Li Mei took Li Yu to the east end of the village. Along the way, Li Yu saw that most of the houses at the east end of the village were thatched houses. "Aunt, their life is very difficult."

Li Mei nodded, "These families all fled famine, and most of them lived on sharecropping. The large piece of fertile land by the river belongs to the Zhou family and the Xu family. Fortunately, my aunt has you, otherwise I would have had to be a sharecropper." .”

The aunt and nephew talked and walked to a thatched house. Li Mei took Li Yu into the yard surrounded by fences.

"Is Xiao An here?" Li Mei called.

Jiang Xiaoan walked out of the room with tears on her face, "Aunt Li, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Your sister Xiaoyu said that she would give you some rice first, and then it would be deducted from your wages. Where is your mother?"

At this time, a woman with a sallow face walked out tremblingly, holding on to the wall, "Xiao An, who is looking for you?"

Xiao An quickly went over to support his mother, "Mom, it's the aunt and sister of the Li family."

Li Yu handed the rice to Xiao An before leaving, "Aunt, I am Xiaoyu. Xiao An is going to work at my house tomorrow. I will give him some rice first."

"Are they Li Mei and Xiaoyu? We are really rare visitors. I haven't seen you for several years."

Li Mei looked at her sallow face and felt a little sad, "Sister Qian, please take good care of yourself. Xiao An will go to work at my niece's house tomorrow."

Qian gasped, "Thank you very much for taking care of my little An."

Li Mei smiled at her and said, "Sister Qian, have a good rest. We will go back when it gets late."

Tears fell from Qian's eyes, and she nodded while choking, "Okay, Xiao An, go and see her off quickly."

Xiao An sent Aunt Li Yu and nephew to the door, bowed to them, and said with tears: "Thank you Aunt Li, Sister Li."

"It's okay, go back and take care of your mother." The aunt and nephew walked quickly towards home.

After going home for dinner, Li Mei looked at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Yu'er, your uncle and I have scouted a piece of land. When the wasteland here is opened, I will go back with your uncle to build a house."

"Okay, I will hire a few people to come back to work tomorrow. You and your uncle will go back and hire people to repair the house."

"Why are you panicking? You haven't lost your time in the past few days. You have to go to the ground tomorrow morning, so go and have a rest."

Early the next morning, as soon as Li Yu and his party arrived at the field, they saw Xiao An already digging in the field and picking up stones. Li Yu quickly stopped him, "Xiao An, go eat quickly."

Xiao An glanced at Li Yu and smiled, "Sister Li, I ate it."

Li Mei looked at him and smiled, "This kid is so polite. Ah Qing, you take Xiao An to dinner."

"Brother An, come with me!" Li Qing stepped forward and pulled him back home.

"We're late." Chen Yaohui and Li also came carrying hoes.

Li Yu saw that Chen Yaohui and Li were also here, "We have just come out, Uncle Chen and Aunt Li, we have to thank you for your hard work."

Mrs. Li smiled and patted Li Yu, "This kid is always so polite."

Li Yu smiled and said to Chen Yaohui: "Uncle Chen, I want to hire two more people to work so that my aunt can go back to repair the house. The salary will be the same as last time. Do you think there are suitable people in the village?"

Chen Yaohui thought for a moment, "Yes, can I call for you right now?"

"Okay, I'll spare your trouble." Li Yu said with a smile.

Chen Yaohui put down his hoe and went to the village. Li Mei scolded: "You kid, why are you in such a hurry?"

Mrs. Li wiped the sweat from her face and said, "Sister, it's better to repair it quickly while everyone is idle. I heard from my father-in-law that laborers will probably be sent out again in a few days."

After hearing this, Li Mei frowned and said, "Why do you have to do hard labor again? It's really annoying to have to do it every year in the past few years."

"I heard that it would take a long time to build a pier to build a river. Alas! It's getting harder every year to collect some food and then have to spend money."

Li Yu was secretly worried when he saw their sad faces. Chen Yaohui came with four men carrying hoes, pointed at the three of them and smiled at Li Yu: "Xiaoyu, these uncles are all good workers in the village. "

Li Yu smiled at a few people and said, "Thank you uncles for your hard work."

A tall and strong uncle smiled heartily, "Why bother! Earning money makes me busy from morning to night, haha..."

