Chapter 181 Dividing the Land
Shen Qing, Mr. Jiang and the heads of each household have already started planning.
Now we are troubled by the river that crosses the open space.
Boss Zhao said with a worried look on his face, "The river on this vacant land is good, and it's convenient for irrigating the land, but how do we divide the land on the other side of the river?"
The land on the opposite side is not even half the size of this side, and there is a river across it. Whether it is for clearing the land or for sowing and harvesting later, one has to cross the river every time. It is so troublesome and no matter who gets it, it will not work.
Can only be divided equally.
This means that every household has to cross the river, which is troublesome for every household.
But no matter how much I complain, there's nothing I can do about it.
"There's no other way except to divide it equally. But we can go to the mountain and pick some sturdy trees to make a wooden bridge. We just need to be more careful when going back and forth." Hong Ming explained.
"We have a lot of land here, so let's clean it up first. I guess we won't be able to take care of the land on the other side of the river this year. We can only wait until next spring." Jiang Tian said with pain.
Shen Qing looked at the large open space on the other side of the river and felt extremely excited!
She is different from other families. In addition to fields and houses, she also wants to build a factory!
And when it came to building houses, other people in the village thought of giving boys a room and girls a room, but she wanted everyone to have a room of their own.
This way, the area occupied is obviously more.
She also wanted a large yard and open land around the house to plant fruit trees and vegetables, as well as raise chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, cattle, and sheep...
Everyone was dividing the land according to the number of people, so her family couldn't get more because the land they could use was limited.
On the same piece of land, they will inevitably have to live together in groups, and when they want to eat or use something, it will be as inconvenient as in Qili Village.
She asked shyly, "Look, can you give my family the land on the other side of the river?"
The land opposite is one-fifth the size of this side. She alone occupies one-sixth, and the nine families share the remaining five-sixths. No matter how you look at it, they are losing!
Zhao Mingyue was startled and asked first, "What are you going to do on the other side? It's not that big, but it's so inconvenient to go back and forth to work. It's not worth it!"
Especially during the rush to harvest, only the grain that is brought into the house counts. If you miss it in time, you will suffer a lot and not get any benefits.
Shen Qing explained with a smile: "I want that piece of land because I plan to live there. This way I don't have to run back and forth. Isn't it very convenient?"
"Oh, no! It's so safe for us to live together. It's too dangerous for your family to live over there. If something happens, we won't be able to take care of them in time." Grandma Qin advised worriedly.
"It's okay. Living here is different from being in Qili Village where we have no shelter. We are surrounded by mountains. We just need to guard the entrance and exit.
Boss Lei and the others said that wild animals basically won't come down the mountain, especially in places where people live. They have their own territory. Even if there are wild boars, if you dig a trap behind the house, you might even be able to eat wild boar meat. "Shen Qing said lightly.
She didn't know whether she could eat wild boar meat, but she was sure that she would always want to eat meat.
When winter comes, the yard outside the house becomes a natural refrigerator. You can buy pork and mutton and freeze them. Not to mention eating meat every meal, but eating it every now and then is not a problem.
She wasn't worried about anyone stealing meat in her own yard, but the smell of meat was so overbearing that she would have to say a lot if the smell of meat wafted from her house from time to time.
There is no greater freedom than being alone.
Granny Qin was still very worried, and she didn't want to be too far away from Shen Qing from the bottom of her heart.
Zhao Mingyue had the same idea and was about to open her mouth to persuade him.
Shen Qing spoke first: "Actually, another reason is that I want to build a workshop."
"Workshop?" Mr. Jiang looked surprised.
He knew the workshops. Those who made cloth, vinegar, soy sauce, etc. all had their own workshops.
The others looked up at Shen Qing in confusion, not understanding what the purpose of building a workshop was.
While explaining, Shen Qing could only bite the bullet and brag about himself: "I think living inside is safer than outside. We also have land, but the land needs to be reclaimed. The soil is not fertile enough in the first two years of reclamation, so the harvest will not be very high.
And even if there is enough food, don't we have to spend money to buy fabrics for clothes, salt for food, oil for cooking, and pork, mutton, and lard for occasional snacks?
Not to mention the money needed for children’s marriages, building houses, furniture, getting medicine when sick, etc.!
Relying solely on the harvest from the fields and picking fruits and hunting in the mountains won't do the trick. I think I can't give up the brush business. Although there's no bamboo here, I can use wooden penholders instead. And since I want to do a good job in the brush business, I can't just hammer here and there like before. I have to build a workshop. Then everyone can come to the workshop to work, which will be convenient, right? "
Shen Qing felt a little embarrassed when he said the latter part.
The workshop was built for herself, the brush business is hers, and even the money earned is hers alone. Now it seems like it is for the good of everyone!
Oh, she is really shameless.
When the people present heard that Shen Qing wanted to build a workshop in order to resume the brush business and also invite them to work, they were immediately happier than when he was building a house!
That means one person can earn more than 30 cents a day.
Even if only one person in the family was chosen to work in the workshop, with the daily income of thirty cents, at least there would be no need to worry too much about buying things like salt and clothes that required money.
"Chengcheng, you're right. It's good enough just to fill our stomachs with the harvest from the land. Forget about anything else. We can't give up the brush business!"
"Forget about the other side. Even if we allocate a piece of land here for you to build a workshop, I'd totally agree! So, why don't you build it here? It will be convenient for traveling back and forth later, right?"
Shen Qing quickly laughed and refused: "No, no, you are right just now, pick some wood to make a wooden bridge to connect them, it doesn't feel far if we are not in a hurry;
Besides, there's a lot of wood to be stored next to the workshop, and this place is spacious and won't affect others, which is great."
Everyone thought so too.
Master Jiang nodded in approval.
At the same time, I was thinking about whether my family and Lao Wu's family could build a sugar factory together...
No one had any objection to Shen Qing owning all the vacant land on the other side of the river. They even felt that she had sacrificed a lot for the brush workshop - they couldn't get together.
The land for Shen Qing's family was finalized, and the other nine families began to divide it.
Unlike Shen Qing who wanted a quiet life alone, the other families all agreed that the middle position was the best.
After all, it is convenient to go to any house, and it is safest to be surrounded in the middle.
Finally, it was decided by Mr. Jiang Erye and divided among the Guan family.
Carpenter Guan kept bowing and expressing his gratitude.
Once the middle position is decided, the rest will be easy. The three brothers of the Jiang family will definitely be placed next to each other first.
The Feng family and the Hong family were originally neighbors in Qili Village and had always gotten along well. After moving to the new place, they were still willing to live side by side as neighbors.
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