The two Lu brothers nodded seriously: "Of course it's true. We are from Anping Village next door, and the Lu family's garment workshop belongs to my family. You will know when you go there and ask. It's really inconvenient for my family to flee from famine and not have any land." , just buy some for farming."

In order to make people believe that he is not a liar, Mr. Lu gave a very serious explanation.

Now that the family’s business is good, when talking about their own workshop, Beier is very proud, and both brothers have smiles on their faces.

“It turns out to be the Lu family! No wonder!”

Speaking of which, the village chief’s daughter works in the Lu family’s workshop. He knows that. That workshop can make money!

Sure enough, rich people are willful. It is really rare that such a crop can be given such a high price!

"How much land do you need? If you can really do what you say, my family can sell ten acres of land!"

The village chief looked at the two brothers with bright eyes. I don’t know if they can ask for so much.

With such a good thing, of course he would first consider his own home, and then ask the relatives with whom he has good relations.

“The more, the better!”

According to what He Jiuniang said, Lu Laoer said: “One hundred acres is never too little, and five hundred acres is never too much!”< br />
In this era, adult men can be allocated ten acres of fertile land. Especially for families with many boys and children, a family can have seventy or eighty acres of land. Several surrounding villages can pool together several hundred acres. Selling to the Lu family is no problem at all.

The village chief didn’t expect that they would buy so much. Thinking that his daughter was still working in his workshop, he kindly reminded: “You can’t say for sure what the harvest will be in this field, so you can buy it all at once. There are so many. If the harvest is not good next year, you may not even be able to earn wages!"

"We all know this, but buying the fields is a family decision, and the village chief only needs to help us. Just ask any villagers if they are willing to sell their land."

Seeing them like this, the village chief knew that he couldn't persuade them anymore. They were rich anyway, so there was no need for him to worry about them, so he nodded Chief, I went out to gather the villagers.

After working in a nearby village for a few days, people with lots of land were willing to sell some, which totaled three to four hundred acres. So far, they have only made one statistics, but it has not been finalized. The brothers took note of it. Some of the villagers' problems were discussed with their families when they went home in the evening.

“The first question is, as long as every family sells their land, will one person be able to work as a long-term laborer?”

Mr. Lu looked through the simple notes he had made. , the handwriting is very ugly, and there are not many words. Basically only he can understand it.

"How can that be done? If we meet some lazy people who don't cultivate the land well and only want to get ten cents a day and no one cares about the crops, our family will suffer a loss?"

Mrs. Sun Without thinking, he glared at his son. The men in the family seemed to have no brains. Do they need to ask this kind of question? Don’t you know how to make your own decisions?

Mr. Lu also felt that this matter was unreasonable, but he still explained conscientiously: "Few families are willing to sell their land, mainly because they are looking for long-term employment. Many families have proposed that they must let a family member Only when people become long-term workers are they willing to sell their land."

"Yes, my eldest brother and I asked about it two days ago, and they were all disgusted."

Lu Laoer testified, This matter is really difficult to handle. Land is the root of farmers. Only when they are desperate will they think of selling their land.

If the Lu family hadn’t offered this condition, few people would be willing to sell it.

"That can't be compromised!"

Mrs. Yu said, "Wouldn't it be possible for them to take advantage of this? We bought the land for ourselves, not for them!"

"My sister-in-law is right, I would rather not buy it than compromise, otherwise it will be no different from buying land from a wealthy family? It can only be said that they sold the land, and the long-term workers will give priority to the candidates from their families."

When He Jiuniang spoke, Boss Lu said: "Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow. There is another question, can people who don't sell their land also work as long-term workers? Not only the indigenous villagers, but also the refugees who fled from famine. The only problem is that most of the refugees are women..."

Boss Lu didn't say what he said next, but everyone in the family knew what he meant.

Most of the work in the fields is manual work. Women are not as strong as men, so it may be very difficult to do it.

"What's wrong with the woman? Boss, you look down on women, don't you look down on me?"

Sun's hands on her hips squirted at her eldest son, her face full of displeasure: "I'm here Back home, we were still working all day long, no less than your fathers!"

Mr. Lu was horrified, shook his head repeatedly, and hurriedly explained: "Mom, my son doesn't mean that! He just thinks that That kind of physical work is harmful to the body, so it's better to let a man do it!"

He really didn't mean to look down on women, after all, women were still in charge of his family.

"People are starving to death, who cares whether they are hurt or not? You are just a fool!"

Mr. Sun is really angry, they The family took a shortcut to stay in Jingzhou as a whole family, but the others were different. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

Now that I have the ability, if I can help a little, it can be regarded as a good deed, but I am oldI tend to think about those irrelevant things, and my age is wasted!

Ms. Yu hurriedly slapped her man in the face and said with a smile: "I think there is nothing wrong with women doing farm work. We used to do farm work at home, and women are careful and can handle the crops better. Be careful, this is actually a good thing!"

He Jiuniang saw what Sun was thinking and said: "In that case, the eldest brother and the second brother will tell those people that both men and women can do it, and men should be given priority. Those who sell their fields only choose the most diligent and careful ones, while those who don't sell their fields only consider refugees who have fled famine, and mainly select women who are capable and not pretentious."

"And the abilities of men and women cannot be compared. So a man is responsible for eight acres of land, and a woman is responsible for seven acres of land.”

“There is no need to take any responsibility for a reduction in harvest due to natural or man-made disasters, but if it is caused by laziness due to lack of dedication, corresponding measures must be taken. compensation, and if this happens once, we will fire you and never hire you.”

If it hadn’t been for He Jiuniang, the Lu family would not have been able to stand here intact. Now they are living a good life. , it is also understandable to help others within the scope of your ability without harming your own interests.

"Okay."

Boss Lu nodded in agreement, wrote down the key points in his notebook, and told the villagers tomorrow.

The family meeting came to an end, and just as they were about to go back to their respective houses, they heard someone knocking on the door. Leizi went to open the door. When he saw the person, he politely called out to the village chief, "Grandpa, village chief." grandmother.

The visitors were Wang Yuan, the head of Anping Village, and his wife Liu.

When the Lu family heard the noise, they all came out to greet the guests. The village chief and his wife came to the door on their own initiative, maybe there was something important.