Chapter 591 The hope of revival of the Chen family

At this time, Chen Er came back from outside and saw a room full of silent women, so he casually asked, "What's wrong?"

Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that she pointed at them and said: "The Shen family is going to open a sugar factory. I asked them to prepare well and apply when they are looking for workers. Look at them like this. I... I am really... …”

Chen Er frowned, "Grandma, I heard that the Shen family will recruit people from Shangyang Village, but we may not want them here."

He heard what Shen Xiao said.

Since being released from the army last time, Wang Hao and the others no longer have to go to the mines. They have been working in the fields all day long, and they seem to be much calmer.

As a disciple of Mr. Qin, although Chen Er was not able to develop gunpowder with Shen Xiao, he did a lot of research on the cold weapons of the Ordnance Supervisor. Because of this, he and Shen Xiao had a close relationship.

"What? Aren't you going to recruit people from our yard?" Old Mrs. Chen was stunned, a little unresponsive.

Chen Er nodded, "We have a lot of work in the yard, how can we allocate manpower to the sugar factory?"

"Well, if the family members work harder, they can still tell the difference..." Old Mrs. Chen was a little tired, and she missed another opportunity to build a good relationship with the Shen family.

Chen Er did not reply, but instead said: "Don't control the sugar mill for now. I heard that cotton will be planted this year. Our family should go get a piece of wasteland and open it up first to prepare it."

Last month, Shen Qingqian raised the issue of cotton planting with Liang Cheng. In addition to cultivating higher-yielding cotton in the planting base, she will also start trying to plant it this year.

There is no doubt about the warmth-keeping function of cotton-padded clothes. After asking Shen Qingqian's opinion, Liang Cheng has designated an area for planting. However, in order to increase the income of people in northern Hubei, Shen Qingqian suggested that it should be promoted among the people starting this year.

April is the season for planting cotton, and relevant publicity work has been carried out since early March.

However, because there are too few finished cotton clothes, other people don't trust them very much. In Huanxiyuan, the land is occupied by other cash crops and there is no place to grow cotton.

Now that spring plowing is over, everyone has just taken a breather and hasn't had time to plan this matter.

Chen Er came home today for this reason. The main military commander has already set the purchase price of cotton. He feels that the Chen family can seize this opportunity.

"Why did I forget about this?" Mrs. Chen cheered up, "You are right, cotton is a good thing. Even if it is not sold to the military, you can still make money by selling it to ordinary people in the city. .”

Mrs. Chen was a person of action, so she immediately got up and walked out.

Since the women in the family are not up to par and don't want to go to the sugar factory, let them do something else.

The female relatives of the Chen family: "..."

Originally they thought they could rest for a while after spring plowing, but now they have to open up wasteland to plant cotton. They are simply desperate.

Thinking of the culprit of all this, the women in the room all stared at Chen Er.

Chen Er was indifferent to this and returned to his room as if nothing had happened.

He is special in the Chen family. All the other brothers and sisters are crowded into the same room, but he is in a room alone because Mrs. Chen regards him as the hope for the revival of the Chen family.

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The sugar factory was under intensive preparations, and Shen Qingqian finally had half a day to start selecting workers for the sugar factory.

At first, she wanted to go directly to Shangyang Village to pick people, but the village chief came to her specifically, hoping that she could also pick some people in Huanxiyuan, otherwise he was afraid that it would be difficult for her.

Shen Qingqian thought for a while and decided to recruit workers in the open space outside Huanxi Courtyard.

It's not that she's afraid that it will be difficult for herself to do, but that she has thought of a way to maximize productivity.