The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Xiao Zhu quickly arrived at Tong's house with half a basket of eggs.

Aunt Tong is an honest person. The pickled chili peppers she gave to Mo Yan were home-grown chili peppers, which only cost a little salt. She was determined not to have these eggs, so Xiao Zhu persuaded her to accept them in embarrassment. She was thinking about making them again. Send some appetizers to Miss Mo.

Then, Xiao Zhu told the Mo family about hiring someone to take care of the orchard and asked Aunt Tong for her opinion.

Aunt Tong was happy at first, but when she thought about her family's situation, she refused: "Xiao Zhu, you are a good boy. I know you are doing it for the good of my family, but your uncle is not in good health, and Xiao Qing is a little baby. Aunt Tong has to take care of her." They can't do anything for Miss Mo's family!"

"Aunt Tong, it doesn't matter. There is a house in the orchard of Miss Mo's family. When the time comes, you can take Uncle Tong and Xiao Qing with you. Wouldn't it be nice to not delay both parties?"

Xiao Zhu knew that the Mo family built a house in the orchard, otherwise he would not have said this to Aunt Tong.

When Aunt Tong heard this, she didn't want to agree even more: "Xiao Zhu, you also know that the old and the young in Aunt Tong's family are not very useful in doing things. Miss Mo is a good person, and Aunt Tong can't cheat her."

Aunt Tong is an upright person and doesn't like to take advantage of others. In recent years, the family's difficulties have been due to the care of the neighbors, but Aunt Tong never takes advantage of it. If every family has something to do, she will go to help without asking. This is why the neighbors have always been good friends with the Tong family.

Xiao Zhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Aunt Tong, you just watch the orchard and don't let others disturb it. When it comes time to water, fertilize and prevent pests, the Mo family will ask people to help. You just need to teach them how to do it. How can this be called cheating?"

"Is that true?" Aunt Tong was really moved. No matter what, it was a stable job, much easier than cultivating fruit seedlings and selling them.

"It's true. If you don't believe it, let's go to Mo's house and ask Miss Mo to find out." Seeing that Aunt Tong had an intention, Xiao Zhu immediately seized the opportunity.

As long as Aunt Tong is willing and Miss Mo's orchard is taken care of by reliable people, the Tong family's life will not be as difficult as before, which is a good thing for both families.

Seeing that it was still early, Aunt Tong agreed, went into the house to talk to her wife and grandson, then went to the kitchen to get an unopened jar of pickles, and then followed Xiao Zhu to Mo's house.

Aunt Tong is willing to help take care of the orchard, and Mo Yan is naturally happy. She explained the situation in the orchard and what Aunt Tong was going to do. After making sure that Aunt Tong was fine, she mentioned wages and remuneration.

"Aunt Tong, there is a house in the orchard for your family of three to live in. You usually cook your own meals. Do you have any requirements in terms of wages?"

Aunt Tong shook her head repeatedly, her face full of gratitude: "Miss Mo, it sounds like I'm helping your family take care of the orchard, but in fact it's just talking, and it's not tiring at all. I can pay you as much as you want, as long as it's enough for the whole family. Just three bites is enough.”

This requirement is very low. A family of three like the Tong family usually only buys some grain and some meat. If they want to grow vegetables, they can add it to Uncle Tong’s medicine money. In this way, five or six hundred Wen per month is enough. enough.

But Aunt Tong's family is considered to be a technical talent. Of course, Mo Yan can't give her only 600 yuan, so he said: "I will give you one tael per month for wages, and I will also provide you with rice, flour and other food on a monthly basis. If the orchard takes care of it, Okay, I will give you another reward at the end of the year."

Do you still have food for one tael a month?

Aunt Tong was shocked. She knew that she could only earn a few taels of silver through her hard work cultivating and selling fruit seedlings. In her spare time, she had to exchange shoe soles for some oil and salt money, but even so, their family could not live well. It was very tight, but now I can easily earn twelve taels of silver a year. This is simply pie in the sky!