That noon, while eating in the cafeteria, people started talking about the changing weather.

The grass on the mountain gradually turned yellow, and many tree leaves fell to the ground.

The scenery of the mountains surrounding Peach Blossom Spring is indeed very beautiful.

Green, yellow, and red leaves cover the mountains and fields.

Every day, Master Xu would be inspired by these beautiful natural landscapes, writing a few poems or creating a painting.

Han Shunde asked Zhang Deshui, who was sitting opposite him.

"Brother Zhang, when do you think is the best time to harvest the crops in the field?"

Zhang Deshui said with a frown.

"I've been observing the soil in the field for the past two days, and it seems to be okay; there are no signs of frost."

So I thought that if we could observe the weather every day and the sweet potatoes, potatoes and vegetables in the field could not continue to grow, we would work overtime to start harvesting.

"Village chief, what do you think of this?"

Han Shunde thought for a moment and then said.

"That works too. Sweet potatoes and potatoes grow underground. Even if there is a layer of frost, it will only damage their vines and leaves, and will not harm the sweet potatoes and potatoes underground."

Zhang Deshui smiled and said, "That makes sense. But let's harvest all the vegetables we need in the next couple of days."

Li Lanzhen agreed, "That's right, we should collect the vegetables that should be collected."

Vegetables like Chinese cabbage, which are meant to be pickled, can be pickled well in advance.

"Village chief, should these vegetables be distributed to each household, or should they all be kept in the communal dining hall?"

Zhang Deshui looked around, and everyone asked the village chief.

Seeing that everyone was concerned about this issue, Han Shunde asked them to share their thoughts and offer suggestions: "Everyone, please share your opinions and see how these vegetables should be handled. Should they be distributed to individual households or kept in the main kitchen?"

Han Mingjiang said, "Village chief, it depends on whether in winter our village will still eat in the communal canteen, or whether each household will cook and eat their own food."

Xu Laohu nodded in agreement, “Han Mingjiang’s problem is indeed the key to deciding whether to distribute vegetables to each household or just put them in the main kitchen.”

When winter comes, will we still eat together, or will each family eat separately?

They whispered among themselves, then thought for a moment and all turned their gaze to Li Lanzhen.

When Li Lanzhen saw this, she realized that the decision was being made by her.

She thought that if they ate together, she could cheat and take some food from her spatial storage if they ran out.

Another point is that if each family cooks their own meals, the four families of Shi Tou, Shan Xing, Yin Hu, and Xu Fu Zi probably wouldn't want to eat the food from the main kitchen.

Anyway, the ten acres of land in the space produce a relatively large amount of grain.

It would be better to continue eating together in the communal canteen until next autumn when the grain is harvested, and then each household can open its own account.

Or we could implement a large-scale collective management system here.

Working together and eating together is still a viable work model at present.

However, this method is most likely to breed a group of lazy people.

They might try to shirk their duties, since someone else is doing the work anyway. But the people in Peach Blossom Spring are not like that. Even the children don't slack off when they're working.

Thinking of this, Li Lanzhen voiced her thoughts.

"I have an idea, it's not very mature yet. Let's all take a look and discuss it. If it's feasible, we can improve the plan and make it official. If it's not feasible, we'll stick to the original method."

Everyone is telling her to tell us quickly.

Master Xu was also very curious about what kind of management methods Li Lanzhen would propose to govern Peach Blossom Spring.

"That's right, I call this model 'collective living'."

Everyone worked together in the fields, and the harvested grain was distributed to each household according to the number of people.

The money that everyone earned collectively was distributed to each household at the end of the year according to the number of people in the household.

Of course, the money earned by each household through their own abilities, such as selling game, selling herbs, or collecting mountain goods, belongs to the individual and does not need to be handed over to the collective.

If it's collective labor, then the whole group will eat in the communal canteen.

