Several children at home were sent to school, and the yard suddenly became much quieter.
Cao Xiangnan came back and didn't see the children, so he asked about the children going to school. He was just like a parent whose children went to school on the first day, thinking about going to the school to see if the children were well behaved.
"I sent An An there this morning. The child is very well behaved. Don't worry, husband. I will pick him up in the evening." Qi Wanfeng seemed to know what his husband, the father, was thinking. He felt that sometimes it was not him, the mother, who spoiled the children, but his husband, the father, who spoiled the children more.
He sent his children to school in the morning, along with Chen Hong and a few others. They sent their children to school together and handed them over to the teacher. All the children were doing well in school, and no one made trouble to not go.
Cao Xiangnan's thoughts were seen through, and he smirked twice, and chatted with Qi Wanfeng about his children. He told Qi Wanfeng about what happened in Manager Liu's cabinet, so now they had to build the house quickly.
"I'll ask Agui and the others if they know anyone who is good enough. Find a few more people to help, build the cellar and warehouse together, and then see how to build the wall." Cao Xiangnan planned to hire a few more people, so that the work could be done faster, and he didn't need the money anymore.
As for the wall, they have a large area here, so he plans to build an inner wall first, and then build an outer wall. He will discuss this with Master Feng, and he told Qi Wanfeng his plan and ideas.
"Well, OK, this is also possible." Qi Wanfeng nodded. Now all the money in the family is in his hands. He has never had so much money in his life. With money in his hands, he feels more at ease.
Now that there is money at home, they don't have to worry about food. Her husband can do whatever he wants. Their house is being built, and they will have a new house to live in soon. Qi Wanfeng sometimes feels that the current life is like a dream.
But now the family is making more and more money, and the husband is busier day by day. Qi Wanfeng looked at the husband who was walking away, sighed, then shook her head and smiled, turned back to look through the cloth her husband bought, and thought about how to make two sets of clothes for her husband. The morning
sun hit the earth, and the earth was coated with a layer of gold, and there were elongated shadows on the ground. The construction of the house was in full swing, and beads of sweat slid down the man's dark face, sweating like rain. There was a big pot of water on the table next to it, and those who were thirsty could go there to drink water, and those who were tired from work could go there to rest for a while, but there was no one there, and no one went there to rest. Cao Xiangnan came over and greeted him when he saw him, and he responded to others one by one. He asked where Master Feng was, and walked towards where Master Feng was. Seeing people working, he asked, "Master Feng, I have something to talk to you about. Are you free now?"
"Oh, I'll go out with you in a minute." Master Feng said a few words to the people around him, and walked over with Cao Xiangnan.
The two of them went out, and Cao Xiangnan told Master Feng about building a cellar and building another independent kitchen. Originally, he wanted to wait until this place was built and ready to live in, and then demolish the place where they lived now to build the kitchen, but the land they bought earlier was wider, so they could find another place to build it. After
discussing with Master Feng and determining the location to build, Cao Xiangnan asked Master Feng if he could arrange a few more people to come here to work, and Master Feng didn't say no, no problem.
Then Cao Xiangnan went to greet Agui and the others, and asked them to find a few more acquaintances in the village to help, and the daily wages would be calculated for them. Agui agreed immediately, "Okay, Acheng and the others are all hardworking, I will call them over later."
They work here for thirty coins a day, and I don't know how many people are jealous of them. This means that they can earn about one or two taels of silver a month. If Cao Dapeng had not called him here, he would not have been able to find such a good job. Even if he worked in the town, he might not even earn thirty cents a day. Here they were provided with lunch, and there was meat for every meal. He had never had such a good job. Fortunately, there was not much work in the fields now, and everyone was free. Whoever was called would be willing to come here. However, since Cao Silang asked him to find good and hardworking people, Cao Gui had a suitable candidate in mind, and thought that he would call them over later, and they would make money together. "Then I'll trouble you, Gui, to go and tell them later. If they can come to work here, let them come to me in the evening. I will be at home at that time." Cao Xiangnan calculated that he would be free at that time, so he said. "
No trouble, no trouble, I will call them over when I go back." The dark-skinned man smiled innocently.
After arranging things there, Cao Xiangnan went to Li Zheng's place. Li Zheng was at home when he had nothing to do, so he could find someone as soon as he arrived. He had come to Li Zheng's place many times and was familiar with everyone. As soon as he entered the door, he met Zhao A-ma outside the yard. Hearing that Li Zheng was inside the house, he went inside.
"Why are you here now, kid? What's the matter?" Li Zheng asked the boy from the Cao family who came here.
"Well, I just happened to come to see Master Qi for something." Cao Xiangnan told Li Zheng about the harvest of vegetables in the village. Moreover, the harvest of vegetables would not take one or two days. If he harvested vegetables in the village for a long time in the future, he would need someone who had a say in the village to help him. This person must be Li Zheng.
