Pastoral little master

Chapter 180 Five Major Events
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"Third sister, can this horse be ridden?" Liu Lang asked with his eyes wide open.

"Of course." Qiduo nodded, seeing the yearning in his eyes, and added with a smile, "However, we don't know how to ride, so we have to learn to ride a horse first, otherwise we will fall into the mud."

Liu Lang's words also aroused her interest. She really doesn't know how to ride a horse, but she can learn it in the future.

What I yearned for most in my previous life was to go to Inner Mongolia, ride a horse and whip a whip on the vast prairie, let me dismount and gallop thousands of miles, and be a free and unrestrained female man.

Unfortunately, it has not been able to do so.
Thinking of the previous life, Qiduo's eyes turned red, touched Liu Lang's hair, and took him into the house to discuss matters with his parents and Tan Debao.

She sorted out the things that need to be done urgently at home, mainly as follows.

The first one is to sort out Mr. Huang's five thousand catties of lotus root tomorrow.

The second pile is about building a house on Luhuapo.

The third pile is to recruit people to reclaim barren hills.

The fourth pile is the spring plowing of [-] mu of land (the [-] mu of Tan Debao's family are counted together.).

The fifth pile is selling lotus root.

After Qiduo listed these piles, she discussed with her family one by one how to complete them.

The first thing is that when I went to the county to collect cattle and horses, I bought a lot of bamboo baskets to hold lotus root.

Then the next tidying work will be handed over to Erxia, and she will take Wang's aunt and sister-in-law to complete it.

Qiduo is in charge of supervision, and this task cannot be sloppy.

She planned to have a small meeting with Wang's aunt and sister-in-law in the evening to explain the importance of this matter so as not to make mistakes.

When discussing the matter of building a house, everyone's opinions were divided. Qiduo hoped to build a stronger one, because this house will be used for a long time.

Xu agrees with her opinion.

But Tan Dejin and Tan Debao objected, because the house was urgently needed, and it could be built within two or three days.

Then the problem comes, building a house needs raw materials, if you want to build a firm and solid building, you must use stones or earth bricks or blue bricks.
Regardless of whether earth bricks or blue bricks are used, it takes time to prepare, and it is not possible to purchase them in a day or two.

Like adobe bricks, you have to dig mud, add chopped straw and grass mud, and then use a rectangular mold to make pieces of adobe and dry them in the sun.

If the weather is always fine, it will take at least seven or eight days for the mud to dry completely.

Not only that, but tiles on the roof and girder rafters also take time to prepare, and they are not something you can buy now with money.

After listening to their explanation, Qiduo suddenly realized, and at the same time felt that it is really difficult to do something in this age.

Like in the previous life, if you want to build a house, as long as you have money, you can buy everything in time.

In the end, Tan Dejin proposed to build ten wooden houses with thatched roofs for use first, and then build new houses after the work at hand was finished.

Tan Debao said that if the wood is difficult to cut, it is okay to cut some bamboo to build a bamboo house.

Given the current conditions, Qiduo accepted their suggestion, but pointed out that although it is a temporary transitional house, the quality should not be sloppy. It must be airtight and rain-proof, and it must be able to withstand the wind and rain, but not a gust of wind. , the house fell down.

Safety is the most important thing!

"Qiduo, don't worry, this thatched hut is not as fragile as you imagined. Don't you see that many people in our village have lived in thatched huts for more than ten or twenty years, and they still live there." Tan Debao smiled.

But I still admire Qiduo in my heart, this child is kind-hearted, and he is afraid that others will suffer.

"Hey, Uncle Fourth, even though that's the case, it's better to be careful and serious. I'm worried that I'll be careless because I think it's a temporary stay." Qi Duo smiled.

"Duo, no, if this house is built well, it doesn't have to be demolished, maybe there are other uses, so it must be carefully built." Tan Dejin said.

Qiduo nodded.

Then Tan Dejin and Tan Debao discussed who to invite to build the building, as well as the preparation of materials.

They said that Qiduo wrote it down on the paper next to it, so as not to forget it after a while, and write it down at a glance.

However, the pen she writes at this time is not a brush, but a chicken feather pen specially made by herself.

She is really not used to writing with a brush, so she plucked the feather of a goose in Tan Dama's house, and cut the hard part in front of the feather into the shape of a nib, and used it as a pen.

Although it still needs to be dipped in ink, Qiduo has found the feeling of writing in her previous life because of the hard tip of the pen, and her speed has improved all of a sudden.

After solving these two problems, the third big thing is recruiting people.

Right now, the lotus pond has only dug two acres, and the rest may take about half a month. These people are temporarily useless.

However, the rice seeds have already been planted, and the seedlings are growing taller day by day. Every household needs to plow the field to prepare rapeseed and transplant rice seedlings. It seems that it will not work if we only find people to work in Tanjiazhuang, and we may have to think of other ways.

"Well, let's discuss this matter with the patriarch's grandfather. Last night, the old man personally agreed to this matter. It would not be good if we solve it by ourselves." Qi Duo suggested.

Regardless of whether patriarch Tan can resolve this matter, discuss it with him to show respect.

"Okay, so." Tan Dejin nodded.

"Oh, by the way, I remember that Aunt Shen's family also hired people to work, but they were not from our village. Then I will ask my aunt to see where she hired these people, and ask about the wages by the way. "Qiduo said again.

"Success, let's do it like this." Tan Dejin and Tan Debao nodded at the same time.

