Just do it, Yu Xiaocao found Widow Li's mother and son, as well as the one where her man broke his leg when he just bought Zhuangzi. After the man's leg was healed, he was a little lame, but it didn't affect his work. These two families are grateful to the owners for their care, and their loyalty is higher than that of the other tenants.

In particular, Widow Li's mother and son, who divided three acres of fertile land last autumn and waited for them carefully, won the first place in the Zhuangzi at the time of harvest, and received a reward of one acre of land and one tael of silver from the owner with an average yield of 680 catties per mu. Coupled with more than 1,000 catties of wheat seeds, it only earned thirteen taels of silver in half a year.

I heard that the corn in the second half of the year will also be recycled at the market price after paying the rent, so that there will be at least more than 20 taels of input a year. This is something that their orphans and widows could not have imagined before. After working for a few years, her son's money for marrying a daughter-in-law will not be worried!

When Widow Li's mother and son and Liu Dazhuang (lame tenants) and her family were called in front of the Dao Dongjia, the tenants in the Zhuangzi all discussed: "These two families have the least labor in our Zhuangzi, and there are not many fields to serve. ”

"Impossible, right? The proprietor and the lady of the proprietor are both kind-hearted, and when the land was divided last year, the women who were able to work and the older children were divided into the land. Didn't Widow Li's mother and son also get the reward of the owner? ”

The tenant who was jealous of her family's reward pouted and said: "Two people serve three acres of land, and I serve more carefully than them!" Widow Li's mother and son divided a dozen taels of silver, and even if they were kicked out, they would not be penniless. ”

In fact, although Liu Dazhuang was lame, he did not delay farming at all. His son is also sixteen years old, barely an adult laborer. His daughter-in-law is also capable, so she won't take the field and drive them out, right? ”

Now there are 16 families in Zhuangzi, and no one is willing to leave the Zhuangzi of the Yu family. Not to mention the benevolence of the owner, when the locust plague did not harvest the grains, not only did not collect their rent, but also subsidized them by hiring long-term laborers. In the nearby villages and other Zhuangzi tenant farmers, they were able to live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.

This year's summer harvest is even more joyful, the people with the least land in the village also have more than a dozen taels of silver, and the head of the village with the most land has earned eighty taels after selling the seeds to the owner! In this way, their family has an income of one hundred taels of silver a year!

Following the Yu Dong family, they have cultivated eight lifetimes of blessings, and the good days are not far away! In a few years, they can buy houses and properties in the neighborhood after saving money, and they are no longer tenant farmers with no houses and no land! This is all thanks to the blessing of the owner, who got a high yield of seeds, and they can only have so much left after paying the rent.

Most of the tenant farmers in Zhuangzi came from their former owners. At that time, it could only be said that hunger did not die. After paying the rent, there can be about 100 catties of grain left in one mu of land at most, and it is only four or five yuan per catty when sold, and there is an income of five or six hundred wen at most per mu of land. The tenant farmers harvested the wheat, but they were reluctant to eat white flour and replaced it with coarse grains to barely fill their stomachs.

It's like now, the income of dozens of taels of silver per family is to eat white flour and white rice all year round, and you can't eat it all! With the money, you don't have to worry about not being able to eat and go hungry, and you can buy some meat from time to time to give the children a tooth sacrifice. During the New Year's holidays, you don't have to pick and search, and you can buy some clothes for your family every year......

Seeing that Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang were called by the owner, the tenant farmers felt sorry for them. Of course, the owner should choose someone who can do the work, and everyone can understand it. It's only because these two families have few hands and can't help the owner much......

Widow Li's mother and son were extremely worried at this time, if it was the former owner, their mother and son would have been kicked out long after her man's death. The current owner and the young lady are kind-hearted, not only keeping them, but also dividing the land for their mother and son according to the second-class labor force. Although three acres of land is not much, if they are carefully served, their mother and son will not starve to death.

After the summer harvest, her own income made Widow Li startled. I was extremely worried, could such a good day be her dreaming? Will it be all for naught up when you wake up?

As soon as she heard that the owner had called them over alone, along with Liu Cripple and the three of them, her heart suddenly cooled down. Could it be that the proprietor thinks the two of them are a burden, and finally wants to drive them out? Looking at Liu Cripple's family of three, they also looked panicked and worried.

Seeing the panicked expressions of the two families, Yu Xiaocao immediately calmed their hearts and said, "Don't be afraid, I asked you to come on a new errand for you!" ”

Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang's family looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Widow Li said timidly: "Miss Dongjia, you ...... Not to kick us out? ”

"Kick out? How can it be? The land shared by the two of you is serving well, and the output accounts for the top three in the Zhuangzi, if such a capable family is driven out, wouldn't it be a loss for the Zhuangzi? Yu Xiaocao was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst into a soothing smile, giving the two families a reassurance.

