The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 36

The matter of the winery has actually been discussed at home more than once. Grandpa is willing to support the clan and save some favor for his children and grandchildren.

He is already half buried in the earth. It would be foolish to keep gold and silver. What happened to the owner of the shop? Didn't you see it? The facts are right in front of you.

It is not appropriate to keep money because you are afraid that your children will learn incorrectly and not be able to keep the wealth. Only your ability and connections can keep it.

The wine shop, books, and ancestral field are all due to credit and are closely related to the interests of the clan. You can't leave behind the eldest brother and the second brother, let alone the children and grandchildren below.

The ancestral field is the name of Brother Qun. Donating it to the clan school is a donation of harvest. The proceeds of the ancestral field belong to the clan academy for disposal. But if you can’t bear with my child, Xiuniang can take it back at any time. It belongs to Xiuniang and her son. If the family is confiscated and the clan is exterminated, The ancestral field also belongs to the owner. The wealthy family is looking for the last resort. In times of peace, it is used to support the poor in the clan and help the old and the weak.

If the winery can be built, not to mention, you can't do it without the skills of the boss and the second brother, and you can't do it without Xiuniang's management.

After careful observation and thinking, Grandpa thought highly of Xiuniang and went to the second son's house to sit there.

In the past, Uncle Li and Aunt Xu would come to the eldest brother and sister-in-law's house to wash and clean their grandparents, do some work, bring some food and drink, buy some candies and snacks to coax the elderly and children, and buy a piece of fabric to make clothes for the elderly to show their filial piety. .

It was rare to see the old man come to the door, so Aunt Xu quickly helped him in.

"Dad, why are you here? If there is anything important, please ask the children to come over and call me. I will be there immediately."

Grandpa glanced at her and said, "I'm hungry. I'll come to your house for a meal. You can call your elder brother over later. I have something to say that I don't want to tell the children."

What grandpa said was for his grandchildren, and he didn’t want them to hear it.

"Zhong, sit in your room while the boss boils water and makes tea for your grandpa. Brother Kang, go call your grandpa and tell him that our family is cooking meat. I will take dad over to eat meat. Xiu Niang doesn't know how to cook. Chun Brother and grandma want to eat at home, so let brother Mao and his wife cook for grandma."

There was no trace of the arrangement, and the words were delivered to me.

"Understood, I'll go now."

Brother Kang ran away in a flash.

Grandpa was sitting in the room drinking tea. Li Feng quickly took out the cannabis flower candies that he used to coax the children at home and gave them to the old man.

Grandma loves sweets, so if conditions are good, she will buy them from both sides. No matter who goes to the city, they will buy some for the elderly and children.

"Is your father busy?"

"Grandpa, my father went to the ancestral field to have a look. He said he was looking for someone to plow the ground so that no one could be idle. The canal at that end was a bit narrow. He asked some strong laborers to expand it. He said he wanted to dig a big pond near the wasteland. In the coming year, we can raise lotuses, eat lotus roots, and fish. We have a shop at home, so these will definitely come in handy. If we can’t sell them all, the villagers can help consume them.”

"Well, I'm very thoughtful. I need to arrange for someone to cut down part of the wood in the field in time. I can also put up nets in other places to raise free-range chickens and geese. I can also make some money."

"Yes, the uncle has contacted me and told me to replace the cabinets with wood. In addition to the ones used in the store, he also replaced the broken tables and chairs in the family school. There are not enough tables and chairs for the girls to go to school, so they have to make a batch. We exchanged it with our hands."

"can."

The wood you cut cannot be used immediately. The wood used to build a house needs to be maintained, protected from insects and moisture, painted, etc. It can be used for at least three years. How can you wait that long? The carpenter shop allows you to exchange the wood for it, and they also buy the wood. It's cheaper to exchange it, and people can take it back and take care of it themselves.

Their area is a continuous mountain range, and the wasteland is also a forest land. There are only sparse trees and some grassland, so it is considered a wasteland.

Woodland is also divided into good and bad grades. This sparse woodland is considered wasteland and is not cheap.The wasteland his family bought was better, and it was sold together with first- and second-class fields. There was also a river that ran through the village and connected to the village. However, there was too much wasteland, not many first-class fields, and part of the wasteland was grassland. The price is not too high either.

If the land is developed into a field, it needs to be maintained for at least five or six years to become a third-class field. To become a first-class good field, it will take more than ten years. It would be a bit of a loss to buy it.

But Xiu Niang is not afraid. She can still make money if she buys it and takes good care of it. This tribe has already started to build pig pens, pull up nets to raise free-range chickens, and raise chickens, ducks and geese. The ready-made ditches can be used, but they still need to dig more. Each pond supports aquatic plants, lotus roots, and fish.

Grandpa had some beef cattle brought back a few days ago. He specially waited at the dock to wait for the beef cattle from the grassland. He placed an order with the chamber of commerce in advance, otherwise there would be none.

Beef cattle can be sold, but farm cattle must be registered. These beef cattle have also passed the clear road.

This allows merchants to buy and sell cattle into the market, and good breed cattle can also be used as farm cattle. It is unrealistic to not let them circulate at all. Many people sell them secretly without formalities. When the farm cattle are old and have broken legs, they can be sold by going to the Yamen to transfer the ownership.

Their family bought two kinds of cattle from Yili and Qinchuan cattle, which can be bred. They specially bought a few bulls for breeding, and planned to come back and raise them well.

Some of them were given to the Li family. The second uncle and his father-in-law built a shed together to raise cattle.

The villagers take turns taking care of the things the clan learns. The villagers are willing to contribute, and the money they earn reduces the maintenance costs. Now the girl has enrolled in school. The villagers are very grateful to the clan and hope that the clan will prosper and they can live a good life. Who wouldn’t be interested if someone in their family is a scholar or something like that? They can get tax exemptions and look good on their faces. Both men and women can find good ones to marry. There are many benefits.

The second uncle and father-in-law were busy building their own pig pens and cattle pens. The cattle rested in the pens at night and were let out to graze during the day. There were also sheep pens. They also bought Ili sheep from the Chamber of Commerce. These sheep are not too big. The smell of goat is too strong.

The money was paid by the family clan, and sharing some of it with the Li family was considered a reward. Was it using his family's land?

The land needs to be plowed again in preparation for planting alfalfa to feed these animals in the new year. The land is still good, so I don’t have to worry about not being able to support them, so the manure can be used to feed the land.

Brother Kang came to deliver the message, and the second uncle and the father-in-law looked at each other. It was because they had something to tell them and they didn't want the children to hear.

"Okay, you go back. We'll go back right away and I'll finish the work at hand."

"Dad, go ahead and let me do it."

The third child, Li Qi, took over what his father had given him.

"Brother, our father wants to eat chicken and tell us about the shop and the wasteland."

"coming."

The brothers went home together.

The yard of my second uncle's house is smaller than my father-in-law's. It's really crowded when the whole family lives together. I didn't have much money to build a house at the time, so I had to come in a hurry. The conditions were not that good at that time, so it was a bit difficult. The children all had to go to school, so my grandfather had no choice but to separate the family in advance and let him live alone.

When the men got home, they washed their hands and changed their clothes before sitting down and talking.

"Dad, do you have something to tell me?"

The second uncle gave grandpa a cup of hot tea.

(End of this chapter)