"Uncle Village Head, I won't say much else. I'll just remind you that when it comes to buying land, each family should do so within their means." With the example of Tongzhou Manor making money, Chunxiao felt that the villagers would probably want to buy a larger stake this time, even if it meant borrowing money. It wasn't a bad idea; the land was there, after all, and it was unclear how much could be bought. The only concern was that disputes would arise over the money. Too many people really did cause disunity.
"I've thought about what you said. I reminded them yesterday to act within their capabilities. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong later, they'll have to bear the consequences themselves."
After seeing off the village head, Yan Dashan started talking to Yan Bingfa about buying land.
"Let's start by looking at the surrounding towns. If we can't find anything suitable, we can go to other counties. It's always better to be close."
"When Zhuangzi buys it, will he buy people or hire people?"
"Dad, I think it's more convenient to buy someone now. I think we should buy someone."
Yan Bingfa nodded and said, "Then let's buy people. Whatever is convenient for us, we don't need the money now."
Yan Dashan was busy buying land with the villagers, Chunxiao was busy building the house with Yan Bingfa, and all the work in the fields was left to Zhou, Tian and Shuwen.
The villagers are now busy working in their cotton fields. Many villagers took advantage of the money they earned in the past two years to buy land in nearby villages, so their families are short of manpower. Many of the long-term workers who originally worked in Zhouzhuang have tactfully told Shuwen that they want to quit their jobs.
Tian Dashan had anticipated this matter. While looking at the land, he immediately went to the county town to hire people. Now there are more than 20 people in the village, and with so many people, there must be a place to live, so the village also transferred a bricklaying team to expand. Anyway, Chunxiao's place cannot be completed in a short time.
Yan Qi and his friends returned to the school in the county town at the beginning of the new year. The teacher said that they could study for another year and then take the provincial examination next year. Both of them worked very hard and did not slack off even during the new year.
Chunxiao went to see Shuduo and the others two days later. She learned from Shuduo that two days before Zhang left, her grandmother Zhao came and wanted to grow cotton with them. Not only their family, but also several sisters wanted to grow cotton with them. Zhang did not trust them and said that people from other villages could not do it. The technology belonged to her aunt, not hers, and she advised them to give up.
Zhao made a big fuss about this matter, and finally Zhang gave in, saying that breeding was absolutely impossible, and that she would give them an extra 20 taels of silver every year as a tribute. Only then did Zhao give up. 20 taels a year was not a small amount. If Zhang could give 20 taels to her married daughter, they wouldn't have to worry about it in the future.
Even Chunxiao would not have any good way to deal with such a family member. Fortunately, Zhang was not a softie. She looked weak but had her own ideas in her heart. Most importantly, she was able to invite them.
Life in the village was very leisurely. In mid-February, every household started to transplant seedlings. The Zhou family planted cotton on all their land this year. The main reason was that the farm had stored enough grain in the past few years and they had no worries about food. Chunxiao no longer planted cotton, so all the land was planted with cotton this year. During the days of transplanting seedlings, the whole family went to the fields to help, including Duoer and Paner.
Those in the village who had less land finished their own work and came to help, so it didn't take a few more days to transplant the seedlings.
Everyone was working in the fields that day when someone suddenly ran to their fields and told them that he seemed to have seen Zhou's sister-in-law at the entrance of the village, but she was wearing tattered clothes and they didn't know whether it was her.
"Who are you talking about, Yan Erni? How is that possible? Our family has already severed ties with them." Zhou continued to pull out the weeds without caring.
"It looks like it, but we're still hiding even after she saw us. Mai Niang, you really don't want to go and take a look."
Zhou looked at the people working in the fields and wiped her hands on her work coat.
Yan Bangfa went out to help transport materials today, and Yan Dashan was not there. If it was really Yan Erni, she would have to go and take a look. Yan Erni knew best that she was very proud and would definitely not let herself go out in tattered clothes.
Tian didn't even raise her head when she heard this. Zhou called Chunxiao and said, "Come with me to see what's going on."
Chunxiao looked at Tian, Shuduo and the others, gave Xiaohua a few instructions, and then followed Zhou out of the field.
The two followed the messenger to the village entrance, where several other women were gathered.
"Where are the people?" the woman asked the others.
Several women pointed. "She's on the road in the distance. She hid when we approached her. I think we might have mistaken her for someone else. How could Erni be like this?"
"But I think that person is clearly Erni."
Zhou took Chunxiao and walked in the direction they pointed. When the woman in tattered clothes saw them, she wanted to run away at first, but after running a few steps, she suddenly stopped for some reason, turned around, and rushed towards Zhou crying, her crying sounded so miserable.
"Oh my God," Zhou was shocked when she saw the person, "Chunxiao, this is really your aunt." Zhou was shocked and hurriedly called Chunxiao.
"Er Ni, how did you become like this? What happened to you?" Even if Zhou had much resentment towards her before, she could no longer hate her when she saw her current appearance.
Chunxiao also came over, "Mom." She looked at Yan Erni again, "Aunt, what happened to you, Mom, let's go back first and help Aunt back." Yan Erni didn't look like she had been outside for just one or two days. She must have been out for a while. There was a smell on her body that made Chunxiao a little unbearable.
The two of them took her home, but when they got home Yan Erni just kept crying.
Zhou was too lazy to persuade her. "Go to the fields and call your sisters-in-law back. I'll boil some water for her to wash. She needs a bath."
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