Just do it, Yu Xiaocao found Widow Li, mother and son, and the one where her man broke his leg when he just bought Zhuangzi. After the man's leg healed, he was a little lame, but it didn't affect his work. These two families are grateful to their master for taking care of them, and their loyalty is higher than that of other tenants.
In particular, Widow Li and her son shared three acres of fertile land last fall and took good care of them. When they harvested, they came out on top in the Zhuangzi. With an average yield of 680 catties per mu, they got one mu of land from the owner. A reward of two silver coins. Adding more than a thousand catties of fine wheat seeds, the income was thirteen taels of silver in just half a year.
I heard that for the corn in the second half of the year, after paying the rent, the seeds will be collected at the market price. In this way, there will be at least 20 taels of income a year. This is something their orphans and widows never dared to think about before. After working for a few years, her son will not have to worry about the money to marry his wife!
When Widow Li, mother and son and Liu Dazhuang (a lame tenant) and his family were called to the owner, the tenants in the village were all talking: "These two families have the least labor force in our village, and they don't have many fields to serve. Are you saying that the owner is planning to drive them away and hire a few new ones?"
"Impossible, right? Both the master and the lady of the master are kind-hearted. When the fields were distributed last year, women who could work and older children were given the land. Didn't Widow Li, mother and son, get rewards from the master?"
Some tenants who were jealous of her family's reward curled their lips and said: "Two people serve three acres of land, and I can take care of them more carefully than them! Widow Li's mother and son have divided more than ten taels of silver, even if they are driven out, they will not be penniless." Penny."
"In fact, although Liu Dazhuang is lame, he doesn't delay farming at all. His son is sixteen years old, and he can barely be considered an adult labor force. His wife is also capable. Why don't they confiscate the fields and drive them out?"
Now there are sixteen families in Zhuangzi, and no one is willing to leave Yu's Zhuangzi. Not to mention the benevolence of the owner, when the locust plague failed to harvest, not only did not collect their rent, but also subsidized them by hiring long-term workers. When the tenant farmers in the nearby villages and other Zhuangzi were all yellow and emaciated and sold their sons and daughters, they could live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.
This year's summer harvest is even more joyful. The family with the least land in the village has an income of more than ten taels of silver, and the Zhuangtou family with the most land has earned eighty taels after selling the seeds to the owner! In this way, their family has an income of one hundred taels of silver a year!
Following Dong Yu's family, they have cultivated blessings for eight lifetimes. Good times are not far away! In a few years, they will be able to buy houses nearby after saving money, and they will no longer be tenant farmers without houses or land! This is all due to the blessing of the owner, who obtained high-yield seeds, and they could only leave so many after paying the rent.
Most of the tenant farmers on Zhuangzi came from their former owners. In those days, I could only say that I was starving to death. After paying the rent, there can be at most about a hundred catties of grain left in one mu of land, which can be sold for only four or five yuan per catty, and an income of five or six hundred yuan per mu of land. The sharecroppers harvested wheat, but they were reluctant to eat white flour and replaced it with coarse grains to barely fill their stomachs.
It's not like now, each family earns dozens of taels of silver, even if they eat white flour and rice all year round, they can't finish it! With money, I no longer have to worry about starvation. I can also buy some meat from time to time and give it to the children. During the Chinese New Year and holidays, there is no need to dig and search, and you can buy some clothes for your family every year...
Seeing Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang's family being called away by the owner, the tenant farmers felt sorry for them. Of course, employers want to hire people who can do the work, and everyone can understand that. It's just that the two families have few hands, so they can't help the owner much...
Widow Li's mother and son were in a very disturbed mood at this time. If it was the former boss, their mother and son would have been kicked out long after her husband died. The current owner and young lady are kind-hearted, not only keeping them, but also dividing the land between their mother and their children according to the second-class labor force. Although the three mu of land is not much, if it is carefully taken care of, their mother and child will not starve to death.
After the summer harvest, Widow Li was taken aback by her own income. I was extremely worried, could such a good day be her dreaming? Will it be nothing after waking up
As soon as she heard that the boss had called them over alone, and there were three other members of Li Zizi's family, her heart suddenly turned cold. Could it be that the boss thinks the two of them are burdensome and finally wants to drive them out? Looking at Liu Zizi's family of three, they also looked panicked and worried.
Seeing the panicked expressions of the two families, Yu Xiaocao immediately reassured them and said, "Don't be afraid, I have asked you to come because I have a new errand for you!"
Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang's family looked at each other, looking at me and you, and finally Widow Li said timidly: "Miss Dongjia, you... don't want to drive us out?"
"Get out? How is it possible? Both of your lands are well served, and the output ranks among the top three in Zhuangzi. If such a capable family is kicked out, it will be Zhuangzi's loss?" Yu Xiaocao was stunned. Next, he immediately burst into a soothing smile, giving the two families a reassurance.
