Little Zhuangtou and the Great General

029

Wu Liu left early the next morning, and the steward was busy all night, drawing up detailed labor recruitment rules, which were posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the village at dawn.

The labor recruitment is calculated on the basis of short-term wages. Every time a terrace is completed, the settlement will be calculated according to the number of working days. On the premise of quality assurance, there will be rewards for the construction period in advance.Each person records the number of working days per day. Those who arrive late and leave early, or leave midway, are not counted as working on the day. Those who are perfunctory and lazy, will deduct the full wages, and those who delay the construction period will also deduct the full wages.Lunch is provided every day when working, and two meals in the morning and evening are self-sufficient.

This kind of labor recruitment conditions is not bad even in the peaceful and prosperous times, let alone the current troubled times, the farmers are so happy to go home and make arrangements.

Now that it is approaching the rainy season, the seedlings in the paddy fields can be planted in a day. After the seedlings are planted, there is no need for strong labor in the fields. It is enough to send some thin women and children to take care of the fields.Therefore, each household quickly reported the number of people to the steward, and many old farmers volunteered, begging the steward to open the mountain, and let them go into the mountain to survey the terrain first.

The traces of the salt sellers walking in the mountain had long been eliminated, so the steward quickly opened the sidewalk, and there was a request for them to find the stone, soil and other materials needed for repairing the field while surveying the terrain.

The materials needed to build terraced fields can be obtained locally from the mountains. The stone materials can be excavated from the mountains, or large pebbles from the streams can be used.The material is not a problem, but the problem is the man-hours spent on handling, and the manager immediately saves the cost.

Although the farmers have seen the intention of managing things, the nature of the people in the mountains is still simple after all, and they have already taken advantage of the wages, so they don't care about it. up.

The weather is beautiful. Once the rainy season is over, the weather clears up. The sky is blue, the sun is shining brightly, and the temperature is rising slowly. The experienced farmers immediately made a judgment that it is summer and they can build terraced fields.

Shen Miao was very happy. A few days ago, the steward handed over to Shen Miao the hilltops that the old farmers had reported back one after another for reclamation of terraced fields, and attached a simple map of Zhang Zhuangzi for him to mark and count one by one. Shen Miao marked the terraced fields at the same time , also calculated the planting areas of tea, mulberry, bamboo, and wood crops, and designed a more scientific planting system for Zhuangzi.

The steward then replied to the old farmers with Shen Miao's collocation, and the old farmers were overjoyed again, which meant that the mountain land available for them would further increase. As long as the problems of tea seedlings and mulberry saplings were solved, their future would not be very useful. sad.

On this day, the construction of the first terraced field officially started. Before dawn, the farmers all went out to the destination, and Shen Miao did the same.The scab on his body has fallen off, leaving a faint red mark, as long as he continues to apply plaster, it will disappear soon, so the steward allowed him to go out.

Duo'er and Xiaohua also stayed aside early.

After the recruitment, the labor force of each family was no longer oversubscribed, and many of the former part-time workers in Biezhuang returned home one after another. Older children like Azhu, the big girl, were also called home to take care of the fields.

Due to the large number of children in the family, Duo'er will not return if she is not missing.Xiaohuaniang is a skilled tailor in the village, who specializes in making some fashionable clothes that peasants can't make. Now it's a mess outside, and the new styles can't be passed on. Shen Miao, on the other hand, always has clothes brought back by Wu Liu when he comes back. , just to be used as a reference, after obtaining Shen Miao's consent, Xiao Hua Niang asked Xiao Hua to stay, and took the time to sketch some appearances after tidying up the house.

Now there are two little girls, one is moving, the other is still, one is responsible for accompanying Shen Miao to go out, and the other is staying at home.

Shen Miao didn't sleep all night, and immediately got up when Duoer and Xiaohua came in, dressed and washed himself, then sat in front of the dressing table and asked Xiaohua to comb his hair.

Normally, Shen Miao was not so serious, and often tied up her hair casually, as long as it was strong enough.But today is different, there will be a mountain worship ceremony before the start of work, Shen Miao is the second only to Wu Liu in the village, Wu Liu is not there, the matter of leading the incense and worshiping the mountain falls on him, and the clothes and hair style have to be changed. More serious than usual.

Xiaohua is worthy of being the daughter of a craftsman family, her aesthetics is higher than that of ordinary dealers, and her hands are also dexterous. The clothes she matched and the hair she combed were much more beautiful than ordinary ones.

Duo'er stood aside and was stunned: "Young master is so beautiful, like... like a fairy descending to earth."

Shen Miao couldn't help shaking her head, and nodded Do'er's head: "Little fool, you have never seen a fairy, why are you the same?"

"I heard what mother said." Duo'er rubbed his head and smiled.

