They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 254 A wave of land reclamation sweeps through the village

Thanks to Liang Lizheng's tireless efforts, every household, except for those they kept for themselves, had all their produce bought up by the government. On the day the officials left the village, the dust settled down, and the whole village rejoiced.

Everyone was in high spirits, congratulating each other and looking forward to the coming year.

"I'm rich! Haha, I'm rich!"

"I've never seen so much money in my life, hahaha."

"Who isn't? It's all thanks to Zhichun."

"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to Zhichun. Without her, we wouldn't be here."

"That's not."

In this matter, even the most shrewd family in the village had to acknowledge Xu Zhichun's favor. Liang Lizheng instructed each family to hand over twenty catties of sweet potatoes and twenty catties of potatoes to Xu Zhichun. No one had any objections, or dared not to, and obediently handed them all over.

Xu Zhichun accepted them all.

Although it's nothing special to her, people don't appreciate things given for free. But when a certain cost is charged, people are more in awe of the effort.

While everyone was overjoyed and determined to work hard, a question suddenly occurred to them: Everyone says that next year we should plant more crops, but how can we plant without land?

We must clear the land immediately!
Everyone snapped out of their daze, and a wave of land reclamation immediately swept through the village.

"Village head, village head, my family wants to reclaim two mu of wasteland—no, three mu! No, no, no, let's make it four mu!"

"My family also wants to reclaim wasteland; we'll reclaim five mu!"

“My family also has five mu of land, right in the village. My family originally had about one mu of land in the Qingyangpo mountain valley. My family reclaimed the land right next to it. Give that land to my family, don’t give it to anyone else.”

"My house also needs to be connected to the original one, the village head, the village head, please remember that."

"Uncle Village Head, can we go to measure it today? Are you going to town tomorrow? Can the land deed be processed tomorrow?"

“Nephew, village head, our family is going to clear the land first. Anyway, it’s that area, we definitely want it. We’ll just get the land deed done later.”

"Is that alright? Then our family will go and clear the land first, and we'll add the land deed later."

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Liang was extremely busy, and it felt like a thousand ducks were quacking in his head, making such a racket that it was driving him crazy.

Although, Liang, as a conscientious and responsible village head, still patiently registered and inquired about each person's needs, asking who wanted which land and how much, and mediating disputes between two or even three households on the spot.
In addition, a friendly reminder: the prices of potatoes and sweet potatoes next year may not be as high. Of course, it's also possible that the government won't want them next year, but merchants will, and the price will be even higher. In short, everyone should be aware of the situation and make their own judgments. Each family should carefully consider the matter of land reclamation, and whatever the outcome, each family will be responsible for its own actions.
The villagers above wouldn't listen to any of this.

"We know, we understand!"

"We're definitely responsible for our own farming. We're going to cultivate five acres anyway, and if we can't sell them, we can eat them ourselves."

"Yes, yes, that's what we think too."

"We'll definitely be able to sell them. Even if the price is a little lower, with such a high yield, we won't lose money. Zhichun has planted so many, what are we afraid of?"

"That's right!"

"..." Liang Li rubbed his head, which was throbbing and about to explode. Well, he had already said what he needed to say, and he didn't care about anything else.

Xu Zhichun was quick-witted and nimble-fingered. He bought another 200 mu next to the konjac field and, unlike others, planted sweet potatoes and potatoes, but still planted konjac.

The scale of the konjac product series can be expanded starting next year.

She also bought the entire hill behind the courtyard, totaling 330 mu, plus the original 65 mu, making it nearly 400 mu.

Perfect, let's plant konjac everywhere.

It's also worth considering building a konjac workshop.

We should hire villagers to do the work, and everyone can make money together; that's the only way to ensure long-term success.

These lands, along with the Qingquan Farm near Quanshan Village, will all be handed over to Yang Xiaoan and his son to manage, so that they won't have to trouble two people with the same task.

Yang Ming was stunned, and then panicked a little—he was afraid he wouldn't do a good job.

Yang Xiaoan was overjoyed, so excited he almost jumped for joy. "Don't worry, Sister Zhichun, I will definitely ask you for advice and learn from you if there's anything I don't understand. I will also ask Xiaoman for advice."

Xu Zhichun knew that Yang Xiaoan had been frequently visiting Liang Lizheng's house ever since Xiaoman returned to the village. Now he understood: besides keeping Xiaoman company, he also wanted to learn from her. Xiaoman had worked in the county town's shops for several years, and her perspective and knowledge far surpassed Yang Xiaoan's. Yang Xiaoan could definitely learn a lot from her.

His thoughtfulness shows that I didn't misjudge him.

Xu Zhichun nodded and smiled: "Xiaoman does know a lot. It won't hurt for you to learn from him. We're all from the same village, so I trust you with these matters."

While the village was celebrating the harvest and carrying out a vigorous land reclamation campaign, relatives and friends from all over the village came to visit.

The goal, of course, was singular: to get sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Xu Zhichun closed the door as usual and ignored everyone.

She had already given Mr. Qin his share as promised, and she had no interest in dealing with anyone else.

Konjac tofu and konjac noodles are still being sold in the county town, so I still have to go to town every day.

Now that the business has grown significantly, it's not worth spending too much time on it anymore. Xu Zhichun is planning to buy a shop and hire someone to run it. Once the konjac tofu and konjac noodles are made, Liang Mingliang will only need to deliver them to the city once a day.

Master Qin was the first local landowner to receive sweet potatoes and potatoes, which made everyone around him extremely envious.

Knowing that Xu Zhichun was looking for a suitable shop, Master Qin generously offered one of his own good shops.

Although it's called one shop, it was originally two shops combined. The shop is quite spacious, and although it's not on the main street, the location is still very good, making it perfect for selling things like konjac tofu and konjac noodles.

The most convenient thing is that there is a fairly large courtyard attached to the back of the shop. There are houses built on both sides of the courtyard, which can be used as living quarters for the people who guard the shop, and there are also several rooms that can be used as warehouses.

Xu Zhichun particularly liked a tall, large white magnolia tree, as thick as a large bowl, growing against the wall on the vacant lot where no houses had been built. The magnolia tree had a smooth, tall trunk and many branches with lush foliage. In early spring, its blossoms would be as white as snow, a truly beautiful sight.

"I definitely won't sell this shop to anyone else, but if Madam Xu wants it, three hundred taels of silver will do."

Such a large, well-equipped shop that you can move into right away—why would Xu Zhichun possibly take such a big advantage from Master Qin?