The sun in the east rises slowly, and the pale golden sunlight hits the white snow hanging on the branches. A drop of crystal water drips down the drooping branches, slowly, one drop, two drops, three drops...

The snow on the ground melts bit by bit, the frozen stream melts, the clear water flows happily, and the small fish in it swims freely.

Winter is gone, and spring is here.

After a spring rain, the land is wet, and the grass on the ground emerges, adding a little color to this spring.

This year's spring has begun, and there are busy figures in the field. The old cow is plowing the field, and behind it is the old man driving the cow. When spring comes, the land is turned over, and the whole family goes to the field, and the children with two small braids are also busy working in the field.

After a long winter, people walked out of their houses and greeted each other with a smile from a distance. For the people of Caojia Village, this winter was the best winter they had ever experienced. When spring came, their hearts were full of hope, hoping that this spring would be better.

After the New Year, Cao Xiangnan discussed with Cao Gang and Li Zheng about planting cotton and peppers in the village. He didn't have much land to cultivate. There were only a few acres of land given to him in the courtyard when the family was divided. The rest of the land he bought was wasteland, which was used for other purposes and was not suitable for farming. Even the few acres of land he had, he now hired people to cultivate, and he had no time to take care of it, let alone let Wanfeng take care of it alone.

At present, it is definitely unrealistic for him to buy land to plant crops. Not only does he have to invest a large amount of money, but he also has to hire servants to help him plant crops. The people in Caojia Village have been growing food for their own consumption all their lives. If they suddenly change the land used to grow crops to grow cotton and peppers, it means that they will have no food for the next year. If these two things fail to grow, they will have no food to fill their stomachs next year. Naturally, they will have doubts and insecurities in their hearts. Therefore, Cao Xiangnan will not let everyone grow cotton and peppers at the risk of going hungry.

After some consideration, Cao Xiangnan decided to rent land in the village to grow crops. He would ask the people from the land he rented to help manage the crops. He would pay the people the corresponding wages every month. After the crops were harvested, he would pay a bonus according to the harvest. Naturally, the bonus would be more for those who grow good crops.

This is equivalent to three incomes. Smart people know how to choose.

The reason why people here have been growing grain for hundreds of years is that they are afraid that they will be hungry if they have no grain. Little do they know that they have been growing grain crops, but it can only ensure that they will not be hungry, and it will not make their lives better.

He now wants to let everyone see the economic benefits of these two things, which are not worse than the harvest from their farming. Naturally, many people in this place will rush to plant cotton and chili peppers in the future. Cao Xiangnan also plans to let the villagers plant various other spices in the future. Planting these economic crops is not worse than planting grain alone.

Li Zheng naturally supports what Nan Xiaozi wants to do. No matter what the harvest is, the villagers will not suffer any losses.

Cao Gang will not have any opinions, and he naturally has his own ideas in his heart.

"Have you heard? Cao Silang wants to rent land to grow something that can be made into clothes after it blooms, and there is also a kind of chili that is spicier than the chili we eat." The villagers heard from Li Zheng that Cao Silang wanted to rent land to grow two new things, and they were all talking about it.

"I heard about it, too. I'm talking to my family about whether we should plant it, too."

"My husband said we should plant all the land at home."

"What if it doesn't work out? Then we won't have food to eat next year? That won't work, absolutely not."

The most profound impression people have of this flower is that it can be used to make clothes, which is very warm in winter. But many people don't know how to plant this kind of thing. What if it doesn't grow? Some people would also consider this.

"Fourth brother, I heard that you want to rent land to plant something called cotton. I wonder if you can plant it, too?" The honest Cao Lao Da said, rubbing his hands embarrassedly. It was his family who asked him to ask the fourth brother.

Chen Li is a smart person. She knows that she will make a fortune if she follows her fourth uncle. She has now built a big house with green bricks and tiles, and her life is getting better and better. She dreams of building a big house outside, so that she won't have to look at her mother's face at home.

Cao Xiangnan didn't expect that his eldest brother and his father would come to him, and he would not refuse just because of the people in the compound. "Of course." "That's good, that's good." Cao Fugui was very happy when he heard it.

The things between good brothers are written in black and white. He promised so many benefits to others, so naturally he had to collect some guarantees. In case all the cotton and peppers died, he would have to compensate him for the minimum loss.

