Disarmed and returned to the field: the goddess of war returns to the village to engage in construct

Chapter 118

For rural people, building a house and marrying a wife are two major events in life, arguably the most important.

These two major events are almost passed down from generation to generation.

Building a house is especially important to farmers, and the older generation is always worried about it.

No house is immortal. Flooded, burned by bandits, collapsed by earthquakes, decayed, etc., it is always difficult to escape bad luck. Even the tough Forbidden City will disappear in history as time goes by one day in the future. middle.

Every household in Shihe Village has a house, but most of them are thatched houses, so poor!

There is no need to invite a banquet to build a thatched cottage. If there is money, who will build thatched cottages!
As for the banquet, Ye Qing felt that she should ask Ye Haihe, although she paid for the house, she still respected the local customs.

"Father, do you think this banquet should be more grand or simpler?"

Ye Haihe was both happy and a little unhappy. He was happy that the house was finally built, which was unique in the entire Shihe Village!

Unfortunately, some people in the village are always talking about Da Ya's money being dishonest!
He knew that Da Ya had suffered a lot outside, so the money must not come easily!
Those people are jealous, jealous!

And envied him for having a good daughter.

Ye Haihe thought for a while, then slowly said: "Let's keep it simple, it's too grand, and others will make irresponsible remarks!"

Liu Shi: "In fact, no matter whether we do it grandly or simply, people will say it. If it's simple, people will say that you are so rich and so stingy. If it's grand, it will attract people's envy! It's hard!"

Ye Haihe: "Then what?"

Ye Zhi was straightforward: "Just don't do it."

If we don't do it, it feels unreasonable. Will the villagers think they look down on them?

Ye Qing thought for a while: "Why don't you compromise, it won't be too shabby, and it won't be too grand, just ten dishes, six meat and four vegetables, pay attention to perfection."

Liu Shi was surprised: "So many?"

Ye Qing: "Mother, this meat dish is not all meat. For example, fried pork with fungus is also a very meat dish! Fried pork with radish is also a meat dish."

Liu Shi nodded: "That's about the same."

Ye Qing: Have you forgotten that fungus is more expensive than meat.

It's not that Ye Qing is reluctant to part with money, as Liu Shi said, no matter whether it is poor or rich, there will always be people who find fault with their eggs.

The banquet is set on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month!

Winter in the countryside is bleak and cold, boring and poor!

Only children are carefree, running around the village.

Sure enough, regarding this meeting, there is everything that can be said in private!

Of course, most of them agreed, some sincerely, some were afraid of Ye Qing, this girl is too vicious.

Those picky people didn't dare to say it in front of Ye Qing!

Ye Qing said harshly the day before: "This table is free, if you don't want to eat, get out, if you dare to pick and choose, your mouth will be smashed."

Those people viciously ate three big bowls of rice and finished all the dishes on the table before going home satisfied.

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Ye Zhi: "Sister, when are you going to sell dumplings with us?"

Because of the family building, the dumpling stall is not open every day!

When Ye Qing was too busy, Ye Haihe would take Ji Yun and the others there.

Ye Qing feels that the weather is so cold, and the dumpling business is not as good as before, so it's better not to do it at all.

Ye Haihe was the first to disagree: "That won't work, mosquitoes are meat even if they are small."

Once, Ye Qing heard the conversation between Ye Haihe and his wife and found out that since Ye Haihe became lame, he has been complaining that he is useless, and the children suffer with him!
The heavy work in the fields is done by Mrs. Liu, he is not worthy of being a man.

Finally, there is a dumpling stand, he finally came in handy, that is kneading noodles!

At the end of the day, although I don't earn much, I am much better than the people in the village. At least my life is settled!
From then on, Ye Qing never said to close the dumpling stall business again!

Ye Qing felt that Ji Yun and Zhou Yu'er would also have this kind of thinking, and felt that if he went to Shihe Village and did nothing, he would feel uneasy in his conscience.

Ye slightly smiled and said, "Why, if I don't go, you can't control the scene?"

Ye Zhi shook his head: "Some customers said that the dumplings we make are not as delicious as yours, and the business of other stalls is better than ours."

Looks like those guests are true love!

Ye Qing: "Okay, I'll be with you tomorrow."

Ye Zhi was so happy that he couldn't find Bei after getting Ye Qing's answer.

Ye Qing: "Zhi'er, I'm going to school after the next year, don't always worry about the dumpling stall business."

I have already contacted the college in the town, and I will go to school in the next year!

For a child as old as Ye Zhi, who can go to school, is already equivalent to the third grade in modern times.

Ye Zhi has no foundation, only Ye Qing taught a little basic knowledge after he came back, so after he goes to school, he still has to learn from the basic class!
Tuition fees in this era are really expensive, costing one or two taels of silver a month.

Ordinary people can't afford to study at all. Many families can't earn a tael of silver a year, and eating is a problem. How can they have the spare money for their children to study.

