in2ebook Chapter 150 The Egg Collecting Team Continues to Grow
Chapter 150 The Egg Collecting Team Continues to Grow
Not long after, Lin Dajiang came back from outside.
"Mom is back."
Li Taohua looked unhappy. Li Shan's wife asked worriedly, "Dajiang, your mother..."
Lin Dajiang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. My mother is fine now. Others just provoked her a few times. Just explain it clearly."
After Lin Dajiang said this, the wives of the Li family did not ask any more questions and worked even harder.
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After inviting people, the Lin family finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yaowu returned from Lin'an Prefecture with a cart of duck eggs.
Lin Xiaoman counted it twice and there were exactly two thousand.
Adding the eggs that Li Erli collected from outside in the past few days, the eggs collected by several uncles from Shadi Village, and the eggs sent by villagers, the total number of duck eggs is more than 3,600 and the number of chicken eggs is more than 2,000.
There are more than 5,000 eggs placed in the Lin family yard, and wrapping the eggs is a big project.
In addition, the baking soda prepared previously is not enough.
Fortunately, Lin Dahai and Lin Lichun brought back the rice stalks in time, and Lin Xiaoman, Li Taohua and others made baking soda overnight.
When the villagers saw Lin Dahai helping Lin Dajiang harvest rice stalks, they all brought him all the hay they had piled up at home.
Hay is worthless, but if I can establish a relationship with Lin Dajiang and tell him about any profitable business he has in advance, I can make money along with him.
Lin Xiaoman burned hay for several days in a row and made a lot of baking soda. Even so, some villagers still sent him hay.
The family who had a good relationship with Lin Dajiang even said they would dry the rice straw stalks they harvested in October and send them to him. They were really enthusiastic.
The Lin family's explanation to the public was that they burned wood ash to raise chickens, ducks and rabbits.
After hearing this, the people who raised chickens and ducks in the village also followed suit and sprinkled wood ash in their chicken and duck coops.
Not to mention, now the chicken and duck coops are a lot cleaner and the smell isn’t as bad as before.
During this period, the young master sent Manager Tong to deliver two loads of preserved eggs and preserved eggs. When Manager Tong saw Lin Xiaoman, he smiled so much that his eyes were almost invisible.
"Miss Xiaoman, preserved eggs sell best in Lin'an Prefecture. The young master has been in Lin'an Prefecture these days. When they are almost sold out there, they will be shipped to several surrounding prefectures, and maybe even to the capital."
"Capital?" Li Taohua never thought that the preserved eggs she made at home could be sold to Capital one day.
"Yes, the wealthy families in Lin'an Prefecture like the pine flower patterns on the Songhua eggs. They put ten Songhua eggs in a bamboo basket and sell them for a hundred coins."
"What, ten preserved eggs for a hundred coins? Ten coins for one preserved egg?" Li Taohua couldn't understand. Who were the idiots who would spend ten coins to buy a preserved egg?
Shopkeeper Tong narrowed his eyes and looked calm. For a wealthy family, a high-class maid could be paid two to three taels of silver per month. In their eyes, ten or a hundred coins were nothing.
If you can buy preserved eggs for a banquet, it is a very honorable thing.
Especially when celebrating the birthday of an elder at home, you need to make reservations in advance for pine pattern preserved eggs and preserved eggs.
"The young master said that we can make more and we won't have any trouble selling them."
Shopkeeper Tong left a "bomb" and hurried away. As a result, collecting eggs and making baking soda became the two most important things for them.
There is no technical requirement for collecting eggs except that it is hard work and the eggs are easy to break. But making baking soda is different and it is easy for anyone to learn.
Lin Xiaoman discussed with his family and asked Li Erli to go to the headman's house.
Ask the village head to pick out ten young, strong and hard-working men in the village to go out and collect eggs.
From then on, in addition to collecting eggs himself, Li Erli also had to serve as a supervisor, mainly checking whether the eggs collected by the young and strong people in the village were damaged.
Both the village head and Li Erli were shocked when they heard this.
Li Zheng was surprised that the Lin family wanted to collect so many eggs. His eldest grandson came back twice a month and collected about 2,000 to 3,000 duck eggs each time. As far as he knew, Li Taohua's mother's home in Shadi Village raised many chickens and ducks, and collected a lot of eggs. So, how many duck eggs did the Lin family want?
Li Erli and the village head have different ideas.
He was worried that he would not be able to do his supervisory job well and would cause trouble for Uncle Lin.
After all, the old ones are the wisest. The head of the village immediately realized that the Lin family was going to take care of the villagers. They would first choose from the diligent and down-to-earth families. While letting him check, they also wanted the villagers to impose constraints on them.
