After Jiang Zhi had arranged the matters under the mountain, he left them to the group members and ignored them himself.
Seedlings must also be cultivated on the mountains and rice seedlings prepared in the mountains.
The small seedling garden has been made by Xiao Manye. A small terraced field has unripe peas pulled out. The soil is soaked with water and divided into sections and smoothed with wood chips.
Jiang Zhi soaked the hybrid rice seeds he specially separated in warm water and placed them on the bed to germinate.
When white dots appear on one end of the rice, it is ready to be spread into those muddy seedlings.
The most dangerous thing is the birds taking away the rice seeds.
This requires people to guard, and straw men wearing colorful strips of cloth will be planted next to the rice fields.
Because it was the first time to see the scarecrow, the little wild boar was frightened.
Raising cotton seedlings and corn seedlings, this time Xiaoman and Errui were in charge of the village, and all the work on the mountain fell on a few women.
However, Xu Dazhu could also work in the fields. He sat rubbing dung balls and pressing cotton seeds.
Jiang Zhi said interesting things about Xia Xiucai and Xu Gensheng at the foot of the mountain. Everyone laughed and laughed while working.
Neither family mentioned Baicaotang selling medicine.
Xiao Manye is a farmer, and medicine is just grass, so it always feels illusory to exchange it for money.
It is these real lands that they like and value most.
Jiang Zhi didn't mention it. Mr. Huo said it would take three sessions to get news, which means ten days.
She was so anxious that she bought all her three taels of silver into grain seeds and rations.
Without money in hand, people have no courage and always feel uneasy. She can't wait to make money.
However, no matter how anxious I am, I still prefer to wait a little longer and will not really go to town to ask for the results.
The more comprehensive the Huo Family Medicine Store considers, the greater the possibility of cooperation.
Now, she puts aside the pharmaceutical business, and she still has to farm.
The wheat is already thigh-high, reaching up to the waist.
Unlike modern improved wheat varieties, the varieties here are still very primitive.
The wheat ears are short and have long awns, but the wheat stalks are tall and thin and fall easily. They are very similar to the ancestor of wild grains, foxtail grass, which is also the reason for the low yield.
The days passed in a busy manner, and the mutual aid group in the village went very smoothly.
Farm work is done one household after another, one field after another, and a team of dozens of people seems to be crushing them.
But some people are unwilling to participate, thinking that they will suffer if they are mixed together like this.
Because they said they would voluntarily participate, Tian Gui and others did not force them, but they also let the village go. In the future, the village will not care who is short of food, and the village chief will not care. You will be responsible for the consequences!
Ten days have passed and there has been no movement in the Huo family. Half a month has passed and there is still no movement. However, the farm work in the village has finally been completed.
According to the agreement, once the farm work is completed, it is time to perform corvee service.
Jiang Zhi went down the mountain and saw that every household had grown seedlings, and their early corns had also been fattened for the second time.
Xu Errui pointed to the rice seeds that had just been sown in the village and said: "Uncle Tian and the others said that the rice should be planted as before, because they are afraid that the rice will not be planted well and the yield will be reduced..."
Jiang Zhi nodded: "Okay, they can do this too!"
He didn't know what kind of profit he could make from the hybrid rice he planted on the mountain, so Tian Gui and the others didn't mention much about their planting methods.
This time at Zhang Juntou's place, Jiang Zhi saw the planning drawings and finally knew where the inn was to be built.
On the slope outside Xujiacun, the official road passes through it. Now the task for myself and others is to clear the trees on the slope, and then use sand and gravel to create several platforms on the slope.
The main building area is about 1,000 square meters, which is not too big to be built into a large post station that requires parking and feeding horses.
It can only be said that it is a bit troublesome to find such a suitable flat land in these mountainous areas.
Fortunately, there are steps connecting the courtyards, so the platforms can be layered according to changes in terrain.
Jiang Zhi found a few people from Tiangui Xugen, and after a brief discussion, they began to serve as corvees.
However, for this kind of government errand, Li Zheng originally needed to be notified before the construction started, but now Zhang Juntou arranges it directly, which saves him a lot of trouble.
Because of the previous stay of refugees, the shrubs and weeds on the slopes had already been burned and trampled. In addition, due to the shacks built by outsiders, the trees had already been cut down and dried out very quickly.
In addition, a platform needs to be laid, and after the trees are cut down, everyone will be arranged to find stones.
There is no distinction between men and women in this work. Everyone picks up some stones of different sizes on the mountainside and returns them to fill the corners.
A few days later, it was already early April, and a man and woman came to the village.
First, he looked for Xu Changming crying, and then went to the construction site outside the village to find Jiang Zhi.
"Sister-in-law Jiang, where have my father and brother gone?" The woman looked to be in her twenties, and her eyes were already swollen from crying.
"Your brother and father? Who are you talking about!"
Jiang Zhi looked at Xiao Man, who was bringing someone over, and told him what was going on.
Xiaoman said angrily: "It's Xu Changshou's house. He's gone. Don't come looking for Aunt Jiang. Auntie doesn't know where he is. If you want to look for him, go to the county government."
It turned out that Xu Changshou's daughters came back to look for someone, but unfortunately it was too late, and Jiang Zhi didn't know where they were.
But before she could say this, the woman grabbed her and cried until she burst into tears: "My father finally came back, and he was forced to leave by the villagers. How can he... and their family survive?"
Jiang Zhi originally heard that she was the daughter of Xu Changshou's family. Thinking of Xu Yaozu who was lying on his sister's body to suck blood, she wanted to comfort her.
But now that he was forced to leave by the village, he immediately lost his composure and immediately darkened his face: "Your father is looking for death. No one can blame him. The county magistrate is arranging his life. If you want to find it, go to the county government. Don't do it here." You’re here to cause trouble for me.”
"If I don't look for you, who can I look for? You are the village chief, so come back to my father!" Xu Yaozu's little sister cried for help.
Jiang Zhidou laughed angrily. He was really numb from being sucked by blood. He was not used to being without parasites.
She didn't want to say more to the woman, so she pointed at the honest-looking man following her and said, "You don't want to live a good life, so you have to come to Xujia Village to work as a cow or a horse to feel comfortable? Why don't you take your wife back? She doesn’t have her natal family here, so don’t come here again.”
Seeing that his wife was still trying to pounce on Jiang Zhi, the man finally reacted, grabbed the woman's arm and dragged her back: "Let's go! If your father and brother are not in the village, even if they don't work, they will never do it again in the future. Hit you."
Although the woman was crying and fussing, she still didn't believe it: "You're really not here anymore?"
"Not here. If you want to ask, just go to the county government and ask. He has settled elsewhere and is living a good life." Jiang Zhi explained patiently.
The woman suddenly stopped talking, wiped away the tears on her face, lowered her head and said to Jiang Zhi, "Thank you, Sister-in-law Jiang!"
After saying that, he left in a panic, but in Jiang Zhi's opinion, the steps were too light.
What's happening here?
Jiang Zhi suddenly realized something: she finally dropped the big hat of "filial piety"!
