sbdcsierra Chapter 223 Thriving
Chapter 223 Thriving
Ye Changyan hired some farmhands from the surrounding villages and bought a gentle donkey. The old man rode the donkey to inspect the fields every day, and suddenly he found another kind of fun in life.
The wages paid by Ye Changyan were very good, and the employees cherished this opportunity very much and worked very diligently.
The wheat and rapeseed planted last autumn have gradually entered the harvest period. Ye Changyan hired a group of temporary workers. Even the old man was very satisfied with their work efficiency. They harvested the crops in the fields in just a few days.
With the introduction of Zhang Fei, the brother-in-law of the village head, Ye Changyan bought a few pieces of land in a village a little further away, just when the spring harvest was completed and people were busy with spring ploughing.
Ye Changyan discussed the planting plan for these fields with Grandpa Lian, and Grandpa Lian arranged for the permanent and temporary workers to engage in the busy spring plowing.
Ye Changyan adopted an approach that suited these lands to local conditions, and the crop arrangements for spring plowing were also very rich. Rice was planted in paddy fields and dry fields that could draw water, of which nearly 20% was glutinous rice. Soybeans and mung beans were mainly planted on the ridges of the fields.
Corn is planted in the dry fields that cannot be watered and most of the dry land. Sweet potatoes will be interplanted in the corn fields later. The dry land near the Ye family is mainly planted with vegetables and cash crops, such as peanuts, ginger and peppers.
Under the guidance of Ye Changyan, Lian Changshun and Lian Ze'an gradually mastered the art of mushroom shocking and cultivated many dead trees on which mushrooms grew in the mountains and forests. The task of picking mushrooms was mainly undertaken by Shitou, Erniu, Suqin, Duoer and Xueli, several servants and maids.
Aunt Zeng and cousin-in-law Wang were mainly responsible for making fresh chicken. For this purpose, Ye Changyan bought a donkey to pull the mill.
Aunt Zeng and cousin-in-law Wang also learned how to distill fresh flowers from Erniu and Fang Xiaomei. Ye Changyan's grandmother Weng was also a person who could not sit still. She took the initiative to take on the task of turning and drying the mushrooms.
Lian Xiaolong also followed Wulang to Mr. Xia's private school and entered the enlightenment class. The whole Lian family was very happy because this was the first scholar in the Lian family.
In addition to practicing martial arts with Lu Tingfeng every day, Fang Xiaotong was mainly responsible for the Ye family's shopping and welcoming and seeing off guests.
It wasn't long after Aunt Xu and Big Girl arrived at the kimchi processing workshop that they quickly became familiar with each other. Now the daily affairs of the kimchi processing workshop are managed by this mother and daughter. After observing for a while, Ye Changyan found that Aunt Xu was quite capable. With the help of Big Girl, she managed the kimchi processing workshop in an orderly manner.
At the beginning, Xu would take the initiative to seek Ye Changyan's opinions, such as the production plan for the near future, the purchase arrangements of raw materials, etc. Later, Ye Changyan gradually let Xu make her own decisions. Now she has also learned to make her own production plans, plan the purchase arrangements of raw materials in advance, and has a very harmonious relationship with several long-term and short-term workers in the processing workshop.
Second aunt Liu was also happy working in the canteen of the processing workshop. Without the old lady ordering her around all day, she could chat with the other helpers in the canteen. Second aunt liked her job very much.
Although they didn't eat meat, the food in the cafeteria was much better than at home. The food was prepared by the chef from Yunfeng Building. My second aunt's waist had become fatter these days and her complexion had improved a lot.
Although my uncle Ye Xiaowen is still the team leader in the materials department, with the expansion of the production scale of the processing workshop, more and more materials are entering and leaving the warehouse more frequently, so Ye Xiaowen's work has become much busier, and of course his income has also increased a lot.
My second uncle, Ye Xiaowu, worked as a porter in the loading and unloading team for several months. His temper has improved a lot and he has become much stronger. He was recently transferred back to be the team leader.
Dalang and Silang learned a lot from the managers. After all, Dalang was older and more mature, and his mind was more flexible. He has now begun to manage the daily affairs of a workshop independently.
Silang is younger and his brain doesn't seem to be as sharp as Dalang's, but he is more down-to-earth and is more confident in the tasks assigned to him by the stewards. Several stewards like to assign some detailed matters to Silang, and Silang is very busy.
Ever since Erlang joined the caravan, he has rarely had time to go home in the past ten days or so. All day long he is either on the way to Yuzhou Prefecture or on the way to Yizhou Prefecture.
The last time Liu saw her son was more than half a month ago. Erlang's skin is now tanned, and he has become much stronger and tougher, exuding a rugged masculinity.
Old Madam Guo would go out from the old house every day, take a walk, and chat with the old men and women in the village while sitting under the big banyan tree. When it was time for dinner, she would go to the canteen of the processing workshop to eat, and sometimes she would also go to sit in the yard of Ye Sanfang.
Seeing her children and grandchildren busy with their own things, the old lady finally felt relieved. Of course, when she was chatting with people, she did not forget to recommend her grandchildren to them, and asked them to help keep an eye out for suitable girls and boys to introduce to her grandchildren.
Li Baolin's son, Li Rongxu, was a smart young man. He quickly adapted to the processing workshop and soon came up with two ways to improve work efficiency.
Ye Changyan had a detailed discussion with Li Rongxu. He thought that Li Rongxu had a flexible mind, clear thinking and outstanding abilities. So Ye Changyan asked Li Rongxu to learn how to manage things from the managers.
During this period, Mr. Cai has increased the workload of Liang Jingcheng and Ye Changyan. Judging from the content of Mr. Cai's lectures, Ye Changyan guessed that Mr. Cai seemed to be making some preparations.
But Mr. Cai did not mention his plans, so Ye Changyan did not ask in detail. Instead, he concentrated on the classes with Liang Jingcheng. There was an hour and a half of class in the morning, two hours of class in the afternoon, and an hour of discussion time in the evening. Ye Changyan had a very fulfilling time during this period.
At the end of April, news finally came that County Magistrate Wu had been promoted. He was transferred to Linzhou and appointed as the magistrate of a county in Linzhou. On the surface, although County Magistrate Wu was still County Magistrate Wu, Linzhou was close to Shengjing and close to the capital. Moreover, Linzhou had always been a prosperous place and an important granary in all dynasties. The rank of a county magistrate in Linzhou was sixth grade.
Originally, the Wu family of Shengjing arranged for Wu Hongchang to be appointed as the Langzhou Tongpan, a sixth-rank position, but for unknown reasons it was rejected by the Ministry of Personnel. Although the result of being the county magistrate of Linzhou was not what County Magistrate Wu was most satisfied with, Linzhou was close to the capital after all, and it would be easier for him to be promoted if he made political achievements.
The original magistrate of Shang County in Linzhou was a sixth-rank magistrate of Linzhou. He was promoted twice in a row and was promoted to the fifth-rank Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Works, a powerful position in charge of river engineering and water conservancy.