This is a good thing. In this way, many families in the village will be able to make money!
The village head grinned happily and patted Li Erli's shoulder heavily, "Erli, you must work hard in the future!"
Li Erli nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Li Zheng, I will do my best. Uncle Dajiang and Aunt Taohua treat me so well, I won't let them down!"
Uncle Li Zheng acted very quickly and selected ten young and strong men from Shanglin Village the next day. Lin Xiaoman looked and found that eight of the ten were about the same age as Li Erli, and the other two were both men in their thirties.
Lin Xiaoman recognized one of the men.
She quietly asked Li Erli, "Is that man called Laizi?"
Li Erli took a look and nodded to Lin Xiaoman, "It's the leper."
Lin Xiaoman knew Lai Zi Niang, the old woman was a powerful character. She and Aunt Wang were equally good at scolding each other and were very sharp-tongued.
According to Lin Xiaoman's understanding, basically every novel will have characters like lepers, lame men, and pockmarked men.
These people's characters are as bad as their names.
In addition, Lin Xiaoman had seen how fiercely Lai Zi's mother was when she quarreled, so she assumed that Lai Zi was a lazy and evil man. However, she did not expect that the Lai Zi in front of her had a square face, square eyebrows, and did not look wretched.
But good-looking people are not necessarily good people.
Lin Xiaoman asked curiously, "Why did the village head choose him?"
"Laizi has been fatherless since he was a teenager. He and his younger brother Daniu were raised by Laizi's mother. Don't think Laizi's mother is unreasonable. There is nothing they can do about it. They are orphans and widows. But don't worry, Laizi is a good person and hardworking."
Well, she was narrow-minded.
The village head talked for about a quarter of an hour, and at the end he reminded everyone to work hard and not to be lazy.
If he knew that they were cheating, he would let Lin Xiaoman and Li Erli replace them directly without considering the face of the villagers. There are many people who want to do this job.
The people below naturally nodded frantically in assurance.
Nonsense, if they ruin this good thing, their families will beat them up when they return.
Lin Dajiang smiled and mentioned some precautions, and asked Li Erli to say a few words as well.
After all, Li Erli will be in charge of these ten people in the future.
Li Erli, who was 1.8 meters tall, instantly turned into a young wife, and said tremblingly: "This...this is not going to be said, right?"
Lin Xiaoman gave him an encouraging look: "Brother Erli, you have to take care of them, don't be afraid! Show your courage in selling frozen food and collecting eggs."
No, these are all villagers, and everyone was the same before. He suddenly changed into the person in charge of people, and he couldn’t adapt for a while.
However, he knew that the Lin family asked him to do this not because of his ability, but because of his relationship with Jingzhe. After thinking about this, Li Erli was suddenly full of pressure. He had to become powerful and not let Uncle Lin down.
Li Erli clenched his fists and walked up to the ten people.
He didn't know how to say polite words, he just raised his hand and shouted, "Let's work hard with Uncle Lin in the future, so that everyone in our family can live a good life, have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear!"
In an era when people were hungry and cold, providing food, clothing and a good life for their families was a farmer’s lifelong goal.
The words are simple but powerful.
Ten young men shouted along, and the joy of being chosen by the head of the village turned into strength at this moment.
In the future they will have to work hard to collect eggs and make money so that their family can live a good life!
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With ten more people collecting eggs, there are more duck eggs and chicken eggs visible to the naked eye.
This way, there would not be enough eggs for four people.
Li Taohua decided to invite two more people. Li Shan's wife was afraid that Taohua would spend too much money, so she discussed with several sisters-in-law and decided that they should leave an hour later in the future so that they could pack more duck eggs for their younger sister.
In the evening, Li Taohua saw that her mother's family had not left yet, so she asked and found out the reason.
Li Taohua smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you can't do this. According to what the young master said, you will get more and more preserved eggs in the future. What if you work so hard that you damage your health?"
It’s not like they have no work to do at home; they still have a lot of things to do when they return home!
"Taohua, why are you so tired? We wrap eggs while sitting down, which is much easier than working in the fields!" said Li Shi's wife.
"Sister-in-law, I'll tell you the truth. In the future, we will collect more and more eggs. Xiaoman plans to raise more ducks, and Jingzhe also wants to expand the rabbit hive. We will have to hire more people in the future. Sister-in-law, even if you all come to help, we will be too busy to handle it!"
Li Shi’s wife smiled, she actually noticed it too.
Last time, Li Shi discussed with several brothers that he wanted to learn from Jingzhe and expand the rabbit hive.
I guess Taohua must have talked about something with the boss, otherwise, with the boss's straightforward mind, he probably wouldn't be able to figure it out.
