Chapter 690 Helpers in Farming (Update 2)

Xiaoan Village was noisy.

Li Xuemei's eyes were blue. She had been communicating with Heng'er last night. After writing a letter to Heng'er, Xiaoya was hungry again in the middle of the night. After feeding the child and putting him to sleep, she felt that she had just closed her eyes for a while when she was awakened by the noise outside.

The young men who came to recognize the door went back last night to report that a grain transport team would enter the village before dawn today.

The Yan family and the Cui family lived in front and behind, so it was particularly bright.

Li Xuemei hurriedly wiped her face, combed her hair, and after getting dressed, she picked up the still sleeping child and tied him in front of her with the help of Rong Mama.

Xiaoya yawned a little, her eyes seemed to be open and half open, and she looked like she was about to wake up. Li Xuemei quickly weighed her, hugged her with one hand, and patted her with the other hand. Soon the child fell asleep again.

As for the noise, it was not a problem. She lived in the city before, with a shop in front and firewood and charcoal piled up across a wall in the backyard. There were many people coming and going every day, and street vendors occasionally passed by. Xiaoyaer had already learned to ignore them and eat when she should and sleep when she should.

Li Xuemei asked Rong Mama to open the front and back doors of the yard to facilitate people and vehicles to enter and exit.

She went out of the back door and went straight to Cui's house.

Maomao followed closely, staring at strangers with a pair of glass-like vertical pupils, and breathing at anyone who approached.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here? Look at this. I didn't expect them to come so quickly. I thought it would be tomorrow. Xiaoyaer is asleep. Oh, this little darling is really cute. Let's keep our voices down and don't disturb the child." Madam Cui's voice dropped instantly.

"Her aunt, the waiter will be back later, and her godfather is coming with her." Li Xuemei pulled her aside and whispered that the young master of the King of England was coming to stay at her house.

Madam Cui groaned and quickly closed her mouth, pursing it tightly.

She asked carefully: "Then should we, should we pretend not to know? The first time the prince came, he was incognito, didn't he? It's sung like this in the opera, it's not good for a noble person to let others know when he goes out."

Madam Cui was quite moved. Such a big thing, her sister-in-law didn't tell others, but told her first, what is this? This is a relative!

"It's okay for our villagers, we can trust them, even if they are from outside..." Li Xuemei glanced at the grain transport truck in the Cui family yard.

Madam Cui understood immediately.

He said solemnly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will go to the village chief to get people. Seeing how busy our family is today, I am afraid that we can't do the work in the fields. I will call everyone and ask them to move and carry things. The big dog and the small dog will stand in front of and behind your yard. No outsiders are allowed to enter."

"That's not necessary." Li Xuemei said hurriedly: "Wait for Xiaoer to come back, I will talk to her and try to let the child stay in the house, otherwise you can take him out and change him into clothes that our country children wear. If we don't tell anyone, no one will guess whose child he is."

"Yes! Yes!"

...

The Luo family was full of people.

There were two tables in the main room. Mr. Kang, now affectionately called Kang Laotou by the villagers, was taking a few literary middle-aged men to make a list.

There were three groups of people standing in the yard.

One group was the old men and women from various families in the village, who were looking at the other two groups standing in the yard with their eyes. Their cloudy old eyes were full of joy and smiles, and they stretched their necks to look into the main hall expectantly from time to time.

On one side were the men, women, old and young from the quarry. Although there was a precedent, the current situation of the Kang family was particularly eye-catching, but they were still not able to let down their guard when they suddenly changed to a strange environment. Therefore, they were all silent and stood quietly in a corner.

There was another group, all of them were young and strong men, ranging in age from seventeen or eighteen to thirty years old.

These were the strong laborers that Xiaoan Village exchanged for oxen from various villages and towns.

The oxen rental was handled by the Boy Scouts. These kids dared to go and say it, and they followed the people sent by Yan Laoer to recruit soldiers all the way, and the oxen were also led. Seeing is believing. If they really put their handprints on the oxen rental contract they prepared, they could pull the ox away on the spot. What was unbelievable about this?

Even if the children had some doubts when they first saw them, after someone successfully rented a cow, it became a small detail that they didn't care about.

Yan Yu made it clear to the children that our oxen are precious and cannot be rented out blindly.

First of all, they need to have the village chief as a guarantor.

Don't let some street urchins sell or kill them for meat without knowing the background, otherwise they will lose a lot of money.

The contract must also clearly state how much the cow eats a day, when to feed it, and not to keep the cow for plowing without rest, etc. In other words, it is to ensure the health of the cow.

Then, they only exchange young and strong laborers, and each family can only send one person, and they don't want more.

These young and strong laborers who rent cattle will keep the cattle until their village needs them, and when people come back, they will be taken away by the cattle. At that time, if the cattle are too thin or look like they have used a lot of force, don't blame them for coming to the door and not giving up.

Yan Yu gave the instructions.

The Boy Scouts carried it out very thoroughly.

This is the result of countless training.

The children's understanding of young and strong people is a little different from Yan Yu's.

Yan Yu thinks that anyone who can work in the fields can do it, regardless of gender, and some women are no worse than men.

But in the children's minds, at least a man in his 17s or 18s can get married. There are also old men in their 40s who can't work well. How can their cows be exchanged for half a laborer? They must be replaced with good, really strong ones!

Well, Yan Laoer didn't expect that the biggest obstacle to his conscription was not that he forgot to ask people to bring cash to show that he was tempting people, but that the various benefits he offered to the conscription were not as tempting as a working ox in the eyes of the farmers.

Go together.

Except for the men who were originally in the militia, the rest of the young and strong chose to pay the rent with their bodies actively or passively.

Why passively? Even if they had some other ideas, they had to succumb to the gaze of their families who were eager for working oxen.

This group of young and strong people was obviously very restrained.

Some young men made the old men and women in Xiaoan Village feel at a loss.

That look was really hot!

Wait until Old Kang and the others finally divide the people.

Village Chief Luo began to call out the names.

Yan Yu returned to the village at this time.

Da Gouzi squatted in the gate of the Yan family. Seeing several carriages coming from afar, Da Gouzi frowned tightly.

He looked around, but didn't look at the food.

Just as I was muttering, I saw the car following behind. It was the car that delivered fish to Xiaoer!

Xiaoer is back!

Da Gouzi's eyes lit up, and he ran forward a few steps. Then he remembered his mission and couldn't leave this place, so he stopped.

Finally, when Xiaoer poked his head out, Da Gouzi shook his hands vigorously and began to gesture with his hands.

Yan Yu saw it and immediately responded with gestures.

One said: Come in quietly, don't make any noise.

One replied: OK, got it!

Oh my God, I finally got stuck~

When someone comes to my house, my schedule is disrupted.

Fortunately, I caught up~o(*￣︶￣*)o~

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