Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

The next day, everyone got up on time and had breakfast. Now that they had more manpower, the people in the workshops stopped working for the time being. The soap workshop, pharmaceutical workshop and vermicelli workshop officially started working after the Lantern Festival.

The tea workshop has handed over the tea product recipes to the Huo family, asking them to operate nearby. They currently do not have the extra space and energy to do those things.

The workers in the boys' dormitory, chicken farm and pig farm cannot be moved. Everyone has their own things to do.

Liu Daling was the supervisor of the house, and Liu Shinan took people to work in the rice fields. Nearly half of the people, 13 in total, were over 40 years old.

There are more than ten people whose ages are not even known. They have no household registration and only temporary passes to enter and exit the city gate. Their approximate age can only be judged based on their height. Some people's household registrations are also very vague. It seems that they have to go to the county government to complete their household registration.

Including Grandma Zhang, there are a total of six elderly people, a childless couple, two aunts around 50 years old, including the one who chatted with Liu Yuhan that day. The oldest of them is 70 years old, with a head full of white hair, but he is in good spirits and has a kind face.

The elderly couple and the oldest person took children under 13 to the vermicelli factory to help peel potatoes and sweet potatoes. They had to dry the remaining potatoes and vermicelli before the rainy season arrived.

The Huo family had already sent someone to take a batch of them made years ago to the military camp.

Sweet potato flour is the same price as potato flour, but because labor costs need to be taken into account, the price is 30 wen per pound. It is sold at my uncle and aunt's shop at a higher price, 40 wen per pound.

It takes 4 to 5 pounds of sweet potatoes to produce one pound of sweet potato flour, and one pound of sweet potato flour can only make about one pound of vermicelli. One pound of dry vermicelli is enough for 4 to 5 people if cooked.

Some people are now selling sweet potatoes and potatoes in Changle County. For new crops, the county government stipulates that the price cannot exceed three cents per pound. Once sweet potatoes and potatoes become widely popular in the future, they may become cheaper and cheaper.

Grandma Zhang and the two aunts brought the children to cook with Grandma Jiang and Mrs. Li. The two girls sat obediently by the wall and played. Liu Yuhan was afraid that they would be bored, so he got them some of Xiaosi's toys.

One of them is two years old and the other is one and a half years old. They seem to like this new environment very much. They are very well-behaved and quiet.

Because of the busy farming season, the pig farm slaughtered two more pigs, and used the pig offal, pig heads and pig ears to stew and serve on a plate. They cooked pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, pork bones stewed with winter melon, and fried eggs with chayote. The staple food was white rice.

Ku Wa, Jiang Hu and the others ate with big mouthfuls. The food was so delicious! After finishing the meal, they drank a bowl of soup and their energy returned.

The work they did was routine, and it wasn't tiring at all. On the farm, they had to help out with the work and weren't allowed to rest. At noon, the farm would give them a meal of black-faced steamed buns and soup so thin you could see your reflection in it. Without comparison, there would be no harm.

After planting rice, the Liu family started recruiting workers in the village to plant potatoes on a large scale. Everyone became more and more skilled in potato planting without any guidance.

After planting potatoes, we planted sweet potatoes next. There are still 130 acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The land was plowed before the Chinese New Year, and we can loosen the soil after the New Year before planting.

Of the 500 mu of land, 260 mu is planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes, and 40 mu is planted with corn. The remaining uncultivated land will be reclaimed and used to plant watermelons.

After planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, it is time to plant pepper seedlings. First, plant the two acres of land that have been prepared. Liu Yuhan also planted two acres of peppers in the space, making a total of four acres. Together with the two acres planted by the Huo family, there are nearly eight acres of scattered land in the village.

Liu Yuhan compared the varieties she was growing on Baidu and found they were likely the "Tiaojiao Wang" variety. This variety is a medium-early maturing variety of the Capsicum genus. It has a compact plant shape, is highly resistant to viruses and aging, and produces lustrous fruit about 23 cm long, 1.4 cm in diameter, and weighs about 20 grams per fruit. Yields per mu (approximately 3500 kg) of fresh peppers can reach kg.

The fruit is smooth and straight, symmetrical from head to tail, with a strong spicy flavor, good quality, good fruit hardness, and resistance to long-distance transportation, making it suitable for fresh consumption and processing.

After planting peppers, I planted corn. A month had passed since I finished planting the corn, and it was almost mid-March.

Oh my god, we are so tired! Liu Yuhan asked everyone to rest for two days before going back to open up wasteland and plant watermelons.

