When the weather warmed up in February, Shen Jingcheng and Gu Jin chose a good day and moved to the courtyard, and the Zhao family also moved to the courtyard where the two used to live.

As for Gu Sanni, Gu Jin observed her for more than a month, and found that she was completely different from what was described in the book, at least now she looked like a very peaceful and down-to-earth girl, so she moved to the westernmost house in the courtyard.

After all, the Zhao family still has a teenager who is about to become an adult, and Gu Sanni is okay to live with them for a while, but it is not suitable for a long time.

At the same time, Shen Jingcheng went to Yaxing to buy a young couple because of the fact that the Gu family and his wife broke into the yard on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The couple's man's surname is Zhou, his name is Zhou Quan, and the husband and wife were originally servants of a soldier's family in the eastern salt field, but because the master's family committed an accident, they were sold to the county Yaxing.

Shen Jingcheng saw that Zhou Quan would work a little hard, so he bought their husband and wife and made them the gatekeepers of the courtyard, and anyone in the province could break into his courtyard if they wanted to.

In March, as the frozen ground gradually softened, the hired workers began to arrive one after another, kicking off farming.

Looking at the men who were strong and working hard in the fields of the Shen family, except for Yang Shishi in the East Village, all the people who originally worked for Shen Jingcheng were dumbfounded.

Last year, Shen Jingcheng refused to give them cattle and ploughs, and they thought it was because they didn't work for Shen Jingcheng last year. Originally, I thought that this year would just continue to work as in previous years, but who would have thought that people would directly hire hired employees, and there was no point in using them at all.

A group of people are anxious like ants on a hot pot, because they have been relying on the Shen family in the past few years, after their collection and taxes were paid, they basically ate everything except for the clothes and pots and pans for the four seasons for their families, and they didn't think about saving a little to buy farm tools, but now they were suddenly ignored by Shen Jingcheng, and they panicked all of a sudden.

The same is true for Gao Dazhuang, go to Zeng Xuanyao and no longer have to be exploited by Shen Jingcheng, you can rely on Yang Shishi, the son of his father-in-law, to discuss and see if he can find Gu Changping to intercede and take him.

Who would have thought, when Yang Shishi heard this, he didn't even ask, so he directly refused: "I'm a person who eats with the face of my in-laws, how can I have that face to make a request?" Think of something else. ”

Think of something else? If he could come up with another way, would he come to Yang Shishi?

The tall and strong man had a mouth full of bubbles overnight, and finally went to Liu Da head-on.

Liu Da wiped his face and said, "I don't know what to do now, how can I help you?" ”

Tall and dumb.

Yes, Shen Jingcheng is all hired now, even the people in the West Village are useless, Liu Da is no matter how capable he is, no matter how many ghost ideas he has, no matter how many people don't use it, what can he do?

After he left, Liu Da took a long breath and lowered his head to continue weaving his basket.

Maybe the tall and strong is too purposeful, and after talking to him for so long, he doesn't seem to see a lot of cotton locust slivers in his nest, or maybe he doesn't care at all when he sees it.

These cotton locust strips are a good thing for basket weaving, which Liu Da found when he went to the wasteland last winter to pick up grass and burn kang, his father used to be a basket weaver, although he was not a normal type at that time, and he did not study seriously, but he still knew the general steps of basket weaving.

Liu Da was very serious when he made the basket, he thought that he would probably have to rely on this in the future, and if he didn't make it carefully, he was afraid that no one would buy it.

A few days later, in the morning, Liu Da picked out the best basket he had made all winter and came to the courtyard, he wanted to give this basket to Shen Jingcheng, not to ask for anything, but to thank Shen Jingcheng for taking him in Xicun regardless of his previous suspicions.

He didn't call the door, just squatted at the door of the courtyard and waited, until the morning light gradually brightened, the door of the courtyard creaked open, Liu Da turned around and saw the unfamiliar face opening the door, and immediately stepped forward with a smile.

"Little brother, this is a basket I made myself, and I gave it to Shen Lichang."

Zhou Quan glanced at the basket he handed over, and did not take it, but smiled politely: "Wait a minute, let me go and talk about it first." ”

After Zhou Quan finished speaking, he entered the courtyard and reported the matter to Shen Jingcheng, who was practicing with Gu Jin.

After listening to the thoughtful report, Shen Jingcheng slowly put away his moves and glanced at Gu Jin, and walked out with a little groaning.

"Captain, this is a basket I made myself, although it is not very good, but it is very strong, I will give you something to use." Liu Da handed over the basket he had made again.

Shen Jingcheng looked at Liu Da, whose face was full of peace, took the basket and looked at it carefully, and praised: "It's good, if the fine board is more serious, you can take it out and sell it." ”。

Liu Da was a little embarrassed to be praised, scratched his head and said, "You are busy there, I'll go back." ”

"Okay." Shen Jingcheng nodded, watching Liu Da leave his back easily, with a slight surprise in his eyes.

Liu Da, who just came over last year, seemed to be full of anger that couldn't be suppressed, but now, although Liu Da still has the anger, he has calmed down a lot.

"Uncle Liu."

Just as Liu Da walked more than a dozen steps away, Shen Jingcheng suddenly raised his voice and stopped him.

Liu Da subconsciously turned his head, his eyes full of doubts.

Uncle Liu? Are you calling him?

Shen Jingcheng saw him turn around, and asked him with a smile in the morning light, "Do you want to work part-time?" Eight copper plates or two and a half liters of grain a day, choose at will, do it if you have time, and leave at any time if you don't want to do it. ”

Liu Da was stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes." ”

Last year, he only had a harvest of two acres, and because it was a newly opened wasteland, the yield was not so high, and he barely managed to harvest less than three stones. He eats a lot, and he almost eats half of it in a winter, and it is difficult to hold on until the summer grain is harvested, which is why even if he is not very good at basketry, he still recalls and gropes for it.

But if he can work part-time, he doesn't have to make baskets for himself, he really can't do this thing.

"Okay, I'll go to work in the morning. End work at noon, start work at no time in the afternoon, and end work at unitary time. After Shen Jingcheng finished talking about the time of working every day, he said, "You can also ask other people in the village if there is anything they want to do, if you want to do it, you can take them with you, if you can take them to work every day, and supervise their work, I will give you two more copper plates or half a liter of grain every day, if you don't want to, I will find someone else to take them." ”

"I do." As soon as Shen Jingcheng's words fell, Liu Da couldn't wait to agree.

Such a good thing, he didn't do it when he was stupid, but he ......

"You...... Why entrust me with such an important matter? Liu Dachi asked.

"Mr. Jiang said that people should not be good-looking, and also said that Uncle Liu, although you look treacherous, in fact, there is a chivalrous spirit in your heart, if something is entrusted to you, you must be trustworthy, and you will definitely go to the soup to live up to the trust, I think it is quite reasonable, Uncle Liu thinks, can I trust you?" Shen Jingcheng asked meaningfully.

"Of course." Liu Da hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Although I, Liu Da, don't have any great skills, I have always been good at talking, don't worry, it's right to leave this matter to me." ”

"Okay, then please ask Uncle Liu for finding a short-term job." Shen Jingcheng shook his fist at him as he spoke, and Liu Da hurriedly waved his hand.

"Where to talk, you are busy, I'll go find someone." After Liu Da finished speaking, he walked quickly towards the West Village, and there was an emotion stirring in his chest.

It's a good job, he understands.

He never thought that when he saw that the old man Jiang couldn't even take a farm tool, he taught him, but people would give him such a high evaluation.

He's going to do a good job, and he's going to be a trustworthy person.