inspire-indiana Chapter 688: Too Harsh
Chapter 688: Too Harsh
Zhou Guo shook his head, "No, there are many women and little girls in the village. They are all adult men and have been bandits for several years. It is not suitable for them to live next to the village. The two sides must be separated."
The old man thought it made sense. He was used to being in the arena, and he had never thought of this. "I'm just afraid that I'm a little too hasty."
"It doesn't matter. We can just pick up a place anywhere. We don't need to live here right now. We won't let them into the village this time. We'll settle them in the county town. When we have more things to do in the future, we can live in the village when we come back."
"I'm just afraid that the villagers will think that with so many strong men suddenly appearing in my house, they might not dare to go out."
"I've thought about it. I'll try to let them come into the village at night. If that doesn't work, I'll just say they're temporary workers hired from outside. My family has hired a lot of temporary and permanent workers over the years, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
The old man nodded.
The two rushed to the place where they parted with Hu Zi and waited for them for a whole day before the convoy finally came back.
When Hu Zi saw her, he said happily, "Master, you are back. I thought you would come back after us."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "How is it going? Is everything going well? Did the two shopkeepers give you any trouble?"
Hu Zi said happily: "How could that be? I will deliver the goods and come back after paying. I am afraid you will have to wait."
Zhou Guo nodded, "That's good."
Then he let them go first and told Wu Jiang to choose a piece of land at the foot of the mountain to build a house. It didn't have to be built too well, a thatched and yellow mud house would be enough. He also had to build a few big kangs in the house, and ten rooms would be enough.
This is an easy matter. They bought the land around the foot of the two mountains last year. Although the land is not suitable for farming, it is suitable for building houses.
Hu Zi didn't ask why they wanted to build a house, and drove away happily.
The old man asked, "Why don't they leave a few cars behind and let the forty people behind them walk?"
Zhou Guo said, "There aren't many vehicles in the village, and the village still relies on these vehicles to transport goods. One less vehicle will cost less money. They are used to it anyway, so take it slow."
The two men waited until nightfall, when Baldy-Head and his group of men finally arrived, breathless.
As soon as he saw Zhou Guo, he collapsed to the ground without even saying hello, unable to utter a word.
The old man felt that the order was too harsh.
Zhou Guo pointed to a dozen or so roasted rabbits nearby and said, "Not bad, you finally made it in time. Here, the meat is already roasted for you, go and eat."
Everyone was stunned, and looking in the direction where she pointed, they saw pieces of charred rabbit meat.
His eyes lit up, "Boss, is this for us? Did you bake it specially for us?"
Zhou Guo said: "Yes, you have brought your own dry food, eat it when you have rested enough."
She also built two fires nearby.
It took a full stick of incense time for everyone to recover.
He ran towards the rabbit happily with a smile on his face.
They had some complaints before and had thought of what to say, but when they arrived, the boss actually roasted a rabbit for them. How could they think of complaining?
I just think the boss is so nice. He even went hunting for them and roasted the animals for them. Where in the world can you find such a nice boss?
Even the bald man didn't say anything, he just pulled out a rabbit leg and ate it with relish.
Damn, it smells so good.
Zhou Guo smiled. Although he and the old man were full, he still took a rabbit and ate it slowly, just like a snack.
The group of people rested in the woods for a night. Now the weather was cold, and except for Zhou Guo, there was not even a shed.
But they were all rough men and were used to it. Every time they went out, they had to sleep in the open air. At most, they would put some fallen leaves and hay under their bodies, build a fire, and spend the night huddled together as a group.
The next morning, after eating some dry food, Zhou Guo and the old man rode forward again.
The group of people rode and chased each other, and it took them four days to reach the county town.
She settled them down and went to the shop first.
There were still two people guarding the shop at this time. When they saw her coming, they took out a letter and gave it to her, "Master, this is the letter from the day before yesterday."
Zhou Guo knew who sent it without even looking at it. When she opened it, she saw that it was indeed a letter from the shopkeeper in Huaiyang, telling her that if she had any new things, she could just send them over and the price would be negotiable.
Zhou Guo curled his lips. There are more and more preserved eggs recently. This thing is not like pine mushrooms. It doesn't sell so fast. You can send it over here.
As soon as we returned to the village, we prepared things for Huaiyang, including about 1,000 kilograms of pine mushrooms and a cart of preserved eggs.
There weren’t many things, but the prices were good, so I earned a thousand strings of cash on this trip.
Li frowned and said, "You haven't been back these days, so I don't know what the situation is like in the mountains. People say that there don't seem to be many mushrooms in the mountains. I went up the mountain yesterday to check, and there really aren't many, much less than in previous years. I estimate that they will be gone in eight or nine days. What should we do?"
The whole family was in a panic. They relied on selling these pine mushrooms to make money all year round. This year the mushrooms didn't grow, so they couldn't make any money. There were so many mouths to feed at home.
Thinking of this, Li said again: "By the way, you asked Wu Jiang to build a house on the other side of the mountain again. Did you hire someone again?"
More than forty servants are enough for the house. If we buy more, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to support them?
Zhou Guo consoled him, "It's okay. There aren't many mushrooms this year. I've already informed several restaurants. The price this year is not comparable to previous years. Isn't it because there aren't many mushrooms? If they're gone, they're gone. Anyway, we've made enough money."
Li felt relieved when she heard her say that. "What about your room?"
Zhou Guo said, "I have hired forty farmhands. I will let them do the delivery work in the future. This way, everyone on the farm can focus on their work. The amount of flower mushrooms and goat mushrooms planted this year will definitely increase several times. We don't have enough manpower now. We also need to ferment fertilizer. I also have to think about going to the county to collect ash and night fragrance. We need people everywhere."
These all need to be put on the agenda.
Li said, "I've only heard that families with a lot of land would hire a lot of temporary workers. I never thought that our family only has about 20 acres of land, and there are more than 100 people in the family. If you don't know, you would think that our family is like the landlord Zhao's, a big landlord."
Wu Ya smiled and said, "Second Aunt, as long as something can grow on it, it's still land. Although mountains are not land, they can grow fungi. A pound of fungi is much more valuable than a pound of grain. I think it's better than two hundred acres of land."
Zhou Xing smiled, "That's right. As long as something can grow there, it doesn't matter if it's a mountain or land. It's a treasure of the family."
Li also laughed at this and said, "How about we buy two more mountains with the money we earn this year?"
Zhou Guo said, "Don't do that. Aren't those two mountains big enough? If you want to buy something, go somewhere else. You can't put all your eggs in one basket, or they'll break. This mountain is the same. I've also looked around and there's no other suitable mountain nearby. Aren't the suitable ones already taken?"