Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 400 Gao Mingcheng has two more employees
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, people in the county are busy working, studying and doing business, while people in the countryside are also busy harvesting, collecting and selling medicines.

The empty room in Gao Zhuang's house is already filled with various medicinal materials.

Last year, medicinal materials from other surrounding villages were collected. This year, after the news spread, people from further villages sent medicinal materials to sell.

Gao Zhuang was told by Gao Mingcheng to accept all medicinal materials as long as they were of good quality.

Gao Mingcheng had previously given him 2000 yuan in cash to collect medicinal materials, but it was quickly used up, and he asked Gao Mingcheng for some more cash.

Everyone knows that doing business like this can definitely make money, but the cost of starting a business can stop many people.

Early the next morning after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Mingcheng sent Duo Mei and Gao Shufang to the county, and then returned to the village.

After another quarrel with his father, he decided to invite two more people to do things. From now on, he would leave the village affairs to them, so that he could reduce the number of times he returned to the village.

Previously, Zhang Chengyuan was only asked to help take care of the family's livestock and vegetable fields, and then when he had time, he would return to the village to work for a few days.

But if he invites two more people now, then he can feel much more relaxed.

As for the wages to be paid, they are nothing to him.

So Gao Mingcheng found Zhang Chengyuan's next-door neighbor Chen Dasong.

Chen Dasong, who also has a foreign surname, said that he moved here decades ago, so he did not live in the old village. Instead, he lived on a hillside far away from the old village, next to the Xu family.

However, Chen Dasong has two sons, one in his early twenties and the other 15 years old, so his family's situation is much better than that of the Xu family, which has no sons.

Gao Mingcheng asked Chen Dasong to do something. Firstly, Chen Dasong was indeed a hardworking and willing person. Secondly, Chen Dasong's home was relatively close to Xiaofushan, making it easier to take care of him.

Gao Mingcheng came to Chen's house and told the story. Chen Dasong's whole family was overjoyed.

They knew that Zhang Chengyuan could get a decent salary for helping Gao Mingcheng, and they were filled with envy.

But since he is a brother-in-law, it is naturally different.

Unexpectedly, Gao Mingcheng actually paid Chen Dasong to do the work!

"The wages are the same as those in factories in the county. You will get paid as a temporary worker for a few months first. When spring comes next year and there are more things to do, you can then get paid as a regular worker. During the holidays, I will also Give out things and give out red envelopes. What do you think?" Gao Mingcheng said.

When he invited Zhang Chengyuan, he didn't say anything about the salary of temporary workers, but directly paid the wages of regular workers in the factory. However, Chen Dasong was an outsider, and it was autumn and winter, and Xiao Fushan didn't have much work.

In mid-October, he will fertilize Xiaofushan's orchard, and he will have to hire a few people to come over at that time.

Chen Dasong agreed without any hesitation, the expression on his face was full of excitement.

Country people, who doesn’t envy workers who can get paid?

But now, such a good opportunity comes to his head. If he refuses, he will be stupid!

"Mingcheng, you know what I do, and I will do it for you honestly. I won't cheat on you!" Chen Dasong said with assurance.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, I know that you do things neatly, so I came here to invite you."

Chen Dasong felt particularly satisfied after hearing these words.

Gao Mingcheng continued: "My work here is simple. My brother manages the vegetable plot for me, and you mainly manage the orchard. There is not much going on in the orchard now. If my brother is too busy, you can help. I have I have to work outside and can’t go back to the village often. Now you can help me plant some vegetables by discussing what kind of vegetables should be planted in the fields. If you pay back the seed money, I will provide you with additional supplies.”

"Hey, okay!" Chen Dasong agreed at first, and then said a little worriedly: "I...have never managed fruit trees seriously, and I don't know if I can do it."

Gao Mingcheng took a look at the front and back of the Chen family's house. Several local tangerine trees were planted in front of the house, and a jujube tree was planted behind the house.

This kind of jujube tree is also a local species. It is small but tastes good. The Chen family can earn some money by harvesting jujubes every year.

