Otherworldly Days

Chapter 281 Spring Comes

The sun in the east is slowly rising, the pale golden sunlight hits the white snow hanging on the branches, and a drop of crystal water drops down the hanging branches, slowly, one drop, two drops, three drops...

The snow on the ground is melting little by little, the frozen stream melts, the clear water is flowing happily, and the little fish in it are swimming freely.

Winter is gone, spring is here.

After a spring rain, the ground was wet, and the grass on the ground popped up, adding a little color to this spring.

The spring of this year has begun, and there are busy figures in the field, the old cow is plowing the field, and the old man driving the cow is behind.When spring came, the field was hurriedly dug out. The whole family went to the field, and children with two pigtails also helped to work in the field.

After the long winter, people came out of the house and greeted each other with smiles as soon as they met from a distance.For the people in Caojia Village, this winter is the best winter they have ever experienced. When spring comes, their hearts are full of hope, hoping that this year's spring will be even better.

As soon as the new year was over, Cao Xiangnan discussed with Cao Gang and Li Zheng about growing cotton and pepper in the village.He doesn't have a lot of land that can be cultivated, only a few acres of land in the compound when he divided the family, and the rest he bought is wasteland, which is used for other purposes and is not suitable for farming.It's just that he has hired people to cultivate his several acres of land now, so he doesn't have time to take care of it, let alone let Wanfeng take care of it by himself.

Now, it is definitely unrealistic for him to buy land and plant it by himself. Not to mention the large investment, he has to hire another person to help him plant it.The people in Caojia Village have been growing some food for their own food all their lives. If they suddenly change the land for growing food to cotton and peppers, it means that they will lose their food for the coming year. If these two things cannot be grown, They will have no enough food in the coming year, so they naturally have doubts and anxiety in their hearts, so Cao Xiangnan will not let everyone grow cotton and peppers at the risk of starvation.

After some consideration, Cao Xiangnan decided to rent land in the village for planting. If he rented the land, he would ask the people of that family to help manage it. He would also pay the corresponding wages every month. After the crops were harvested, If he pays a bonus according to the harvest, it is natural that the land is good, and the reward will be more.

This is equivalent to three incomes, and smart people know how to choose.

The reason why the people here have been growing food for hundreds of years is that they are afraid that if there is no food in their hands, they will starve.They don't know that they have been growing food crops, but it is only to ensure that they will not be hungry, and it will not make their life better.

Now he wants to let everyone see that the economic benefits of these two things are no worse than the harvest of their farming. Naturally, many people in this place will rush to grow cotton and millet pepper in the future.Cao Xiangnan also planned to let the people in the village grow various other spices in the future. Growing these cash crops is no worse than a single grain.

Li Zheng naturally supports what Nan Zi wants to do. No matter what the harvest is, the people in the village will not lose anything.

Cao Gang didn't have any opinions anymore, and he naturally had some thoughts of his own in his heart.

"Have you heard? Cao Silang wants to rent land to buy a flower that can be used to make clothes, and a kind of chili pepper that is hotter than the chili pepper we eat." People in the village heard about it from Li Zheng. Cao Silang wanted to rent land to grow two kinds of fresh things, and everyone was talking about it.

"I've heard about it too, and I'm talking with my family about planting it too."

"My husband is talking about planting, planting all the land at home."

"Then if one of them fails, wouldn't it mean that there will be no food to eat next year? This is impossible, absolutely impossible."

People's deepest impression of this flowering thing is that it can make clothes, and it is very warm to wear in winter.However, many people don't know how to grow such things. What if they don't survive?Some people also have considerations in their hearts.

"Fourth brother, I heard that you want to rent land to grow something called cotton. I don't know if elder brother can grow it too?" The honest boss Cao said while rubbing his hands in embarrassment. It was his family who asked him to come to find it. The fourth brother asked.

Chen Li is a smart person, knowing that following his fourth uncle will definitely make a fortune. I didn't see that those who followed his fourth uncle before have even built a big tile house with blue bricks, and the days are getting better.He dreamed of going outside to build a big house, so that he wouldn't have to look at Eminem's face at home.

Cao Xiangnan didn't expect that his eldest brother and his father would approach him, and he wouldn't refuse just because of the people in the compound, "Of course." "That's good, that's good." Cao Fugui was very happy when he heard that .

Things between good brothers are also written in black and white. He promised so many benefits to others, so naturally he has to charge a little guarantee.In case the cotton and hot pepper are all planted to death, he should be compensated for the minimum loss.

