MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields-Chapter 61 You want to eat **** (third update)

Chapter 61 You want to eat **** (third update)

Carpenter Liu also added that this was a drawing given by Qin Yao, and if he wanted to make a new one without her consent, he would not do it.

As a result, even Liu Dafu gave up, and it was more cost-effective to rent Qin Yao's house.

 Qin Yao and Liu Carpenter looked at each other secretly, and they reached a tacit agreement that from now on, his family would use the mill for free.

 People had enough of the excitement and gradually dispersed.

 In the end, only the Liu family remained at the water mill.

There were too many people just now. Ms. Qiu was pregnant and did not dare to approach for fear of being bumped. Ms. Zhang and Ms. He were also squeezed outside by others.

At this moment, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had the opportunity to watch the water mill of Qin Yao's family up close. Seeing that the stone mill was spinning by itself, they felt that the mill was very pleasant.

However, I also learned from Carpenter Liu that the cost of this water mill was as high as two taels of silver, and I felt like it was a waste.

“It’s good to have it sharpened, but when you think about it costing two taels of silver, wow. Sister, you are really willing to give it up.”

He looked at the whirring water wheel with pain in his body, thinking that it was only two taels of silver, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Old man Liu also looked curiously at Qin Yao, who was putting stones to block the water, "Old San's family, how did you come up with the idea of ​​building this water mill?"

On the two acres of free-range wheat land she and Lao San had, the wheat harvested was not enough to grind it with water.

 In Old Man Liu's view, it's a bit like killing a chicken with a bull's knives - pure waste!

Qin Yao blocked the river, the water flow decreased rapidly, and the rotating stone mill slowly stopped.

She explained: "I use this water mill to make a living, and to make it easier for my family."

"My family?" He asked tentatively: "Our family uses it for our own family, do you accept the money from my brothers and sisters?"

Qin Yao smiled at her, "Of course I won't accept it!"

He is a bit greedy for petty gains, but she is also enthusiastic and usually helps her with a lot of small favors. This is good, so Qin Yao will certainly give it to her.

 After all, this is a clan society, and although interpersonal communication is troublesome, it cannot be avoided. Because if the relationship is established, it will indeed bring her many invisible benefits.

For example, if her waterwheel and stone mill are placed by the river tonight, she won't worry about being stolen by the villagers.

 Liu Ji is separated, but he still has three brothers in his old home.

The two sisters-in-law are usually very popular in the village, and the young daughters-in-law help them. If something in the house is stolen, these wives who are aware of everything can immediately find out who is the thief.

Grinding is a torturous job. Most men have to go to the fields, but in the end this job still falls into the hands of women.

Now with Qin Yao's permission, He and Qiu excitedly said that they would bring the wheat from home to grind it tomorrow to test the efficiency of the water mill for Qin Yao.

 “This is no problem.” Qin Yao nodded.

But she also has a favor that needs help from someone from the old house.

“Dad, I want to make a living from this water mill, so I have to build a house that looks decent.”

Old man Liu nodded to express his understanding and looked at Liu Ji, "San'er, bring your sickle and come meet us early tomorrow morning. Let's go cut the grass back together and then chop a few bamboos on the Nanshan Mountain. It will take just one day. I can build this shed.”

Liu Ji's face dropped as soon as he heard that he was going to work in the mountains, and he said reluctantly.

Qin Yao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, dad. Come to my house for dinner tomorrow night. I will go to Liu Guolang's house to buy you two kilograms of wine and have a good meal."

 Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also laughed. They knew that Qin Yao couldn't cook and planned to go to her house early tomorrow to help cook.

Jinhua and Siniang suddenly poked their little heads out and asked in a low voice expectantly: "Auntie, can you eat meat?"

 “Eat!” Qin Yao agreed immediately because she was also greedy.

 In total, tomorrow happens to be a meat-eating day every fifth day.

But there is no pork at home. Recently, the villagers are busy working in the fields and no one has gone to town to help bring meat. But this won’t stop Qin Yao from catching fish and birds. She promises to have the meat on the table tomorrow.

 There was wine and meat, and the children were looking forward to it.

 The two families discussed the details of tomorrow's action in place, and then left home.

 After returning home, Liu Ji helped pour the footbath water, stood beside him and asked with gleaming eyes:

“Madam, how are you going to collect the money? Our water mill works so well, we can’t let the villagers take advantage of it!”

Qin Yao took off her shoes and socks, put her feet in the hot water at a moderate temperature, leaned back comfortably on the chair, squinted her eyes and asked, "How much do you want to take?"

Liu Ji sneered, "Is this the water mill made by you, my wife, or is it better that you make the decision, my wife?"

“But,” he added, “I think it should be calculated according to the time used, such as five cents an hour or something.”

"In this way, twelve hours a day is sixty fen, and a month is 1,800 fen." Thinking about it, Liu Ji's eyes flashed with gold.

Qin Yao snorted, "You want to eat shit."

 Liu Ji was speechless, why did he start cursing again?

But this is the money owner in front of her, and she has to support her. If she really wants to earn 1,800 yuan a month, then she will be the Bodhisattva of the family!

 “Madam, how much do you think is appropriate?”

Seeing that she was almost soaked, Liu Ji handed over the foot-washing handkerchief. Qin Yao wiped her feet, thought for a moment and said, "Let's try five cents an hour first."

Hearing this, Liu Ji muttered, "It's not what I said, and you still scold me."

Qin Yao rolled her eyes at him, "The price is the same as what you said, but it can't be full for twelve hours a day, and the water wheel can't be damaged. Five or six hours a day would be good."

Liu Ji really never thought about the damage to the waterwheel. "Huh?" he said, "Is it easy to break?"

"Easy." Qin Yao said: "It is wood after all, and there are weeds and the like in the river that are easy to get caught in, so you still have to be careful."

 Liu Ji's mood suddenly dropped by half, he poured the water for washing his feet, and ran away.

Qin Yao checked the doors and windows, and then went to the house where the Dalang brothers and sisters lived. Then she felt relieved and returned to her room, lying on the bed to settle the accounts.

If the water mill can be open for five hours a day, it can earn twenty-five pence a day, which is 750 pence a month.

 Eight cents per catty of fine rice can buy ninety-three and a half catties, which is a very good income.

Of course, this is just the best idea. What the actual situation will be remains to be known through practice.

Thinking of these, Qin Yao fell asleep in a daze.

 When I opened my eyes again, it was already around six o'clock the next morning.

The smell of rice wafts from the kitchen. Liu Ji usually gets up at 5:30 to do breakfast and housework. During cooking time, he packs up clothes and washes them by the river.

At this hour, the women in the village are still busy at home, so no one will see him, a grown man, washing clothes by the river.

 On this point, the couple maintained a tacit understanding. Qin Yao did not deliberately publicize it, while Liu Ji deliberately concealed it.

 So no one knows that in addition to cooking, Liu Ji also has to do housework and laundry at home.

 Qin Yao gets up and first completes her daily morning exercise task in the backyard - two hundred pull-ups.

 After sweating, I washed up and had breakfast.

 (End of this chapter)