Cao Xiangnan told Li Zheng about his plan and ideas, "So now I would like to trouble Seventh Grandpa to help Xiangnan. From now on, the matter of harvesting vegetables in the village will be left to Seventh Grandpa. Do you think it's okay?"
"You kid, a good boy." Li Zheng laughed heartily after hearing what the boy from the Cao family said. He agreed immediately and almost patted his chest to guarantee, "I'll leave this matter to you, Seventh Grandpa. I promise to take care of it for you."
"Seventh Grandpa, there's one more thing." Cao Xiangnan said with a flattering smile.
"Anything else?" Li Zheng knew the boy had something to do as soon as he saw his look. He looked at Cao Xiangnan with suspicion and said, "Go ahead, I'm listening."
"This is it." Cao Xiangnan also mentioned that he wanted the villagers to raise chickens and ducks. These things could be arranged by Li Zheng and the village chief. He and the village chief were not close, so it would be more convenient to ask Li Zheng to handle the matter if there was anything this time.
"So, Seventh Grandpa, if anyone in the village wants to raise birds, just raise dozens. Raising too many will easily cause disease and will be difficult to raise. If anyone is willing to raise birds, just raise fifty or sixty at a time. If you don't have money to buy seedlings, I can give you the seedlings first. When the birds are raised, you can pay me for the seedlings. If you fail, the money for the seedlings will be counted as mine, and I will charge you when they are raised."
If you raise birds now, you can raise them until October, which is just in time for winter to come. In this era, there is a shortage of materials. When winter comes, there is not much food. If all the chickens and ducks in their village are raised, then he can sell them for a good price by pulling the line of Liu's shop.
And now, with the few recipes in his hand, Yipinzhai's business is good. By then, Yipinzhai can be consumed by him, and he will not worry about no one buying. What he is worried about is that the chickens raised by the people here are raised for laying eggs, and few people are willing to kill them for food. What he wants now is that everyone in the village raises chickens together, so that a certain scale can be formed and this chain can be supplied.
Cao Xiangnan had several ideas in his mind. He was thinking that there was a shortage of manpower and material resources, and he could only do so much. So he might as well mobilize the villagers to work together. But one cannot become fat by eating one bite. These things should be done slowly and step by step, and then they can be expanded later.
In his previous life, he liked to read the book "How to Get Rich" the most. He often saw reports about other people raising chickens and ducks in it. He also remembered some information about the prevention of poultry diseases and some simple disease treatment methods. Cao Xiangnan told Li Zheng all these. If someone raised chickens and ducks in the future, they could also popularize these basic knowledge.
"Is this true?" Lord Li Zheng was so stunned by this good news that he couldn't recover. After a long time, he found his tongue and asked, "Yes, it's true. Xiangnan is never joking." Cao Xiangnan nodded seriously. He looked like he was not joking at all and said, "Seventh Master, you can ask the people in the village. If anyone is willing to raise them, please register with you in detail how many they want to raise. I will have someone send the seedlings over later. Those who have money can use the money to raise them. Those who don't have money will do the accounting here and pay me the money after the sales."
Cao Xiangnan also knew the situation of Caojia Village. The overall living standards were still quite backward. His family had meat to eat, and they could share some soup with others, so that no one would look at them with envy. As long as they worked hard, they would not be afraid of not having meat to eat, but if they were lazy, there was nothing they could do.
After talking to Li Zheng about the matter, Cao Xiangnan had something else to do later, and he didn't have time to stay here for long, so he was about to leave. Li Zheng also stood up, pointed to the door, and said, "It's just right for me to go with you. I'm going to go to A Geng's place and discuss this with him."
The two of them went out together. Cao Xiangnan had to go back to the town with Cao Gang to deliver the rice noodles to the town in a hurry. When he returned, Cao Gang was already waiting for him. They got on the carriage and left together.
Li Zheng hurried to the village chief, dragged Cao A Geng into the house, and closed the door. The village chief didn't know what Li Zheng was doing when he was dragged into the house. He only heard the occasional exclamation from inside.
"Is it true?"
"Would I joke with you about this?"
The village chief walked around the house with a serious face, clapped his hands, and was about to go out, saying, "This is a big deal. Let's go and discuss it with the elders of the same clan. If this is done, our Caojia Village will have a good life in the future."
The two of them came out of the village chief's house soon and went to discuss this matter with the elders of the clan. Soon, the elders of Caojia Village gathered together. "What do you want us to do?" Someone asked in confusion, not knowing why they were called here.
"Uncles and aunts, Ageng asked you to come here to discuss something with you and wait for your decision." The village chief Cao Ageng was one generation lower, so he called these elders uncles and aunts, and then he told the elders in the same clan what Cao Jia Silang said. After everyone heard what Cao Ageng said
, "Is this true?"
"Really."
There were waves of discussions in the house. Some people naturally agreed to do this, and there were also a few people who disagreed. In the end, the majority of voices were louder than the minority, and the matter was decided. Later, the village chief and Li Zheng went to talk to the people in the village about this matter.