When everyone was discussing, smart people had already approached Lizheng and said that they wanted to plant these two things.In the case of limited seeds, it is natural to be first-come, first-served, and there will be no more ones that are one step behind.

After the land in the field was turned over, the people who grew the grain were still growing the grain as in previous years. There were also people who rented the land to Cao Silang. After that, they can still get another share of money. Where can they find such a good job?As for planting everything to death, they are all good farmers, which is absolutely impossible.

Those who want to sow too late will have no seeds, and they can only wait for next year, watching others get rich first with red eyes, and feel very annoyed.

Cao Xiangnan also thought of everyone's worries in advance, and it was not difficult for him to borrow two people from Fang Ziye's Zhuangzi.After writing a letter, shopkeeper Fang arranged for someone to come over.

"Ah Ji, I will leave this matter to you." Cao Xiangnan handed over the cotton matter to Sun Ji.

"Okay." Sun Ji responded.

From the moment the new year was over, Cao Xiangnan found that he was busy with his feet on the ground, and there were a lot of things waiting to be arranged and dealt with.He already has a lot of things to do here, and he also has to make arrangements at the academy, and there are some other odds and ends.

Years later, he went to find Master Feng in the town, and mentioned to Master Feng that he planned to build another workshop in the garment workshop.This processing workshop must be built, otherwise he can only produce in the model of a small family workshop, and there is no big business at all, so he wants to build the processing workshop as soon as possible.

As for the academy, it opened first and developed slowly, first solving the current basic education problems, so that adults and children in these ten miles and eight villages can learn a few words first.It will take time to form a scale here, so it is useless to rush to build the houses in the back, it is better to use them as they are built.

The two of them agreed on the processing workshop, and handed over the manpower arrangement to Master Feng.

I met a man who went to work this year and brought back a long time of good meat, and talked about how their current boss should do. Those who went to work in previous years came back skinny and skinny, but those who came back this year looked a lot fatter , this is probably not a holiday.Some people in their village listened to their hearts and heard that there was a shortage of people there, so they also came together to find a job. The extra people all of a sudden solved the problem of Master Feng's lack of people. Saved it.

Winter passed, and when the spring snow melted, Master Feng also brought his subordinates to Caojia Village to build a house.At this time in previous years, they were not in a hurry to start work, but this year they rushed to work early, but no one was unwilling.

"Master Feng, you're back. Let's have a drink together tonight?" Seeing Feng Guang approaching, Cao Xiangnan asked him to have a drink together because they were old acquaintances.Feng Guang was still thinking about the good wine and food here at Cao Xiaodong's house, which may not be available elsewhere, so he responded with his mouth, "Of course it is good, naturally it is good."

The two of them had a meal that night and talked about a lot of things. The matter of the academy and Gaixin's workshop was confirmed in this way, and it was not the first time that the two of them cooperated. After confirming the drawings, Cao Xiangnan only needs to arrange the materials in place, and leave it to Feng Guang to do it later.And he had already ordered these materials years ago, and when the construction starts next year, all the materials will be shipped over there.

After the twelfth lunar month, the time for the sun to set has gradually become longer and longer. It is no longer like it is dark outside after dinner is cooked in winter.After dinner, the carriage took Feng Guang to the hut where they lived.

Originally, he planned to wait for Le boy's [-]th day to serve wine, but Cao Xiangnan dismissed the idea after he got an extra baby at home.It is well known that his wife gave birth to a child, so how to explain the extra one?

As far as his family's Wanfeng loves little Bao'er now, Wanfeng doesn't mind wronging their Jiale kid at all.

"Then let's set a table for our family to eat at that time, and we won't invite outsiders?" Cao Xiangnan asked Wanfeng of his family about whether to serve a hundred-day wine. Here, some wealthy families in the town will serve a hundred-day wine. , Not everyone puts them in their homes.

"Or let's go to the town and set up two tables, and invite our own people to eat." He asked.

"Don't be so troublesome. You still have to go to the town. Everyone is busy right now. We can cook a meal for our family." Qi Wanfeng thought that everyone is busy now, so why not just have a meal for our family The meal is done.

So the matter was settled.

On the day of the child's [-]th day, I just cooked a table of meals and ate with Cao Gang's family, and did nothing else.As for that brat Cao Ruile, he eats when he needs to eat and drinks when he needs to drink, and he doesn't care whether others are supporting him at all, as long as the brat next to him doesn't disturb his sleep.