In mid-March, the work on the mountain was basically completed.
Yunfei not only hired strong male laborers to do hard work, but also hired women from the village to do work such as hoeing weeds and digging tree roots.
He invited the entire village, even the children.
The trees were felled and piled in one place. He was not going to sell them, and the scattered branches could not be wasted, so they were collected as firewood.
Big stones build walls and small stones pave the way.
After all the seedlings were planted, Yunfei asked someone to build a road to the town.
This time, not only people from Baijia Village were invited, but strong laborers from the neighboring village were also invited.
We still ask a few women to deliver water and take care of our own meals.
By the time everything is over, it will be May.
Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan, who were the first to become pregnant, were already eight months pregnant and were not far away from giving birth.
The imperial examination will be in February next year. It will be the county examination then, so just go to the county seat. There is no need to rush for the time being, but you need to study. Even if you have the original memory and his understanding, you may not be able to pass it smoothly.
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Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Uncle Quan, the gatekeeper, knew that his master was back and hurried to the door to greet him.
Sure enough, a moment later a big black horse appeared pulling a simple carriage.
"Master, are you back? Let the slave take the horse back to the stable. You go to the mansion first."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Yunfei nodded, dismounted with his help, and strode into the house.
Uncle Quan outside the door slowly led the carriage back to the house, and then closed the door.
Their master is considerate of his servants. Even if they are doing their own job, he can always see their hard work.
If it weren't for the master, his family would have been separated by now. Thanks to the master's kindness, he bought them all back.
When Yunfei comes home, he usually takes care of himself before meeting his family.
After all, he hangs out in the mountains every day, not to mention dirty, and it is not impossible to carry one or two invisible bugs.
Usually at this point, you can see them in Du Qingliu's yard.
Because he didn't have enough money, he didn't buy a big house, just a three-yard yard.
Du Qingliu and Bai Guihua live together, and then Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan live together.
When nothing happened, they would gather in Du Qingliu's yard, chatting, walking around and so on.
As soon as Yunfei walked in, he saw three pregnant women walking in circles.
They are afraid that the baby will not be delivered by then, so they have been taking a rest, eating and exercising recently, especially Zhao Baozhu, who is very greedy.
Next to her were Xiao Zizi, Aunt Quan, and her two daughters, Forsythia and Licorice.
The three little girls are responsible for running errands for the three pregnant women in the family, and Yunfei bought Aunt Quan because she had been a stable mother for many years.
As for Bai Guihua, another woman was arranged. She was also bought and had served the wives of wealthy families.
Putting her next to Bai Osmanthus, she just wanted her to teach this innocent and kind sister to be smarter.
If nothing else, at the very least, if you are bullied, you need to know how to call in reinforcements and know how to stop losses in time.
In short, with Nanny Tan by her side, she won't suffer any disadvantage when she gets married.
As for Bai Guihua's husband, Yunfei did meet a lot of pretty good young people, all from the town or near Baijia Village.
But when he came into contact with them, he didn't like them at all.
He's a good boy, but his family environment is complicated.
Even if some money starts to float around, it won't do.
The same cannot be said for scholars. Such people will not lack beautiful flowers and family members around them.
In this era where a man whose family is so poor that he can't even see a mouse can get a beautiful wife for free, he feels that everything is risky.
In the end, I decided to buy a live-in son-in-law, and then bought the small courtyard next to it for the couple to live in.
When the time comes, you can make a contract to control him. If you dare to treat Bai Guihua badly, you will take him to court.
He has already inquired about the candidates.
In Shan'ao Village, a village far away from the town, there was a family who gave birth to six sons.
Then the first two eldest sons married wives and had children.
Now the younger sons want to sell it.
Yunfei was interested in their third son Musheng, who came to Baijia Village to find work.
He is quite honest, has a gentle personality, and most importantly, he is grateful, and he happens to be the one who shows kindness.
He had already tested Musheng's intention before and asked him, if someone bought him as a son-in-law, and then his brothers would not have to be sold, would he be willing?
The answer is yes.
So he has to hurry up and do this recently. In June, the government will check the household registration, and in July, he will come to pick up the person.
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Seeing him coming back, Du Qingliu came over holding his belly, with a soft light on his face that he was about to become a mother.
He shouted with a smile: "Husband, you are back."
From the beginning, among the three of them, she was the only one she always called husband, and the others were called husband and husband.
Maybe it's because her mother never was able to call her dad husband in her whole life.
"My husband is coming back a little early today?" Zhang Dujuan said as she looked at the sun.
"Isn't it already early? My husband stays in the mountains every day and gets a lot of tan." Zhao Baozhu touched his face with distressed eyes.
Yunfei: I suspect you are taking advantage, but there is no evidence.
"There has been nothing happening on the mountain recently. Just let a few uncles watch over it. Everything is basically done. I will go back and take a look occasionally."
After all, nothing he sows can be harvested in the short term.
After the autumn harvest, short-term crops may be sown, and then the fields will have to be contracted.
But he is not without income now.
The workshops in the village have been opened, and the villagers who were originally worried about losing their jobs are relieved.
But this time, the workshop hired a large number of female workers.
Male workers are also recruited, but there are very few.
They are responsible for purchasing some medicinal herbs, or organizing a trip to the mountains to pick them.
Female workers are then responsible for cleaning, drying and grinding.
The matching levels were completed by Yunfei and several servants.
He has reached a cooperative relationship with a pharmacy in the state capital and provides them with a medicine to treat wind and cold.
That is, cold medicine.
The price is low, the medicine is amazingly effective, and it’s convenient.
You can eat it dry or drink it with some water.
You must know that the cold medicine at this time requires drinking the decoction for many days to be cured.
Sometimes it may drag on intermittently for more than half a month. It is possible.
Especially for children, if they get cold, it will cause fever if they are not cured in time, and fever is even more troublesome.
Therefore, this portable and effective cold medicine was sold out as soon as it was released.
The price is not expensive, and every household buys a bottle to keep.
Now it has reached the point where the supply exceeds the demand. After all, there are other prefectures, counties, and even further away, other countries outside the state capital.
Not enough sold, really not sold enough!
