Chapter 114 The beginning of everything is difficult
The woman was both angry and angry, cursing, "This bitch has no conscience, okay, I don't want it, but you have to give me a puppy. I have three puppies, and you can't raise them."
The man shook his head again: "There's nothing I can do about it. I already promised three families to send it away, but you didn't come earlier."
The woman became even more angry, "How do I know it went to your house? You live on that slope. How do I know this dog can run so far?"
Everyone around me knows that I lost my dog, and if I hadn’t gone up the hill to hoe the fields today, I wouldn’t even have known that I had gone to your house.”
Both of them were so angry that their faces were red and their necks were thick.
Qingyu followed him into the courtyard, and his eyes fell on Li Zheng. He was an old farmer in his sixties, but he was well-dressed, with many wrinkles on his face, and his slightly furrowed brows looked serious and serious.
Li Zheng didn't say anything during the whole process, just listened carefully. He saw Qing Yu and others in the interval, nodded slightly to say hello, and continued to listen. Li Zheng's wife stepped forward, winked at the three of them, and led the three of them in helplessly.
Sit down and have tea in the main room.
"On weekdays, it's just these things. Either we occupy the land today, or we occupy the dog tomorrow." Li Zheng's wife started chatting with Old Liu Tou in a low voice.
Old Liu Tou laughed and said: "People can hardly afford to eat, but they still care about dogs."
"It would be nice to have a dog to look after the home and the hospital." Li Zheng's wife looked at Zhu Feng and Qing Yu, "Who are these two?"
Just as Old Liu Tou was about to introduce him, Li Zheng came into the room and greeted him with a smile, "Old Liu Tou, long time no see, what kind of wind has brought you here."
Old Liu Tou smiled and pointed at Zhufeng and Qingyu, "This is Boss Zhu. He bought fifty acres of land. The tenants are all from your area. I will bring him to see you."
"Oh, Boss Zhu, nice to meet you." Li Zheng said hello with a smile and sat down.
"Boss Zhu is buying land now, but he is taking a big risk. I wonder what he thinks? The harvest in the land cannot be counted on, and it is difficult for tenant farmers to pay 80% of the rent."
Qingyu looked at Li Zheng, half-smiling but not smiling. Li Zheng was slightly surprised when he saw the child staring at him. This look... was somewhat intriguing.
When Zhufeng heard that it was 80% of the rent, he couldn't help but marveled, "80%, that's so much."
"It seems that Boss Zhu is a kind person. If you are sympathetic to them, you might as well consider giving them less due to the weather this year. It will be difficult for these tenant farmers."
Zhufeng smiled and said, "I will naturally consider these things. I have also farmed and know the hard work and difficulty of farmers."
Li Zheng's smile deepened, and he cupped his hands and said, "Then I will thank Boss Zhu in advance for those tenant farmers."
"That's serious." Zhufeng waved his hand, "In fact, I have a plan to buy land at this time. I plan to use the land to grow medicinal materials."
"Medicine?" Li Zheng was surprised and frowned slightly, "Boss Zhu, where do we start talking about this?"
"I have some experience in the pharmacology of medicinal materials. Before, I just wanted to do something I could do. But now that I know there is no such medicinal field in Yinzhou, I want to do so even more."
Li Zheng’s brows furrowed even further, “What do you mean by Boss Zhui, do you plan to give land to the tenant farmers? Plant your own medicinal materials instead?”
Zhufeng shook his head and smiled, "How can I do this? There are so many places, even if I have ten hands, I can't even do it.
I plan to recruit workers, and the tenant farmers are still these tenant farmers, but they are not tenants of the land, but I am recruiting them to farm the land for me, and the wages will naturally be settled to them."
Li Zheng stopped talking, but his expression was ugly. Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Old Liu changed the subject and asked about the dispute just now, "So how did you sentence them? Who owns the dog?"
Li Zheng remained silent for a while, but perhaps out of respect for Old Liu Tou, he still replied: "If the big dog doesn't come back, I'll ask Mr. Cheng to bring back a puppy;
I asked Peng Si to recommend one of the three houses that I promised to send it to, and then I went to Yinzhen Village to find one from the house recommended to me."
