Farming and reading family

This is also the reason why Chen Qing has not said until now that he will not provide food to the villagers, but this matter cannot be delayed indefinitely.

Gao E had actually been thinking about this for a long time: "Brother, have you ever thought about making the village a collective?"

The three brothers all looked at Gao E.

"Everyone in the village now can join this collective as long as they are willing. Those who have land at home will have to farm it together and work together." Gao E said slowly.

"Absolutely not!" Chen Jie directly denied it. "In our village, some families have more land, some have less land, some have more able-bodied laborers, some have fewer. Who would want to suffer this loss?"

Ordinary people may not take advantage of others, but they cannot suffer losses.

"Are there many families with plenty of land?" Gao E knew this question would arise.

"Well... not much." Chen Jie thought about it seriously.

"Where are there many strong laborers?" Gao E continued to ask.

"Generally, families with more land have more strong laborers, but there are only a few of them in the village," Chen Qing explained.

"That's easy. People with less land are in a more difficult situation now. They are more willing to form such a group. When the time comes, when they organize themselves, their number of people and the amount of land will be no less than those people." Gao E did not intend to unite everyone.

Chen Qing thought about it and realized it was true: "Then...what happens next?"

"This is led by our Chen family. We will decide what to plant and how to plant it. We will be responsible for their food during this period." Gao E thought for a moment, "But we need to sign a document. It will either be a tenant or a cooperation."

Chen Qing seriously thought about the feasibility of this matter.

"Also, we can buy some land, as long as the price is right." Gao E continued, "The grain will be sold at the same price as before, with a 30% increase. It will only be sold to the people of Batou Village."

The Chen family doesn't have much land now, and the prices of mulberry and hemp will rise in the future. Gao E wants to buy relatively cheap sloping land and plant some crops on it now.

"Of course, if those who participate in the cooperation have extra work to do, the wages will be uniformly stipulated." Gao E did not treat people as slaves.

In fact, some clans also have such a model. Since they are a family, there is nothing much to say.

Nowadays, it is a bit difficult to get people of different races to communicate in this way.

"Tomorrow night, go together with the village head to gather the villagers to discuss the matter." Chen Qing did not make a decision immediately.

"Mom, it's so cold standing at the door. Why don't you come in?" Lei said loudly at the door.

Jiang was so frightened that she staggered and bumped into the door, but fortunately she didn't break the door open.

Everyone knew that Mother was eavesdropping outside.

Chen Jie immediately ran over and opened the door: "Why don't you come in when mom is here?"

Jiang was a little embarrassed: "I was just passing by, passing by." She left with a smile.

Chen Jie knew his mother was lying: "Mom, please slow down."

"Hey, hey." Jiang left quickly.

Chen Jie frowned, not knowing how much his mother had heard, but they didn't say anything that others couldn't hear.

Jiang did not return to the second cave where she lived, but went directly to the third cave to find her old man.

"Old man, come out with me." Jiang looked at her grandchildren who were playing with stones together.

"What's wrong?" Chen Fansheng didn't want to go out. "If you have anything to say, just say it here."

Jiang glanced at Chen Zhengyan and said, "The child is grown up and can learn to speak."

Chen Fansheng was somewhat dissatisfied, but he still followed Jiang out. The two of them stopped a little further away from the cave entrance.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Chen Fansheng tightened his coat because it was too cold outside.

Jiang looked around warily and lowered her voice: "I saw the three of them hiding in Gao's cave, I don't know what they were discussing."

Chen Fansheng was speechless: "What can they discuss?"

Jiang was anxious: "No matter what we are discussing, you are the head of the family, shouldn't I discuss it with you?"

Chen Fansheng fell silent.

Jiang saw that the old man had heard her, "How could they discuss this with Gao, a woman like her, without even telling you."

Chen Fansheng frowned. He had been eating and living well at the second brother's house during this period. He also went to see the villagers crowded in the cave without even bedding. He thought he was doing well enough.

As for the chores outside, his three sons handled them well and he didn't have to worry about them. It was good for him to take care of his young grandchildren.

If Jiang hadn't said this to him today, he really wouldn't have thought about these things.

"And how much food does the second brother have?" Jiang felt that she should be in charge of the food, otherwise they would be wasting it all. "They just take it out every day and never tell me how much."

Chen Fansheng looked at Jiang. He knew Jiang's little thoughts and sometimes he couldn't figure things out.

In his opinion, Jiang's greatest advantage is that he has no special ability, so he will not make any big mistakes, and he can still live a good life.

"You are their biological father, you can't let them continue like this." Jiang said immediately.

Chen Fansheng would not be led astray by his wife: "If you feel uncomfortable living in the second brother's house, go live over there in the cave." He said and left.

Jiang was stunned. Why did she feel that the old man who had always stood on her side suddenly stopped standing on her side?

But if Jiang did what Chen Fansheng wanted her to do, Chen Fansheng would stand on Jiang's side.

The next day, half of the people who were originally going to go into the mountains to hunt did not go into the mountains, and went to the river beach to look for clams.

Seeing this, Zheng Fengan knew that it was time for everyone to live their own lives, but if they separated, he didn't know how many villagers would leave.

What they ate today was what the villagers collected in the mountains themselves. The biggest difference between it and what the Chen family made was that there was no salt, but they thought that the Chen family had run out of salt.

After all, no one would buy so much salt and keep it at home.

In the afternoon, Lei brought back a broken clam shell and showed it to Gao E: "This is the clam with the pearl."

Gao E took a closer look and found that it was indeed a cuminosa. With this kind of clam shell, how far would it be from cultivating pearls?

Although freshwater pearls are not as precious as saltwater pearls, they are still pearls, and according to what Chen Ke said, their prices are also sky-high.

Moreover, the cuminghai clams produce large quantities of pearls, and they have an absolute advantage in price.

"You should collect more of these river clams." Gao E carefully explained the difference to Lei.

Lei was confused after hearing this: "What can this river clam do?"

"It will be of great use." Gao E said mysteriously, "If it succeeds in the future, it will be a mountain of gold and silver."

When Lei heard that it was a mountain of gold and silver, he became interested: "Okay, I'll go pick it up right away."

It was much faster to just pick up the river clams without worrying about whether there were pearls or not. Lei carried back two baskets before dark.

However, many of them were not the Cucumber. Gao E put several kinds of clam shells together and showed them to Lei, who finally saw the difference.

Just as the Chen family finished preparing dinner, there was a knock on the door.

"Sister, brother-in-law." Gao Chong called out uncertainly.

The Chen family was stunned for a moment, and Chen Jie hurried to open the door.

But after opening the door and seeing the person outside, he stood there in a daze, not knowing whether he should let him in.