Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Chapter 217 Going to Linyi Prefecture

Craftsman Chen acted quickly and brought all the materials to Kaoshan Village on the second day.

With the help of Village Chief Ma, Xia Shengsheng also recruited more than 30 men in the village who had worked for her before and did a good job as laborers.

Two more women were hired to help with cooking.

On the first day of construction, there was a light rain, but the rain was not heavy and had no impact on the construction of the house.

But this light rain made the land more moist, and the seeds in the ground sprouted with the arrival of this light rain! !

The farmers saw new hope.

When the day came to go to Ning'an Mansion to pick up the clothes, Xia Shengsheng did not go in person, but sent someone to pick up the finished clothes! !

She is at home discussing with Village Chief Ma where they want to raise chickens!

The new factory is right next to the original factory, inside the village.

But if you want to raise chickens and expand your space, you may have to leave the village.

After all, when the city wall was built in the past, in order to save construction time, the wall was surrounded by the village near the mountain, and there was not much space left inside.

So, Xia Shengsheng chose a piece of land outside the village that was connected to the foot of the mountain and bought it from Village Chief Ma.

He also said hello to craftsman Chen and asked them to build two more houses on the land they bought outside after the factory was completed, so that they could live in the chicken farm, etc.!!

As for other small tasks such as building chicken coops and fences, we can ask the villagers to help.

"Sister Xia, I've found out for you. This year is different from previous years. There are too few people hatching chicks. Apart from our village, there is only one family in Daqian Village, more than ten miles away, that has hatched chicks. But there are not many, only about thirty or forty.

There is one in Niutou Town, they have about a hundred chickens, and there are two in Xiaohe Town. If you want to know the exact location of the two chicken farms in Xiaohe Town, you need to go there and ask! ! ”

Li Erjia has a carefree personality and can talk to anyone. She is also the most informed about all kinds of news. So Xia Shengsheng asked her to help find out which family has hatched chicks. Within a day, she had already found out the news.

"Okay, I got it then. Thank you, Sister Lanhua. Once I know the place, it will be easy to ask around when I get there!

By the way, didn’t you say yesterday that Uncle Youcai had a cough? How is he? Have you asked Doctor Zhao to see him? "

Li Youcai has not been in good health since the Chinese New Year this year. He is not as strong as before. He did not even participate in this spring planting, leaving it entirely to the children at home.

However, the Li family has little land, and the two Li brothers can easily handle it!

"After checking, Doctor Zhao said that it was some old stoves that had become ill over time, which was why my father-in-law had always been in poor health.

For example, this disease is neither fatal nor has a big impact on life. It can only be cured by a little bit of recuperation. You will definitely not be able to do any hard work in the future. After a period of recuperation, the symptoms will improve a lot, but it is impossible to completely eradicate it?

Alas! I can only hope that the old man won’t feel so bad. Now that there are many people working at home and the children have grown up, my father-in-law can have some time to rest. That would be great!!”

Li Erjia is relatively open-minded. It is normal for people to have some minor ailments as they get older.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, older people have weaker immunity than young people. Some of the older generation got sick when they were young and only got relapsed when they were old.

There is no cure for these diseases, you just need to follow the doctor's advice to alleviate the symptoms and not feel too uncomfortable! !

"You're right to think so. As people age, it's inevitable that they will have some illnesses, but as long as it doesn't affect their lives, it's fine. I'll go see Uncle Li later, you go and do your work first! The factory still needs you to help keep an eye on it!"

Li Erjia agreed with a smile and returned to the factory.

After Xia Shengsheng returned to the house, he bought some supplements suitable for the elderly from Qiqi, and went to Li Youcai's house with Ye Chao and Ercheng.

Because most of the people in the village now work for her, and the same goes for Li Youcai's family.

Only Li Youcai and two younger children were left at home; no one else was there.

Xia Shengsheng led the two children, looked at the people, sat there and chatted for a few more words, left the things, and left.

There are still a lot of things to explain when I get back.

Xia Shengsheng prepared for everyone to set off for Linyi Prefecture early tomorrow morning, and leave all the housework to other people.

Xia Shengsheng is going to take all the children with him this time, and also let Xia Er, Xia San, and Xia Qi come with him, and also bring Wang Yang, so there will be 10 people in total, so he is preparing to take two cars.

The donkey cart and horse carriage at home have different speeds. It would be very inconvenient if we were to travel a long distance together. So we planned to take the horse carriage at home and then rent a horse carriage in the town, and then we would go to Linyi Prefecture together.

Because Yiyi is going quite far this time, and since she is going to a formal academy, it would be good for her to have someone around to take care of her or just to keep her company.

So he planned to leave Wang Yang and Xia Qi in Linyi Prefecture to accompany Yiyi.

Before this, the opinions of both people were sought, and the opinions of Wang Yang's parents were also sought. Neither side expressed any objection.

Wang Yang is not young anymore, so Wang Si and Jin Ling didn't say they were reluctant to let him go.

After all, it is their duty to take care of the master and follow the master to school. Besides, why would they be unwilling to follow such a good master?

At the factory, Xia Shengsheng asked the two supervisors from Ma Dajia and Li Erjia to look after it, and asked Xia Yi to be in charge of the liaison with Tao Wuji's manager.

The task of building the chicken coop fence was assigned to Xia Si and his men. If there were not enough people, they would hire two more villagers to help.

After the chicken coop and fence are built, we first build a simple thatched shed, then buy the chicks and take turns to stand guard at night to watch over the chickens.

Xia Si and his friends were not good at raising chickens, so Xia Shengsheng asked someone in the village who was good at raising chickens to teach Xia Si and his friends so that they would not be completely in the dark.

In fact, raising chickens is quite simple. Just pay attention to their food, drink and hygiene, and don't let them get sick.

As long as there is no major chicken plague, most of them can be kept alive.

Xia Shengsheng arranged all the household affairs properly and left a sum of money to Xia Yi. Xia Yi and his friends were all literate, so this was quite precious.

Therefore, matters like household purchasing and food and drink provision for all the workers can all be outsourced.

Xia Shengsheng was quite relieved about this. Ma Dajia and Li Erjia were two people she could trust more. They were in charge of the employees in the factory.

As for matters concerning money and some trivial matters, Xia Yi is the one who takes charge. People like Xia Yi are all under a life contract and are even more trustworthy.

After arranging the household affairs, Xia Shengsheng and several children set out early the next morning after breakfast, taking enough silver with them.

A few people squeezed into a carriage and went to the town. They finally rented a new carriage because there were too few people who owned horse-drawn carriages.

But fortunately, they met them in the end, otherwise they would have to go to Ning'an Prefecture to rent a carriage. If so many people took one carriage to Ning'an Prefecture, the horses at home would have been exhausted.

In this way, several people set out on the road to Linyi Prefecture.