Ye Zhi: "Sister, don't worry about me. Even if you go to school, I can help after school. I don't want to be a scholar who doesn't distinguish between five grains."

Ye Qing: "That's what you said. Don't cry when you're tired from work."

Ye Zhi: "Who is crying and who is a puppy?"

Zhuang Zhuang is very good at answering: "Uncle is a puppy."

Ye Zhi pinched his little face lightly: "You are the puppy."

Several children ran to sleep in a fight.

Ye Qing asked Ye Haihe: "Father, will it be expensive to buy cattle now? I plan to buy some pigs and cattle."

In fact, I wanted to buy a cow for a long time, but the thatched hut I lived in before was small, and there was no place to put it when I bought it.

Since you want to live in this country, you must raise cattle.

Horses can run long distances, but cattle are good helpers for farming!

Pigs and cattle are also the most important sources of manure.

Ye Haihe has never raised cattle, and the family's fields are refurbished on the shoulders of the couple!

Insufficient physical strength, the plowed field is not deep enough, that is, the depth of the cultivated land is not enough, so naturally it cannot have a good loosening effect!

Straw is not sufficiently decomposed, and it takes a long time to decompose to make it a kind of fertilizer.At this time, deep arable land is also needed to block the contact of air and straw, so that it can play a role in decay.

And the compaction of the land is serious!

There is also an increase in pests and diseases!
To eliminate pests and diseases, the depth must be sufficient.If the depth is not enough, it cannot be completely buried, and the pest phenomenon will only increase.

Plus there is no hybrid rice and no chemical fertilizers.

Paddy rice itself is very low-yielding, and it is even more pitiful.

Ye Haihe said in embarrassment: "Father really doesn't know, otherwise, I'll go to the village chief's house and ask."

Ye Qing: "Forget it, go to the market tomorrow and ask. Compared with the busy farming season, it should be cheaper. I plan to buy ten cows and twenty pigs. I don't know if I can take care of it."

Ye Haihe was ecstatic: "How much did you say?"

Even Liu Shi, who was about to go to bed, was startled, and walked over quickly: "Big girl, what did you say?"

Both of them opened their mouths wide and looked at her in disbelief.

Ye Zhi thought something happened, and ran out in a daze: "Father, mother, sister, what happened?"

Ye Qing: "It's okay, you continue to sleep."

Children are growing up and sleep a lot every day.

Maybe he was worried about hiding something from him, Ye Zhi instantly sobered up: "Sister, I am the man of the family."

Mrs. Liu cursed with a smile: "It's nothing serious, the man should go to bed quickly."

Ye Qing: "I plan to buy ten cows and twenty pigs, and plan to open up wasteland."

Ye Zhi: "Sister, I will take care of the cows from now on."

Ye Qing looked at him suspiciously: "Are you in a hurry? Don't forget, there is still a horse."

Ye Zhi patted his chest and assured: "There is absolutely no problem."

Ye Haihe: "Didn't you go to school after the new year? How do you herd cattle?"

Ye Zhi choked: "Then I won't go to study."

Ye Qing glanced over: "Do you dare?"

Ye Zhi shrank his neck and said, "Then I'll go to herd the cows after school, it's okay."

"The cow must not starve to death."

"Then I'll cut the grass."

"Are you sure you can mow ten cows?"

"Oh, what should I do?"

"Cold salad!"

"Sister, you are too bad, I won't play with you anymore."

Ye Zhi couldn't say no to Ye Qing, so he ran to sleep in desperation.

The corner of Ye Qing's mouth twitched, a kid is a kid, and he ran away if he couldn't say it.

Ye Qing continued: "I asked the village chief, those wastelands are very cheap."

Those wastelands are not near the village, they are a little far away, so they are very cheap, less than [-] Wen per mu of land, as long as you have the energy and a little money, you can open up wasteland as you like, but you have to pay taxes!However, it is a little lower than that of Liangtian.

These lands are barren, and the villagers do not have so much fertilizer in their homes. Who is willing to open up wasteland? Isn't that just asking for something?

Ye Haihe: "I can take care of ten cows, but the pigs are a little..."

There are weeds everywhere, ten cows are released casually, are you afraid that they will not have enough to eat?
It is difficult for pigs to eat when they open their mouths. They don't eat grass, and they can't drive them to the grass like cattle.

The most important thing is that his feet are inconvenient, and he can't pick up heavy things. Twenty pigs need to eat whole grains, so they have to pick and feed them one by one, and they have to clean up the excrement.

Ye Qing: "How about hiring someone?"

Mrs. Liu tried her best to prevent it: "Big girl, don't waste that unjust money, twenty pigs, mother will take care of it."

Ye Qing: "Mother, this will be very hard."

Liu said earnestly, "Big girl, mother is not afraid of hard work, but I'm afraid that if you don't raise them well, you will lose money."

