A few days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, Jiang Yi is going back to the village on this day, the sweet potatoes planted around Qingming should be ready to be harvested, she wants to go back to see.

Sweet potatoes generally grow in four to five months.

In the past six months, Bu Shuigui has taken good care of these sweet potatoes, with his decades of planting experience, his planting skills must be stronger than Jiang Yi, so he handed it over, Jiang Yi has always been very relieved.

On the way, Jiang Yi sat in the car, and Brother Ma and Chen Zhi were driving the car next to him.

Since it was noon in the morning, there were not many goods to pull back, and most of the cars were loaded on the car.

Three or four customers chatted casually behind the carriage, and the three people in front chatted with each other.

Chen Zhi spoke first; "Sister-in-law of the owner, yesterday, a family surnamed Huang in Beixi Lane came to us and said that they would rent us a car to go to the county and give us 100 copper."

"Yes, I said I would move to the county and pull some furniture and sundries."

"You can just watch these things and do them." Jiang Yi, who was sitting on the side of the car, smiled.

Chen Zhi said to Brother Da Ma; "We rushed to the town in the morning, so we helped him go to the county with the furniture, and if we didn't delay, we should be able to come back in the afternoon."

Big Brother nodded; "Then you can promise him that I'll go back and talk to him in the afternoon."

After chatting for a while, Chen Zhi told Jiang Yi what he had discussed with Brother Da Ma a few days earlier.

Jiang Yi said with concern; "With a few more routes, you'll be tired."

"It's okay, we're all young, what's not tired, just sleep and recover."

"But manpower is ......"

Chen Zhi said with a smile; "We've thought about it, there are three or four people here who have a good time with us, honest and hardworking, and they are all well-known people in the town, we can invite them. At that time, Brother Ma and I led a road, and now this road is given to the step key, we asked him, and he said that there is no problem, as long as you agree. ”

Jiang Yi smiled; "You're quite interested."

Brother Da Ma is the first to go; "Of course, since I came out to catch the car, my family's life has changed a lot, yesterday I made a new dress for my parents, wife and children, they are happy, so my family has told me to do this job well, and now if I can develop, I am naturally willing to have a snack."

"My mother and I fled here, but fortunately, our sister-in-law took us in, so we won't be like other refugees, who have no place to live and no food. Many of the people who fled with us at the beginning of the year were so hungry that they were yellow and thin, sick and died, some of them went to other places, and some of them were better off looking for short-term jobs in the neighborhood, or selling themselves into slavery to survive, and a few of them were as lucky as me. That's why I want to make the most of this job. ”

Jiang Yi nodded when she heard this, she walked to these two people are very self-motivated people, for so long, she never has to worry about things at work, just wait to collect the money.

"If you recruit more people, will you be able to manage them?"

Big Marco Road; "Hey, they're all honest people who know the roots, they don't have any hearts, as long as they don't treat them badly, I don't think they will cheat."

"What's wrong with this, just try it." Chen Zhi grinned.

This guy is one year older than his younger brother, he is thirteen years old this year, after half a year of growth, plus adequate nutrition, he is a lot stronger and taller at this time, and he is also stable in his work, and he is a trustworthy person.

"Okay, you have time to look at those routes, and when you're sure, I'll go and prepare the cart and the cow, and then you can bring the recommended people to the powder shop to show me." Jiang Yi clapped his hands and said.

The two nodded.

"You have agreed with these people in advance, two hundred copper a month, including a lunch at noon, and go to the powder shop to eat."

"Uh-huh, okay."

"If you succeed, those people will be under your control, Brother Ma, you will be the captain, and Brother Zhi'er will be the vice captain. In the future, Brother Ma, you will have 320 copper a month, and you will also have 300 copper a month, and your mother's salary will be calculated separately. ”

The two of them were overjoyed when they heard this, Brother Da Ma used to have a monthly salary of 200 copper, but after a month it became 25, and now his salary has increased again, and it has increased by 70 copper, of course he is happy.

And Chen Zhi had negotiated a monthly salary of 300 copper for the two mothers and sons, and this money was taken by Li Erniang.

Although they have never had a salary increase, their mother and son are still very satisfied, after all, he is different from Brother Da Ma, they are two mothers and children who eat and live.

At this time, he himself had 300 copper, and his mother's salary was paid separately, even if his mother's salary was only 200 copper per month, it was very considerable.

It was just noon when I got back to the village.

The step mother knew that her daughter-in-law was coming back today, so she killed a chicken early and waited.

After Chen Zhi and Brother Da Ma finished unloading, they also asked them to go to the pond to catch a fish.

Start preparing lunch.

Now Bu Shuigui and his wife are also used to eating lunch, and Chen Zhi and Brother Da Ma are hungry when they come back by car at noon, even if this meal is simple, it must be eaten.

So they became one of the few families in the village who ate three meals.

Step mother was cooking, Jiang Yi didn't mix, she went to the chicken coop to take a look, more than 100 chickens caught in the spring, more than 90 grew up, more than 50 were sold in the grocery store in the town around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now there are about 40 left.

Step mother went to catch dozens of more than a pound and came back, and she could eat them again during the Chinese New Year.

There were still a dozen ducks left, and they were swimming in the pond at this time.

The two pigs were white and fat, lazily lying in the circle and sleeping, looking more than 100 pounds and nearly 200 pounds.

As for the calf, it was also well cared for, and it was also a circle of growth at this time.

These were all raised by her at home before, and the money from selling chickens and ducks has almost paid off.

When he was rejoicing, Mu Ran saw the fish pond, as if he saw the figure of the fish touching it in the winter sun, and the appearance of holding a small iron catalpa and digging mud to build an embankment, his eyes blurred instantly.

Are you okay from afar?

After eating a rich lunch, Bu Shuigui led, Brother Ma and Chen Zhi also came to help, planning to start digging sweet potatoes.

This sweet potato field is right next to the entrance of the village, and the villagers have long discovered this novel and unseen species, so they have always been more concerned. Today, when I heard that the excavation was going to be excavated, many people came to watch.

Before excavating, Jiang Yi and Bumu cut a piece of potato seedlings, about one cent of land (one-tenth of an acre).

The cut potato seedlings were divided into dozens of handfuls.

"These potato seedlings and leaves can be cooked, you can pick the tender parts, or fry or boil them for the night, it is a dish, take it back and taste it." The kind and hard-working step mother is very popular, and all the villagers who came to watch at this time gave a handful.

"There is also this seedling stalk, which can be fed to pigs and cattle, and it is a good green fodder." Jiang Yi added.

Those villagers all happily took it and praised their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.