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

Old Man Ye met his third brother on the road, and the two of them went to the headman's house together.

When the two of them arrived at the headman's house, most of the people had arrived.

Ye Lizheng got straight to the point and stated the purpose of today. "I called everyone here today because I have something to discuss with you. Yesterday, Xu Lizheng from Ji Village came to me for help. They wanted to ask the villagers to help build a house in their village, but now they don't have the money to pay the workers."

"Village head, we can't do this. It's August now. The children can go to the city to find some work and earn some money for the New Year." An impatient old man spoke up first to disagree.

"Village head, this is inappropriate. It's better not to agree to them." This time even the good guy Ye Laoqi refused to agree.

Although other people in the village didn't say anything, they meant the same thing.

Seeing that no one had any other ideas, the village head said, "Don't worry, there is another way. Let's hear it."

The village head explained Ye Qing's proposal again, and this time no one raised any objections. Even the impatient old man lowered his head and began to think.

"Village head, my family is also planning to buy some wasteland. Can we have them return it after we build the house instead of returning it in the summer?" someone raised a question.

"It's not impossible. We can discuss it in two time periods." The village head improved the plan.

This proposal was discussed for a while and finally passed unanimously.

Ye Lizheng found some time and discussed with Ye Qing for a while, and finally decided on the final plan.

Ten households in Kaoshan Village form a group, and ten households in Ji Village form a group. Working hours are recorded, and one day is counted as one working hour. Except for the host family, all working hours are counted. They don't care how the working hours are handled within Ji Village. The working hours of Kaoshan Village need to come to help with the work.

After waiting for two days, Xu Lizheng came again, this time obviously more anxious. The weather was getting colder and there was heavy dew at night.

Xu Lizheng said anxiously, "Brother Ye, how is your discussion going?"

Ye Lizheng did not keep it a secret, "We have come up with a solution. We don't want money, we just want to help each other."

Ye Lizheng explained it in detail and Xu Lizheng nodded as he listened.

"Brother Ye, this method is great. It helps us a lot. I will go back and discuss it with the villagers. I will let my boy give you a reply this afternoon."

Xu Lizheng did not delay and drove back.

Ye Lizheng was not in a hurry, as this matter was obviously more beneficial to Jicun.

Before the afternoon, Xu Lizheng's eldest son came over. "Uncle Ye, our village has agreed, and the groups have been determined. When do you think we should start?"

"It will start tomorrow. There are still many things to do later. There is one thing I forgot to tell your father, that is, Xu Feng's family cannot participate in the team. Our village is unwilling to be with his family." Ye Lizheng has not forgotten what Xu Feng's family looked like.

Xu Lizheng's eldest son also knew about this, but he didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only agree to it and go back to let his father handle it.

Since Jicun agreed, Ye Lizheng also began to arrange the villagers who were willing to go. Ye Laoda and Ye Dalang were going to go, and Ye Laoer and Ye Chencong were going.

Ye Laoer went there to attract business. If he could make two pieces of furniture for each family in Ji Village, it would be enough to keep him busy for a while.

At daybreak, the villagers went over in ox carts and started working in an orderly manner according to the groups they had been divided into beforehand.

Some people dig the soil, some people push the soil out. After the soil is dug, another team will quickly build the foundation.

The teams did not interfere with each other, saving a lot of time. Most people in Ji Village only built three main houses, and the rest would be built slowly when they had money. The courtyard walls were also built slowly when they had time.

It takes about three or four days to build one house and then move on to the next one.

Ye Dalang's group happened to include the Wei family, and Wei Xin and Wei Jia came to work on behalf of the family. Wei Xiu was too young to help, and people would say he was taking advantage, so he was asked to help his grandfather clean up at home.

"Brother Chuan, it's great that you're in the same group with us. We can chat together." Wei Jia was excited to find out there was someone he knew. He no longer had to worry about anyone bullying him and his sister.

"Wei Jia, what kind of house are you going to build? Have you decided yet?"

"My family will build four main rooms first. We are all grown up, and three rooms are not enough for us."

"Have you prepared the mud bricks for your house? Four rooms will require a lot."

"It's ready. Brother Xu San, who lives next door to me, helped to break it. He has a big family." Wei Jia did not hide anything and told everyone his plan.

"That's good. It's better to build a courtyard wall for your elderly and children." Ye Dalang felt that it would still be unsafe without a courtyard wall.

"I'm going to do it. Grandpa asked Brother Xu San to fall out more."

Wei Xin followed several aunts from Ji Village to cook. After cooking, she also helped to transport soil. She was never idle for a moment.

Ye Dalang felt that Wei Jia was young, so he helped him from time to time, and their relationship became better and better.

Wei Xin was not strong enough and failed to hold on to the soil firmly several times, causing him to fall to the ground. Ye Dalang helped him clean up several times.

It took ten families more than thirty days to complete the construction. However, the Wei family's yard was a little bigger, so it took them half a day longer to build the wall.

After the people from Kaoshan Village finished their work, they went back. Ye Lao Da and Ye Da Lang earned more than seventy working hours.

With so many working hours, even the wasteland can be cleaned up in time.

Ye Lizheng began to count the number of people who wanted to buy wasteland, and most families wanted to buy a few acres.

Doctor Lin asked someone to bring the money back and bought two acres of wasteland, which he gave to someone else for farming. He didn't have to provide himself with food in the first two years.

Ye Qing and Old Man Ye had nothing to do at home, so they walked around the nearby wasteland. The soil quality was similar, except that there was a stream next to their original three acres of land.

"Grandpa, let's buy the land together. There is water here and we can manage it together."

"That's what I mean. Let's go talk to the head of the village first so that they don't take it first."

"Grandpa, this place is a little far from the main road, so we need to leave some space to build a road."

"It's not difficult. When you're clearing land, just leave it alone and don't turn it over. Just step on it more and you'll be fine. You can use it for now."

Ye Qing thought about it carefully and realized that this was the truth. As long as the planning was good, a lot of effort could be saved.

The two of them walked slowly to the village head's house, where the village head was having dinner.

"Qingya, have you eaten? Come have some with your grandfather." The head of the village teased Ye Qing.

"Grandpa Village Head, we have already eaten, please take your time. There is nothing big for us to do here, we just want to register the selected land first." Ye Qing first stated the purpose of his visit.

The village head was not polite, he sat in the yard with his bowl, eating and chatting. "Which one do you like? How much do you want to buy?"

"It's right next to my wasteland, so it's convenient for us to grow crops together." Old man Ye took a sip of the water poured by the village head's grandson.

"That's right. It's harder to plant crops if they're scattered here and there." The village head knew where it was as soon as he heard it.

"I'll register you in a while, and when you go to the county government to pay, you can send the money over. I have something else to discuss with you. Do you still need some forest land? The village will organize a business in a few days, and it may be of use." Ye Lizheng asked.