Chapter 198 Arrangement
In the next few days, Yuan Ziyu was busy with the affairs of the farm.
First, he took Shi Mi and her daughter to the farm in Qingliu Village, and sent people to sign contracts with the tenants on the farm one by one. He also asked Shi Mi to teach the tenants how to grow medicinal herbs.
"Second Miss!" Shi Mi said with some worry: "Growing medicinal herbs is easy, but I am worried about the harvest. After all... after all, I have never actually grown medicinal herbs!"
"You don't have to worry about these. Just teach the tenants to plant the medicinal herbs first!" Yuan Ziyu said after thinking for a while. She put spiritual spring water in the pond of the manor and was not worried about the harvest of medicinal herbs at all. After all, the medicinal herbs in her Qiongjiang Pavilion were growing well and she had already harvested a batch.
"Okay!" Shi Mi responded quickly.
"Also!" Yuan Ziyou thought for a moment and said to Shi Mi, "Send a message to the nearby Qingliu Village saying that we're buying wild medicinal herbs with roots, but only if they're whole and alive!"
"Hey!" Shi Mi laughed and said, "Come to think of it, we have a big shortage of medicinal herbs in our farm!"
"That's right!" Yuan Ziyu nodded. "Also, you can hire some villagers who know about medicinal herbs to come to our farm and teach the tenants how to identify various herbs. As for the villagers' remuneration, you decide it yourself. Just ask Qingying for the money!"
After saying this, he turned to Qingying, "From now on, all contact with Zhuangzi will be your responsibility!"
"Yes, Second Miss!" Qingying responded quickly.
After settling the medicinal materials farm, Yuan Ziyu visited several other farms that needed to grow crops one by one, explained the arrangements for the farms to the farm heads, and found an opportunity to add spiritual spring water to the water sources in the farms.
Fortunately, these village heads were sent by Huo Xifei and were experienced, so Yuan Ziyu didn't need to worry too much. He only asked them to purchase wild medicinal herbs with roots around the village and send them to the medicinal herb farm.
After the other villas were settled, Yuan Ziyu took Lu'er and her family to the hot spring villa. Because he liked this hot spring villa very much, Yuan Ziyu specially gave it a name - Yunquan Villa.
"Uncle Chen!" The head of Yunquan Manor was the man named Chen that Yuan Ziyu had appointed earlier. "The courtyard in this manor needs to be renovated. I'll send someone to deliver the blueprints later. You just need to find someone to do the renovations."
"Yes, Second Miss!" Chen Zhuangtou quickly responded, "I'll have someone put everything in order in the yard these two days."
"Well, that's up to you to decide!" Yuan Ziyu said to Chen Zhuangtou, "Now, let's convert the more than 500 acres of fertile land in this farm into flower fields. You can also talk to the tenants here and change the contracts. Each household will receive a salary ranging from ten to thirty taels of silver according to the amount of harvest from the flower fields. As for the specific amount, it depends on the efforts of each household. In addition, the farm will also take care of each household's food and clothing for all seasons. As for the money for expenses, you can get it from Qingying!"
"Yes!" Chen Zhuangtou responded quickly.
Chen Zhuangtou was secretly astonished. The second lady was so generous. You know, the tenants in an ordinary grain farm could save seven or eight taels of silver in a year, which was considered the best. The minimum standard given by the second lady was ten taels of silver, not to mention the annual food and clothes for all seasons!
"This is Uncle Qi's family. They're the best at growing flowers. From now on, they'll be responsible for managing the flower fields on the farm." Yuan Ziyou pointed at Lu'er's family and said to Chen Zhuangtou, "From now on, if the tenants have any questions, just ask Uncle Qi."
Because Lu'er was promised at the beginning, and the Qi family was good at growing flowers, Yuan Ziyu transferred Lu'er's family to Yunquan Manor. Lu'er's family surname was Qi, and she had parents, a brother and sister-in-law, and a younger sister. They originally lived in Liu's manor.
"Yes, Second Miss!" Chen Zhuangtou said hurriedly, "I'll have someone arrange accommodation for you in a moment!"
"Yes!" Yuan Ziyu nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Lu'er and said, "You won't be in my yard anymore. I'll leave the flower fields in this farm to you."
Lu'er thanked Yuan Ziyou with a grateful look and said, "Don't worry, Second Miss. I will take good care of the flower fields for you and grow more and better flowers!"
The other members of the Qi family also bowed to Yuan Ziyou with gratitude. Uncle Qi patted his chest and assured Yuan Ziyou, "Don't worry, Second Miss. I can't say anything else, but growing flowers is definitely no problem!"
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Okay, then my flower shop is all yours!"
Yuan Ziyu wandered around Yunquan Manor for a while, found an opportunity to secretly put spiritual spring water into the water source, and then returned to Yuan Mansion with Qingying Qingzhi in satisfaction.
I arranged several farms in a row, going out early and coming back late every day. In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed!
Liu hadn't seen Yuan Ziyu for nearly half a month. When she heard that Yuan Ziyu was back, she hurriedly brought Bishuang to Wuyou Pavilion.
"Mom!" Yuan Ziyu had just changed into casual clothes. Seeing Liu coming, she hurriedly and happily went to greet her, clinging to her side: "Mom, You'er missed you so much!"
Liu doted on Yuan Ziyu's forehead and said, "You only know how to make your mother happy. You've been so busy these days, how can you have time to think about your mother?"
"That's right!" Yuan Ziyu leaned against Liu like a spoiled child: "Mom, do you miss You'er?"
"More than just thinking about it?" Liu said with a smile, "If you don't show up, I'll send someone to look for you!"
"Mom, I'm just busy with things on the farm. I'll be back as soon as I finish my work today. No need to look for you!" Yuan Ziyu said with a smile.
"I think you are so busy that you even forget the date?" Liu couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Qingzhi brought tea, and Yuan Ziyu personally poured a cup of tea for Liu and placed it in her hand: "Mother, what day is it?"
"Look, I really forgot!" Liu sighed with a smile.
Yuan Ziyu blinked in confusion and turned to look at Qingying and Qingzhi. Qingying and Qingzhi had been busy following Yuan Ziyu around these days, so they naturally couldn't remember what date it was. They looked at Yuan Ziyu with a blank look on their faces, thinking quickly in their hearts.
When Liu saw this, she couldn't help but sigh softly, knowing that the master and servant were so busy that they had forgotten the time.
Bi Shuang, who was standing by, pursed her lips and smiled, "Second Miss, the day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival!"
"Ah!" Yuan Ziyu blinked suddenly, "The day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival!"
Then Yuan Ziyu said to Liu with a smile, "Mom, can we go watch the dragon boat race then?"
"I'm afraid you can't bear to watch this dragon boat race!" Liu shook her head and said with a smile.
"Ah, why?" Yuan Ziyu was confused. During the Dragon Boat Festival, if he didn't watch the dragon boat race, what else could he watch?
(End of this chapter)
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