There is Room For the Poor Daughter

When Yan Zhiqiang bought the Zhuangzi, in order to take care of him easily, the big and small Zhuangzi not only wanted the land to be fertile, but also had to be close to each other. Therefore, the big Zhuangzi of the Yan family and the small Zhuangzi of Daohua were both in the same village, but one was at the head of the village and the other was at the head of the village. Village tail.

The village where Zhuangzi is located is called Danlin Village. There are more than 500 households in the village, and most of the villagers are surnamed Zheng. Almost all the tenants of the two Zhuangzi belong to this village.

Yan Zhiqiang sent the servant next to Yan to deliver a letter to Yan's house, 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, Daohua and Mrs. Yan both slept soundly, and there was no such thing as recognizing the bed.

The next day, Yan Zhiqiang saw that both of them were in good spirits, so he felt relieved and devoted himself to the watermelon planting of the two Zhuangzi.

As for Daohua, seeing the third uncle staring at the watermelon planting, Mrs. Yan also watched from the side, so she focused her attention on the barren hills.

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

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

Zheng Zhuangtou: "Yes, each family in the village does not have a lot of fields. In addition, there are many laborers in the family. Many families are busy with spring ploughing in early April. Many diligent young people are now planning to go out to find work to subsidize their families."

Daohua smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'll ask Uncle Zheng to help me find some people to reclaim the barren hills. As for the wages, it's based on their work outside. What do you think?"

Zheng Zhuangtou nodded again and again and said gratefully, "Thank you for taking care of the girl. I will go to the village to say hello in a moment, and I will ensure that enough people will be found for the girl immediately."

Daohua: "My grandmother, third uncle and I won't stay in Zhuangzi for a long time, so it doesn't matter if there are more staff, but I don't want to see people who steal and play tricks."

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

Daohua smiled and said, "That's the best way. There aren't enough fruit saplings. I'll trouble Uncle Zheng to buy three more cars, each of which is required. By the way, I just saw that there are still grapevines, this thing. Buy more, the yard in the village is very big, and I will find someone to build some racks for grapes.”

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

Daohua: "Okay, I'm fine, go get busy!"

When Zengzhuangtou left, Daohua asked Wang Man'er to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to start bookkeeping.

When she came out, she took all the money she had put from the old lady all these years. After deducting the one thousand taels for buying Zhuangzi, now she only had more than three hundred taels left.

It takes money to invite 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 grinding the ink, Wang Man'er asked suspiciously, "Girl, can't you just dig a hole and plant a fruit tree? Why do you still hire someone to reclaim the barren hills?"

Daohua: "Because I not only want to plant fruit trees on the mountain, but also others." It takes a few years for fruit trees to be harvested. During this period, she must think of other ways.

Wang Man'er was curious: "Others? What?"

Daohua smiled: "Of course it's the most expensive medicinal material." After coming to Xingzhou, she looked through some travel notes, which recorded that Xingzhou is very suitable for planting Scutellaria baicalensis, Schisandra chinensis, gentian, and Liaogao Chinese herbal medicines such as Ben, Licorice and Wujia.

These medicinal materials are common, and seeds can be bought in pharmacies, and the growth cycle is short, which is very suitable for planting and selling for money.

As soon as she heard that Zhuangzi brought a barren mountain, she made up her mind to plant medicinal herbs.

Daohua wrote down the seeds of the medicinal materials and gave them to Wang Man'er: "Give it to Uncle Zheng, he is going to buy fruit tree seedlings, and just happened to buy these medicinal seeds along the way."

Wang Man'er took the note and went to 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, and he has to tell the village chief about this.

The village chief and Zheng Zhuangtou are cousins, and they are about the same age. When they heard that Zhuangzi was going to hire someone, they immediately said anxiously: "Then what are you waiting for, I will call someone for you right away."

Zheng Zhuangtou didn't stop him. He knew that this work 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 here. The drought is not that serious, but everyone's life is still very tight.

Now that I can find a job, even if I don’t pay wages, I only care about food, and there are still a large number of people rushing to do it.

As soon as the two walked to the door, Zheng Zhuangtou saw his mother-in-law leading Wang Man'er this way.

"Head of the house, this girl said she has something to do with you."

There was still a long distance away, and Zheng Zhuangtou's wife shouted in a tearful voice.

The sound was so loud that Wang Man'er almost couldn't help covering his ears.

Zheng Zhuangtou knew that Wang Man'er was Daohua's personal girl, so he trotted over and asked, "What is your order, girl?"

Wang Man'er handed the note written by Daohua to Zheng Zhuangtou: "This is the medicinal seed that the girl asked for. I'll let you bring it back along the way." After speaking, he quickly took out a fifty-fifty sheet from the purse at his waist. Double denomination banknotes.

"You collect the money, remember to report the bill to the girl after you come back." After speaking, he turned and left.

The village chief watched from the side, and after seeing Wang Man'er leaving, he stepped forward: "Why, it's a little girl in charge?"

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

The village chief glanced at the note in Zheng Zhuangtou's hand, and looked a little worried: "How can you let a little girl call the shots? It's buying fruit saplings and medicinal seeds. If the plants don't work, will the owner blame them? on your head?"

Zheng Zhuang frowned: "It shouldn't, I'm doing things as ordered."

The village chief sighed: "The last master of Zhuangzi blamed you for nothing? As long as the people at the top will take their anger out on the people who are inferior, you have worked hard enough all these years."

Zheng Zhuangtou showed helplessness: "Everyone is the same." As the Zhuangtou, he can at least support a large family, and he will not sell his sons and daughters. He is already much better than many others, and he should be content.

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

That night, Zheng Zhuangtou pulled back three carts of fruit saplings, and the medicinal seeds that Daohua had bought were also bought one by one.

After Daohua checked, she said to Zheng Zhuangtou, "Have you hired someone?"

Zheng Zhuangtou: "It has been agreed that we can open up wasteland at any time."

Daohua: "Well, let's do it tomorrow. When the barren hills are reclaimed, we will plant fruit trees and medicinal herbs."

After that, Daohua asked people to put the fruit saplings in the empty warehouse. After Wang Man'er was opened, the fruit saplings were put into the space.

In order to ensure the quality of the saplings, they were directly planted in the black soil. Then, they left the warehouse as if nothing had happened, and locked the warehouse to ensure that no one would find the fruit saplings gone.