Mrs. Liu rented two courtyards of an inn to stay at. They were going to stay here for one night and did not go back until they watched the 16th lantern festival.

When Manbao and the others arrived, Mrs. Liu and the others had already sat down in two private rooms divided into men and women, and they were waiting for them to arrive to eat.

Seeing that they were tired from work, Mrs. Liu pointed to a few little girls and said, "Quickly go to the kitchen to get some hot water for them to wash up."

Then he asked his servants to take them back to their rooms to wash up and change clothes.

The three of them were hungry and wanted to sit down and eat, so they had to turn around and go to their guest room.

Zhou Lijun ran after him because she was the one who brought Man Bao's clothes.

She found a set of clothes for her sister-in-law and asked, "Sister-in-law, have the people in Pucun agreed to share the tenancy?"

Man Bao nodded, "I agreed. We have recorded the number of acres each household wants to rent. We can go to the village to sign the contract the day after tomorrow and formally finalize the contract."

Man Bao turned to Zhou Lijun and smiled: "I will give you a sum of money later, which will be used exclusively for career expenses."

Zhou Lijun said nonchalantly: "Come out of the public house. Do the things grown in these fields belong to our family?"

Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "Forty percent of the rent, I will share 10% of the income with Bai Shan, Baicheng and the others, and the rest belongs to the family."

Man Bao paused after saying this, then lowered his voice and asked her, "Did you hear your grandparents say whether you should stay here in the capital or go home?"

Zhou Lijun also lowered his voice, "Grandpa never thought of this. He is now thinking about taking us to tidy up those fields after the Mid-Autumn Festival and plant winter wheat first. Grandma did mention it. I think grandpa is very anxious and feels sorry for those fields."

I’ve been spoiled and can’t bear to leave home, so I’m not very happy to come to Yongzhou City today.”

Man Bao said: "I can see it, but where are the eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

"My eldest aunt is worried about the eldest sister in the family and wants to go home, but my uncle wants to watch my eldest brother here. I also overheard my uncle saying to my eldest aunt, my eldest brother has arrived early but has never been engaged, so why not stay here for two years?

Wait until eldest brother gets married before going back."

Zhou Lijun looked at his sister-in-law and then at his sister-in-law.

Man Bao looked confused, "Just say what you want, what do you want me to do?"

"The uncle also said that my sister-in-law is not young anymore, and she has made an engagement with her uncle. If the arrangement is good, they may get married in two years. Once my sister-in-law gets married, it will be even harder for the family to see her. He said that if the eldest aunt feels sorry for her,

, just stay in the capital for two more years." Zhou Lijun lowered his voice and said: "I see that the eldest aunt has not spoken for a while, and her attitude has softened."

Man Bao immediately said: "When I return to the capital, I will send something back to Daya."

Zhou Lijun covered his mouth and smiled.

It was decided that my grandparents and uncle and aunt would stay in the capital.

Manbao was very happy and said to Zhou Lijun: "Since the family takes the big share, let's pay from the public. I promised the tenant farmers that our family will pay half of the money for grain cultivation. Also, I have seen their farm tools. It really doesn't count."

Excellent, I remember that our village has long ago replaced the curved plow, but they still use straight plows here, so this farm tool also needs to be remade..."

Zhou Lijun was dumbfounded and quickly stopped her, "Sister-in-law, here are these 100 households. Do you want to drive 100 pairs of plows?"

She did a quick mental calculation in her mind and said: "This is definitely not possible. One plow for each family, and 40% of our family's annual rent will be fully paid in. It is equivalent to us working hard and not losing anything."

Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "Then rent? We plowed, and they rented it from us. We will repay it with grain every year. After how many years, the plow will completely belong to them. As for the specific amount, you can calculate it later.

That’s it, we just don’t want interest, the plow is good, it saves effort, we also make money, right?”

Zhou Lijun: "What do we do to gain their strength?"

"There's so much we can do," Man Bao said after changing his clothes and putting on the belt: "Bai Shan and I once wrote an article when we were young, thinking that if we had enough

How can we make ecological recycling of land? I hope that farming only takes up half of their energy, and I have other uses for the remaining half."

Zhou Lijun was stunned for a while and asked: "Sister-in-law, what is ecological recycling?"

"It means using straw to feed livestock, and using livestock manure to fertilize the land. The feed can also be used to raise fish. Then we need to build a large water conservancy pond to raise fish and ducks. It can be watered in droughts and drained in floods. Anyway, there are a lot of them.

Learned, I can’t explain it clearly for a while.”

When Zhou Lijun heard that the water conservancy pond was to be built, she felt that her money bag was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. She took two deep breaths before finding her voice, "Sister-in-law, this is a job field, a job field, if you don't become an official

Son, or if he has been demoted, it will be taken back. This is not our family's land, so how can it cost so much?"

Man Bao: "That's why I didn't ask you to immediately use the money to repair the water conservancy pond."

Zhou Lijun took a breath and heard Man Bao say: "You should pay for some chicken seedlings first. Look at the grass and grasshoppers in the field. It would be a pity not to use them. I bought some chicken seedlings for them."

They feed them, and the eggs and meat they lay after they are raised are divided into 40 and 60 parts."

Zhou Lijun couldn't breathe out anymore.

"Sister-in-law, just tell me how much money you decide to invest in this farm."

Man Bao chuckled and said, "I don't know. I'll ask Bai Shan later and tell you later."

Obviously this matter cannot be decided in a short while, and the world is not as big as eating, so Man Bao changed into clean clothes and took Zhou Lijun to eat.

Zhou Lijun whispered, "Grandpa must not know that you plan to spend so much money on your career field."

The two of them bypassed the busy front hall and then went up to the third floor. The waiter knew that they were VIP guests of the two guest rooms at the back, so he led them the way and introduced them, "Are you ladies here to see the lanterns? Today

In the evening, the Li family set up a flower shed on the main street, and the ladies can go and have a look."

Speaking of the flower shed Man Bao, he remembered something. When he passed by Bai Shan and his friends' box, he stopped and said to Bai Shan and Bai Erlang: "It's over. We agreed to Yin You to go to his flower shed to enjoy the lanterns."

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Bai Shan:...I really forgot about this.

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked at each other and felt bad.

Bai Erlang swallowed his saliva and asked, "Didn't you tell Yin He about our discharge from the hospital?"

"I only told him that we took leave until the 21st."

At this time, Yin You and Liu Huan were sent out from Zhou's house by Mr. Bai. They got on the carriage with smiles. As soon as they got in the carriage, their smiles dropped. Liu Huan said unhappily: "Why didn't they tell me when they went to Yongzhou?"

Did we talk to each other? We also said that we would enjoy the lanterns together in the evening."
Chapter completed!