Chapter 9: Let go
"The brain is stronger than his father, otherwise, the little old man will go back today, and you can send someone to get the knife tomorrow." It's almost over, and there's no need to stay any longer.
"Already done?" Master Hong thinks about it, there are still a few days left.
"Yes, I want to finish it early, so that I can settle down at home and make some plans early." Xin Lao smiled and said lightly.
Master Hong nodded, didn't say anything, got up to send it off, even if it was only sent to the door of the quiet room, it was the first time for Xin Ye, and Xin Kun really didn't know, she felt that this was polite.
Out of the door, Xin Ye sat on the donkey cart and sat on the wall of the car as if he was deflated. After dealing with the county government for so many years, it is the first time that this is the case, and the old man's not too strong heart has now been hit.
"It's okay, it's okay, we're just an offer, of course, they'll take it." Xin Kun knew that the old man was a little scared, and it was estimated that he had never been so tough.
"Do you mean millet seeds? What's that, good seed? "Xin Ye has never planted land, and Hefu has never planted millet crops. The farthest place he has traveled in his life is the county seat, and he really doesn't know what millet is.
"Good seeds, plant in May, and harvest grain in August. You can grind flour and cook porridge. Except that it is not very delicious, I didn't pick anything else. When Xin Kun was a graduate student, in order to stay in school in the future, he went to northern Shaanxi to teach for a year.
Their school doesn't know where the rules come from, and they are not allowed to stay in school if they are studying in this school for both bachelor's and master's degrees. She was too lazy to go out of town, or go abroad. So I compared the evils and went to teach. In this way, when she comes back to finish her Ph.D., there is a high possibility that she will stay in school.
At that time, she liked to eat hot yellow steamed buns, and even if it was cold, it was a bit of a throat pull. There are also dumplings that they fried during the New Year, which are also good. However, one of these two things is put in bean paste and the other is sugar, both of which are just snacks.
At that time, she also knew that this crop was not too good land, and the focus was on drought tolerance. That's what she thought about along the way, the weather was too dry to grow food.
And the so-called drought really does not really rain a drop of rain every year, but refers to the fact that if the planting time is missed, it will not be possible to ripen in autumn, and there will be no harvest throughout the year.
Millet is different in that it is planted in May, when it is time for rain even in the north. The biggest benefit of millet is drought tolerance.
"If we can't plant it, can we really take dozens of people out and find work?" Xin Ye looked at Xin Kun, still a little uneasy.
"Rest assured, they don't dare to try. You see that Master Hong is so polite, and Liu Yashi confiscated the silver you knocked on the door, these can only show one thing, the sign in your hand is very important to them. ”
At the beginning, Xin Kun was really just gambling, betting on the status of Xinjia Village in the county, but now, she knows that in the entire county, only one of them has this ability.
Xin Ye nodded, the sign was not his, it was won by the county. But this is also the glory of the county! If they all left, even if the county found other blacksmiths, they would not be able to do the skills of the traditional blacksmiths in their village.
"But are you really sure someone else can deliver the shipment?" Xin Kun thought that she would have to deliver the goods tomorrow, but thinking about the account book she had read yesterday, whether the rest of the village could really hand over the other one-third of the goods.
"Tomorrow is the last time to help them!" Xin Ye sighed lightly.
Xin Kun knew what he was talking about, the old man was prepared, even if those people couldn't make a knife, the old man himself could hand it all over. Then he waited to tell those people, and in the future, he didn't care.
"Do you want to make a reward and punishment mechanism, who pays how much in the future, how much money, instead of one for each family." Xin Kun thought about it, she also knew the importance of family for these ancients, so at this time, she didn't dare not want these people. You can only think of fine-tuning.
Because each family has the same share, they can take the money and leave after handing over the goods. No one knows who's doing well, but everyone is the same anyway. How is this different from the big pot of rice in later generations?
If it were her, she wouldn't be happy with such a non-identifying way of working. If there is a reward and punishment mechanism, does it mean that it can mobilize everyone's enthusiasm and let go of the heavy burden.
"You asked me to inspect the goods in front of everyone?" Xin Ye was stunned, and subconsciously he shook his head.
Those are all clansmen, and they have been in charge for so many years, but he just nagged a few words when they delivered the goods, but people listened to it a lot, and they also made a joke, and then it was no such thing. In the past few years, he didn't even bother to say it, and now his granddaughter asked him to inspect the goods in person, which is to tear his face, is this okay?
"If you don't want to, forget it, I'll do it in the future." Xin Kun smiled, she understood the old man's state of mind, and she couldn't let him be blamed by the villagers at such an age, so she hurriedly said.
Of course, she knew that there would be people who would be annoyed and angry, but once she was defeated, even if there was only the old man alone, it would make everyone afraid, because the old man could complete the order alone, and he didn't need them at all. But the old man has been a good person all his life, and she doesn't want people to hate him.
"Then let's deliver it tonight!" Xin Ye gritted his teeth and made up his mind. If he doesn't do it today, his granddaughter will have to do it in the future, and what he has to do is to do it all at once.
"Grandpa, you have to think that everything you are doing now is for their good. You can't care about them for the rest of your life, and I can't. When you were gone, I was out again, and you said that they were either killed by the military or starved to death by themselves. Looking back, it's not themselves that they hate the most, it's you. Xin Kun sighed softly.
"Today's fuss is over, let's go together. Distribute all the food to them, and then I will go to the capital with you. The old man said suddenly.
"What about the workshop?" What Xin Kun thought of was that when they left, what would happen to the big workers, small workers, and Uncle Li in the workshop?
"Your Uncle Li has been following me, just take his family with me then. As for those workers, they are not from Xinjia Village, if they are willing to go with us, they will be fine, and they will not be able to eat without them anyway. ”
Xin Ye has been the patriarch for so many years, and there is no shortage of decisions at all. Now that his face has been torn, what is the need to stay in the village.
"It's done, wait until May. We asked for a part of the millet seeds for the wages. We have to plant it, and we have to plant it alive before the county master will let us go. Xin Kun nodded, thinking about it before saying.
The old man stopped talking, and now his heart was still agitated. A smart granddaughter, and a group of clansmen who are not very talented, but they are really not bad, he is really miserable.