The candidates for Zhoujia Village had already been chosen, a total of 12 people. When Dashan and Dahe notified the candidates after the Lunar New Year, the families were overjoyed. They were promised a monthly salary of 600 wen, including lunch, and were required to leave at 11:00 AM each day and return at 11:00 PM. They were also required to sign a contract, stating that their work would remain confidential. Work would begin on the 16th of the Lunar New Year, and wages would be paid at the end of the month.
Although the wages were only 600 wen, the chosen families were still happy. Long-term laborers elsewhere would only earn 500 to 550 wen a month, and they would be transported daily by oxcarts, allowing them to return home every day. As for keeping the contract confidential, it was a no-brainer. Wangzu and Dongsheng had already signed, and now that both families had bought land, any potential problems would surely be avoided. So, they signed without hesitation.
In fact, Yan Bingfa and his team tried to be as balanced as possible. They first looked for relatively honest families, and then those with many people in poor families. Each family had one quota, unlike Wangzu and Wangfu, who had to earn two salaries at a time.
The farm in Lu Village had already arranged the tasks with Dongsheng, but Dongsheng was an inexperienced young man after all, so Chunxiao was not very confident. Therefore, she increased the frequency of going to the farm in the following days. Especially now that the soybeans in the field have begun to bear fruit, they can be harvested in about a month. Without applying the base fertilizer to the first 90 acres, the seedling cultivation and subsequent work cannot be carried out.
Shufeng and Shuwen moved to Zhoujia Village on the seventh day of the first lunar month. They are now purchasing base fertilizer and preparing to ferment the fertilizer.
On the fourth day of the New Year, Chunxiao called a few people home and explained to them in detail several key points of cotton planting. Xingfu and Meiman also listened attentively.
She first talked about the several cycles of cotton planting, and then explained the reasons and benefits of her doing so. Before, several people only knew that they had to do this, but they had no idea about the timing and degree of doing it. Now, after listening to Chunxiao's explanation, they understood the trick as if they had suddenly been enlightened.
Even Xingfu and Meiman, who had never actually tried it, felt that what she said was indeed very reasonable. When they heard that they had previously grown more than 300 kilograms per acre using this method, they were even more impressed and felt proud of their young lady.
All the land in Yanjia Village is planted with soybeans, so there is no extra land for growing seedlings. When the time comes, we can only grow the seedlings in Zhuangzi and then transport them back.
When she went there today, the fertilizers had almost been collected and the quicklime had been bought. She just needed to wait for the tools to come back before she could start working. There were now seven cows in the farm, and she only had a dozen taels of silver on hand, so she had to make do with what she had for now.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Yan Bingfa and Dashan brought back two more cows from the town, and the cows on their side were complete. Sooner or later, these two cows would be given away and kept at home for a long time. In the future, they would be distributed as follows: Dashan's family would keep two, Dahe's family would keep one, and Chunxiao's family would keep one.
Brothers Wangzu and Wangfu had already started working. Chunxiao had asked them to prepare the compost in the wheat field, with Tian and Zhou leading them. Although the wheat field was currently growing soybeans and base fertilizer couldn't be applied yet, they could still dig holes and start composting. She, with happiness and happiness, was busy composting in her own field.
Nowadays, the villagers take their family as a guide when farming. When they see them composting, they go to do the same. If they don't understand, they come to ask. The Yan family had no intention of hiding the matter of composting. As long as someone asks, they will tell the truth, and they kindly told them about soaking the seeds. Last year, when they mentioned soaking the seeds, everyone thought it was an excuse, but now they regret not believing it. They clearly told them everything, but they just didn't believe it.
Fang's eldest son also became a farmhand for Dashan and his family. Last year, Fang only soaked the seeds on half of the land, and the crops were planted better on that other half of the land. Needless to say, all the seeds will be soaked when it is time to plant this year.
On the fifteenth day, the whole family gathered together again, even Shuwen and Shufeng came back.
"You two, are you tired of managing the farm?"
"Grandma, it's not tiring at all. I can even direct people to do work. It's so fun. Uncle Tian, Uncle Di, Uncle Fang, and Uncle Yuan are all so nice. They listen to me and do whatever I tell them to do."
Yan Bing had suggested the name Tianfangyuan, and naturally, it took their surname Yan. He said it was easier to call them that way, so the four aunts were renamed Chunxiaqiudong. Although the name was a bit random, it was much better than the names of Ah Da to Twenty-Seven in her village. At least it sounded like a name.
"I haven't been to the village yet. I want to go and see it after I give birth."
"I've been there before, but it wasn't a farm yet when I went there. It was just a piece of land. But after seeing my younger sister's farm, I think I have a general idea of it."
"Mom, that's exactly what you said. The structures are all similar. Dad and his family built it based on my aunt's farm."
"Dashan, are all 80 acres planted with cotton?"
"Yes, we agreed a long time ago. Cotton is profitable. Now that my younger sister has taught me the technology, I naturally want to grow cotton."
"At the beginning of the year, many families want to plant cotton. They don't know the tricks of growing cotton now, but if we hire these long-term workers, they will know all this after planting for a year. By then, our technology will be no longer available." Zhou has always been worried about this.
"Mom, you forgot, we signed a contract and can't tell anyone about what they did, otherwise we will have to pay compensation."
"If they don't want to tell you, then what if they grow it themselves according to your method?"
"Just grow it yourself. As long as the news doesn't get out, I don't think it's a big deal if the whole village grows cotton." The country is so big, what does the output of one village count for? "Last year, Brother Wangzu and Dongsheng told me that they wanted to use my method to grow cotton and asked for my opinion. I agreed. Dongsheng has gone to the village now, and I have to find time to talk to Uncle Shizhu about it."
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