Chapter 148
Father Ye came to Zhuangzi to live not only for this grape cutting, but also for two other important things to do.
One is to arrange in advance for the land to be built after the land freezes.
The other thing is really related to the bean sprouts that Lin Wan guessed, which is also the reason why Daddy Ye wanted to bring Lin Wan and Ye Shen.
Although the Ye family has already unified the statement about the advent of bean sprouts, and does not let Lin Wan have anything to do with it, but this time it is necessary to hand over the matter of bean sprouts to Qi Gui's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, as well as the Yang family and others, Father Ye was afraid that he would make some mistakes in the teaching process, so he had to bring Lin Wan over, and Ye Shen naturally covered for Lin Wan.
Returning to the courtyard from the field, Qi Gui's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already prepared a house for Lin Zimo, but the conditions of Zhuangzi were really limited, and I didn't know if Lin Zimo could endure this hardship.
"What's wrong?" Qi Gui frowned and asked.
Mrs. Qi Gui whispered: "There is only a brand new bedding left in the Zhuangzi, I am afraid of ......"
After that, he gave Lin Zimo a special look.
"What's so embarrassing about this, let the second child go to the city to buy two new beds and come back!" Qi Gui was obviously a little displeased, this little thing had to be brought to the owner to say, and he was not afraid that the owner would blame them for not doing anything.
Father Ye was still satisfied with Qi Gui's performance, of course he wouldn't really let Qi Gui pay the money, so he took out a small silver ingot of five taels from his arms and handed it to Qi Gui: "It's my negligence to let your second child go to the city to buy a few beds and come back." ”
Qi Gui glared at his mother-in-law, but he didn't pretend to be embarrassed, calmly took the silver ingot in Father Ye's hand, called his second son Qi Zhenfei to hand over the silver to him, and ordered him to take his daughter-in-law to the city to buy a few futons and come back.
After arranging this matter, Father Ye asked Ye Shen, Lin Wan and Xiaocao to accompany Lin Zimo around Zhuangzi, while he himself entered the hall with Ye Damin, Qi Gui, Qi Zhenxing and Qi Anhe.
"Have you ever tasted the bean sprouts that were sent yesterday, and how do you think they taste?" Father Ye didn't plan to beat around the bush, so a few people asked bluntly as soon as they sat down.
Yesterday, although the Ye family and his party were directly taken to Fucheng by the Lin family, Father Ye still asked people to send some bean sprouts to the village, which was not much, and it was only four or five catties in total.
The bean sprouts were sent to Qi Gui, but Father Ye was sure that Qi Gui would not swallow it alone, and would definitely send some to the Qi family, so this question was not only for Qi Gui's father and son, but also for Qi Anhe.
"Delicious! My mother added some bacon and spicy fried together, refreshing and rice, Xiaocao just ate half a bowl of rice, if it wasn't for my mother to watch, almost had to eat! I didn't expect the beans to be eaten like this after they sprouted! Qi Anhe, who has never talked much, opened his mouth this time, and naturally praised the bean sprouts.
Qi Gui and Qi Zhenxing are naturally full of praise, but the Qi family is directly fried and eaten, which also feels refreshing and appetizing.
After eating potatoes, radishes, and Chinese cabbage for a winter, the bean sprouts can indeed bring people a new and delicious feeling.
Everyone's reaction was in Daddy Ye's expectations, but what Daddy Ye announced next surprised Qi Gui, Qi Anhe and others.
After a while, Qi Gui said with some embarrassment: "Does the owner mean to hand over the business of bean sprouts to Zhuangzi, and let the tenants participate?" This is not suitable, there are many people, and it is easy to miss the recipe......"
Qi Gui thinks that he is not a person without responsibility, nor is he a person without ability, if these people in Zhuangzi are slaves like him, there is really no problem with this.
It's just that in this Zhuangzi, except for his own family, who are slaves of the Ye family, the others are just tenants.
Although the tenant is dependent on the owner for survival, he is not a slave of the owner, and in principle, the tenant can dissolve this dependency with the owner at any time as long as he returns the land to the owner.
Compared with the master-servant relationship, the binding force of the proprietor on the tenant is far less than the binding force of the master on the slave.
This Zhuangzi and Qi Anhe's family have a total of eight tenants, and Qi Gui has been the head of the Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and naturally knows more about these tenants than Father Ye, so he does not agree with Father Ye's approach.
Qi An and the family are okay, from all aspects, the Qi family and the Ye family can be said to be completely of the same mind, and the Qi family Xiaocao lives directly in the Ye family and has a few little masters who are literate and literate.
Qi Gui is worried about several other households, although so far, he doesn't know how this bean sprout should grow, but he feels that it shouldn't be too cumbersome, even if there are a few key steps, as long as he has the heart to master this recipe, it shouldn't be difficult.
Qi Gui is really worried that if all the tenants are really involved, once the recipe for sending bean sprouts is mastered by the tenants, maybe someone will see the fortune and no longer continue to share the fields but go back directly to send bean sprouts and sell them for money, won't he be disappointed by the owner at that time? !
"Don't worry, let me think about it again." Father Ye immediately understood Qi Gui's concerns, and he could also understand Qi Gui's concerns, and after a little silence, he put this matter aside and turned to mention the matter of mountain reclamation.
Judging from the current survival of the grape seedlings in the cuttings, the mountain land that was reclaimed a few years ago is not enough, not to mention the cuttings buried in the Houwu Village from the Lin family's grape farm, which is the big head!
Although reclamation is a matter after the thawing of the earth, according to the experience of previous years, the thawing of the land in Qingzhou Mansion has to wait until mid to late February, but the arrangement of things must always go ahead, not to mention that Daddy Ye plans to adjust the layout of Zhuangzi, so naturally it must be advanced.
This adjustment mainly involves Qi Gui's family and Qi Anhe.
"The old slave understands what the master means, but in this way, the land rent will be less measured, and he is afraid of raising the hearts of some people." Qi Gui was both respectful and a little helpless about Father Ye's master, and had to raise doubts again.
This Father Ye didn't think about it, even if he learned that Qi Gui was very good at rent, when Qi Anhe came to the door, he still asked Qi Anhe to come to Zhuangzi as this tenant farmer, just to see if Qi Gui's approach was just superficial or sincerely considered for the master's family.
Fortunately, Qi Gui did not disappoint him, so he thought about making such an adjustment as he is now.
Qi Gui has been in this Zhuangzi for more than ten years, even if he no longer plants the five acres of land, he will estimate the land rent by eight or ninety, so why bother, not to mention that there is also a Qi Anhe who also understands farming!
It is better to free up the Qi family and the Qi family to plant grapes together, food is important, but grapes are the most profitable!
Of course, Daddy Ye would not say this kind of thing directly, just as he was thinking about how to persuade Qi Gui, Qi Anhe said: "Uncle Ye, I remember that the grape harvest season should be staggered with the busy farming. Do you think that's going to happen?
The five acres I planted now are tenants for Yang Cheng's family, his family has a large population, and he only lives a little tight on the seven acres of land he is now tenant, I think his two boys can already help, and there should be no problem for his family to rent five acres more.
The five acres of land that Uncle Qi's family is now planting are divided into two parts, the one and a half acres in the east belong to me to plant, and the other three and a half acres belong to Uncle Qi.
In this way, both of us can take care of grain and grapes, and at the same time retain the basis for measuring land rent. ”
"This is good, this is good!" Father Ye and Qi Gui looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison.