Chapter Seventy-One: One More Man
Even though winter is approaching, the trees on the mountain are still growing very well, and many of the trees have a lot of green leaves on them, and they look full of life.
Compared to the previous villages, the trees in this village are obviously much better, and many of them are towering trees, which must be decades old.
"Village Chief, the trees here are growing quite well, have you usually taken care of them?"
An Xiaomo couldn't help but ask the question in his heart, just like planting vegetables requires fertilization, although trees are easier to survive than vegetables, they still need to be taken care of, otherwise, they will easily be eaten by insects.
"Well, it has indeed been taken care of, and the person who took care of it is Lin Yu."
The village chief smiled lovingly at the silent boy standing beside him, and the boy instantly had a faint flush on his face and lowered his head.
"He grew up with me, and he hasn't seen much of the world, so he is a little shy, and I ask Miss Xiaomo not to mind."
The village chief stroked Lin Yu's back, and from his words, it could be heard that he liked this shy big boy very much.
"No, no, no."
An Xiaomo shook his head with a smile, "I didn't expect to be able to take care of trees at such a young age, it's really rare." ”
An Xiaomo looked at Lin Yu's eyes with a little more appreciation, he didn't expect that in this small village where many people are worried about food and clothing, there are still people who choose to take care of trees, this kind of thing that has no benefits at all is really rare, not to mention that it is still a teenager.
"Miss Xiao Mo praised it falsely, if you want to say that it is rare, I think Miss Xiao Mo's talent is rare, at a young age, she has already achieved this achievement, it is really not easy."
The village chief's words did not mean anything other than appreciation.
An Xiaomo is ashamed, she is completely cheating Okay, in her previous world, she was about to graduate from college, but her body was small, but her actual age was not young.
Besides, if there was no cheating magic in the space, she might not be able to do things to this point, at most she sold herbs in the town, showed others minor illnesses, and then went about her life and did nothing.
When it comes to other businesses, she doesn't know what to do at all, and she doesn't know anything very well.
So, she's pretty ordinary.
"Village Chief, you really think too highly of me. But since you think so of me, village chief, then I'll be a little proud. ”
An Xiaomo said jokingly. There is no need to delve into this kind of problem.
"Hahaha, little girl, you're so funny."
One second ago, it was still Xiao Mo girl, and the next second, the village chief directly raised his head and laughed, and Xiao Mo girl also became a little girl.
After that, An Xiaomo didn't leave for long, and returned to the village chief's residence, and directly asked Mu Chen to take out the agreement and let the village chief sign it.
When the village chief looked at the agreement in front of him, he still couldn't believe it.
To be honest, he had always thought that this little girl would not choose his village, after all, their village was not very rich and there were relatively few people.
And before that, he had also inquired about several other villages that this little girl had chosen as candidates, all of which were stronger than their villages, and they already had a lot of experience in cooperating with merchants.
"Miss Xiao Mo, this is a big deal after all, if you really have thought about it, then I will sign it now."
It's not that she doesn't have confidence in her village, but she doesn't want the little girl to regret her decision.
"Don't worry, village chief, since I have already brought you the agreement, it means that we have already thought about it and sincerely want to cooperate with your village."
An Xiaomo's tone was very firm, which made the village chief breathe a sigh of relief, since others are so optimistic about their village, they must do their best to do things well1.
"But I still have a small request, I don't know if the village chief will agree?"
This was something An Xiaomo had just thought about, so there was no agreement on it.
"Miss Xiaomo, tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best."
"It's not a big requirement, it's just that I see that Lin Yu knows a lot about trees, and I hope he can take care of those trees in the future, of course, as a reward, I can give three taels of silver every month." If you find this request very difficult, the village chief can also not agree, and it will not affect the cooperation between us. “
Good paper requires good trees, especially in this technologically backward world, where the quality of trees is even more important.
In this world, she has never met someone who knows a lot about trees and can take care of them, which is really rare.
"So much!"
The village chief couldn't help but exclaim.
Three taels of silver, that's too much, right? A person's annual living expenses are not so large, and he is the village chief in this village, and he doesn't get so much money a month. Lin Yu, who was sitting on the side and listening to their speeches silently, heard it, and looked up at An Xiaomo in surprise, he couldn't think of so much money.
