Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

After the heads of the four tenant farmers introduced the situation of their families respectively, the Ya people looked at the expressions of Father Liang and the others, and stepped forward to drive the four families out, leaving room for the Liang family so that they could Think for yourself which three households will be settled in the end.

If Yaren was allowed to choose by himself, he would be more inclined to the first family of the Zhou family, the second family of the Bai family and the fourth family of the Hu family.

The reason is simple. The Zhou family can weave things out of bamboo, the Bai family can read, and the Zhu family and the Hu family are not very different, but the Zhu family introduced that they can raise livestock. For the Liang family, their craft is not very useful. , on the contrary, it is better to look at the honest Hu family.

However, the guests often have their own considerations, and they are not the ones who can completely guess their minds. As long as the guests don't ask them to help make up their minds, they will not take the initiative to express their ideas.

Several tenant farmers walked out with different attitudes. The Bai family was the most confident, as if they were sure that they could be selected, and walked in the front with their heads held high. Both the Zhou family and the Zhu family were a little uneasy. Nothing was affected.

Liang's father and Liang Kangsheng saw their appearance, and they didn't discuss it until they all walked out.

Father Liang thought about it for a while, and said his thoughts: "I think the Zhou family is not bad, and the Zhu family has to think about it."

The Liang family is recruiting tenant farmers for the first time. There is nothing on the other side of the field, and the houses for the tenant farmers have to be newly built. Having a family who knows how to make crafts can save some work. At least many household items can let them find their own way. Do.

As for the fact that the Zhu family was considered because the Liang family had livestock to raise, and they already had cows and mules, it was not clear whether they would raise these two kinds of livestock.

In fact, the Liang family has such a large piece of fertile land. It is best to find someone to raise pigs or chickens. Pig manure and chicken manure are good fertilizers. If you want the food produced in the field to be good, you have to make the land fertile. , otherwise the variety will be barren for two years, and no good food can be grown.

When tidying up this barren field before, Qu Erniu even made a special trip to ask Liang's father to find someone to buy manure. This thing is very popular, that is, when they tidied up the field, it was not the season for topdressing, otherwise it would not be so easy to buy.

"Well, I think so too." Liang Kangsheng nodded, "As for the Bai family and the Hu family, what do you think?"

Just now Liang Kangsheng paid attention to his father's expression, and felt that his father seemed more satisfied with the Bai family. He had different ideas about this, but he could listen to what his father had to say first.

Father Liang originally wanted to hear his son's thoughts, but the boy kicked the words to him, and he simply said: "The Bai family is literate, and it doesn't seem like they will make trouble for no reason. I think their hands and feet are quite big. He should be a good hand at work, I think the Bai family is not bad."

Father Liang hid one thing and did not say that if the Bai family was illiterate, he would be more inclined to choose the Hu family. After all, they recruited tenant farmers to work at home. Relatively speaking, the Hu family looked more in line with Liang's family. Father's previous vision.

"It's true that the Bai family doesn't seem like that kind of thoughtful people, but they are inevitably a little more arrogant because they are literate." Liang Kangsheng guessed that his father would prefer to choose the Bai family, and he also thought about what he should say about himself. It means, "If the Bai family, Zhou family, and Zhu family are put together, they may not get along well with each other."

Not to mention the sharecroppers, if the ordinary country people are literate, although they will not be as highly praised as scholars, they will stand out from the people around them because of this. It is obvious that the Bai family is very proud of their literacy, which makes them long Getting along with the Zhou family and the Zhu family, even if there is no conflict, it is difficult to get along well.

What Liang Kangsheng considered was that the three tenant farmers recruited back by their family could work with peace of mind. They didn't live in the same village since they were young, and they were not familiar with each other. good.

There is another point that Liang Kangsheng didn’t say, in his opinion, literacy is not a great talent. The country people are illiterate. The second reason why children go out to study is because there are few private schools in the countryside, and they can't find a place to study if they want to.

Besides, the old man of the Hu family said that he can grow rice is not a lie. Nearly half of the land of the Liang family may be used to grow glutinous rice in the future. trouble.

After listening to Liang Kangsheng's words, Liang's father gradually came to his senses. Literacy is not as special as what the head of the Bai family said. Those who work in the Liang family, even rough servants, know how to write their own names, let alone follow Liang's family. Liang Mao, the housekeeper next to his father, and Liang Duodao and Liang Duogu who had studied with Liang Kangsheng for three hundred thousand years.

Not only did Liang's father be persuaded successfully, Qu Yi and Zhuang's also felt that what he said made sense, and the family of four unanimously agreed to choose Zhou's, Zhu's and Hu's.

