Li Laoer stopped the two old men from bickering and asked, "Uncle, have you got peanuts and sweet potato seedlings?"
The village chief waved his hands more proudly and replied, "Of course I have, fifty kilograms of peanuts, enough to plant twenty There are still 20 acres of sweet potato seedlings, and we will consider the remaining ten acres at home. I brought the japonica rice as a deposit, and when the sweet potato seedlings are delivered, I will give them fifty kilograms."
Everyone was happy to hear this and praised the village chief one after another, "Uncle is so powerful. A veteran can take action, one can beat two!"
The village chief was even happier. Before he could wave his pipe and pot and brag for a while, his old wife called him back to sober up and go to bed. .
Uncle Zhao was left to talk about business, "Tomorrow there will be ten strong laborers coming from the big banyan tree. We have agreed on a salary of twenty cash per person per day, a total of five days of work."
Li Laoer quickly told everyone, "Wait until the big banyan tree comes. You can make friends with people from Rongshu Village, but you must be careful what you say. Remember, our place is under the name of the Marquis. Talk more about killing wolves and black bears on the road, and talk less about bandits, which can easily cause trouble. "
I know, we understand." The villagers responded one after another and dispersed to go about their business.
Jiayin was sitting on a small bench, picking wild vegetables with Jia Huan. Her little hands were not very good, so she couldn't do much work, but she just wanted to kill the boredom.
After listening to everyone talking, she made some calculations in her mind.
Seventy acres of floodplain land, twenty acres of foundation were removed, leaving fifty acres.
If you plant twenty acres of peanuts, harvest them in autumn, use them to press oil or make snacks, you can save some hard-earned money.
Twenty acres of sweet potatoes are planted, and they can be harvested one after another from the end of summer, providing enough food to eat.
The last ten acres are the most important, because she wants to grow watermelons!
In a previous life, the next-door neighbors were a married couple. The cantaloupe and watermelon grown in the garden were extremely sweet. They couldn't eat them all and couldn't sell them, so they would give her a basket every now and then.
Therefore, she never thought about growing it herself. Just when I was eating watermelon, the melon seeds I spat out fell into the garden, and several melon vines grew and a few small watermelons grew.
Last autumn, she couldn't get into the space, so she threw the melon rinds to the four little pigs to eat. Fortunately, she kept the not-full melon seeds and dried them on the wall.
A few days ago, when fruit saplings came up, she planted the melon seeds. Now they are also full of nurseries, a lush green area.
Presumably, it will be able to be moved out in a few days. I hope the nursery can do more to improve the quality of the watermelon seedlings, but they must produce big, sweet melons.
However, there are not many watermelon seedlings. It is estimated that four or five acres of land will be enough to plant them.
With a few acres of land left, she wanted to see if she could plant some pear saplings. She vaguely remembered which book had written that pear trees also like sandy soil.
Thinking of this good news, she became a little fascinated. Jia Huan took away the vegetable pot. Son, when he turned around and saw his sister still sitting still, fearing that the wind would make her too cold, he stepped forward and hugged her and took her to her grandma.
Old Mrs. Li was looking through the package. Yan Zheng, who was sitting opposite him, saw the fat girl being sent back. He took it and put it on his shoulder, and then walked around.
Jiayin grabbed his bun and wondered why he came home.
Mr. Li took great trouble to dig out a set of used clothes and pants, and said with a smile, "These are Jia Huan's clothes. You are too thin. In our family, Jia Huan is about the same height as you."
Yan Zheng smiled and thanked, " Thank you, auntie. I haven't changed my clothes for four or five days. If I hadn't been able to take a bath in the hot spring at night, I would have stunk."
He was younger than Li Laosi, and Li Laosi unconsciously He treated him as his junior and chatted smoothly.
"You child, you are also worrying. I plunged into this gravel beach and never came home. I don't know how your family misses you! Let's go back tomorrow and have a look. No one will say that you are delaying work. Ah."
