It was so busy for half an hour, until the last paper ball was caught, and the candidates for the twenty helpers were all decided. Dong Rong took the notebook and wrote down everyone's names, and then hung them at the door of the hut.

The descendants looked at the notebook, their eyes were hot, and they wished that it would be full of ink immediately. Seeing this, Liu Ergouzi and the others laughed and led them to get the tools, and couldn't help but guess the dishes for lunch in their hearts. These veteran handymen receive 600 yuan a month, which is less than that of newcomers. But after this period of time, the newcomers are about to get out, but they have errands to do for a long time. For a man who is a breadwinner, nothing is more important than having a fixed monthly salary.

Dong Rong instructed people to go into the city to buy grain and other things, and at the same time, from time to time he had to explain to Zhao Qingshan and others how to dig ponds and fertile fields, and how to build water trestle bridges. She finally sent everyone away, and before she could catch her breath, the sun was about to climb overhead again, and it was time to prepare lunch.

She was thinking about finding a few helpers, but Sister-in-law Liu and another little daughter-in-law in the village, Meihua, came up the mountain with the handyman who went to the city to buy.

It turned out that Liu's sister-in-law was selling ice bowls in the city, and when she saw the handyman who bought it, she had a lot of food and seasonings in her burden, so she moved her mind. In the small courtyard, Wang Lu and his wife are now in charge, and she is not easy to move forward, she originally planned to think about a few new ice bowls with her heart, but she is helpless and not as flexible as Sister-in-law Qiu's brain, and in the end, she can't go up and down, which is really depressing. Now that the orchard is so busy, Dong Rong must be short of manpower around her, maybe this is a good opportunity for her to get ahead.

When she understood this, she threw the cart to her man, and then helped carry the baskets and other things back to the orchard with the handyman. Unfortunately, there are not many smart people in the world, but there are definitely a few. The two of them walked to the bottom of the mountain and met another little daughter-in-law in the village, Meihua'er, needless to say, she also recommended herself to Dong Rong to ask for an errand.

Sister-in-law Liu's intestines are about to regret it, if she had asked Dong Rong to finalize this matter last night, why bother competing with others today. Meihua is not a fool, and naturally guessed the reason why Liu's sister-in-law rushed back from the city, but neither of the two said anything, but went up the mountain hand in hand.

Fortunately, Dong Rong was really short of manpower, and she liked that they were all familiar with each other on weekdays, so she directly set the same salary as the handymen, and then took them into the stove to prepare meals after a simple explanation.

A large slice of pork belly is thrown into the pot and fried until it is oily, then added with green onion and ginger to stir-fry, add soup to boil, and then put in the tofu cubes and cabbage strips cut into mahjong-like sizes, and stew for half an hour, and a pot of milky white stew is out of the pot. The handymen, both old and new, each brought a large pottery bowl full of three golden bud flour cakes, and squatted in the shade of the tree to eat heartily.

Dong Rong also took a bite of the cake and took a bite of the soup, but the slightly coarse cake was really a little difficult to swallow, so she wondered if she should buy more fine noodles and come back, even if it was to steam some two-way noodles steamed buns.

Sister-in-law Liu raised her hand to add a bowl of soup for a handyman, and when she turned around and saw Dong Rong like this, she laughed quietly, "Dongjia, I know that you are a kind-hearted person, and when you see that everyone is tired, you want to take some delicious food to entertain." But this kind of meat dish and cake is very good, if it is better and better, I am afraid that everyone is worried about food every day, but they have no heart to work, it will not live up to the kindness of the owner. ”

Dong Rong's subordinates stopped their chopsticks, and after listening carefully, they felt that what they said made sense. If it had been placed in a previous life, the hired workers would have scolded their employer's ancestors for running out of the grave when they saw such a crude meal. But in this time and space, it is a rare good treatment.

As the old saying goes, if you are a good person, you will fight a hate. No matter how good things are, once they are given too much, they will become uncherished and become taken for granted. On the contrary, it is better to treat it a little kindly on weekdays, and share more food during the New Year's holidays, so that everyone will gain face, and she will also have a good reputation.

Thinking about it like this, Dong Rong smiled, pulled Sister-in-law Liu and praised sincerely, "Sister-in-law is right, I think it's wrong." In the future, the big and small things in this orchard, my sister-in-law will mention me more when she sees something wrong. ”

Sister-in-law Liu was looking forward to showing her face in front of the owner, how could she not be happy when she heard this? After getting along with each other, she also figured out Dong Rong's temper a little, so she was not modest at all, and responded directly, "Cheng, if the owner can trust me, I will nag a few more words in the future." ”

"I'm not afraid of how my sister-in-law nags, it's just that it's too quiet at night on this mountain, if my sister-in-law's family can let go, come and stay with me for a few days."

"Hey, you little couple quarreled? Why do you think of calling me to live in an eyesore? ”

Dong Rong blushed and said angrily, "Where does my sister-in-law want to go, my pillar went to the mountains with Dr. Feng to collect medicine this morning, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back in three or five days." If my sister-in-law can't leave the house, just say it, what are you doing with me? ”

Sister-in-law Liu laughed and responded, "No wonder I haven't seen the figure of the pillar for most of the day, it turns out that I am not at home." Dongjia, don't worry about him, before you got married, he always went up the mountain with Dr. Feng. Every time he picked medicinal herbs, Dr. Feng would give a fair price. Speaking of which, the aunt of the Cao family always shouted how she would bankrupt her family to marry a daughter-in-law for the pillar, in fact, no one in the village knew that the bride price was earned by the pillar himself. ”

"Then the places where Dr. Feng took him are deep mountains and old forests, I'm afraid there are many wild beasts, right? I wanted to stop it yesterday, but I couldn't say it..."

