Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

After eating and before going to work, Chang Xile took advantage of these hours to inquire about the situation here.

Although Chang Xixing was a bit dull, he completed the tasks assigned to him very seriously, and he would pay attention to the outside affairs every day, instead of just focusing on his work.

"The situation here is much better than I thought before. We have three meals a day! Although they are all hard dry food and stewed vegetables, we can manage our fill. The stewards are not strict, as long as they work hard, they will joke with us. Woolen cloth."

Although Chang Xixing is darker and thinner than before, he is still in good spirits, and so are the others.It seems that the imperial court is still quite kind in its handling of affairs this time, unlike in the past when people were not treated as human beings. Every time the corvee came back, the whole person seemed to be skinned. Sometimes people could not come back and died there.

Chang Xixing also explained clearly the number of people working here, as well as the number of managers, etc. There are two to 3000 people in this construction site, and ten people are in charge of the team. People are punished as the general manager, and the top is the fifth-rank imperial envoy sent by the imperial court.And there are hundreds of stewards, big and small. The chief steward and the chief steward are appointed by the imperial envoys, and the junior stewards are selected by the chief steward. All the chief steward of the ward will do.

In addition to these people, there are many officials sent by the Ministry of Industry, as well as soldiers and servants who defend them.

"Your cousin Xilu is the most capable. He was appointed as the junior steward not long after he arrived. Our senior steward said that if he performs well, he may be promoted to the chief steward in the future! The chief steward can be compared with the average person for a month. One hundred coins more. And the lord has made a rule, if the people in the area work the best and fastest, everyone can get fifty coins more, and the big manager can get one hundred coins more. The big guys are now Mou Zujin is doing it!"

Chang Xixing said very excitedly, his eyes were burning, and his whole body was full of energy.

Although everyone does not know whether the money will be distributed, but judging from the current situation, it is almost the same.

This time the imperial court is very generous, they can have enough food every day, and there is still a lot of rest time, so they will not let people work all the time.Some people used to work during their breaks in order to reward money, but they were fined!

The imperial envoy said that if you work when you shouldn't, you are stupid and lose money.People will get sleepy if they don't have a good rest, and they will become more and more tired and weak, and then they will return to poor work.If you fall ill, it will be a huge loss.

Hearing this, Chang Xile immediately felt that this imperial envoy was reliable. Not only would he not blindly squeeze, he knew how to cooperate with work and rest, distribute reasonably, and knew how to use the reward mechanism.

"Hearing what my elder brother said, this imperial envoy is not bad?"

Chang Xixing nodded again and again, "Everyone says luck is good, and when the officials come. Although the imperial envoy is strict, whoever does not agree with the work will be furious, but he is also kind. Like our second uncle, isn't he already 50 years old? I was assigned to do lighter work. There is also a doctor here, and if anyone is unwell, there will be a doctor to see the doctor! It is a hot day, and everyone is given herbal tea to relieve the heat before each work .Now everyone is talking, if the money is distributed this month, let the family brothers come over immediately. Working here is very exciting!"

The requirements of ordinary people here are very low. As long as they can get a little respect and fill their stomachs, they are very satisfied.

"How's the food for those big stewards?"

Because Chang Xilu is a small manager and he likes to be sociable, he knows a lot of things, and Chang Xixing also got a lot of news from him.

"I heard from Xilu that the food of the chief steward is much better than ours, but it still doesn't suit the taste of those chief stewards, and they all complain there. But what delicious food can be found in the deep mountains, I endure it. And most of them The steward and the general manager are all foreigners, and they are not acclimatized to vomiting and diarrhea. It is summer again, and I have no appetite. I have seen a general manager before, and he lost a lot of weight in just a few days. Standing in the shade of a tree, the supervisor didn't do any heavy work. By the way, the imperial envoy has lost a lot of weight."

Hearing this, Chang Xile felt better, asked a few more questions, and did not leave until the lunch break was over.

Chang Xile asked the strong man Chang Yu to take out the deer and goats that had been put in the shade before the big guys went to work.

Chang Xile and his party were about to go home after finishing their work, when a man who looked like a servant ran over.

"Sir, please wait."

There must be a lot of background for such a character to appear in this place.

