MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields-Chapter 94 enlarged version of books

Chapter 94 enlarged version of the book

In order to pay the local price, the head of Xiahe Village made the decision, placed an order with Qin Yao, and paid her a deposit of five taels in advance.

 The two parties simply signed an agreement, and the sun set.

Wang Yu enthusiastically wanted to drive an oxcart to send Qin Yao and others back. Qin Yao was embarrassed to bother others and politely refused.

 Mainly because she and Carpenter Liu had something to discuss on the way back, and outsiders were not allowed to listen.

Wang Yu had no choice but to send them to the entrance of the village and warned them repeatedly: "Ms. Qin, after you have finished drawing the drawings of the mill, you must remember to ask someone to send them over immediately!"

“Don’t worry, I’ll deliver it in person as soon as the painting is finished.” She still had to communicate with the craftsmen on some details before she felt reassured.

Hearing Qin Yao's words, Wang Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, watched the three of them go away, and then turned to go home.

The orange-red sunset hung in the sky. Liu Ji didn’t know when he came back. He was holding a bunch of eggplants in his hand and asked in a good mood:

 “Madam, is everything settled?”

Qin Yao hummed and asked where he died just now.

Liu Ji raised the eggplant and said, "I went to Shunzi's house for a walk. This is a gift from his mother. I will go back and make braised eggplant for you tonight."

This is true, but the purpose of his going to Shunzi's house was not for the bunch of eggplants, but to pluck the person's ears and yell at him for betraying him.

He even said they were good brothers who would live and die together, but when he got a sister-in-law, he forgot about him and wanted to break up with him!

 Qin Yao saw Liu Ji's guilty look and didn't bother to care about what he was doing behind his back. He walked two steps quickly to meet Liu Carpenter and talk about business.

Carpenter Liu could no longer hold it in any longer. Now that there were no outsiders, he immediately asked Qin Yao:

“We are asking for fifteen taels, isn’t it a bit too much?”

 He was very afraid that the people in Xiahe Village would beat him if they knew the true cost.

What else could Qin Yao care about? She smiled and said, "I don't want much at all!"

She calculated an account for him and said, "Lumber costs money. Such wood needs to be used well, so four taels of silver will be spent."

"The construction period is tight. We promised to deliver the goods in half a month. Now you don't have any ready-made materials. If you start from scratch, you will definitely be too busy. Do you have to spend money to hire help? Half a tael of labor is enough. It’s going to cost.”

“And here, the stone mill is so easy to grind. If it were someone else, ten men would work together to find materials and beat them into millstones. Finally, they would have to be transported from Liujia Village to Xiahe Village.”

“A person earns thirty coins a day, which equals four taels and five cents in half a month!”

This is equivalent to each of them paying four or five taels of capital, and the remaining six taels of silver are earned.

 The two people divided it equally into their hands, one person had three taels.

 Purchasing an exclusive technology for three or two is simply not a good deal, isn't it?

  What Qin Yao said was right, but Carpenter Liu always felt that something was wrong.

 What is wrong?

Yes, he can use the wood grown at home, and the labor fees can also be used to pay for his own family. In fact, if you really count, the seven taels and five cents of silver can go into his own pocket.

“Ms. Qin, I really admire you!”

When they parted by the river bank, Liu Carpenter hugged Qin Yao sincerely, and then went home happily.

Qin Yao touched the five taels of deposit in her arms. The heavy weight made her feel extremely at ease.

 When the couple returned home, it was completely dark on the back.

The main room and kitchen were lit with lights. When the children heard the noise, Sanlang and Siniang came out from the main room and said, "Aniang, Adi~"

Qin Yao asked: “Where is my brother?”

The dragon and the phoenix pointed to the kitchen. Dalang and Erlang had already cooked dinner.

Liu Ji walked in carrying the eggplant, touched the little heads of his two sons in a good mood, and took over the cooking work. Qin Yao washed her face in the courtyard. The four children followed her to the main room. Dalang asked:

“Auntie, did I promise to make the water mill in Xiahe Village for you?”

Qin Yao smiled and nodded, and the four children shouted happily, "That's great!"

 You can earn money if you work, even children understand this.

Liu Ji shouted wildly in the kitchen: "Da Lang Er Lang, set the dishes and chopsticks and get ready to eat!"

Dalang and Erlang responded in an awed manner, shrugged like little adults Qin Yao, and then ran to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks.

 Sanlang went to drive the chickens in the yard into the chicken coop, led Siniang to wash her little hands, and the family of six sat around the main room to have dinner.

 Because they knew that Qin Yao had taken over the job in Xiahe Village, the whole family was very happy, and the dining atmosphere was very pleasant.

It would have been even better if Liu Ji didn't try so shamelessly to see how much money she could earn.

“You only need to study hard from now on, and you don’t have to worry about money.” Qin Yao warned with a strong attitude.

Liu Ji thought to himself, if there was a mirror in front of him now, his expression would be exactly the same as that of the little daughter-in-law who was despised by her husband!

After dinner, Erlang and Sanlang were washing dishes in the courtyard. Although they had agreed that the four brothers and sisters would take turns, Dalang was always worried about his younger brothers and sisters, so he also helped wash the dishes together.

Of course, Si Niang couldn’t let herself be left behind, so the four of them now did the work that should have been done by two people.

Qin Yao does not interfere with the arrangements of the four brothers and sisters, as long as there is no fighting, it is fine.

 Speaking of which, it seems that she has never seen the four brothers and sisters fighting. She is so sensible that it makes people feel sad.

Qin Yao's gentle eyes glanced at the four little heads huddled together in the courtyard, and then her sharp eyes turned to Liu Ji who was still lying on the bamboo chair dozing off after finishing the meal.

 “How many copies of the book were copied?”

She didn't ask loudly, but as soon as her tone became deeper, Liu Ji could instantly feel a chill.

It was such a relief from the summer heat that he was so cold that he opened his eyes and sat upright in his chair.

“You copied three copies, right?” Oops, he forgot where he copied them!

Qin Yao frowned immediately, "It's been a week and you only copied three books?"

The nine books contained more than a thousand words at the least and less than 40,000 words at the most. Even if he copied eight hours a day and copied a thousand words an hour, there was no way he should have only copied three books.

“Bring it to me and take a look.” Qin Yao said coldly.

Liu Ji secretly said that he wanted to be evil, but he did not dare to disobey. After all, his life was at stake, so he sneaked to his bedroom and took the three books he had copied.

 Fortunately, there is a "Book of Songs" with more than 32,000 words in it.

 The remaining two books are "The Great Learning" with more than 1,700 words, and "The Doctrine of the Mean" with more than 3,500 words.

Coupled with the original study notes of Mr. Shangding, it is not considered lazy.

Since there is no extremely fine pen like a ballpoint pen, Liu Ji’s smallest writing brush makes the writing very large, so each of the three books copied is an enlarged version.

The page specification is the size of A3 paper. It is quite strange to be able to hold a book that is completely blocked by people in your hand.

  But I have to say that the large version looks much more comfortable than the small version. The large characters are not tiring for the eyes, there are more blank spaces for excerpts, and it is also convenient for taking notes.

 It’s just a bit of waste paper.

Qin Yao flipped through it. Not to mention how beautiful the handwriting was, it became more and more neat. It seemed that copying the book would be helpful for practicing calligraphy.

 Hands the book back to the anxious Liu Ji, barely passing the test.

Lift your chin to signal him to continue copying.

Qin Yao got up and went back to her room, lit the oil lamp that she had been reluctant to light in the past, and stayed up late drawing drawings at her office desk.

 (End of this chapter)