Chapter Two Hundred and Twentieth: Naughty-in-law and Father-in-law
"Xiao Xi, just marry Er Yin so that the money won't be lost. Besides, she's still young, so there's no need to worry." Fu Bu'er said confidently, "Marrying Er Yin will save you a fortune, and she will be a capable person in the future. . As for Yijin, I think Xiaofu is a good kid. He will definitely be successful in the future. If you get married now, you won’t lose anything in the future."
The couple spent half the night together before going to bed. The next day, Fu Fu got up early and went to the fields with everyone with his hoe. The attitude of Fu Fuji and his wife at the banquet yesterday made him think that marrying his wife was possible, even though he has no connection with the Fu family anymore. , but the future is likely to be the daughter-in-law and father-in-law. Of course Fu Fu had to work hard to show off.
Although Fu Fuji is a bit cowardly on weekdays, he is a good worker. Before going out, the work was assigned. Everyone had a specific job. Those who dug ditches, those who plowed fields, those who piled land, those who built pig pens, those who herded sheep, those who planted gardens... everything was in good order.
Although Fu Buer's family has more people, it also has a lot of land and has to engage in side business. Labor is not abundant. The wages of short-term and long-term workers have skyrocketed recently, making it difficult to find people, and he can hire fewer people. Fu Buer learned from the agricultural equipment such as threshing machines and winnowing windmills sold to him by the Tiandi Society that it greatly improved production efficiency - since it is uneconomical to use manpower, use more machines. During the autumn harvest, I used a bank loan to buy a cow, and bought a small tractor-type harvester and a seeder from an agricultural tool factory from the Tiandihui store. Two cows pulled agricultural machinery for animal-powered operations, making Fu Buer's field the first to complete harvesting and sowing.
While other farmers were still busy threshing grains and planting green winter wheat, Fu Buer's family was already building water conservancy projects, accumulating water, and doing side jobs.
Fu Buer also wanted to win over Fu Fu and worked with him to build a ditch. The farmland irrigation in Meiyang Village had been repaired not long ago. The farmland irrigation standards here were not as high as those in farms directly under the Ministry of Agriculture. The facilities were much more primitive. , the ditch has not been hardened, and after a summer of use, especially after the rainy season, the ditch has become heavily silted. The village will dispatch workers to clear the main canal and branch canals. As for the silt in the irrigation and drainage ditches, each household will clean up the silt by themselves based on the principle of who benefits and who maintains it. In this way, water conservancy facilities can be maintained and the silt in the ditch can be used as sedimentation material.
The black and smelly silt was shoveled out with shovels and thrown into the basket on the shore. From time to time, live loaches could be dug out of the mud. At this time, Fu Fu would hold the gills of the loaches, pierce them with wicker sticks, and hang them on the side. The loaches would be cut into several pieces one by one. I picked it up and threw it in a small basket - and ate it the same way when I got home. In the past, this was a rare opportunity for them to have a tooth ceremony. Even now he hasn't gotten rid of this habit.
Fu Fu was only wearing a homespun double-breasted jacket—the Army’s cotton underwear in winter, which Fu Fu was reluctant to wear—and a Army standard scarf with the words “Protect the Home and the Country” hung around his neck. The beads of sweat on his face glistened in the sun, and Fu Buer thought that he would never suffer a loss if his daughter gave him to him - where could he find such good labor? Seeing him stop for a moment and take a breath, he picked up a bamboo kettle and gave it to Fu Fu with a smile.
Fu Fu took a sip of water and wiped his sweat with a towel. He breathed a sigh of contentment, doing farm work gave him a sense of joy. Fu Buer said: "Let's take a break! This ditch is long. It can't be finished in one go!"
Fu Fu wiped his mouth and returned to the ditch. He rubbed his muddy feet on the withered grass beside the ditch and sat down.
"Master, we have added a lot of land to our family."
"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to the elder. A lot of land has been added, but a large part of it is considered public land, which was planted by Wu Changtian. I received a share of the land. The harvest is good, and there are more of them. Take it." Fu Buer said and took out a cigarette. Fu Fu took out a pack of matches from his trouser pocket and lit it for him.
Fu Buer happily squinted his eyes and blew out a smoke ring. "There are thousands of people in heaven and earth, but God has one person. There are so many farmers, and all the farmers here put together can't be worth one of his toes." He praised Wan Lihui, but in fact he was proud of his original foresight. , how could we be in such a situation today if we hadn't joined the Tiandihui first? Fu Buer can see clearly: Australians like to set a "pace-setter". When they cause trouble, it is always of great benefit to be the first to jump out and agree with them, but those who follow behind are far behind.
"Master Fu, you can see far." Fu Fu complimented.
This tickled Fu Buer's itch, making him open his mouth and laugh. He pointed:
"Look at this land, with the mounds to the east, the woods to the west, and the ditch to the north..." He showed off his family property.
