sinovels Chapter 402
Chapter 402
Lin Xiazhi raised his eyebrows when he heard what the villagers said. Even if five mu of land is cheaper than Jiangning County, the worst paddy field costs seventeen or eighty taels per mu. If you buy a better paddy field, it will cost more than 20 to 30 taels. It depends on him. It seems that it is relatively easy to spend more than 100 taels of silver to buy land. The life of the villagers has really changed a lot.
Think about the ways that people in the village can get money. There are several workshops, twice-cropped rice a year, greenhouse vegetables, pig raising, sheep raising, and some people who go out to do business.
Lin Xiazhi's thoughts had already drifted away, and the villager continued to say: "Yilin County has a large piece of cultivated land connected together, and you will definitely not lose money if you go there to buy a farm to grow grain. Our family plans to buy five acres of paddy fields this year to try it out. Try, the people over there also contacted..."
The people standing outside saw Lin Xiazhi and the others, and came over to ask if it was possible to raise fish in the rice fields.
Seeing them like this, Lin Xiazhi didn't say anything dead, only said that there was no precedent for this matter, and he had to try it once to know.
Seeing that Lin Xiazhi couldn't ask anything, the villagers turned their attention to Cheng Wenliu.
In the past, they couldn't speak clearly to young masters in the county like Shang Cheng Wenliu, let alone ask them questions.
Since the village got rich and everyone started to read and write, the backs of the villagers have straightened a lot. In addition, Cheng Wenliu and Lin Xiazhi often go in and out of Linjiacun, and they are familiar with the villagers. Everyone has no stage fright when facing Cheng Wenliu. Come in a set.
Cheng Wenliu was more tactful than Lin Xiazhi, not to mention that he knew less about fish farming in rice fields than Lin Huzi and Li Zheng. He only knew about this before he went out this morning, so asking him was like not asking.
The meeting in the village not only had to talk about two crops of rice a year, but also had to talk about Lin Xiazhi's purchase of mountains, which couldn't be finished in a while.
After looking at it for a while, Lin Xiazhi left Linjiacun with Cheng Wenliu, Xiao Baozi and a carriage full of things.
Before they left, they were registering who would try rice-fish farming.
It’s still early for spring plowing, and we don’t have a firm decision now. Just talk to Lizheng before spring plowing, or if you want to plant now, you can make it clear in advance if you regret it before spring plowing.
After talking about raising fish in the rice fields, Li Zheng brought up the matter of Lin Xiazhi buying a mountain.
People in Linjiacun were even more surprised that they were buying mountains.
There is nothing on the mountain that cannot grow crops, and it is full of weeds and shrubs. Everyone goes up the mountain to find some delicacies and chop firewood. Those who know how to hunt occasionally go to the mountain with tools to hunt for hares, wild birds, pheasants, etc. to add vegetables to their families. Everything else is gone.
"I've heard people say that the people who bought the mountain were from rich families, and they bought the mountain to surround it and build a village. Does Brother Xia want to do that too?"
"I don't think Brother Xia is like that kind of person. It's too wasteful to buy a mountain and build a village. It doesn't look like a farmer's style."
"Although Brother Xia was born in our village, but now that he is married to a rich family, there may be some changes."
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"I'm just making random guesses below. Brother Xia bought the mountain to plant fruit trees. As for the Tuanxi mountain behind Lin's house, the amount of silver is five per mu. Do you agree or not?"
Buy mountain fruit trees?
The scene was quiet for a while, and everyone started to discuss heatedly again, thinking that Lin Xiazhi was not wasting money, but just whimsical.
Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu, who had already left, didn't know what happened in the village. As soon as they arrived at Cheng's house, Cheng Luanjing's latest letter came over.
During the Chinese New Year, it was not easy for the caravan to help carry the letter. Cheng Fulang directly gave a big letter for hard work, and made the person who helped run the errand deliver the letter happy to say that next time there is a letter from their family, he will definitely deliver it early.
When making dumplings two days ago, Cheng Fulang and Cheng's father made a bet to see if Cheng Luanjing would make dumplings himself when he was out this year.
This letter revealed the mystery to everyone. Cheng Luanjing not only made dumplings, he also made several kinds for himself.
Because when he wrote the letter, there was still some time before the Chinese New Year. Cheng Luanjing only said in the letter that he was thinking about eating dumplings for the Chinese New Year, so he tried it several times in advance. When I arrived at the dumplings, I wanted to turn around and walk away.
In the beginning, Cheng Luanjing’s letter only suggested two sentences about Tieshan, but now there are more and more contents about Tieshan, and Cheng Fulang has a faint worry in his heart: Will Brother Jing feel emotional towards Tieshan, the guard, because he has been with him for a long time? .
He saw Tieshan when he was away from the soul, and he could see that Tieshan was a reliable man. If Brother Jing still walked around like this in the future, he could rest assured that he had such a person by his side. Some.
Therefore, Cheng Fulang is not because of Tieshan, but because of Tieshan's background.
Ordinary people can't cultivate a man like Tieshan, who is strong in martial arts and taciturn. Cheng Fulang always feels that such a person will not be easy.
