Chapter 259 Valuable and Meaningful
Everyone will know that they should pay more attention to the safety of the workshop on a daily basis.
In this way, the patrol team will pay more attention to the environment around the workshop at night.
As soon as Shen Yueyao suggested this, the village head quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, the safety of the workshop is very important. The villagers also rely on the workshop for their livelihood."
"This proposal is fine. Once I tell the villagers about it, they will definitely respond well."
Now the villagers attach great importance to the workshop, and everyone hopes to earn money by working in the workshop.
It is also because every household can work in the workshop and earn money that everyone's life has become better.
In the past, it was common for villagers to not have enough food to eat.
But now every household in the village can have enough food to eat.
Not only can you eat your fill, but you can also eat white flour every meal.
There's no problem eating noodles or steamed buns.
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Lizheng."
"Look at what you said. You're being polite. We're all from the same village. Besides, the patrol you proposed would benefit the entire village. It would also protect the crops in our fields."
"It's hot in the summer now, and everyone has nothing to do at night, so we set up a patrol team to guard the safety of the village. Everyone is very happy about it."
Chen Yueyao said, "Uncle Village Head, I think we can arrange two patrol teams for one night. On one day, one team will patrol in the first half of the night, and the next day, the same team will patrol in the second half of the night. In other words, if we arrange patrols in the first and second half of the night, everyone can rest and it won't affect work the next day..."
"If we all work all night, everyone will be very sleepy, and it will affect our work the next day."
When the village head heard this, his expression changed and he said, "Yes, yes, you are the one who has considered it carefully, Miss Shen."
Even Lin Hong and Lin Chi next to them thought that Shen Yueyao's suggestion was good.
In previous years, when the harvest was approaching, every household would arrange someone to watch over the fields. Doing that every night was physically exhausting.
Just as Shen Yueyao said, everyone took turns patrolling, with two shifts every day. Those who patrolled in the first half of the night would sleep in the second half of the night, and those who patrolled in the second half of the night would try to rest at home in the first half of the night. Then, according to the patrol team's shift schedule, they would patrol in the middle of the night and rest for two days.
In this way, the villagers can have a normal rest and it will not affect their work the next day.
Whenever something happened, everyone would beat the gong. The sound was so loud that the whole village could hear it and would rush out to help.
I don't believe that we can't catch those thieves who steal and do bad things.
In this way, the safety of their village is guaranteed.
Lin Hongdu sighed: "This method is really good."
Even if he thought about it, he didn't feel it was hard.
Anyway, the weather is hot in summer and the days are long, so people generally don’t sleep for long. Two or three hours is enough.
In winter, people sleep longer at night.
Lin Chi said: "Sister-in-law is amazing. We have thought of this method before, but we have never thought of such a proper way."
"With such a call, the villagers will respond and everyone will patrol seriously."
Shen Yueyao said, "I remember that Brother Lin and Lin Chi both know some Kung Fu. In fact, you don't have to keep patrolling. If you don't have anything else to do, you can practice your skills while patrolling at night. This way, you won't waste any time."
"It's useless to just patrol. You also need to practice your skills. Once you have strong skills, it will be easier to catch thieves."
Lin Chi nodded continuously, "Yes, that's right."
Lin Chi also admired Su Xueyi and Shen Yueyao in his heart, and felt that what Shen Yueyao said made sense.
There is really nothing to do when patrolling at night, so it can be a good way to exercise, and I can also teach the villagers to exercise.
Lin Hong smiled and said, "In the past, everyone didn't have enough to eat, and they would easily lose their strength after a little exercise. But now, thanks to Sister Shen, everyone in the village can eat enough, and everyone is very energetic. They will have the strength to practice kung fu in the evening."
The village head sighed, "I've actually thought about setting up a patrol team before, but it seems like every household is starving. Let's organize everyone to do some activities in the middle of the night, so they don't faint from hunger."
"At that time, many families saved their food to feed the strong laborers at home. If they were hungry, they wouldn't be able to do much work."
Shen Yueyao also understood this truth.
If you don’t have enough food, you won’t be able to carry on with anything, even mental work, and you’ll easily feel dizzy and weak.
