Chapter 12: The Housewarming Banquet
On the cultivated side, using the remaining bamboo, Yun Li ordered people to build two cylindrical, multi-level storage warehouses next to the well. Ryegrass will be harvested here, and processed into organic fertilizer with the electromagnetic force of Yunli, which can meet the fertilization needs of all the land today.
The entire bamboo building and the two warehouses were built, and a total of nearly 20,000 yuan was spent on Yunli, and the wages accounted for the majority, and the wages for cutting bamboo and building were added up, and nearly 13,000 yuan was spent, and the income from the five acres of potatoes was filled in. In addition, it cost 3,000 yuan to build the foundation, and the other materials added up to more than 3,000 yuan, which cost a total of 20,000 yuan.
In Luzhen, the annual income of an ordinary peasant family is about this number, and spending a whole year's income to build a bamboo building is a profligate move in the eyes of the villagers.
But Yunli doesn't think so, in the city where he attended, 20,000 yuan is really nothing, he can't buy a car, he can't pay a down payment on a house, he can live in a star-rated hotel for a month and a half, or go on a luxury trip to a foreign country. For only 20,000 yuan, you can have an elegant and chic bamboo building here, which is very valuable in Yunli's opinion, and the money is not distressed at all.
It's not distressing, but after a series of construction projects, Yun Li doesn't have much money available in his hands, and he still has some savings in the past, but most of them are used to contract Xiaolushan, and now the deposit in his hand is less than 10,000 yuan.
Thinking in an optimistic direction, now that the bamboo building has been completed, and the crops of 20 acres of land have been planted, he has electromagnetic power in his hands, so he does not have to worry about pesticides and fertilizers.
According to the custom of Shanglu Village, whenever a housewarming moves to a new house, the host has to entertain the neighbors, and the neighbors who are invited to come will bring home-brewed rice wine and "He rice", which symbolizes peace. The villagers believe that after drinking 100 rice wines and then moving into a new home, they can keep safe forever. The "He rice" received by the owner should be used to make new rice wine, and when someone moves to a new house, he will send it back. This custom has been passed down for many years and is unique to the area, and it is said that it is being declared a national intangible cultural heritage.
Yunli also followed the customs, asked Huang Damin to help, got two tables of wine and food, and invited those villagers who came to help build the bamboo building.
After contracting Xiaolushan, Yunli became a big employer in the village, very popular with the villagers, plus the recent Xu Rui incident, everyone admired Yunli from the bottom of their hearts, and frequently toasted and congratulated Yunli during the banquet, so that Yunli, a person who didn't drink much in the past, drank enough. The farmer's rice wine is mellow and strong, if it weren't for the electromagnetic force to protect the body, I'm afraid that without two cups of belly, Yunli would not be able to stand steadily.
The bamboo building can be completed so quickly, the most thanks are Brother Chen and Xu Ping, the recruitment work has always been handled by Xu Ping, and he also contacted him to change the wires and water pipes, arranged things in an orderly manner, and helped Yunli share a lot of trivial matters.
Not to mention Brother Chen, he helped design the drawings, did it himself, and refused to accept money, if you want to calculate the salary, Brother Chen's share should be the most, after all, he is all handiwork, and he can't make that kind of taste without some years of precipitation.
Brother Chen doesn't charge money, but he has other ideas, although he is still very tough, and there is no problem in teaching for a few more years, but he has long passed the retirement age, and it is a matter of time before he retires. He has a property in the town, but after retirement, he wants to live in the village, so he booked a room with Yunli to have a good place to go after retirement.
Of course, Yun Li has no opinion on this, Brother Chen is willing to come, he is naturally very happy, and he is still worried about Brother Chen's craftsmanship, when will he let him make something like Zizhu wind chimes.
When he went into the mountains to cut bamboo, Yunli found that Brother Chen and Xu Ping were not right, and they were confirmed at the banquet. Xu Ping accompanied the smiling face to toast Brother Chen, but Brother Chen didn't appreciate it, and he didn't say anything, just put it on his stinky face, and let Xu Ping's hot face stick to his cold ass, so he was not embarrassed. The others were not surprised, they seemed to have expected this situation, and quickly staggered the topic, it seemed that everyone knew the reason, although Yunli was very curious, it was not good to ask on the spot.
After the banquet, Yunli couldn't wait to move into the bamboo building and chose a room on the second floor to the south to live. The string of purple bamboo wind chimes that he "won" from Brother Chen was placed at the foot of the eaves on the left side of the large balcony, just opposite the window of his room.
The planting on the cultivated side has been put on track, and the next work is to irrigate and fertilize regularly, and in his spare time, Yunli will take care of the yard outside the bamboo building. In the open space of the courtyard, he had already sown a batch of seeds of fine-leaved grass and large-leaved grass, and if nothing happened, after a while, a neat green lawn would grow here.