Even if the Zhu family's land farming is a little bit poor, he can still grow those crops that are easy to feed, and raise pigs by the way.

After the discussion, the father of Liang told the results to the people, which surprised the people. This family did not choose the Bai family. Of course, he would not ask anything because of his quality, so he helped sign the contract. Then I went to the government to stamp the seal, and I got the fee of one and a half taels of silver.

With the seal of the government, it means that the record is filed with the government. Not only does the Liang family not have to worry about the tenants stealing grain and running away halfway, making them unable to find people, but the tenants also don’t have to worry about them. It is good for both parties to turn their faces and deny people.

The few families who learned that they had been selected by the Liang family couldn't believe it. It wasn't until they followed the Liang family's carriage to the Liang family that they realized that something had really happened, and something good had happened to them.

After all, one of the four households was literate, and they all felt that they were likely to be the ones who would lose the election. They chatted with each other just now, worrying that if they were selected, they would not be as good as the Bai family to please the master.

Standing outside Liang's house, looking at the fields full of grain, the three families have a sense of reality.

When they got home, they got out of the carriage and tidied up, and left the households outside for a while before Father Liang came out: "Now the grain has been planted in these fields, and we only need to wait until next month and later to harvest the grain. My calf and mule are already half grown, and they will be distributed to your three families to raise separately, and there is another important thing waiting for you to do this month."

What Liang's father said was to build a house for them. It is impossible for them to temporarily live in the outer courtyard like Qu Daniu, Qu Erniu and others, and live together with the Liang family. Guard the crops on the edge of the place where they live.

The Liang family will provide the things needed to build the house. Before the house is built, they can temporarily live in the outer courtyard of the Liang family. One thing to note is that they must take good care of the fields at home during the house construction.

In addition, Liang's father also explained that because they were not there when the grain was planted, they could only share one-third of the crops in the field after they were harvested.

This is the case with tenant farmers. Unlike long-term laborers who specify how much they are paid for a month's work, and unlike slaves who do not need to be paid for their work or only give a small amount of rewards, tenant farmers distribute the food after harvesting the food.

How much food can be distributed in the end depends on whether they are lazy during the year, and also depends on whether God is willing to let everyone have enough food.

It is not yet time to distribute grain, and the tenant farmers eat only the grain they bring, and if it is not enough, they can ask the host for credit.

Now the remaining food of their households is still tight enough to last for about two months, and they can wait until the sweet potatoes in the field are harvested, so they have no plans to borrow food from Liang's family for the time being.

On the day they arrived at Liang’s house, several tenant farmers worked together to start work. The Liang’s house prepared tiles for the roof and a few pieces of wood for beams and columns. After making mud bricks, dry them in the shade to build walls.

The Zhou family knows how to build a house and knows more about house building than the other two families, so they asked him to lead the other two families together. They felt that the Liang family was kind and they knew that the house was for their own family. They cherished this opportunity and worked very well. Active and conscientious, with many people and strong strength, the yellow mud bricks needed to build the house were broken within two days.

Then start laying the foundation. The foundation is so strong that the rain will not soften the ground, and there are tiles on it to keep out the rain. The house built in this way will not be a problem to live in for more than ten years.

At this time, it showed the benefits of not having the Bai family work. Maybe they would not want to be with other people because of their literacy. After all, judging from their previous attitude, they really looked down on the other three families.

Zhuang Laoli was busy building the house, and the woman, brother and half-old children became the main force working in the field. The five-year-old would go to the fields with their adults to help pull weeds and watch the children of several families. They were all thin and short, Zhuang couldn't bear it again, but she was afraid that she might do something wrong, so she asked Qu Yi to discuss it together.

Qu Yi felt that there was no harm in mother-in-law's soft-heartedness. He was probably looking forward to the arrival of his and Liang Kangsheng's children in his heart, and he felt sorry for these sensible and obedient children. To fill their stomachs with something to eat, they can't eat much when they are small. Steaming a pot of steamed buns can last the children for a day or two, and making it once every four or five days is enough.

It is not good to use fine and expensive ingredients to cook food for them. Coarse grains and miscellaneous grains are the most suitable, so that those children dare to eat them. This is the experience Zhuang learned from Qu Jiawang.

Mrs. Zhuang still remembers that Qu Jiawang was very cautious at the beginning, and then slowly let go. Seeing the child grow taller under her care, Mrs. Zhuang felt a sense of accomplishment. Unfortunately, now that there are tenant farmers, Qu Jiawang's child might not come to Liang's house again, Zhuang occasionally worried about whether the child would have enough to eat when he went back.