Lin Chi smiled and said, "It's better now. Before, we could only eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and they weren't pure meat dumplings. But now we can eat dumplings, buns, and noodles on weekdays. The food is good, and I feel energetic."
Not only that, Lin Chi has also become much stronger during this period.
Lin Hongdao said: "Many people have also reported that the children in the village are eating better and are less likely to cry."
That's the truth.
Shen Yueyao was also very happy seeing the changes in the village.
I feel that everything I do is valuable and meaningful.
"Uncle Lizheng, patrolling and protecting the village, including my workshop, is quite tiring. Just treat it as work. I will give the patrol team a subsidy of 500 coins per person per month."
Since everyone doesn't work every day or patrol every night, five hundred coins per person is considered a good amount.
Shen Yueyao paid everyone wages and understood a truth, that is, a little kindness will be repaid with a lot of resentment.
Give as much as you should, no more.
The head of the village was so moved that he didn't know what to say, "Chen girl, you have helped the village so much, I don't know what to say."
"On behalf of the villagers, thank you, thank you."
"You don't know that the villagers are actually grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts. You are a benefactor to everyone."
What the village head said was true.
The villagers are indeed grateful to Shen Yueyao.
Because everyone understands that it is Shen Yueyao who ensures that everyone can have enough food to eat and live a good life.
"Don't worry, the patrol team has been formed. Everyone will keep a close eye on the workshop and protect its safety."
The village head dared to make such a guarantee because he understood the feelings of the villagers.
Everyone values this workshop more than the food from their own fields.
How much grain is harvested? What everyone earns in the workshop in a month is enough for them to harvest crops in the fields in a year.
However, even though the workshop makes a lot of money, no one wants to stop farming.
For ordinary people, especially farmers, having land and growing crops in the land gives them peace of mind.
The food bought outside is expensive. If you grow some food in the fields and don’t sell it outside, it will be enough for the family to eat.
In the past, every household could not get enough food because part of the harvested grain had to be used to pay taxes, and the rest had to be sold to supplement the family income. The remaining grain was not enough to eat.
But there is nothing we can do if there is not enough food, so we have to do it this way.
But now everyone is working in the workshop and earning some money, so they can go to the town to buy things on weekdays.
You can also cut some meat to eat from time to time.
There is no need to sell the food, you can just keep it at home and eat it.
After explaining the matter of the water truck and the patrol team, Shen Yueyao went back.
The village head quickly sent someone to call the villagers, gathered them together and told them about the patrol team.
Also talked about scheduling.
When it comes to protecting the crops in the village fields and protecting the workshops, everyone responds and supports it.
"Brother Lizheng, this is a good idea. This way we can protect the grain and the workshop."
"Yes, my wife is always worried that someone will attack the workshop. Now other villages are jealous of our village."
"There's no point in being jealous. It's because their village doesn't have someone as powerful as Shen Yatou. Our Shen Yatou is the most respected person in our village. Besides, many people from other villages come to Shen Yatou's workshop to work. What dare they do to the workshop?"
"I'm not afraid of people from other villages, I'm just afraid of some people doing bad things. Now our village is famous in the town."
"That's right. We have a relative of a relative in the capital city. He said that our lipstick is very popular. People from other cities use their connections to come to our place to buy it."
“Oh, as long as the business is good, we are looking forward to good business, so that Miss Shen can give us more bonuses.”
"That's right, that's why patrolling is good. It helps keep our village safe. There's not much to do in the summer anyway, so everyone sleeps less."
"That's right. Besides, what the village head said is also very good. We patrol for half a day and can rest for two days. So half a day of sleeping doesn't affect anything. It doesn't affect anything. Patrolling like this will make us feel at ease."
"Yes, yes. My wife was talking about it a few days ago. She was asking if we should build a house in the field to look after the wheat."
In the past, when there were bandits here, sometimes when it was time to harvest the crops, the bandits would come to steal the crops.
Ever since I heard that the emperor ascended the throne, he has wiped out all the bandits in their area.
So they are safe here.
However, although it is safe, some gangsters do not do their jobs all day and sometimes steal food.
They are worried about this too, so that's good.