In fact, Yunli is not sure whether it can be done, this planting method is seen from the book, the ratio of fine-leaved grass and large-leaved grass is three to one, mixed sowing, plus the right environment and fertilization, you can grow a neat, compact lawn, many large professional football fields are used in this way to cultivate lawn, Yunli himself also tried to plant.
There are a few fruit trees planted in the northwest of the small building, mainly for shade, and next to the low fence around the yard, Yunli didn't think of what to plant for the time being, so he sprinkled ryegrass seeds, first stored the fertility of the land, and then made plans later.
After expanding to 20 acres of land, Yunli's daily work became quite heavy, especially the crops on the five acres of land on the experimental field. Since Yunli only had experience in planting potatoes before, he was still in the exploration stage of planting tomatoes and purple eggplants, so he had to observe the situation in the experimental field every day, record the impact of electromagnetic force on each crop, and then make subsequent irrigation and fertilization adjustments according to the growth situation, in order to summarize the best planting plan for them.
In view of this, Yunli found Xu Ping again and asked him to help find someone in the village, so that he could spare a certain amount of time every day to come to Xiaolushan to help take care of the fifteen acres of potatoes, so that he could concentrate on the things in the experimental field.
What Yun Li didn't expect was that he asked Xu Ping to find someone in the morning, and at noon he brought people directly to Xiaolushan, what he didn't expect was that this person's name was Xu Lin, who was Xu Ping's eldest brother.
Xu Lin is only one or two years older than Xu Ping, just in his early forties, but Xu Lin looks much older than his actual age, his waist is a little hunched, and his figure is the same as Xu Ping, he is short and small, and the overall look is the image of a bad old man. And if you get closer, you can easily notice the smell of wine on him.
After weighing it again, Yunli still agreed to Xu Ping's request, and in this way, Xu Lin became the first employee of Xiaolushan, and he was responsible for the daily irrigation and regular fertilization of the cultivated land, and Yunli paid him a salary of 600 yuan a month.
Yun Li didn't know anything about Xu Lin, and he hadn't been in contact with him before, so from the first impression, Xu Lin was definitely not the person he wanted. However, considering the relationship with Xu Ping, Yunli still chose to be a personal favor, and in the future construction of the manor, many places will not be able to do without Xu Ping's help, so hiring Xu Lin is also a win-win choice.
Xu Ping didn't hide anything from Yun Li, and gave a general statement about the situation of his eldest brother Xu Lin. Xu Lin is also a native of Shanglu Village, living near Xu Ping's house, he used to be a well-known carpenter, and he was very willing to ask Xu Lin to work on which families in the township needed to be renovated.
His wife's name is Huang Yunjuan, she is also a skillful hand, good at making some bamboo decorations, the husband and wife have a considerable income with their craftsmanship, plus there are a few acres of fertile land at home, life is quite good, and their family is also the first batch of pacesetters in the village to build a two-story small building.
Six years ago, Xu Lin's right hand was crushed by the wood, which injured the reaction nerve, and he did not get better after seeking medical treatment in many ways.
His right hand was scrapped, Xu Lin's proud craftsmanship was also scrapped, and without a job, he began to gradually become depressed, and the family's farmland was not taken care of, and he was addicted to alcohol, drunk all day long, and the whole family only relied on her wife Huang Yunjuan to support herself.
The family's savings were drunk by him little by little, and what was worse was that Xu Lin sometimes drank in a daze, so he lost his temper and beat and scolded Huang Yunjuan. Once, when he beat him with a bamboo stick, their daughter couldn't look at it, so she went to protect her mother and snatched the bamboo stick from his hand, but the bamboo stick scratched his forehead, and blood flowed all over his face.
After this incident, Huang Yunjuan left Luzhen with her daughter and son who had just entered elementary school, and never appeared again.
Xu Lin, whose wife was separated, was still the same at first, with wine as his companion every day, without a trace of remorse, until in recent years, under Xu Ping's compulsory control, he returned to some normal life, but he still couldn't do without wine.
Xu Ping repeatedly assured Yunli that with his supervision, his eldest brother Xu Lin would definitely do a good job and never cause trouble to Yunli, and he also hoped that this opportunity would bring Xu Lin back to the normal track of life.
After listening to Xu Ping's heart-to-heart words, Yun Li had no reason to refuse. In fact, this job is not difficult, a few days ago, Yunli purchased a lawn mower, and a diesel engine that integrates pumping and irrigation, as long as the engine is qualified, and then put the diversion pipe into the well, the machine can pump up the water for irrigation, which is very convenient.
As for fertilization, the organic fertilizer made of ryegrass is done by Yunli himself, Xu Lin only needs to spread an appropriate amount of organic fertilizer for crops regularly according to Yunli's requirements, which is all simple work, even if his right hand is inconvenient, but as long as he uses snacks, he can do this job well.