When it came to farming, old Zhou Tou took his eyes away from the house and walked over with the village head Zhou Dalang and others to take a look.
The land where the pond will be dug is quite large, extending to about two acres, and looking at the direction Zhou Lijun pointed to, it is planned to dig this land, and then dig along the woods to the road, which can almost cover the house. Give it a half turn.
Zhou Lijun said: "Sister-in-law said that these lands are not good for growing things. It's better to dig the stagnant water to raise fish and ducks. The other side is connected to the ditch, which can be regarded as running water. If it is possible, then we can dig an underground ditch from here to there. Go to the head and connect it with the ditch over there, then the water on the left and right sides will be completely connected."
Old Zhou Tou muttered, "How much does it cost, the land is not ours..."
Zhou Lijun said: "Grandpa, don't worry, Zhuangzi belongs to our family."
"This Zhuangzi was built to look after the job field. If the job field is gone, what is the use of this Zhuangzi?"
Zhou Lijun didn't say anything, she thought in her heart that Zhuangzi was built, and they could sell it even if they couldn't live in it anymore.
Having done a lot of business with the noble ladies in the capital, she had a vague feeling that the nobles in the capital are a bit strange, they are picky about some things, but they never neglect themselves when it comes to self-enjoyment.
It is not far from the capital and Yongzhou, so it is not difficult to sell Zhuangzi.
So Zhou Lijun cheered up, and said to the old Zhou: "Grandpa, when the foundation is laid, I will come and watch them build the house in person. Don't worry, I will let them build this village beautifully."
Old Zhou asked, "What is Jian so beautiful?"
Before Zhou Lijun answered, the old Zhoutou had already asked himself and answered: "It must be built beautifully, otherwise the money is not wasted? But save some money, don't spend more than the money your sister-in-law and the others gave you."
Zhou Lijun swallowed what he wanted to say, and obediently agreed.
Old Zhou Tou and the others separated the horses and registered them, then turned around and drove to the Zhuangzi of the Bai family. They lived there temporarily, and the Zhuangzi would take some time to be built.
The village chief said it would take two months, but in fact it didn't take that long, mainly because the craftsmen hired by the Bai family were quite capable, and the young and strong in the village could also be hired, but it took time to dig the foundation and stones at the beginning.
Once the foundation has been dug, it is much easier to build a house. As long as you have money, bricks can be found in time, and wooden beams are not difficult to find, so the speed is getting faster and faster every day.
But old Zhou Tou just took a look at it every day, and he put more effort into farming.
Liu Gui brought people over from Longzhou to bring the wheat seeds, and it was only then that the old Zhou knew that their family had covered all the wheat seeds, so he refused to let the tenants fool him, so he had to watch them little by little. The farming is good.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be all in vain if they spent so much
So he went to watch people pull weeds, compost and plow the land every day. Pu Village didn't have enough fertilizer, and he guessed it, so he asked people to go to the mountains to get some accumulated soil and dead leaves to compost.
He was very disgusted, and complained to Qian: "It is worse than our village, not to mention pigs, even chickens and ducks are not raised, and there is no manure to fertilize. Fortunately, the fourth child brought a hundred cows here, and returned them every day. I can collect some, but so many lands are not enough.”
Not to mention that there are still few mountains and forests here, and it takes a long way to get there. Unlike them, you can see the mountain when you go out, and when you go up the mountain, there are a lot of rotten leaves and silt accumulated on it, and they are very fat.
But the place isn't without its benefits.
The first plow was put down to the ground, and the ox plowed the soil up. Old Zhou touched the dark brown soil and rubbed it hard to disperse the soil. He sighed to Zhou Dalang: "The land is good." , just not enough water.”
Zhou Dalang also nodded, "It's still too dry. It will be fine after two rains. The soil is better than the land in our Qili Village."
Not only is it better, but in terms of soil strength, it is only a little stronger, but the land in Qili Village is uneven, because it has always been sandwiched, basically there is less cultivated land and more raw land.
But here one piece after another is all familiar land.
Moreover, the terrain is flat, and each acre is particularly square, which is completely different from the twists and turns of their Qili Village.
Old Zhou was disgusted and envious at the same time, and then in order not to waste the good land, he stared at the tenant farmers more closely.
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Although 60% of the land that has been planted belongs to them, it always feels weird, and many of the old Zhou Tou's experiences are different from theirs.
If nothing else, just retting, they never thought that they would have to travel so far to dig up the soil and rotten leaves in the forest to come back to retting.
But thinking of the contract with Mr. Zhou, although they doubted the old Zhou's decision in their hearts, they still accepted it silently.
Zhou Zhoulang only stayed in Zhuangzi for one day on the twenty-first day, and then he started to run back to the capital. He had to number the cattle before he could sell them, but this was not urgent, because he still had medicinal materials.
First sell the medicinal materials and then think about selling the cattle. Anyway, there is a need for cattle farmland at the job field.
Zhou Lijun ran back and forth, occasionally helping his elder brother manage the accounts of the fourth uncle, and selling the ointment made by the fourth aunt and the others to the rich man's back house; The construction speed of the house depends on the allocation of funds according to the situation, and it is necessary to help grandparents and the others to do the accounting, to see how many wheat seeds each family has received, and to make sure that there are no excessive or false claims.
She was so busy that she didn't touch the ground, and when Man Bao and Xiu Mu came out of the palace, she was dark and thin, but she was full of vigor and energy.
Zhou Zhoulang came out of her room dejectedly, met Man Bao who just came back from the palace, immediately stopped and smiled, "Man Bao is back..."
Man Bao subconsciously hugged his medicine box tightly, and asked, "Fourth brother, don't do this, I'm a little scared."
Zhou Zhoulang restrained his smile, glanced back, pulled her to the other side, and whispered: "Man Bao, fourth brother is a little tight, can you lend fourth brother some money?"
Man Bao looked at him suspiciously, "What are you borrowing money for?"
Seeing the look in her eyes, Zhou Zhou Lang immediately understood, and couldn't help but said speechlessly: "It's not gambling, I have been to that thing once, and I have changed it a long time ago. I have a fancy business and want to do it, but immediately If you don’t agree, you won’t give money.”
Zhou Lijun was in charge of the family's bills, and she was in charge of the restaurant as soon as it opened, so of course she also took the money, and every time Wu Lang made purchases, he had to take money from her.
At first, it was for the convenience of keeping accounts, but later, when Zhou Zhoulang came back from business, he got used to giving her the account books and calculations, and then the money was naturally handed over to her.
Two days ago, he just put the money from selling medicinal materials into the account, that is to say, he gave it to Zhou Lijun, but now he wanted to withdraw it and found that he couldn't.