Chapter Eighty-Seven: Positive Villagers of Yakou Village
More than 30 people from Yakou Village, plus the owners of the two ox carts found by Wen Jianglang, also stayed to work in Zhao Yuan's house, transported the pear saplings to the mountain, and soon planted pear trees on the cleared mountain.
It was still early when it was over, and everyone was going to continue to clean up Huaguo Mountain, but Zhao Yuan called everyone down, and the dinner that Meng Ying and Aunt Pu cooked was almost ready.
"Boss, it's a little early to call it a day, right?" Looking at the sky, Tao Pu said puzzled.
"That's right, dinner will take a while, everyone will help me plant pear trees along this piece of land of my house for a week, no problem, right?" Zhao Yuan waved his hand and said to everyone.
"No problem, planting trees on this flat ground will be planted in no time." Everyone heard Zhao Yuan's words and said with a smile.
"It's hard work, everyone, I stewed a big pot of pork ribs for dinner, and everyone should be able to eat dinner after planting the pear tree."
"Boss Zhao is benevolent and righteous, help your family work, not only the salary is high, but also the food is so good." Wen Jianglang said loudly.
Zhao Yuan's food, because of the use of some spices, has always tasted good, a meal of lo noodles at noon, let the big guys in Yakou Village eat very happy, and there is meat to eat at night, everyone is looking forward to it even more.
"So, I'll go with you and tell you where you want to plant pear trees." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Uncle, I'm going to go with you." Luoluo, who was under the eaves and observed the beehive placed at the entrance of the building, said.
"Okay, Luoluo will come along."
Although the hundreds of acres of land in Xiaheba are relatively flat, after clearing the weeds and shrubs on the dam, it looks a little desolate now, and the pear trees are just suitable for planting in the fields, and when the trees grow up, they can also provide shade for the people working in the fields.
"Owner, the oldest batch of pear saplings are planted around the land, right?" Tao Pu asked.
"Just plant a four-year-old pear sapling, and it may bear fruit next year." Zhao Yuan nodded and said, by the way, he also brought the wild kiwifruit seedlings dug up from the old mountain, and planted them on the edge of the ground by the way.
When they came to the ground, everyone sighed that the land of Zhao Yuan's house was really big, chatting with each other, one person making a nest, one person putting saplings, and planting a pear tree along the edge of the ground, almost three zhang apart.
Soon, pear trees were planted all around the field.
"Owner, there are not enough pear saplings." Zhao Yuan took Luoluo to walk around the field, and Tao Pu stepped forward and said.
"That's right, such a large piece of land, with pear trees planted around it, would require nearly three hundred, plus those planted on the mountain, the pear saplings should also be planted." Zhao Yuan patted his forehead and said.
"Then the owner, do you still need to clean up the mountain?" Tao Pu looked at Zhao Yuan and asked.
Several villagers from Yakou Village who came with Tao Pu were also nervous, originally such a large mountain, to clean up, how could it take more than ten days, and each family could earn a lot of wages, but now that the pear saplings are gone, I don't know if Boss Zhao will let everyone continue to work.
Zhao Yuan saw a few villagers in Yakou Village who were a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Of course, we must continue to clean up, first clean up the entire mountain, and then go to find fruit saplings to plant, everyone can rest assured." ”
Luoluo named this half of the mountain Huaguo Mountain, and now this small piece of fruit trees is planted at the foot of the mountain, so it is not worthy of this name.
"Boss Zhao, the pear saplings have been planted, do you think this mountain will continue to be cleaned up?" Li Zheng Wen Jiang Lang also walked over from the other side of the ground at this time and asked.
"I'm telling you, this mountain still needs to be cleaned up, don't worry, Uncle Lizheng, you can inform everyone. Now, let's go back and wash our hands and get ready for dinner. Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Okay, then we'll be relieved. Boss Zhao, I have a reluctant request, you can see ......" Wen Jianglang said with some hesitation.
"Uncle Lizheng has something to say, you should know that I am a very straight person for most of the day." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"We can see it, that's the case, Boss Zhao, your family has such a large piece of land, do you need to ask someone to help you when farming?" Wen Jianglang asked, and the surrounding villagers of Yakou Village couldn't help but look at Zhao Yuan with anticipation.
"You need to invite people, but it will take a while for spring plowing to start, so how about everyone help me clear out that half of the mountain first?" Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
Today, the people in Yakou Village are working more dedicatedly, but Zhao Yuan still wants to observe for two more days.
"Uncle, my aunt said that the meal is ready, so let's get ready for dinner." Luoluo saw Meng Ying waving over here and said to Zhao Yuan.
"Okay, let's go back to dinner first." Zhao Yuan nodded and said to everyone.
After eating a dinner that seemed to the villagers of Yakou Village to be much more sumptuous than the New Year, and leaving the tools for work at Zhao Yuan's house, some of them walked, some sat on two ox carts, and went home. Zhao Yuan asked for everyone's opinions, and the wages and the money for buying pear saplings were settled together after the work was done.
"Uncle, auntie, I'm looking forward to the time when so many pear trees in our family will bloom together, I wonder if these pear trees will bloom this year?" After the meal, after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, with the last light in the sky, Zhao Yuan took Meng Ying and Luoluo for a walk in the yard.
"There should be some flowers this year, and maybe a few pears." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
Pear trees generally take about five years to start bearing fruit, but the batch of pear seedlings that Zhao Yuan bought, some of which are more than four years old, can clearly see some small buds, and if you are lucky, you should be able to bear a few fruits sporadically.
"That's going to be a long time coming." Luoluo walked to the courtyard gate, looked at the dark field, and seemed to look forward to coming together tomorrow, and all the pear trees were full of pear blossoms.
The next day, Tao Pu went to the market early in the morning, and today he was going to the market to see the house he rented.
Not long after Tao Pu left, the villagers of Yakou Village also came to Zhao Yuan's house, and Meng Ying and Aunt Pu hadn't started making breakfast yet.
"Uncle Lizheng, Uncle Wen, everyone came so early, and breakfast hasn't started yet." Zhao Yuan said to everyone.
"Let's go to work in the mountains first, Boss Zhao, we'll come back to eat when your breakfast is ready." Wen Jianglang shook his head and said.
Whether it is modern or ancient, farmers will get up very early every day to do farm work, and they are generally used to go to the field to do farm work in the morning before going home to get breakfast.
"Okay, then, carry this bucket of water up the mountain, everyone will drink some water when they are thirsty, and breakfast will be ready soon." Zhao Yuan, who understood the working habits of farmers, thought about it, did not object, and said to everyone.
"Okay, then let's go up the hill and get a hoe and sickle." Wen Jianglang nodded and said.
On the way back yesterday, Wen Jianglang, who was in the middle of the day, said to everyone what Zhao Yuan meant, as long as everyone did the current work well, it was possible to receive the job of helping Zhao Yuan's family farm, so everyone was very concerned and came to Zhao Yuan's house early in the morning.