Chapter Seventy-Four: Clearing the Wasteland (II)
On the second day when Xiao Nan came back from Song County, he went to Xiao Changhe's house and told him that he wanted to open up the wasteland, of course Xiao Changhe disagreed, and was furious on the spot, the sound was so loud that it almost broke the roof, and the surrounding neighbors were attracted to poke their heads over, and then Xiao Nan didn't know what to say, his anger was immediately contained, and then the grandparents and grandchildren entered the house and talked secretly for half an hour, no one knew what they talked about, in short, when Xiao Nan left, Xiao Changhe didn't say a word again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After getting Xiao Changhe, Xiao Nan and Lin went to visit Lizheng together, the opening of this hundred acres of barren land is not a small project, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, just to turn over the hundred acres of barren mountains, it takes ten labors to spend nearly ten days, not to mention that Xiao Nan is to plant tea, tea seedling planting has a very high standard for land consolidation, and after the barren mountains are turned out, they have to make a ditch.
Xiao Nan to plant Xinyang Maojian, the spacing of tea trees can not be too dense, can only do a single row of embankments, the interval between each row of embankments needs to be controlled at about one meter, the width of the embankment is 0.5 meters, the height is about 0.3 meters, the weeds are used as bottom fertilizer, and then a layer of fertilizer and a layer of soil are paved, after the embankment is built, it is raised for more than a month, and after the seedlings come back in March, then pit and plant.
If you simply turn over the ground, a strong laborer can turn more than one acre a day, now you want to turn the barren mountain into a tea garden suitable for planting tea seedlings, both to complete the embankment, but also to spread fertilizer, two laborers can be up to one acre of land a day, Xiao Nan's family 100 acres of land, according to the progress of 10 acres per day, it takes ten days, and 20 laborers are needed a day, fortunately, this is not the busy season for farming, there are more than 80 households in Sangyu Village, and it is not difficult to ask for 20 laborers.
It's just that how this person is invited, there is also a particular one, Xiao Nan is very capable, and her reputation has gradually spread in the past few months, but she is just a twelve-year-old girl, if she wants to protect her family and gain a firm foothold in Sangyu Village, it is not enough to rely on her existing fierce reputation and talent, she lacks prestige, so she can only work hard in this aspect of human sophistication.
If Xiao Nan's mother and son go to invite people by themselves, no matter who they invite, those who are not invited will be offended, but they can hand over this matter to Li Zheng, firstly, it seems that Xiao Nan's mother and son have shown enough respect for Li Zheng, and secondly, with the prestige of Li Zheng in the village, no matter who he helps invite, other people dare not have any opinions.
Lin's mother and son brought two packs of dim sum and a few homemade wax goods to Lizheng's house, (Sangyu Village has a rule that hunting is not allowed in the last month before the first month, and Xiao Nan's family has no fresh prey at this time.) Li Zheng liked Xiao Nan and Zixiu very much before because of his relationship with Xiao Dalang, and after Xiao Dalang's death, Xiao Nan's performance in the past few months has impressed him.
"Ah, sister-in-law of the Xiao family, auntie, why do you have time to come and walk, hurry, come in, ouch, sister-in-law of the Xiao family, what are you doing here." Li Zheng's father and wife and son Li Qinghe lived together, Lin and Xiao Nan came to the door of Li Zheng's house, Li Qinghe's wife Zhang, who was busy in the courtyard, saw them and immediately greeted them warmly, but when they saw the gift in Xiao Nan's hand, they couldn't help but be surprised.
"Sister Zhang, Uncle Li is our elder, after I went to my family, Uncle Li took care of our family, it stands to reason that we should have come to visit the New Year earlier, but I am a new mourner, before the Lantern Festival, it is not easy to go to relatives and friends, this is delayed until this time......" Lin smiled slightly and took over the conversation.
"You, hey, sister-in-law of the Xiao family, I didn't say you, with the relationship between our two families, where can we pay attention to these, first house, first house." Zhang shook his head helplessly, and welcomed Lin's mother and son into the house.
