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"Tell me, what are these things that the magistrate asked us to plant?"

"Who knows? I asked Lao Wangtou yesterday and he has never seen it in the land he has been farming for more than [-] years."

"I heard this is called corn!" A commoner took out a seed from the seed bag in front of him and said, "Do you think this is rice made of jade?"

"I went to Dengzhou City to see that the jade on Mr. Guan's body does look a bit like it!"

"What about this one? The county boss said it's a pumpkin, a melon from the south?"

"And this one I planted, potatoes! Aren't those beans grown in the soil?"

"This one is even weirder. It's called sweet potato! Where do you see the red color?"

"Okay, okay, what do you care about these things? Anyway, the county magistrate will give you work points according to the day. The things in this land will be harvested more and less, and the county magistrate will not give us less. We will plant according to what we are told. That’s what the county magistrate said!”

"But... it's strange for the county magistrate to plant these things. There are requirements for how deep a hole should be dug and how much water should be poured."

"I still have to plant corn and pumpkins on my land. I've never seen anything like this."

"I heard from the county magistrate that the flowers of this pumpkin can attract bees to collect honey, and the bees can also eat a kind of insect that harms corn!"

"Our county magistrate can be a county magistrate when he is more than ten years old, even if it is not the star of Wenqu from the sky who descends to earth!"

A group of people from Kuoding County gathered together to chat while they were taking a break.

You can't do it without taking a rest. The county magistrate doesn't allow it. You have to rest and drink water after working for a while.

The water he drank was all boiled by women who came to earn work points. Salt and unknown herbs were added to it. The magistrate said it could dispel cold and dampness.

Even though they are all sitting on the ground now, in fact everyone is working hard. The better they rest, the more they will work in a while, and the more work points they will get.

"Hey!" A whistle sounded, which reminded everyone that they can continue to work.

As soon as they heard the sound, the people of Kuoding County screamed and ran into the ground.

Today is the last day of the month. The county magistrate has said that the work points will be settled this afternoon, and then the work points can be exchanged for food.

On this last day, I can earn as many points as possible.

Although most of these people don't know anything about addition and subtraction, they secretly find a place at home. During the day, they have a few work points, and when they get home, they put a few pebbles in that place.

So everyone basically knows how many points they have this month. This is the wisdom of ordinary people.

Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Tong came over with people pushing many large carts.

"Okay, today the county magistrate said that everyone can leave work early to settle today's work points and then use the work points to buy things."

The people who were still working became excited when they heard this.

From ancient times to the present, everyone is excited when they see wages being paid.

Zheng Zhixun has a booklet with one page for each person, recording each person's daily work points, and a total.

It's easy to calculate everyone's work points.

Then everyone started to line up in twenty rows according to their own teams.

"A large team of Liao Chunhua, 98 work points!" Chen Hong's loud voice matched the tin speaker in his hand, and everyone could hear clearly.

"Sister Chunhua, do you have so many work points?"

"Yes, don't women get two working points a day?"

"You don't know that Mrs. Chunhua works hard and quickly. She has been among the top few for many days!"

Liao Chunhua walked up a little shyly, and Zheng Zhixun asked: "Is this work point calculated correctly?"

"No, no!" Liao Chunhua nodded excitedly. This was exactly the same as what she remembered at home. She counted it many times when she came out this morning.

The amount at home is 95 stones. Adding today's amount, she just counted it on her fingers and it must be 98.

"Okay, then look at what you want to change." Zheng Zhixun pointed to the big car next to him.

Liao Chunhua looked over and saw that there were not only corn, white flour, but also cloth and even maltose and salt.

It can almost be said that everyone’s daily necessities, including needles, threads and brains, are all available.

Each item had a price marked on it. Knowing that she might not be able to understand it, Zheng Zhixun even asked a yamen servant to explain to her how to exchange work points for each item.

For the first time, Liao Chunhua knew that she could exchange so many things for a month's work.

Both corn and flour were replaced by two large bags each, and it only took 60 work points.

I looked at my man who was still in the team. He had more work points than me, so I didn't have to worry about food for my family at all.

They didn't eat meat during the Chinese New Year, and their two children didn't know the taste of meat for a long time. They gritted their teeth and exchanged 10 work points for a big piece of fat meat.

When I get home, stir out all the oil. From now on, I can add a little to the soup every day to make it a little oily.

The leftover oil residue and home-grown wok can also be eaten with white bread dumplings.

There are only 28 work points left, and I have changed some things that can be used in life.

Seeing her hesitation, the yamen servant whispered: "It doesn't matter if you don't use it up. You can change it next month."

When I came today, I informed everyone to bring a basket or a backpack.

Liao Chunhua looked at her two baskets full of things at this time and nodded: "Then I'll change these."

Zheng Zhixun noted for her that there were 4 work points left, and then asked her: "Can you move it?"

"Yes! I have the strength!" After saying this, Liao Chunhua proudly picked up the two baskets with a pole, straightened her back, and returned to the team carrying the items.

"My God, I can change so many things!"

"Auntie, look at Chunhua Sister-in-law, I have exchanged my work points for meat. I also have work points. I will use my work points to exchange for meat!"

"Hey, if I had known earlier, I should have been smarter, but I have 20 less work points than Mrs. Chunhua!"

Yan Kai specially put Liao Chunhua first. Her work points were higher than those of many men. What she wanted was to show everyone what they could get in exchange for working hard for a month.

After Liao Chunhua, Chen Hong started to call out names one by one. After going up and pressing fingerprints to confirm their work points, a yamen servant took them to exchange things.

It wasn't until almost dark that everyone's work points were exchanged.

But no one left at this time, because Yan Kai said that he wanted everyone to stay.

Now everyone no longer dares to look down upon Yan Kai, a small county magistrate.

He who can make everyone eat well is everyone's god. Even if he is ten years younger, everyone will recognize him as the county magistrate.

Yan Kai shouted with a tin trumpet: "Everyone seems to have got what they want, how about it? Are you satisfied with this month's labor?"

"satisfy!"

Who dares to shout dissatisfaction at this time? The big man next to him would definitely turn around and kick him.

I’ve never heard of anyone being an official like this. Isn’t this satisfactory? I can't beat you to death!

"Okay, but we still have Easter eggs today!"

After saying this, Yan Kai remembered that no one knew what the Easter eggs were, and quickly continued: "We still have an award ceremony!"