In particular, he visited the families of his daughters-in-law and daughters, both their parents and husbands.
He made arrangements with each village to plant white sweet potatoes, and the village would buy them at ten coins per pound. Then he rushed back.
Sure enough, after the villagers finished planting the sweet potatoes, it was time to build their houses.
Standing on the hillside, Shen Qingyu looked down at the large open space: "Over here, starting from that small hill, to that big tree over there, and then towards the big tree... First, build a wall. Then, build a workshop there..."
The main focus is on giving orders without doing any work.
The village head and several old bricklayers standing nearby nodded in agreement.
Shen Qingyu then looked at the village head: "I plan to give the meals to Cuixi and Brother Changshou for the people who help with the work. Brother Changshou will help with the purchasing, and Cuixi will find a woman from the village to help with the cooking. The wages will be calculated as before."
The village head nodded: It's all his son and daughter-in-law who earn the money, and he manages the people, so things are easy to handle.
After giving her instructions, Shen Qingyu went to the prefectural city.
Without saying a word, Xiao Yunqi followed along, and Shen Qingyu did not refuse. So one drove the car and the other sat in it.
Because of the rain, many of the migrants who lived nearby went home to rush to plant sweet potatoes.
But some people who lived far away didn't go back: by the time they returned home, the season for planting sweet potatoes had passed.
Also, even though it's close to home, all the sweet potato seeds at home have been eaten, so what's the point of going back?
The same was true in the town, and also in the prefectural city.
As the two headed towards the prefectural city, they saw listless refugees fleeing famine along the way, their eyes red and their bodies like hungry wolves.
Fortunately, Xiao Yunqi had a dark forehead, making him look like someone not to be trifled with, so no one dared to stop the carriage, and the carriage was able to enter the prefectural city smoothly...
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