Chapter 283 Tenant Farmers

The surrounding villagers were all very curious: "Shinichi, how come you can make so many delicious foods?"

“Cooking food is not difficult, it just depends on how you want to cook it.”

The villagers looked at each other, as if they understood, but also as if they didn't.

Grandma Zhou said at this time: "Zhenyi, can you teach us how to cook in the future?"

Wen Zhenyi glanced at Grandma Zhou with a playful look in his eyes.

Grandma Zhou blushed a little when she was looked at by her. She actually had her own selfish motives. She wanted to secretly learn one or two things so that she could set up a stall in the town and make money for her family.

"Yes, can you teach us?"

Some of the surrounding villagers wanted to learn cooking and didn't have so many petty thoughts, while some, like Grandma Zhou, had their own little plans.

"It's not impossible, but I don't have much free time recently. I have to wait until I'm done with this busy period."

Grandma Zhou and the others looked at her in surprise: "Are you really willing to teach us?"

"Why not? As for how it's cooked and whether it tastes good or not, that's up to you guys. I can't help you."

The villagers who had their own plans thought that Wen Zhenyi would not agree. After all, who would be willing to tell the recipe to others?

Wen Zhenyi didn’t think too much about it. Nowadays, there are so many restaurants selling the same dishes, but some restaurants are doing very well while others are doing very poorly.

There is some truth to this. Cooking skills are something you have to learn on your own. The methods are all the same, but not many people can really create their own flavor.

Seeing that it was getting late, she stood up, said goodbye and walked home.

The villagers around Grandma Zhou all gathered together and asked, "Do you think she is really willing to teach us?"

"Why doesn't it feel like that to me?" A villager was still a little unconvinced.

"Don't talk nonsense, look at her teaching us how to make preserved eggs and salted duck eggs, she didn't hide anything!"

"That's true, but why is she so generous?"

"You ask me, who should I ask? As long as she is willing to teach, we will all learn seriously. When every family learns the same thing, we can open a stall in town."

"Yes, yes, this will also help supplement the family income. I just don't know when she will be able to teach us."

"Just wait. Didn't she say she's busy lately?"

“.....”

Wen Zhenyi didn't know that these elders were talking about her after she left.

The next day.

Wen Chengwen cleaned the ox cart early in the morning and prepared to take Wen Zhenyi and Axiang to Dongshan Village after breakfast.

Lin Jie saw him cleaning the ox cart and asked, "Master, are you going out?"

Wen Chengwen was a little stunned by the call of "Master" from him: "Lin Jie, what did you just call me?"

"Master, I have already signed a contract to sell my body to the young lady, so it is only natural that I should call you Master."

Wen Chengwen then remembered that Lin Jie had already sold himself: "What's the matter with you coming here so early?"

"My father is no longer seriously injured, so I wanted to tell the young lady to go back to the store to deliver the food."

Wen Zhenyi and Axiang came out of the yard carrying their things and just happened to hear Lin Jie say, "Is Uncle Lin feeling better now?"

Lin Jie bowed respectfully towards her and said, "I've been recuperating in the village for the past two days, and I've recovered quite well. He asked me to go back to the shop to work."

Wen Zhenyi frowned slightly: "Don't worry, just take care of Uncle Lin for a few more days. Isn't your house still not repaired yet?"

"With the help of Grandpa You and the others, the repairs have been almost completed."

"Wait two more days, there's no rush."

Seeing her say that, Lin Jie said nothing more: "Miss, you want to go out?"

"Yeah. I need to go to Dongshan Village."

"Dongshan Village is not close to here. I will take you there in a carriage."

"No need. We might not be able to get back by noon. Uncle Lin needs someone to take care of him at home. Let him rest for a while. When he's well enough, you can help me with things later."

Lin Jie looked at Wen Chengwen: "Master, can you drive a carriage?"

Wen Chengwen shook his head: "No, is it the same as an ox cart?"

“There are still some differences.”

"You can teach me when you have time. If I go out in a carriage now, something might happen."

Ah Xiang said at this time: "I can. Otherwise, I will go and drive the carriage over. This way, we can go back and forth faster."

Wen Zhenyi did not refuse, after all, the speed of an ox cart could not compare to that of a horse carriage.

A Xiang and Lin Jie drove a carriage over and loaded the things onto it.

Wen Chengwen put the ox cart back in the backyard. There were still a lot of materials used by Xiong Lu to make things piled up in their backyard, otherwise he would not have forgotten about the carriage.

Going to Dongshan Village by horse carriage saved a lot of time.

Wen Chengwen asked Axiang to stop at the village entrance: "Yiyi, I'll take you to see your fertile land."

Wen Zhenyi was also curious about where his fertile fields were, so he jumped off the carriage and followed Wen Chengwen to the fertile fields at the entrance of the village.

Many people here were working. When several families saw Wen Chengwen, they hurried over and said, "Boss."

Wen Chengwen pointed at Wen Zhenyi beside him and said, "This is my daughter, and she is also your real boss."

The tenant farmer looked at Wen Zhenyi curiously and found that she had a very kind face: "Hello, boss."

"Hello, I want to ask, will you continue to rent the property next year?"

The tenant farmer was a little confused about what she meant and spoke cautiously, "Are you going to take it back? We can increase the rent."

Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head: "That's not the case. I see that the crops you've taken care of are doing well. I'd like to ask if you'd be willing to continue renting the land. The rent will remain the same as before."

"No, no rent increase?" The tenant farmer was worried that she would increase the rent.

"No rent increase. It's rare for me to meet someone like you who takes good care of their crops. If I were to meet someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't feel at ease either."

When the tenant farmers heard her say this, they all smiled. You know, their rent is the cheapest in the whole town, and you won’t find such cheap rent anywhere else.

"Thank you, boss. We are willing to rent it."

"As long as you're willing to rent the land, that's fine. After the autumn harvest, come to Xinglin Village and find me to re-sign the lease."

"Okay, okay." The tenant farmer's originally uneasy heart was completely calmed down.

Wen Zhenyi asked them to continue with their work, and we headed towards the hunter's house at the end of the village.

Wen Chengwen looked at Wen Zhenyi curiously: "Yiyi, don't you plan to increase the rent?"

"Dad, they are all honest tenant farmers. As long as they can take good care of the crops, it would be great for me to get the rent for free."

"The rent is very cheap."

"Cheap rent in exchange for tenants who take good care of the crops. I think this deal is worth it."

Wen Chengwen smiled innocently. He had been worried that she would increase the rent, but now he felt relieved to hear her say that.