His wife was a little dissatisfied, "You're causing trouble for yourself again. Then you have to go find the dog in the afternoon? Is the land at home left unused?"
"It's over there. I saw it last time. It won't delay things too much." After Li Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Feng and said, "Okay, then, Boss Zhu, you are busy, so I won't keep you around. I will
We have to go find the dog quickly."
Zhufeng stood up and said, "There is one more thing I would like to ask Li Zheng for help. I want to meet all the tenant farmers in three days and tell them my thoughts, so please help me gather these people together then.
I know that it is indeed difficult to accept the sudden suggestion of changing to planting medicinal materials, but there will definitely be a severe drought this year. Rather than struggling with crops, it is better to find another way.
Nowadays, no one has planted medicinal herbs on a large scale, so I am sure that this path will work."
Li Zheng looked at him seriously, and after a moment, he asked, "Since you can't grow crops, how can you grow medicinal herbs? Besides, no one has ever planted them, let alone planting them. Apart from some common herbs in the mountains, who knows anything about them?"
Medicinal materials.”
Zhufeng nodded: "Li Zheng's concerns are very true. I have considered all these. If you don't know how to plant, you can learn it. If you don't know it, you can know it now. Planting medicinal materials and growing crops are both planting. The principles are the same. As long as they are willing to learn
, everyone can grow good medicinal herbs.”
Li Zheng chuckled, "It seems that Boss Zhu has a literate mind, but to put it bluntly, your idea sounds a bit naive. If growing medicinal materials is so good, why don't you see other races?
Most of these tenant farmers are illiterate, and they rely on these few acres of thin farmland to survive. If you want to deprive them of their living conditions now, it will definitely not end well.
I won’t call these tenants, you go find them yourself. If you don’t know where they live, just ask them next to each other. I have to go, I still owe money to the land, and I have to pay it back to others.
Go find the dog, there will be no delay."
After saying that, Zhufeng left without waiting for anything else.
Zhufeng stood there awkwardly and glanced at Qingyu helplessly, but Qingyu shook his head and smiled slightly to indicate that it was okay.
Old Liu Tou clicked his tongue, "Boss Zhui, what can I say, this is a tricky road and it's not easy to walk.
Sigh... If Aristo was helping to speak, it would be easier for the tenant farmers to accept it, but as you can see, he has this attitude, so it will be even more difficult for you to handle this matter.
What's more, you immediately announced that you will plant millet, linseed, soybeans, and you can't let everyone hoe what they planted. If that happens, someone may hang themselves in front of you, and the matter will become a big deal, which will not end well.
"
Zhufeng Ganqian smiled and said, "Thank you for reminding me. In that case, I will go back today." Then he turned to Li Zheng's wife and said, "I'll see you another day and say goodbye."
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The setting sun was slanting down, dragging the silhouettes of people into long distances. Farmers bending down and working could still be seen in the endless fields. Under the dim sky, two figures, one large and one small, walked in silence with heavy steps.
On the unmanned official road.
"Sure enough, it's not that easy." Zhufeng was a little nervous. After running all day, his legs were now as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Qingyu was so tired that her legs were stiff and she could only move forward because once she stopped, the soles of her feet would feel hot and painful.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. Since we have to take a road that no one else has walked, there are naturally many dangers." She said slowly.
Seeing that she was walking stiffly, Zhufeng knew that the situation was worse than his own, so he knelt down and said, "Come on, senior brother will carry you."
"It's okay, I can walk." Qingyu bent down and took off his straw sandals, stepped on the hot loess ground with his feet, and moved forward step by step.
"I'll go find Li Zheng in two days. Then you won't go with me and you're too lazy to leave." Zhufeng looked at the thin back of the little junior sister, feeling a little distressed. The junior sister has been like this since she was a child. She always likes to be alone.
Hold on.
"I still have to come. In their eyes, I am just a child. I am not aggressive. I will increase your affinity a lot. They will be much less hostile to you and it will be easier for them to trust you."
After Zhufeng thought about it, he thought it was right, so he let it go.
The two of them walked a few more miles and met an ox cart, so they took the ox cart back to the city.