If we were to ask which family in the village Cao Jiang was most familiar with, it would definitely be Li Wenjian's family. It was he who rescued their two children, Big Head and Little Head, from the water.
As a result, the exchanges between the two sides became closer.
Now Cao Jiang wanted to find someone to help reclaim the wasteland, and the first place he went to was his home.
In addition to the harmonious relationship between the two sides, the more important point is that he has many brothers in his family. Among the four brothers, three have married and have children. There are more than ten people in the family. Even if some of them go to the workshop to work and some go to school to build the village, there is still plenty of labor!
At this time, Li Wenjian and his brothers were sitting under the eaves in a dilemma. Their family was originally very poor. Because there were many brothers, their parents sold a lot of land in order to marry them off.
Fortunately, this spring the men helped the Li family with their work and were able to carry some soy sauce, fermented bean curd, and other goods to sell. The women worked in the fermented bean curd workshop and raised some poultry to sell to the snack shop. Now life at home was getting better!
However, all the land in their family that could be used to grow crops was already planted, and beans were planted in the front and back yards. It was impossible for them to follow the example of others and remove the beans in the front and back yards!
Those are all food, they can’t bear to give them away!
But they were reluctant to give up such a profitable business. Just when the family was struggling, Cao Jiang came looking for them!
Cao Jiang did not hesitate and directly explained his purpose to Li Wenjian.
Li Wenjian asked in surprise, "You're looking for eight people to help you reclaim the land? Are you willing to give each of us two mu of land for free to plant rice seedlings for one year?"
Cao Jiang nodded. "It's okay if you don't want to. I'll go ask other families."
Li Wenjian said with a smile on his face, "Uncle, we can't thank you enough. We were just worrying about this matter. You must have found the right person!"
Cao Jiang finally let go of his worries after hearing what he said. "Then this matter is settled. I'll go talk to the other families later!"
Li Wenjian was worried that he was unfamiliar with the people in the village, so he quickly stood up and said, "Uncle Cao, I'll go with you!"
It would be better to have an acquaintance accompany him. Cao Jiang happily agreed, and the two of them walked towards the village together.
On the other hand, Li Yan guessed that after she returned home, someone would come to talk about growing peppers, so Li Yan invited the head of the Li clan to go to her house to be a witness.
Li Yan had just returned home and prepared her writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone when a villager came to her door.
After they returned home and discussed the number of crops to be planted, they hurried to find the Li family, fearing that they would be a step late and lose the deal.
"Don't worry, uncles. Tell me the amount you plan to plant one by one. I'll write it down, and then we'll both sign and seal it. It'll be a guarantee for both of us!"
This matter was also discussed in advance, so the villagers did not have much objection.
After Li Yan finished writing the contract, she asked the chief of the Li clan to read the above content in front of the villagers. After the other party confirmed that it was correct, both parties signed and sealed it.
Because every household had to sign the deed on the spot, the process was not very fast. Soon, the courtyard outside the Li family was filled with villagers who came to make reservations.
"How much do you want to plant?" a villager asked the villagers who had just come out of Li's house.
The man did not hide it and said with some regret: "There are not many fields at home, and we can only spare one acre of land!"
"Then why don't you go to the Cao family and ask? Just now when I left, I saw that they were looking for someone to help with the land reclamation. If you're willing to help, they're willing to provide two acres of land!"
When the man heard this, his eyes lit up and he was about to ask.
At this time, a villager standing at the end of the team said: "Oh, there is no need to go. I just asked and they found the person!" Then he sighed with regret. What a pity!
The man was about to leave in disappointment when a villager beside him grabbed his sleeve and whispered, "You don't have enough land at home, why not take some to your relatives to plant?"
The man shook the paper in his hand and said, "The girl said that this year it is forbidden to take these crops out of the village. Anyone who violates this will be treated as a thief! Don't be foolish!"
The man let go of her hand with a wry smile, "I didn't know this before. If Miss Yan said no, then I would have obeyed!"
When the people in the back heard this conversation, those who had originally planned to do so gave up the idea!
Not to mention that the contract has been signed in black and white, just based on the fact that every household now has someone working in the Li family's fermented bean curd workshop, it is impossible for the people in Lijia Village to go against Li Yan!
What's more, there is a village school and a noodle shop that has not yet been built. All of these depend on the girl from the Li family!
Therefore, interests have tied them firmly to the Li family. As long as the girls from the Li family can lead them to make money and help them change their current poverty situation bit by bit, they will only protect the Li family.
It took more than an hour to count the numbers.
Patriarch Li read the contract for a long time and drank a lot of tea. At this time, he really couldn't hold it any longer and wanted to go to the toilet.
Seeing that all the villagers had registered, he said to Li Yan, "Okay, that's it for today. If you need anything, come find me. I'm going back now!"
Li Yan hurriedly stood up and wanted to see him off, "Thank you for troubling the clan leader today. He must come to our house for dinner tonight!"
Mr. Li agreed, "Yes, we must have a couple of drinks tonight!"
"Let's do it another day. It's too hot today and I don't have much appetite. I just want to drink some light porridge in the evening!" The main reason was that he had a long meeting today and came to Li's house to read the contract. As he got older, his energy was a little lacking.
After hearing what the clan leader said, Li Yan hurriedly took a jar of fermented bean curd from the storeroom and handed it to the clan leader. "Since clan leader said so, we won't force you. But you can take this fermented bean curd back and eat it. It's perfect with porridge!"
This time, Chief Li did not refuse anymore. He also liked the fermented bean curd very much. The main reason was that he was old and had poor teeth. He could not eat the pickled vegetables at home. The fermented bean curd was salty, fresh and soft, which was just to his liking.
After seeing off Patriarch Li, the grandfather and grandson returned to the main hall.
At this moment, a large pile of deeds was placed on the eight-immortal table in the main hall. Old Master Li asked curiously, "Quickly calculate how many acres have been reserved in total?"
Li Yan took the deeds and counted the land one by one, and finally got the answer, "A total of 112 acres!"
Excluding the 31 acres at the foot of the mountain, the remaining 81 acres were all decided by the villagers.
Mr. Li calculated in his mind, "There are more than 60 households in our village, so this number is not too many!"
Li Yan nodded. "This amount is just right. If there were more, not to mention that we would be too busy raising seedlings, paying the villagers' wages would also be a considerable expense!"
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