While everyone was discussing, the smart people had already approached Li Zheng and said they wanted to plant these two things. With limited seeds, it was natural that first come first served. Those who came later would have no seeds. After

the fields were turned over, those who planted grain continued to plant grain as in previous years, and some people rented their land to Cao Silang. In addition to the rent for the land, they also helped to plant and received a salary. When the crops were successfully planted in the future, they could get another salary. Where could they find such a good thing? As for killing all the crops, they were all good at planting, so this was absolutely impossible.

Those who came late to plant had already run out of seeds, so they could only wait until next year, watching others get rich first with envy, feeling very upset.

Cao Xiangnan had thought about the problem that everyone was worried about in advance. It was not difficult for him to borrow two people from Fang Ziye's manor. After writing a letter, Manager Fang arranged for someone to come.

"Aji, I'll leave this matter to you." Cao Xiangnan handed the cotton matter to Sun Ji.

"Okay." Sun Ji replied.

After the Chinese New Year, Cao Xiangnan found that he was busy all the time, with a lot of things waiting to be arranged and handled. He already had a lot of things to do here, and he also had to make arrangements for the academy, as well as some other miscellaneous things.

After the Chinese New Year, he went to the town to find Master Feng and told Master Feng about his plan to build another processing workshop at the garment workshop. This processing workshop must be built, otherwise he can only produce in the mode of a small family workshop, and he can't do big business at all, so he has to build the processing workshop here as soon as possible.

As for the academy, it will be opened first and developed slowly, solving the current basic education problem first, so that adults and children in the surrounding area can learn a few words first. It will take time for this place to form a scale, so it is useless to build the house in the back in a hurry, it is better to build it while using it.

The two people agreed on the processing workshop, and the staffing arrangement was handed over to Master Feng.

I met a man who went to work this year and brought back a lot of good meat, and he said what to do with their current employer. In previous years, the workers who went to work came back skinny, but this year, the people who came back looked much fatter. I guess this will never happen. Some people in their village were excited when they heard about the shortage of people there, so they also came here to find a job. The sudden increase in people solved Master Feng's problem of lack of people, and he kept and employed some of the people who could be used on the land.

Winter passed, and when the spring snow melted, Master Feng also brought his people to Caojia Village to build houses. In previous years, they would not rush to start work at this time, but this year they rushed to work early, but no one was unwilling.

"Master Feng, you are back, let's have a drink tonight?" Cao Xiangnan saw Feng Guang coming over, and the two were old acquaintances, so he invited him to drink together. Feng Guang was still thinking about the good food and wine at Cao Xiaodong's house, which might not be available elsewhere, so he immediately agreed, "Of course it's good, of course it's good."

The two had a meal that night and talked about a lot of things. The academy and the new workshop were just confirmed. It was not the first time for the two to work together, and he trusted Feng Guang. After the drawings were confirmed, Cao Xiangnan only needed to arrange the materials in place, and Feng Guang would do the rest. He had already ordered these materials before the New Year, and they would just have to wait for the construction to start after the New Year, and the materials would be shipped over. After the

Leont month, the time for the sun to set was gradually getting longer and longer, and it was no longer like in winter when dinner was cooked and it was dark outside. After dinner, the carriage took Feng Guang to the cottage where they lived.

Originally, Cao Xiangnan planned to hold a banquet when Le Xiaozi turned 100 days old, but after a little baby was born, Cao Xiangnan gave up the idea. It was well known that his wife had given birth to a child, so how to explain the extra child?

As his Wanfeng loved the little baby so much, he didn't mind at all if Le Xiaozi suffered a little.

"Then why don't we set up a table for our family to eat, and not invite outsiders?" Cao Xiangnan mentioned to his Wanfeng about not having a banquet for the 100th day. Only some wealthy families in the town would hold banquets for the 100th day, not everyone would do so. "

Why don't we just set up two tables in the town and invite our family to eat," he asked.

"Don't bother going to town. Everyone is busy right now. We can just cook a meal for our family." Qi Wanfeng thought that since everyone was busy right now, it would be better to just have a meal for our family.

So it was settled.

On the 100th day of the child's birth, they cooked a meal and ate with Cao Gang's family. They didn't do anything else. Cao Ruile, that kid, ate when he was supposed to eat and drank when he was supposed to drink. He didn't care if others held him up or not, as long as the brat next to him didn't disturb his sleep.