In order to get more watermelon seeds, she planted one crop after another.

If one acre of land requires at least a kilogram of seeds, I estimate that at least 300 kilograms of seeds would be needed. I really don't know if that's enough. I bought this Sweet King watermelon in Qiong City, which has a tropical climate. I don't know if the climate here is suitable for growing it.

This variety of watermelon is a medium-ripening watermelon, which will mature about 35 days after fruiting. In short, it will mature about 20 days after fruiting in space. It takes at least three months from seedling stage to growth stage to fruiting stage to harvest.

The large yard suitable for them to live in has been prepared and dried, and the furniture has been properly arranged. Liu Daling asked someone to calculate the date, and tomorrow Ku Wa Jiang Hu and others can move in.

Craftsman Niu is now leading people to run a seasoning workshop.

On the second day, after having breakfast in the Liu family yard, he asked Jiang Hu and others to pull the three ox carts of his family and transport all the things that were difficult for them to carry to their residence. It took about a cup of tea to walk there from the Liu family.

Ku Wa and others had never lived in such a nice house. Each room had two windows and was very bright. Each room had three small beds, as well as matching wardrobes and desks, with three stools under the desks.

Is this a toilet? The floor is covered with slate and the walls are covered with gravel. It's very clean and there's no odor when using it. The bamboo pipe leads directly to the toilet, making it very convenient to take a shower and use the toilet.

There are several rows of bamboo poles in the yard for drying clothes. The yard and the room are paved with gravel and yellow mud. The walls are plastered with white lime and the roofs are covered with tiles. In short, it is clean and bright.

Moreover, the air is very good near the mountain. Is this really where they will live in the future? They like it so much that the little ones touch it left and right and are extremely happy.

Not only do they now have delicious meals every day, but they also have new clothes and shoes. The host gave each of them two sets of clothes, two pairs of shoes, and even a cotton jacket, neither too thin nor too thick, perfect for the season. Now that they have such a nice place to live, they are truly content!

The three courtyards are adjacent to each other. One courtyard is for men, one courtyard is for women, and the other courtyard has a kitchen, a dining room, and several large rooms that are locked. This courtyard is sandwiched between the men's and women's courtyards.

After they settled down, Liu Yuhan asked them to gather in the main room.

"You've been in Fulai Village for a month now. You've performed very well and all of you have passed the test. Now our family officially employs you. Adults and children alike must sign a five-year contract."

"The first clause of the contract undoubtedly involves the confidentiality of the recipe. You must not disclose it to others easily. If you cause losses for personal reasons, or deliberately cause a fight in Fulai Village and cause serious consequences, I will mercilessly hand you over to the government."

"Another part of the contract includes our Liu family's promise to you. If we don't deliver on the wages and benefits you deserve, you can sue us at the government office."

"As for your daily chores and tasks, we'll arrange them based on your needs, much like we did this month. We won't mistreat you, young children, by asking you to do heavy work. See those locked rooms? I'll even hire a teacher to teach you how to read and write. Anyone who wants to learn can come and learn."

"After five years, if you want to continue staying in Fulai Village, you can sign the contract. If you want to leave, our Liu family will not force you. As for your current household registration, we will go to the county government to help you complete it. Everyone will have a household registration, and your address will be uniformly written as Fulai Village."

"You can raise any questions or requests you have now?"

Everyone looked at each other, not daring to believe what they heard.

They can stay here for five years, and then they can leave whenever they want. And they can even get paid? They might even have the chance to learn to read and write! They really can't even imagine these things!

"Sister Liu, is what you said true?" Kuwawa's voice trembled a little.

"Ku Wa, your sister Liu keeps her word."

"Sister Liu, thank you, Sister Liu. I'm willing to sign my first signature. I'm willing to sign for ten years."

"Brother, please sign for me too." Xiaowu's hand has almost recovered. The Liu family asked him to rest and not to work, but he would use his other hand to help move things every day to the best of his ability.

"Okay, thank you for trusting me. Go over there and sign."

"Mother, Baizhi, Banxia, please take note. I've already written the contract. All you need to do is fill in the names of the people and have them sign, stamp, and fingerprint. If they don't understand something, please explain it to them."

"Xiaohan, we know."

"Don't worry, girl. We are familiar with all of this."

"You guys who have something in mind can line up behind Kuwa."

As soon as Liu Yuhan finished speaking, Jiang Hu stood behind Hu Wa, and everyone also stood behind Jiang Hu and lined up consciously.