Therefore, straw huts should be built in open areas as much as possible.

As the two were chatting, Fang Tianci, who had just packed up the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse, ran in from outside the yard carrying a wooden bucket.

"Boss, there's something I almost forgot to tell you."

Song Yuntang looked puzzled.

"what's up?"

Fang Tianci put the bucket by the kitchen door.

"Uncle Pan came to the tavern a few days ago and told me that his daughter's seriously ill mother-in-law passed away a while ago. He plans to leave Cile Town with his daughter next year. He asked if you would be willing to buy his shop to save the trouble of collecting rent in the future."

Song Yuntang pondered for a moment.

"You know where Uncle Pan lives. When the time comes, please ask him about the price of the wine shop for me. If it's suitable, you can buy it."

After buying it, you don’t have to worry about paying rent in the future.

Paying rent for a few years is equivalent to buying a shop.

Although the market conditions for next year are still unclear, I still have enough money on hand, so at least I won't lose money after buying the shop.

So much effort was put into the previous renovations, and the business in the shop will definitely have to continue in the future.

Fang Tianci responded, "Okay, I'll go to Uncle Pan's place after dinner."

Song Yuntang nodded slightly.

"Then I'll wait for your news at the farm this afternoon."

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