Stingy Husband Farming

Song Bai originally planned to buy the mountain.There are red mushrooms on the mountain. Although red mushrooms cannot be cultivated artificially, other fungi can.The Song family's food business was originally doing some mountain products and medicinal materials business by the way, so they don't have to worry about sales, and they can make a sure profit if they buy the mountains.

He had this plan last year, and buying the mountain has always been in his plan.

Shen Qingshan was stunned: "Why did you buy the mountain?" I don't understand why the topic suddenly shifted to buying the mountain.

"When I come back this time, I just want to open a workshop in the village and help everyone get rich together." Song Bai said: "Now everyone can't afford to eat. I thought, I will buy the mountain in the village and get the money Uncle Qingshan First use it to resettle the folks."

The mountains, fields, and homesteads near Shenjiatun are all bought and sold by the village head, Shen Qingshan.Settlement with the Yamen is done once a year, and in some places, it is handed over every six months or once a quarter.If there is a large transaction, it can also be handed over to the Yamen immediately.

In other words, if Shen Qingshan is more courageous, the money can be temporarily used for turnover.Even villages in some places will use the money to put loan sharks.It's just that Shen Qingshan is a decent person, and he never used it once.

"Of course, it's not for nothing that Uncle Qingshan pays for the resettlement of the folks. Whoever spends money on the house and how much rice they pay, write it down. When my workshop starts up, I will come to work in my workshop, and the money I get will be repaid. Return it." Song Bai arranged the rest of the matter.

Shen Qingshan was a little tempted, but also a little hesitant: "I... this matter is quite big, I will discuss it with the villagers."

Song Bai nodded: "Whether this matter can be done or not, I will buy mountains and open workshops. I will be able to contact a batch of grain in a few days, and the price will be calculated according to the Taiping years. Uncle Qingshan think about it."

Shen Qingshan was refreshed for a while.In this world, food has doubled or tripled.Song Bai was able to contact the price during the Taiping period!

"Xiao Song, you are really a great benefactor of our village!" Shen Qingshan was already tempted: "I will go to the clan elders to discuss it!"

"No hurry." Song Bai said, "Tomorrow, Xiaomu and I will bring Auntie and Xiaomu's grandparents back together. Uncle Qingshan will tell me the result when the time comes."

Having said that, Shen Qingshan hurriedly went to call the clan elders for a meeting, while Shen Mu and Song Bai walked around the village.

Today's village is not half as big as it used to be.However, Shen Mu's attention was not on other things, but on the ancestral hall.

Fortunately, the ancestral hall was not submerged by mountain torrents.And because it was struck by lightning once before, the ancestral hall is completely new and has not been eroded by the heavy rain.

Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it's not a year or festival at this time, I can't go in to have a look, but knowing that Boss Shen's tablet is still good, I finally feel at ease.

After seeing the ancestral hall, the two went to the ancestral graves of the Shen family.Probably Shen Qingshan and others renovated it later, the cemetery is quite neat, and it can be seen that the excavation has been renovated.

Shen Mu found Boss Shen's grave, pulled out the grass growing on the grave, and wiped the tombstone clean: "Father, I will bring my mother back to see you in a few days."

The trip back to the village ahead of time was also due to Shen Mu's intention to explore the way.He was really afraid that the ancestral hall would also be flooded, and that Boss Shen's memorial tablet was missing...Although he would be very sad, it was an unacceptable blow to Mrs. Liu.

Fortunately... the ancestral hall and the ancestral tomb seem to be in good condition now.After watching this, the two bowed to Boss Shen's tombstone, then left the village and went back to the post station.

"Are you really going to buy a mountain?" Shen Mu looked back three times at a step, sometimes looking at the village and sometimes at the mountain.

"If you don't buy it now, when will you wait?" Song Bai smiled slightly: "Buying a house today is much cheaper than in Taiping years. Mountainous land is worthless, so it must be able to lower the price even more."

"But now everyone can't eat enough and has no strength to work." There are only two of them, so do they rely on the two of them to work after buying the mountain?

"Mountains can't run away. If you buy them first, you won't lose money even if you leave them idle for a year or two." Besides, they must be idle.

Now the people in the village can't get enough to eat, so they live by eating the grass roots and bark of the mountains. Even if they buy the mountains, it is impossible to cut off the livelihood of others.

Shen Mu thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it: "I don't understand these things, I just listen to you. Don't think it's bothering me to ask this and that."

"How come, if you don't understand, just ask me, and I will teach you everything!"

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Shen Yuer returned home with a basket.The second aunt and grandma, who usually came to check the basket in a hurry, were sitting on the kang at the moment, frowning: "You said they really wanted to come back and kicked us out, what should we do, it's only been a few days Tianan has a birthday..." The house is very nice, spacious and bright, and the roof made of tiles is not afraid of water leakage when it rains.Even if four people live in one room, it is not too crowded.Changing to someone else's house to borrow, there is absolutely no such good condition.

Although at the request of Shen Qingshan, the villagers must help each other to tide over the difficulties, but people are selfish, they must live in good houses by themselves, and lend poor houses to others.

Shen Yu'er interjected: "Shen Mu has already left, I saw it with my own eyes." They will not be driven out for the time being.

"Really?" Feng Lanhua hurriedly asked, feeling a little more at ease: "Well, even if they leave now, they will come back sooner or later." This house is not worth thinking about.

