The medicinal herbs entered the harvest season, and the Gu family quickly became busy. Of the more than 200 acres of medicinal fields in the valley, more than half of them are patronized by their families. When harvesting medicinal herbs, it is natural to hire some villagers to help. However, the employees of the pharmaceutical factory who came back from Yancheng took care of it.

They didn't go home this time to visit relatives, but to go on paid errands. To put it bluntly, it is the welfare that the owner takes care of the people of Qingshan Village and gives. The proprietors are benevolent and righteous, they can't take their wages for nothing and work without working, no one organizes, and these people all spontaneously help harvest medicinal herbs. Although most people had never done this kind of work before, under the guidance of the steward sent by the Bai family, they quickly did a decent job.

Gu Xiao took his granddaughter and his granddaughter's senior brother to collect medicinal materials. Weighing, recording, drying and warehousing. Freshly picked herbs are less expensive; After drying and some simple treatment, the price is relatively high. The people of Qingshan Village are hardworking and simple, and it doesn't take much effort to deal with medicinal materials, and they can sell them for more money. Everyone chose to sell it after it was handled.

This year, the wind and rain are smooth, the soil in the valley is fertile, and the seeds of medicinal herbs are selected from the space. When the Gu family collects it, it is the price of the first-class goods.

After nearly a month of busy work, all the medicinal materials in the valley were returned to the warehouse. The villagers who were originally apprehensive and followed the Gu family to grow medicinal herbs were carrying a heavy silver tael in their arms at this time, not to mention how beautiful it was.

When the choice was made, the family sat together and discussed for a long time, all with the mentality of trying it out. Anyway, they don't need money, the seeds are given by the Gu family, as long as they put some effort, even if they can't grow medicinal materials, it will only delay some time. Most people have this mentality and take a few acres of land to plant.

Of course, there are also some families, such as Zhang Orion, Nine Uncles and Nine Aunts, and Third Grandmother, who have a good relationship with the Gu family, I believe that the Gu family will definitely not cheat them, and they will resolutely follow them. These are just a few. There are more than 30 households in the village, and only 15 or 6 of them have followed, and they don't dare to take too much land, for fear of smashing it on their hands.

Now, with the silver of white flowers, these people can't help but regret a little, if only they had a few acres of more. For example, the village chief and the patriarch have a large population, and they only plant ten acres. On average, one acre of land has an income of 167 taels, which means that these two families have an income of 1670 taels of silver a year. can make these two families happy, and at the same time attract the envy of others.

On this day, the village chief's family was eating dinner around a table. Li Zhu's daughter-in-law came in with a smile at this time. Looking at the third meal of meat and vegetables on the dinner table, Li Zhu's daughter-in-law was greedy. The land in Qingshan Village is barren, and the food grown is not enough to fill the stomach, and most families eat two meals a day. The village chief's uncle's family used to be like this. Now I actually learn to take care of the family, eat three meals a day, and meat. It must be the same as the rumors outside, and he made a lot of money with the Gu family.

Li Zhu's daughter-in-law greeted with a smile: "Uncle, let's eat!" ”

There was a smile on the chubby face of the village chief's mother-in-law: "Yes, has the daughter-in-law of the pillar eaten?" I didn't eat, sat down and ate some. ”

"No, Auntie, I've eaten it!" Li Zhu's daughter-in-law swallowed her saliva secretly, thinking of the purpose of her coming, she tried her best to resist the temptation of the smell of food, "You guys have been busy all day, hurry up and eat, leave me alone." ”

The village chief's family was just talking about the harvest of the medicine field, and the outsiders who came at this time stopped here. The eldest daughter-in-law gave her son and daughter a pair of chopsticks and good dishes, and they hurried to eat.

Li Zhu's daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and complimented: "Big brother and sister-in-law, these two children of your family are out of luck." I heard that working in a pharmaceutical factory earns one tael of silver a month, and sometimes the reward is higher than the salary. They earn more in a month than we make in a year. ”

Sister-in-law Li likes to hear others praise her children the most, which makes her happier than praising her: "Isn't it! Our Xiu'er is smart and capable, and she was selected by Ye'er to teach her how to make medicine. The salary has doubled compared to before! ”

"Mother, eat meat!" Li Hao hurriedly gave Sister-in-law Li a chopstick dish and put it in her bowl. He was afraid that his mother would be proud and pour out many things in the factory for others to hear. The matter of the pharmaceutical factory, it is better to talk less about it at home in the future.

"Haozi is really filial!" Li Zhu's daughter-in-law praised again, blinked and continued, "The Ye Er of the Gu family is really good now." Not only did he earn a lot of money by himself, but he also brought the children in the village with him. It's a pity that our family is still young and can't work with my brothers and sisters. ”

Sister-in-law Li ate the dishes her son gave her, and her eyes were all gone: "Your Nizi is also seven or eight years old, right?" After waiting for another three or five years, I will be able to go out and do things. You're right, Ye'er's kid is benevolent and righteous, and hiring someone will definitely pick up the roots of our village first. Your Nizi is honest and capable, so you can relax! ”

"Alas......" Li Zhu's daughter-in-law sighed deeply and said, "Speaking of two children, I'm useless as a mother, and I can't even let the children eat a full meal." The child's father wanted to go out to find something to do, but there was no way, so the family pointed to the four or five acres of mountainous land, and it was already God's blessing that he did not starve to death. ”

Here it comes! Li family, you look at me, I look at you, and I didn't answer. Li Zhu's daughter-in-law looked embarrassed, but she had to continue with a thick face: "I was also to blame at the beginning, the family had little labor, and I didn't dare to contract a few acres of medicinal fields. Now I can only watch other people's white money flow into my hands, and it is too late to regret it. ”

There are a lot of people like the Li family who make a lot of money in a muffled voice, but there are also those who get the silver and are so angry that they can't wait for ten miles and eight villages to know that his family has made a fortune. No, the news that the Gu family made a lot of money by growing medicine spread all over the village.

Thinking about it, the family of the mountain people is tired and tired, and they can have three or five taels of silver left all year round, which is already considered rich. The family that followed the Gu family to grow medicine, even the family of Widow Li, who planted the least, also had more than 30 taels of silver. No wonder it makes those who didn't follow the planting red-eyed and regretful green intestines.

The village chief put down his chopsticks and looked at his nephew and daughter-in-law: "Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush." ”

Li Zhu's daughter-in-law hesitated for a long time before she whispered: "Uncle, the land in the mountains belongs to our Qingshan Village, right?" I...... I wondered if I could give us a few acres next year......

"Pillar daughter-in-law, you are not good at others. As early as the summer, the medicinal herbs in the field were growing well, and the families who followed the cultivation of medicine had already bought the land back, and even the title deeds were down. The Gu family's eighty acres of land are still for me! Therefore, now those medicine fields are the private property of the people in the village. "The land in the valley has just been opened this year, and at the price of wasteland, there is no one who cannot afford to pay for it.