"How come the master's land has become so neat? Is it all newly bought?" Fu Fu suddenly discovered something, "Wasn't that piece of land to the west originally a wasteland?"
"But this piece of land is all my own. I sold all the scattered pieces of land here and there, and with the money I got, I bought around this piece of land. I tried to save as much land as possible into one big piece, and then I bought it next to this piece of land. Some wastelands were opened up and connected into one..."
"Opening up wasteland?" Fu Fu was a little surprised. This land was originally the largest piece of land in the Fu family. Fu Buer and his family had originally reclaimed it piece by piece. It is not easy to open up wasteland. It not only consumes a lot of labor, but also requires a lot of materials. Without materials, the land that is finally cleared will not yield much harvest.
"Heaven and Earth will have a land reclamation team. They have special large machines, pulled by more than a dozen oxen. It takes three or four days to clear the land and level it. Materials will also be provided by Tiandi, and they will be shipped in packages..." "Thinking of this, Fu Bu'er was a little worried about his loan problem. To hire Tiandihui's mechanized farming team and materials, he needed bank loans.
Fu Fu had seen this kind of machine when he was working as a farmer. It was made of iron and was surprisingly large in size. By replacing different parts, it could be used to do various farm work, such as plowing, harrowing, plowing, sowing, etc. Harvesting... It's impossible to do anything, but the land must be large enough to be used - so so far it has only been used on the farmers' own farms. Local indigenous people, even big landowners, rarely have such large tracts of land.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Fu only owned such a large piece of land! Fu Fu thought, needless to say, the master wanted to use Australian large farm tools for more work in the future - to save people and effort.
"I think I want to use Australian machines to do more work in the future."
"Wan Chang said that machine work is the way forward, and people work too slowly." Fu Buer said, "It's called...efficiency? Yes, it's called efficiency. He said that our efficiency here is too low."
Fu Fuji's method of gathering scattered places into one was not originally for the purpose of using machinery, but was inspired by his chat with Wan Lihui - he had been inspired many times by chatting with his elders. It turns out that elders are always farsighted.
Wan Lihui talked about the issue of labor efficiency during the chat. He believes that the current labor efficiency in the East Village is not as good as that in the West Village. Because the land of the new immigrants in the West Village is uniformly distributed, and the land of each family is together, the farmers in the East Village rarely have their own land together. Many families have a piece of land in the east and a piece in the west, whether they are farmers or landlords. , Tenants are still long-term and short-term workers who work for others. They spend a lot of time traveling between fields every day, which adds up to a lot of consumption.
Concentrated farming of large areas of land also has great other benefits. For example, farmland water conservancy construction can be easily arranged. The fragmented small pieces of land involve the specific interests of each household, and it is difficult to form a consensus among the whole village. Meiyang Village was able to complete the infrastructure construction, and to a large extent, the Kuai family set an example - everyone believed in the Tiandihui, which enabled the relatively smooth progress of farmland water conservancy.
"Elders, no matter what, they all like to be big!" Fu Fu said and smiled, and Fu Buer also smiled.
Fu Buyer took a few puffs of cigarette before he said slowly: "Xiaofu, you have been in my house for more than ten years. Although you are not my son, after all, I have supported you for more than ten years." He said Taking a puff of the cigarette, he seemed to be trying to figure out what to say next, "I understand exactly what you are thinking."
Fu Fu's face turned red: "Master Fu, just understand."
"I agreed to this." He stopped Fu Fu, who was overjoyed, "I can promise you one gold, but you are still a soldier and can't get married. You can live as a soldier. It's a group room, we have to practice every day, and maybe go out to fight. Yijin is a girl, so I can't go to the barracks with you."
"Yes. I'm also thinking about when I can retire from the army..."
"What are you doing after retiring from the army?!" Fu Buer quickly interrupted him, "What are you going to do when you return from the army? Are you going to be a common man farming? You have done well in the team, you must be motivated..."
Fu Fu was not stupid, and he soon understood that Fu Fu Er wanted him to become an officer before they could get married. Immediately he said: "Mr. Fu, don't worry about this. I will join the teaching team during the Chinese New Year and become a corporal. I look at those officers who have only fought a few battles with their commanders. I will fight again later. , I will become an officer."
Fu Buer was very satisfied with his attitude and acted like an elder: "You are still young. A piece of gold is not that big. Wait a few years and wait until you get married with a sign on your shoulders. Wouldn't it be more dignified than now?" "
"The master is right." These words aroused Fu Fu's ambition to build a career, and he nodded, "I will definitely become an officer and then marry in a glorious way!"
"Don't worry. I won't be able to treat you badly when you get married." Fu Buer said.
"Thank you dad..."
"Hehehe," Fu Buyer laughed proudly, "It's a little early to call me daddy. You can call me whatever you want at home, but don't call me random when you go out..." He waved his hand, "Continue working." a! ~!
