Pastoral little master

Chapter 183
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Erxia's snow-white and tender face was stained with black mud.

But this does not affect her beauty.

It is not difficult to see that she looks very similar to Xu's.

Zheng Wan subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Kang twice, suddenly seeing her like this, felt a little unhappy.

Didn't you agree, don't explain why you came here?
Staring at Erxia like this will make people suspicious.

She quickly pushed Mrs. Kang gently, and said, "Mrs. Kang, the lotus root is here, go in and have a look."

Mrs. Kang regained her composure and felt embarrassed for her gaffe.

But there was a sentence stuck in her throat, she couldn't help it, she blurted out and asked Erxia, "Girl, do you look like your mother?"

Erxia and Liuju looked at each other, she didn't know Mrs. Kang's identity, it was difficult to answer this question.

Zheng Wanru frowned slightly, not understanding why Mrs. Kang asked such a question.

But she still answered for Erxia, "Yes, Mrs. Kang, go in and choose lotus root."

"Madam Shen, I'm sorry." Madam Kang apologized in a low voice.

Zheng Wanru smiled, and the two followed Erxia into the house.

Liuju brought the snacks into the house, and went to the inner room to tell Mrs. Xu that there was a visitor.

Hearing that Zheng Wanru brought people to buy lotus root, how could Mrs. Xu sleep well, so she lifted the quilt to get up.

"Mother, please slow down." Liuju quickly helped her get up and helped her get dressed.

After Xu put her clothes on neatly, Liuju and Liulang helped her out of the main room.

Sitting in the room over there, Erxia articulately introduced the types and prices of lotus root to Mrs. Kang, and asked Mrs. Kang how to eat it, stewed lotus root for powder, stir-fried and mixed for crispy lotus root.

After introducing the lotus root, she also promoted the bean sprouts at home.

Looking at Erxia, Mrs. Kang's satisfaction in her heart increased sharply, she was steady but not rigid, her manner was dignified, she loved to laugh but not frivolous.She was a little shy at first, but after a few words, her demeanor became graceful.

But she cared more about something else.

But I was worried that I would make a mistake and annoy Zheng Wanru, so I didn't dare to speak easily.

After listening to Erxia's introduction, Mrs. Kang nodded with a smile and said, "Miss Erxia, weigh me a hundred catties first, and I'll come over to buy it after I finish eating."

"Well, ma'am, if it takes a long time to finish eating, after you buy the lotus root and raise it like we do, it will last longer." Erxia went to pick the lotus root, and pointed to the lotus root that had been placed in the deep basin. , introduced to Mrs. Kang.

"Okay, thank you miss." Mrs. Kang gave another thumbs up when she saw Erxia's quick hands and feet.

The more she looks at Erxia, the more satisfied she is.

It would be a blessing to be able to marry such a charming woman back home.

Mrs. Kang sighed in her heart.

She not only bought one hundred catties of lotus root, but also ten catties of bean sprouts, which cost three taels of silver in total.

Just as she paid the silver and went out of the house with Zheng Wanru, Mrs. Xu just came out of the house.

"Mrs. Shen, I'm sorry, I was lying in the room, and I didn't know you were here, so I neglected you." Xu hurriedly apologized to Zheng Wanru from a distance.

She didn't pay attention to Mrs. Kang.

Mrs. Kang was already paying attention to her.

After looking at it for a while, Mrs. Kang's face showed excitement, and she trotted towards Mrs. Xu without any regard for etiquette.

"Mingxiu? You are Mingxiu, aren't you?" When she was still a few steps away from Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Kang stopped and asked in a choked voice.

Mrs. Xu was looking at Zheng Wanru, but when she heard Mrs. Kang's excited voice, she felt a little familiar.

She hurriedly looked at Mrs. Kang.

Familiar eyebrows, familiar smile.

The gate of memory was instantly opened, it was her!
It was her!

"You are Sister Guirong?" Mrs. Xu gently pushed Liuju and Liulang away, walked slowly towards Mrs. Kang, and looked at her with disbelieving eyes.

"Yeah, it's me, it's me, Sister Mingxiu, after more than ten years, I finally see you again." Mrs. Kang's eyes were wet, and she slowly walked towards Mrs. Xu.

