Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

When Liu Xu and the other person arrived home, the people at the door had already left.

Everyone told each other what had happened during their respective periods. Liu Dongcheng and Bazhenlou were relieved because Chang Yifei was watching over them.

The next day, everyone was busy preparing the base materials for the mushroom bed, and Liu Dongcheng's family seemed to have calmed down.

Early in the morning, the villagers went to the village chief's house one after another. The village chief was the first one to know about mushroom cultivation, and he had the most detailed knowledge of it, except for the two families of Liu Xu.

As the village chief had many houses, he directly vacated two rooms and asked Zhu Jiacheng to arrange for someone to build a firewall for his house.

After Liu Changshun and Liu Xu arrived, they greeted everyone and took them directly to the mushroom house. Each family sent a representative, and with Liu Xu and others, there were nearly 40 people.

They divided the people into four groups, Liu Xu led Shuisheng, Liu Changshun led Xing'er, and the two groups taught everyone how to mix the base material, how to make the base material ferment quickly, and how to make the mushroom bed. As for the mushroom species, they were provided by Liu Xu and Liu Changshun. Of course, they were not free. They were charged according to the size of each mushroom house. However, considering that everyone's conditions were not very good, they would be deducted when the mushrooms were harvested.

The village chief’s mushroom house is bigger than Liuxu’s. Four rows can be planted in one room. Everyone took a look at it first, and then tried it out themselves.

In this way, a busy day passed. When the last row of mushroom beds was ready, Liu Xu asked the village chief to light the fire wall to keep the heat inside under the scorching sun in summer. They would come over to sow in two days.

At the same time, they repeatedly stressed the importance of confidentiality and the importance of fire walls. Of course, they also told everyone that if conditions were limited, they could use charcoal pots to increase the temperature, but they should pay attention to the ventilation of the mushroom room to avoid poisoning, and asked everyone to come to them in time if they encountered problems when mixing the base materials.

Afterwards, everyone went home with excited expressions. That night, after dinner, each family held a family meeting to assign tasks for preparing the base ingredients.

In the next few days, the whole Liujia Village was filled with enthusiasm, and even under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, there was no one.

As for the families of Liu Xu and Liu Changshun, except Xu Ruolan who had to take care of the baby, the rest of the people were running back and forth in the village, helping everyone answer questions.

Zhu Jiacheng and others also took on the job of building fire walls for more than ten households in the village. Although they didn't earn much, every little bit counts.

Among these people, the one who surprised Liu Xu the most was Doctor Meng.

She originally thought that the old man would not participate in mushroom cultivation, but it turned out that he was very active in meetings and studies.

It’s just that his family only made a row of mushroom beds. The old man meant that he thought the thing was delicious and grew it for his own consumption...which also left Liu Xu speechless.

The whole village grows it, and if you want to eat it, you can buy some at any house. Why bother making some yourself? But it's their own business, so she can't say anything.

Ten days later, every household in Liujia Village, except Liu Dashan and Liu Guafu's family, planted mushrooms.

During this time, Liu Xu and his family also finished putting up the beams of their houses. Zhu Jiacheng said that they could move in by the end of the month at the latest. Liu Xu asked them to build the mushroom house in the backyard first, and they had to hurry up to build their own mushroom house. At the same time, he asked Zhu Jiacheng to choose two spare rooms in the backyard with fire walls and kangs to prepare for drying mushrooms in winter.

The two families had a total of 16 mushroom houses, all of which were larger than the current house, so they needed a lot of base materials. Liu Changshun drove a bullock cart to several nearby villages to collect rice straw, and Liu Xu also asked Zhu Jiacheng to help find a familiar carpenter to collect sawdust.

At the end of October, the mushrooms in the village began to grow. The new house had been completed one after another, and Liu Xu once again sighed that there is strength in numbers. In just twenty days, two courtyards covering an area of ​​three acres were built.

At the same time, they also planted the mushrooms in the backyard. During the early fermentation period, they had to stay up all night to light the fire wall, but there were not enough people at home, especially Liu Xu's family. Her mother had to take care of the baby, and she was just a little kid. In the end, they asked Guisheng's grandfather's family to help, so that they didn't get too tired. Otherwise, she would have fallen asleep before the mushrooms were planted.

