1 silver for one acre?
The couple, who hadn’t seen a silver coin for a long time, when they heard of those words, they almost didn’t jump up.
Bai Zhi then said: “I’m in a hurry to use the field, so you have to tighten your belt. Plow the fields well, then I will give you the money. But if you have other intentions, I’m sorry, I don’t have money to spare for such things.” Mrs. Zhang busily said: “Rest assured, you can rest assured, we will do as you say, we will never let you down.”
Bai Zhi nodded her head: “Okay, you can go back and prepare now. I will use the fields in two days. The sooner you finish, the better.”
The couple nodded their heads again and again and thanked Bai Zhi and Zhao Lan, then they turned to leave the yard.
*On the way back, Bai Erzhu said with some difficulty: “3 acres of fields in 2 days, I’m afraid it won’t possible! Even if I work hard the whole day, I won’t be able to finish plowing 1 acre of field. I’m afraid plowing 3 acres of fields in 2 days will not be enough.”
Mrs. Zhang’s eyes rolled up, then said: “Then let’s go to my second brother. He has cattle in the house. Let’s give him 1 acre of field, so that he can earn 1 silver coin. He’ll be happy.”
When Bai Erzhu heard of those words, he nodded his head again and again: “This is a good idea. Second brother-in-law works very fast, maybe if he finishes early, he will do me a favor to help me.”
Mrs. Zhang’s fierce eyes swept to Bai Erzhu: “You still haven’t wake up even until now? I told you, in the future, we can only rely on ourselves, we shouldn’t expect others to help us. If second brother opens his hand and is willing to help us, that is good, but you shouldn’t expect it, do you understand?”
Bai Erzhu nodded again and again: “I understand, I understand, I have written down. I will listen to you in the future.”
The couple went to Zhang Sanshui’s house with great enthusiasm and talked about this matter. When Zhang Sanshui heard he can earn 1 silver coin from plowing 1 acre of field, he naturally became happy. He doesn’t have expectations to get help from these two, but when they think of him when there’s a good opportunity, he was quite happy.
On the way back to the Bai family, Mrs. Zhang said to Bai Erzhu: “Let’s borrow a cattle now, as soon as we borrowed the cattle, let’s start working. The early we finish, the early we can get our wages to buy grains. With the amount of grain left in the house, we can only cook rice soup from it. I’m afraid it won’t even last for a few more days.”
Bai Erzhu nodded his head: “Alright, I will borrow the cattle now.”
Mrs. Zhang also added: “I will go to the field with you, I will let Fugui go too. The three of us will work together. It’s better than you working alone. the riches go too. The three of us will work together. It 's better than you alone. Let 's give us some wild vegetables and rare vegetables at noon. Come. ”
The couple made a decision and immediately work on it.
*
Seeing that it was almost noon, Bai Zhenzhu came out of the room. She was about to cook for her family, but who would have thought that their rice became empty? There was no grain. She and her mother saved some grains. They didn’t eat this morning, so there should be more rations left, but the grains in the bag were gone… …
She suddenly remembered what happened when she just came out of the room. As soon as Bai Dabao saw her, he slipped away.
Bai Zhenzhu took the empty rice bag and went to her uncle and aunt’s room. The door was closed, but there were sounds coming inside.
Bai Zhenzhu knocked on the door: “Uncle, Auntie, this is Zhenzhu, will you open the door?”
The sounds stopped, it took a while before Mrs. Liu opened her mouth to say: “We’re sleeping. Let’s talk later.”
Bai Zhenzhu sneered, who would sleep during the day? It was clear that they did something wrong, so they didn’t dare to face her.
“Auntie, I have something to ask you. You open the door first.” Bai Zhenzhu slammed the door again.
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