Pastoral little master

Chapter 140 New plan
There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, Qiduo's family got up at the beginning of Maoshi.

Tang Hu slept at Tan Debao's place last night and got up early.

Breakfast is delicious rice. Digging lotus root is too hard. If you don’t eat hard food, your body won’t be able to hold on.

After breakfast, it was almost time. Tan Dejin, Tan Debao, Tang Hu, Qiduo and Liuju took their things and went out.

They went to Patriarch Tan's house first, and they agreed to meet there yesterday.

People rushed over one after another, and everyone greeted each other.

The Tan family also came, but they were all very surprised when they saw Tang Hu, especially Sandao, who trembled in fright, screamed and threw herself into Yang's arms.

The villagers looked at Sandao, wondering what happened.

"You...why are you here?" Yang asked, pointing at Tang Hu with a trembling voice.

Saburo and the others also recognized Tang Hu.

However, they didn't dare to do anything to Tang Hu in front of people, for fear that they would reveal the Lin family's affairs.Mr. Tan has confessed that everyone is rotten in their stomachs about that matter, and no one is allowed to speak out.

Tang Hu nodded to Yang very calmly, with a calm face, as if he didn't know her, turned around to talk to Tan Debao, and ignored her.

"Er Niang, what's the matter? Do you know Uncle Tang?" Qi Duo hurriedly stepped forward and asked concerned, pretending not to know what happened last time.

"Qiduo, that person was sent by the Lin family last time, and he almost hurt your sister Sandao." Yang said in a low voice, gritting her teeth.

Qiduo frowned, and said, "No way, he is a friend of my fourth uncle's before. People have imagination, and you may have mistaken him. Besides, it's better not to shout about the Lin family, otherwise Everyone should know. Besides, we have these people here, Er Niang, what are you worried about?"

Yang's lips were tightly pursed, and after thinking about it, she thought that what Qiduo said made sense.

Regardless of whether this person is from the Lin family or not, everyone here is from Tanjiazhuang, so I'm afraid that he alone can make waves.

She had no choice but to comfort Sandao softly, so that Sandao would not be afraid.

Qiduo looked at the thick and strong villagers, then at the delicate Santao and Wuxing, and shook her head. They didn't know how many lotus roots they could dig out.

After all the people were gathered, everyone took their tools, got on a few ox carts, and headed towards Luhuapo.

Mr. Tan also followed. He wanted to see the pond full of lotus roots with his own eyes. Thinking about it, he felt ashamed, ashamed of the ancestral property left by his ancestors, for not taking care of them properly, turning them into treasures and turning them into waste .

When they arrived at the pond, Qiduo introduced Tang Hu's identity to everyone, and asked everyone to follow him carefully to learn how to dig lotus roots, and strive for everyone to dig out a complete lotus root and earn more money.

Finally, Qiduo added another sentence, after all the lotus roots have been dug up, there will be extra rewards to see who is good at digging the lotus roots.

Everyone smiled and asked what the reward was.

"Of course it's money. As long as everyone does a good job, we will never lose money to you!" Qi Duo said loudly with a smile.

"Okay!" Hearing Yinzi, everyone shouted hello.

Tang Hu asked everyone to take off their shoes and socks, rolled up their trousers, and after putting on gloves, he went down to the pond to demonstrate how to dig lotus roots.

San Tao, Wu Xing, and Si Zao shy away, unwilling to take off their shoes and socks. Except for three or five women, these hired workers are all old men, so they have the nerve to show their snow-white legs.

Qiduo pursed her lips, Mrs. Zhao shouldn't have let you come, but she can understand their thoughts.

Turning her eyes, she suddenly thought of the scene of helping with farm work at home in her previous life. Because she was particularly afraid of leeches, when she went to the field to plant rice, she was fully armed and tucked her trousers into her socks.

Although she was laughed at by the village at the time, since she was armed in this way, she no longer worried about being bitten by leeches when she went to the field, and her feet would not be scratched by stones or debris in the mud.

Qiduo approached the three of them and said what she had just thought.

Sandao and the others greeted each other, immediately took off their shoes, tied up the trousers and socks together, and then stood up in satisfaction.

In order to work today, the three of them purposely found old clothes to wear, otherwise, they would not be willing to muddle the clothes in the mud.

But Qiduo would bet that Sandao and the others would be exhausted in no time.

Tang Hu stood in the pond, holding a small pointed shovel in his hand, and explained while digging, "...Look, you can see that there are lotus root below here now, you can't dig it with a shovel anymore, you have to use your hands to reveal it. The contoured lotus root slowly peels away the hard mud..."

Soon, the tightly connected lotus root was completely pulled out. He held it with one hand and squeezed out the mud along the joint with the other hand.

The movements are stable and skilled, and it seems that digging lotus root is a very simple matter.

Someone saw it and said, "Oh, it's easy, let's go down and dig."

Tang Hu could understand their urgency, but still waved his hands with a smile and said, "Everyone, please be safe and don't get bored, I still have a few words to remind everyone.

When we insert our hands into the mud, we must first touch it slowly to find out how the whole section of lotus root grows and how long it is, and to distinguish which side is the head and which side is the tail, and then segment by segment. Remove the silt from above.

Everyone must remember that digging lotus root requires great patience in order to successfully remove a complete section of lotus root.If you are a little impatient, the lotus root will be broken. Once the lotus root is broken, the mud will enter the hole of the lotus root, which is a pity.

Brother Tan’s family is really kind. Back then, when I dug lotus root for the landlord’s family, I was only paid fifteen cents a day, and I was required to dig at least seventy to eighty catties of lotus root every day, otherwise I would not get a penny.

