The weather is warm, and it's almost time to plant cotton.
Ever since the land on the east side of the mountain was reclaimed, Zhou Dafu has been busy applying base fertilizer and screening seeds.
Song Yuehua walked around the field several times, plowed the land deeply enough, applied enough base fertilizer, and removed all the weeds.
The nursery ground was densely packed with young seedlings. When Song Yuehua passed by, Zhou Dafu was still watering the seedlings.
"From the looks of it, she's pretty good-looking." Song Yuehua said.
Zhou Dafu raised his head and smiled, "It will be ready for transplanting in a few days."
Song Yuehua nodded and asked, "Have you chosen the candidate?"
"I've chosen it," Zhou Dafu said, "and I'll take it to your house in a few days to re-sign the deed."
After watering the seedlings, the two went to the cornfield together.
Zhou Dafu said, "Among these ten people, seven are from this village, and three are from other villages. Among these three, there are two women. One is a widow whose husband has died. Her name is Wen Xiaohua. She was driven out by her husband's family and cannot go back to her parents' home. The other one..."
When he said this, Zhou Dafu paused.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Uncle Dafu, just tell me what you want to say. You have nothing to worry about with me."
"Well..." Zhou Dafu continued, "There was also a woman named Ding Cuigu who could not bear the long-term beatings from her husband, so she filed a petition against her husband's family at the government office and asked for a divorce. For this, she was beaten with ten boards before she got what she wanted."
"Everyone in the village said that Ding Cui had abandoned her husband and children and was heartless and ungrateful. My aunt's family lived next door to Ding Cui's husband's family. My aunt said that this woman had been beaten several times and almost died."
"Hearing that I had work to do, my aunt came over and asked me to take her in. I saw that she worked efficiently and hard, and I happened to want to keep two women, so I decided to keep her."
Many hosts would be wary of such divorced women, so it is not unreasonable for Zhou Dafu to have concerns.
Zhou Dafu hurriedly said, "If the boss doesn't like it, I will find another one."
Song Yuehua shook her head and said, "No need, let's just choose her."
In this era, Song Yuehua admired the courage of a woman who had the courage to go to the government to ask for a divorce. As long as the job was done well, she would be willing to accept it.
After hearing this, Zhou Dafu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about the other one?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhou Dafu said, "The other one is a fool, from my father-in-law's village."
After saying this, Zhou Dafu scratched his head embarrassedly. Now it seemed that all the people were found by his relatives and friends.
Zhou Dafu quickly explained, "This idiot is just a little naive. He is young and strong, and he is definitely a good worker..."
In this regard, Song Yuehua still believes in Zhou Dafu.
According to Zhou Dafu's detailed account, the fool was named Liu Youfu, and he was from Zhou Dafu's father-in-law's village. Zhou Dafu would see him every time he accompanied Lin back to her parents' home.
Liu Youfu was not very old, only eighteen years old, and he was in good health and strong, but unfortunately his brain was damaged.
In the past, when there was work to do in the village, the villagers would ask him to do it and give him a meal after he finished the work. That’s how he survived.
Lin's father was the head of Caiyun Village. When Zhou Dafu was recruiting people, Headmaster Lin happened to be at Zhou's house and suggested that he take Liu Youfu with him.
During this period of work, the fool did not return to the village. He built a shed and lived in the fields. His daily food was delivered by Zhou Dafu.
At this point, Zhou Dafu added, "Don't worry, girl. These three people are good at their jobs, honest and kind, and can be guaranteed to be reliable."
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Since the matter is handed over to you, I naturally trust you."
Zhou Dafu said, "It's just right to leave three people from other villages in Dongshan. They can live on Dongshan and watch over the land. If there is any problem, there will be someone to deal with it. We just need to arrange a place for them to live."
Song Yuehua thought that the two women would live in the big courtyard. Liu Youfu was a man after all, so he could live in the mud brick house next to the playground. Then they could build a shed for him and provide him with a place to take a bath.
The corn field has sprouted, and four people are planting seedlings in the field.
Seeing Zhou Dafu and Song Yuehua coming over, Zong Yi ran over, dusted himself off and said, "Boss, the seeds are good this time, not many bad ones."
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Please pay more attention to the cornfield. The cotton field will be busy in a few days. Can you lend a few people out?"
Zong Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I'm almost done with my work here. Just take a look from time to time. When the time comes, just leave someone to keep an eye on it."
"Okay." Song Yuehua thought that it would be best to transplant the seedlings in the cotton field as soon as possible.
"20 cents a day, Uncle Dafu, can you help me find 20 more people from the village? It would be best if we can transplant the seedlings within five days." Song Yuehua said.
Zhou Dafu nodded.
Then Song Yuehua said to the two of them, "We will need to apply fertilizer in the future, so we can't save money on this. Is the money we used to buy compost materials enough?"
Zhou Dafu glanced at Zong Yi, and they both laughed and said, "The fertilizer cost almost nothing, and the quantity is sufficient."
"Not to mention the rotten leaves in the forest, the village collected wood ash without asking for money. The shopkeeper of Fu Man Lou agreed to give us all the eggshells and fertilizer water for free, but there is a condition."
"What conditions?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhou Dafu said, "The shopkeeper has a daughter, and he wants to send her to our school."
Song Yuehua didn't quite understand. "The shopkeeper's daughter is considered a wealthy lady. Why would she be sent to this poor and remote place like ours?"
Zong Yi said, "I have inquired about it. Miss Hua is only 6 years old and has a lively personality. The shopkeeper treats her like a jewel in the palm of his hand. He hired several female tutors but they all left in anger, so he wanted to send her to school."
"There is no academy in the whole county or even the whole state that can accept girls. We finally found one here, so naturally we want to send her here and give it a try."
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