"Yes! Thank you, it's still good." Everyone laughed and rolled up their sleeves and got down to work.

Seeing that Li Mei had hired a few more people, and thinking that it would cost almost a hundred yuan a day, she decided to ask Yu'er to go to Sanchakou to see if those pickles could be sold, so she stopped Li Yu and said, "Yu'er, you'd better go to Sanchakou." Let’s take a look at Chakou!”

Li Yu took a look and saw that the people who came were all good at work. "Okay, I'll go take a look."

Li Yu put down his hoe and returned home. As soon as he changed his clothes, Zhao Di ran in, "Cousin, there is a man named Zhuzhu at the door who wants fifty cans of pickles and cowpeas."

"Okay, bring him in, I'm coming." Li Yu hurriedly took the pamphlet he found from Li Qing and came out of the bedroom to see Zhao Di and Zhu Zhu loading pickles into the bamboo basket.

Li Yu also quickly packed up the two bamboo baskets together. Li Yu put the bamboo baskets on the cart and said to Zhao Di, then got on the cart and went to the Shunfeng Inn on Sancha Road with Zhu Zhu.

When shopkeeper Liu saw Li Yu and Zhu Zhu coming together, he rubbed his hands and looked at the pickles in the basket happily, "Xiaoyu, the pickles you put here have been sold, and all the merchants who have tasted them say that yours is the best." The pickles are delicious.”

Li Yu also became happy, "As long as you like it, Uncle Liu, please excuse me."

A stout man walked over quickly and urged: "Old Liu, hurry up, we are about to set off."

"It's coming, it's coming." Shopkeeper Liu quickly took Li Yu to load the pickles onto a mule cart behind.

Seeing the thick hay padding in the bamboo basket, the man smiled with satisfaction, "Hey! Your family is meticulous in their work. The pickles I bought at the store in Qingshan City last time almost fell into pieces."

Li Yu responded with a smile: "This is what we should do. If uncle eats my pickles and thinks they are good, help spread the word. My pickles are called Qingyu pickles, and there are two small peppers on the jar."

"Okay." The man readily agreed, paid the money, and shouted loudly to the people in front, "Let's go, guys! Guys..." The motorcade slowly started to move and gradually moved away.

Li Yu and Shopkeeper Liu returned to the inn. Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "Xiaoyu, including the fifteen cans you put here and the ones you just sold, a total of sixty-five cans were sold, and I collected the money for fifteen cans of pickles. , in addition to the consignment money, I want you three hundred and seventeen cents."

"Okay," Li Yu accepted the copper coins and pointed at the bamboo basket with a smile: "Uncle Liu, I brought ten cans of each kind this time, and I recorded them in this book. Please check the number and sign on the book. .”

Shopkeeper Liu took the book and looked through it, and saw that it said ten cans of cowpea sauce on July 20th... He remembered everything clearly. Shopkeeper Liu nodded, "Okay, I have already counted them. Just sign behind this, right?”

Li Yu pointed to the date and said, "Yes, just sign at the back and we will reconcile according to this."

Shopkeeper Liu signed at the back, and Li Yu took the booklet, "Uncle Liu, my family is still clearing land, so I'll leave you with the pickles."

Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand with a smile, "It's okay, go ahead!" Li Yu came out of the inn and walked quickly towards the town thinking that he had run out of gas at home.

Zhang Guixiang was leaning against the car window and saw Li Yu coming from the official road. He patted Zhang Guisheng, who was sleeping against the wall of the car, "Brother, look, it's that bitch Li Yu."

Zhang Guisheng opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Guixiang, frowning in disgust, "Ignore her and let's leave quickly."

"Dachun, stop the car." Zhang Guixiang stopped Dachun who was driving the car and pulled Zhang Guisheng, "I won't leave. She hit me last time and gave me stomachache for a long time. Brother, you have to help me vent my anger. "

Zhang Guisheng frowned and looked at Zhang Guixiang, "How are you going to vent your anger? Now that the Zhang and Li families are in the same situation, do you think they are still the same as before?"

Zhang Guixiang looked at him and smiled, "Brother, as long as you give her a good look, she will come to curry favor with you."

Zhang Guisheng was a little proud after hearing this. He also thought that Li Yu would blush and shrink his neck every time he saw him, and he felt unappetizing. He then thought of his father's humble begging for help in order to raise money, and felt that he should give her some money. Look at his face.

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