The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 22

"By the way, brother Lei from the second uncle's family is about the same age as my younger brother, so you can also take him to study with you!" He Tao suggested again.

Fu Shi's eyes lit up, then he lowered his head sullenly.He Tao knew what he was thinking at a glance.According to her own observation, the people in the second room of the Fu family didn't really shy away from him, but he was too concerned about him to take the initiative to contact him.

He Tao asked He Youliang again: "Recently, my family said that I have nothing to do? Didn't they say that you are not allowed to associate with me?"

He Youliang shook his head: "No, I also heard from family members that you and your brother-in-law are both fateful, and neither can overcome the other. If the two balance each other, maybe the bad luck will disappear."

He Tao was originally worried that the He family would be jealous of Fu Shi and would not let him learn to hunt, but he did not expect such a sentence to point her in the right direction.There is no need to deliberately clarify that they are not unlucky bastards, as long as people believe that they will not harm others if they kill and love each other, isn't it much easier!

"Little brother, little sister, remember it, and tell the villagers the same in the future. Just say that I and your brother-in-law are right and wrong, and the bad luck is gone!"

The power of public opinion is very important. This matter started from gossip, and it will be resolved in the same way in the end!
If she and Fu Shi live a prosperous life, who will say that they are unlucky in the future!

Seeing He Tao's high spirits, Fu Shi suddenly felt a little panicked.The daughter-in-law has put in so much effort, it will be useless if he doesn't move forward!He can now refuse to contact Fu Lei, but now that the house is about to be built after the Chinese New Year, he must find someone to do the work, so he can't just hide from people all the time!

It was lunch time after a few people were chatting, and He Tao was naturally not stingy, so he cleaned up a table of dishes, making He Youliang and He Lian's belly round.

After the meal, the young couple sent the siblings back to He's house. When walking back, Fu Shi took the initiative to say to He Tao: "Let's go to the second uncle's house and tell him about teaching Brother Lei to hunt!"

He Tao was surprised and delighted, looked around for no one, stood on tiptoe and gave Fu Shi a kiss on the face, and Fu Shi was so ashamed that the second room was still blushing and had a thick neck.

It was the second aunt Wu who came to open the door. She saw Fu Shi and He Tao and was about to call Fu Quan, but Fu Shi spoke for the first time: "Second aunt, can we go in?"

Wu was stunned for a moment and then nodded: "Come in, come in!"

Fu Quan was sitting in the main room, sipping a small wine, quite contented.

"Second uncle!" Fu Shi called him.

Fu Quan was startled and almost fell off the stool, and He Tao's heart stopped suddenly in fright—but don't really fall!

"Brother Shi?" Fu Quan blinked his eyes, thinking that he was too drunk to see, the sun came out from the west now?Fu Shi actually entered the door!After confirming that it was correct, he quickly dragged two stools over and said to Fu Shi and He Tao, "Come, sit, sit!"

"Hey!" Fu Shi responded and sat down, and He Tao also sat next to him.

"Have you eaten? If you haven't eaten, can you just eat something?"

"I just came out after eating." Fu Shi waved his hand: "It's the beginning of spring, not because I want to build a house, but I want to come to you to discuss and discuss, what preparations should I make now."

Fu Quan didn't care what Fu Shi said, and filled him with a bowl of wine first: "Come, drink a bowl, you brought it a few days ago."

"Okay, then I'll have a drink too." Fu Shi didn't refuse.

The two drank half a bowl before they started talking about building a house.Fu Quan himself has repaired a house, and the house he lives in now was rebuilt more than ten years ago.Building a house is a lifelong event for the farmers, and he still remembers everything from material selection to construction.

"First of all, we have to choose the wood. Our Rongshu Village is close to Daqing Mountain. All the materials you want are available in the mountain, so you don't need to buy them. Then you have to fix the bricks and tiles. You can buy them at Chenjiayao in the south of the town. It is famous throughout our Nanshan County. Other small items such as nails can be brought by the plasterer. I have spoken to Master Xu from Niudu Village. He will help you figure out how to repair a few rooms after you book them. What materials are needed and how much for each item. After the calculation, we will find someone to prepare the materials. After the preparation is complete, he will bring a few apprentices to come when the time is right. Master Xu is also a famous plasterer in our area. He builds houses nearby They are all looking for him. For other handymen, it depends on how many Master Xu wants, and the brothers in the family can help at that time. Anyway, it’s not yet spring plowing, and the village has a lot of labor, so there are as many as you want.”

"You should also think about the big pieces of furniture you want to use at home, and make them early. Uncle Shugen in the village is doing a good job. You can see that he made the tables, chairs and benches in our house. Once it's settled, he will start building the house first. Once it’s built, you can move in and live there!”

He Tao remembered this person.Lin Shugen is the neighbor of Mrs. Cheng. He is friendly, always smiling, quick at work, and the objects he makes are very good. When the village is married, he is the one who makes furniture. Moreover, the only girlfriend of the original owner, Lin Xia, is his daughter. .

"The masters who build the house are all paid for meals. You don't have to worry about this. Let your aunt bring your sister-in-law and they can help."

If you want to find helpers from the village, it is a good opportunity to get in touch with them. He Tao secretly planned that when the time comes, the food will be better, and it will also leave a good impression.

Fu Shi took out a piece of paper and handed it to Fu Quan: "Uncle, this is a blueprint I asked Master Li in the town to draw for me. I have written down clearly what it was done and what materials I used. You can give it to Master Xu someday." Send it, I want to start work as soon as possible."

