After saying this, Gu Yanzhang directly mentioned the salary package.

"Brothers, don't worry, my wife and I have discussed it. If you are willing, we will directly distribute a portion of the grain to you after the glutinous rice is ripe."

"The more fields you reclaim and the more glutinous rice you help harvest, the more we will give you 20%."

Hearing this, the five Yu brothers were stunned. While surprised, they were also very happy.

Can you get 20% profit by helping to deliver glutinous rice?

The upper reaches of Xiaoyue River is a huge swamp. If all the land there is reclaimed into fields, they will get at least several thousand kilograms of grain in a year.

A kilogram of glutinous rice now costs about 30 wen. Several thousand catties of glutinous rice is almost several dozen taels of silver...

However, one mu of land can earn 20% profit... Well, if one mu of land can earn about 200 catties of glutinous rice, then the wages for each mu of land for the brothers is about 40 catties.

Calculated in this way, if their family really wants to get 2,000 catties of glutinous rice, it means that they must plant 50 mu of land.

... Thinking that their family has to plant so much, Yu Ping'an and Yu Fugui hesitated for a moment, but still said straightforwardly, "Brother, let's do this!"

"You are an honest man. After we go there, we will definitely not cheat you..."

When Gu Yanzhang discussed this matter with these people, they came out of Yujiashan together the next morning.

The five brothers of the Yu family followed Gu Yanzhang out at this time.

As for their wives and children, they were actually quite worried. So, they brought them all out as well. Including the food stored at home, they carried it out on their backs.

In the end, only a part was left.

Yu Ping'an had already discussed with them that this house would be taken care of by their mother and himself.

With him guarding the house, no one dared to come and steal things.

After the dozens of people of the Yu family followed Gu Yanzhang and his two sons out of the mountain, they soon arrived at the Gu family.

When Chen Xuanxuan saw that they were all here, she hurriedly called them over. She personally welcomed the adults and children and washed them.

Moreover, she asked her eldest son to shave the children's heads and cut their nails, and give them a bath and wash their hair. Then change into a clean set of clothes.

As for the clothes they had taken off, they quickly soaked them in water with a lot of wood ash.

After washing the children clean, they asked them to lie on the kang and warm themselves by the fire. But they must not catch a cold.

After the eldest son took care of the children's affairs, Gu Yanzhang personally took care of the adults.

Seeing that they had been busy for several days and looked particularly tired, Chen Xuanxuan personally went to the kitchen and made a pot of delicious food for them.

The noodles cooked in tomato and egg soup were very delicious. The color was also particularly beautiful.

When the four Yu brothers took their first bite, they couldn't help but sigh, "This is how people should live..."

Seeing that the dozen of them had eaten and drunk their fill, and the soup in the pots and bowls had been licked clean by them, Chen Xuanxuan called Gu Yanzhang to take care of them and quickly go to the old house to sleep.

When the new house was built, the old house was actually tidied up.

There are now two large kangs in the old house.

It is definitely not a problem to have a dozen people lying on the kang.

And in fact, a few more people can be squeezed in in the new house.

Although it is still a bit crowded on the kang, the Yu family members feel at ease.

After all, the kang here is much more comfortable than the dry grass they sleep on.

It was really tiring. After the more than 20 people in the Yu family had eaten and drunk enough, they lay down and fell asleep.

The next morning, Gu Yanzhang got up early, and he, his father and eldest son, personally led all the men in the Yu family, carrying all kinds of tools, to the upper reaches of the Xiaoyue River.

It is already late autumn, and today's weather is bad. Although it is not raining outside, the temperature is relatively low.

The cold wind from the northwest blows on people's bodies, giving them goose bumps all over their bodies.

"Cousin, are we going to start from here?"

In this rural area, most people know that if you want to reclaim wasteland, you have to mark the ground in advance.

Otherwise, just when you have finished reclaiming the land, someone with no eyes will deliberately come over and take advantage of the ready-made bargain.

After hearing Yu Fugui's question, Gu Yanzhang raised his hand and pointed to the front, "The land here has long been reserved by my brother-in-law. The land my family is going to open is still in front!" After saying

this, Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but tell these people the whole story.

"In fact, this swamp in the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River has always belonged to the government. It freezes every winter, and the water level rises every spring. In addition, the swamps in some places are dangerous. Once a person falls into the swamp, it is impossible to pull him out. Therefore, ordinary people really dare not farm here. In the past, there were a few wealthy landlords who said they wanted to own your mountain, but the government thought the price he offered was too low and did not agree. So this piece of land has remained here. Some people from the surrounding villages come here every April and May, and in August and September, to fish, look for wild vegetables, and find a few wild duck eggs to eat..."

"Some time ago, my wife taught me a lot of skills and asked my brother-in-law to teach me how to do business. Later, my wife set her sights on this piece of land. She thought the soil here was fertile, and after reporting the land to the government, there would definitely be a lot of gains. So, she quietly went back to her parents' home, found her mother and her eldest brother, and asked her eldest brother to come in person and find Captain Huang. Captain Huang was quite nice to my brother-in-law. He readily rented this large piece of land to us. Now, people in Chenjia Village, our Gujiagang, and several surrounding villages don't know about this!"

Hearing these words, the men of the Yu family couldn't help but feel envious.

If this piece of land is planted with grain and crops, it will indeed be profitable.

However, if you think about it, if you spend a little time and effort to plant glutinous rice on this piece of land, you can get a 20% profit... Everyone in the Yu family present was excited.

"Brother, tell us the truth. How much land did you and your brother-in-law's family rent from the government?"

Gu Yanzhang thought for a while and stretched out five fingers. "Do you see this river bank?"

"You can say that now it's all ours!"