After the two families heard this, the big stone in their hearts fell to the ground immediately. Liu Dazhuang finally had a smile on his innocent face. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Miss Dongjia, we will do whatever you want us to do! Follow my boss and Miss Dongjia, we can do it with peace of mind!"
Yu Xiaocao gave him a peaceful look, and said, "I wonder if you have heard of the early-ripening vegetables in Dongshan Village?"
After all, Liu Dazhuang is a man, and he would go to the town to do odd jobs during the slack season. He nodded hurriedly and said: "I have heard, I have heard! I heard that the Zhenxiu Restaurant in the town uses vegetables from Dongshan Village. In the first spring, a plate of stir-fried vegetables costs one tael of silver! There are also vegetables in the town. The big family in the village is trying to grab a place to buy vegetables from Dongshan Village. Old Mr. Yao in the town is well-known in the town because his vegetables are supplied by Dongshan Village... Unfortunately, the area of vegetables planted in Dongshan Village Too small to feed all the families in the town... ”
Yu Xiaocao glanced at him approvingly, seeing the surprise and envy of Widow Li's mother and son, she said, "You should know that we are from Dongshan Village..."
Liu Dazhuang opened his eyes wide and couldn't help shouting: "Ms. Boss, do those vegetables come from the hands of my Boss?"
"That's right! The early-ripening vegetables were figured out by our family. If we didn't make some money growing vegetables and watermelons, we were born as ordinary farmers. How could we earn such a farm in our lifetime?" Yu Xiaocao was not afraid to tell them the truth. If you want people to follow them wholeheartedly, you must build up confidence in them, the confidence to live a good life!
"Watermelon? The best-selling watermelon in Dongshan Village is also grown by the owner?" Let alone Liu Dazhuang, even Widow Li, who rarely goes to the city once, couldn't help screaming. The owner's family is also very capable. It took only a few years to grow from an ordinary villager to the owner of the farm. No wonder, what the boss grows sells well, even the wheat is more productive than others. The two families have strengthened their determination to live a good life with the boss!
"Miss Dongjia, just tell us what you want us to do!" Liu Dazhuang first expressed his determination.
"Yes, yes!" Widow Li also responded quickly, for fear that if she hesitated, she would be rejected by the hostess and not assign new tasks to them.
Yu Xiaocao nodded with a smile, and said: "You also know that Dongshan Village has just experienced a disaster, and most of the vegetables were destroyed. If you want to rebuild it, I'm afraid it will be next spring. Our village has a lot of land, I think I saw that there are many places suitable for growing vegetables. So... "
Liu Dazhuang understood in seconds, and immediately said: "Miss Dongjia means... Let us two help manage the vegetable field?"
I didn't expect Liu Dazhuang to look at the honesty, he is quite clever! Yu Xiaocao likes to deal with smart people, and she doesn't get tired. She glanced at Liu Dazhuang approvingly, and said, "That's right! I believe both of you have experience in growing vegetables. It's not difficult for you to serve the vegetable fields, right?"
"It's not difficult, it's not difficult!" Widow Li heard that the supply of vegetables in Yu's family was in short supply, and she would definitely not lose the market, so she responded repeatedly. Indeed, who doesn't grow some vegetables in front of and behind the houses of farmers? As long as they are served carefully, can they still grow well
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said: "Don't worry! Let's not plant too much in the first year, and each family will try to plant ten acres first. Don't worry, our vegetable seeds have been improved, no need to fertilize, and there will be no diseases and insect pests. As long as you work hard Son, just water and weed every day! Don’t worry about watering, I will ask my father to ask someone to dig two wells next to the vegetable field, specially for the vegetable field... "
No fertilization or pest control? Can vegetables grow well? The two people were full of doubts in their hearts, and their expressions naturally brought out a bit. Yu Xiaocao didn't explain, after the vegetables are grown, the facts speak louder than words!
The next day, Yu Hai invited well-drilling craftsmen to start digging a well next to the selected vegetable field. Because he was eager to plant vegetables, Yu Hai called on all the tenant farmers in the village to dig out the 20 mu of vegetable land first. Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang's two families divided eight acres into one family and twelve acres into the other. They soaked in the field from morning to night, breaking up larger clods with hoes, and carefully picking out grass roots and sundries.
Although the host lady said that there is no need to fertilize, the two families still picked out the manure that had been retting for more than half a year, dried it in the sun, crushed it into powder, and sprinkled it on their vegetable field. The host lady said that 10% of the income from the field belongs to them.
Liu Dazhuang also made a special inquiry. One mu of vegetable land can earn at least a dozen taels of silver a month. Does that mean that their family can earn at least one tael a month for one mu of land, and twelve mu of land is twelve taels of silver? Except for four or five months of cold weather and being unable to grow vegetables a year, their family also has an income of eighty or ninety taels of silver a year! This is still the least calculation. In the early spring, the price of vegetables is several times more expensive, and their income will also double!
After listening to his analysis, Widow Li became more motivated! The more carefully the vegetable field is organized, the more vegetables will be produced, and the more income they will earn. Even if it's a little tiring, it's worth it!