Farm widows have space, pick up a treasure on the way to escape

Chapter 167 What's wrong with the woman?
The two Lu brothers nodded seriously: "Of course it's true. We are from Anping Village next door, and the Lu family's garment workshop belongs to my family. You will know when you go there and ask. It's really inconvenient for my family to flee from famine and not have any land." , just buy some to cultivate.”

In order to make people believe that he was not a liar, Boss Lu gave a very serious explanation.

Now the family's business is good, and when it comes to their own workshop, Beier has a lot of face, and both brothers have smiles on their faces.

"It turns out to be the Lu family! No wonder!"

Speaking of which, the village chief's daughter works in the Lujia Workshop. He knows that, and he heard that the workshop is very profitable!
Sure enough, rich people are willful. It is really rare for such a crop to be given such a high price!

"How much land do you need? If you can really do what you say, my family can sell ten acres of land!"

The village chief looked at the brothers with sharp eyes, wondering if they could ask for so much.

For such a good thing, of course he would first consider his own home, and then go to the homes of his close relatives.

"The more the better!"

Lu Laoer followed what He Jiuniang told him: "One hundred acres is never too little, and five hundred acres is never too much!"

In this era, an adult male can be allocated ten acres of fertile land. Especially for families with many boys and children, a family can have seventy or eighty acres of land. It is not a problem for several surrounding villages to scrape together a few hundred acres and sell it to the Lu family. .

The village chief didn't expect that they would buy so much. Thinking that his daughter was still working in his workshop, he kindly reminded: "You can't predict the harvest in this field. If you buy so much at once, if the harvest next year is not good, , you’re afraid you won’t even be able to earn wages!”

"We all know this, but buying land is a family decision. The village chief only needs to help us ask if any villagers are willing to sell their land."

Seeing them like this, the village chief knew that he couldn't persuade them anymore. Since they were rich, there was no need to worry about them, so he nodded and went out to summon the villagers.

After working in a nearby village for a few days, people with lots of land were willing to sell some, which totaled three to four hundred acres. So far, they have only made one statistics, but it has not yet been finalized. The brothers wrote down some questions from the villagers and will report back in the evening. Discuss with family members.

"The first question is, can every family that sells their land have one person to work as a long-term laborer?"

Boss Lu looked through the simple notes he had made. The handwriting was ugly and there were not many words. Basically only he could understand it.

"How can that be done? If we meet some lazy people who don't cultivate the land well and only want to get ten cents a day, but the crops in the fields are left unattended, our family will suffer a loss?"

Mrs. Sun glared at her son without thinking. The men in the family seemed to have no brains. Do they need to ask this kind of question?Don’t you know how to make your own decisions?

Mr. Lu also felt that this matter was unjust, but he still explained conscientiously: "There are very few families who are willing to sell their land. They mainly go there because they want to be long-term workers. Many families want one person in the family to become a long-term worker before they are willing to sell their land." .”

"Yes, my eldest brother and I asked about it two days ago, and they were all disgusted."

Lu Laoer testified that this matter is really difficult to handle. Land is the root of farmers. Only when they are desperate will they think of selling land.

If the Lu family hadn't offered this condition, few people would be willing to sell it.

"That can't be compromised!"

Mrs. Yu said, "Aren't we being manipulated by them? We buy the land for ourselves, not for them!" "Sister-in-law is right, I would rather not buy it than compromise, otherwise it will be no different from buying the land of the wealthy family?" It can only be said that they sold the land and the long-term workers will be chosen from their families first.”

When He Jiuniang opened her mouth, Boss Lu said: "Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow. There is another question. Can people who don't sell their land also work as long-term workers? Not only the indigenous villagers, but also the refugees who fled from famine want to be selected. It's just a question. The reason is that most of the refugees are women..."

Boss Lu didn't say what he said next, but everyone in the family knew what he meant.

Most of the work in the fields is manual work. Women are not as strong as men, so it may be very difficult to do it.

"What's wrong with the woman? Boss, you look down on women, don't you look down on me?"

Mrs. Sun put her hands on her hips and sprayed her eldest son with a look of displeasure on her face: "I still worked hard every day when I was in my hometown, and I did no less than your fathers!"

Boss Lu was horrified, shook his head repeatedly, and hurriedly explained: "Mom, my son doesn't mean that! He just thinks that such physical work is harmful to the body, so it's better to let a man do it!"

He really didn't mean to look down on women. After all, his family was still headed by a woman.

"People are starving to death, who cares whether they are hurt or not? You are just a fool!"

Mrs. Sun was really angry. Her family had to take a shortcut to stay in Jingzhou as a whole family, but the others were different. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

Now that I have the ability, if I can help a little, it can be regarded as a good deed, but the boss just wants to think about those irrelevant things. This age is really wasted!

Mrs. Yu hurriedly slapped her man in the face and said with a smile: "I think there is nothing wrong with women doing farm work. We used to do farm work at home, and women are attentive and can take care of the crops more carefully. This is actually a good thing!"

He Jiuniang saw what Sun was thinking and said: "In this case, the eldest and second brothers will go and tell those people that both men and women are welcome, and the men will be given priority from those who sell their fields. Only the most diligent and careful ones will not sell their fields." Some families only consider refugees who have fled famine, and mainly choose women who are capable and not pretentious."

"And the abilities of men and women are not comparable, so a man is responsible for eight acres of land and a woman is responsible for seven acres of land."

“We do not need to take any responsibility for reduced harvests due to natural disasters or man-made disasters, but if it is due to lack of dedication and laziness, we must compensate accordingly, and if this happens once, we will fire them and never hire them.”

If it weren't for He Jiuniang, the Lu family would not be able to stand here intact. Now that they are living a good life, it is understandable that they do their best to help others without harming their own interests.

"Row."

Boss Lu nodded in agreement, wrote down the key points in his notebook, and told the villagers tomorrow.

The family meeting came to an end and they were about to go back to their respective houses when they heard someone knocking on the door. Leizi went to open the door. When he saw the person, he politely called out "Grandpa Village Chief, Grandma Village Chief."

The visitors were Wang Yuan, the head of Anping Village, and his wife Liu.

When the Lu family heard the sound, they all came out to greet the guests. The village chief and his wife came to the door on their own initiative, maybe there was something important.

(End of this chapter)