Mrs. Liu booked two yards of an inn to live in. They would stay here for one night, and they would go back after seeing the lanterns on the 16th day.
When Man Bao and the others arrived, Mrs. Liu and the others had already sat down in two boxes for men and women, and they had dinner when they arrived.
Seeing their busy life, Mrs. Liu pointed to a few little girls and said, "Go to the kitchen and get them some hot water to wash."
Then let the servants take them back to their room to wash and change clothes.
The three of them who were hungry and were about to sit down and eat had to turn around and go to their guest room.
Zhou Lijun ran after him, because she was carrying Man Bao's clothes.
She found out a set of clothes for my sister-in-law and asked, "Sister-in-law, have the people in Pu Village agreed to rent it?"
Man Bao nodded, "Agreed, we have memorized the number of acres of land each household wants to rent, and we can go to the village to sign the contract the day after tomorrow and formally finalize the contract."
Man Bao turned his head and smiled at Zhou Lijun: "I'll give you a sum of money later, which will be used for professional expenses."
Zhou Lijun said indifferently: "Come out from the public, are the things planted in these fields all from our family?"
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "Forty percent of the rent, take out 10% and Bai Shan Baicheng and I will share the proceeds equally, and the rest will belong to the family."
Man Bao paused at this point, lowered his voice and asked her, "Have you heard from your grandparents that you want to stay here in the capital or go home?"
Zhou Lijun also lowered his voice, "Grandpa didn't think of this. He is thinking of taking us to sort out those fields after the Mid-Autumn Festival and plant the winter wheat first. Grandma mentioned that I think Grandpa is very anxious. He feels sorry for those lands. Being planted badly, and being reluctant to stay home, I am not very happy to come to Yongzhou City today."
Man Bao said: "I can see it, what about elder brother and elder sister-in-law?"
"The eldest aunt is worried about the eldest sister at home and wants to go home, but the uncle wants to watch over the elder brother here. I also overheard the uncle saying that the elder brother has reached an early age but has not been engaged. Why don't you stay here for two years. Wait until the eldest brother gets married before going back."
Zhou Lijun glanced at my sister-in-law, and then at my sister-in-law.
Man Bao looked puzzled, "Just say what you say, what are you looking at me for?"
"The uncle also said that my sister-in-law is not too young, and she has made an appointment with her uncle. If the words are good, maybe they will get married in two years. Once my sister-in-law gets married, it will be even more difficult to see her at home. He said that if my uncle loves my sister-in-law I will stay in the capital for two more years." Zhou Lijun lowered his voice and said, "I see that my aunt has not spoken for a while, and her attitude has softened."
Man Bao immediately said: "When I return to the capital, I will send something back to Da Ya."
Zhou Lijun covered his mouth and laughed.
It is already determined that grandparents, uncles and aunts will stay in the capital.
Man Bao cheered up, and said to Zhou Lijun: "Since the family takes the big money, let's pay the money from the public. I promised the tenant farmers and grain seeds that our family will pay half of the money. Also, I have seen their farm tools. It is really not worth it. Good job, I remember that the curved plow was replaced in our village a long time ago, they still use the straight plow here, and this farm tool has to be plowed again... "
Zhou Lijun was stunned when she heard that, and quickly stopped her, "Auntie, what about the hundred households, do you want to hit a hundred pairs of plows?"
She did a quick calculation in her heart and said, "It's definitely not going to work. With one pair of plows, 40% of our family's annual rent will go in. It means that we have worked hard and got nothing."
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "Then lease it? We have a plow, and they lease it from us, and repay it with grain every year. After how many years, the plow will belong to them completely. As for the specific amount, you can calculate it later. That's it, we don't want interest, this plow is good, saves effort, we also earn money, right?"
Zhou Lijun: "What do we earn their money for?"
"That's too much to do," Man Bao said after changing his clothes and tying the belt, "Bai Shan and I once wrote an article when we were young, thinking that if we had enough How to use the ecological cycle. I hope that farming only takes up half of their energy, and I have other uses for the remaining half."
Zhou Lijun was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Sister, what is ecological recycling?"
"It is to use straw forage to raise livestock, and use livestock manure to fertilize the land. The feed can also be used to raise fish. Then we need to build a large water conservancy pond. We usually raise fish and ducks, which can be watered when it is dry and drained when it is flooded. Anyway, there are quite a lot Learned, I can’t explain it for a while.”
When Zhou Lijun heard that the water conservancy pond was going to be built, she felt that her money bag was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. She took two deep breaths before she found her voice, "Sister, this is a job field, a job field, if you don't become an official Son, or being demoted, it will be taken back, this is not our family's land, how can it cost so much?"
Man Bao: "That's why I didn't ask you to use the money to repair the water conservancy pond immediately."
Zhou Lijun let out a sigh of relief, and heard Man Bao say: "You pay for some chicks first, you see that there are so many grasses and grasshoppers in the field, it's a pity not to use them. I bought chicks for They feed and raise the eggs and the meat after they grow up, and divide them into fours and sixes."
Zhou Lijun couldn't breathe out that breath.
"Sister-in-law, just tell me how much you decide to invest in this farm."
Man Bao chuckled and said, "I don't know. I'll ask Bai Shan later and I'll tell you."
Obviously, this matter cannot be settled in a short while, and the world is not as big as eating, so Man Bao changed into clean clothes and dragged Zhou Lijun to eat.
Zhou Lijun whispered, "Grandpa must not know that you plan to spend so much money on the job field."
The two of them bypassed the lively front hall, and then went up to the third floor. The man knew that they were the distinguished guests of the two guest houses at the back, so he showed them the way and introduced them, "Are the ladies here to see the lanterns? In the evening, the Li family set up a flower shed on the main street, ladies can go and have a look."
Speaking of Huapeng Manbao, I remembered one thing. When passing by Bai Shan and his box, he stopped and said to Bai Shan and Bai Erlang: "It's over, we promised Yin or to go to his flower shed to enjoy the lanterns." of."
Bai Shan: ... I really forgot about it.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked at each other, both felt that something was wrong.
Bai Erlang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, "Didn't you tell Yin He about our discharge from the hospital?"
"I just told him about our leave until the 21st."
At this time, Yin He and Liu Huancai were sent out from Zhou's house by Master Bai. They got into the carriage with smiles on their faces. Once they got in the carriage, their smiles fell. Let's talk? He also said that we want to enjoy the lanterns together at night."
Yin or looked out to the streets that had gradually become bustling outside and said: "Yongzhou is not far from here, and it only takes more than two hours to take the official road, and it will take three hours if it is slower."