Now with cows and tools, the work of preparing the land and applying fertilizer is much easier than before.
Chunxiao originally thought that after paying the tax grain, he would have a good harvest of about 100 catties per mu. As a result, he harvested more than 46,000 catties of beans from more than 200 mu of land, and there was still a catty left after deducting the tax grain.
On the 27th, Yan Dashan handed in the tax grain, and Chunxiao took away kilograms of soybeans.
Starting from the 28th, the people in Zhuangzi began to transplant the seedlings. Yan Dashan also arranged all the people to transplant the seedlings, but these people were far from enough. Chunxiao went to the nearest village to recruit 100 temporary workers. Although everyone was a little curious about the act of transplanting the seedlings, they did not dare to ask too many questions because they were paid to do the work. They came to work from sunrise to sunset every day, and it took more than 10 days to finish all the work. During this period, wheat was also planted in the wheat field.
As expected, the township government delivered all of Chunxiao's tools to her at the end of the month, along with 5,000 kilograms of rice. Although there was still a shortfall of 5,000 kilograms compared to the expected amount, there was nothing to worry about for the time being. Now the only unfinished work was the carpentry work and the well-digging work in the yard.
In the evening, Xingfu and Meiman were learning to read in the room, while she was calculating the total ledger with a stack of accounts.
She had indeed brought all her money with her when she came, a total of over 11,600 taels. It was all banknotes anyway, so she had it with her in case of emergency. Now, she only had 2,873 taels left, which was a terrifying amount of money. Fortunately, the money for the 42 wells and all the custom wood components had been paid in advance.
People need to buy materials, and she wants so much. If she doesn't pay in advance, they don't have the money to advance. She also doesn't want to go through the trouble of a settlement. Besides, these masters were found by the township government, so she is not afraid that they will run away halfway.
Her budget also included 120 people and 30 cows, which would cost more than 1,000 taels of silver. Thinking of this, she sighed. The early construction was too expensive. It would cost her more than 10,000 taels to build a large farm. If she had not accumulated enough money in the early stage, she was afraid that the farm would not be built. She originally thought that she had more than enough.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Hearing her sigh, both of them looked over.
"Nothing, I'm almost out of money, I just feel bad."
The two of them smiled and said, "Miss, you are so good at making money. If you lose it, it will come back."
"I hope so." She closed the account book and put the remaining money back.
Yan Dashan came to see her the next day. He had no other reason than to borrow money. "I've already used up all my money before I knew it. Building a new farm is really a big deal. Now that I compare it to this, I really think your farm is a good deal. I've already spent over 2,000 taels of silver."
"The land here is more expensive than the land at home. We have to buy people, cows, and tools, and rebuild everything. Of course it costs money. You only spent more than 2,000 taels. I calculated the cost of mine yesterday, and it really hurt me. Besides, yours is basically done, but I don't even have enough people and cows here." Chunxiao went back to the house and got him 200 taels of silver notes.
"Fortunately, I've almost used up all the money. If I keep spending like this, I won't be able to spend it all. By the way, when are you going to buy someone back? You're too tight-fisted."
"Now that the seedlings have been transplanted, I can take a break for a while. I'll wait a while. If I really don't have anyone, I'll hire a temporary worker first. Brother, I'm going home in the middle of next month. Do you want to come with me?"
She had planned this time long ago. She could go to the restaurant to collect two months' share at the end of April. Besides, she had been away for so long, and she didn't know what was happening to the farm at home.
"If you go back, I can't go back either. If both of you leave, there will be no one in charge. You should take Shuwen back. He has been away for several months, and his family must be worried."
"Okay, then I'll leave Happiness and Meiman behind and take Shuwen back with me."
The people in Yard No. 1 quickly adapted to life in the farm. Everyone became visibly more lively and cheerful, and occasionally they would laugh and joke with each other while weeding in the fields.
The children were also very happy. When they were at home, they had endless work to do. After being sold, they were even more displaced and worried about being separated from their mother. Now here, they have good food and accommodation, and the manager does not force them to work. However, they feel that they should be conscious when doing work. If they do it only after being told to do it, they are afraid that their boss will be unhappy.
My mother and the others all said that the boss was a rare good man, and they thought so too. Because in all the time they had been here, the boss and the two managers had never hit anyone, and they even spoke in a friendly manner. They liked them very much.
The manager had been sighing at them lately, and they'd always thought something bad was going on. One day, Manager Xingfu sighed in front of them again. Caoniu was sweeping the yard, so she bravely walked over and asked, "Manager Xingfu, is there something bothering you?"
Xingfu looked at the little girl and patted her head. "It's not a big deal. It's just that the young lady asked me to give you all new names that are easy to recognize. There are so many of you. What names should I give you so that you can be recognized? I've been thinking about it for several days and still don't know what to name you."
Cao Niu couldn't help with this matter, so she went back to sweep the yard silently.
Chunxiao didn't mean to make things difficult for her. With so many people, she always had to call one or two of them. Their original names were so messy that it was naturally inconvenient to use them. She thought of Ah Da and Twenty-Seven in the village. She used to think that the person who named them was simple and crude, but now she thought it was very wise.
"Miss, you asked Xingfu and I to name the people in the courtyard. This is too difficult for us. The names are easy to remember and distinguish. How should we choose them?"
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