Not only the business, but even the manor was not kept and was reported directly.
Because two of the Shen family’s farms were storage sites for private salt and iron.
In the Great Qi Dynasty, salt and iron belonged to the government office, and could only be produced, smelted, and sold by the government office. Apart from the imperial court, anyone else who got involved would be in danger of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated.
In this way, the Shen family was left with only an empty house and the Third Young Master Shen who was not of the Shen family bloodline.
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Xue Hanyu had to take care of the funeral for Old Madam Shen and the father and son of the Shen family. Almost all of the Shen family's capable managers were highly skilled people, so only Ji Mingxuan would help Xue Hanyu with the funeral.
Because of this case, many people felt sorry for Xue Hanyu. Some of them who didn't even know the Shen family went to the Shen family to burn incense for the old lady.
Cheng Yue went home because of the watermelon planting at home.
She left Cheng Wu, Cheng Jinxing and Mingzhu behind, and asked the three of them to help Xue Hanyu at the Shen family.
When we returned to Xinghua Village, it was already afternoon.
Because we agreed yesterday not to set up the stall, today the whole family joined in, including the donkey, horse, and cows borrowed from other families in the village, and started sowing.
Cheng Yue and Shanshui drove the horse-drawn carriage, Cheng Shun and his wife and their child drove the cattle, and Shanshui and Gu Xuelan drove the donkey. They were divided into three teams.
The four laborers bought by Shanshui were also divided into two teams. The mute and the lame man were named Dashuan and Xiaoshuan respectively and formed one team. The grandfather, grandson and the little girl stayed at home to cook, and the two older ones, named Old Man Li and Li Tiezhu, formed another team.
Cheng Yue asked everyone to plant a thousand seeds per acre of land.
It took three hours, from the beginning of Weishi to the end of Youshi (a little after 1:00 p.m. to the end of 7:00 p.m.), for the group to return home.
Cheng Yue and Shanshui planted the most, together they planted six acres. The old couple Cheng Shun had less to plant because they had children, so they only planted four acres. Cheng Wen and Gu Xuelan also planted four acres. The two teams without cars only planted two acres.
By this calculation, only about twenty acres were planted.
The seeds they have are enough to plant 600 acres of land. Even if they only plant in the afternoon today, if they plant the same amount in the morning, it will only be 40 acres, which will take more than half a month to plant. Moreover, this is the case if there is no rain in the next half month.
Cheng Yue thanked her golden finger again. Otherwise, if she just threw the seeds into the wasteland, it would be strange if they could grow. If she didn't do that, they wouldn't be so efficient.
In the evening, the meal was cooked by Li Dahua, the little girl Shanshui bought. Li Dahua looks about seven years old, but she is actually ten years old. She is malnourished but very strong.
Of course, she couldn't cook for more than ten people by herself, but the foreman's wife from Shanshui came to help and made a big pot of rice. The taste was not very good, but she didn't feel hungry.
After dinner, the three grandparents and Dashuan and Xiaoshuan of the Li family took the initiative to wash the dishes. Jiang Shi tried to persuade them but failed, so she had to let them do as they pleased.
After they washed the dishes, Shanshui asked them to go back and rest.
Although the Cheng family was tired, no one wanted to go to bed.
"Dad, Mom, let's ask the villagers for help. It will be faster this way. It will save us a lot of trouble if we can finish these in a few days. I think the villagers have almost finished planting the rice seedlings in the past two days, so they are not so busy anymore."
Cheng Yue suggested.
"I'm going to visit Zhang's and Dagen's families tomorrow. Dagen's family has many young men working in the fields. How can I give them this money?"
Cheng Shun nodded and said.
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