"It's okay. It's just that it's dry. Water it properly. If it rains, check to see if it gets waterlogged. If it does, dig a drainage ditch. As for the other things, just check to see if there are any insects on the fruit trees. Me too. This is the first time to plant so many fruit trees, but it doesn’t matter, let’s take our time.” Gao Mingcheng said calmly.

Whatever you do requires trial and error costs.

And Gao Mingcheng is willing to pay the cost of trial and error.

In just a few minutes, Chen Dasong was already his employee, so Gao Mingcheng turned his attention to Chen Dasong's son, Chen Duofu.

Chen Duofu is Chen Dasong's eldest son. He is just 20 years old this year. He is only a few months younger than Gao Mingcheng. When he was in primary school, he was in the same class.However, the two have different personalities and cannot play together.

Chen Duofu is not that out-of-the-box, he is a very conscientious person. While others are out picking fruits in the mountains and stealing peanuts to eat, he works conscientiously at home.

"Duofu, do you want to raise bees?" Gao Mingcheng asked.

He keeps forty boxes of bees, which also require regular care.

If bees are not managed regularly, nothing will happen in a short period of time. If the bee colony is strong, it can cope with many risks in nature.

But over time, various things will happen. For example, the newly born queen bee will lead a group of bees to run away from home. For example, the bees will get sick, or they will be attacked by wasps, which will weaken the bee colony.

Once the bee colony weakens, the honey production will decrease, and not much honey can be produced in a year.

Therefore, Gao Mingcheng decided to find someone to help him manage the beehives.

Chen Dasong is his employee, so there is no need to abandon the near and far away, and just let his son Chen Duofu do the work.

Chen Duofu's face was full of surprise. He didn't expect that there was something of his own.

Before he could recover, his mother was already patting him hard on the back, frantically gesturing for him to agree.

Chen Duofu thought for a while and said, "I should be able to raise it. I'm not afraid of being stung by bees."

Gao Mingcheng nodded, just be brave.

Beekeeping is not possible for those who are timid.

He said: "I have forty boxes of bees in the mountains, and I need someone to take care of them for me. I'll teach you how to keep bees first, and then I'll pay you a salary after you learn it. What do you think?"

This time Chen Duofu did not hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement: "Okay!"

The Chen family suddenly got two jobs and would soon have two wages, and they suddenly became happy.

Chen Dasong's youngest son, Chen Duoxi, looked at Gao Mingcheng eagerly, waiting for him to assign tasks to him, but Gao Mingcheng didn't speak for a long time.

So the disappointment was beyond words.

Gao Mingcheng naturally noticed it, but Chen Duoxi was only 15 years old and could not do big things yet.

So he patted Chen Duoxi on the shoulder and said, "Grow up quickly, and I will ask you to do things in the future."

Chen Duoxi's eyes gleamed and she asked in disbelief: "Really?"

Gao Mingcheng nodded, of course it was true.

As long as you have enough people, there is a lot to do in the countryside.

For example, large-scale pig farming, large-scale chicken and duck farming, etc.

In later generations, chickens in many chicken farms were fed with feed and medicine so that they would grow quickly and not get sick. However, if people eat them, they will be bad for their health.

If we want to raise chickens on a large scale now, we cannot raise them too densely, otherwise we will easily get bird flu.

But if Xiaofu Mountain is completely surrounded, a chicken coop is built at the foot of the mountain, and some native chickens are raised, then it will be less likely to get sick.

Moreover, these native chickens will trample grass to death in the mountains and eat insects, which is beneficial to orchards.

Thinking of this, Gao Mingcheng simply decided to finalize the matter in the spring of next year. First, he would buy a barbed wire fence to surround Xiaofu Mountain. Firstly, he would not let the chickens in the mountain escape, and secondly, it would also block the foreign wild animals to prevent them from breaking in. He stole the chicken and eggs.

After they are fenced in, buy a hundred chickens and try them out.

Although this decision has been made, there is no rush to implement it immediately.

In the next few days, he took Chen Dasong and his son to get familiar with the work process, trying to get them started as soon as possible.

　Friends, my family actually ran a chicken farm before, raising [-] chickens at one time during the peak period.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)