Chapter 29 Buying land and reclaiming wasteland! Full of energy!
Qin Zhizhi and Wanwan discussed it and decided to grow some peppers.
Behind the Gu family's house, apart from the vegetable garden, there is some uncultivated wasteland. Qin Zhizhi asked Gu's mother, and she said it does not belong to the Gu family.
The next day, Qin Zhizhi took a piece of meat and a pot of wine to the village headman's house. The village headman was Qin Chuan, the eldest son of Qin Zhizhi's second uncle.
Qin Chuan and his father were both at home today. Seeing Qin Zhizhi bringing something to their door, Qin Zhizhi's second master thought that she had encountered some difficulties.
"Zhizhi, if you encounter any difficulties, just tell me and let your cousin help you solve it."
Before Qin Zhizhi could say anything, the second master took the responsibility for his son.
"Second Master, Uncle, it's nothing serious. I just want to buy the wasteland behind my house."
Qin Chuan didn't expect his niece wanted to buy wasteland, so he asked curiously, "Zhizhi, nothing grows on wasteland, what do you want to do with it?"
"Uncle, I want to open up some land and plant some crops." Qin Zhizhi didn't plan to hide it from Qin Chuan.
"The Gu family has too little land. If you want to grow crops, your uncle will help you buy some good land." Qin Chuan thought his niece wanted to grow crops and advised her.
"Uncle, I'm not growing crops. I want to expand the land to build a house, and I want to grow other things."
"Zhizhi, your uncle can approve the homestead for you, but forget about the land for growing crops. That wasteland really can't grow crops."
Qin Chuan knew the situation of the wasteland, but the child didn't understand. He couldn't cheat his niece, otherwise his father would break his legs.
"Uncle, I'm going to plant some spices. Trust me, it's possible."
Upon hearing this, Erye automatically imagined that what Qin Zhizhi wanted to plant might have been told to her by her father in a dream, and he instantly became angry.
"If Zhizhi says we can plant, then we can plant. Why are you asking so many questions? Go measure the land quickly."
Qin Chuan was stunned. He originally wanted his father to try to persuade her as well, but his father ended up siding with Zhizhi.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Qin Chuan could only take people to Gu's house to measure the land for Qin Zhizhi.
His father followed him out of concern, fearing that his son was unreliable and would let his granddaughter down.
The land around the Gu family was all wasteland and could not be used to grow crops, so it was worthless. Qin Zhizhi only spent three taels of silver to buy six acres of land.
Now the six acres of land around the Gu family belong to the Gu family, and the second master felt heartbroken when he saw it.
In the evening, Qin Zhizhi held a meeting at the Qin family and invited the eldest uncle, the second uncle and the head of the village.
Everyone was still a little confused by the grand scene, but those who knew that it was Old Master Qin who had sent them a dream were extremely excited.
Their father is finally going to arrange work for them.
Qin Chuan asked in confusion, "Zhizhi, why did you call us here today?"
"I'm planning to try growing a new variety on the wasteland I bought, and I'm looking for someone to help me clear the land. Twenty cents a day."
"Twenty cents a day? That's not feasible, niece Zhizhi. Nothing grows in that wasteland."
When Qin Chuan heard that they wanted to hire someone to reclaim wasteland for such a high salary, he quickly stopped them. The other members of the Qin family were puzzled but kept silent.
"Don't worry, uncle. Zhizhi knows what's going on. Can you help Zhizhi find some real people in the village who can do the work?"
"With such high wages, there's no problem finding people. But my uncle is still worried that these lands will be useless after they are reclaimed." Qin Chuan was worried about Qin Zhizhi.
"If Zhizhi tells you to find it, then find it. If Zhizhi wants to plant it, then plant it."
Qin Zhizhi's second uncle gets angry when he sees his son being nagging, because his granddaughter Zhizhi was told by her father in a dream.
It must be that the father wants to help the Qin family. What if his own son is talking so much and delays his important work?
"Dad, you know about that wasteland. I'm worried that my niece Zhizhi will suffer a loss."
Qin Chuan felt that his father had been acting a little abnormal recently. He was acting mysterious all the time and kept muttering to himself.
"Chuan, please help Zhizhi find someone. We trust Zhizhi."
Uncle Qin Zhizhi and Old Man Qin also voiced their support, and even the three Qin brothers nodded firmly.
Qin Chuan felt a little helpless. Since everyone supported him, it was useless for him to object.
"Don't bother looking for people. We are all free now. Let's all help Zhizhi open up the wasteland. This way we can save some money."
Qin Chuan planned to take his own son to help, along with the three Qin Shan brothers and the brothers from his uncle's family, to help out.
"Uncle, I want to open this land quickly. Besides you guys, I'll help Zhizhi find some people. Twenty cents a day, unchanged, and everyone will get one."
"Zhizhi, we are all family, so we don't need to pay wages." Qin Chuan had never thought about asking for wages from the beginning.
"That won't do. Even my father and uncle have their wages. Otherwise, Zhizhi would have to find someone to open it herself."
Qin Zhizhi insisted on paying wages, as there was no reason to make people work for free.
The wages can also improve everyone's life.
"Chuan, just listen to Zhizhi. Find the people tonight and start the reclamation early tomorrow morning."
Old Man Qin knew that his granddaughter was a person with her own ideas, so he made the decision directly: just pay her the wages and let them do more work.
"Since Third Uncle said so, let's discuss who to look for."
We are all from the same village, and we all know who works honestly.
Finally, it was decided to find six more people, Qin Shan and Qin He to help with the reclamation, and Qin Jiang to be responsible for delivering fish to the restaurant.
There were fourteen people in total, including Qin Chuan and his son, plus the two sons and grandson of the uncle.
After deciding on the candidate, Qin Chuan went to do the job. Old Man Qin and his eldest and second brothers decided to go and help tomorrow as well.
Although they are not as good as young people, they can do things faster with more people and can do as much as they can.
When she returned home in the evening, Qin Zhizhi told Gu's mother about her purchase of land for reclamation.
The first thing Gu's mother did was to give her the silver that Qin Zhizhi had given her before, but she did not object.
"Mom will go and help tomorrow." Mother Gu also wanted to help her daughter-in-law with some things.
"Mom, clearing the land is physical work. I've hired someone. You can just stay home and make clothes and embroider handkerchiefs. Don't worry. Dad and Grandpa will come over to help."
Qin Zhizhi had never thought about doing these physical jobs herself. Why should she work herself to death when it could be solved with money?
the next day.
Qin Zhizhi was woken up by the noise. Before she got up, the pioneers had already started working.
Twenty cents a day, working in the village. If the head of the village hadn't come to the door and told me personally, no one would have believed it.
Several people were so excited that they did not sleep in the middle of the night and got up before dawn. Then they went to the headman's house, fearing that they would die.
Qin Chuan also got up early. Seeing that everyone was there, he led everyone to work.
Country people are hardworking and honest, so when Qin Zhizhi was still asleep, everyone was already working hard.
Qin Zhizhi was a little confused to see that everyone came so early. The twenty cents were totally worth it.
The land that was originally planned to be cleared would take about ten days to be cleared was completed by this group of people in just eight days.
In ancient times when there were no advanced tools, this group of people actually exceeded their tasks, which made Qin Zhizhi extremely impressed.
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