Farming and reading family

The two chatted for a while, and Gao Chong was outside calling Gao Liang and asking for his mother, so Wu had to go out to coax the child.

Gao Liang is the only child in the Gao family and has always been spoiled. Unlike the original owner's four children, they have been strictly bound by rules since childhood and are not even as lively as their peers.

Thinking of this, Gao E looked at Xiao Wu who was sleeping on the side. This child was surprisingly well-behaved. From birth to now, he would only cry when eating, drinking, defecating or urinating, and he usually slept.

This gave her the illusion that the child was easy to take care of.

It may also be that the original owner didn't care that much about the child, so the child was cautious in the womb.

Lu Hao helped Luo Dagang fix the bedding in the carriage. With Luo Dagang's body shape, it was too cramped to sleep in the carriage.

"I saw the cave. It's very spacious. There's a fire inside, so it's not cold at all." Lu Hao was very dissatisfied with the Chen family for not allowing Luo Dagang to live in their house.

"Then I feel relieved." Luo Dagang smiled.

"Are you relieved?" Lu Hao thought he had misheard.

"If they are willing to let Rouer stay, Rouer won't suffer." Luo Dagang said seriously.

Lu Hao sighed: "Why can Peng Can stay, but you can't live here?"

Luo Dagang felt that the problem lay with Boss Chen, as Boss Chen might not like him selling illegal salt.

But he didn't mind it much. They had no relationship with the Chen family and he just relied on his acquaintances to get in.

"Don't have any ideas, just stay in the Chen family." Luo Dagang reminded.

Lu Hao was helpless: "I say you are too honest. Sooner or later you will suffer a great loss."

Luo Dagang ignored him.

When Lei saw Luo Qing'er, she was extremely surprised. This girl was so beautiful, completely different from the girls in their village.

He was busy packing her things, which made Jiang roll her eyes.

Chen Yuning and Chen Hanyue also like Luo Qing'er very much. She speaks softly and gently, making people feel that they dare not touch her hard.

The key is that he is not pampered and he is busy helping as soon as he enters the cave.

Peng Can and the others also get along well with each other. Gao Chong is a little bad at speaking, but Peng Can can make everyone happy.

Chen Ke secretly went outside to see where Luo Dagang was stationed. When he came back, he was worried and reminded him to lock the door at night.

The villagers over there are discussing the formation of a village collective.

No one said why they had to listen to the Chen family. After all, the Chen family would provide food during this period, which was life-saving.

Just as they had expected, those with able-bodied men and plenty of land at home were unwilling to join, while those from families in financial difficulty were more willing.

As for the Chen family being able to buy the land, they will set the price and everyone is just waiting and watching.

If this hurdle can be overcome, no one will be willing to sell land.

But from now on, the Chen family no longer provides free food unconditionally, and it becomes a problem for most people to survive.

"I think this is a good thing." Zheng Xiaoshun stood up after thinking it over again.

Everyone looked at Zheng Xiaoshun.

"The Chen family is essentially pooling all their manpower and land together, which will make things go faster," Zheng Xiaoshun explained. "The land is still ours, it's just being allocated in a unified way. I'll join in."

Zheng Xiaoshun has four acres of land, but his crops are not very good. People who see him shake their heads and don’t know how he has survived all these years.

"You are willing to do so. You will naturally be happy to have someone help you farm." Hu Guangyuan said unhappily.

The Hu family was in an awkward situation. They had neither too many nor too few able-bodied men, five acres of good farmland and ten acres of sloping land, and they lived a decent life.

Tian held Ergua in her arms and hesitated for a long time: "Can our family join?"

Everyone looked at Tian. Since Guo Pei was arrested, they were the only orphans and widows left in the family.

"Yes," Chen Qing replied affirmatively. "After joining, both men and women can share the food according to their farming hours."

Although he did not understand at first that women could share food like men, he had to compromise because his second brother's wife insisted.

Think about it, although my third brother’s wife is a woman, she works faster than my third brother.

When everyone heard Chen Qing's certainty, they started talking again.

"Anyway, I'm not joining." Wang Chunxi stood up. "Isn't this just turning the village into the Chen family's?"

Some people also think so, but because they have eaten at Chen's restaurant during this period, they don't want to say it directly.

Everyone in the group was undecided, and in the end only a few families in the village who were particularly poor expressed their willingness to join and signed the documents under the witness of the village head.

Others can understand that these families probably have no way to survive if they flee the famine.

"Dad?" Guo Gaoying didn't quite understand why his father didn't join.

Their family has a good relationship with the Chen family and feels that the Chen family will not treat them unfairly.

Guo Dafu sighed. He had a good relationship with the Chen family, but that was a neighborly relationship. If he really joined the collective that the Chen family mentioned, he would be inferior to the Chen family. Would the relationship still be good then?

Many people in Batou Village did not sleep well that night.

Gao E saw the documents the next day. Chen Qing introduced her to the situations of those families, and Gao E was not surprised at all.

"Let's cook for the number of people first." Gao E didn't pay much attention. "Now we can clean up the silt. Has Uncle Zheng taken people to mark out the fields?"

Chen Qing nodded: "I went, but the rush was too strong, so it's hard to measure. It will take some time."

Gao E nodded: "How is the river water now?"

"The river has changed its course." Chen Qing said in a low voice, "The section of the Wangba River that was there before has been completely washed away. Only a small river remains."

Gao E knew what was going on: "During this period, I'll have to trouble you, big brother, to coordinate with the villagers."

Chen Qing nodded.

After Chen Qing left, Wu came in immediately.

She had just learned about what her eldest sister was going to do: "Eldest sister, you might as well just buy their land and make them tenants. If that doesn't work, buy them too. In this kind of year, they're willing to sell themselves just to get a meal."

Gao E looked at Wu, and she knew that what Wu was thinking was what people of that era thought.

But she is Gao'e, who has seen a better world, so naturally she doesn't want to return to darkness.

"If you were those people, would you be willing to sell yourself into slavery?" Gao E looked at Wu.

Mrs. Wu didn't say anything.

Of course she didn't want to, but she was not one of those people, so she didn't think about it.

"They still have land. Of course I can buy their land first. They can use the silver to buy food from me. When the silver runs out, they may have no choice but to become tenants or sell themselves into slavery."

"But they may also sell their land and get the silver to escape the famine. There are no people here, and even wild beasts can come down and bully our family here." Gao E said with a smile.

After hearing her elder sister's clear analysis, Mrs. Wu stopped talking.

At this time, Lei came in and said that Wang Chunxi had arrived.

"What is he here for?" Gao E wondered.

"I guess they're selling land." Lei wasn't sure. "I don't know what kind of luck they had, but they picked up three or four pearls."

Gao E frowned, thinking that the Wang family might want to leave Baotou Village: "Let your man go and talk to him."