She could see that Taohua's family were all capable.
Afterwards, Li Taohua selected two capable women in the village, one was Linda's wife, and the other was the eldest daughter-in-law of Uncle Wang at the village head.
Both of them are good at work. With their participation, the four sisters-in-law of the Li family finally don’t have to wait until dark to go back.
Similarly, the young master wanted more and more preserved eggs. Shopkeeper Tong said that many eggs had already been reserved and were just waiting for Lin Xiaoman to ship them.
Lin Xiaoman didn't expect that the young master was so capable. As a result, he couldn't keep up with the baking soda.
Although it is fun to make money, there is no time to make baking soda!
Maybe she is the chosen one. When Gu Changsheng delivered the new issue of Lin'an Tabloid and silver, he brought two people with him.
"Xiao Man, last time you said you wanted to buy someone, this is their indenture, take it."
Lin Xiaoman looked at the man and woman behind Gu Changsheng. The man looked about the same age as Lin Jingzhe, and the woman looked only slightly older than Guyu.
Gu Changsheng saw Lin Xiaoman's concerns and said, "They are a brother and sister who fled from the north. Their parents are gone, and the brother had nowhere else to go and sold himself to make a living."
Since Gu Changsheng said so, it means that he has sent people to check it out, and will only bring it in if there is no problem.
"You're worried about having no one, but they can at least help you out."
The boy thought Lin Xiaoman was not satisfied with them, so he knelt down and begged, "My sister and I can work, we just want a meal, please let us stay."
Lin Xiaoman subconsciously dodged to the side, and the young man saw it with a look of despair on his face.
When he brought the brother and sister here, he knew that the boy who bought him was going to give them to the girl in front of him.
If the girl didn't want them, they would definitely be sold again.
It doesn’t matter if he was sold, but if his sister is sold again, she may not find a good owner.
The girl in front of him had a clear mind and knew that as long as he and his sister worked hard, she would definitely be able to give them food to eat.
"As long as you give me something to eat, I can eat less. As long as I can do some work, please let me stay. I don't want to be separated from my sister."
The boy was still kneeling. The little girl standing next to him saw her brother kneeling, and she also knelt down with a "dong".
She uttered "ah" twice, and Lin Xiaoman looked over and found that she could not make any sound.
Gu Changsheng explained: "I had a high fever while fleeing, and this is what happened when I woke up."
Lin Xiaoman nodded, "Then stay, we are short of people."
Upon hearing this, the young man burst into tears of gratitude and took his sister to kowtow to the master.
Lin Xiaoman was not used to seeing them kowtow at every turn, but he also knew that here, a piece of indenture holds the power of life and death. Let alone kneeling, even if someone was beaten or sold, the government would not pursue the matter.
When she came here, the environment would not accommodate her, she could only adapt to it.
So Lin Xiaoman endured the discomfort and accepted the contract.
"If you work hard, don't worry about your food being deducted. On the contrary, I will pay you wages every month."
After hearing what Lin Xiaoman said, the boy looked up in disbelief, "Wages? No, no, no, we don't want wages!"
The young men were terrified. They just wanted to have enough food to eat. As for other things, they had no illusions at all.
"Don't shake your head so quickly. I also have conditions." Lin Xiaoman looked at the boy and said, "Your sister is still young and can't do much, so there is definitely no salary. As for you, as long as you don't betray your master and work hard, in addition to providing meals, I will give you half a tael of silver as salary every month. As long as you save enough money, I can redeem you."
There is no such good thing in the world!
The boy didn't believe it!
Having fled all the way, he has seen the evil hearts of people and he doesn't believe there are any good people in this world.
"However, there are conditions for redeeming yourself. The deadline is ten years. You can redeem yourself after ten years." Lin Xiaoman stared at the boy with a cold look, "If you betray me, I will not show mercy. I will start with your sister."
This is nothing. He has sold himself, why would he think of redeeming himself?
The most important thing in this world is to survive.
The boy nodded in agreement, "I won't betray you!"
Lin Xiaoman arranged them in the utility room.
"We have no place to live for now, so you can live here for a while. When the house is built, you can move in." Lin Xiaoman planned to let them live near the rabbit hive, so that they could look after it at the same time.
From now on, he would make baking soda with them during the day and keep watch at home at night. As for other things, Lin Xiaoman had no time to think about them.
The young man nodded, and seeing that the master had left, he took some hay and spread it on the ground, "Little sister, you don't have to worry about having no food to eat in the future."
The little girl screamed twice and tears started streaming down her face.
The young man wiped it with his sleeve and said, "Don't cry, little sister. The master seems to be kind-hearted. I will work hard and save enough money to redeem you."