But now, if you can dig seventy or eighty lotus root a day, that's more than 100 Wen. I don't know how much more wages you will earn than we used to.Therefore, I hope that everyone can dig lotus roots seriously and patiently, earn more wages for themselves, and at the same time reduce losses for Brother Tan's family. "

Brothers Qiduo and Tan Dejin were very grateful for Tang Hu's words.

Some people in the crowd nodded, agreeing with what Tang Hu said, the wages paid by Qiduo's family were indeed beyond their imagination, otherwise, they would not have come to work so actively.

After everyone said yes, they went into the water one after another.

It's just that the water in early spring is still very cold, just as Sandao stepped down, she screamed coquettishly, and immediately ran back to the shore, immediately attracting booing from everyone.

"Santao, you're so cute, you'd better go home and embroider."

"Haha, yes, it's not fun in the mud."

Sandao's pink face was ashamed as if it was about to bleed.

Grandpa Tan just came over, gave her a light look, and looked at Yang Shi.

Yang Shi pursed her lips, her heart became ruthless, and she dragged Santao Wuxing down the mud pond.

Si Zao also tremblingly followed Wu Shi down.

Looking at the messy lotus ponds and the black mud in front of them, Sandao and the others really couldn't do anything.

Now, they all hated Qiduo's family a little, thinking that if Qiduo and the others hadn't discovered this lotus pond, they wouldn't have come to do this kind of rough work.

"Don't stand still, just dig slowly. If you don't do it, your grandma won't scold you when you go home." Yang whispered into the ears of her two daughters.

Yang knows that Zhao paid 50 taels of silver to the Lin family, and Zhao put the debt on Sandao, so Zhao's attitude towards Sandao is very bad.

In the past, Mrs. Zhao would have asked Tan Damei to introduce her husband's family to Tan Guihua, and would not have let Sandao come out to dig lotus roots.

Santao and Wuxing had no choice but to bend down and pretend to dig there.

But even if he was pretending, his waist started to ache after bending for a while.

Everyone started digging lotus root, Tang Hu was not idle, he kept walking to everyone to guide him personally, his whole body soon became like a clay figurine, and his head was sweating.

Tan Dejin's two brothers also went down to the pond, and Qiduo took Liuju to look around.

Standing on the high hillside, as far as Qiduo could see, it was all desolate, and the rare green was particularly precious.

Qiduo moved her mind, it should be all barren hills here, it's a pity to waste them like this, if they were planted with trees or something, wouldn't it be possible to increase some income.

No, barren hills can not only grow trees, but also produce some crops.

If lotus root is easy to sell this year, lotus root must be planted in the pond. Even if lotus root is not planted, it can be used to raise fish or something.

In the past, this pond was regarded as a piece of mud and worthless, but after today, everyone’s views will change. If you really want to raise lotus root or fish here, you must not stock it like before. Let people come and watch, and beware of people with evil intentions.

But just looking at the ten acres of ponds is too boring and a waste of manpower.

It would be a good plan if these barren hills and slopes could be used to turn this place into an oasis.

"Duo, what are you thinking about, so preoccupied?" Seeing Qiduo staring in one direction in a daze for a long time, Liuju hurriedly pushed her and asked.

"Hey, Second Sister, I was thinking, if these barren hills and slopes were our homes, it would be great." Qi Duo replied with a smile.

"Duo, what do you want these barren hills for?" Liuju asked with staring eyes.

"Of course it works, let me tell you..." Qiduo put her arms around Liuju's shoulders, whispering her thoughts.

Liuju couldn't stop nodding, secretly ashamed of her simple thoughts before, Duo had so many thoughts, why couldn't I think of them.

Qiduo decided to get together with the family at night and discuss this matter carefully.

Three hours later, everyone in the pond was exhausted, and they didn't even have the strength to speak.

Qiduo announced the end of work, but she shouldn't be too tired, otherwise she would have to work tomorrow.

Some people wanted to dig for a while, but they were really too tired, so they had to put the lotus root they had dug into a basket and weigh it.

Because everyone is a novice, nearly 2000 people only dug a total of more than 400 catties of lotus root, but there are nearly [-] catties of residual lotus root. This probability is too high.

But Qiduo didn't say anything. After all, it was the first day. She was just paying special attention when weighing and keeping accounts, to see who was better at digging lotus roots.

After finishing the account, Qiduo asked everyone to go to her house to settle the account later, and the wages of the day would be settled on the same day, which made everyone more motivated.

"It's the first day for everyone to dig lotus roots. Today's residual lotus root will still be counted as two catties per penny. But tomorrow, I hope everyone can be patient, try to reduce the amount of residual lotus root, and understand that we will strictly follow what we said yesterday. Let's do it." After weighing, Qiduo announced the decision.

"Don't worry Qi Duo, today's hands are very raw, those broken ones were accidentally broken at the beginning, and it will definitely not happen tomorrow." Everyone was very happy with Qi Duo's decision, and expressed their opinions immediately.

Qiduo smiled and nodded, saying that everyone has worked hard.

Everyone left.

"Hey, what can we do with these broken lotus roots?" Tan Dejin looked at several baskets of broken lotus roots and worried.

"Father, don't worry, I will find a way to prevent them from being wasted." Qiduo comforted.

"Who digs up the most lotus roots today?" Tan Debao asked.

Qiduo unfolded the account book, her eyebrows drooped down.

The worst performance today was actually the group of the Tan family, especially Sandao and the others, who worked hard for three hours without digging out a whole lotus root.

(End of this chapter)