Chapter 183: Extraordinary
Mr. Jin was surprised: "Are you just tenants? Miss Xie is so generous to tenants? ”
"No, the eldest lady is the best and kindest, everyone can respect the eldest lady, grandma and they all pray for the eldest lady to pray for the Buddha! said that we are blessed to meet such a good person as the eldest lady! ”
"Anyway, my father and my mother said that our family will definitely not leave our Zhuangzi!"
"So is our family!"
"So is our family!"
The patriarch laughed when he heard what they said, so he simply found a shady place and sat down, and asked about these children.
"Can you brothers and sisters still learn skills? What kind of skills do you learn? ”
"This is the second district, what about the first district?"
"It's worth renting this house for two taels of silver a year, but two taels of silver is not a small amount, how much silver can you have left after your father and mother pay the rent? In this way, two taels of silver is a lot! ”
Although the children's shouting is not very appropriate, but the old man, Mr. Jin, and Mr. Lin are all smart people, and many things can be deduced from their words, and the more they listen, the more surprised they are.
Coupled with what they saw along the way, they were more and more surprised.
They have seen countless Zhuangzi, but none of them can compare to this remote Reedridge Zhuangzi.
The only courtyard houses in the nearby grange where the stewards and the lord's family would settle down when they came were neatly built and repaired, as for the tenants? Which proprietor will be in charge?
Thatched huts, dilapidated and dilapidated houses, two rooms in the east and three in the west, messy and dirty in front of the door and behind the house, stinky water in the summer, flies and mosquitoes fly around, once it rains, the mud is so muddy that you can't get down at all. In winter, it was cold and hard, and the cold wind passed by, and the elderly and children all had vegetables on their faces and shivered. Every family barely survives, and they work hard all year round, and they are barely half-full with wild vegetables, and they are afraid of dreaming, and they dare not think that they can live in such a neat and clean house and have such a good living environment.
The children said that the roads in the Zhuangzi are all paved with gravel in this way, and the shoes will not be easily wet on rainy days, and the gutters and gutters and the surrounding environment will be cleaned up regularly, and there are fixed places to throw garbage, and there are also regular people to pull away the fermentation to make fertilizer. Anyone who dares to litter and pollute the environment will be fined a penny at a time.
It is also forbidden to defecate in the open, otherwise you will be fined a penny.
In addition to farming, the tenants also have more other work in the village!
Originally, there were only forty or fifty Zhuangzi in the village, but now there are more than 150 people, but even if the number of villagers has quadrupled, they are still too busy to work, and many jobs have to be done by tenants.
Young and middle-aged men and women are paid at least 30 wen a day, and the elderly and young men and women over 12 years old are also paid at least 20 wen a day. Some families can earn three or four taels a month just by relying on this. There is a lot of work, as long as you are diligent in a year, you can earn dozens of taels just by doing these jobs!
That's not even counting the tenants' rent, which was originally 40%, has now been reduced to 30%. Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival and the New Year, the eldest lady said, every household has rewards, rice, flour oil, candy, cloth, and big red envelopes, these are in our Zhuangzi Zhuang rules, and now everyone is looking forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival as soon as possible, so that the first time to receive something.
Who lives in District 1? Of course, it's the dealers on the village. Their accommodation is similar to that of Zone 2, only a little more spacious, but they don't need rent. Many tenants still wanted to sell themselves into the village, but unfortunately the eldest lady refused, saying that she would talk about it later. But it's nothing, and everyone won't leave.
What else do you do besides planting the tenants' fields? That's too much! There are several large orchards in Zhuangzi, a mushroom house where several kinds of mushrooms are cultivated, a chicken farm, a duck farm, a fish pond, a sheep farm, and a workshop.
These are places where many people are needed.
Not only do you have to grow things, you have to raise things, but you also have to sell things.
There are those who are smart, and they are selected by the stewards, and after the eldest lady agrees, they can sign a long-term contract, and learn from the stewards, and they will be small stewards in the future, and there are also the children of the tenants, but the envy of the people next to them can die.
When I became a steward, even if I was just the smallest steward, I had three taels of silver a month and eight sets of clothes for the four seasons a year!
The children were envious when they talked about this, and they all said that they would be the little stewards in a few years! Not only can you earn more money, but you can also open your eyes, gain insight, and be more decent.
Mr. Lin couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "How can this be so easy!" ”
"Steward Tang said that as long as you are smart," said a child, with a smile, "we have a school in this village, and there is a gentleman." Every two days, he would give lectures and teach us how to read and write. On weekdays, if anyone wants to learn, they can also come to the door and ask the gentleman for advice. Sometimes, there will be a bookkeeper who teaches you how to plan and read the book, and both children and adults can learn it. There is also a library on the other side of the school, and there are a lot of books, so you can go and read anything you want. Steward Tang said, what the eldest lady said, if you want to be a steward, you have to know how to read and read, read more to understand the reason, and be able to settle accounts.
"Zhuangzi also asked Mr. to teach you to read and write?" The patriarch was surprised.
"yes, I still don't need money! It just so happened that Mr. had only taken a class yesterday, and there was no class today, otherwise we would definitely be in the school now! The eldest lady said that it is always good to recognize a few more words! ”
The old man sighed, glanced at Mr. Jin and Mr. Lin, and nodded silently.
This Miss Xie, if she made these things up by herself, she would be a woman with some insight and heart. Such a woman has never been seen before
The patriarch became more and more interested in this reed ridge manor, so he simply stayed for two more days, took his men to walk around the mountains and wilderness, and saw with his own eyes the orchards, chicken farms, duck farms, sheep, pastures, mushroom sheds, etc., which were much more clever than they had seen before.
There was also the academy and library, and the patriarch was also curious to take a few looks, and even walked through the entire manor.
The patriarch sighed and admired.
He also asked Xie Yunshu to show him the rules on the Zhuangzi, and Xie Yunshu generously agreed.
The old man, Mr. Jin and Mr. Lin were all curious and watched together.
Under this look, I am convinced!
Miss Xie is really dedicated to the management and operation of this manor, according to her management method, whether it is for her master, or for the tenants and farmers, it will be of great benefit to both parties, and both parties will have a better future.
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