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Jing Yongjian had a large family and received a large share of land, a total of 110 acres; Jing Changming and Jing Changchang's families received 45 acres; Jing Yongqiang's family received 60 acres; and Jing Yongcheng's family received 70 acres.

The several families together own nearly 300 acres of land, which seems to have no end when viewed from a distance. It is impossible not to feel distressed.

The land survey had just taken an extremely long time, and Jing Changning had pondered for a long time before saying, "It's not difficult, but it requires everyone to be united, the cattle and horses must be gathered together, and the strength must be concentrated."

He did have some ideas, but he felt that he couldn't make decisions on his own. He had to go back and discuss it with his father. After all, the number of people in each family was different, and the tools of labor were also different. What he was most worried about was that they were not united. It would be fine if everything went smoothly, but if there was a natural disaster or man-made disaster and there was no harvest, it was hard to say. He didn't want to do something that was thankless.

Erlang remained silent, but he had his own ideas. He thought the land here was too flat, and the soil was uniform, making it ideal for large-scale planting. So, he said, "Let's go back and discuss this with Grandfather."

The other three households were confused, but they knew they had their own ideas, so they all echoed in unison: "It's still a long time before spring plowing, so we'll go and bother Big Brother (Big Uncle) some other time."

Both the uncle and the nephew have ideas, and they don't delay once they have them.

The next morning, Jing Changning and Erlang each took out the collective farming regulations and handed them to their father (grandfather). Except for not specifying what to plant, everything else was described in detail using words and tables.

So shortly after breakfast, Jing Yongcheng asked everyone in the family to sit together to discuss farming after the New Year. At least the family members had to discuss and perfect the specific details before they could discuss it with other families. This required brainstorming.

Jing Changning: "We should gather the people from the other families together and make rational use of the existing vehicles and tools. Planting on a large scale will save money and labor."

We can't let my parents and my sisters-in-law and nieces really work on the land every day, so we have to find a way to save effort and manpower.

Erlang: "It would be best to plant the same crops every season, centralize planting, harvesting, and trading. This would save labor, and if we could find a good market, we could probably get a higher price."

Most people in the family could only listen. No one had ever farmed before, so it was good enough that they could understand.

The most debated issue was how to allocate the money for cars, horses, silver, and labor. Their family had horses, mules, and cars, while the other families might have more manpower. Moreover, the amount of land that each family needed to cultivate was also different. Jing Changning and Erlang did not find this arithmetic problem difficult, but the rules and regulations had to be clear and signed, and it would be bad for anyone to suffer a loss.

Jing Changning: "The vehicles, horses, and tools must be converted into silver, or rented collectively. Even the acres of land can be converted. The more you count, the more you collect and the more you gain." Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. If you cultivate such a large piece of land without letting several families know everything clearly, relatives will become enemies in the future.

Scholars are smart and good at drawing inferences from one example. If you explain it several times, everyone will understand.

Erlang: "We can calculate the amount of work we do. It can be done like a regular or short-term worker. You can earn money based on how much you work. It's not difficult."

It is not difficult to calculate the average income per acre by deducting costs every quarter or at the end of the year. The important thing is to draw up a very detailed plan.

They took into consideration that families like Jing Changming and Jing Changdu, who did not have much money, would definitely be willing to work harder; while Jing Yongjian's family had many sons and one or two of them were willing to use their brains, so they would definitely have the idea of ​​selling the goods; this required very clear rules and regulations, otherwise it would be very easy to cause disputes.

Erlang: "Also, we need to select a few smart and eloquent people to go out and explore. Besides buying and selling our output, we can also look for other ways to increase income. It would be best if we could find more ways to make money. The time wasted will definitely be paid."

Zhuang: "You can also calculate commission based on income."

At the end of the discussion, the old lady sighed, "Paying rent like this might be enough to feed and clothe ourselves, but it's still difficult."

Jing Chunxi suddenly had an idea and thought for a moment, "Since the land is suitable for growing potatoes, cousin, why don't you go to a nearby town or county to see if there's anyone making or selling wide noodles here?"

Dalang touched his head, not knowing what it meant, but Erlang understood and looked at Jing Changning.

Jing Changning: "Yeah, why didn't I think of that? You definitely won't make a fortune from just raising it, but processing it into wide noodles is a different story. Not only is it easy to store, it might also sell for a good price."

Nanny Wang murmured, "We've been to the nearby towns, but we haven't seen any wide noodles. The people in the village prefer to boil and dry sweet potatoes."

Chuntao was glad she could strike up a conversation. "We see that every household has something drying on their rooftops! I've never seen anything like wide noodles when I go shopping, but they also have the habit of eating hotpot in winter, so if we can make some, we can still sell it."

The old lady touched Jing Chunxi's hair and said, "What's going on in your head?"

Little Dumpling immediately responded from the side: "Cousin Xi wants to eat wide noodles." She had been holding it in for a long time and had no idea what her third uncle and second brother were talking about. If it were at night, she would have fallen asleep long ago. At least there was still wide noodles to eat.

Yin immediately rubbed the little girl's head: "You are greedier than anyone else, don't you want to eat?"

This made the little dumpling laugh: "I like it. Wide noodles are better than noodles. They go into my stomach in one slurp." After saying that, he savored it for a while, which made the others laugh even more and the atmosphere was no longer so serious.

Jing Chunxi leaned closer to his grandparents and whispered, "The sweet potato vines planted by Aunt Fairy are already very long. They should be ready for planting in the spring."

Thinking about the well water in the space house, Jing Chunxi said again: "The seeds given by the fairy aunt must have a high yield. Who knows how many crops can be planted in a year?" She really didn't know how many times sweet potatoes could be planted in a year, but she had to let her family give it a try.

The old lady happily hugged her again and said, "Okay, since our sister Xi is capable, we can grow sweet potatoes on a large scale and open a workshop to make wide noodles."

Jing Changning also looked at the three of them, especially at Jing Chunxi. Jing Chunxi smiled with his eyebrows curved, so he did not refute it, which was considered as tacit agreement.

Nanny Wang thought for a while and said, "People here like to raise ducks, but chickens are very expensive. It would be great if we could raise chickens and sell them. Anyway, the small fish and shrimps here are not expensive. We can buy them, dry them, grind them into powder, and mix them with rice bran. Chickens will grow very fast." No one knew where Nanny learned this experience, but everyone felt that there was some truth to it.

The two guards also said, "When I went out to buy chickens yesterday, I saw that the chickens that the lame woman kept in cages were so fat. If we also kept them in cages, we wouldn't have to chase them away every night, and the house wouldn't be covered in chicken droppings. We might also save on food."

There is strength in numbers. Everyone brainstormed and discussed many things. Erlang wrote them down one by one. Even though Sanlang and Silang didn't have any ideas, they said they would be responsible for cutting grass and raising rabbits, and also for going to the dock to collect small fish and shrimps thrown away by others to feed the chickens. This made the two little dumplings itchy and they wondered if they could follow.

The final decision was that if other families came to us, we would talk to them about farming, but whether or not they wanted to do collective farming would be voluntary.

But it doesn’t matter whether they cooperate or not, they can still harvest the sweet potatoes they grow, which can be regarded as solving their worries.