Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

"You are eating me out of money, little boy. That's it. If someone's child can't go to school in the future, you can make the same arrangement. It can also reduce the burden on the family."

Jia Zhenye said, thinking for a moment, "The girls who don't go to school can also be arranged in the same way. There are fewer people in the village now, so all the labor can be put to use."

"Second uncle, you really are a skinning landlord." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"Bah, the landlord is doing it for his own family, who am I doing this for? I don't have a penny in my pocket." Jia Zhenye said.

Families with many children are very happy to hear this, as it reduces the pressure a lot.

"Second brother? How do we calculate the money for these children?" a villager asked.

"How else can we calculate it? We can't just divide it in half if we compare it to the adults. It's hard to calculate the difference between the older and younger children."

Jia Zhenye said while counting on his fingers.

"Uh, second uncle, what about Qinjia Village? Will they agree?" Jia Dongxu asked with a smile.

Jia Zhenye glared and said, "I'll clear the way here. If Qin Dahe doesn't know what to do, I'll beat him to death."

"This vegetable field is the hard work of our two villages. No one can mess with it."

"Old Jia, why don't you come to my Qinjia Village and be the village chief?"

Qin Dahe walked over and said.

"What? Do you think I don't dare?" Jia Zhenye glared and pointed at the empty space not far away. "Don't blame me for not leaving any space for your village. The space over there belongs to your Qinjia Village."

"Bah, you took the good location and left the bad one to me." Qin Dahe said with a smile, "Do you really want to demolish the current house and rebuild it here?"

That direction happened to be Qinjia Village, so there was no question of whether to stay or not, and the two of them just chatted a few words out of habit.

"Is it not working or what?" Jia Zhenye said, "Anyway, there is not enough land now, and there is no land that can be cultivated. We might as well dig up all the land and plant it. This way, the grown-up kids will have land to plant."

"Okay, how do we build these houses? We have to build dozens of houses at once, we won't be able to handle it." Qin Dahe said with a bitter face.

"Why are you so sad? If one year doesn't work, then two years. I don't believe that we can't finish building the houses in two years."

"Okay, you're awesome!"

Qin Dahe smiled and said, "Brother Jia, why don't you help me see what's going on in our village?"

"Don't get close to me. I don't have time to deal with you."

Jia Zhenye said angrily, "I've never seen you so polite before."

"What else can we do? Why don't you just follow me and learn. If you can't learn it, just help us mark out the land. I guarantee you'll learn it once you start."

"Okay, I'll go now." Qin Dazhuang walked over with a smile and squeezed aside a man from Jiajia Village who was pulling the wire.

"Come here, old man, I'll teach you first, you take a rest."

"Bah, get out of the way! We're almost at my house!" said the man who was pushed away.

Qin Dahe said with a smile, "Then please get out of the way and I'll give you more."

"Qin Dahe, if you're causing trouble, get out of here!"

Jia Zhenye was cursing behind him.

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"Second uncle, are all the people in Qinjia Village so... simple?"

Jia Dongxu said, pointing at Qin Dahe who was drawing a line with someone not far away.

"Well, that guy isn't stupid. It's not unfair to Qinjia Village if he follows me."

Jia Zhenye said, looking at Jia Dongxu, pointing at the people who were marking out the land and reclaiming the land on the hilltop, "In the village, it's not enough to have one person who is capable, it's enough to motivate everyone to be capable."

"We have so few people in this village that we can't accomplish these things." Jia Zhenye said with a smile, "If we don't bring this guy with us, we won't be able to accomplish these things."

Jia Dongxu was listening on the side. It seemed that there was a reason why Jia Zhenye became the village chief. It was estimated that many people would find it difficult to do so.

"Uncle, where should the pig farm be built? Have you chosen a location?" Jia Dongxu thought for a while and asked. He came here to raise pigs, not to build a house.

"Call a few boys and girls aged fifteen or sixteen, and I will teach them how to raise pigs. They will be the first batch of people in the pig farm in the future." Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

Jia Zhen smiled and nodded. This was also his idea. It would not be good to take up too much of Mr. Li’s time to raise pigs, so it would be better to use young people.

"Okay, I'll arrange it later. The pig house has already been built in the leeward direction, and it doesn't take many people to build a house."

"Yes, we must leave enough land. We should do it on a scale of 3000 heads." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"3000? How much will that cost?" Jia Zhenye said in surprise, and then he laughed. If this succeeded, the village would be like two villages with each family having five or six pigs.

"It won't happen overnight. In the past few years, we can raise at most 1000 pigs," said Jia Dongxu. "If we take good care of the 15 gilts, in seven or eight years, we can buy some pigs from outside and raise 1000 pigs."

"Okay, then it will depend on you as the director of the pig farm." Jia Zhenye said with a smile.

"Ah? Are you serious? I still have to go to work in the city." Jia Dongxu said, pulling Qin Huairu, "Can you bear to see me and my wife separated?"

"Well, you don't have to come every day, just come once a week on the weekends, right?"

"No, it takes 7 or hours to go back and forth. Last time I rode my bike back and forth, my legs were sore for a week." Jia Dongxu said angrily. If he had to do this every week in the future, it would be fatal.

"I don't care. You have to come no matter what. You are the factory director." Jia Zhenye said as he handed the appointment letter written at the steel rolling mill to Jia Dongxu.

"I have handed you the appointment letter. The piggery is also being built. It's okay for the two villages to take over the construction of the piggery, right?"

Jia Zhenye smiled and said, "Also, your salary means I will provide you with food when you come back."

"No, second uncle, am I so cheap? Just a few meals?" Jia Dongxu said speechlessly.

Jia Zhenye spread his hands and said, "You don't have to eat. Anyway, I don't have money. Nowadays, everyone can't even afford to eat."

"It will be fine once this winter is over. The vegetables we grow this winter will improve everyone's living standards." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Jia Zhenye thought for a while and said, "Dongxu, it's not easy to farm in winter. There are two problems to solve. First, the water freezes in winter, and second, fertilizer is a problem."

"If there is no water, then we can break the ice and use it to irrigate the fields when it melts." Jia Dongxu thought for a while, "If there is not enough fertilizer, we can dig mud from the river to fill the gap."