Chapter 284 Planning Land
Ji Ming knew her, and Xia Xiaoman made an appointment to dig a well smoothly. On the way back, she met Fu Baiwei who went to the cafeteria to get porridge.
Fu Baiwei was still injured, with new injuries on her body. When the other party saw her, he lowered his head and protected the porridge in his hand and left in a hurry.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Peiqiong's voice came from behind. Xia Xiaoman turned around and looked at her. "Why are you standing behind me? You scared me."
Chen Peiqiong curled her lips and said, "This road can only be used by one person. How can I stand there if I don't stand behind you? What were you looking at just now? You looked at it so intently."
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "Nothing. I saw Fu Baiwei. She hid when she saw me, as if I would hurt her."
"Fu Baiwei?" Chen Peiqiong frowned. "She's probably not afraid that you will hurt her, but she's afraid that you will see her current state."
"What do you mean?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Chen Peiqiong sighed, "Sun Haiyun's right hand was injured in the earthquake and he was sent to the medical station for amputation. Since then, he has become a different person, moody and unpredictable."
Xia Xiaoman was a little bit unconvinced when she heard this and said, "You mean, Fu Baiwei was injured by Sun Haiyun?!"
Chen Peiqiong nodded, "Yes! And he hit me in the face."
"How is this possible!" Xia Xiaoman's eyes widened. Everyone who knew them knew how much Sun Haiyun loved Fu Baiwei. Sun Haiyun would rather be hungry and cold than let Fu Baiwei suffer. How could he bear to hit her?
Chen Peiqiong said, "Don't say you don't believe it. I didn't believe it at first either. I've known Sun Haiyun for so many years, and I've never seen him hit a woman. I didn't expect his personality to change like this after his hand was injured. He doesn't seem like the same person at all."
When Sun Haiyun recovered from his injury, although he was much quieter than before, he would not get angry easily, nor would he hit anyone. Instead, he was very active in helping to dig for supplies.
Until one day, a group of people came to rob their supplies. Sun Haiyun was knocked to the ground in a few moves, and watched Fu Baiwei almost being bullied. If Chen Peiqiong hadn't led people to arrive in time, he and Fu Baiwei might have died.
"After that incident, Sun Haiyun started to give up on himself and chased Fu Baiwei away. Fu Baiwei refused to leave, so he left on his own. The two of them quarreled for a long time before Sun Haiyun gave up the idea of leaving."
"But Sun Haiyun's temper is getting worse day by day. If someone looks at his arm, he will chase after them and curse at them. Later...he even hits them."
Chen Peiqiong sighed, "When Sun Haiyun was doing the best job with Bai Wei, Fu Baiwei wanted to leave. When Sun Haiyun treated her badly, she insisted on following Sun Haiyun. What do you think of this?"
After hearing this, Xia Xiaoman didn't know what to say, but she understood that love is a poison that can make people lose their minds and turn into crazy people. It is best not to touch it if possible.
"How can we outsiders understand what's going on with that young couple? Let's not talk about them, let's talk about you. What have you been busy with recently? I went to the planting area to look for you yesterday, and your colleague said you haven't been to work for a while."
"I went to catch steel-toothed rabbits. Some time ago, Lingxu was selling steel-toothed rabbit offal, so I bought a pair and used them to catch steel-toothed rabbits. In a few days, I caught hundreds of rabbits. I made more money than working in the planting area."
After saying that, she looked at Xia Xiaoman, "Why are you looking for me? Is there something wrong?"
Xia Xiaoman said, "I have a piece of land, and I can't handle it alone, so I plan to hire a long-term worker to help. Do you want to work for me?"
"How is salary calculated?" asked Chen Peiqiong.
"It's one more bowl of batter than what the government gives, and there are rewards if you do a good job. If living conditions get better in the future, I will raise my salary accordingly."
Chen Peiqiong readily agreed, "Okay, then I'll follow you. When will I start work?"
Xia Xiaoman said, "Go outside the camp at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The place where you see the steel-toothed rabbit is hanging is where I live."
Chen Peiqiong nodded. It has been difficult to catch steel-toothed rabbits recently. She had been planning to return to the planting area to farm in a couple of days. But now that she has a better place to go, there is no need to return to the planting area.
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Xia Xiaoman had three mu of land plowed and fenced off with clay. When the fence was completed, it was finally her family's turn to dig a well.
After digging the well, she asked the hired workers to turn the soil again. The first turning was to let the sun dry the soil underneath to kill bacteria and insects, and the second turning was to make the soil soft so that the seeds could germinate and grow smoothly.
After the land was turned over for the second time, she took out the prepared seeds and asked the workers and the eight coolies to help plant the land.
Of the three acres of land, two acres are planted with new potatoes, eight acres are planted with pumpkins, one acre is planted with corn, and one acre is planted with peanuts.
Considering the hot weather and strong sunlight, she took out some plastic film and asked people to cover the ground with it. Once the seeds grew into strong seedlings, they could take away the plastic film.
After planting the land, she fired the hired workers, leaving only Chen Peiqiong and eight coolies. Every morning, she asked them to fetch water from the well, lift the plastic film to water the land, and cover the plastic film again when the top layer of soil was almost dry.
Covering the house with plastic film was Chen Peiqiong's job, while the eight laborers continued to build the house after watering the house.
The house was almost finished, and only the roof remained. Xia Xiaoman took out a few pieces of rainproof cloth, put them together and covered the roof directly, and used clay to stick the edges to the wall. The house was finished.
After the house was built, Xia Xiaoman let the eight coolies go. The eight people didn't believe that they could leave, thinking that Xia Xiaoman was testing their loyalty, and refused to leave.
Xia Xiaoman was annoyed by their noise and asked Maodan to chase them away.
Without the help of laborers, Xia Xiaoman had to water the plants with Chen Peiqiong every day, otherwise Chen Peiqiong would not be able to handle it alone.
That morning, Xia Xiaoman was practicing the plum blossom double swords in the yard when suddenly, Chen Peiqiong's anxious voice came from outside.
"Xiao Man, something has happened. The higher-ups are planning the surrounding land!"
Xia Xiaoman stopped and put away the knife. "Plan the surrounding land? How do you plan it?"
Chen Peiqiong wiped the sweat off her face and said breathlessly, "I heard that it will be divided according to the number of people, and there are limits on the amount of land and fields each person can own."
"Then what about people like us who built houses and reclaimed land for farming in advance?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Chen Peiqiong shook her head. "I don't know. I heard from others that the higher-ups might collect the money back, or they might ask you to hand over materials, which is equivalent to buying land."
Xia Xiaoman frowned. She was not afraid of handing over supplies. Although she didn't have much food, she still had other supplies. If things really didn't work, she could just take out some cigarettes and alcohol to solve the problem.
But if they wanted to forcibly confiscate her house and land, then she would have to find out who had proposed this.
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