Little wealth

"Hey, who can read, what is posted here?"

"The county magistrate said that after the autumn harvest, the water canals will be built in each village, and each village will send people. Anyone aged 40 to [-] is welcome, and each person will have a subsidy of ten yuan per day."

"Is there such a good thing? Is there really ten coins a day?"

"It says so, so it must be true."

"Ten coins a day is quite a lot in a month."

An announcement was posted on the gate of Anyang Town, and many people gathered at the gate to read it, and some literate people told everyone what was written on it, and everyone discussed it here.

Soon the village chiefs and Lizhengs of each village also received a notice sent by the yamen, asking the village chiefs of each village to summon the strong men in the village to repair the canals, and there was still money in the yamen for subsidies.For their village, this is something that is beneficial to their village, not to mention that there is still money to be taken, so naturally no one objects.

So after the autumn harvest of this year, all the villages called up people to prepare for the repair of canals, and people sent by the yamen to guide them.

The village head of their Sihe village also called the people in the village to talk about this matter, but now many people in their village are working in the oil workshop, or they are running out to sell oil, and they can earn thirty to fifty yuan a day at least. , Many can earn a hundred Wen a day, how can anyone give up the work of selling oil to do the work of ten Wen.

But the water canals in their village must be repaired, otherwise other villages will have built water canals, but their village will not have one, and the county magistrate will not be required to hold their village accountable. up.

In the end, after all the people discussed it, they decided that those who have labor force in the family will contribute the labor force, and those whose young and middle-aged people go out to work will contribute the money. The government has subsidies, and they themselves will contribute part to make up for it. After paying the money, the village chief sent people to other villages to invite people to help.

Qiao Xu asked their master Zhao to mention the matter of building roads for the village.

After receiving the look from Fu Lang, Zhao He stepped forward to ask about road repairs, "There have been a lot of vehicles and people coming in and out of our village recently, and the road going out of the village is full of potholes, especially on rainy days. It’s not easy to go. If we take advantage of this time to repair the canal and have people to repair the road going out of the village, it will be convenient for us to go in and out in the future. As for the money for the road repair, our family will pay 100 taels of silver, and the rest For those who have money, each family contributes a little, those who have money contribute money, and those who have no money contribute, we don’t say anything.”

"Yes, I agree with this matter."

Zhao He had gotten along with him before this incident. As the head of this village, the old head was naturally very supportive, and asked everyone in the village: "Building roads is a good thing. People in our village are doing it every day. When we go out, there are people from other villages who come to our village to buy oil. Cars come and go. This road is not easy to walk when it rains. If the road is repaired, it will be convenient for us, and it will also benefit future generations. What do you guys think? Should we repair this road or not?"

"build!"

"repaired!"

"Xiu, such a good thing, why not repair it."

Most of the people below were in favor of road construction, only a small number of people who were reluctant to spend money or contribute their efforts remained silent.

The village head glanced at the silent families from the corner of his eyes, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said with a straight face: "The road construction in this village is a big deal. We will open the ancestral hall and tell the ancestors when the time comes. After it’s been repaired, let’s set up a monument at the entrance of the village, write down every household that contributed money and efforts, and let future generations know what our parents and grandparents did.”

The latter idea was given to him by Zhao He, and the village head thought it was a very good idea. It was to leak out some people who only wanted to take advantage of others all day long, so that those people who only wanted to take advantage of others all day long did not want to take advantage of others. Willing to contribute money and efforts.

"Hey, in the future, future generations of our family will also be able to see his uncle's name written on the stele. Our family has collected the money!"

"Yes, our family also contributes money."

Upon hearing the words of the village chief, the voices of those who agreed with the road construction grew louder.

On this day, while everyone was here, Zhao He handed out 100 taels of silver to the village chief in front of the whole village. The rest of the people saw this, and they also paid out one after another, one or two taels more, and one tael less. Two hundred Wen, no matter how much it is, is always a heart.

The village chief asked each household to write down how much money each household paid in the notebook, and these would be engraved on the stone tablet at that time.

As for the money for the construction of the canal, the village chief asked people to register one by one if they were willing to pay someone, and which ones did not, and took the money collected to invite them. People from other villages came to their village to help repair the canal.