Shen Yu'er found a bench and sat down. She lowered her head and picked up the wild vegetables and bark in the basket, and brushed off the soil carefully. After a while, she said in a muffled voice, "Mother, Second Aunt, Shen Mu has gotten rich, right?"

Shen admired that outfit today, which really made them envious.

Feng Lanhua snorted: "He has climbed to Gao Zhier. I don't know why he got lucky and married a rich man... I don't know if he is a child for others. If he is a good family, he can marry a rich man. Is the little brother a righteous king?"

Zhou Qiaoniang said: "Shouldn't it? Don't talk about Zhengjun, I remember that man married into their family! It was the marriage certificate signed by the village head, and he was the witness of the marriage. Before Shen's second son was alive, he wanted to sell Shen. Mu, let people come to snatch the marriage, didn't the village head show all the marriage certificates?"

The women in the room gossiped about the past.Shen Yu'er pulled the calloused skin on her fingers, and stared at the vegetables in the basket in a daze: These are all people born and raised in the same village, so why do they have different fates?

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Shen Qingshan didn't delay much, and immediately called the clan elders in the village to discuss the matter, and everyone felt that this method was feasible.To put it bluntly, Shen Qingshan is the only person who takes the risk in this matter, others can only enjoy the benefits, how can there be any reason not to agree?

Shen Qingshan asked his younger brother to take the big gong from the village and ring it in the middle of the village.This is a way for the village chief to summon the whole village when there is something important to say.

It didn't take long for the whole village to crowd over, with obvious joy on their faces: they all knew that Shen Mu and his husband-in-law came back today.

The last time Shen Mu's husband came back, he gave Shen Qingshi 50 taels of silver, saving the lives of the whole village!This time when Shen Mu comes back, there will be good things again, right?

Shen Qingshan explained the situation: "When the time comes, we will go door-to-door to distribute food by head, but we must also sign a document, and we will have to pay back the money in the future."

Most people are happy and satisfied, but there are also one or two discordant voices: "...why do you want to pay it back?"

Shen Qingshan stared: "If you don't pay it back, you want to eat free food?"

The man shrank his neck, and his voice was a little weaker: "Isn't it all for free last time...their family is so rich..." So rich, let them pay it back?

With the previous experience of eating free food, it is inevitable that some people will become big-hearted and think too much.

Song Bai would propose such a solution instead of directly subsidizing it, because he was afraid that some people who were used to promoting kindness and fighting against each other would come.

"No matter how rich someone is, it's theirs, so what's your business?" Shen Qingshan spit at him on the spot: "That's the thing, you have to pay back the money later, if you don't want to pay it back, you don't have to participate."

The man immediately fell silent.This matter is obvious, even if they exchange money, they take advantage of it.He's not stupid if he doesn't take advantage of the bastard.

He just...wanted to take advantage of it.

Someone asked weakly, "Isn't it considered interest?"

Nowadays, there are still many people in the countryside who are struggling to make money in the country. They can borrow money, but the interest is very high.If the interest rate comes down, the land for the next few decades will be planted for the creditors.

"No interest." Shen Qingshan paused: "Xiao Song said that he will open a workshop in the village in the future, and everyone can also work in his workshop to pay off the debt."

After all, the money was not borrowed from Song Bai, but from Shen Qingshan.Song Bai bought the mountain and gave the money to Shen Qingshan. Shen Qingshan then used the money to exchange grain with Song Bai and lent it to the villagers.

The villagers went to work, and Song Bai gave Shen Qingshan the wages paid to pay off the debt.

Shen Qingshan has always been an upright person, and for the sake of the villagers, he will not charge interest.The risks are also taken silently.

After saying this, many people breathed a sigh of relief.In the eyes of the villagers, strength does not cost money, and if you can use strength to pay for money, you can make a lot of money.

Early the next morning, Shen Mu's family drove back to Shenjiatun in a carriage rented from the post station.

The old man Shen and his wife felt that they would be superior to the villagers in the future, so they took out the clothes that Song Bai bought for them in Xing'an County to change into, and complained: "Xiao Song said at that time that he would tailor it for us. The trip was delayed." Otherwise, wouldn't the tailor-made clothes be more decent?

Song Bai: "..."

But seeing that they were well dressed, Song Bai also urged Shen Mu and Liu Shi to put on good clothes.

Mrs. Liu was quite uncomfortable: "Usually, I like nice clothes, but when I go back to the village, I always feel awkward wearing them. We have been in the same village for so many years, who doesn't know who?"

Song Bai coaxed: "This proves that you are living a good life. When you go back to the village this time, you don't want dad to see, are you doing well?"

More importantly..."This limelight can't let them all out."

The clothes are sometimes worn for others to see.Others will judge your status based on your clothes.

If the villagers really thought that the old man Shen and his wife had a high status in Song Bai's heart, they would inevitably give them a chance to pretend to be powerful.

Song Bai told Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu and Xiao Liu: "You also put on new clothes." After buying them, Song Bai bought two sets of clothes for them.Not great, but better than new.

In this way, the clothes of the old man Shen and his wife became much more ordinary in an instant.Only then did Song Bai set off contentedly to open the way.

A group of people are driving a carriage, which can be said to be a return home.