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Chapter 109 Boss Fang's Dissatisfaction

Ding Laozhong gritted his teeth and hired four young and strong helpers.

Because they are from the same village, the Ding family pays food for their wages regardless of food and lodging.

Following Ding Laozhong and Ding Xiang, the four men weeded, loosened the soil, and cut branches in the medicine field. They were busy every day.

It was time to harvest wheat in a blink of an eye, and the people from Yuegui's family couldn't come here. Her family also had several acres of land.

Fortunately, there are four helpers, and several acres of wheat are not afraid of rotten fields.After working day and night for more than ten days, the wheat was finally threshed, dried, and received home cleanly before the heavy rain.

The wages of the four long-term workers for the whole year were converted into food, and the Ding family gave it all at once, so as not to occupy space at home, and everyone was happy.

After harvesting the wheat, it is time to plow the land for autumn planting, and it is time for the second crop of honeysuckle to be harvested.

Therefore, Ding Laozhong brought several male laborers to work in the field, and Ding Xiang's four took Yuegui and Xiaoqing to do housework at home and pick honeysuckle behind the house. They performed their duties very properly.

It's just that plowing the land is a bit troublesome. If there is no plowing cattle, it is all done by people, which is very slow.

Ding Xiang said, "Let's buy a cow." Ding Laozhong shook his head, "A cow costs 20 taels of silver. Now our family doesn't have that much money, so buying a servant is enough."

In ancient times, the price of some servants was very cheap, and they generally took care of food and housing, and a few taels of silver would do.If it is a minor, such as a little maid, they may not even give money or give a symbolic amount, but just take care of food and shelter.

It is recorded in Manchu novels that a wealthy family bought a seven or eight-year-old maid, and gave her only 4 tael of silver for a four-year contract.The middleman also deducted some money, and in the end the parents only got a few hundred Wen.But those with skills are different. For example, there is a maid who is very good at cooking. The same service period of several years sold for more than ten taels of silver.

In the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a bucket of brown rice was about fifteen copper coins, and one tael was eight hundred to one thousand coins.Taking into account the times and market factors, 25 Wen is about 1200 to 25 yuan in modern times.A text is about one yuan and six corners of RMB, which is about 30000 based on eight hundred texts. 15 taels is [-] RMB, for a family!In the same period, the price of farm cattle in the prime of life was [-] to [-] taels, which shows that the price of real people is not as good as that of farm cattle.

How did Clove know this?Hearing Ding Laozhong's words about buying people, he was startled, and quickly said: "It's fine to hire people, but not to buy people."

Ding Xiangniang didn't take it seriously, "Why can't you buy someone? Didn't your sister's Xiaoqing just buy it? I think it's pretty good."

Ding Xiang: "." Sure enough, corruption comes quickly, and it takes only a few days to eat, and these two people are about to buy someone as a slave.

Ding Xiang waved her hand, "Wait a minute." Wait until I can bear it mentally.
Ding Laozhong smiled and said: "Father didn't say to buy people. Besides, our family has people to work, so we don't need to buy people. This year's wheat harvest is bumper, and the disaster year is over. If there is food, who is willing to sell it?" People? Even if there are, the price will go up. Don’t buy.”

Ding Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pulled herself together and tidied up the honeysuckle, claiming that it weighed 200 catties.

The whole family was very happy, and Ding Xiang shook her head, "It's not bad at all. Next year, it can reach three to four hundred catties of dried flowers per mu. Good varieties can reach 600 catties of dried flowers per mu." Don't dare to be greedy, I am very satisfied with the current situation.

Ding Xiang found time to go into the mountains to get some other medicinal materials, and sent them to Qingcheng Deji Hall together with Ding Laozhong.

When Boss Fang saw Ding Xiang and his son, he had a bad face, "Hehehe, it's no wonder you can hold your breath!"

(End of this chapter)