Next, I also talked about the spring plowing plan of the two [-]-acre paddy fields. Among the [-]-mu fields, four acres are rapeseed, and the remaining [-] acres are all planted with early rice seedlings. I have to start plowing the fields in these two days.

If there were no lotus ponds in Luhuapo and the existing wasteland, Tan Dejin and Tan Debao might have started turning the fields over.

There is no time to do this now, and Tan Dejin thinks that Tan Dama's family can help with this job.

Tan Dama's family has cattle, and every spring plowing will help others to do cattle labor, earning some copper coins to buy oil and salt.

Their family is very loyal. The neighbor who lives across the wall, Tan Dama and his two sons are helping to dig lotus roots, and the eldest daughter-in-law and daughter are helping to wash the lotus roots, which has helped the family a lot. What about plowing the field? , Of course, only his family is the first to get.

Ask them to help, and rest assured.

So I tentatively decided on Tan Dama's house, and when he came back in the next afternoon, I asked him for his opinion and saw if he could be busy.

The first four things have been implemented one by one, leaving only the matter of selling lotus root.

Master Huang buying five thousand catties at a time is rare, but Qiduo also had a new idea, that is, whether it is feasible or not.

No matter whether it works or not, let's talk it out and discuss it together.

"Father, mother, fourth uncle, when I went to the pier to buy fish yesterday, I saw many large ships docked by the river, and there were many boats moving in the river. Mr. Huang's lotus root was also transported to the capital by water. I I was thinking, we can also go to those foreign merchants and sell our lotus root to them.

If they are tempted, they will sell at least a thousand catties at a time, which is much faster than us selling a catty. "Qiduo said.

This idea caught everyone's eyes.

But soon Tan Debao shook his head, "Qiduo, you have a good idea, but we are not familiar with the place where we live, who knows which are foreign merchants. Even if we find them, they may not talk to us."

"Yes, Duo, what your fourth uncle said is also reasonable. The key is how we can find these merchants, so that we have a chance." Xu also said.

Qiduo pursed her lips and turned her eyes.

"Since they are merchants from other places, they must stay in inns to eat when they come to the county. We can go to the shopkeepers of inns and restaurants and cooperate with them.

People are definitely not willing to do things that are not beneficial. However, if the merchants introduced by them do business with us, we will share them with a certain percentage. I believe there must be some people who are willing.

In this way, they don't need to spend anything, they just act as a middleman, but they still make money. I believe most people will not refuse. "Qiduo said.
"It's a good idea, but in this way, we will get some money for others. We sell lotus root at a low price, so we won't make much money in the end." Tan Dejin was a little bit reluctant.

Tan Debao was also a little distressed.

He knew that before selling it to Mr. Huang, the lotus root did not bring much profit to Qiduo's family at all, but had to pay the wages every day.

Mrs. Xu looked at Tan Dejin and said seriously, "Dejin, would you rather see the rotten lotus root worthless at home, or would you rather see them turn into silver? I agree with Duo's idea, so it doesn't matter if you earn less, this pond lotus root is worthless. It was a windfall.

Besides, our business is not a one-off deal. Now that we have sold lotus root, we may have to sell beans, wheat, and other things in the future. Our [-]-acre mountain land must produce something.

If the shopkeepers of these inns and restaurants have tasted the sweetness, they don’t have to go to them next time. When they have business, they will take the initiative to come to us. It’s foolish not to make money. "

"Mother, you are really good." Qi Duo smiled and applauded Mrs. Xu.

Qiduo was very surprised to hear Mrs. Xu say this opinion, it seemed that this was the first time she heard her say these things.

On weekdays, she always listens to what she has to say. She occasionally says a few words, but she rarely refute anyone at length.

Most importantly, it makes sense.
But the Xu family understands these principles, Qiduo is not surprised, the Xu family has been in business, and they have learned more or less from it when they were young.

Tan Dejin and Tan Debao carefully chewed Xu's words, thought it made sense, and nodded in agreement.

The family finally reached a consensus.

The matter of finding a restaurant is also handed over to Qiduo, she has her own plan for this.

As soon as she thought of going to the county town to do the petition, Qiduo also thought of riding a horse. If she could ride a horse, going to the county town would be much more convenient.

"Father, hurry up and find a way to make a carriage, the bullock cart is too slow." Qiduo pouted.

I don't know how to ride a horse for the time being, let's get a carriage first.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the patriarch's house first, and I'll do it when I get back, okay." Tan Dejin nodded with a doting smile, and his daughter had already heard this sentence complained many times.

He knew that Qiduo was impatient and didn't want to waste time on the road.

Xu smiled and stroked Qiduo's hair, "You, you'd better grow a pair of wings, it'll be fast."

"Ah, I was thinking about it, but it's a pity that it won't grow out." Qiduo sighed while laying on the table, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, her pink lips slightly pouting, showing the young girl's delicacy.

Tan Dejin and the others looked at her and laughed.

Looking at her now, I remembered that she was still a child.

But now, everything at home and outside of the house is all supported by her.

Thinking of this, Tan Dejin and his wife were very distressed and very guilty, their eyes turned red.

Tan Debao also pursed his lips and left the room first.

Qiduo drank a few sips of hot tea, stood up straight, and jumped out of the house to get busy.

Several people divided the work, Tan Dejin went to the patriarch Tan's house, Qiduo went to Shen's house, and Tan Debao went to find helpers to build the house.

Mrs. Xu took Erxia and Liuju to pick up the lotus root at home.

Before Qiduo went out, Erxia called her.

(End of this chapter)