The happy little days of the Ye family

When I got up the next day, the rain had lightened up a lot, and the dark clouds in the sky had also dissipated.

Although it is still raining lightly, the sky is much clearer. It is estimated that it will clear up after a day or two of light rain.

Breakfast is corn pumpkin porridge and corn pancakes, which is the most common breakfast in the Ye family.

Now that the children are older, the youngest Ye Xilin is 11 years old, so Mrs. Ye does not boil eggs for the children.

It was still raining and he couldn't go out to set up a stall. Mr. Ye took his father and Ye Donglin to Xiaohoushan together.

Ye Donglin will be 15 years old in half a year. At the age of 15, he is an adult. It is time to learn to take care of things at home and be a responsible man.

On the way, Mr. Ye briefly told Ye Donglin about the need to hire permanent workers at home, and explained the stakes to Ye Donglin clearly.

"The fertility of newly opened paddy fields in wasteland is low, and the yield in the first few years is not high. If we rely on the output of paddy fields to support long-term workers, it will definitely not be enough."

"Fortunately, we still have two hills at home. The mushrooms, bamboo shoots, honeysuckle and jujube trees on the hills are also worth some money. With these mountain products, it is more than enough to support these long-term workers."

"If we look at it in the long run, even if there are no hills, these newly opened paddy fields will still lose money and require long-term workers to take care of them."

"Wasteland is cheap. If the paddy fields are well taken care of, it can be cultivated for 10 or 8 years to become a medium-sized paddy field. If it is cultivated for 10 or so years, it is not impossible to cultivate a high-quality paddy field."

The newly built house at the foot of the mountain has a kitchen and a stove. After the 20 people moved to the new house, they started cooking by themselves.

When Mr. Ye and the other three arrived at the house at the foot of the mountain, the 20 men who came to help had just finished breakfast and were about to go to the fields to check on the seedlings replanted yesterday.

Mr. Ye quickly called everyone who had already picked up the hoes back to the hall.

The hall was empty, with only a large table and a few long benches in the center, and nothing else.

Everyone sat on the bench, waiting for Mr. Ye to speak.

Mr. Ye sat in the center of the hall, while Father Ye and Ye Donglin stood aside, carefully observing the faces of these people.

Mr. Ye also hurriedly went to the fields to check on the seedlings that were replanted yesterday. To make a long story short.

"The 50 acres of newly opened paddy fields cannot be separated from people's care. Our family also has two hills. The mushrooms, bamboo shoots, honeysuckle and jujube trees on the mountains also need to be picked and taken care of by human hands."

"It's definitely impossible for our family to take care of it alone. Our family wants to hire 10 long-term workers to help take care of our fields and two hills."

Then Mr. Ye talked about the wages and benefits of long-term workers. "Long-term workers are paid 500 yuan a month. They have two days off every month. They can take turns to go home and visit."

Hearing Mr. Ye say that he wanted to hire a long-term worker, everyone below was whispering. Mr. Ye coughed twice and continued after the crowd calmed down:

"You need to prepare your own food. There are many wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain that you can pick at will. You can also hunt and eat small animals such as pheasants and rabbits in the mountains."

During these days, Mr. Ye has been clearing up wasteland with them and doing spring plowing. Mr. Ye also understands the temperament of these people. They are all down-to-earth and capable, and some of them should be willing to stay as long-term workers.

Mr. Ye, who likes to talk ugly things, went ahead and told what the long-term worker needed to do.

"In addition to taking care of these 50 acres of paddy fields, we also have to take care of 15 acres of sloping land on two hills and a small back hill. There are a lot of fields to take care of, which will be quite hard."

After Mr. Ye finished speaking, a low-pitched discussion began again.

The 20 people who came to help all had no farmland at home. The conditions offered by Mr. Ye were very good, and many of them were interested and wanted to stay as long-term workers.

On the spot, five people expressed their willingness to stay as long-term workers. Father Ye was familiar with these five people, and they were all hunters from Dashan Village.

