"Then we must go visit the village head in advance and ask him to help Brother Da Niu allocate some better land."
Daniel nodded, indicating that he remembered it.
Tian An propped his chin up and sighed, "Oh! When you divide the land, we will have another 100 acres of land, which will add up to 200 acres. How can we farm it? We have too few family members and we are too small."
Daniu glanced at Tian An and said, "Do you want to plant all the land?"
Tian An looked at him sadly and said, "Of course I do! Who doesn't want to? But as far as I know, even families with a lot of people rarely plant all their fields. They just focus on the good land."
Daniu turned another page and said, "If it really doesn't work out, then hire a part-time worker. It will be easier for you."
Tian An was about to agree, but then he thought that hiring temporary workers wasn't a good idea: "But everyone only looks for temporary workers after they've finished their own work. By the time they're done, the season will be over, and it will be too late!"
After hearing this, Da Niu frowned and turned another page of the book: "Then find a farmhand."
"How do we calculate the wages for long-term labor? Do we have enough money?" We finally have some money, so we have to spend it wisely.
Da Niu closed the book and said, "The monthly salary for a farmhand is about five hundred coins!"
Tian An calculated and said, "One person can only cultivate an acre of land a day at most. We have a hundred acres of land that can be cultivated. It will take about three months to cultivate all of it. There is not enough time.
If there are three people, the time is about the same, but it will cost 1,500 coins a month, which is 18 taels of silver a year.
In April, Brother Da Niu’s land was divided up, and we had to add more people, so the expenses were even higher!
Farming alone is enough, but we still need food and shelter. We also need to buy food, seeds, and fertilizers.
Da Niu and Xiao Kang still need to study, which will cost a lot of money!
The two of us only have a hundred taels of silver now, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long."
After doing the math, Tian An and Daniu were shocked. Farming is so expensive!
After a long silence, Da Niu said, "I'll go to the mountains and hunt more! We don't have anything this year. Once we get through this, we'll have crops to plant next year. After the autumn harvest, we'll see if we can raise a pig. That way, we can save money on fertilizer next year."
Alas! Tian An regretted it now. If he had known earlier, he would have asked for a pig when the family was divided. Knowing earlier is worth a thousand gold!
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