Cheng Fulang shared his worries with Cheng's father, and Cheng's father laughed at him for unreasonable worries. Jing Ge'er obviously had no other thoughts about Tieshan, so he just said a few more words in the letter.
The two get along together every day, and it's normal to mention a few more sentences when writing a family letter. Aunt Cheng told Cheng Fulang not to worry about it, and Brother Jing didn't get the hang of it when he saw it.
Cheng Fulang was so angry at Father Cheng's words, he was not worrying blindly, he was taking precautions, now Brother Jing is outside alone, can he not think about it?
The conversation between Cheng Fulang and Cheng Adie was private, and neither Lin Xiazhi nor Cheng Wenliu knew about it.
Cheng Wenliu is a real man, Lin Xiazhi is a fake brother, neither of them have that delicate thoughts, everyone received Jing Geer's family letter, knowing where Jing Geer is now, and knowing that he is safe now, they are relieved.
As for the bet, Lin Xiazhi asked Cheng Wenliu to make it on the spot - asked Cheng Wenliu to sew a pair of socks for his little bun.
This was Lin Xiazhi's temporary thought, he just wanted a man to do this kind of sewing work, to see how Cheng Wenliu was doing.
The result was very embarrassing. Cheng Wenliu sewed a pair of socks for Xiao Baozi in less than an afternoon, and the workmanship was much better than the pair Lin Xiazhi made when she was in confinement.
This was very embarrassing, and Cheng Fulang said that he would put away the socks that the two of them made for Xiao Baozi himself, saying that he would tell Xiao Baozi about it when Xiao Baozi grew up.
Lin Xiazhi regretted it, looked at his crooked socks, thought about the expression on Xiao Baozi's face when he saw these socks in the future, and said dryly: "Ah, why don't I take care of these two pairs of socks? .”
"Brother Xia, let you keep them. I'm afraid that these two pairs of socks will disappear after a while. After all, you have so many socks in small buns in your house, so I put them here. Don't worry, I will give them to you. Keep it, after all, these two pairs of socks represent your love and love for the little bun." Cheng Fulang pinched off Lin Xiazhi's intention to destroy the corpse.
Lin Xiazhi had an embarrassed smile on his face. He spent a while wondering whether he should practice hard and sew a pair of old-looking socks for Xiao Baozi.
However, thinking of his hands that didn't know how to use a sewing needle, and the bloody holes in his hands when he made socks last time, Lin Xiazhi reluctantly gave up this idea.
Just like what Cheng Fulang said, although these two pairs of socks are not good-looking, but the intentions in them are real. If Xiao Baozi grows up and feels bad, he will say that the better pair is made by himself.
After figuring out what to do with these two pairs of socks, Lin Xiazhi felt much better, and let go of this topic that entangled him as soon as it was brought up.
The rest time during the Chinese New Year always passes quickly. Cheng Wenliu started to get busy again after not staying at home for a few days, and Lin Xiazhi did the same.
The village names agreed to sell the mountain with the paperwork, and Lin Xiazhi arranged time to find someone from the county government to measure the mountain and pay for the title deed.
The price of five silver coins per mu of land is very cheap. Tuanxi Mountain cost 3000 taels for 200 mu of land, and the people who managed the county government, hard work, paperwork, and finally got the land deed cost a total of [-] taels.
After getting the title deed, he started to sort out the affairs on the mountain. Lin Xiazhi first asked the martial artists to lead people to deal with the beasts on the mountain, and then hired people to repair the fence.
Lin Xiazhi, who repaired the fence, didn't look for it outside. He directly asked the people in Linjiacun to recommend them, and told Lin Gang, the shopkeeper of Yiyangduochi, who they thought would be suitable.
Lin Gang was going to the village to collect sheep in a few days, and he was very familiar with the villagers. It was just right for Lin Gang to do this job, and fifty people were quickly recruited.
Lin Xiazhi has always been very kind to his subordinates. He thought that this was heavy physical work, so he directly provided breakfast and lunch for this group of men, and paid him 150 Wen per day.
The price alone is very high in Lishui County, not to mention that Lin Xiazhi also provides breakfast and lunch for everyone.
Those outsiders who signed employment contracts with Lin Xiazhi kept thanking the people from Linjiacun and Lin Xiazhi who recommended them.
In order to provide food for fifty brawny men, Lin Xiazhi recruited four middle-aged husbands in Linjia Village who were quiet and quick at work. They also paid 150 renminbi a day. They don't need to worry about the food, there is a special person to deliver the rice, noodles, meat and vegetables.
This is terrible, men do heavy physical labor, so the wages are ignored, and these husbands who only cook are actually paid so high, some people have an idea.
Lin Xiazhi didn't care what everyone was planning in private, as long as he worked hard, he wouldn't treat these people badly. If he had other thoughts while working, don't blame him.
Repairing the fence is a long-term job. The fifty men and four husbands have been confirmed, and they will not be replaced unless there is an accident.
Taking advantage of the fact that spring plowing had not yet started and most of the people were still relatively free, Lin Xiazhi summoned people to go up the mountain with him to clean up the messy shrubs on Tuanxi Mountain.