The Liu family was naturally reluctant at first. If they couldn't survive these days, no one would be willing to sell the land passed down by their ancestors.
Besides, Liujia Village has always been the root of their old Liu family. How can we lose our roots as a human being
But Liu Ce's pie was so beautiful. Who would want to be a digger digging in the fields when he could be treated like a noble lady
So in the end, the Liu family agreed to sell their land and house, and also agreed to borrow money from their married daughters and the head of the Liu village of the Yue family. Because these matters were very important, Old Man Liu went back to the village to handle them in person. .
These days, good land has a price but no market, so there is no need to worry about selling it. In addition, the Liu family's land was guaranteed by Village Chief Liu, so the Liu family's land was sold quickly.
Even the Liu family's house was bought by a family in the same village because the asking price was not high.
As for the five married-out daughters of the Liu family, they have been taught by the Liu family and their wives since childhood to put their younger brothers first in everything. The younger brothers are the foundation of the old Liu family. Only when their younger brothers are well can they, the married-out daughters, have something to rely on. Only then can you get good results.
Even though they were married now, when their biological father said that their younger brother needed money, they immediately ran around in a hurry, trying to find ways to get money.
Village Chief Liu only has one daughter in his family, and everything in the family will belong to Liu Cuier and Liu Ce in the future, so when he heard Old Man Liu say that Liu Ce borrowed the money, it was used to make huge profits and make sure that he would not lose anything. During the big deal, Village Chief Liu only hesitated for a short time before agreeing under Liu Cuier's persuasion.
After all, Village Chief Liu is not a fool who doesn't know how to adapt. Seeing that the Liu family has sold land and houses for the business, he is willing to spend so much money, of course because this business is very profitable, otherwise
After a lot of piecing together, the Liu family finally collected more than two hundred and fifty taels of silver within seven days.
In addition to the money from the land sold by the Liu family, there are also coffins belonging to the two elders of Liu Village, as well as scraps of silver collected by the five sisters of the Liu family who were either beaten or scolded.
During these seven days, Mingyue never visited the Liu family again, let alone contacted Liu Ce. It was just that the Liu family was busy collecting money and did not notice this at all.
However, although Mingyue did not go to the Liu family, she had been sending people to pay attention to the Liu family's movements, and naturally she also knew what the Liu family did.
It's really interesting to sell land and house, let the married woman give money, and borrow money from the in-laws' family!
I just don’t know if Liu Cuier of Liujia Village knows what her husband is doing? Did she know that her husband was selling land and houses to borrow money in order to climb high and become the prime minister's son-in-law
But regardless of whether Liu Cuier knew it or not, the people in Liujia Village could know it.
At this time, Mingyue was in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. While teasing a few koi in the pond with the fish food in her hand, she told the steward in Zhuangzi: "Remember, we must let the people from Liujia Village, Chongshan County People come to work in Zhuangzi, regardless of the number of people, as many people as they come, and the wages are twice as much as in other places. "
Although the steward didn't understand why she insisted on wanting people from Liujiacun, he knew that the less information the better, and he quickly lowered his head and agreed: "Yes, I have taken note of it, miss, but there are other instructions. ?”
"It's gone for now, you go down and do your work first." Mingyue said casually, throwing all the fish food in her hand into the pond.
"Yes." The steward nodded.
Mingyue picked up the handkerchief handed over by the maid and wiped her hands. Seeing the koi eating happily, she couldn't help but smile.
The bait has been cast, waiting for the fish to take the bait. *
Liujia Village.
Liujia Village has been really lively lately. First, Old Man Liu, who was said to be enjoying his fortune with his son, suddenly came back to sell land and houses. Later, some wealthy families from Huai Jing came to the village to recruit workers, saying that they would need as many workers as there were.
The former just watched the fun and mumbled a few words, "What's the use of Liu Xiucai reading so many books?" Even the ancestral property has been lost. How can anyone sell the land without any illness or disaster
The latter is closely related to the people in the village. Managers from wealthy families come to the village to recruit workers. Not only do they take care of food and housing, but they still get two dan of wages every month.
There are no other ways to earn money in the village. Everyone is related to each other. On weekdays, one family always helps everyone, but they don't like to collect money.
Moreover, the people in the village depend on the weather for food. If God bless them and the weather is good all year round, the family will probably be able to save three to five taels of silver apart from eating and drinking. Otherwise, if there is any natural disaster, the family will have to live on their old laurels.
Therefore, in the eyes of the people in Liujia Village, this recruitment matter is like a pie falling from the sky. It is a good thing, a huge good thing.
This kind of good thing had never been heard of before. For a while, even the villagers in the next few villages were alarmed, and the door of Village Chief Liu's house was surrounded by people.
As the saying goes, Zhuangzi, a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, is just a loyal old servant in front of Mingyue. However, in the eyes of the people in Liujia Village, he is clearly a noble man wearing brocade silk and satin.
At this time, the steward was sitting in the house drinking tea prepared by Village Chief Liu, waiting for the villagers outside to come in one by one to register.
Village Chief Liu stood at the door and asked the villagers to enter the house one by one. His throat was a little hoarse: "Come slowly, come slowly one by one. As agreed, except for those with household registration in Liujia Village, everyone from other villages is No."
A man from the Wangjia Village next door heard his dissatisfaction and squeezed in with his head sharpened: "Village Chief Liu, did you say something nonsense in front of the nobles? How can anyone recruit workers and specify a village? Don't mean that you are deliberately discrediting our Wangjia Village. Someone?"
Village Chief Liu glared at the man, and said proudly and happily: "Who doesn't know that the people of our Liujia Village are diligent and down-to-earth in their work? The most noble people are those who believe in our Liujia Village, and the only noble people are the people of our Liujia Village. "
When people in other villages heard this, they all looked disappointed:
"Hey, then didn't my team wait in vain for so long?"
"Eh? Why do we have to be from Liujia Village? I, Zhang Laosan, am known as a capable person in several nearby villages, so I really can't be accommodating?"
"Forget it, let's not say our surname is Liu."
There are also those who can't eat the grapes and find them sour. They say in a weird way: "A rich family has many rules. Who cares about it? A gold and silver nest is worse than your own doghouse."
But no matter what those people said, the people in Liujia Village were extremely happy.
In the end, excluding those who were really inseparable from their families, as well as those who were too old and too young, most of the Liujia Village, about sixty people, were all ready to leave with the steward.
(End of chapter)