Shen Miao shook her head helplessly, stood up and took a photo, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she called Duoer: "Let's go."

Doer smiled and followed.

The first terraced field is in the northwest of the plain where the Biezhuang is located. Walk up a winding stream and you will arrive soon.An altar has been set up at the foot of the mountain, on which there are pieces of meat, white goose, and rice crackers, all pasted with red paper and lit with red rouge.

Zhang, Chen, Liu, and Li, four old farmers, as the most respected in the village, are responsible for hosting and libretto.Seeing Shen Miao arriving from a distance, he hurried to meet him.

Shen Miao hurriedly quickened her pace, and said apologetically, "Thank you for the long wait."

"Mr. Shen is polite, it's not too long to wait before the time comes." Old man Zhang said with a smile, leading Shen Miao to the altar.

At three o'clock, with the sound of nine firecrackers, the sacrifice officially began. Zhang and Chen, two old farmers, sang some songs that Shen Miao could not understand in ancient dialects.

Seeing this, old man Liu whispered in Shen Miao's ear: "This is passed down from the hands of the elders. Tell the mountain god that we are going to open up mountains and open up fields. Please forgive us and bless us by the way."

Shen Miao nodded.

Not long after, the libretto was finished, old man Zhang lit three sticks of incense with his own hands, and offered them to Shen Miao: "Mr. Shen, please."

Shen Miao took it and asked with a smile, "What do I need to say?"

"What we want to say, we have already told the mountain god, the young master can just pick up some auspicious words."

Shen Miao respectfully bowed to Shansan, then knelt on the futon and kowtowed three times: "It is a meritorious thing to open up mountains and fields, so please forgive me for disturbing the mountain gods. In the future, the people will be rich and stable, and we will offer incense."

After the words fell, the morning sun, which was still hidden in the morning glow, suddenly jumped out of the clouds, shining golden light on the altar, as if responding to Shen Miao's words.

The old farmers were overjoyed, this was a good omen, and hurriedly led all the villagers to kneel and kowtow.

After the ceremony, the farmer started working immediately, the strips of meat and the white goose were put aside, they were bought with money from the Biezhuang, the steward asked Shen Miao what he meant, if he wanted to take them home to eat?Eating food that has been invited to the Bodhisattva is a very good thing.

Shen Miao shook her head: "No need, cut it up for lunch, let's eat together."

The farmers were cheered up when they heard it. They have been poor for the past few years, and many of them didn’t even eat a piece of meaty white goose during Chinese New Year.You can eat a bite on the first day of work. Don't mention how motivated everyone is, they just started working after shouting.

Do'er found a clean place for Shen Miao to sit on, picked up a few stones, set up a simple fire, and roasted a rice cracker: "Master, here, breakfast." Duo'er said with a smile.

Shen Miao took the rice cracker and smiled incredulously. The rice cracker is a small round cake made of glutinous rice flour, and the inside is filled with red bean paste. It is a must-cook food for every important event in the mountains.The reason why it is unbelievable is that until the time Shen Miao lived in, many mountainous areas still kept this tradition. He liked to eat this most when he was a child, and he could eat it directly after it was ready, and after a few days it could be grilled in a pan, or put on charcoal directly. Baked on the basin to eat.

One bite, it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, sweet and glutinous, Shen Miao was so excited that she almost screamed, it was so delicious, it was the taste in her memory.

Do'er quickly baked another one for Shen Miao. Shen Miao really wanted to eat it again, but she also knew that glutinous rice was stagnant, so she said, "You eat it, I've had enough."

When Duoer heard this, he immediately started to eat happily, and there was a sound of saliva behind Shen Miao. He looked back, and saw a group of sallow, emaciated children in patched clothes all looking at Duoer with envy.

Shen Miao smiled and said to Do'er, "Let's share the rest of the rice crackers with them."

The children cheered immediately.

Duo'er hurriedly ate what was in his hands, and ran over to bring the rest. The children rushed up to ask for it, and Shen Miao hurriedly said: "Come one by one, don't worry, even if you don't want to arrive, go back to Biezhuang, I'll ask Aunt Zhang to make some more."

The children were even happier when they heard that, and while they lined up, they thanked Shen Miao repeatedly: "Brother Immortal is so kind."

"..." Shen Miao couldn't help but touch her forehead, why is she a god again?

In the evening of that day, Monk Gu rode his horse and galloped back to the Biezhuang. While bringing the Immortal Grass, he changed his usual laughing manner and talked with the steward very seriously, and the steward also had a solemn expression on his face.

After the conversation, Monk Gu got on his horse and left immediately. Before leaving, he specially told Shen Miao: "Three waters, don't go out recently, the refugees may arrive earlier."

The author has something to say: The transition chapter is really terrible, 5555, the author will speed up the TAT tomorrow