"Sister Guirong!" Mrs. Xu suddenly stepped forward, hugged Mrs. Kang, her eyes popped out.

"Sister Mingxiu!" Madam Kang also burst into tears.

The two of them never thought that they would have the opportunity to meet again in more than ten years.

Now it was the turn of Zheng Wanru and Erxia siblings to be surprised.

The one who was most surprised was Zheng Wanru, Mrs. Kang tried her best to come and see Erxia, but who would have expected her to be an old friend of Mrs. Xu.

Thinking of this, Zheng Wanru couldn't help thinking, since Mrs. Kang and Mrs. Xu knew each other, the possibility of this marriage is very high.

Could it be that the marriage was destined by heaven, and everything was arranged in the dark?If Mrs. Kang hadn't strongly insisted on coming, how could she have met Mrs. Xu.

Zheng Wanru didn't believe in these fate theory at first, but now, she couldn't help but feel emotional in her heart.

When the two were almost excited, Zheng Wanru stepped forward with a smile, "Sister-in-law Tan, Mrs. Kang, I never thought that you two would meet each other. The fact that you two met again today means that it is fate. Weeping."

"Hehe, Mrs. Shen, it's really thanks to you that I can see sister Mingxiu again. If you hadn't told me about sister Xiu's home, I wouldn't be greedy. How could I have thought that the person who remembers every day is here." Mrs. Kang wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said.

There are still tears in the eyes, but there is a smile on the face.

Mrs. Xu was in the same situation as her, and said with a smile that it was fate. She was not feeling well at first, but now she feels better all of a sudden.

"Xia, Ju, Liulang, come quickly and meet Aunt Guirong." Mrs. Xu wiped the corners of her eyes again, and beckoned the children to come over.

The Erxia siblings came over, and they all saluted Mrs. Kang obediently and said hello.

Xu said their names and whereabouts from the side.
Mrs. Kang took Erxia and the three of them by the hands one by one, and even said 'good boy'.
"Mother, please invite Madam Shen and Aunt Guirong to sit in the room." Erxia reminded Xu in a soft voice.
"That's right, look at how happy I am, I forgot where it is." Mrs. Xu patted her head lightly, smiled, and told Erxia and Liuju, "You two don't bother, go soak Tea and food preparation, then go to the patriarch's house and call Duo back, make sure to ask Duo to cook more delicious food at noon, and invite Mrs. Shen and Aunt Guirong to wait."

Erxia and Liuju leave in response.

Zheng Wanru is not clear about the relationship between Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Kang, but seeing the excitement of the two, they should have been on good terms back then.

Haven't seen each other for more than ten years, there must be a lot of intimate things to say, she can't be caught in the middle.

So she smiled and said that there was still something to do at home, so she left first, leaving a private space for Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Kang.

Mrs. Xu couldn't persuade her to keep her again and again, so she had to send Zheng Wanru out of the yard together with Mrs. Kang.

Then the two went back to the room and sat down, asking about their recent situation with red eyes.

Liuju went to Patriarch Tan's house to look for Qiduo, saying that there was a guest at home.

"Who is it?" Qiduo asked out of the room.

She is discussing with Tan Dejin and Patriarch Tan about hiring people, but it has not been fully implemented, so it is not good to leave immediately.

"I don't know who it is, but mother asked us to call her Aunt Guirong. By the way, she came with Aunt Shen." Liuju shook her head and said.

Qiduo rolled her eyes, and immediately thought of Mrs. Kang whom she had just seen.

"Come on, second sister, you go back first, there are still vegetables at home anyway, you wash the lotus root and river clams first, then cut a piece of bacon and soak some dried bamboo shoots, my dad and I will go back soon, when the vegetables arrive we will Let's do it." Qiduo said.

"Okay, then I'll go back first." Liuju nodded.

Qiduofu went into the room again and continued to discuss the matter just now.

Tan Dejin asked Liuju why he came, and Qiduo said about the guests at home.

He frowned slightly. In his memory, he didn't remember that the Xu family had such a relative.

Qiduo was also curious about the identity of Aunt Gui Rong.

But right now it is still important to discuss major issues.

It was almost discussed with Patriarch Tan before.

The wages offered by Qiduo's family are [-] Wen a day for major workers and [-] Wen a day for minor workers. Food and housing are included after the house is built.

