When Yan Zhiqiang bought the village, in order to facilitate the care, the large and small villages not only needed fertile land, but also had to be close together. Therefore, the Yan family's large village and Daohua's small village were both in the same village, but one was at the head of the village.

The end of a village.

The village where Zhuangzi is located is called Danlin Village. There are more than 500 households in the village. Most of the villagers are named Zheng. Almost all the tenants of the two Zhuangzi are from this village.

Yan Zhiqiang sent his servant back to the Yan family to deliver a message, saying that he, Mrs. Yan, and Daohua would stay in the village for a few days, so that everyone should not worry, and then went to work on the fields.

That night, both Daohua and Mrs. Yan slept deeply, and there was no question of bed recognition.

The next day, Yan Zhiqiang saw that both of them were in good spirits, so he felt relieved and concentrated on planting watermelons in the two villages.

As for Daohua, seeing her uncle watching the watermelon planting and Mrs. Yan watching from the side, she turned her attention to the barren mountain.

Zheng Zhuangtou did not dare to neglect the new owner, so he brought her a cart of fruit saplings that day.

Daohua looked at the saplings carefully, and finally nodded with satisfaction, looked at Zheng Zhuangtou and asked: "Uncle Zheng, do people in the village have free time now?"

Zheng Zhuangtou: "Yes, each family in the village does not have much land. In addition, there are many laborers in the family, so many families have finished spring plowing in early April. Many hard-working young people are now planning to go out to find work to supplement their family income."

Daohua smiled and said: "In that case, please ask Uncle Zheng to help me find some people to reclaim the barren hills. As for the wages, they will be calculated according to what they work outside. What do you think?"

Zheng Zhuangtou nodded repeatedly and said gratefully: "Thank you for taking care of me, girl. I will go to the village to say hello later and I will ensure that I can find enough manpower for the girl immediately."

Daohua: "My grandmother, my third uncle, and I won't stay in the village for too long, so it doesn't matter if we have more people. However, I don't want to see anyone cheating or sneaking around."

Zheng Zhuangtou looked serious: "Don't worry, girl, I know all the hard-working people in the village, and I guarantee that there won't be the kind of people the girl mentioned."

Daohua smiled and said, "That's the best. There aren't enough fruit saplings. I'll trouble Uncle Zheng to buy three more carts of every kind. By the way, I just saw that there seems to be grape vines. This thing

You buy more, the yard in the farm is very big, I will find someone to build some racks later, just for growing grapes."

Zheng Zhuangtou listened carefully, and when Daohua finished speaking, he said he would do it immediately.

Daohua: "Okay, I'm fine, go and do your work!"

When Zengzhuangtou left, Daohua asked Wang Maner to bring him pen, ink, paper and inkstone to start keeping accounts.

When she came out, she took over all the money she had left with the old lady over the years. After deducting the one thousand taels she spent to buy Zhuangzi, she only had more than three hundred taels left.

It takes money to hire people to open up wasteland, and it takes money to buy fruit saplings...

Daohua doesn’t know if the money in her hand is enough for Zhuangzi’s initial investment?

While Wang Man'er was grinding ink, he asked doubtfully: "Girl, can't fruit trees be planted just by digging a hole? Why do you still want to hire people to open up barren mountains?"

Daohua: "Because I not only want to plant fruit trees on the mountain, but also other things." It takes several years to harvest fruit trees. During this period, of course she has to think of other ways.

Wang Maner was curious: "Others? What?"

Daohua smiled: "Of course it is the fastest-growing medicinal material." After coming to Xingzhou, she read some travel notes, which recorded that Xingzhou is very suitable for growing skullcap, schisandra, gentian, and liaonan.

Ben, licorice, Wujia and other Chinese medicinal materials.

These medicinal materials are common, and you can buy seeds in pharmacies. The growth cycle is short, so they are suitable for planting and selling for money.

When she heard that Zhuangzi brought a barren mountain, she made up her mind to grow medicinal materials.

Daohua wrote down the medicinal seeds she needed and gave them to Wang Man'er: "Give them to Uncle Zheng. He is going to buy fruit saplings and happened to buy these medicinal seeds along the way."

Wang Maner took the note and went to find Zheng Zhuangtou.

At this moment, Zheng Zhuangtou is still at the village chief’s house.

Zhuangzi needs people from the village to open up wasteland. You have to talk to the village chief about this.

The village chief and Zheng Zhuangtou are cousins. There is not much age difference between them. When they heard that Zhuangzi was hiring someone, they immediately said anxiously: "Then what are you waiting for? I'll call someone for you right away."

Zheng Zhuangtou didn't stop him. He knew that this job was very precious to most people in the village.

In the past two years, there has been a severe drought in various parts of the north. They are facing the Grand Canal, so the drought is not that serious, but everyone's life is still very tight.

Nowadays, if you can find a job, even if you don't pay wages and only provide food, there are still a large number of people rushing to do it.

As soon as the two of them walked to the door, Zheng Zhuangtou saw his mother-in-law leading Wang Maner this way.

"Master, this girl said she has something to do with you."

Still a long distance away, Zheng Zhuangtou's wife shouted at the top of her lungs.

The sound was so loud that Wang Maner almost couldn't help but cover his ears.

Zheng Zhuangtou knew that Wang Man'er was Daohua's personal maid, so he immediately ran over and asked, "What are your orders, girl?"

Wang Maner handed the note written by Daohua to Zheng Zhuangtou: "These are the medicinal seeds that the girl asked for. I asked you to bring them back." After saying that, he quickly took out a fifty-fifty note from the purse at his waist.

A banknote of two denominations.

"Put the money away, and remember to report the account to the girl when you come back." After saying that, he turned around and left.

The village chief looked on, and after seeing Wang Man'er leaving, he stepped forward: "What, the person in charge is a little girl?"

Zheng Zhuang nodded: "Although the old lady and the third master are here this time, it is the eldest daughter of their family who makes the decision."

The village chief glanced at the note in Zheng Zhuangtou's hand and looked a little worried: "Why let a little girl make the decision? We are buying fruit saplings and medicinal seeds. If the plants don't survive, will the owner be blamed?

On your head?"

Zheng Zhuangtou frowned: "It shouldn't happen, I'm just following your orders."

The village chief sighed: "How often did the previous head of Zhuangzi blame you? The people at the top would take it out on the people at the bottom whenever something went wrong. You have worked hard enough over the years."

Zheng Zhuangtou looked helpless: "Everyone is the same." As the head of the village, he can at least support a large family without having to sell his children. This is much better than many other families, so he should be content.

"Let's go, I'll call someone for you."

That night, Zheng Zhuangtou brought back three carts of fruit saplings, and the medicinal seeds that Daohua asked him to buy were also bought back one by one.

After checking, Daohua said to Zheng Zhuangtou: "Has the person been hired?"

Zheng Zhuangtou: "We have already agreed that we can open up wasteland at any time."

Daohua: "Okay, let's do it tomorrow. After the barren hills are reclaimed, we can plant fruit trees and medicinal materials."

After that, Daohua asked someone to put the fruit saplings in the empty warehouse. After pushing away Wang Maner, he put the fruit saplings into the space.
Chapter completed!