Joe's Farming

After Gu Feng finished speaking, he asked again: "How much money do we have left?"

Qiao Yu counted silently in his mind. Last time, his family bought the shop, there were still seven hundred taels and several dozen taels of change left.

The snack bar and the new store didn't make much money these past two days, so Qiao Yu asked them to keep it for their daily purchases.

Let’s not count the few taels of money Xu Yuan spent on the duck eggs.

Today's merit money alone for buying the mountain and checking the feng shui is five hundred taels, so there are only more than two hundred taels of silver left at home.

"There are still more than 200 left."

Tsk, there really isn't enough money to spend, Qiao Yu thought.

Gu Feng said "hmm".

"It's okay. I still have money here. Don't be afraid, Qiao'er."

Qiao Er smiled and said, "I'm not afraid. It's almost the end of the month. A Yuan and Xu Ning will give me some money.

This time, including the dividends from the playing cards, I am not bragging, our family is definitely the largest family in the village. "

Gu Feng was also amused by Qiao Yu's tone and kissed him: "Our family has been the first household since Qiao Er got married."

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A few days later, the weather began to warm up.

Before Fuman passed away, he said that the sooner the grave was moved, the better, and the 23rd and 29th were both good days.

Gu Gang and Gu Feng discussed that it was time to go to Shangxi Village.

But before that, someone needs to be found to build a new grave.

Gu Feng and his family live in a large brick and tile house, so naturally they want to let the two elders live better.

Their parents were buried in a thin coffin, and I don’t know if it has decayed over time.

Gu Feng went to the coffin shop and bought a good ready-made coffin.

Both parents were buried together, so Gu Feng only needed to prepare a larger coffin.

Gu Gang went to find a bricklayer, so he couldn't catch up with the 23rd.

But the new grave must be built before the 29th.

The two time travelers, Qiao Yu and Li Xin, presented the cemeteries and tombs in their minds on paper one by one for the two brothers to choose from.

Gu Feng and Gu Gang looked at the tombs of different shapes and finally chose the most traditional one.

They plan to carve the tombstone for the round mound themselves.

During this period, Dazhuang and Xiaobai were also busy. They collected, washed and pickled eggs every other day.

Soon, there was not enough space in the house to store the jars.

Only then did Qiao Yu realize that they had to build a new factory.

And they also have to start building their staff dormitories.

The construction of the villa can be delayed until after the rain.

So the Gu family began to recruit workers in the village on a large scale.

Zhang Shan and others who were appointed last year were directly assigned to till the land, which was the ten acres of wasteland that Qiao Yu had bought earlier.

The remaining new recruits were divided into those who built houses, cut trees, cleared land, and dug ponds.

Thirty people were hired to build the house, five to cut down the trees, and ten to dig the pond.

Gu Gang also followed them and recruited thirty people. He wanted to build the new house as soon as possible so that he and Hongxiu could have their own little home.

Although I get along well with Qiao Yu and the children.

But...it's not always very convenient.

Because they recruited too many people, there were simply not that many strong laborers in Shangtian Village.

Finally, Qiao Yu asked the villagers to introduce someone, and if he was chosen, he would give the introducer ten cents.

The villagers had already told Gu's family or relatives in other villages about the Gu family's recruitment news.

Now, even those who are not relatives made a special trip to earn the referral fee.

As for the workers' wages, they were still set the same as before, twenty cents a day without meals, and those who brought their own tools would be given two cents more.

There were too many people this time, and Qiao Yu was too lazy to find someone to pack meals for him.

Including the eighteen people working on the land, Qiao Yu's family's fixed daily expenses are more than 1,300 wen.

This does not include the cost of building materials, bricks, etc. that they have to buy themselves.

Although they had enough money on hand, spending so much money still made Qiao Yu feel a sense of panic that he was stretched to the limit for the first time in a long time.

Fortunately, on the 25th, Xu Yuan and Xu Ning came on time to give Qiao Yu the dividend money.

This time, the Soap Factory received 853 taels, the Paper Museum received 226 taels, and Yipinxuan’s dishes received 81 taels.

What surprised Qiao Yu the most was that the cargo ship mentioned by Xu Yuan was divided into forty taels of silver.

"We have just started, so we are not making any money. The labor cost of the paper arch is high in the early stage, so the share is less."

Xu Yuan explained.

"I understand. I believe in you. Just do whatever you want. No need to explain to me.

I am very happy just sitting there and collecting money. You and Xu Ning are the most tired. "

Qiao Yu said.

Xu Yuan quickly said: "You can't say that. If it weren't for Brother Qiao giving me the recipe, I wouldn't be able to earn this much money."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, but I still want to thank you and Xu Ning. It just so happens that Brother Gu and I are in urgent need of money these days."

Xu Yuan and Xu Ning also saw that the surrounding fields and mountains were very lively.

Qiao Yu brought the two to the yard, pointed to the ten acres of wasteland and said, "There, I'm going to start planting potatoes, peppers, and chili peppers."

Then he pointed to the foot of the next mountain and said: "There, dig a pond and raise fish, ducks and lotus roots. The upper reaches are sealed to raise crayfish and shrimps.

Rice is planted by the river, and fruit trees are planted on the mountain, including peaches, plums, pears, and persimmons.

Then I built sheep pens, cattle pens and chicken pens in that area, and then built houses for my farmhands further over.

Then I plan to use the relatively flat land above the pond to build a villa.

Enjoy flowers in spring, go fishing in summer, hunt in autumn, and enjoy the snow in winter.

Didn't you say you wanted me to leave you a piece of land?

Right next to that, what do you think? "

Through Qiao Yu's fingers, Xu Yuan seemed to see a "brothel" surrounded by mountains and rivers.

"Great! That's great! Aning, tell Brother Qiao what kind of house you want."

Xu Yuan said to her husband.

Xu Ning: "Brother Qiao has made the decision. I just want more rooms.

When the time comes, our parents and little dad can come and live here to play together."

Xu Yuan knew that her husband would consider the family.

"Brother Qiao, this is one hundred taels. You can build it for us first. If it's not enough, tell us."

Qiao Yu knew that the two people really wanted to stay here often in the future, so he took the money with a clear conscience.

I can save them the meal money when they come here in the future.

The few of them chatted about their dreams for the future. Because Xu Yuan would have an exam in half a month, the two did not stay for dinner this time. They just left after the chat.

Qiao Yu went back to the house and counted the silver and bills.

Together with the one hundred taels given by Xu Yuan, the total was one thousand three hundred taels.

Qiao Yu handed a hundred taels of silver to Gu Feng: "Here, husband, take this for pocket money."

Gu Feng: ...

Seeing that he didn't want to take it, Qiao Yu took it back: "One hundred taels is too big, it's hard to make a change? Don't you want it?"

Gu Feng said hurriedly: "No, it's just too much. I still have some money on me, Qiao Er can take it."

"Okay, then you must come to me if you are out of money. Our family is rich now."

Qiao Yu proudly patted his money box and said.