The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 80
"However, we have neither raised fish nor planted lotus root. At that time, lotus root can still invite people, but what about fish? This is the first time I have seen anyone raise it." Su Dong said.

"Brother is right, we must hire someone. Even if we know how, we won't be too busy." Lian Man'er said, "I plan to hire at least two experienced long-term laborers to lead the lotus planting. , and my father is going to have to work hard on fish farming here. I know how to raise this fish, but after all, I have never raised it before. I can only rely on my father to figure it out. We can discuss this slowly.”

"For farming, at least two long-term workers must be employed." Father Su thought for a while and said.Su Ling's family now has more than ten acres of land, and they have to buy more. If he is going to raise fish, he will definitely be too busy with the work in the land.

"I probably did the math. We have enough money to buy land, fish fry, lotus root seeds, and hired labor. It's just that we have to build some houses for these workers." Su Ling said, Before coming up with the plan, she had already done a budget. "Then everyone agrees now, does anyone have an opinion?"

"agree."

"No comment."

Everyone unanimously approved Su Ling's proposal.

On the same day, Su's father invited the head of the village and talked about buying a large piece of wasteland on the river bank.

That piece of land is deserted there, and if someone is willing to buy it, the village chief will naturally be happy.

Next, measure the land.The large piece of wasteland on the river bank is not far from Su Ling's house, so they simply bought the large piece of wasteland from the sweet potato field to Su Ling's house together.After measurement, it is a total of [-] mu of land.

"Buy them all." Su Ling decided.Trees can be planted in places where even fishponds cannot be dug. In short, there will be no waste, and the whole land will be bought, which will be convenient for management in the future.

With such a decision, the next day, in addition to the village chief, Su Ling specially invited several respected patriarchs and Yajia in the village, and Yajia also specially brought an official from the yamen, and wrote down the document, stamped.

Su Ling only spent less than 300 taels of silver to buy [-] acres of land, which also included buying banquets, land deeds, intermediary money for tooth dealers, and necessary management expenses.

The county government official who was invited was very kind, and wrote this section of the river into the land deed.

In this way, a large piece of land from the river bank to Su Ling's family belongs to Su Ling's family, and the hired officials know how to do things, and they have written the half of the river near the wasteland into the contract, so that all of these can be done. Su Ling's property.

After getting the title deed, Su Ling took a pen and paper, and together with Su Dong, drew down the floor plan of the entire land.Afterwards, according to the original washed out pits on the land, four fish ponds were planned according to local conditions.

Four fish ponds occupy only a small part of the land, this is the first phase of the project.After all, it is the first time to dig a fish pond to raise fish, so it is not wise to expand the area blindly.

These four fish ponds are not only the first phase of the project, but also an experimental project.When these four fish ponds are successful and the entire breeding and sales chain is mature, then expanding the area will be more effective.

In addition to these four fish ponds, Su Ling circled several plots on the map.

"It doesn't take such a big place to raise fish and lotus roots alone. We will raise more chickens and ducks this year, so we might as well put them here...we will increase the number of pigs in the future, and we can put them here..." Su Ling said on the picture Pointing to plan.

Whether it is designing or breeding chickens and ducks, Su Ling has always sought the opinions of her family members. After all, if she is the only one who has such an idea, it will not be possible if everyone is not motivated to do things.

Su Ho particularly agrees with raising chickens and ducks. She loves those little fluffy animals, and loves to eat chicken and duck eggs. Now that the chickens and ducks have not grown up yet, she has already clamored to pick up chicken and duck eggs. .

Of course, Su Ling would dig ponds to raise fish, raise chickens and ducks, a large part of the reason is because of Su’s father, everyone in the Su family has their own jobs, and Su’s mother can make dried bamboo shoots in spring. Making spicy bamboo shoots, and sauerkraut in winter, and Su Ling didn't want Su's mother to work too hard, so she was asked to open a workshop just to kill her time, and Su's father usually didn't do anything except go to the field to see. After doing it, son Su's father is naturally restless, so Su Ling can only dig a pond for him to raise fish and lotus roots.

Su Dong's main responsibility now is to study, and it will be the last to be able to go to high school.

As for the plan for the new year, Su Ling has already started the plan. Everyone has their own tasks. Even the youngest Su Ho will help in the sauerkraut workshop. Of course, this help cannot be for her Going to do heavy work is just to train her and let her supervise the work in the workshop.

Su Ling is in charge of leading the overall situation. When spring comes, she plans to buy a house in the county town and open her own restaurant. After all, taking other people's share is only a short-term plan. If she opens a restaurant by then, she will definitely not take this share. I want it, and if her family wants to raise fish, she will definitely spend most of her time on it at the beginning, and there will be no time for other things.

After buying the land and making plans, Su Ling's family has already started recruiting workers. It's just the beginning of the new year, and it's not time for planting. Everyone still has a lot of free time, but the weather is relatively cold, and digging ponds is not an easy task. It is very likely that you will be submerged in water all day, so this job is not something that ordinary people can do.

Although digging fish ponds was very hard work, everyone couldn't find work in the early spring. Now the Su family happened to hire someone, so many people wanted to give it a try.

And now Su Ling's family is not only going to dig a fishpond, but also to build a new house. The house is built next to the fishpond, which is also convenient for managing the fishpond. In addition, raising chickens and ducks in the future will also require manpower.

When the peasant family encounters some major problems in building a house, such as building a house, there will usually be helpers, such as holding a wedding, there will usually be helpers.These all pay attention to mutual assistance, and only need to provide meals, that is, to provide meals, and there is no such thing as paying wages.Moreover, when encountering such a thing, usually the host does not need to find someone, and relatives, friends, and fellow villagers from the same village will come to help.

It's a custom.Generally, the more people who build a house, hold weddings, helpers, and help, the more popular the family is.The host will be happier, even if they don't need so many people, and they have to prepare extra meals, the host is also willing.

But digging a fish pond is different from building a house.

Building a house is to meet the basic living needs, and every household must have a house to live in.And digging fishponds to raise fish is to sell fish to make money, which is a special need of a certain family.

Therefore, even if someone is willing to help, Su Ling still posted a notice at the head of the village.Digging fishponds requires a lot of labor. Each person is provided with a lunch every day, two vegetables, one meat and one soup.

(End of this chapter)