Let's discuss this together. Everyone should share their thoughts and raise questions. We'll work together to find solutions, ideally creating a comprehensive system suitable for the current living conditions in Peach Blossom Spring.

Han Minghai asked Li Lanzhen.

“Mother, if that’s the case, whether you work a lot or a little, you’ll get the same amount of grain and the same amount of money. That’s not fair.”

Zhang Deshui quickly nodded in agreement with Han Minghai's statement.

"Yes, this will indeed dampen the enthusiasm of those who work quickly and do a lot. Over time, this method will lose its effectiveness."

While answering the question, Li Lanzhen was thinking to herself that her boss still had some brains.

She continued, "What Han Minghai said is indeed a key issue. If this problem is not solved, it will indeed dampen everyone's enthusiasm for work and hinder the development of our Peach Blossom Spring."

Therefore, we still need to discuss and formulate a solution that suits our current living conditions in Peach Blossom Spring.

We can find a measure to measure the results of our labor.

What time and what kind of work was the final farm work? We'll use that as the standard to record a labor score for everyone, which we can call work points.

For example, during spring planting, summer field management, or autumn harvest, the most tiring farm work involves a large workload. A strong laborer is given 10 points for a day's work, which is the full work points.

Based on the amount and quality of work completed, individuals can earn corresponding work points: nine points, eight points, etc.

Continue from there.

This means we need to select a performance tracker to track how much work everyone does each day, how much work they complete, and the quality of their work.

How many work points can I get? Record them all and summarize them once a month.

In this way, when the autumn harvest comes, we can calculate how many work points a person earned in a year, how many kilograms of grain one work point is worth, and how many taels of silver they are worth.

People were whispering and discussing among themselves.

Zhang Deshui then offered a different perspective.

"Accounting and distributing grain once a year takes too long. I suggest dividing it into two accounting periods a year."

Spring is for planting and sowing, summer for field management, autumn for harvesting, and winter for other tasks. Of course, winter work is easier than the work in the other three seasons, and you get fewer work points.

Those around Zhang Deshui agreed with his suggestion.

At this moment, Gou Dan'er stood up.

"Grandma Lanzhen, what about us children? How will we earn work points? We need to earn work points too!"

He understood perfectly that only by earning work points could he receive food and silver.

If I can't earn work points, what will I eat? How will I support my grandmother?

His words were not taken lightly by anyone. Indeed, with so many children of varying ages in Peach Blossom Spring, calculating work points for them was a problem.

Li Lanzhen said with a chuckle.

"We need to think about how to solve the problem that Gou Dan raised."

There are many children in Peach Blossom Spring, so there are naturally many jobs suitable for them to do.

You get work points for doing all the farm work well.

If a pig farm is built in the village, cutting pig feed will be their job. They can earn more work points for cutting a basket of pig feed.

Therefore, regardless of whether they are adults or children, they can earn work points as long as they participate in labor.

"The children also get work points and earn money, don't they?"

Hearing Li Lanzhen's words, the children sitting around all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

They were all secretly thinking that when spring came next year, they would do their best to earn work points! They couldn't fall behind!

At this moment, Li Erhan tapped his pipe and said.

"I think we should use the amount of labor done as the standard for measurement."

For example, how many centimeters can you get from plowing one acre of land in the spring? How many centimeters can you get from harvesting one acre of land in the autumn?

The children would gather pig feed, earning several work points for each basketful. They could also earn work points for finding wild duck eggs.

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And so, adults and children alike chimed in, each expressing the questions they had on their minds.

Then everyone discussed solutions to the problems one by one. If a problem couldn't be solved, they would wait until tomorrow to discuss it. Anyway, this system wouldn't be implemented until next spring.

Just as everyone was having a heated discussion, Han Yinan rushed in in a panic.

They shouted loudly, both panicked and unusually happy.

"Grandma, Grandma, Dad, Dad, my mother has given birth!"

Han Minghai suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.

"What? Your mother gave birth? How is she? What did she give birth to?"