Si Sheng said: "Brother Sui Xin, you don't know yet, our new business is about to start, and we will need some more manpower by then. We are short of money now, but we are even more short of manpower and labor."

Zhao Laosan nodded and said: "Looking at it this way, it's better to leave these heavy physical tasks to the Wan family. Not only do they have their own manpower, they are also better at it than us. They can build walls faster and more efficiently than we can do it ourselves."

good."

Si Sheng smiled and said: "Okay, Zhao Laosan, can you still think of this level?"

Zhao Laosan scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled, "Actually, my wife said something similar to me. She said we can't handle the work in the fields now. If we have enough money, we might as well hire some day laborers to help us.

If you do it dry, you won’t miss the chance of spring planting.”

Suixin joked: "I thought your boy had grown up, but it turns out it was because of what your wife said."

Zhao Laosan chuckled, "My wife is just talking casually. We haven't made any money yet, so we can't just hire people to do part-time work, right?"

Yes, everything is stuck on the word "money". I don't know when Lu Youqing will come back or if he can bring some good news.

Si Sheng shook his head, looked at the back of Zhao Lao San's head while driving and said with a smile: "Lao San, when did you learn to write?"

Zhao Laosan looked back blankly, "I haven't learned a few words yet."

Si Sheng raised his palm, "Four two and a half? Huh?"

Suxue and Wang Zeran came to the side of the car, approached Zhao Laosan and asked, "Brother Zhao, tell the truth, who did you learn to write from?"

Wang Zeran said deliberately: "You didn't learn it from Brother Zhao Liu, right?"

Zhao Laosan denied it flatly, "No, that guy can't even write a few words. How can my wife know so much?"

"Oh--" Several people in the car drawled their voices and looked at him jokingly.

Zhao Laosan's ears turned red when everyone said "Oh!" and he didn't dare to look back. His hands and feet were so confused that he didn't know where to put them. He almost drove the car into a ditch, which made everyone burst into laughter.

When the carriage returned to Dongpo, Niu Zhixin had not returned from the fields, so Si Sheng took pots, basins, panels and other items, and went to the sugar workshop with Suxue and Wang Zeran to try making snacks: sugar cakes and wife cakes.

The wife's cake was very successful, but the sugar cake became sour again. This time, I specially asked Mrs. Wang, who is best at steaming dry food, to give it to her.

Si Sheng took a sip and said, "The sweetness is quite good, but it's a pity that it can't suppress the sourness."

Mrs. Wang frowned and ate half a piece, "I'll make it again. This time I'll try it with only a small bowl of rice noodles so I won't waste too much."

"Mom, let's try again tomorrow. If you make the dough now, you have to get up in the middle of the night to watch it. If you try it again at dawn, it will become sour again."

Mrs. Wang said enthusiastically: "It's okay. You can sleep on your own at night. I'll watch the dough and I'll wake you up when it's done."

Si Sheng advised: "Then you can't sleep at night, what should you do if your body is exhausted? Let's do it tomorrow. We don't care about the time of this night."

Mrs. Wang insisted: "As I get older, I never doze off. I wake up after a nap, just in time to watch the noodles."

Si Sheng had no choice but to let her go.

After dinner, it was still dark. Suxue took Wang Zeran and the three boys secretly ran to the back of the workshop, wondering what they were doing.

Si Sheng went to Niu's house and saw that Niu Zhixin hadn't come back yet, so he didn't wait any longer and went directly to the fields to look for someone.

After leaving the camp, in the open fields in the distance, you can see at a glance the men plowing the fields. Si Sheng made a visual inspection and found that in most of today, the men had plowed more than 40 acres.

land.

Si Sheng was counting when he saw two people leading cattle walking from the field ridge to the path. When they got closer, they recognized them as Niu Zhixin and Dasheng.

Si Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two of them, took the reins from Niu Zhixin's hand, and said, "Uncle Xin, please rest for a while, I'll do it."

Niu Zhixin is also in his fifties. He has been busy in the fields all day today and has not had dinner yet. He must be exhausted.

Niu Zhixin was not polite to Si Sheng. He gave the cow to him and walked beside him, saying: "Our nine family members only have these two cows. They worked hard today. Take them back and let them rest."

, I still have to work tomorrow.”

Si Sheng pointed to the mules plowing in the field and asked, "Isn't it time for them to go back?"

Niu Zhixin said: "Those mules have just been harnessed, and they can go back to rest tomorrow morning."

Si Sheng asked in surprise, "Uncle Xin, do you have to plow the fields at night? Can you see?"

"We have to work at night, so we borrowed these six iron plows. The villagers may go back soon, so we have to hurry up and try to plow all the land before returning them."

The plow pulled by animals is obviously much faster than manual digging. Now they still have idle animals and they are short of iron plows.

Si Sheng was thinking about whether he should first collect some money from various houses and buy a few iron plows for use.

Seeing that Si Sheng was silent, Niu Zhixin smiled and said: "Don't worry Si Sheng. There is no problem with plowing the land at night. In addition to the people holding the plows, there is also a person pulling the animals in front. In addition, I also asked people to prepare torches and moons."

If they don’t come out, light a torch for lighting.”

Da Sheng also said: "The men have also arranged their shifts. They take turns working day and night, so they won't be too tired."

The three of them had already left the camp while talking. Si Sheng asked Niu Zhixin to go home for dinner first. He and Dasheng took the cattle to the Ye family's livestock pen and tied them up. They poured fodder and water into the trough.

I spoke to Dasheng and went to Niu's house again.

Si Sheng told Niu Zhixin about building a fence and renting a shop. Although Niu Zhixin did not agree with spending money to build a fence, he listened to Si Sheng's explanation and said nothing more.

It was already dark, so he came over and lit a fire beside the two of them, leaving a few firewood beside them, and then left again.

Si Sheng then mentioned that he wanted to buy an iron plow. Niu Zhixin was silent for a while and said, "Let's think of other ways. Now that the cooperative's dividends have been reduced a lot, everyone is relying on the little savings they have.

When the income is low, we can only save. Every family is shortchanging themselves, and even the food has been downgraded. Everyone is saving like this so that their savings can last until the summer harvest.

If we use each family's savings again, it may make everyone even more panicked and make people panic, so how can they work."

What Niu Zhixin said is indeed reasonable. It is better to wait until the new business can make money before buying an iron plow.

Si Sheng put this aside in advance, opened the oil paper bag at hand, and took out some of the snacks he tried to make today for Niu Zhixin to try.
Chapter completed!