Yan Zheng shook his head nonchalantly, and Jiayin was so frightened that he quickly tightened his hair bun, making him grimace in pain.
"Don't worry, auntie, my family won't miss me. They want me to go far away so as not to embarrass the family."
Mrs. Li is so old, how could she not see such a playful smile on his face, but she is full of joy in her heart ? Is it a grievance?
So, she stopped trying to persuade her and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes and come to my house to have a small stove tonight."
"Okay, aunt, the fourth sister-in-law's cooking is so good, it's better than the chef I specially hired. Everything is delicious." Yan Zheng happily agreed, hugged Jiayin down, squeezed her chubby little face, and then left with a smile.
Mrs. Li shook her head and sighed, "He is also a poor child. Not everyone in this wealthy family may have a good life."
Jiayin hugged her grandma's neck, smiled and kissed her, "Grandma is the best."
Li My family was not prosperous, and it spanned two thousand miles from north to south, so it was hard work.
However, there are more than a dozen people in the family, old and young, who are united and close, and there has never been any quarrel or rebellion. It can be said that most of the credit goes to Mrs. Li, the elder of the family.
Having an elder in a family is like having a treasure, and this is the most true portrayal in the Li family.
Mrs. Li knew that her granddaughter was praising her, and she smiled so hard that she couldn't see her eyes. "No, grandma's Fu Niu is the best. Because of you, our family has the good life it has today."
Not to mention the daily compliments between the grandfather and grandson, just For dinner, Tao Hongying stewed pork belly and cabbage, and Yan Zheng came over to eat with the Li family.
He looks like a playboy, but he knows what he is doing.
At this moment, while eating, he asked Li Lao Er, "Second brother, there are fruit trees planted on this mountain and grain interplanted. I'm afraid I won't be able to harvest much in the autumn. The peanuts on the river beach can't hold up food, and neither can sweet potatoes." Eat every day. How do you plan to solve the food problem?"
Li Laoer was also worried and responded, "If you make money here in the valley, you can use it to buy food first. If it is not enough, then think of other ways." He
shook his head solemnly, "The price of food outside is changing day by day, and it's going to go crazy. It's not cost-effective for you to use money to buy food. I have an idea!"
He raised his finger to the hot spring and said with a smile, "When the time comes, Zhuangzi After the construction is completed, if someone comes to play, don't ask for money, ask for food! Two or three pounds per person is not much. Those wealthy families have stored thousands of tons of food, and they don't care about it at all. But if you gather a small amount of money, you can If you harvest it for a month or two, you will be able to earn enough food for you to eat for a year."
This was really a good idea. The Li family's eyes lit up when they heard it, and they quickly invited the village chief, Uncle Zhao, Liu Biao and the others. .
Sure enough, everyone was enlightened and overjoyed.
The village chief wanted to thank Mr. Yan, but Mr. Yan asked for some stewed goose. It turned out that it was half the bowl given to him the day before, and he didn't eat enough!
Everyone couldn't help laughing and agreed immediately.
Mr. Yan refused to take advantage, so he went to Big Banyan Tree early the next morning and bought two big white geese. He only needed Tao Hongying to help stew them.
Before noon, the aroma from the big iron pot came out, and Mrs. Cui came over in a carriage.
In the past two days, the village had been tidied up, and her sworn brother had left, leaving only her and Sister-in-law Qiong. It was boring to face a large group of unfamiliar servants and farmers, so she came to take a look around.
Of course everyone was happy, especially when they saw that she had brought a large piece of meat, their mouths were watering with joy.
Mr. Yan did not eat alone, and most of the goose meat was shared with the villagers for tooth-sacrifice. Together with the meat brought by Mrs. Cui, he also stewed a large pot of cabbage and radish. Everyone shared a bowl, and the food was extremely sweet.
As a result, before the job was put down, Liu Yang and Jiayi grabbed someone and threw him into the middle of the camp.
The two boys were very proud and shouted loudly, "This man was hiding in the bushes outside, poking his head around, but we went around and caught him!"