Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 355: Discussing the Division of Land

"I asked, and they all said they couldn't handle the land at home and didn't want to plant another plot."

Ji Wenhe glanced at her and said, "Auntie Qin, go back and discuss it with the head of the village. If it really doesn't work, you can give the land to the people of Zhaojia Village or Zhangjia Village to cultivate. You can't just leave the land uncultivated."

"Ah." Qin Hehua stood up, "I'll go back and talk to him, you keep busy."

"Hey, Aunt Qin, take care."

As soon as she left, Wang Erfeng pushed the door open and said, "Wen He, she came to see you. Did she want to give the land to your family to farm?"

"Yes, Aunt Qin should have told you all about it."

She should be the last to know.

"I told you, they also said they would pay for half of the harvest. Only a fool would plant it. After all the hard work, they still want to take half."

He picked up a corn from the basket and continued.

"Let's not talk about how much money we can make. After planting rice and wheat, weeding is a tiring job. It takes more than a month just to weed our four mu of land."

"It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's not like I can just plant some crops and not worry about anything else. If that were the case, I'd be willing to plant two more acres of land."

Ji Wenhe said: "I just told Aunt Qin that if the villagers are unwilling to plant, they can let the people of Zhaojia Village and Zhangjia Village plant."

Wang Erfeng shook her head: "I don't think they will necessarily give it. Even if they are willing, I don't think anyone would want to plant it. People are not fools."

"Aunt Qin can charge less money, or ask for food, or hire someone to come and grow the crops herself."

In fact, it doesn’t cost much to hire someone to come and farm the land, but it’s not easy to hire someone here.

"I don't think they are willing to spend money to hire someone. Don't you know what kind of person your Aunt Qin is? How can the money that goes into her pocket go out easily?"

Ji Wenhe replied: "If you don't want to spend money to hire someone, then you can only charge less. To be honest, half the money is too much. The land will be abandoned and it will be difficult to revive it."

"Although the land is given to other families to farm, it won't be left to waste. If you want to farm your own land in the future, you can take it back. Aunt Qin wants so much money, I don't think the villagers are willing to farm."

As he was speaking, Miao Zhaodi called out from outside: "Wen He."

"Hey, Aunt Miao, please come in."

She pushed open the door, carrying a basket of pig grass behind her: "Erfeng is here too."

"Sister Miao, you may not know yet, but Aunt Qin wants to give us some land to farm."

"Yes, I just ran into her by the vegetable patch."

Ji Wenhe brought a stool to her: "Aunt Miao, please sit down."

"Hey." Miao Zhaodi sat down and said, "She wants to take half of the money. I don't want to plant it. She told you guys."

Wang Erfeng nodded: "I told you, we don't want to plant it either."

Not worth it.

Shen Zhong's home.

Seeing her come back dejected, he said as expected: "If it were me, I wouldn't plant either. It's not like you haven't planted crops before. You'd better go to work in the town and make more nets instead of working so hard to get half the money."

Qin Hehua sat next to him and stared at him unhappily: "How much do you want to charge? Too little won't do. Our family has good land, we can't let them take advantage of us for nothing."

"let me see."

"Then think about it quickly. Once you've figured it out, I'll go tell them that the wheat has been harvested and the land will be divided among them for planting."

Looking at his house, he sighed.

"Our house is the best in the village, but two heartless people went to town to buy a house and complained that our house is too small."

"Humph, don't you think about it? How can they afford to buy the house without our money? I think it's the two daughters-in-law who are instigating them behind the scenes."

"This eldest daughter-in-law has a son-in-law who is a constable. Now she doesn't even listen to what I, her mother-in-law, say. Not to mention the youngest daughter-in-law. Shen Lin listens to everything she says. She really has forgotten her mother after she has a daughter-in-law. I raised them for nothing."

"That's enough." Shen Zhong stood up impatiently. "You keep nagging me every day. It's all because you didn't teach your two sons well. Just spoil them. Just spoil them."

Watching him walk out of the yard, I was so angry that I almost couldn't breathe.

It's all her fault. As a father, doesn't he have any responsibility at all?

After noon.

Niu Guilan called people from each family.

"Rongshan, the village head asked you to go to their house. All the villagers have gone there to discuss something with you."

Ji Wenhe asked: "Aunt Niu, what's the matter? Can't I go?"

"No, the village head said that the head of the family should go, and all the men from each family should go. Of course, your family is the head of Rongshan."

She curled her lips and said, "Brother Shen, go and see what's going on. Don't rush to agree. Come back and we can discuss it later."

Shen Rongshan nodded: "Okay, I'll be back soon."

Standing at the gate of the courtyard, he saw Shen Erniu waiting for him at the door.

Shen Yuanshan asked: "Sister-in-law, the head of the village called someone over, what could it be?"

"I don't know, I'll wait for him to come back."

Is it about land division?

Everyone says they don’t want to farm, so the villagers won’t be forced to farm.

Ji Wenhe saw several aunts heading towards Shen Zhong's house, and turned around and said, "Yuanshan, I'll go take a look."

Jog to catch up.

Several people stood at the side of the house, listening attentively.

In the yard, either sitting or standing.

Shen Zhong took a puff of his pipe and said, "I asked you to come here because I want to tell you something. I plan to divide up the land at home and keep three acres for myself."

Before he could finish, Shen Zhanguo spoke up, "Village head, we have four acres of land. We won't be able to handle two more, so we don't plan to plant any more."

Looking at him, he continued slowly, "I've thought about it, and it's really too much to collect half the money. How about this, one acre of land will give two bags of grain, two acres of land will give four bags, and three acres of land will give six bags."

Shen Erzhu asked: "Village head, a bag of grain weighs 20 kilograms, 30 kilograms, 50 kilograms, 80 kilograms, or 100 kilograms. Please tell me clearly how many kilograms of grain you want."

Qin Hehua shouted from inside the house: "Fifty kilograms."

outside the house.

Feng Xiayun whispered, "Fifty kilograms is not a small amount. The land at the foot of Rongshan's mountain only yielded a little over a hundred kilograms. What's the difference between this and half the money?"

The others nodded.

Shen Zhanguo shook his head: "We still don't plant. We are busy enough with our own land. Village head, you can ask them."

Shen Zhong ignored him and looked at Shen Yongsheng beside him: "Are you the head of the family, or is your son the head of the family?"

The latter smiled and said, "Village head, no matter who is in charge, we really can't farm the land. The four acres of land at home are enough for us to work on."

"I didn't say I wanted to collect 50 kilograms of grain. How about this? We can collect 40 kilograms of grain from the plots of land at the foot of the mountain. Each bag is 20 kilograms."

"The central government's twelve acres of good land yields fifty kilograms of grain. If the harvest is not good, we will collect less grain. If the harvest is good, we will not collect more. What do you think?"

He caught a glimpse of Qin Hehua coming out of the house and glared at her fiercely.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he immediately stopped and stood quietly at the door watching.