As for those who are not willing to pay, they will have to send people. If it is not a special situation, and they are neither willing to pay nor send people, then don't blame the whole village for abandoning such people.If they want to live in the village, most people still need face, so they either give money or send people to work.

In the autumn of this year, various villages were building water canals, and the water canals and roads in their Sihe Village were being repaired at the same time.

In the same year, many people in the village planned to build new houses after making money, but now all the men in their village are going to work. If they can’t hire people in their own village, they can only go to other villages to hire people. Come build a house.

There are marriages and contacts in several nearby villages. Some girls and brothers who are married to Sihe Village go back to their natal homes to talk to their relatives and acquaintances to help build houses in their villages.Later, there was no need for people from their village to invite them. People from other villages knew that there were jobs in their village, and groups of men came to their village every day to find work, and the number of people from other villages who came to their village increased in a short time. .

There are more people from other villages, and these people all want to eat and drink, so someone from the village set up a tea stall at the entrance of the village, selling some tea, steamed buns and so on, and there is some business in the day.

In addition, there is an oil workshop in their village, and hawkers come in to buy oil every day. The arrival of these people is business.

Some people came to their village to work, and the way back was too far, so they wanted to find a place to live in their village. Some people in the village had vacant houses, so they rented out the vacant houses to these people. You can also collect a little rent every month.If you take care of the daily meals, you can earn a little more money for food. Therefore, these renters rent out their houses and take care of the two meals a day, and the women and children in the family are busy.

However, more people from other villages came, which also brought some hidden dangers of instability to their villages.Not long after, several cases of theft occurred in their village, which aroused the attention of the whole village.

Zhao He went to the village chief's house for a seat, and the next day the village chief summoned the people in the village and proposed to build a wall for the village, and their village collectively paid for the construction of an inn at the entrance of the village, so that the outside of the village would Some people can only live in the inn at the entrance of the village, not in the village.But when the inn is established, people in their village can go to the inn to do things and get money, so as to make up for the loss of some people who cannot rent houses.

In the end, this matter also obtained the consent of most people in the village.

The matter of building the fence was proposed by their family, and their family naturally wanted to support it, so Qiao Xu also asked their family Master Zhao to donate a sum of money.But they didn't intervene in the inn at the entrance of the village, and they didn't want to fight with the people in the village for such a small amount of money.

With the 10 taels of silver note given by his brother in hand, he no longer has to be as timid as before when spending money. They also pay for public welfare in the village, but they definitely don't want to be taken advantage of. .Otherwise, if this kind of thing happens once, it will happen twice. Those who raise money in the village should ask everyone to raise money together, and then write down what their parents did in the name of erecting a monument.In this way, some people will feel that their family is attached to the benefits, and they will naturally be willing to give money to do things.

After they were not short of money, they bought a three-entry house in the town, refurbished it, and the interior was also very nicely furnished.

My uncle and Chen Yan usually live there, and their children go there to rest at noon, and the children will be sent back to the village at night.And because the store is also open for business at night, my uncle still has to stay in the town to look after the store, and Chen Yan is also there with him, so he doesn't go home often, only occasionally.

As for Josh himself, he spent more time at home with Xiao Erbao and their mother.After he successfully gave birth to the child, the old housekeeper stayed with them, and Wang Taiyi took the rest of the people back to the capital.

After having money in hand, in addition to the shop and property in Anyang, he also bought two shops in Lucheng, one was the original oil shop, and he also opened a branch of a furniture workshop.The things sold in the store are the same as those in Anyang, except that the furniture workshop is temporarily taking orders and sending them back to Anyang for making. After they are finished, they can go there by water for installation, which is convenient.

Recently, a lot of baby strollers and cots have been pushed in the store, which are sold in the stores on both sides, as well as upper and lower beds and furniture bed cabinets for children to sleep on.The style of furniture and bed cabinets in their store is relatively new, and they are liked by many customers, and they are recommended to their relatives and friends, so that the business in their store will increase and increase.

Lucheng is bigger than here in Anyang, and there are more people, so in less than two months after opening, the store's business is booming.Many goods in the store are sold out every day, and there are many orders received, but the manager of the laborious side runs from Lucheng to Anyang twice a day.