A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 288 Return to the Village 8

Parting is over.

After Zhang Xingyun left the town, he drove the carriage quickly towards Zhangjia Village.

When we got back to the village, it was already 3 p.m.

When Zhang Xingyun saw that the door of his house was closed, he guessed that everyone must be busy in the workshop.

So he quickly pulled the carriage to the stable in the backyard of the old house, and went to the workshop carrying the basket.

Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang were weighing people at the door of the workshop.

"Xiaoyun, you're back. What are you holding in your hand?"

Grandpa Zhang asked as he paid the money to the villagers who bought the peppers.

Zhang Xingyun placed the basket on the table at the entrance of the workshop.

"Grandpa, grandma, Xiaofeng, Xiaoxue, these are the red bean paste cakes that Luoluo asked me to bring back for you. Come quickly. You have been busy for an hour or two. You must be a little hungry, right? This is a perfect snack to fill your stomach."

Zhang Xingyun handed one to everyone.

Grandpa Zhang: "Luoluo is a very kind-hearted girl. Every time your mother and her family bring her some food, she knows that we like to eat bean paste cakes, so she always asks your mother to bring some back."

"Of course, Xiaoyun, you have to treat a girl like this well, but grandma also believes in our Xiaoyun."

"Don't worry, grandma, I know. I'll go in and help dad and the others."

"Go ahead, and take the remaining cakes in so they can fill their stomachs."

"Hey, good."

Zhang Xingyun walked into the workshop carrying a basket.

Went directly to Zhang's father and his family.

"Father, Second Uncle, I'm back. Here are the red bean paste cakes that Luoluo asked me to bring back. If you're hungry, come and take some and eat them."

Zhang Xingyun put the basket on the table beside him, and then took the knife for chopping peppers from his father.

"Father, let me chop for a while, you take a break first."

Father Zhang handed the knife to Zhang Xingyun: "Okay, I'll take a break and have a cake." He walked to the table and looked at the bean paste cakes in the basket. There were quite a few, enough for everyone in the shed: "Ayan, Mo Wen, you all take a break, and everyone else come over and have a cake."

Mo Wen: "Hey, okay, Uncle Zhang."

The people who were chopping peppers put down their knives, each took a cake and started eating.

Zhang Xingyun walked beside Zhang Yunyue: "Yueyue, Luoluo and A Ming asked me to thank you. They are very happy to receive the clothes you gave them."

"Brother, what's the big deal? After you get married, Sister Luo will be my sister-in-law, and we will be a family from now on."

"Yeah, that's what I told her too. Yueyue, are you hungry? Go have a cake too. Luoluo asked me to bring more cakes."

"Brother, I'm not hungry, so I won't eat." Zhang Yunyue said as he chopped.

"Okay! By the way, when I came here just now, I saw a lot of red peppers piled in the yard."

"Yes, we collected a lot just after lunch. We have been chopping peppers here all the time, and we have chopped quite a lot now. Fortunately, there are fewer people selling red peppers now, otherwise I am afraid I will have to continue to do it tonight."

Fortunately, there are a lot of people chopping peppers, and they can chop thousands of kilograms of red peppers in an hour.

There were also two other people who were responsible for pickling the chopped red peppers.

Therefore, the two or three thousand kilograms of red peppers piled up in the yard can actually be processed in just one or two hours.

Those who had finished eating the bean paste cakes returned to their seats and continued to chop with knives.

Just before the end of work.

Everyone finally chopped all the red peppers they bought today and started pickling them.

Village chief Zhang's eldest son Zhang Dong sighed, "Today there are so many people, so the work is fast! We can still go home and eat at home today, hahahaha."

"Yes, we have been delayed for two consecutive days. Today, we were all prepared to go home later, but we didn't expect to be able to leave work normally today."

Father Zhang joked, "Thank you for your hard work over the past two days. Everyone should go home on time today and we will continue tomorrow."

Zhang Dong: "Well, OK, Uncle Zhang, let's go then."

Father Zhang and Zhang Cheng checked to see if everything had been packed up, and saw that everyone had consciously cleaned up and put away everything before leaving.

Father Zhang greeted everyone: "Everything has been packed, let's go home! Everyone has been busy all afternoon today, take a bath in the evening to get rid of fatigue, and then go to bed early."

evening.

After everyone finished bathing and cleaning up, they sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

Seeing that everyone was there, Zhang's mother said, "Father, Yueyue's father, and second brother, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a few days, and we need to start preparing Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for everyone. This year, in addition to the employees of the food store in town and the current employees of the workshop, we have also added dozens of guards from the security team.

So the mooncakes have to be prepared in advance. My second brother and sister-in-law and I discussed it today. We will go to the town to buy things tomorrow, and then ask my eldest uncle and second uncle's sisters-in-law to help make mooncakes. In the next few days, my second brother and sister-in-law and I will be responsible for making mooncakes at home and will not go to the workshop. "

Grandpa Zhang suddenly realized, "Oh, I was wondering what I hadn't done in the past two days. I kept thinking about it but couldn't remember it. It turned out to be about the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. OK, the first family and the second family, you stay at home and lead people to make mooncakes.

In addition, as in previous years, each person will receive a pound of chili oil and a pound of crispy whistles as gifts. I will have people in the workshop pack them in jars and distribute them to everyone after work on the 14th. By the way, will the 15th still be a holiday this year? After all, this year is different from previous years. This year, we have received so many orders all of a sudden."

After saying that, Grandpa Zhang looked at Zhang Yunyue.

Zhang Yunyue thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa, let's take a day off! There is only one Mid-Autumn Festival a year, a day for everyone to reunite. Since the orders have increased this year, no one has had much time off. Usually, few people take a day off. Let's let everyone go home and take a day off this time."

"Okay, I'll talk to those chili pepper sellers in the next two days and ask them to notify their villages not to sell chili peppers on the 15th, otherwise the chili peppers will be bad if left overnight."

Mother Zhang spoke again, "Xiaofeng, Luoluo and Ming don't have any family, and they will feel lonely at home alone on Mid-Autumn Festival. Hitch the carriage tomorrow and take me to town to buy ingredients for making mooncakes. We can also ask Luoluo and her brother to come to our house on the 15th to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival. They haven't been to our house yet, so we can let them see our house."

Zhang Xingyun asked in confusion: "Mother, aren't you going back to your uncle's house on the 15th? And Second Aunt, aren't you going back to your uncle Zhu's house either?"

"No, I discussed it with your second aunt. You finally came back, so we won't go back to your uncle's house on the 15th. We'll go on the 16th. Now we can see your grandpa and uncle every few days, so it's okay to delay it for one day this time."

"Is that so? All right, mother. To-morrow I'll harness the horse and the cart, and we'll go to town."

"Ah."