sbdcsierra Chapter 193 Zhuangzi's Current Situation
Chapter 193 Zhuangzi's Current Situation
"Not bad." Shen Li put down the teacup in her hand, "Please tell me about the situation of the village."
Zhang Zhuangtou and Wang Zhuangtou looked at each other, and Zhang Zhuangtou spoke first, "Miss, you've just checked. Our farm has a total of 80 acres of land, including 30 acres of high-quality paddy fields, 10 acres of medium-quality paddy fields, 5 acres of low-quality paddy fields, 10 acres of high-quality dry land, and the rest are medium-quality dry land."
Shen Li nodded. It seemed that the overall soil quality of this device was very good.
"Because we have some fruit trees planted on the table and some fish in the fish pond. We will send some good ones to the host family during the festival, and the rest will be sold."
"All of this land is rented out to tenants in the village. They take 40% and the remaining 60% belongs to the owner."
Zhang Zhuangtou talked about some trivial matters and then went to Wang Zhuangtou.
"Miss, the other farm is much larger than this one, with a total of 150 acres of land, but 70 acres of it are planted with tea. Excluding the 5 acres occupied by the mountain, the rest is land, but most of it is medium-sized dry land."
Shen Li nodded, "I'll go check it out later."
"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare."
"Ah."
Wang Zhuangtou walked away quickly. Shen Li looked at Zhang Zhuangtou and asked, "Do you have any plans for next year's spring planting?"
"Miss, we are all planting one crop a year as before, and the rest of the time we are taking care of the land."
"Starting next year, we will plant two crops a year. Spring planting will be earlier. After harvesting the crops and preparing the land, we will spread fertilizer and start sowing the next crop."
"Miss, this..."
They now make their living from the land. If the land is used so frequently, will it affect the yield?
"I see there are a lot of chickens on the farm, right?"
"Yes."
Although he didn't know how the topic turned here, Zhang Zhuangtou still chose to answer.
"Well, raise some more pigs. I'll give you a method for making manure later. Just do it."
"Yes."
Seeing his tough attitude, Zhang Zhuangtou chose to suppress the doubts in his heart, but some questions had to be raised.
"Miss, if you do this, I'm afraid the tenants won't agree?"
"disagree?"
Shen Li bent her fingers and tapped the table. "They don't agree, but they just don't see the benefits. When the time comes, you can tell them that the losses will be borne by the owner, and they will not be short of compensation. They will naturally agree."
"Miss..., OK."
Now that the master has said so, what else can he, a village head, do?
He now does not agree with this approach from the bottom of his heart, but since the young lady insists on doing it, he can only let her try it first. If it doesn't work, he will naturally stop bothering.
He thought Shen Li was just fooling around. How could she be so different in one year? But he didn't show any sign of it.
Shen Li had seen a lot of the ugliness of human nature, so she naturally saw what Zhang Zhuangtou had not said, but she did not say it explicitly, which was actually a feasible thing to do.
Now it’s just because no one has tried it. However, food is really precious now, so it’s normal for people not to dare to try it.
"You go ahead and do your work. I'll go check out another farm."
"Okay, I'll prepare some things for you later, and you can take them back."
"I came here on horseback today, which is inconvenient."
"It's alright. We have a carriage on our farm. I'll have someone follow the young lady and take her there."
"it is good."
Having said that, Shen Li no longer refused.
Chi Yan had already run far away. Shen Li blew a whistle, and soon, the sound of horse hooves rang in her ears.
Riding on Chiyan, perhaps as the head of Wangzhuang had given instructions in advance, the gate of the courtyard was now wide open, and a woman was waiting at the door.
"Miss."
Seeing her dismount, the woman immediately stepped forward and said, "The head of Wangzhuang asked me to take you around the manor."
"No, I'll ride the horse, you can go on your own."
The woman stood there, staring in a daze at the distant figure riding a horse.
As you enter the village, the first thing that catches your eye is the entire patchwork of tea trees in the distance.
The farmlands on both sides are also planted with seasonal vegetables, which are lush and growing well.
Shen Li rode his horse all the way to the tea tree and circled around the edge of the tea tree.
The tea trees are grown well. It seems that the village head is very concerned about the tea.
It seems that after a while, Shen Li drove the horse away. It was time to go back, otherwise it would be too late.
When I arrived in front of the house, I saw Wang Zhuangtou standing there with two baskets of things beside him and a wooden box in his hand.
"Miss, these are some vegetables from the farm. I'll have them loaded onto the carriage later and you can take them back to eat."
He first pointed to something beside him and then opened the box in his hand: "This is some of the remaining tea from this year. Take it back and drink it."
A smile appeared in Shen Li's eyes. This Wang Zhuangtou is a sensible man.
"Excuse me, Mr. Wang."
"That's my job."
"Miss, the carriage is waiting outside. I'll have these loaded on board."
"it is good."
Shen Li was riding a horse in front, followed by a carriage. When passing by Zhang Zhuangtou's farm, Zhang Zhuangtou could only curse Wang Zhuangtou in his heart for being cunning.
That's not what he said before!
As a result, he showed his courtesy faster than anyone else!
"Miss, I'll have the things put on a carriage."
"it is good."
Zhang Zhuangtou prepared two baskets of fruit, two baskets of vegetables, and a few old hens, and had them all loaded onto the carriage.
"Zhang Zhuangtou, I'll have someone send the recipe to you in a few days."
"it is good."
After taking Shen Li away, Wang Zhuangtou asked Zhang Zhuangtou, "What is the recipe?"
Zhang Zhuangtou glanced at him and said, "Since the lady didn't tell you, then I can't tell you either. What if it gets leaked?"
After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the village, leaving Wang Zhuangtou stunned.
Good guy!
What is this going to do?
Because there was a horse-drawn carriage following behind, Shen Li's speed was not very fast. When the carriage returned to Daohua Village, the man driving the carriage was muttering to himself.
Isn’t it said that this is the current owner of Zhuangzi?
How to live in the village?
The carriage drove all the way to the small courtyard where Shen Li and her family rented, and the driver quickly suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
Lin Cuicui had just returned from the end of the village and was sitting in the yard chatting with Xu Taohua and Bai Yao. When she heard the sound of horse hooves, she knew that Shen Li had returned.
"Ali, what is this?"
When I opened the gate, I saw that it was indeed the person, but there was also a carriage following behind.
"Mom, the things in the carriage are vegetables and fruits grown on the farm."
As she got off the horse, she explained to Lin Cuicui.
"Oh, then move in."
The driver had already carried a basket down, but when he saw Lin Cuicui wanted to come over to help, he quickly refused.
"Ma'am, that's not possible. I'll move it myself."
Lin Cuicui walked right past him and brought down a basket of vegetables. "It's okay. It's getting dark. Don't delay your return."
"Miss, this..."
Shen Li shook her head at her and carried a basket of things in. The driver followed behind in a daze.
A ridiculous thought popped up in my mind: This host doesn't seem to be very arrogant? !