No one knows the conversation between the old lady and Zhang's, she went to work in the city to learn literature and martial arts, and someone has to do the work at home, even the old man Li took the cattle to open the land, and the second uncle Li's family came to help with the work, Li's mother and Qiaolan also went to the field to pull weeds and deliver water and food, only the old lady and Zhang were in the house, and the two children went out to pull pigweed and carry firewood. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The old lady doesn't want Zhang's to be a faceless person, but the education still needs to be educated, there are some things to be explained clearly, we all understand it in our hearts, don't think that people are stupid.

Zhang cried and washed his face and went to the kitchen to cook, and didn't mention the matter of going back to his parents' house, the old lady said that some things should not even be thought about, the old lady is a person who is full of words at home, and even the old man Li can't get past it.

"Osmanthus, don't do it first, you go to Dongtou Ma's house, his four boys are many and poor, ask him if he is willing to tenant our land, just make this wasteland for ten years, the first five years do not collect money, what do you have, the last five years to give food, according to the old rules of the village. You go and ask him how much he is willing to make? On the condition that he will be given free help digging the canal in the spring. ”

"It's too cheap, even the wasteland is not very barren, it's also very fertile. Zhang was a little distressed after hearing this.

Qiaolan's ten acres of land are not enough manpower, so they invited someone to come over to help, there are always people in the village who have more children and less land, and they can ask someone to come over to help with some money, and his family and the second uncle's family also have three cows to work, one of which is the marriage of Ma Xiaoling, the daughter-in-law of Shouzheng.

Now there are more than 20 acres of wasteland, which cannot be finished by relying on people from their own families, and it is impossible not to hire people and spend money, which is why they study literature and martial arts and go to the city to work for people, and when they get some money and come back without building a house, they have to hire someone to dig a ditch, and time waits for no one.

"You don't understand, there are few people in the land, you can't dig it all by yourself, go and invite someone, by the way, ask who else in the village has more land and less willing to come over to tenant land, the ten acres of wasteland at home also have to be tenant out, the same price, the first five years of wasteland production is very little, only the last five years can earn a little, unlike good land, Qiaolan that land I would rather spend more silver to hire people to do part-time work, I didn't tenant out, I can take back a little is a little. ”

"Cheng, listen to you, I'll go. Zhang thought about it for a while, took off his apron and went out.

At noon, Qiao Lan and Li's mother rushed back to help cook, and when they saw that Zhang was not there, they asked curiously, "Where are the osmanthus people?"

"I asked her to go out and find someone to give me the wasteland, we can't do it ourselves, and we have to hire someone to dig a ditch when the spring comes, I think the wasteland is cheaper, and I don't need silver to give food. Let the tenants of our land help dig the canal for free, so you can save a little bit. The old lady pondered how she could do all this work without losing money.

Mother Li thought for a while and nodded, "It's okay, anyway, it won't make money to grow that wasteland in the first few years, and you can only produce things in the next few years." But in this way, our family will have a lot less money, but we don't have enough manpower ourselves. ”

"I'm thinking about buying two more cows and raising them, what do you think? With cattle, I can invite fewer people to come back next year to get land, but Qiaolan's ten acres of land is a good land and a loss. Mrs. Li pondered these things as much as possible to maximize their benefits.

Qiao Lan felt so troublesome when she heard it, and pouted, "I said that if you have money, you should buy good land, you prefer to buy wasteland, it's really ...... I will buy another ten acres of good land for my family in the spring of next year, and my grandparents will raise me so big, why should I buy some land for my family?"

Mrs. Li smiled, "You are really stubborn, I naturally have a reason and reason to buy wasteland, these twenty acres of wasteland are all at home, and there is no yours, this is a great filial piety, no girl is as good as you, don't worry about it." After the wasteland was raised, it was only a few years of hard work, and our family turned over. ”

"That's it, your father and your mother are not dead, and it is not your turn to support your family. Go cook, your second uncle and they have all come to work today, they have done a lot, and the cattle at home have also come over to work, make some good ones, cut some meat. Mother Li smiled angrily.

"Oh. "Qiao Lan flattened her mouth, she just didn't figure it out, why didn't she buy it when she had silver.

"Mother, I'll go to the village to take a look, and say who killed the pig, I'll buy some and come back, and I can make up for it when I come back from studying literature and martial arts." Mother Li discussed with the old lady to buy some meat and come back.

When the weather is cold, every household begins to sell pigs or kill them at home, keep them as New Year's pigs, and kill them in advance to make bacon.

"Well, go buy more, I'll give you if there's enough silver. I also bought a pair of backs when I went into the water, and I bought half a fan of meat, and I had to eat it for more than half a year. ”

"That's a lot, isn't it? "Mother Li has silver in her hand, which is used by the family to live, and the big money is held by the old lady.

"This money can't build a house, I can't help but eat, I have to work and get sick again without oil and water, and it costs more money, do you see how much money Qiao Lansheng spent when she got sick?" The old lady broke the account for Mother Li.

"Cheng, listen to you. Mother Li thought of her two sons who went out to work for the family, and she responded ruthlessly.

"Can you do it? I'll carry it for you." Qiao Lan chased after her.

Mother Li shook her head, "Silly girl, someone will send me home, can I move." ”

"The pig's head is sold and brought back. "Qiaolan wants to eat pig's head cake.

"Cheng, do you want to ask the ancestors?" Li Mu nodded.

Qiao Lan hurriedly went into the house to cook, and after a while, the whole family was going to come back for dinner, and the old lady also washed her hands and went into the house to help cook and light the fire.

"Nizi, I thought about it, I promised you Uncle Liu, and I told you to Chuanhu, are you happy?" The old lady took advantage of no one to say a few intimate words to her granddaughter.

"Grandma looks good and I think it's good, I don't have any opinions, grandma is all for my good, I know. Qiao Lan smiled and nodded.

Outside the village, the one who can compare with the Liu family is the landlord, the Liu family's serious conditions are better than theirs, and they are much stronger than the Li family.

There are also those who only collect money and don't want grain, but if there is so little, the landlords have to collect some grain and come back, because they have to pay taxes. Therefore, the tenant farmers and tenants pay a small amount of silver for their land, and the rest is mostly for grain, but when they encounter good land, this is enough for the tenant farmers to live well.