Seeing this, Zhu Jiacheng couldn't help but feel sorry for the little girl, so he told her that there was a pawnshop in the county town, and asked them to go buy some people. After all, the two houses were big, and they had to heat the kang and the fire wall. Liu Changshun's family could at least have four people, but her family only had her and her mother, and they would be too busy to handle it.

Liu Xu felt that he was right. Although the education she received in her previous life made it difficult for her to accept the slavery system, since she was now a citizen of Dongsheng Country, she should adapt to the local customs.

So he called Xing'er's family and went home to discuss the matter of hiring someone.

Xu Ruolan had employed servants before, so she had no problem with this. Besides, her family was now an orphan and a widow, and if they didn't hire anyone and met a bad guy, they wouldn't even be able to fight back.

"What, buy, buy people?" Chen Lan was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth when she heard it.

"Well, hire someone. Our two houses are so big and at the foot of the mountain. Firstly, it's for safety reasons. Secondly, the mushroom house in the backyard also needs someone to watch it at all times. It also needs to be dried afterwards. Not to mention my family, even your family, Aunt San, will definitely not be able to handle it. We must hire someone." Liu Xu nodded and said seriously.

"Can't we hire people from the village? Hiring people is the business of the landlords, and I'm just a farmer..." Chen Lan sighed. Liu Changshun was also silent. After all, he was also an honest farmer in the past.

Only Xing'er and Shuisheng's eyes were bright. Seeing this, Liuxu sighed silently and said softly:

"Uncle San, Aunt San, when the mushrooms are ripe, we will have at least two hundred taels of income every month. Do you still think you are just a simple farmer? And even if you don't consider yourselves, you should also think about Xing'er and Shuisheng. In winter, the fire wall of the mushroom room cannot be turned off. Staying up late for a long time is very bad for the body. As for what you said about inviting villagers, Aunt San, you forgot that except for Widow Liu and my grandfather, everyone in our village grows mushrooms. Even if a few families have more labor, have you ever thought about it? The people you invited are all from the same village and clan. If something goes wrong, will you blame them or not? You can't say or scold them. If you don't get it, you will spend money and still get nothing in return."

Liu Xu fell silent after she finished speaking, leaving them to think on their own.

After a while, Liu Changshun and Chen Lan looked at each other and said:

"Then buy it, Xu girl, you are right. The people who buy it have their indentures in our hands, so we can use it with more confidence." Although they taught everyone how to grow mushrooms, they actually cultivated the mushrooms themselves. Moreover, he had a hunch that Liu Xu would definitely do something else. If they were all his own people, he would not be afraid of leaks.

"That's right. Then Uncle San, let's go to the county town tomorrow. Anyway, there are only a few finishing touches left at the new house, and we'll have a place to accommodate the people after we buy them." Liu Xu clapped his hands and said excitedly.

"Okay. But Yuyang Town is still some distance away from Qinghe County. We have to go to the town first to rent a horse carriage so that we can go there and come back the same day. Although I have been to the county to help out, I am not familiar with the county town at all. I don't know where this dental shop is, so I have to ask when I get there." Liu Changshun frowned as he spoke.

"Well... this is easy. Zuiyunxuan also has a branch in Qinghe County. Let's go find Manager Chang first and ask him to give us a message or something. Then we can ask Zuiyunxuan for help. Hehehe, maybe we can even get some help and give us a discount!" Liu Xu said with a sly smile.

"Hahaha, that's fine too." Liu Changshun laughed, raised his eyes and saw his children blinking their eyes with an expression of "I want to go too", paused and said:

"How about we all go there tomorrow and rent a bigger carriage. If we have time, your aunt and the others can go for a stroll."

"Sure, we'll bring some more money and do some shopping."

Xing'er and Shuisheng jumped for joy immediately, and Xu Ruolan and Chen Lan smiled at each other.

"Oh, Uncle San, when we go there tomorrow, bring some fresh mushrooms to Uncle Chang. It's winter now, so we can sell them. In a couple of days, the first wave of mushrooms in the village will be ready for harvest, so we'll be busy again."

"Okay, then we'll go back first. You should also think about what you need to buy tomorrow. We're moving soon, so let's prepare some things first." Liu Changshun nodded.

After discussing everything, Liu Changshun took his wife and children back home. Liu Xu and her daughter played with the two little ones while discussing what to buy for tomorrow.