"No more, no more, I really need someone in this area, if he can agree, I will get far more profit in the future."
If the trees are well managed, there will be more usable parts of a tree at that time, and if you calculate carefully, she will invest a lot less in it at that time, so three taels of silver per month is really not much.
"No, no, Miss Mo, this is too much."
The village chief shook his head again and again and refused, in a small village like theirs, a family's income of half a tael of silver a month is already very good, and three taels of silver is unimaginable.
"Miss Xiao Mo, I can promise to let Lin Yu help take care of the trees, after all, he is not young, he should have a job of his own, and it is time to go on a rampage, but three taels of silver a month, this is really too much, I can't afford it."
promised to return the promise, but if there was so much money, he would not accept it, and he believed that Lin Yu thought the same way.
The village chief looked at Lin Yu, and Lin Yu nodded at him, obviously agreeing with him.
He also felt in his heart that three taels of silver a month was really inappropriate.
First, he had an interest in taking care of trees, and second, when his father was still there, he would also take time to go to the mountains every day to take care of the trees, and he also deliberately planted a few trees in the yard at home, but at that time, his father did not make any money in this area.
It would be inappropriate for him to take so much money now.
I didn't expect that there are still people who don't like a lot of money now, An Xiaomo smiled.
This is the person in this world, different from the people in the world she was in before, in the previous world, there are not many people like Lin Yu who are as simple as Lin Yu.
But there are many in this world, and there are many around her.
"Okay, then how about two taels a month, no less, otherwise I will not be able to do it in my heart."
An Xiaomo said with a smile, since he had already said so, the village chief had no choice but to nod and agree.
The timber was in this village, so An Xiaomo didn't plan to let Lin Yu leave the village.
Just let him go up the mountain every day to see, check and check, I didn't plan to find someone to supervise him, first, it was too troublesome, and second, and most importantly, she believed him. When she went back, An Xiaomo took one more person away, Lin Ling'er, only thirteen years old, An Xiaomo never said a word to her from beginning to end, she was always ashamed to answer, with her little head down, An Xiaomo didn't even see what she looked like.
Unexpectedly, when the village chief was leaving, he begged her to take Lin Ling'er away, saying that she would follow her to see the world.
She still remembers what the village chief said at the time.
"Ling'er is also a poor person, she is Lin Yu's sister, when the serious illness came, she was only three years old, her father and mother died because of the serious illness, and entrusted their brothers and sisters to me, I also fished it, and I have no ability, the only wish is to hope that these two children can have a good way out, Lin Yu already has it, Ling'er, Miss Xiao Mo, I want to hand her over to you, even if she is a cow and a horse for you."
She couldn't bear it at the time, so she agreed.
In fact, she had planned to go find a few more people. After all, the papermaking work is about to begin, and there must be no shortage of manpower, but it is impossible to get the people of Jishitang, so it is necessary to spend effort to find people.
Now that one has come, then she agrees, and looking at the appearance of this little girl, she should be an introverted and simple person, which is very reassuring.
Listening to the village chief, she also cooks a lot of dishes, and every meal at the village chief's house is made by her, which makes An Xiaomo have to think of the lunch she ate at the village chief's house, it tastes really good, it suits her taste.
And now she found out that there were some big men who had been around her, and now there was a little girl who was willing to come over to be her company, and she was naturally willing.
In the small courtyard where An Xiaomo lived, there was still a spare room, so Lin Ling'er was placed in the spare room and let her live with them.
Lin Ling'er thanked her gratefully. She accepted it generously.
Because there are not enough people, the papermaking aspect will be put aside for the time being, so Lin Linger will be in charge of the three fucking meals a day first.
Lin Ling'er readily agreed.
Although when she was brought out, the village chief said many times that she didn't have to pay Lin Ling'er anything, An Xiaomo still planned to give Lin Ling'er 700 yuan every month.
She is a decisive person, and she doesn't want to have too much involvement with others, Lin Ling'er came to help, she felt that only when she paid off her wages could she feel at ease.
Even if she is talented, she gives him money every month, as for Anfen, he won't spend any money at all, but she still gives him money from time to time, not because she wants to get rid of his relationship with him, but because she thinks that when she is big, she always has to bring some money with her, so it is convenient to do things.