Chang Xile had a calm attitude, "I don't know what's the matter with you?"

"I smelled a strong fragrance just now, but I don't know if it came from your place?"

Chang Xile didn't know who the other party was, but she replied nicely: "Yes, it's the food made by my mother. I want to comfort my hard-working brothers."

The boy nodded, "It's really pitiful for the parents of the world, but I don't know what it is just now, why is it so fragrant?"

"It's a snail and pig's trotter stew. Although it sounds like it won't be on the table, it tastes very good." Chang Xile introduced it generously, making the boy swallow his mouth wateringly.

"It's a pity that I can't taste it after hearing what my husband said."

Chang Xile smiled and said, "There should be a chance after a while."

The boy was puzzled, and Chang Xile told about his plan to do business.

The servant was surprised, "Why don't you feel... that it's wrong to do business at home?"

Chang Xile understood what he meant, "It's just that the farm produces and sells itself, and what's wrong with using your own labor to create wealth?"

The boy pondered for a moment, "What the gentleman said is true, but I didn't think it through."

As he spoke, he turned his eyes to the two prey on the carriage, "I don't know if the two wild animals on the carriage can be cut off?"

Chang Xile smiled secretly, this boy is really good at beating around the bush, and the obvious purpose is this thing, but he has been gossiping for so long.

"I'm very sorry, we keep this stuff for ourselves and don't sell it for money."

The boy suddenly lost his face, and begged: "Why don't you share a deer, as long as you only need one leg. My master is not acclimatized, and it doesn't taste good to eat here. He is so thin that he is out of shape. I think Find some good things to feed him."

Those who can be called masters here are either officials or at least Juren, and their social status is not low.According to Chang Xixing's words before Chang Xile contacted him, he guessed that Xiaosi might be a servant of the imperial envoy, no matter how bad he was, he was also a person close to the chief executive.In short, it will not be a simple character.

Chang Xile really wanted to go with the flow, he didn't ask this guy because the deer legs were good, and it might be good for the future business to let the other party know about them.

But this deer was shot by Chang Yu after all, he can't make his own opinion.Chang Yu is very domineering on weekdays, except for Chang Xile who does not allow others to contaminate his own things.That's why everyone was so surprised when he generously distributed the goat to someone other than Chang Xile.

Chang Xile was struggling here, and Chang Yu had already tore off the deer's leg with his bare hands and handed it to the boy.

The boy thanked him repeatedly, and handed the money to Chang Yu, "This money is not much, it's just a gift of thanks, sir, please don't dislike it."

As he spoke, as if he was afraid that Chang Xile and the others would go back on their word, he ran away in a flash.

Chang Yu directly stuffed the money from the boy to Chang Xile, as fast as if the money was hot.

Chang Xile looked at him and smiled knowingly, then patted his head, this child is so caring.He obviously doesn't understand anything, but he understands better than anyone else.

"Thank you little meow."

Chang Yu curled his body, nestled in Chang Xile's arms and let out a low hum, with a look of disapproval.Squinting his eyes lazily basking in the sun, he even took Chang Xile's hand to stroke the non-existent hair on his body.

Chang Xile went back and told everyone what happened on the construction site.Taoyuan Village knew the family he was visiting at the construction site today, and had been waiting there early, waiting for news.Want to know how my man/son/father is doing there.

If these people hadn't known that Chang Xile was going to visit with a scholar and a group of children, they would definitely let them bring things over according to their usual habits, fearing that the road would be inconvenient.

After hearing Chang Xile's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this might be a good job!

The people in the third room of Chang's family were even happier when they heard the news. In addition, there was a wild goat brought back by Chang Yu that night, so it seemed like a New Year's day.

And after such an incident, everyone felt that Chang Yu was not simple, and his usual attitude was more gentle, and even Mrs. Sun stopped nagging.

It's just that these Uncle Tigers didn't care at all, they were still sticking to Chang Xile's side as before.

Sure enough, as everyone expected, the money will be paid out after one month, and it's not a lot!There is even a reward of [-] Wen for a good job, and you can ask for leave to go home for a day.These people who went home told everyone about the situation on the construction site without reservation, which made a group of people very yearning.

