The pharmacy account is a separate one, belonging to Qiaoyun, Chunfeng, and Xiaoman Errui.
Although small, Xujia Village has its own makeshift team, with Jiang Zhi treating her position as the village head as if she were the chairman of the board.
Speaking of which, it's still more imposing than being a department head in modern times with only three subordinates.
Upon hearing that Wang Xiaoju had joined the "group of eight," Pi was overjoyed and said to Liu beside her, "That brat Xiaoju is doing well in the workshop. Aunt Jiang has praised her several times."
Xu Genbao was not selected this time; only his daughter-in-law was chosen. Liu was happy but also a little sad. She wished that both of them could have been selected.
Although Genbao can now make money by helping to purchase herbs, it doesn't sound as good as that other group.
She sighed, "Genbao is smart, but he's not as good with words as Xiaoju."
On the other side, Wu Yang was not too discouraged after being substituted.
He used to be a handyman in a group of eight, and all he could do was push a cart and do rough work when selling corn.
Now that I'm working at the pharmacy, I can't find work in the village, so I naturally have to give it up.
Moreover, Aunt Jiang also said that she would give herself a raise once the pharmacy made more medicine...
Wu Yang doesn't care what he does. Right now, he just wants to save some money so that he can buy some furniture for the New Year, prepare gifts, hold a wedding banquet with Sister Shi, and have children as soon as possible.
The crowd was making a ruckus, but Xu Changming was the most frustrated.
I originally thought I should show up more often and perform better, maybe I could get some benefits, at least my two sons could find easier jobs.
But this time, Wu's father and son, as well as Xu Changshou, were all his relatives. He was dragged down by those two groups of people, and now he doesn't even dare to speak, for fear of being ridiculed by others.
Having learned from the experience of his relatives, people from other families are now on tenterhooks when their relatives come to visit.
After arranging the personnel, Jiang Zhi talked to Tian Gui and the others about the crops.
This time, Xujia Village was also lucky. After selling the first crop of green grains, they encountered a drought when planting the second crop of corn.
Fortunately, it escaped the heading stage, barely surviving thanks to the pesticide, and grew lushly again after a rain, so the yield was not reduced.
"Tian Gui, Gen You, hurry up and bring over the manure from the post station to decompose so that it can be used as fertilizer for the corn."
"The silage in the village is delivered on time, and we're digging another pit to prepare for harvesting sweet potato vines."
In the first year of selling green corn, Jiang Zhi cut the tender corn stalks into small sections and used the pits she had dug in advance to collect silage.
With only two cows, he obviously couldn't possibly consume that much green fodder.
Once the post station was put into use, Jiang Zhi discussed with Cao Yicheng about exchanging silage from Xujia Village for the post station's wastewater.
Crops are like flowers, and they all depend on manure.
Before animal husbandry was established in Xujia Village, the villagers had to rely on the travelers passing through the post station to provide fertile soil.
Tian Gui and Xu Genyou then explained the arrangements for the several displaced households.
There were four families of refugees who came to Xujia Village. Apart from the Ma family who had already moved to the pharmacy, and the Huang family who had signed a ten-year contract with Jiang Zhi, there were two other families of refugees who needed to be resettled.
These migrants need land to cultivate and foundations to build houses.
Although helping Jiang Zhi's family repair their house now means they can have food provided, and renting a place from someone else doesn't cost much, it's not a long-term solution.
After the grain is harvested, the land will need to be cleared, so we need to make a plan now.
Jiang Zhi asked around and found that the two families were willing to rent land as tenant farmers, but not as long-term laborers. They were also willing to do short-term work if there was any available.
This means that a portion of the land needs to be allocated to the two households.
This was not a difficult matter, and Jiang Zhi agreed. However, the rent was only two mu per household, with no more than enough to fill their stomachs.
Tian Gui has already cleared several plots of land, and they can be handed over once the corn and sweet potatoes are harvested.
Li Laoshi had something on his mind and couldn't stand these trivial matters. He kept running around, pouring water for everyone and lighting cigarettes to repel mosquitoes. He was restless and uneasy.
The next day, the medicine shop resumed operations, and the mosquito coil workshop returned to its previous position.