Fu Quan opened it and saw that he didn't know many words, so he could only look at the picture, and saw a large rectangle with a small square inside, and the small square was divided into seven or eight squares.Looking at it is also a messy head.He thought that the blueprints were for the master anyway, as long as the master could understand them, he put them away carefully.

"That's fine. In two days, I'll find someone to cut trees in the mountains first, and then clear out the land after I'm done. It's an easy job, and I'll pay you [-] yuan a day, including lunch. I guess I'll find four or five people, one day. It can be cleaned up.”

"It's not enough, Second Uncle, I'm going to buy that piece of wasteland, there are almost [-] acres of land!"

"What?! What are you buying so much land for?! You're burning too much money!" Fu Quan's eyes nearly popped out when he heard that, and he hurriedly asked, "You already bought it?!"

Homesteads are distributed in the village, but no one who settles in Rongshu Village can get one cent (about [-] square meters) of homestead on a per capita basis, and those who exceed it will have to pay to buy it from the village.According to Fu Quan's initial thoughts, it was appropriate for Fu Shi and He Tao to build a small yard with their shares. Who knew that the two of them would actually have to buy land, and once they bought it, it would cost [-] acres!

Fu Shi shook his head: "Not yet, I just want to wait for Second Uncle to come with me to Lizheng when you are free."

"It's fine if you don't buy it!" Fu Quan slapped the table: "Don't spend money recklessly, you have a wife too, so spend your money carefully!"

He Tao said quickly: "Second Uncle, don't worry, just listen to us first! That piece of land is wasteland, and no one has ever planted it, so the price must be cheap. I guess the price is the same as the piece of land that opened up wasteland, that is, One penny is one mu, and twenty mu is only two taels of silver."

Fu Quan stared: "Two liang of silver is not silver?!"

"Yes, yes, a penny is money, but you have to believe that we are not wasting money recklessly. That film will be very useful if you buy it." If this is done, He Tao and the others will take advantage of it.

The Great Wasteland is close to Daqing Mountain, and the ground is full of rocks and weeds. Even people without land will not open up wasteland here.After deciding to build a house some time ago, He Tao and Fu Shi wandered around the Great Wasteland, looking for a better land, so as not to build a house on sand and gravel with an unstable foundation.As a result, it was found that the soil quality of the Great Wasteland was not too bad.

He Tao deliberately removed the stone to look at it. The upper layer is a thin layer of coarse sand and gravel, and the lower layer is ordinary loess, and because there is a river nearby, the soil is moist enough.Even if this land can't be turned into a high-quality paddy field, it can still grow crops after clearing it.At that time, both she and Fu Shi wondered why no one came here to open up wasteland?Although the fields are thin, they will produce if they are well taken care of!

Of course, the young couple didn't plan to farm by themselves, Fu Shi wouldn't, and He Tao felt tired, but He Tao felt that his dream of being a farmer could be fulfilled.

This dream was made possible by the successful demonstration of two colleagues.Of the two girls, one is a golden phoenix that flew out of the mountain depression, and the other is a turtle girl born with a golden spoon in her mouth, but they both do basic administrative work like He Tao, and receive wages that would not starve to death.The golden phoenix girl often said, "Oh, it's better to go back to raise chickens", and the returnee girl would echo, "Okay, I will pay the start-up capital at that time." It was originally a joke, but after talking too much, the two of them really partnered .I contracted a small mountain bag in Jinfenghuang's hometown and started working in a hurry.After they settled down, they specially invited He Tao to visit. The mountain was full of fruit trees, and chickens and black-haired pigs were raised in the woods.

The benefits are said to be considerable.However, they invited an agricultural professor to make a plan: what kind of trees to plant, how many bees to raise, and students from the Agricultural University who have been stationed for a long time to supervise fertilization, deworming, and pollination.

He Tao didn't intend to make a lot of money by planting some fruit trees and raising some chickens, but was simply fascinated by the orchard, thinking that he could have a garden anytime.

Of course, she definitely couldn't tell Fu Quan that directly, she could only avoid the important ones.

"We just want to build a house to surround that circle, so we don't need to buy extra bricks, just use local materials to build walls with stones, and then raise some chickens there. The land is so big that we can raise them well." Hundreds of them are fine. If you sell a few stubbles in the future, the money will come back!"

"This is a good idea!" After saying this, Fu Quan didn't object anymore, and turned to Fu Shi and said, "You have married a good wife!"

Fu Shi chuckled: "Thanks to Second Uncle!"

Then the three of them discussed when to go to Lizheng to do the deed, how many people should be invited to clean up the wasteland, etc., and the afternoon passed after a rambling.

Fu Shi never mentioned hunting. He Tao gave him winks several times, but Fu Shi pretended not to see it, and He Tao was so anxious that he wanted to say it himself.When it was time for them to go back, when the second uncle was about to close the door, Fu Shi grabbed the door and said, "Second uncle, there is one more thing!"

"What's the matter, tell me!" Fu Quan opened the door.

Fu Shi couldn't speak because of his moaning.

He Tao rolled his eyes, just one sentence, what are you talking about!It's not about hooking up a little girl on a date!She twisted Fu Shi's waist hard.

"After spring, I'm going to take the brother-in-law of the Yue family into the mountains and teach him how to hunt. Well, why don't you ask brother Lei, and I'll go with you."

Fu Quan had this idea for a long time. When he heard it, he was eager to accept it immediately, but he was worried that his son would not be sensible. He accepted his son here but didn't go, which would make everyone embarrassed.I can only suppress the excitement in my heart and say: "It's hard for you to still think about him! I'll talk to him later, you also know that he is the most naughty of the four boys in my family, and I don't know if I can calm down and learn ideas. thing."

(End of this chapter)