Ye Qing: "Don't be afraid, I still can afford to lose this little money."

Ye Haihe: "Da Ya, are you going to open up wasteland and farm?"

Ye Qing: "Yes, hire people after the next year or hire people to open up wasteland when you come back from buying cattle tomorrow?"

Mrs. Liu didn't understand: "Big girl, don't we have enough land to plant? Why do we need to open up wasteland? And it's so far away from the village, so it's not easy to take care of it."

Ye Haihe and his wife didn't have such deep foresight. It was difficult to cultivate the few acres of land in their own family. In the past, there were no cattle and no fertilizer.

It takes days to plow a field.

Especially in the summer when double grabbing, people are so tired that they are still too busy, and sometimes even miss the best planting time.

Now that I have decided to buy cattle, there is no problem with plowing the fields, but why do I have to open up wasteland?

Can those wastelands grow crops?

And if you hire people to open up wasteland, you have to pay!

Ye Qing: "I also thought about it, now that there are so many people, these fields at home, after paying taxes, there is simply not enough food.

After opening up wasteland, these lands are ours. After years of cultivation, although they cannot be compared with good fields, they should not be bad.

No matter what happens in the future, it is our property and can be left to Zhier, Xiaoya and Zhuangzhuang in the future.

If you don't agree, then I'll buy the good farmland from the villagers! "

Ye Haihe shook his head and vetoed: "No way, we bought their fields, so what will they eat in the future?"

The fields are the lifeblood of the villagers, and such immoral things should never be done.

If it is not desperate, no one will sell the land, this is a matter related to future generations!
Liu's: "Your father is right, we can't be stabbed in the back, and we absolutely can't buy fertile land."

Ye Qing smiled slyly: "Since you can't buy fertile land, you can only open up wasteland."

Liu Shi realized belatedly, Ye Qing had no intention of buying fertile land in the first place!
Pettingly nodded Ye Qing's forehead: "You girl."

Another advantage of raising cows is that cows can be sold to give birth to calves. If this cycle continues, there will always be money to spend. Hehe, it’s pretty beautiful when you think about it.

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In the afternoon of the next day, when ten cows and twenty pigs marched into the village, everyone became a sensation again, and followed the team of sending cows and pigs to Ye Qing's house!

Even the village chief couldn't sit still, and ran over panting.

When I saw all the buffaloes, I was dumbfounded!
My darling, the nearby villages couldn't get together ten cows, yet Ye Qing bought back ten cows all at once, it must be too much money.

The eyes of the villagers all revealed deep envy!
If Ye Qing built a house before, it would make them envious.

Now, buying so many cows and pigs is driving them crazy.

Pigs don’t matter. Many people can afford them, but they can’t afford them. They are super edible, and people can’t get enough to eat them. How can there be anything to feed pigs!

But cattle are different. As long as there is grass, cattle can survive.

Cattle are so expensive that they simply cannot afford them.

Most importantly, cattle are good helpers for farming.

Village head Ye took a long time to calm down, and asked cautiously: "Ye Qing, why are you buying so many cows?"

Ye Qing: "Raise it!"

The corner of Village Chief Ye’s mouth twitched. Of course I knew that I wanted to raise them. The problem is, a normal family only raises one cow, but you raised ten cows all at once. Does this make you appear rich and powerful?
Village Chief Ye: "Your family only has a few acres of land. Do you want to level all your fields by raising so many cattle?"

Ye Qing glanced at him: "Village Chief, why do I feel that your words are sour?"

Village Chief Ye: It's not just sour, it's extremely sour, and it's already started to feel bitter.

Of course, Village Chief Ye would not admit that he was sour, and said angrily, "You girl, you know how to talk nonsense."

Ye Qing: "Village Chief, I was just about to find you, but I didn't expect you to come here."

Ye Qing told about land reclamation and hiring people!

Before Village Chief Ye could speak, the villagers next to him couldn't wait to sign up: "Count me in."

"And I."

"Hurry up and register, and write my name on it."

There are still a few days until the new year, and there is still work and money to be paid before the year, and it is right at the door of the house. Who would not do such a good thing.

The people who envied Ye Qing for buying so many cows just now are all thrown away at this moment!

Village head Ye looked at the noisy crowd and pretended to be fierce: "Don't make any noise, and you haven't even asked about the wages, so you just actively signed up."

Some people were not happy: "Village chief, even if you give me ten cents a day, I will do it."

Someone booed: "Give me five cents, and I will do it too."

In fact, everyone knows that Ye Qing can't pay such a low wage, just like when building a house, the bricklayers hired, which is equivalent to modern skilled workers, they are paid 80 yuan a day.

And the small workers hired in the village also get 50 Wen a day.

You know, the Liu family planned to go to rich man Hu's house to wash clothes, and it only cost ten pennies a day!
Therefore, Ye Qing's salary is definitely the highest.

(End of this chapter)