Yesterday, one of Dr. Feng's close friends, who is also a famous doctor with great reputation in several cities in the south, passed by Qingxian County, so he stopped by for a night.

When Old Man Cao heard the news, he immediately went to Feng's house to ask a famous doctor to help treat his little daughter. Doctor Feng has prescribed medicine to Second Sister Feng in the past few years, but the little girl just hasn't improved significantly. He Xu also felt a little guilty, so he immediately pulled his friends to diagnose the pulse of Second Sister Cao, and finally the two discussed for a long time before they were diagnosed with the disease and prescribed medicine. And ensure that most of the improvement will be made after taking the medicine for one month, and then carefully raise it for two years and it will completely remove the root of the disease.

The old couple of the Cao family were simply crazy, and they were so grateful that they almost knelt down and kowtowed. Dong Rong and Silly Zhu, who rushed back after hearing the news, also rejoiced for the second sister, and said straight that they would go into the city tomorrow to grab medicine. But Dr. Feng said that there was a medicine in the prescription, which was very rare, and he had to take the stupid pillar to the mountains hundreds of miles away to find it.

When Old Man Cao heard this, he looked at the stupid pillar with a slightly hesitant expression. Mrs. Cao stared, and directly sent Silly Zhu into the mountain with Dr. Feng tomorrow, and don't come back if you don't find the medicinal materials.

Dong Rong scolded her in her heart for being vicious, and she didn't care about other people's lives for the sake of her own daughter. She was about to find an excuse to push this matter for Silly Zhu, but she didn't want Silly Zhu to respond in one bite. Dong Rong was so angry that she almost crushed her silver teeth, but when she thought about it, she felt sad, the entire Cao family was counted, and the second sister was the most sincere to the brother of Silly Zhu, and Silly Zhu should do more for her.

Thinking like this, Dong Rong didn't stop it, and picked up a package for Silly Zhu overnight, packed a set of clothes, a pair of shoes and a dozen shortbreads. As for the wound medicine and other materials, Dr. Feng has prepared them.

Early this morning, before the sky was bright, the stupid pillar went down the mountain with dew. Although Dong Rong arranges people to buy and take care of the orchard, she is constantly busy, but occasionally when she is free, she feels empty and uncomfortable.

Ever since she came to this strange world, Silly Zhu has always been by her side. She doesn't feel like anything on weekdays, and even occasionally gets tired of the stupid pillar always dangling around her, so she doesn't have any free space. But at this moment, she was alone wherever she went, no one stood at the door waiting for her to return, no one followed her and yelled that she was hungry, and no one smirked and dedicated her biceps, let her be angry and petty, why did she feel sour in her heart? Habit is such a terrible thing...

Sister-in-law Liu didn't know that Dong Rong's heart was so upside down, and continued to comfort, "Don't worry about it, it's not once or twice that Old Doctor Feng took the pillar into the mountain. Besides, the pillar was strong, and no beast could hurt her. ”

Dong Rong couldn't cry or laugh when she heard it, she really wanted to reply to her, she didn't have a backache when she stood and talked, it wasn't your man who entered the mountain, so you naturally didn't have to worry about it.

But she also knew that Sister-in-law Liu had good intentions, and the men here did often go into the mountains to hunt together in winter, and the women were also accustomed to it. Maybe she's making some fuss...

The hired workers ate and rested under the fruit trees for two quarters of an hour, and finally took the initiative to pick up the pickaxe and go down the mountain to continue to be busy without waiting for Zhao Qingshan's urging.

The former Chen family orchard has now been renamed the Four Seasons Garden by Dong Rong, implying that the beauty of the four seasons is included in this garden.

Although it was only a morning's work, looking down from the mountain, I could find that it was very different. A half-foot deep ditch has been dug under the hill and on the periphery of the ten acres of thin fields, and after the whole ditch is connected, a large number of "people come crazy" from the mountain and plant it.

This "man comes crazy" is a kind of shrub that is a local specialty, and if you plant it alone, you will still be half-dead after three or five years. But if it is planted in rows and patches, it will grow taller in three or five days. On top of that, its root system is extremely shallow, so it doesn't rob the surrounding vegetation of nutrients, and it's easy to pull it out. Therefore, farmers love to use it instead of walls. And Dong Rong wants to transform the orchard into an independent small kingdom, so naturally these "loyal guards" are indispensable.

The small pond in the middle of the thin field should also be dug deep and expanded, the pond mud is picked out to fertilize the field, and then a few buckets of fish fry are poured down to raise, and the lotus root is planted in the spring next year, and then the time is fishing while enjoying the flowers, which can be described as a rare joy in the world.

As for the vacant land cleared out at the foot of the mountain, it is necessary to build a row of chicken racks, catch hundreds of chickens, and go directly to the mountain on weekdays to eat insects and grass seeds, and when the autumn weather is cool, they will be circled into the chicken rack, make a fire for warmth, feed and feed, just lay eggs in winter, and sell them to dim sum shops and restaurants, and the price is more than double that of summer. ZM