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Chapter 285 Asking and Being Asked

Chapter 285 Asking and Being Asked

The branches were brought over just after noon, and Yao Shuqi didn't bring them to Zhuangzi, but went directly to the orchard.When Wang Lusheng came to report the news, Du Jinning had just had lunch, and when she heard the branches arrived, she told Mrs. Chen and the others to change their clothes and go out without saying a word.

"Do you want to inform your elder sister?" Chen asked.

"Of course, half of the mountain belongs to their family." Du Jinning said, "I informed my eldest brother-in-law when I received the news yesterday. Let's go directly to the fruit tree, and I'll ask someone to deliver a letter to him."

As she said that, she found Zhuangzi's eldest son and half, and gave him ten Wen to go to the city to inform Xu Chengyuan.They themselves hired a mule cart at the entrance of the academy and left the city, heading straight for the orchard.

Xu Chengyuan heard the news, changed into old clothes, and hired a car with Du Fangfei and Xie to drive to the orchard.When he arrived at the orchard, he saw that Du Jinning was already directing a group of people to work.

The cut branches could not be stored for a long time. They were cut in the orchard in the neighboring county early in the morning and quickly hired a carriage to transport them here.Although Wang Lusheng did some treatment on the branches according to the instructions in Du Jinning's letter before going on the road, but if they are not grafted in time, they will easily wither and be destroyed.

Du Jinning did not rely on his own family to do things this time, but directly asked men and strong women from nearby villages to help.

"Jinning, we are here." Xu Chengyuan walked over and asked Du Jinning, "What can we do?"

"Come here, I'll teach you." Du Jinning turned his head and told Du Fanghui, "Fourth Sister, teach your mother-in-law and eldest sister."

"Okay." Du Fanghui responded.

In the past year, she has learned how to take care of flowers and trees with Du Jinning, and she has already done grafting on other trees, and she has already mastered both theory and operation.She has a good memory, and she listened to Du Jinning's explanation to others just now, and there is no problem in guiding Xie Shi and Du Fangfei at this time.

She is an ancient aborigine, and she planted the land with her mother and sister for several years. She has her own way of understanding tree planting. It is easier for her to teach Xie and Du Fangfei grafting techniques than Du Jinning herself. The two understand.

As for Xu Chengyuan, he and Du Jinning are both scholars, and the way they communicate is different.

It took a cup of tea to train the three members of the Xu family successfully. Du Jinning said, "You don't need to do anything. You just need to check how they are doing according to the points I told Fourth Sister. They are not doing well. , it will affect the growth and fruit bearing of the peach trees in the future, you must check it carefully. If you encounter any problems, come and ask me.”

As she said that, she directly assigned Du Fangfei's half of the mountain to them, and let them check it.

Before leaving, she called Du Fangfei again: "Sister, please stay here for a while."

Xie Shi and Xu Chengyuan knew that Du Jinning had something to say to Du Fangfei, so they didn't stay any longer and went to work in the orchard first.

"Brother Ning, what's the matter?" Du Fangfei asked.

"It's like this. I didn't take care of this fruit tree before, so I didn't hand it over to you. Now after the grafting is completed, it's just a matter of management. I can't manage your dowry all the time. After the grafting, I will hand it over to you. You. So you have to think about whether you should hire someone to take care of it, or something."

After hearing this, Du Fangfei was a little embarrassed: "You are clear about my situation. I don't understand these things myself, and I don't have anyone reliable to hire."

As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes lit up: "Don't you need someone to take care of the fruit trees here? Do you think this will work? Whoever is your caretaker, I will pay half of the wages, and we will treat it as a partnership." We can hire him together; the usual cost of the orchard is as much as it is, and I will pay him. There is no need to divide the orchard into two halves, and he will take care of the entire orchard."

Du Jinning also meant the same thing.

At the beginning, the mountain was not a tea garden but an orchard, so she considered Du Fangfei's situation.For the orchard, you can call someone to take care of it, and you can pick the fruit directly in the harvest season. As long as she grafts well, and then prunes and thins the fruit according to the season, you don’t have to worry about it for more than 20 years.And the tea garden has to fry tea for at least two to three seasons a year, and the tea trees have to be carefully taken care of. It is impossible without reliable people. Just the secret recipe of tea frying will give Du Fangfei a headache, and trouble may arise. Come.

The orchard is easy to take care of, and she can actually ask someone to take care of it at the same time. Du Fangfei doesn't need to worry about it, and she is not short of the money to hire a manager and take care of the fruit trees.

It's just that the orchard agreed to be Du Fangfei's dowry, but it has been held in her hands. Du Fangfei may not have any thoughts, but it's hard to say what the Xu family thinks.

So, taking advantage of the grafting of the fruit trees now, she simply explained it to Du Fangfei, so as not to cause any unhappiness because of the orchard in the future.

She nodded: "Yes."

As she spoke, she called a middle-aged man in his thirties over, and said to Du Fangfei, "This is Wang Zhong, you can call him Manager Wang, he is from that village." She pointed to the place not far away. "His father is Lizheng of these villages. From now on, he will help us manage this orchard, and now the people who help us graft fruit trees are all from their villages."

As she spoke, she introduced Du Fangfei to Wang Zhong.

Lu Xiaobei and Qin Laoliu are both very good at dealing with people. When they were poor and poor, they could make many friends with their own personal charm, not to mention that now they have a lot of money and have been taught by Du Jinning. Both vision and layout have improved a lot compared to before, and I am more comfortable in making friends with people.

After Du Jinning bought this piece of hill, the two of them walked to the nearby villages a few times, and they became brothers and sisters with respectable people in the village, and they had a clear understanding of the situation in several villages.In the end, the two unanimously singled out Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong's situation is very similar to that of Zhang Hongwen's elder brother. His father is Li Zheng. Although he has studied in a private school for several years, he is not very promising. He honestly works in the fields at home.The desire to make money is there, but there is no way out.

After this person was selected, Du Jinning told them not to go directly to the door, but to pretend to be drunk while drinking, and to disclose the news, saying that his young master wanted to hire someone to manage the orchard, at a monthly rate of two taels of silver; If you do well, you will be rewarded at the end of the year.Now there are several brothers in the city asking them to take care of themselves and recommending them to the young master.

Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei were clever in their work. Apart from saying this, they boasted about Du Jinning's background and great future with his backing from the Guan family, Qi family, and Yuan family. Those who follow Du Jinning everywhere, on the one hand, Du Jinning treats them kindly and is benevolent;

One person attained Taoism and ascended to heaven, and the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister followed Du Jinning. After Du Jinning became a Jinshi and became a high-ranking official, they would be more prestigious than the stewards of those aristocratic families.When the time comes, follow the young master to Beijing to enjoy the blessings, don't be too arrogant.

(End of this chapter)

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