The Lin mother and son did not really come to Lizheng's house, and asked about Lizheng after a few words of cold noise with Zhang, Zhang's is not that dull person, seeing this, they knew that their mother and daughter came to the door only to find Lizheng Something, and soon brought the mother and daughter over to see their in-laws.
After listening to their intentions, Li Zheng asked in surprise: "Auntie, does your grandfather agree with you to deal with the 100 acres of barren mountains?" "This hundred acres of barren mountains was personally handled by Xiao Dalang back then, but after the barren mountain was taken, Xiao Changhe fought with his life, and Xiao Dalang was not allowed to open up the wasteland no matter what, although Xiao Dalang was not a foolish person, but he was helpless in the face of a biological father who forced him to take his life, and it was precisely because Li Zheng was quite clear about all this, and now he was very surprised when he suddenly heard Xiao Nan talk about it.
"I've already agreed with Zu Weng that he won't interfere in any way." Xiao Nan smiled and replied, Li Zheng suddenly had a touch of surprise in his eyes when he heard the voice, but he didn't expect Xiao Dalang to do what he couldn't do with all his efforts back then, but Xiao Nan, a little girl, did it, but Li Zheng immediately thought again, maybe Xiao Changhe's heart slowly softened when he saw that his eldest son was gone, and he didn't want to embarrass his daughter-in-law and grandchildren anymore?
He shook his head with a little smile, didn't dwell on this question, and asked again: "Auntie is really a great girl, but I don't know what you need my uncle to do?" ”
"Uncle Zu Weng, you also know the situation of my family, I want you to come forward and help us hire twenty laborers, because clearing the wasteland is a hard work, although it is not a busy farm at this time, my family is willing to open according to the time when the farm is busy, forty wen a day per person, so many people, it is not very convenient for our family to cook, for this reason, add another twenty wen for each meal." Xiao Nan pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and said her intention very calmly, she was here to find someone to help, and she would not think that everyone else in this world was a fool except herself, obviously looking for someone to help, but she still had to use a high hat to buckle someone else's head, so that the person who helped thought that she had gained your benefit.
"It's a small thing, but I don't know when you want them to start working?" Li Zhengren is old and refined, where can he not understand this, because of this, after Xiao Nan's words fell, his face became more and more kind and kind, and he took over the conversation with a smile.
"Tomorrow, my 100 acres of barren mountains are sorted out to plant tea, it stands to reason that the land should be prepared in November last year, but a lot of things were not dealt with at that time, and it was too late, in addition, I also have a request, the tea garden needs to be covered with a lot of fertilizer, my family must not have so much fertilizer, it is not easy for me to let a little girl go to the villages to collect, for this reason, I want to hand over this matter to Uncle Qinghe to deal with, I will pay twenty-five taels of silver, let Uncle Qinghe help me raise the initial fertilizer of the tea garden, I don't know what Uncle Zu Weng thinks?" Xiao Nan said again.
"Hehe, what a powerful girl, such a good job, if your uncle Zu Weng doesn't accept it, it will be too unkind, okay, you go back first, the worker's business, I'll help you find it later, as for the fertilizer harvest, when Qinghe comes back, I'll let him go to your house to find you, and then you tell him the specific amount and what kind of fertilizer you need." Li Zheng was stunned at first, and then laughed.
Although he doesn't know the fertilization standards of the tea garden, he is also a person who has lived in the countryside for most of his life, and the basic concept is still there, Xiao Nan's money, after all the costs, Li Qinghe can at least leave about three taels of silver, it is precisely because he understands this in his heart that he is more and more surprised, a twelve-year-old girl is so thoughtful and thoughtful, it is really surprising.
"What a great girl, although Xiao Dalang is gone, he has Aunt Xiao in his family, and his future development is only countless times stronger than when Xiao Dalang was there." Li Zheng personally sent Xiao Nan's mother and daughter out of the house, he silently watched their more and more figures, muttering to himself.