The fifth elder regarded Ye Xiaoyu as a thorn in his side, fortunately, this business was inadvertently pulled in by Lu Yishou, the Lu family has a share, no matter how Jiang Ping maintains the fifth child, it is impossible for the Lu family to suffer. Otherwise, if Ye Xiaoyu is the only one, if the fifth child is a hindrance, no matter whether he can retaliate in the end or not, Ye Xiaoyu will definitely be cheated first.

Thinking like this, Ye Xiaoyu suddenly felt glad for herself.

When Lu Yishou and Ye Xiaoyu went to the field again the next day, it was very different from what they had seen before, not only the plough was neat, but also a small ditch was dug next to it, although there was no spring water introduced into the ditch for irrigation, but with such a small ditch, it was much more convenient to carry a wooden barrel for manual watering, and the time spent was also reduced.

Although the fertility of this large area of dry land is not comparable to that of the good fertile land in the northern district of Yuejing, it is already called fertile, and it is rare to use such fertile land to grow vegetables.

The fields in the northern district of Viet Ching are fertile, but the prices of the vegetables grown in them are also surprisingly expensive, but due to the problems of transportation and the small peasant mentality of the common people, this money can only be earned by the merchants of the northern district of Viet-Jing. First, everyone has no awareness of this kind of business, most of the vegetables are planted for their own family needs, even if there is surplus, they are all stored, and they rarely think of taking them to the city and town to sell; Second, most people in the countryside do not own a lot of land, but they have a lot of children. In addition to the grain tax paid, after selling grain to the government, many people can only make ends meet and solve the problem of food and clothing.

After the implementation of the "Fruit and Vegetable Plan", Ye Xiaoyu felt more and more that his initial idea was indeed a bit naïve, and he did not take into account the actual problems. If you let the people of Quanxiu Village know that you are buying low and selling high. If you make a profit from the difference, even if you are willing to sell it to yourself, you will raise the price very high. However, fortunately, there is a road to join in, and he solves the problem of the source and supply of land and vegetables for himself. Sell what you grow in your own field. Outsiders are even red-eyed. There is nothing that can be done.

Because the boss of the capital was going to come to the field here to "investigate", Ye Xiaoyu followed Lu Yishou to work on vegetables in the field for a few days after returning from the capital. After being busy, he left behind the matter of asking the village blacksmith to make the iron pot, and it was not until someone sent someone to Lujiazhuang that Ye Xiaoyu remembered that the "pot" of the hot pot could already be received.

When the guy from the blacksmith shop sent the pot to Lujiazhuang, Ye Xiaoyu was staying in the ground with Lu Yi, this thing was accepted by Lu Qian, and he also helped Ye Xiaoyu pay the rest of the money. Therefore, when Ye Xiaoyu returned to Nanyuan that night, she received the iron pot sent by Qiao'er.

The iron pot is not bad, it is basically made according to the "drawings" I drew, and I touched it with my hands, and the quality is not bad. I don't know if I'm thinking too much, Ye Xiaoyu feels that since she accompanied Lu Qian to the capital last time, her attitude towards herself has improved a lot, not only will she no longer target herself, but she will also help a little bit about some things. Like Ye Xiaoyu who runs outside with Lu Yishou every day like now, if it had been before, Lu Qian would have rushed over and scolded. Although Ye Xiaoyu doesn't care too much about Lu Qian's attitude towards herself, if Lu Qian no longer targets herself everywhere, it would be great if the two of them could get along in harmony, after all, although Ye Xiaoyu is good at kung fu, no one is willing to live in ridicule and fault with others all day long.

Seeing this pot, Ye Xiaoyu remembered the table. It's been a few days, I don't know if the sunny table is ready, it's rare for him to take the initiative to help himself so "enthusiastically", and Ye Xiaoyu is embarrassed to urge him. Anyway, I haven't been free for the past few days, and the ingredients for the hot pot haven't been prepared yet, so the sunny side will slow down first.

Speaking of the plan for hot pot ingredients this time, Ye Xiaoyu has made good preparations.

Quanxiu Village is considered to be the north of Daye Country, and it is located in the inland area, there are fish, but they are basically freshwater fish, Ye Xiaoyu in the previous life is an authentic person from the southern coastal area, people who are used to eating saltwater fish in the sea, and suddenly eat freshwater fish, Ye Xiaoyu always feels that there is a very strong earthy smell in the fish every time he eats fish, plus the cooking technique here is single, the most he does is steamed fish with lard and green onions, every time Hong'er does this, Ye Xiaoyu is too lazy to move chopsticks.

There is a lot of meat here, such as chicken, duck, goose, pork, mutton, etc., which are relatively common, and there are some meat of animals that cannot be named, but the meat on this side has been eaten for a long time, and Ye Xiaoyu does not dare to compliment. But beef here is not common, because Daye is an agricultural country, and cattle are an important plough and means of transportation, therefore, there are many families with cattle, but there are basically no people who kill cattle, and here, killing cattle is subject to the approval of the government, therefore, there is really very little beef on the market, and even if there is, it is supplied to wealthy families such as princes and nobles, large landowners, etc., and the price is very expensive.