A few days were delayed, and the customers were pressing for more work, so everyone was working hard and the tung oil lamps in the workshop were never turned off.
Xu Genqing has officially started her maternity leave and is also preparing for the baby's third-day celebration.
Lianhua notified her family when she gave birth, and on the third day after the baby's birth, her family came, and they were quite aggressive.
Actually, after Xu Genqing informed Lianhua of her pregnancy during the Dragon Boat Festival, someone from Lianhua's family came to visit.
Given Qin's past temper, the relationship between the two in-laws was naturally not good.
After fleeing back from the war, they hadn't been in contact for a year. When he came to visit, they naturally started arguing after just a few words.
Now that Lianhua is celebrating her child's third birthday, this is only the second time her maternal family has come to visit.
The women who came were Lotus Mother and her two sisters-in-law. According to custom, the bride's family should bring chickens, eggs, rice, and flour as gifts for the baby's third-day celebration. However, they only brought a few half-worn children's clothes and a small bag of candy.
Because female guests were coming for the baby's third-day celebration, Madam Qin also invited Sister Xia and Jiang Zhi to accompany them, which was considered quite respectable.
Lotus Maiden was a withered woman who didn't talk much, but she also never smiled.
The two sisters-in-law were both in their mid-twenties, dressed in coarse cloth, and looked shrewd and capable. Each of them brought two children with her, who were as clever as monkeys and jumped around as soon as they arrived at the Xu family home.
Lotus Mother wiped away tears upon seeing Lotus, her precious darling, while her two sisters-in-law beside her discussed whether Lotus had gained or lost weight.
The conversation was full of complaints about how Qin, the mother-in-law, was mistreating her daughter-in-law, which almost made Qin lose her temper. It was Jiang Zhi who persuaded her to be more patient: "Bear with it. If you make a scene now, you'll embarrass Lianhua!"
However, the two sisters-in-law's tone changed when they learned that Jiang Zhi was the village chief of Xujia Village.
The conversation revolved around how much money the workshop could earn in a day, how much Xu Genqing could earn in the pharmacy, and whether the money was in Lianhua's or Qin's hands.
Jiang Zhi had seen this kind of talk many times before, so she just made up a vague answer, but her two sisters-in-law seemed not to understand and kept asking.
Seeing that Jiang Zhi was in a difficult position, Xia's mother changed the subject and brought up the child's name.
In order to give his child a good name, Xu Genqing gave gifts to the scholar to name him.
Xia Xiucai named the baby Xu Nanchu, which means the rising sun!
Jiang Zhi felt ashamed. Both were born in the morning, but her granddaughter was named Caixia, while Qin's granddaughter was named Nanchu. They seemed worlds apart.
"Xia Xiucai truly lives up to his reputation as a scholar; even his name sounds extraordinary!" Jiang Zhi praised.
No sooner had she finished speaking than Lianhua's second sister-in-law sneered, "That's not a nice name. It's so unpleasant to have a girl named Cu. It's not just difficult, it's also rough. People who don't know better might think that Lianhua gave birth to a wooden pillar!"
The woman next to me chuckled, "That's right, my children are named Shanxing and Hongliu, and they're both easy to raise."
Jiang Zhi remained silent; this also required a debate to determine who was superior.
As long as people like the name, calling someone a cat or a dog is a term of endearment. Choosing these names now is clearly an attempt to cause trouble.
As a result, after she managed to persuade Qin Shi to stop, her own expression turned sour.
It was Xia's mother, who was most adept at understanding human relationships, who managed to smooth things over with the comment, "The two girls' names are indeed good, down-to-earth!"
During the meal, Qin used her best skills to prepare two meat dishes and three vegetable dishes, along with two cold dishes. The dishes were not many, which was normal in the countryside.
I don’t know what’s wrong, before Lotus Mother could say anything, Lotus Sister-in-law slammed down her chopsticks.
"I say, my dear in-law, my sister went through so much trouble to give birth to your Xu family's child, and you're just going to send us off with this pig swill?"
The Qin family was not one to be easily manipulated, and besides, the two families had already argued countless times during their escape.
Upon hearing what Sister-in-law Lianhua said, Madam Qin slammed her chopsticks down and said, "Eat if you want, or get out!"
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