When the two families heard this, the big stone in their hearts suddenly fell to the ground. Liu Dazhuang finally had a smile on his face, he rubbed his hands and asked, "Miss Dongjia, what you tell us to do, we will do it!" Follow the owner and Miss the owner, we can do it with peace of mind! ”

Yu Xiaocao gave him a slightly calm look and said, "I don't know if you have heard of the early-maturing vegetables in Dongshan Village?" ”

Liu Dazhuang is a man after all, and he usually goes to the town to do odd jobs when he is not working. He nodded busily and said, "I've heard it, I've heard it!" I heard that the delicacies in the town are all vegetables from Dongshan Village, and at the beginning of spring, a plate of fried vegetables costs a tael of silver! There are also big families in the town, who broke their heads just to grab a place to buy vegetables from Dongshan Village. The old lady Yao in the town is famous in the town because her own vegetables are supplied by Dongshan Village...... It's a pity that the vegetable planting area in Dongshan Village is too small to supply all the people in the town......"

Yu Xiaocao glanced at him approvingly, and when she saw Widow Li's mother and son looking surprised and envious, she said, "You should know that we are the ...... of Dongshan Village."

Liu Dazhuang's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but shout: "Miss Dongjia, could it be that those vegetables are from the hands of the Dongjia?" ”

"Not bad! If it weren't for growing vegetables and watermelons to make some money, we ordinary farmers would have been able to earn such a farm in our lifetime? Yu Xiaocao is not afraid to give them the bottom. If you want people to follow them with all their hearts, you must build up confidence and confidence that they can live a good life!

"Watermelon? The best-selling watermelons in Dongshan Village are also grown by the owner? "Not to mention Liu Dazhuang, even Widow Li, who rarely enters the city once, can't help but scream. The proprietor's family is also too capable, from an ordinary villager to the owner of the grange, it only takes a few years. It's no wonder that what the owner grows sells well, and even the wheat is more productive than others. The two families have strengthened their determination to live a good life with the owner!

"Miss Dongjia, what do you want us to do, you just ask!" Liu Dazhuang was the first to express his determination.

"yes, yes!" Widow Li also hurriedly responded, for fear that if she hesitated, she would be disgusted by the lady of the proprietor's house, and would not assign the new task to them.

Yu Xiaocao nodded with a smile and said, "You also know that Dongshan Village has just experienced a disaster, and most of the vegetables have been destroyed. If you want to get it up again, I'm afraid it will have to start spring next year. We have a lot of land in Zhuangzi, and I have seen that there are many places suitable for growing vegetables. So ......"

Liu Dazhuang understood in seconds, and immediately said: "Miss Dongjia means ...... Let's help with the two of us? ”

I didn't expect Liu Dazhuang to look honest and smart! Yu Xiaocao likes to deal with smart people, and she is not tired. She glanced at Liu Dazhuang approvingly and said, "Not bad! I believe that both of you have experience in growing vegetables, so it is not difficult for you to serve the vegetable patch, right? ”

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult!" Widow Li heard that the Yu family's vegetables were in short supply, and she would definitely not find a market, so she replied repeatedly. Indeed, who doesn't grow some vegetables in front of and behind the house? As long as you serve it carefully, can you still plant it?

Yu Xiaocao smiled: "Don't worry! We don't plant much in the first year, and each family tries to plant ten acres first. Don't worry, our vegetable seeds are improved, no need to fertilize and no diseases and pests, as long as you are usually diligent, watering and weeding every day! Don't worry about watering, I'll ask my dad to hire someone to dig two wells next to the vegetable patch for the vegetable patch......"

No fertilization, no pesticiding? Do vegetables grow well? The hearts of the two families were full of doubts, and their demeanor naturally brought out a few points. Yu Xiaocao didn't explain, and when the vegetables were planted, facts speak louder than words!

The next day, Yu Hai invited the craftsmen who drilled the well to start digging the well next to the selected vegetable patch. In a hurry to plant vegetables, Yu Hai called on all the tenant farmers in Zhuangzi to turn over the 20 acres of vegetable land first. Widow Li and Liu Dazhuang have two families, one family is divided into eight acres, and the other is divided into twelve acres. They soaked in the ground from morning to night, breaking up the larger clods with hoes, and carefully picking out the grass roots and debris.

Although the lady said that there was no need to apply fertilizer, the two families still picked out the manure that they had been soaking for more than half a year, dried it, broke it into powder, and sprinkled it in their vegetable patch. The lady of the proprietor said that 10% of the income from the land belonged to them.

Liu Dazhuang also made a special inquiry, one acre of vegetable land can receive at least a dozen taels of silver a month, doesn't that mean that their family has at least one tael of silver a month per acre of land, twelve acres of land is twelve taels of silver, except for the factor that the weather is cold for four or five months a year, and their family also has an income of eighty or ninety taels of silver a year! This is still the least, in the early spring, the price of vegetables is several times more expensive, and their income will also double!

Widow Li listened to his analysis, and she was even more motivated! The more elaborate the vegetable patch is, the more vegetables they produce and the more they earn. Even if it's a little tired, it's worth it!