After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

"Where are your parents? Why are you alone at home?"

"I'm staying at home to look after the house while my parents go to dig wild vegetables."

Ye Qing wanted to know about the economic situation in the village, "Have you bought any land?"

"Sister, my family doesn't have money to buy land. We only have three acres allocated by the government. It's right there when we get to the village head's house."

Ye Qing went to the door first to greet them, "Are you here? We are from Kaoshan Village."

The head of Ji Village is named Xu Baichuan, who is also the patriarch of the Xu family. It was the decision made by this head of the village for Ji Village to move here.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Xu Lizheng walked out of the house.

"Brother Xu, do you still recognize me? I was the official who came to escort you two days ago and we met each other. I am the head of Kaoshan Village." Ye Lizheng introduced himself first.

"Nice to meet you, Ye Lizheng, you are so kind. What can I do for you? The shack is small, so I won't let you in." Xu Lizheng was also polite.

"How is the village being cleaned up? We suffered a lot on the road. We also moved here half a year ago." Ye Lizheng first showed concern for the construction of Ji Village.

"The village has stabilized. Let's live in shacks first, reclaim the wasteland, and plant crops first."

"Xu Lizheng, I am here today to discuss something with you. Do you think it is feasible?" Ye Lizheng said directly.

"You tell me, I will definitely help you if I can do it." Xu Lizheng said with a guarantee.

Ye Lizheng repeated his requirements for raising rabbits and asked the two to act as guarantors.

"Brother, thank you for helping us. We are willing to do so. We will agree to any request you make. We promise that when we return it to you, the rabbit will be fat and strong." Xu Lizheng excitedly took Ye Lizheng's hand and wiped his tears.

The two agreed to count the quantity in the evening and go to Kaoshan Village to pick it up the next day.

Ye Qing was also looking around. The shacks in Ji Village were all built very solidly, and it was obvious that they were places where people lived.

They had only moved in for a few days, and the grass on the homestead had been basically pulled out. The pulled out grass was also dried near the shack and kept for burning. The villagers were also very happy with the result.

The children in Ji Village are all a little thin, but they are all clean and tidy. No one is idle, and everyone does work within their ability.

Ye Qing felt more reassured about this village. The whole village had come here united as one, and they would be able to face difficulties together in the future. They had strong willpower.

The next morning, Boss Ye went to deliver the lobsters as usual, and went to the government office to get the deed to the pond.

Old Man Ye and Ye Dalang stayed at home waiting for the people from Ji Village to come and get the rabbits. Ye Dalang was seventeen years old and could already take care of himself, so Old Man Ye was very confident in him.

Grandpa Zhou also came to help catch rabbits. The Ye family prepared two hundred rabbits, and there were also three hundred rabbits from Zhou's second and third uncles. They took them all.

Ye Qing reminded Xu Lizheng again: "Xu Lizheng, if the rabbits are not raised well, you have to return three little rabbits or 150 coins."

Xu Lizheng's attitude became more serious, and he assured the Ye family: "Don't worry, if Jicun can't pay back the rabbit, I will pay it back, and I will never let you suffer any loss."

Xu Lizheng seems to be a very responsible person and has a lot of say in Ji Village, so what he says is trustworthy.

Uncle Ye made some dumplings with eggplant and meat filling and sent some over.

"How's business at Uncle San's house?" Ye Qing was busy at home and didn't go to his uncle's house often, so he didn't know how things were going lately.

"Qingya's business is still good. Your father introduced me to the restaurant business. I have to deliver vegetables there every day. There are also reservations from some other places." Ye Laosan is quite satisfied. He can earn one or two taels of silver a month now.

"Uncle San, you are rarely at home during the day, so you didn't see the people coming from Ji Village. There are more than a hundred families there." Ye Qing recounted what he saw and heard yesterday.

"Qingya, I'm leaving. There are so many people in Ji Village, they must want to buy things. I'll bring some over and try to sell them."

The person Ye Qing admires most is Uncle Ye San, who has a good eye and can find business opportunities everywhere.

In the afternoon, villagers came to sell lobsters one after another, but the lobsters had already known their tricks and were becoming increasingly difficult to catch.

The adults in the village don’t go out to catch sweet potatoes during the day, as they are busy planting sweet potatoes. They thought they could only plant for one season, but they didn’t expect that the temperature here is so high that they can plant for another season.

Even if the children catch them alone, they can collect several hundred kilograms every day, but there is still a big gap, so Ye Qing can only think of a solution.

Ye Qing called Ye Dalang, who had just finished watching over the sweet potato seedlings, and asked him to help go to Ji Village and find Xu Lizheng to collect some lobsters, also at two cents per pound.

Soon, people from Ji Village brought the lobsters over. They were very big, but they refused to accept them because they were afraid they would be late.

Ye Qing shared the extra lobsters with his second uncle's family, put them in a clean pond, raised them, and threw a bundle of grass in it, so that the lobsters had something to eat.

Everyone in the family is very busy, and Ye Qing has no time to cut grass. He can only ask the children in the village for help, paying one penny for a bundle of grass.

Every day I send two bundles to the pond and three bundles home, so that we have food for the rabbits, chickens and ducks.

In addition to grass, the chickens at home are fed a little rice bran every day. The same goes for the ducks and geese, who also get an extra meal.

The rooster and the drake have grown up. They are for eating meat. Keeping them any longer would only be a waste of food. It is enough to keep two roosters and one drake.

There are a dozen roosters and ducks at home. It’s not worth making a special trip to the city to find customers, so I can just sell them directly to Uncle Ye.

Ye Dalang caught the chickens and ducks, put them on the cart, and pushed it to his third uncle's house.

"Uncle San, have you gone to Ji Village to sell goods? Did anyone buy them?" Ye Qing was a little curious.

"They went there right after they came back from your house. They bought some needles and thread, salt, and some vegetable seeds. They couldn't bear to buy anything else." Uncle Ye did not hide it.

"I still don't have any money. Do you want to buy the chickens and ducks from Uncle San's house? They are all big."

"We are a family, so it doesn't matter whether we accept it or not. I'll take it to the city to sell it and give you the money." Uncle Ye said indifferently.

"Uncle San, this won't work. You have to earn some money too. I can't ask you for help in vain." Ye Qing persuaded Ye Lao San.

The two of them exchanged words for a while, and Ye Laosan charged thirteen cents per pound. Ye Qing and Ye Dalang took the money back and divided it with Zhou.

It was already late summer and early autumn. Although the weather was still hot, it was time to prepare winter clothes. Ye Qing and Zhou followed their aunt's ox cart to the city to buy cloth.

Boss Ye's ox cart was full of eggs, which were easy to break, so he went to the city without waiting for Zhou and the others. When he came back, he went to the cloth shop to pick up the mother and daughter.

Ye Qing first helped his aunt set up the stall, and then sorted the snails and lobsters out before preparing to leave.

"It's the lobsters he sells. Your lobsters are poisonous. My brother's face is covered with pimples after eating them." A man with triangular eyes stood in front of the stall and started yelling. Behind him followed another man whose face was all red and swollen, with many red pimples.