This is the wages of short-term workers. If anyone is willing to work as a long-term worker, he will be hired after passing the trial. The treatment will be favorable, including board and lodging. The monthly salary will be [-] cash. There will also be gifts on three festivals every year. During the Chinese New Year, everyone will get a red envelope .

The red envelope should be at least one tael of silver.

There are three days off every month, and I can go back to visit relatives or something.

This condition is naturally extremely generous, and Patriarch Tan has no objection.
It seems that Tanjiazhuang's manpower is not enough at the moment. In line with the principle of not letting the fat and water flow into outsiders' fields, the patriarch Tan is going to hold a meeting to talk about the wages and requirements of Qiduo's family, and then ask other people in the village to go back and ask if they can afford it. If relatives are willing to come to work, please give us a confirmation tomorrow morning at the latest.

If this is not enough, Patriarch Tan will personally go to Guangming Village to help Qiduo's family recruit people. He is familiar with the patriarch of Guangming Village.

Next, there is a more important thing, that is, farm tools.

It stands to reason that Qiduo's family should provide people to hire people to do the work and farm tools.

But Qiduo's family originally only had one set, and with the three sets Mr. Huang wanted, there were only four sets, which was far from enough.

Because farm tools are made of iron, the imperial court restricted their purchases, and the Qiduo family could not buy them even if they had money.

Farming mainly relies on farm tools, without which, what kind of fields are there.

So Qiduo proposed to ask the hired workers to bring farm tools, and her family paid to buy them, and asked the hired workers to buy new ones at home.

Of course, in order to guard against someone being clever, the agricultural tools brought here must be usable, not discarded with rusty gaps.

Patriarch Tan said that this method works, and he will explain it clearly to others.

After solving the issue of farm tools, Tan Dejin talked about fertilizers.

The Luhuapo area is full of uncultivated raw land, and the soil quality is relatively barren. Even if some bean crops that do not require high soil quality are planted, the soil must be burned before they can be planted.

Burning the land is generally done by burning dung.

It is best to use dirty grass in pigpens and cattle pens for burning dung, which can not only burn the land, but also enrich the soil quality.

It's just that the amount of dirty grass is very small, and not every household raises pigs, so the plan to buy dirty grass as fertilizer will not work.

For the time being, I can only buy some straw to use.

After the rapeseed and wheat are harvested, there will be a lot of straw that can be recycled, and the cake fertilizer produced after the rapeseed is refined. This is the best fertilizer. It is natural and pollution-free. How many times delicious.

Patriarch Tan sighed, "Oh, Dejin, how much money is invested in your family's 500 mu of land?"

Tan Dejin also sighed, "Who says it is not? There is no way. The land price of good land is too high and the tax is heavy. We can only do this first. I just hope that we can sell the lotus root earlier so that we can get some money back and invest it in the land. .”

"In this way, Dejin, Qiduo, I know that you are kind-hearted and don't want to let everyone suffer, but it is not easy for you. The wages are less, and you still provide food anyway. The big workers give seventeen cents a day, and the small workers give twelve cents. One day is enough." Patriarch Tan suggested after thinking about it.

Big workers refer to men with strong stature and strong working ability, small workers are for women and underage children, and there are men with relatively strong bodies. They have poor working ability and their wages are lower.

Qiduo is thinking of paying higher wages to improve everyone's enthusiasm and enthusiasm, and at the same time, she is willing to let other people come to work from afar.

If the wages are lower and others are willing to come, that would be the best.

"Patriarch, I'm worried. Some people will not want to work in such a far place." Qiduo expressed her worry.

Patriarch Tan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, your wages are already one or two pennies a day higher than the wages of the landlord's family. Everyone will be willing to come. Now is the time when you need to spend money. When you become rich in the future, you will give it to me." Some of their benefits are."

Qiduo nodded, since the patriarch grandpa said so, it seems feasible.

She is also very grateful to the patriarch, this way, she can save some money.

After such an agreement, Qiduo went home, and Tan Dejin called for someone to come to Patriarch Tan's house for a meeting.

When Qiduo returned home, she was stunned when she saw Mrs. Kang smiling and talking with Mrs. Xu, but she didn't expect it to be her!
But Xu's eyes were red, and he looked like he was crying.

(End of this chapter)