Farming and reading family

Anyway, it was just a matter of saying hello to Jin Ruyi. Even if Chen Ke knew that these were all her tenants, she would say that Chen Ke didn't ask her.

After a while, Chen Jie and his friends moved the farm tools and other things home, and Chen Ke went out to help.

"Rest, rest." Chen Qing hurriedly stopped him, "Don't bump into anything."

This made Chen Ke feel quite useless.

People in the village who had some free time also came to help, so it didn't take much effort.

After moving, Gao E walked out of the yard and looked at the dark village below. Although she was given a new house, how many houses had lights on?

Zheng Fengan's house was cleaned up early, and Zheng Yicheng went to Chen's house to help. When he came back, he saw his father sitting in the yard.

"Dad, why doesn't you come into the house and sleep?" Zheng Yicheng wanted to drink some water, but suddenly remembered that there was no water at home.

Then I thought that apart from this brick house, there were no doors or windows in the house.

"Let's go cut some bamboo tomorrow and make a door for the house first." Zheng Fengan was waiting for his son to come back to discuss this matter.

Zheng Yicheng and his father sat side by side on the steps: "Such a nice house with a bamboo door is too shabby. Let's go buy a gate with copper nails."

"How much does that cost?" Zheng Fengan was a little unhappy.

Zheng Yicheng thought that not only did they not spend much money this year, they also made a little profit, so how come they were out of money?

"A broken house is worth a fortune," Zheng Fengan sighed. "Doors and windows need to be bought, and everything in the house needs to be bought. Just the pots and pans alone are a considerable expense. After the autumn sowing, we need to prepare for winter, and there are so many things we need."

"Let's go find Master An for a fight." Zheng Yicheng felt it was not a difficult task.

"Do you think it will be our family's turn?" Zheng Fengan asked back.

Zheng Yicheng thought so too. The Chen family had four courtyards, so there would be too much carpentry work to do.

The extra wood used in building houses in the village was given to the Chen family. I don’t know if they can finish it this year.

I originally thought of having my own brick house, but now I think there are so many things I’m missing.

"Or... let's sell some food." Zheng Yicheng still felt that it would be better to buy it quickly.

In the past, after the grain was harvested, we had to sell most of it to pay taxes. Now we don’t have to pay taxes, and everything we sell is ours.

"Grain prices are too low right now," Zheng Fengan said, feeling it wasn't worth it. "I'll slowly figure out a way. It's not time to sell grain yet."

Not only the Zheng family was discussing this matter, but most families in Baotou Village were discussing this matter.

The most urgent thing is farm tools. Farm tools are needed for autumn sowing. The Chen family has collected all the farm tools. If there is no other way, I can only borrow from the Chen family.

Gao E got up very early today.

She talked to Chen Ke yesterday about hiring tenants from Luoyun Village, and in the evening she thought there were other solutions to the problem.

Chen Qing also got up early. Now that the village collective had disbanded, he had to start planting the land at home. "I have something to discuss with my second brother and his wife."

"Brother said." Gao E nodded.

"Now that we have a lot of land at home, can we let Luo Dagang and Peng Can also work in the fields?" Chen Qing asked tentatively.

Gao E thought it was something else: "Brother, don't worry about this for now." Gao E gestured for her brother to sit down and said slowly, "The villagers don't have farm tools. Some will go out to buy them, and some will come to borrow them from us. Why don't you take this opportunity to ask them to help plant our land first?"

Chen Qing thought it was feasible.

They have a lot of land, but if there are enough people, it only takes one or two days to finish planting.

"If they really come to borrow it, I will mention it to them." Chen Qing nodded.

"There are definitely villagers who want to sell grain. You can ask them to inquire about the price and come back to sell it to our family." Gao E suggested.

This puzzled Chen Qing: "Our family is not short of food this year."

"We have a big family." Gao E said directly.

Chen Qing turned his head to look at a group of children running in the yard.

There are indeed many people in their family, but not many of them work.

"We know the quality of the crops grown in our own village. Besides, the current low grain prices make it a good deal," Gao E suggested.

She just suddenly thought that the grain price in He County would not be too low this year. After all, a large area of ​​crops in Dou Shui were not planted, and many outsiders came.

However, according to the rule that grain prices will be low when grain comes in, some vendors probably want to take advantage of this loophole, so Gao E took the opportunity to buy some.

"Then how much should I buy?" Chen Qing thought it was okay.

"We'll buy as many as we have in our village," Gao E said directly.

Chen Qing felt it was too much, but still nodded.

Chen Jie did not slack off today. He got up early and prepared to go to the fields to work. After hearing that his elder brother and second sister-in-law had already discussed it, he thought this was feasible.

Soon after breakfast, someone came and asked awkwardly to borrow some farm tools.

Chen Jie directly said that his family also wanted to farm. The other party said awkwardly that the things that Chen's family couldn't use would be given to them first. Chen Jie laughed directly. He said that their family had a lot of land, and if they wanted to farm in a hurry, they would hire people, so the farm tools were enough.

The other party quickly understood what was said and said that they could help the Chen family plant the land first.

Soon, more people came and all had the same result, so Chen Qing took them to farm.

Chen Jie wanted to go and take a look at the kiln in Hamagou. Once the village collective was disbanded, the kiln firing was temporarily stopped, but he still wanted to go and take a look.

Gao E thought this was feasible, at least it would be fine for autumn sowing.

In the morning, I went to see the new house with Master An.

"If Master An wants a separate yard, I will build it for you." Gao E suggested.

Master An shook his head: "It's boring for me to live alone. I've already discussed it with Master Ma. I'll just stay at your house. The two of us can just share a room."

"Then I'll be slack." Gao E thought this was fine.

"What do you mean by neglect? I'll just live with your family and you don't have to worry about anything." Master An said casually.

It takes a lot of carpenters to work on the four yards, and Master An definitely can’t do it alone.

Gao E plans to hire a few more helpers.

There is less work to do in winter. In addition to working in the kiln, the people of Luoyun Village can also come to the Chen family as long-term laborers. When they need river sand to build houses, Gao E will let them continue to dig clam ponds.

The villagers who failed to borrow farm tools also thought of buying some to use first, but most of them came back empty-handed.

Nowadays, the price of agricultural tools is high, and they are reluctant to buy them. All iron tools have increased in price, and they feel the pain of spending the money.

In the afternoon, Gao E and Master Xie discussed the construction of a paper mill.

Master Xie had never built a paper mill, so Gao E asked Master Xie what was needed. Master Xie wrote down everything and then planned how to build it.

At night, Chen Ke came to find Gao E. He was silent in the cave for a long time, not knowing how to start.

"Is there something?" Gao E saw that Chen Ke always seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Chen Ke lowered his head and said, "Although the school has been returned to our family, the village has been disbanded. How will the tuition fees for the children in the village to attend the school be calculated?"

Gao E ignored this.

Nowadays, most families cannot afford to go to school, and if there is no one in the school, then there is no point for the Chen family to have a school.

She thought for a moment and then said tentatively, "We have a lot of land now, so we can ask the villagers to work to pay for the tuition."

"Work to pay for the salary?" Chen Ke didn't quite understand.

"Well, one day's work is one job. As long as you work for our family for sixty days, you can let a child go to school for a year." Gao E suggested.