When it came to farming, Lao Zhoutou took his eyes away from the house and walked over with Zhou Dalang and others to take a look.

The land where the pond is to be dug is quite large, about two acres when extended. Looking at the direction Zhou Lijun pointed, he planned to dig this land and dig more along the woods to the road, which would almost cover the house.

Make a half circle.

Zhou Lijun said: "My sister-in-law said that it is not easy to grow things in these lands. It is better to dig out the stagnant water to raise fish and ducks. The ditch there is connected to it, and it can be regarded as living water. If possible, we can dig a culvert from this end to that end."

Go to the head and connect it to the ditch over there, then the water on the left and right sides will be fully connected."

Old Zhou muttered, "How much does it cost? The land does not belong to our family..."

Zhou Lijun said: "Grandpa, don't worry, Zhuangzi belongs to our family."

"This Zhuangzi was built just to look after the job fields. If the job fields are gone, what is the use of this Zhuangzi?"

Zhou Lijun didn't say anything. She secretly felt that after Zhuangzi was built, they could sell it even if they couldn't live in it anymore.

Having done a lot of business with the noble ladies in the capital, she had a vague feeling that the noble ladies in the capital were a bit strange and stingy in some things, but they never neglected themselves when it came to self-enjoyment.

It is not far from the capital and Yongzhou, so it is not difficult to sell Zhuangzi.

So Zhou Lijun cheered up and said to Lao Zhoutou: "Grandpa, when the foundation is laid, I will personally come and watch them build the house. Don't worry, I will let them build this village beautifully."

Old Zhoutou asked: "Why do you build such a beautiful building?"

Before Zhou Lijun could answer, Lao Zhoutou had already asked and answered himself: "It needs to be built more beautifully, otherwise the money will not be wasted. But you should also use the money sparingly. Don't spend more than the money given by your sister-in-law and others."

Zhou Lijun swallowed what he was about to say and agreed obediently.

Lao Zhoutou and the others divided the horses and registered them, then turned around and drove to the Bai family's village. They were staying there temporarily. It would take some time for the village to be built.

The head of the village said it would take two months, but it didn't actually take that long. The main reason was that the craftsmen hired by the Bai family were quite capable, and young men from the village could also be hired. It was just that digging the foundation and stones at the beginning was time-consuming.

Once the foundation is dug, it will be much easier to build a house. As long as you have money, bricks can arrive in time, and wooden beams are not difficult to find, so the speed is getting faster day by day.

However, Lao Zhoutou only took a look at it every day. He focused more on farming.

Liu Gui and his men transported wheat seeds from Longzhou. Only then did Lao Zhou realize that their family even owned the wheat seeds, so he refused to let the tenants fool them and had to keep an eye on them bit by bit.

Farming is good.

Otherwise, if they spend so much money, wouldn't it be all in vain?

So he went to watch people pulling weeds, composting and plowing the fields every day. He guessed that there was not enough fertilizer in Pucun, so he asked people to go to the mountains to get some soil and dead leaves to fertilize.

He was very disgusted and complained to Qian: "It's not as good as our village. Let alone pigs, we don't even raise chickens and ducks, and there is no manure for fertilization. Fortunately, the fourth brother brought a hundred cows here and returned them every day."

I can collect some, but so much land is not enough."

Not to mention that there are not many mountains and forests here, and you need to walk a long way to find them. Unlike them, you can see the mountains right away when you go out. Once you go up the mountain, there are a lot of rotten leaves and silt accumulated on them, which are all fertile.

Very.

But this place is not without its benefits.

The first plow was put into the ground, and the oxen pulled up the soil. Old Zhou touched the dark brown soil and used force to break up the soil. He sighed to Zhou Dalang: "The soil is good."

, there just isn’t enough water.”

Zhou Dalang also nodded, "It's still too dry. A couple of rains will be enough. The soil here is better than the land in Qili Village."

It's more than better, but in terms of soil fertility, it's only a little stronger. However, the land in Qili Village is uneven, and the land is always good. Basically, there is less mature land and more raw land.

But this area is full of mature land.

Moreover, the terrain is flat and square, and it is completely different from the twists and turns in their Qili Village.

Lao Zhoutou said he was disgusted, but at the same time he was envious in his heart. Then in order not to waste the good land, he watched the tenant farmers more closely.

Sharecroppers:…

Although 60% of the cultivated land belongs to them, it still feels strange, and many of Lao Zhoutou's experiences are different from theirs.

Apart from anything else, they just talked about retting. They never thought that they would have to go so far away to dig up soil and rotten leaves from the forest to refill the food.

But when they thought about the contract with Mr. Zhou, even though they doubted Mr. Zhou's decision, they still silently accepted it.

Zhou Lang only stayed in Zhuangzi for one day on the 21st. After that, he started to run back to the capital. He had to number the cattle before he could take out the food, but it was not urgent because he still had medicinal materials.

Sell ​​the medicinal materials first and then think about selling the cattle. Anyway, the farmland needs cattle to plow the land.

Zhou Lijun, on the other hand, traveled back and forth. Occasionally he had to help his eldest brother manage the accounts of his fourth uncle, and he also had to sell the ointments made by his fourth aunt and others to the back houses of powerful people. At the same time, he also went to Zhuangzi to keep an eye on him.

Depending on the speed of building the house, allocating funds depends on the situation. You also have to help the grandparents do the accounting and see how much wheat each family has received to make sure there is no over-receipt or false claim.

She was so busy that her feet didn't touch the floor. When Man Bao and the others came out of the palace after a break, she was dark and thin, but she was full of energy and full of energy.

Zhou Lang came out of her room dejectedly and met Man Bao who had just returned from the palace. He immediately stopped and smiled, "Man Bao is back..."

Manbao subconsciously hugged his medicine box tightly and asked, "Fourth brother, don't be like this, I'm a little scared."

Zhou Lang stopped his smile, glanced back, pulled her to the other side, and whispered: "Man Bao, the fourth brother is a little tight on money. Can you lend the fourth brother some money?"

Man Bao looked at him suspiciously, "What did you borrow the money for?"

Zhou Lang understood immediately when he saw her eyes, and couldn't help but said silently: "It's not gambling, I have been to that thing once, and I have changed it long ago. I have taken a fancy to a business, and I want to do it, but I immediately

If you don’t agree, you won’t give me the money.”

Zhou Lijun was in charge of the family's accounts. She was in charge of the accounts as soon as the restaurant opened, and she naturally took the money. Wu Lang also took money from her every time he made a purchase.

At first, it was for the convenience of accounting, but later, I don’t know when, when Zhou Lang came back from doing business, he became accustomed to giving her the account books to review and calculate, and then the money was naturally handed over to her.
Chapter completed!