farming female castellan

Chapter 81

Jiang Lizheng counted the number of people: "There are nine elderly people over the age of 50. I just became Lizheng, and my predecessor Lizheng fell ill and died."

"Okay, I'll give you another catty, and each of the nine old people will share an extra catty." Chen Fan said to Jiang Lizheng.She took out some small sweet potatoes from the carriage, and asked Du Li to weigh them a catty.

Chen Fan went to ask Yuan Lizheng of Huima Village. There were sixteen households in his village, and there were exactly seven elderly people over the age of 50, and each person was given an extra catty.

She also added some sweet potatoes to Shuanma Village and Shangma Village, so that every elderly person could get a catty of sweet potatoes.

"You can cook and eat when you go back. The sweet potato vines are planted today, and they can grow for four months. We can dig sweet potatoes before the frost."

Chen Fan explained the method again, and asked each of them to cut a hundred sweet potato vines.When the three villages were pruning, there was a lot of noise. Some people pruned a few more, and they were counted out, and they were arguing there.

The ones in Shangma Village didn’t make any noise just now, either, they all honestly cut according to the number; or, they all cut a few more tacitly, and no one said anything.

The sweet potato vines in the three villages have been cut, and there are still a lot left.

"These are all mine, and I want to plant them too," Chen Fan said.Everyone remained silent, and left with sweet potato vines in their hands.

Chen Fan asked Du Lizheng: "Is there anyone in Shengping County who can build terraced fields? I plan to turn mountains into terraced fields."

Du Lizheng shook his head: "I'm not sure about this, the people in the county government may know. We in Shengping County don't know how to take care of the mountains."

You can cut down trees.Chen Fan followed in his heart, but didn't say it out loud.

"People from the county government may come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. You can ask them."

Come to check work?

Dinner was eaten at Mrs. Luo's house, and her two sons came back after dark.

Dinner was only after eight o'clock. If it wasn't for some sweet potatoes in the afternoon, the Du family would have fainted from hunger.The horses all ate earlier than they did.

The old lady introduced each other, and Chen Fan learned that one of them was named Da Zhuang and the other Er Zhuang.The two put sixteen copper coins on the table, saying it was their wages for today.

Only eight pennies a day?
Mrs. Luo happily accepted the money without feeling that it was short of money.

"You guys can help me with the work tomorrow. I'll plant the land on the other side of the mountain. Ten cents a day." Chen Fan said.

The two brothers were both surprised and delighted: "Is there really ten coins?"

Chen Fan nodded solemnly: "Ten cents! No food included."

"No need to pack rice, no need to pack rice, just a few steps, let's go home and eat." Da Zhuang was so excited that he was incoherent.

Shengping County's oppression of human labor really opened her eyes.

Mrs. Luo tidied up a room for her, and Chen Fan used the mats and thin pillows he brought with him.

Chen Fan entered the space and looked, and the sweet potato vines were still covering the ground.This stingy space, why don't more of it come out?
She repeated silently in her heart: "All the sweet potato vines fall, all fall."

The rooster crows three times and gets up at Mao.Da Zhuang opened the door and shouted in surprise: "Mom, come and see."

Everyone went out and saw a large pile of sweet potato vines as high as a hill on the open space in front of the door.

"I asked someone to send it over early, and it was already arranged yesterday." Chen Fan said nonsense.

"Why didn't I hear a sound when so many things were brought here?" Da Zhuang scratched his head.

"I didn't hear that either." Mrs. Pan was also very puzzled.

"What is this?" Er Zhuang asked strangely.

"This is a sweet potato vine, which can produce sweet potatoes. You'll find out after breakfast."

Breakfast is sweet sweet potato porridge, and some scallion pancakes brought out by Chen Fan.The children drank porridge one after another, and ate cakes until their mouths and hands were greasy.

"I'm full today, and I feel strong all over my body," Da Zhuang said.

"I think I will have strength in a few days." Er Zhuang said.

After they finished their breakfast, many people came one after another outside the gate of the courtyard.Chen Fan had already discussed with Si Lizheng yesterday, and today he asked someone to turn over the land around the mountain.

Chen Fan asked Da Zhuang to tell everyone about his salary.Da Zhuang cleared his throat excitedly, and shouted: "Er Zhuang and I went to the city yesterday for [-] Wen, and we didn't get home until it was dark. Today we turned the land at the door of our house, and Ms. Chen gave us every day. Ten cents per person!"

Many people cheered, but some didn't take it seriously, and one person shouted directly: "Aren't you in Yuanfeng County paid [-] Wen a day? Why are you paying only [-] Wen today?"

"That's right," someone echoed, "Come here to bully our people in Shengping County."

Chen Fan looked at them: "You can go to work in Yuanfeng County. The work in Shengping County will be paid according to the wages of Shengping County. If you want to do it, today you will pay ten yuan per mu of land, and two yuan for planting sweet potato vines. Money. If there are only fifty men working, let them work for two days and get two days' wages."

"What if I finish the job in half a day?" someone asked.

"Then you can get your wages and go home in half a day." Chen Fan said.

Many people are just around the corner.Sili is starting to recruit people.

There are a hundred men in four villages, and there are more than 100 mu of land around the mountain.

"The requirement for digging the ground is to hoe the ground well and break the clods of soil. In addition, find a few women or older children to pick up the small stones in the field and pull out the grass. Five yuan per person. Work today Lunch is included, and the cooks are paid five cents."

Packing lunch is an extra benefit, and everyone is happier to hear that.

Chen Fan reckoned that almost all the four villages would be mobilized, so let's give a lunch bonus.After all, the wages here are really low.

After the matter of digging the ground was decided, everyone dispersed to draw the area and prepare to work.

A hundred women and children are responsible for picking up stones and pulling weeds, and they can go to the field an hour later.

Mrs. Luo and six other women were in charge of cooking. Chen Fan unloaded a bag of rice, baskets of vegetables and beans, and a big wax gourd from the carriage. Glance at the carriage.

"The baskets are stacked." Chen Fan said lightly.She picked vegetables for a long time last night.Fortunately, there are enough vegetables in the field to handle one meal today.

Meat needs to be bought, and Chen Fan gave Mrs. Luo a lot of money to buy all the meat and seasonings.Granny Luo held the money with an excited face: "Each person can eat two or two taels of meat!"

Chen Fan is not in charge of cooking, so she doesn't want to worry about the color and taste of the food.She wandered around the fields, but no one was cheating or cheating, after all, work was fixed.

At noon, rows of tables were set up in the open space, all brought from various houses. More than 200 people had the feeling of having a feast.

The vegetables were cooked very fragrant, the bean and winter melon soup cooked in lard was extremely delicious, and the green vegetables were green, making me happy just looking at them.The braised pieces of meat are shining attractively.

The villagers are very excited, white rice, large pieces of meat, they haven't seen it for a long, long time.

Chen Fan was also very relieved to see them eating big mouthfuls.This meal exceeded the subsidy standard of five renminbi per person, but giving them six renminbi was far less memorable than a meal.

No one checks out and leaves in advance. Those who turn the ground quickly may also help a family who are slow to turn the ground. Cutting sweet potato vines and planting sweet potato vines also help each other.

The weather was beautiful today, and it started to rain when everyone finished work in the evening.The villagers smiled and said it was a good sign.

In the middle of the night, the horse screamed.

(End of this chapter)