"It's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality"—this applies everywhere.
Yue Jiuyue's family hired people to do the work, and only about twenty people were hired. Although Lin Jianing was very careful to hire one or two people for each family, many people were still dissatisfied.
This is normal, because everyone has their own small family, just like Lin Chaodong, who always has to think about his own small family.
There's nothing wrong with that. At least they're not like Lin Chaodong, who only knows how to ask his parents for money. Yue Jiuyue thinks they're all great because they work hard to earn money themselves.
However, Yue Jiuyue couldn't think of what to do with those people for a moment. It was hot and people were prone to heatstroke. If it weren't for planting fruit trees, she wouldn't have hired people to work at this time.
Sigh! There are only about ten households in the village. I wonder what happened to those who went out to escape the famine. There are only a little over a hundred people left. We should help each other out. When life is better, people will have more cohesion. Although they live far from the village, they are still people of this village, still people of the Lin family, and all on the same family tree. It is truly good when everyone is doing well.
Therefore, in order for everyone to improve together, she really needs to give the others some work to do.
So, what should we ask them to do?
Collecting stones?
She knew that the villagers had never stopped doing this work because they knew that her family would definitely harvest in the fall. So almost everyone in the village went to break stones. It didn't matter that Yue Jiuyue's family didn't harvest now, because they could sell them for tens or hundreds of coins later.
Gathering pig feed?
This job isn't really a job. Every day when Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei come home from the fields, they also bring back some grass to feed the cattle and horses.
Erhu knew that his mother was still feeding the pigs. They were all children of farming families, and they couldn't bear to let the pigs eat grain all the time, even though those pigs weren't theirs. So he would bring back a lot of pig feed every day, so he didn't need anyone else to feed them.
I wonder if anyone in the village knows any handicrafts, like wood carving or weaving small items. She could buy them and sell them in the mall. Besides, isn't a group of young ladies and gentlemen coming soon? Maybe they'll like them?
Thinking of this, Yue Jiuyue spoke directly to Lin Jianing.
"That's a great idea! But what if they don't even like it? Then it would be a waste of time!"
Lin Jianing's words made Yue Jiuyue think, "He really is just the village chief's brother."
There are no such good things in this world. Wanting to succeed at everything you do is just wishful thinking and impossible!
No matter what you do, there's a chance of failure. If you're afraid of wasting your time, then just don't do it!
"Oh, I was just saying it offhand. You can decide what to do."
After saying that, Yue Jiuyue went home leisurely, ignoring Lin Jianing's inner turmoil.
Lin Jianing hesitated for a long time, but when her older brother didn't return, she could only ask her father for advice.
"Of course we'll do it! What's there to be afraid of wasting time? Anyway, there's not much work to do in the fields lately. Whoever has any skills should pick them up and practice before those young masters and ladies arrive. We can't have the stalls filled with things that we wouldn't even look at. How could those young masters and ladies possibly buy them? If we're going to do it, we should make sure they make it exquisite!"
The old clan chief made the final decision.
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