Chapter 91 Enclosure
"If we had known there was such a good place, we would have moved here earlier. Maybe we would have planted rice seedlings like big brother Haoran. Big brother Haoran should have called us earlier." Chen Shengli felt a little regretful that he didn't know it earlier.
"Brother Chen, what you said is not right. This place was discovered by Yike. This orchard was also taken care of by Yike last year. And those kudzu vines were also planted by Yike last year. We only found out about it this year. Ziyi and Haoran have been very busy and you are too far away, so they didn't call you immediately. Besides, we didn't know whether you were willing to come out. When Haoran was about to ask you, Brother Du came. You blamed the wrong brother Haoran." Zhang Yuling said with a cold face. This group of people helped the wrong person.
"Don't be angry, Sister Yuling. Brother Li didn't mean that. He was just so happy that he spoke without thinking." Li Youcai glared at Chen Shengli and quickly apologized to Zhang Yuling with a smile.
Li Youcai cursed Chen Shengli in his heart. If it weren't for the sake of his children and relatives, he would not have spoken up for him.
"Godfather, please take Uncle Chen and the others over there. There are a lot of people there, and the wasteland over there is enough for the uncles to reclaim. I will plant fruit trees here in the future, which will affect your crops." Yi Ke saw that Chen Shengli not only did not know how to be grateful, but also blamed Ziyi and daddy for telling him too late. How could he be so shameless? Haha, then they can forget about this piece of land near the stream. She is such a vindictive person.
"Okay, let's go. You can go over there and choose and fence off an area by yourselves. I won't accompany you. Liu Bing, Wang Feng, you can choose a place to cultivate next to me so that it will be convenient for you to take care of it when you go out of the mountain. So you don't have to choose with them." Du Qingcang was also very angry. His kindness had not been rewarded. Then listen to Yi Ke and go and open up new land away from the stream.
It’s not so convenient if the farmland is far away from the water source, huh! Chen Dawang knew that his father had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly pulled his father away in shame, not giving him a chance to speak.
Hu Haohan said to Yike apologetically: "Uncle will remember Yike's kindness and will repay you when I have the chance. Your Uncle Chen is a stubborn person who doesn't like to talk. You should not bother with him. Let's go and divide the place so that we can all start working." So they went to the place designated by Yike to open up wasteland.
Hu Haohan chose a place close to Yike, and the place near the mountain was given to Chen Shengli. Although he was not satisfied with being too far away from the water source, he had no way to object to the others. Everyone knew that they could have reclaimed the land near the water source, but because Chen Shengli offended others with a few words, he was sent away.
They didn't blame Yi Ke for being stingy. Anyone would be angry. They could only blame Chen Shengli for being too greedy and ungrateful.
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Ma Youcai, Wang Feng and three others also chose the place they wanted to reclaim, and cut a buffer zone to separate it from the place close to Hu Haohan and his group.
The entire basin is divided into two. The side near the stream belongs to Yike and Du Qingcang, and the side near the mountain belongs to Ma Youcai and his four people, except for a small part. Ma Youcai and Liu Bing thought that they could not enclose Yike's land, so if they had to divide it, it would be Hu Haohan's land, so they also enclosed a piece of land there; the rest belonged to Chen Shengli, Li Youcai and Hu Haohan's families.
Ma Youcai, Liu Bing and other three people fenced off the land and brought it back. Chen Shengli was very dissatisfied that his wasteland was allocated to the foot of the mountain. He shouted that how could he irrigate the land without water. Only after being severely scolded by his son and daughter-in-law did he stop asking for the wasteland by the stream.
"Who are these people? They are so clueless!" Yi Ke couldn't help but complain. "That's right, let's ignore him and try to stay away from him in the future. He is a selfish person who can't distinguish right from wrong." Zhang Yuling reminded Yi Ke to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future.
"Let's first turn over the soil in this cleared wasteland, dig out the tree roots and grass roots, and dry the soil. Then we can plant corn." Du Qingcang looked at the large piece of bare land with stars twinkling in his eyes, as if the green corn seedlings were swaying before his eyes.
"Okay, it shouldn't be too late to plant corn now, right?" Yi Ke didn't know the planting time of corn. He only vaguely remembered that corn was available for sale all year round in his previous life.
"It is a little late, and the yield is lower, but it doesn't matter. Low is better than no yield. The only difference is that there may be fewer seeds. At that time, I didn't expect that we could cultivate so much land." Zhang Yuling said.
"Why not plant sweet potato seedlings, but there don't seem to be many," Wang Cuihua suggested.
"That's great. I have a sweet potato field with lots of sweet potato seedlings, enough to plant this whole field." Yi Ke also agreed. After all, sweet potatoes can also be used as livestock feed.
"Really? Yike has sweet potato seedlings? Such a large piece of land would require a lot." Du Qingcang was afraid that the "a lot" Yike knew about was actually just a small piece of land.
"There are a lot, more than one-third of this land." Ke said, pointing to the bare wasteland.
"That's enough, enough, we can't use it up at all. This way we can make ridges while turning the soil, and we don't have to make ridges again when planting seedlings." Du Qingcang was very happy.
"Well, Yike, I want to discuss something with you." Du Qingcang was a little embarrassed to say it.
"Godfather, just say whatever you want to say. There's nothing wrong with talking to your daughter." Yike wondered what had happened that made godfather so embarrassed.
"It's like this. Can our two families work together? I'll help you plant first, then help me plant, and then we'll help Ma Youcai and the others open up some wasteland and plant first. We can open up the wasteland and plant at the same time. Do you think it's okay?" Du Jingcang said.
"Yike, it's not that your godfather wants to take advantage of you, it's mainly because your godfather is the only strong laborer. When we use the bulls, we need someone to help train them. These wild bulls will definitely not be obedient and work obediently. Even if you give us the bulls, we can't use them for the time being. If Wang Feng and the others can help, there will be no problem. Your godfather is an expert at using bulls. If the bulls are well trained, with the strength of those wild bulls, one bull can easily replace three strong laborers." Wang Cuihua explained.
"This is what I thought. Your godmother said it clearly. Another point is the sweet potato seedlings. When we work together, we are like a family. No one will have any objection if we use the sweet potato seedlings. People like Chen Shengli will definitely want to plant sweet potato seedlings after they have reclaimed the wasteland. What will we do then? If we give them away for free, some people will take it for granted; if we don't give them away, we will offend people, just like before, when they blamed Brother Haoran for notifying us late." Du Qingcang was thinking a little further ahead, and this was something that might happen in the future.
"How can there be such a shameless person?" Ma Youcai said angrily.
"That's right. Helping them is a favor, and not helping them is a duty. Why should we help them?" Liu Bing and Dong Guoqing were indignant...
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