But Ye Xiaoyu likes to eat beef, in her previous life, she liked to order marinated beef every time she ate hot pot outside, the so-called "marinated" here is not the kind of beef that has been marinated for a long time in the literal sense and is salty to death, but raw beef slices and mixed with various seasonings and chili powder to make the beef tasteful. With this kind of beef shabu-shabu, Ye Xiaoyu can eat a large plate of one person at a time.

After coming here, due to this special regulation of the government, she hadn't eaten beef for more than half a year. So this time the hot pot ingredients, Ye Xiaoyu plans to go to the capital to purchase, by the way, "spend a lot of money" to buy some beef and seasonings at the lunch market, Lujiazhuang's kitchen seasoning is there, but it is only some basic salt, soy sauce, chili noodles, sugar and other seasonings, but to become a dipping sauce for eating hot pot, these are definitely not enough, so this trip, it must cost a lot of money. However, when he thought that the preparation of hot pot this time was not purely for his own enjoyment, but to invite Lu Yishou to eat them, Ye Xiaoyu felt more comfortable.

After Ye Xiaoyu ran for several days in a row, almost all the vegetable seedlings suitable for planting in early spring had been planted. Originally, according to Lu Yishou's original plan, Ye Xiaoyu didn't need to run into the field every day, as long as the fifth child was there to watch. But since that "assault" in the field, Lu Yishou changed his mind, although Jiang Ping's face did not make any punitive behavior to the old five, but after the fifth man finished leveling the land, Lu Yishou sent a task to contact the dart bureau in the town to him, and took him away. When the old man left, there was no one to take care of the field, Lu Yishou was usually busy with his north-south business, and it was impossible to stay in the field every day, so the task of planting vegetable seedlings fell on Ye Xiaoyu. Of course, the vegetables in the field are all grown by the Lu family's long-term workers, Ye Xiaoyu doesn't need to do it all by herself like before, she just needs to go to the field regularly every day to see the progress, and don't let those people be lazy.

It's easy to say, but it's not so smooth to do.

These vegetable growers are all long-term workers who have been employed by the Lu family for a long time, and they have been following the fifth child before, and they are in charge of the fifth child, but now they are suddenly replaced by the young Ye Xiaoyu, and one or two people in the long-term workers have an unconvinced mentality, and sometimes even show their behavior, such as sitting on the ridge of the field and smoking dry tobacco after not working for a while, and starting work only when the sun rises in the morning. Ye Xiaoyu didn't know if this was instigated by the old five, but there were one and two, the Lu family hired a total of 4 people in this land, and they didn't do it for a few days, and the other three people saw that someone was lazy, so they did the same, and one day when Ye Xiaoyu went to the field in the morning, there was no one in that land.

Ye Xiaoyu was furious on the spot, he was so sluggish that he would not be able to catch up with the store in the capital when the time came, although the specific time had not yet been determined.

Holding back the anger, Ye Xiaoyu returned to Lujiazhuang, and asked Lu Yishou how the wages of these hired workers were settled, being hired by people and helping people to work, the most important thing is not to pursue the salary, Ye Xiaoyu decided to link the efficiency of work with wages, so that he could not believe that he could not subdue these people.

When I asked, I found out that these people's wages are monthly, almost 1 tael of silver per month, and the Lu family has no restrictions on working hours, they can find another job to do, as long as the Lu family needs manpower, they must come over in time to help. After listening to Lu Yishou's words, Ye Xiaoyu almost vomited blood, but Lu Yishou is also a businessman who runs south and north, but for employees, the regulations are too loose, maybe because they are all from the same village, Lu Yishou doesn't even have a punishment clause, under this condition, even if it is Ye Xiaoyu herself, she will be lazy.

This kind of regulation is not good, needless to say, Ye Xiaoyu will have a share after the things in the field grow in the future, even if it is not her own business at all, for the sake of Lu Yishou only relying on a letter, she can not knowingly watch those people take the Lu family's wages and not work over there.

Thinking like this, he proposed a proposal to Lu Yishou, which is simply "do more and take more".

There are many fields in Lujiazhuang, but there are few people, and there are basically no men who can really work, in this case, there are dozens of hired workers under Lujiazhuang, not including those short-term workers who are called to help temporarily. Except for the land rented to others, the rest of the planting of the Lu family's land was completed by these hired workers. Therefore, although Lu Yishou did not make a clear statement, the Lu family spent hundreds of taels of silver on the wages of hired workers every year. In recent years, Lu Yishou has indeed made a lot of money by doing the business of "north-south transportation", but such a large amount of expenses can feed a few ordinary families for several years. It's not Ye Xiaoyu's crow's mouth, but doing business is something that sometimes depends on luck, plus what Lu Yishou does is a grain business, in a country like Daye Country that implements a strict monopoly control system for grain, iron, and salt, who knows how the country's policy will change in the future, so while there is still a stall that can still make money, it is right to spend less money and save more. (To be continued......)