The village head was very pleased to see that the villagers were very actively supporting the project and no one was selfish and said anything.
"Is that what everyone has decided?"
"It's decided. Of course we have to patrol. My dear nephew, our village is united. Don't worry, there will be no problem."
"Yes, Brother Lizheng, this is for the good of the village. We are not the kind of people who don't know what is good and what is bad."
"Uncle Lizheng, we have the strength and we will patrol well."
The village head looked at everyone's expressions and a gratified smile appeared on his face. That's great, the people in the village are very nice.
When his grandfather was in charge of the village, he said that their village was remote and the location was not very good, but not everyone could be allowed to enter and live in the village.
Only those who are virtuous and hardworking can live in Liuhe Village.
In fact, at the beginning, there were only a dozen or so households in the village. Later, some more people moved in. Everyone was hardworking, simple and capable.
Seeing that everyone responded enthusiastically, the village head smiled and said, "I also want to tell you a good news. Miss Shen said that the patrolmen will each receive a subsidy of 500 coins per month."
When the head of the village said this, everyone was shocked.
"What, five hundred coins?"
"Uncle Lizheng, did we hear correctly?"
"Uncle Lizheng, although we patrol for the village, it is also for ourselves. This Miss Shen has helped our village so much, how can we have the nerve to charge her money?"
Everyone wants to make more money, but when making this money, everyone feels a little uneasy.
Patrolling and protecting the village is what they should do.
Besides, if they didn’t set up a patrol team, they might have to build a small hut in the field and sleep in the hut every night to watch over the food in the field.
That would certainly not be as good as having a patrol team around. With the patrol team around, they could just sleep at home.
Patrol for one and a half nights every three days.
"Here, these five hundred coins!"
Although everyone's wives and other relatives worked in the workshop to earn money, five hundred coins was not a small amount.
In the past, people would rather spend every penny in half.
Five hundred coins a month, that's six taels of silver a year, no one dares to even think about it.
They just patrolled, that's all.
This... Although everyone was excited, they all felt that they shouldn't take this money.
They felt very sorry.
The village head said: "This is what Miss Shen meant. Everyone should remember her kindness and cherish her kindness in the future."
"That's natural, Uncle Village Chief. We all know it without you telling us."
"Yes, I remember that we didn't have enough to eat back then. Thanks to Miss Shen, we not only have enough to eat, but we also eat well."
“That’s right. Besides, the potatoes that Miss Shen gave us have such a high yield, we can have a good harvest.”
"Not only that, you have helped us a lot. We all remember this kindness in our hearts. If Miss Shen has any problems in the future, just shout and we will go to help."
“Yes, yes…”
Seeing that everyone was speaking sincerely, the village head smiled and said, "Alright, I understand how you feel. When you're on patrol, keep an eye on the workshops and don't let anyone attack them."
"That's natural, Uncle Village Chief. We would do the same without you telling us."
The village head said, "Miss Qian Chen said that when the time comes, you will be paid. Take it. If you feel bad about it, then cheer up and do a good job on patrol."
“Yes, yes!”
With this money, everyone feels more energetic when patrolling.
The village head arranged the patrol and assigned everyone shifts.
After arranging the patrol, the village head talked about the water truck.
When it was said that the waterwheel could automatically irrigate the fields, everyone was stunned.
"Uncle Lizheng, what you just said is true. We really don't dare to believe such a thing."
"That's right. Everyone who farms uses water to irrigate their land. If we had an automatic irrigation tool, we wouldn't have to work so hard."
The villagers didn't believe it because they couldn't imagine what it was.
I can't imagine what can be used to water the land without any effort.
The villagers are used to working in a down-to-earth manner and don't think of any crooked ways. They know that such methods are useless and that only by doing things down to earth can things be done well.
The village head said: "This is not a crooked way, it's just a tool, just like people use a cart to push things, it can save energy, some things are just tools."
“And this tool was thought up by Shen Yatou. Shen Yatou even drew it. I’ve seen it. It’s a good thing.”
"You all know Miss Shen's abilities. She came up with the irrigation waterwheel to help everyone reduce their burden and make it easier for everyone to water the land."
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