After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

The shed is erected and the mill can be officially opened.

In fact, it is more appropriate to call it a pavilion. The shed has only a roof, with supporting bamboo poles on the four sides. A bamboo pole runs across the middle of three sides as a fence, and one side is empty as a door.

Qin Yao was satisfied with being able to get such a mill in such a short time and without spending a penny.

The mill is at the foot of her house, so she doesn't have to worry about it being stolen. She can hear any movement at home.

After all the preparations were made, Qin Yao took advantage of the villagers gathering in the village well to rest and went over to explain the rules for charging fees.

For five cents an hour, all they had to do was send the grain they wanted to grind, and she was responsible for grinding it for them and sending it home.

Qin Yao herself feels that this service is very good. After all, the villagers only need to spend a little money and put things in her place, and then they can do their own things.

If it were her, she would be very willing to pay the service fee.

Liu Ji felt panicked at the loss, so he had to help guard and deliver it home, so he would be a fool not to come.

So the couple each took a stool and sat in the mill waiting for the guests to come.

Liu Ji also brought a small table from home and put a pot of cold brew and two cups on it, thinking that he would have a drink by the river in his free time and imitate the behavior of a noble man in the city, who indulges himself in the mountains and rivers.

Yesterday, Qin Yao shot so many birds that she plucked out all the feathers and dried them in the sun. She planned to save them to make gloves and scarves later.

Bird feathers are also feathers, so it doesn’t mean they can’t be used as down jackets, right?

At this moment, the couple was drinking cold drinks, while the other was sorting out feathers and down, expecting guests to come.

I've had three cups of this cold white drink, and I've finished sorting the feathers and velvet. Why hasn't anyone come yet?

Qin Yao looked at Liu Ji, Too busy and no time?

Liu Ji was also confused, No matter how busy you are, you should have some free time at noon, right?

There’s no way you think they charge too much!

Qin Yao: Wait a little longer?

Liu Ji drank his fourth glass of cold water and said, Yeah.

No, I couldn’t hold it in any longer, “Madam, I’ll come as soon as I go!”

But when he came back from going to the latrine, there was still no customer in the mill.

This made the two people who were originally confident no longer confident. Qin Yao was not one to sit still and wait for death. She immediately went to the village well where the villagers gathered to see what was going on.

There were a few people here and there, all of them children.

Qin Yao caught Jin Hua and asked her where she was. Jin Hua called her aunt affectionately and pointed towards the ancestral hall with her little hand.

Qin Yao hurried towards the ancestral hall. Before she arrived, she saw the grain burdens lined up in front of the mill.

No one was sure how long it would take the grinder to grind, and there was work to be done in the fields at home, so the method of queuing up with grain burdens was derived.

The more grain burdens are lined up, the more people have to grind them. Qin Yao doesn't understand even more when looking at this long queue of burdens.

The stone mill is so crowded, why are no one willing to go to her water mill?

What went wrong?

There really is a problem, and it’s a big problem.

Mrs. Zhang went to the fields to weed the vegetable fields. When she returned home, she passed by the river and subconsciously glanced at the water mill. She thought there would be too many people, but she didn't expect that the millstones were not running and there was no one at all.

She felt strange that the water mill was much better than the stone mill. She had experienced it personally yesterday. She just stood and put grain into the millstone. It was not tiring at all.

At this time of year, there is a lot of water in the river, and the impact and the whirring of the water mill make it much faster than human grinding. Yesterday, when she brought a load of grain, it only took her half an hour to grind, which was almost an hour less than before. times the time.

Why is there no one? Mrs. Zhang muttered and returned home with a confused look on her face.

As soon as they entered the door, they heard Mr. He and Ms. Qiu complaining while weaving, Aunt Zhou came to me and said, why does the third family's water mill charge such a high price? All the relatives in the village want to earn relatives with broken bones and tendons. Where is the money?

She wanted to go to the water mill to grind flour in the morning. When she heard that it cost five cents an hour, she went back to the stone mill in despair.

Anyway, it's just idle time. The stone mill doesn't cost any money, so it doesn't matter if she puts in a little effort on her own.

Listening to He's vivid narration, Qiu frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied for her family.

The water mill at Lao San's house was not brought by the strong wind. I spent money on it myself. She doesn't want to pay for it and wants to use it in vain? How can such a good thing happen?

Mrs. He snorted, It's not like you don't know how stingy she is, that's just the way she is.

Then she's just tired. Mrs. Qiu sneered.

But... Thinking of the price of five cents an hour, Mrs. Qiu's heart skipped a beat, We are an ordinary family, and it's not easy to earn five cents.

He thought to herself that it was just because Lao San's family allowed them to use it for free that she thought it was good.

But if they really had to spend money to rent a water mill, they would rather be tired and slowly grind it themselves with a stone mill.

Of course, occasionally when a large amount of food is needed to hold a wedding or wedding, I am also willing to spend some money to rent the water mill.

But only occasionally.

Reluctance is just one of them.

There is another two.

Don't tell me that five pennies is just over a pound of brown rice, but everyone is used to hardship, and suddenly using so much rice to buy something relaxing feels like something evil.

If a daughter-in-law is afraid of being tired and suffering, she will spend five cents to rent a water mill, but she is afraid that the old men and women in the family will poke her spine and call you a bloody bitch!

After listening to the conversation between her sisters-in-law, Mrs. Zhang finally figured out the reason why there was no one in the water mill.

She guessed that the third child and his wife were afraid and didn't know why.

Call back the eldest grandson who is catching grasshoppers for chickens on the field ridge and ask him to pass on a message.

Jinbao went happily. He wanted to find Dalang and the others to catch grasshoppers together. It would be more fun if there were more people.

After learning the truth, Liu Ji jumped on the spot, I don't dare to spend this little money, I deserve to suffer!

Qin Yao is calmer, but not much.

Reducing the price, it's only three cents an hour. Someone should come, right? Qin Yao was no longer confident.

Let Liu Ji go to the village to promote it, and continue to wait the next morning.

From morning to night, only Yun Niang from Liu Guolang's family brought a bucket of shelled wheat to grind the flour.

The water grinder was very efficient, and it took her half an hour to grind the noodles and earn two small melons.

Because it was less than a penny for half an hour, Yun Niang asked Liu Ji to pick two small melons in her vegetable garden at any time.

At night, a family of six drank white rice porridge and a plate of stewed melon slices. The food was tasteless.

Down again! Qin Yao still didn't believe it. No one wanted to spend money, save effort and time.

Liu Ji asked in a trembling voice: How much?

Qin Yao gritted her teeth, Two cents an hour!

Liu Ji then went to the village to promote it again.

Thank God, Liu Dafu is here, and he is walking towards the water mill with his heavy fifty loads of grain!

He wants to shell all the grain.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji warmly received him. After seeing off Liu Dafu, Liu Ji was responsible for the grinding and Qin Yao was responsible for the grinding. It was the first time that the two of them completed this large-scale cooperation with such a tacit understanding. It only took three and a half days to complete the grinding. Fifty loads of grain were all sent to Liu Dafu's house.

Three and a half days, actually 25 hours.

Looking at the fifty coins handed over by Liu Dafu with a smile, Qin Yao couldn't laugh at all.

Inner villain: Destroy them all!