These five people are Yang Shanzi, Yang Dafeng, Yang Mancang, Yang Dazhu and Yang Erzhu.

Yang Shanzi, Yang Dafeng and Yang Mancang are older, probably around 40 years old. There is no farmland at home, and now that I am older, I no longer want to be a hunter and want to live a stable life.

Yang Dazhu and Yang Erzhu are a pair of young brothers, hunters in Dashan Village, but their hunting skills are average and they can't hunt much prey. The brothers decided to stay in the Ye family as long-term workers.

Although being a long-term worker is hard work, the advantage is stability. I earn 500 taels of silver per month, which is 6 taels of silver a year.

People in the Ye family are kind and generous. These five people had the idea before and wanted to stay in the Ye family to work.

Today, Mr. Ye said that he wanted to hire a permanent employee, and several people agreed on the spot without even thinking about it.

Five relatively skilled hunters said they could work at the Ye family in the first half of the year, but they would still have to go back to Dashan Village to hunt in the second half of the year.

The first half of the year is the busiest time. After spring plowing, you have to pick mushrooms and bamboo shoots. In summer, you have to pick honeysuckle. In the middle of the year, you are busy with summer harvest and planting autumn grain. In the second half of the year, we only need to be busy with the autumn harvest and picking dates.

In addition to the original 10 permanent workers, it is possible to have 5 more people to help in the first half of the year.

Mr. Ye, Father Ye and Ye Donglin murmured a few words, and finally agreed to let these five people stay.

These five people do not occupy the quota of long-term workers, but their wages and benefits are the same as those of long-term workers, with a monthly salary of 5 Wen.

Come to help after the new year. After finishing the summer harvest and planting autumn food, you can go back to the mountain village to hunt.

The other 10 people said they wanted to go back and discuss it with their families. Mr. Ye expressed his understanding that such a big matter really needed to be discussed with his family members.

"Being a long-term worker is no small matter after all. Let's do this. The rain has eased a lot today. Let's go home and discuss it with our families before making a decision."

"There has been enough rain during this period, and many mushrooms and bamboo shoots have grown on the mountain. When the rain stops, everyone will come back to pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots. Let me know then, and it will not be too late for you to make your decision."

Everyone was very happy when they heard they could go home. It had been almost two months since they came to Taohua Village to open up wasteland, and they all felt homesick.

Father Ye paid out the wages during this period one by one.

Mr. Ye thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "These days we have been clearing land and doing spring plowing. Thank you for your hard work."

After the people in Dashan Village returned home, it rained lightly for another two days, and then the sky finally cleared up.

The rain stopped in the afternoon. People who went back to Dashan Village were thinking about helping the Ye family pick mushrooms and dig bamboo shoots, so they all hurried back to Xiaohoushan in the evening.

As soon as the rain stopped, Mr. Ye hurried to the field.

We had already patched up the seedlings before, but it rained lightly for the next two days. Although the seedlings in the field were knocked upside down by the rain, it was not a big problem. As long as it didn't continue to rain, they would grow on their own in two days.

After seeing the paddy field at home, Mr. Ye went to Xiaohoushan again. In the newly opened paddy field, the seedlings were also in the same mess, but the problems were not major.

At night, Mr. Ye and the villagers of Taohua Village finally had a peaceful sleep.

When Mr. Ye went to Xiaohoushan the next day, he found that everyone had returned.

Those who said they wanted to go back to discuss with their families last time have also made arrangements, and 5 people stayed in the Ye family as long-term workers.

The remaining five people want to be like the five hunters, working as long-term workers in the Ye family in the first half of the year, and then returning to Dashan Village to hunt as hunters in the second half of the year.

In the first half of the year, the mountain goods in the mountains did require more manpower. If you hired a part-time worker, it cost 500 cents a day, while a long-term worker only cost [-] cents a month. In total, long-term workers are more cost-effective and stable.

Mr. Ye agreed, so the Ye family had 10 long-term workers and 10 semi-permanent workers.