The news spread to Taoyuan Village, and it was also boiling.There is a lot of surplus labor in Taoyuan Village, and there is still one or two months before the autumn harvest, so you can take advantage of this time to make a fortune!The most important thing this peasant family lacks is hard work, and the second group of people actually has twice as many people as the first group.

The Chang family's three-bedroom business also started at this time.

Because it was just the beginning, although Mrs. Wang was diligent and down-to-earth, she had never done business, and she was too honest, so Chang Xisheng and his wife were asked to set up a stall first.This was arranged by Father Chang. Although he doesn't like to take care of family affairs, he is like a mirror in his heart.

In addition to selling pig's trotters and snail stew, snail noodles and hot vegetables, there are also tea eggs and vegetable sour made by Chang Xile's sister-in-law.

Vegetable sour includes sour radish, pickled cucumber and cabbage sour. Although they are all pickled products, they are slightly different from other pickled vegetables.Vegetable sour is pickled with vinegar and sugar, and the time is not very long, depending on the pickled vegetables.Vegetable sour can be eaten directly without cooking or bibimbap.Most people use it as a snack, and it is also very delicious with rice porridge.

The taste is sweet and sour, very appetizing.It is very comfortable to eat in summer.

There is no chili here, so the taste Chang Xile asked her sisters-in-law to make is slightly different from the previous life, but everyone agrees that the taste is good.

Since vegetable sour requires vinegar and sugar, it's not cheap to make either.Fortunately, all the vegetables are grown at home, which also reduces a lot of costs.

Before dawn, Chang Xisheng's family drove the ox cart to the construction site.They agreed with the uncle's family that they will rent it in the future and paid the corresponding rent.If you just borrow it occasionally and pay it back, you have to borrow it every day, and you still use it for business. If you don’t give money, it’s a bit unreasonable.

On this day, everyone in the third room of the Chang family was very nervous, looking towards the entrance of the village from time to time, wanting to know how the business was going on the first day.No matter how good the plan was before, no matter how thoughtful the thought was, before the result came out, no one could feel at ease.

Even Father Chang and Chang Xile, who were usually the calmest, couldn't sit still. Although Father Chang said that if he lost money, he would learn a lesson, but he was not so relaxed in his heart.

In such anticipation, Chang Xisheng's family finally came back, and it was more than an hour earlier than expected, which made everyone in the family feel a little overwhelmed.

Why are you back now?

Chang Xile was the first to react, and hurried up to greet her, "Second brother, why are you back now? How is the business doing?"

As soon as he got closer, Chang Xile felt that he knew without asking, and Chang Xisheng laughed so hard that the corners of his mouth almost cracked to the roots of his ears.

"Uncle! It's a great sale! What we made is not enough to sell, we have to grab it later!" Xing'er jumped to Chang Xile's side very excitedly, and said cheerfully.

Others also gathered around, Grandma Sun was very excited when she heard this, "Myolie, is what you said true? Did you not lie to us?"

"Grandma! It's true, look at the bullock cart, all the pots and baskets are empty, there is not even a little bit of star foam left!" Xing'er's small face was flushed red from the sun, her eyes were shining, and she was very special. excitement.

Everyone saw that it was so.

Cao Ersao also looked excited at this time, but she was the most gossip, but she didn't care about gossiping today. She parked the ox cart and started yelling, "Tomorrow's snail rice noodles, eggs and vegetable sour are ready! Let's not Don't worry, hurry up and get it done, it will definitely sell better tomorrow!"

Although Chang Xile was happy, she was not so happy that she forgot, "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, you just came back, let's talk after a while."

Mrs. Cao wanted to say something else, but Father Chang said: "Your mother and the others have prepared those things, and you have been tired all day, so forget about these things. You can wash up and talk about today's situation later. .Also, the money hasn’t been counted yet, and I don’t know if this business will succeed, so don’t get carried away.”

As soon as this was said, the big guy's mood eased a little, but at this moment, Chang Xisheng said something, which made everyone explode again.

"Father, mother, fifth brother, do you know who came to eat at our stall today?" Chang Xisheng asked with a mysterious face, but before everyone guessed, he couldn't resist breaking the news himself. "The imperial envoy sent his personal servants to our stall to buy food!"