Chapter 379 The whole village has a dinner together
When they heard that the workshop had stopped working, everyone felt sorry for the wages, but then they realized that there was nothing they could do about it, as it was related to everyone's well-being as long as the road was repaired as soon as possible.
Shen Qing could only stop the operation of the brush workshop. The land on the other side of the river all belonged to her. Before, the villagers sympathized with her small family and took the initiative to build the road from the bridge to the brush workshop. Now she had more than a hundred servants, how could she let the villagers bear the responsibility?
With the additional one hundred servants, more than ten houses need to be built, and the roads connecting the houses also need to be repaired. The project is huge and requires more people.
Moreover, “most of the newly built houses are about to be completed, and there are many broken bricks and tiles left, which can also be used to pave the road;
Once the road is repaired, the work of the craftsmen and bricklayers will probably be completed, and the village will be clean and tidy."
Before, bricks, tiles, beams, wood and broken stones were piled up everywhere in a mess. Most of them were consumed in the construction of houses during this period, but there were still a lot of broken stones dug out from the land reclamation, all of which were piled up in a mess all over the village. Together with the broken bricks and tiles that could not be used, the village became even more messy.
Building roads can make use of all this mess and clear away all the weeds and trees at the same time.
Then she could go out and deliver seeds for fruit trees, flowers and plants to plant in every corner of the village...
As Shen Qing thought about it, she wished that the road construction could start now, and the sooner the better. She really didn't want to see a messy village anymore, she wanted to see a clean and fresh one!
"During the road construction period, the whole village should gather together for a meal. Select a group of people to be responsible for preparing the food, and the rest of the people can devote themselves to the road construction and do not worry about other trivial matters."
When they heard that the whole village was gathering together to eat, the squatting elders stood up excitedly, and the food in their bowls no longer smelled delicious.
Granny Qin asked curiously, "How can we eat together?"
In her life, the only time the whole village had a meal together was when the second son of the Shen Qing family got married. It was so nice to have the whole village gathered together!
But that was a wedding banquet, and now it's work, can we get together? How can we get together?
Zhao Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she spoke first, "Okay, isn't the school already built? It's also used for gatherings of medicinal herbs and for weddings and funerals. Road construction is also a big deal for the whole village, right? It can be used!"
We've also built a lot of new stoves. Last time I went to the city, I used the public money to buy enough bowls and chopsticks for the whole village. That's totally enough."
The eldest and second Zhao brothers tightened their grip on their bowls and nodded.
Zheng Hui happily took over the conversation and asked, "So, should each household contribute money to buy food, or should we contribute food?"
Shen Qing said: "Let the government pay for it, and each household will build a section of the road. Just contribute the labor, and you will eat well and don't have to spend time on it. If each family builds their own section of the road early, they can free up their energy to plant fruit trees, flowers and plants later.
After all, time waits for no one. After spring, it will be impossible to plant trees and flowers in summer."
Wang Cui asked in surprise, "Are we still planting flowers and plants?"
They know how to plant fruit trees, so why are they also planting flowers and plants?
Flowers and plants can't be eaten, so what's the point of planting them? Besides, isn't there grass everywhere on the mountain? Why bother wasting the energy?
Shen Qing hummed and explained: “First, it looks good and smells good, and second, we don’t grow ordinary flowers and plants, we grow flowers and plants that can be sold for silver;
For example, honeysuckle, a climbing vine, smells good and can provide shade. It is picked, dried, and sold to cosmetics shops at a price no lower than that of medicinal herbs.
There are also roses, Chinese roses, Baoxiang, and honeysuckle. The harvest season is different every year. We can pick them up when we have time without delaying our business. Tea, spices, and cosmetics shops can also collect them;
Besides, we now have a team going out, even to the capital. I heard that the nobles like these things very much. We have a lot of land and a lot of people here. Why not make money?"
Everyone was stunned.
Weird, it turns out these can be sold for silver!
Do they have money but don't want to earn it? They don't even know it.
"Okay, let's plant some flowers! Let's quickly repair the road and plant some flowers and plants."
"These aren't just flowers and plants, they're all gold and silver treasures!"
"It doesn't matter if we're busy in the future. The kids can't do the work in the fields and mountains, but they're good at picking these flowers and plants."
"More than that, they're good at it. They're forced to move even though they're not supposed to! It's just right. I can give them something to do to stop them from getting naughty."
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Originally, they just built roads to make it easier for themselves, but now they have added the task of planting fruit trees and flowers. The fruit trees don't matter when they grow them, as they are in the mountains and the roads are long. If they transport the fresh fruits, they will be too damaged to sell. Planting the fruit trees is just for their own consumption.
But these flowers and plants are different. After being dried, they are light and do not affect transportation. Even if they are sent to the capital, it is fine. You know, as long as they are sold, they will make money!
They think it is useless, but maybe the nobles in the capital like it?
I’ve heard from storytellers before that ladies love to drink scented tea for health, and by the way, they also love to make sachets!
Even men wear sachets.
Don’t their flowers and plants have uses?
Previously, Shen Qing donated the fifty taels of silver that the Cao family paid as compensation to the public treasury. Later, when Jiang Erye and his three families learned about it, they also wanted to contribute. Now the sugar shop contributed two shares, and the brush shop, soap shop, and embroidery shop contributed a total of five shares.
The collective medicinal materials in the village account for one-third.
After every household in the village learned about it, they thought that since they earned wages and planted medicinal herbs on the land they were allocated, their income, although not as high as that of the workshop, was much better than before, so they decided to contribute their share.
There are eleven portions in total, and each portion is tentatively worth ten taels of silver, which is one hundred and ten taels!
A full one hundred and ten taels, and this is from one year, how can it be used up?
Now that the road is being built, it’s a good time for the whole village to have a meal together, so we can use the public funds!
After the decision was made, everyone immediately began to discuss who to send to the city to buy meat, vegetables and food tomorrow.
How to divide the road sections?
How many women are in charge of preparing food at a time? Who are the people in each group?
The sky gradually darkened amidst the heated discussion. Just as they were about to light a fire to continue the discussion, they heard the sound of a gong at the entrance of the village, representing a happy event.
"Is this the person who went out back?"
"Oh, they're back just in time!"
Not only are we short of people, but we are also short of livestock. Now that sixty men and dozens of donkeys have returned, aren't both people and livestock enough?
"Maybe he brought something back. Let's go see what he has. We don't have to go to the city to buy anything tomorrow!"
The crowd rushed towards the village entrance.
Not only the people chatting outside, but also the men, women, young and old in every household all came out and rushed to the village entrance.
Everyone stood aside to allow the returning team to move forward smoothly.
Only after all the people and vehicles had entered and the gate was closed did everyone rush forward and start asking questions about their concerns.
Compared to the worry, fear and anxiety last time, the atmosphere this time is obviously much more cheerful.
After all, the last time I went was to the desolate and cold Shenzhou, which was very dangerous, and it was my first time going out;
This time I went to the bustling and lively capital city, to see the world!
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