"My boss..."
He Wang looked confused. If the owner stopped renting the land to them, they would have to go back to the landlord to lease the land. They didn't know why the owner didn't continue to rent the land if it was a good idea.
Luo Quan was also a little anxious.
Compared to them, Mao Dazhuang was relatively calm after being surprised.
He thought about Shen Zhiyao's personality. Even if he didn't plan to rent to them, he would explain the reasons clearly or have other plans.
"Be patient and don't be impatient."
Shen Zhiyao raised her hand to indicate that she had not finished speaking.
"I want to change from leasing the fields to hiring you."
"You can still plant the fields as usual, but it's up to me to decide what vegetables to grow in them."
"After switching to this employment model, I only charge 50% of the harvest from the fields."
"Don't worry, it will be based on last year's harvest. If this year's harvest is lower than last year, I will supply you with the less, and we will give you 50% of the excess."
Shen Zhiyao said that there was nothing the three of them were unwilling to do, after all, they couldn't lose.
He Wangluoquan was a little embarrassed and guilty for being eager just now. Their boss was so kind to them. In the future, they would only be able to repay their boss by farming the land well and growing better harvests.
"If you don't have any objections, let's sign the contract." Shen Zhiyao took out the contract that had been prepared and read the contents to them.
After signing the contract, Shen Zhiyao began to ask them about when the farmland on Zhuangzi would start to be irrigated for spring plowing, what method of irrigation was used in the past, etc.
"My boss, around late February, when the weather gets warmer, spring plowing will begin..." Mao Dazhuang began to tell her.
Hearing that irrigation methods were mostly manual, Shen Zhiyao thought of waterwheels. There happened to be a stream outside their village that flowed from several nearby villages.
But she only knew roughly what a waterwheel looked like and its basic principles, so it was a bit difficult for her to draw the production diagram and details like the Gufengwheel.
No matter how difficult it is, you still have to try.
So, in the following time, Shen Zhiyao tried to draw a waterwheel.
On this day, Pei Lingxuan came to Zhuangzi to look for Shen Zhiyao. The two were chatting about what to do when they got tired of farming. Shen Zhiyao heard Shen Zhiyao say that if she could find someone to make a little wooden man, let the little wooden man help him. She beat her legs and back, while Pei Lingxuan gnawed on melon and said:
"Look for Shu Yingran. He is the most interested in these things. He once made a wooden puppy that could move. I asked him to give it to me, but he didn't do it."
"Shu Yingran? He still has this skill?"
"Well, otherwise, how could I have fallen in love with him before?"
Shen Zhiyao recalled what Pei Lingxuan had said before: "...Isn't it because he saved you?"
"That's just one aspect." Pei Lingxuan continued to chew on the melon and recommended: "To be honest, although he is not very emotionally enlightened, his ability to study these things is really good."
"Okay, I happen to have something to do in this area, and I want to find someone reliable. Since you said so, I'll give him a try."
Shen Zhiyao thought about it for a moment, thought of the unfinished waterwheel diagram, and prepared to go to Shu Yingran to try it.
"Actually, I came to see you today because I have something else to say."
"What's going on?"
Pei Lingxuan finished eating the melon, lowered her head slightly, and her face turned slightly red.
Shen Zhiyao looked at her suspiciously: "Are you getting married?"
Pei Lingxuan raised her head and said, "Not so soon, just getting engaged."
After she confirmed that Shu Yingran would not like her, and her love for Shu Yingran gradually faded away, she terminated her engagement with Shu Yingran.
"I want to say that you also know the person I am engaged to."
Does she know him too?
Shen Zhiyao took a look at the possible candidates among the people she knew.
After a moment, he guessed: "Yue Xiuyu?"
"Yes." Pei Lingxuan nodded, "He came to propose marriage to my parents."
Shen Zhiyao didn't expect them to be together at all, so she first asked: "Do you like him?"
"A little bit." Pei Lingxuan thought about the scene of Yue Xiuyu coming to propose marriage, and said, "Otherwise, I will ask my parents to kick him out the day he comes."
After finishing speaking, Pei Lingxuan told how she and Yue Xiuyu met.
Last year, after cakes became popular in Fucheng, about a month later, Yue Xiuyu opened a pastry shop in Tongfang County to sell cakes.
Once, she went to Yuelai pastry shop to buy cakes and met Yue Xiuyu. At that time, Yue Xiuyu stepped on a toy suddenly thrown by a naughty child and lost her balance. She quickly helped Yue Xiuyu with her eyes and hands.
Later, the two met by chance many times, and some interesting things happened. After going back and forth, they became familiar with each other.
"Tsk, maybe when we first met, he fell in love with me when I supported him." Pei Lingxuan guessed with a smile.
Shen Zhiyao: "So you are the beauty saving the hero."
"Yes." Pei Lingxuan nodded, then thought of something and said, "Tell me, why are there no stories about heroes who are rescued by beauty, and talented girls and handsome men?"
Shen Zhiyao joked: "You can write, I'll wait for your work."
Pei Lingxuan's eyes lit up: "What you said reminded me that I have been looking for something to do recently. Writing a storybook is a good idea."
After finishing her words, she picked up a piece of cut melon again: "By the way, Zhiyao, you are also a hairpin girl this year. Have you ever thought about what kind of man you want to get married to?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. It's still too early for me to get married. Now I just want to make money and make more money."
Marriage or something, not to mention that she is still young, even if she reaches the age that meets her concept of adulthood, she still has to find someone who shares her mind.
If there is such a person, you can consider getting married. If not, forget it. It doesn't matter if you don't get married.
Shen's Shiguang Restaurant has been open for years. The next day, when Shen Zhiyao went to Shen's Shiguang Restaurant on the pier, she met Shu Yingran.
"Looking for me? Miss Shen, why are you looking for me?" Shu Yingran followed her to a nearby teahouse in confusion.
Shen Zhiyao asked for a private room. To avoid suspicion, the door of the private room was opened.
"Mr. Shu, I heard that you have a lot of insights on wooden instruments. I want to make a tool for irrigating farmland. Now I have encountered some problems and I would like to ask for your advice."
She took out a piece of paper and said: "This tool can save manpower and use water power to draw water for irrigation..."
Shen Zhiyao told him the function and general principle of the waterwheel.
The more she spoke, the more fascinated Shu Yingran became.
After Shen Zhiyao finished speaking, Shu Yingran couldn't wait to pick up some drawings Shen Zhiyao had drawn and studied them while looking at them.
After a while, he expressed some of his opinions, and then said excitedly: "Miss Shen, if you believe me, I promise to make this thing for you."
"I will not leak this drawing. We can sign a contract."
Seeing that Shen Zhiyao didn't respond, Shu Yingran immediately added.
"Master Shu, this tool of mine is prepared for spring plowing, so it needs to be made before spring plowing. Time is a bit urgent."
"Five days, no, three days, within three days I will complete the drawings and draw all the structures." Shu Yingran held out three fingers.
"OK."
The two reached an agreement.
