Chapter 1662 Accounting Office
When it came to farming, Old Zhou turned his gaze away from the house and walked over to take a look with the village head Zhou Dalang and others.
The piece of land where the pond was to be dug was quite large, about two acres in size when extended. Looking at the direction Zhou Lijun pointed, it seemed that after digging this piece, he would also dig along the woods towards the road, which would almost circle half of the house.
Zhou Lijun said, "My aunt said these plots of land aren't good for growing crops. We'd better dig up the accumulated water and raise some fish and ducks. Since it's connected to the ditch over there, it can be considered running water. If possible, we can dig a culvert from this end to the other end and connect it to the ditch over there. Then the water on both sides will be connected."
Old Zhou muttered, "How much does this cost? The land isn't ours..."
Zhou Lijun said: "Grandpa, don't worry, Zhuangzi belongs to our family."
"This manor was built to look after the official fields. If the official fields are gone, what use is this manor?"
Zhou Lijun didn't say anything. She secretly thought that after the manor was built, even if they couldn't live there anymore, they could always sell it.
Having done a lot of business with the noble ladies in the capital, she had a vague feeling that the noble ladies in the capital were a little strange. They were stingy in some things, but they would never neglect themselves when it came to enjoying themselves.
This place is not far from the capital and Yongzhou, so it is not difficult to sell the farm.
Zhou Lijun then cheered up and said to Old Zhou, "Grandpa, once the foundation is laid, I will personally supervise them while they build the house. Don't worry, I will make sure they build this farm beautifully."
Old Zhou asked, "Why build such a beautiful building?"
Before Zhou Lijun could answer, Old Zhou had already answered his own question: "It has to be built beautifully, otherwise the money will be wasted. But you should also be frugal with your money and don't spend more than your aunt and the others gave you."
Zhou Lijun swallowed what he was about to say and agreed obediently.
After Old Zhou and his men distributed the cattle and registered them, they turned around and drove to the Bai family's farm. They would live there temporarily as it would take some time to build the farm.
The village head said it would take two months, but in fact it doesn't take that long. The main reason is that the craftsmen hired by the Bai family are quite capable, and young and strong people in the village can also be hired. It just takes time to dig the foundation and stones at the beginning.
Once the foundation is dug, building a house becomes much easier. As long as you have money, bricks can be delivered in time, and wooden beams are not difficult to find, so the speed becomes faster and faster.
But Old Zhou only takes a look at it every day. He focuses more on farming.
Liu Gui brought people to transport wheat seeds from Longzhou. Old Zhoutou then realized that their family had even taken care of the wheat seeds. So he was even more unwilling to let the tenants get away with it. He had to watch them cultivate the crops step by step.
Otherwise, wouldn’t all their huge expenses be in vain?
So he went to watch people weeding, composting and plowing the fields every day. He guessed that there was not enough fertilizer in Putian Village, so he asked people to go to the mountains to get some accumulated soil and dead leaves to make fertilizer.
He was disgusted and complained to Qian: "It's worse than our village. They don't even raise chickens or ducks, let alone pigs. There's no manure to make fertilizer. Fortunately, the fourth brother brought a hundred cows here, so we can collect some every day, but even with so much land, it's not enough."
Not to mention that there are few mountains and forests here, and you have to walk a long way to get to them. Unlike them, you can see mountains as soon as you go out, and once you get up the mountain, you will see a lot of fallen leaves and silt accumulated there, which are very fertile.
But this place is not without its benefits.
When the first plow was applied, the oxen pulled the soil up, turning up the dark brown earth. Old Zhou felt a handful of it and had to rub it hard to break up the clods. He then sighed to Zhou Dalang, "The land is good, but there's not enough water."
Zhou Dalang also nodded. "It's still too dry. A couple of rains will make it better. The soil here is much better than the land in our Qili Village."
It's more than just better. In terms of soil fertility, it's only a little bit stronger. However, the land in Qili Village is uneven, with good and bad land always sandwiched together. Basically, there are fewer cultivated lands and more virgin lands.
But the land here is all well-developed.
Moreover, the land is flat, and each acre is very square, which is completely different from the crooked land in their Qili Village.
Old Zhou said he disliked it, but he was envious in his heart. Then, in order not to waste the good land, he kept a closer eye on the tenant farmers' farming.
Tenant farmers: ...
Although 60% of the cultivated land belongs to them, it still feels weird, and many of Lao Zhou's experiences are different from theirs.
Let’s talk about composting. They never thought that they would have to go so far to dig up soil and rotten leaves from the forest to make compost.
But thinking of the contract with Mr. Zhou, although they were very skeptical about Mr. Zhou's decision, they still accepted it silently.
Zhou Silang only stayed at the farm for one day, on the 21st, and then he started to rush back to the capital. He had to number the cattle before he could sell them, but there was no rush because he still had medicinal herbs.
Sell the medicinal herbs first and then think about selling the cattle. Anyway, Zhitian needs cattle to plow the land.
Zhou Lijun ran back and forth between the two places. Occasionally, he had to help his eldest brother manage the accounts on the side of his fourth uncle, and sell the ointments made by his fourth aunt and others to the back houses of the powerful and wealthy. On the other hand, he had to go to the farm to monitor the speed of house construction, allocate money according to the situation, and help his grandparents with accounting, to see how much wheat seeds each family had received, to ensure that no one had received too much or received falsely.
She was so busy that when Manbao and the others came out of the palace after their break, she had become darker and thinner, but she was full of energy and vigor.
Zhou Silang came out of her room dejectedly. When he met Manbao who had just returned from the palace, he immediately stopped and smiled, "Manbao is back..."
Manbao subconsciously hugged his medicine box tightly and asked, "Fourth brother, don't be like this, I'm a little scared."
Zhou Silang restrained his smile, looked back, and pulled her to the other side, whispering: "Manbao, Fourth Brother is a little short of money, can you lend me some money?"
Manbao looked at him suspiciously, "What are you borrowing money for?"
Zhou Silang understood immediately when he saw her eyes, and could not help but say speechlessly: "It's not gambling. I only went to that place once, and I changed it a long time ago. I saw a business that I wanted to do, but Li Jun refused to agree and refused to pay."
Zhou Lijun is in charge of all the household accounts. She has been in charge of the accounts since the restaurant opened, and naturally she is the one who takes the money. Zhou Wulang also has to take money from her every time he buys something.
At first it was for the convenience of accounting, but later on, Zhou Silang got used to giving her the account books and doing the math after returning from business, and then he would naturally hand the money to her.
Two days ago, he had just deposited the money from selling medicinal herbs into his account, which he gave to Zhou Lijun. Now when he wanted to withdraw it, he found that he could not.
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