Liu Xianglan looked at her daughter and sighed. After some consolation, in front of Xu He, she told her that she should give more of the work in the poultry shed to the widow and not tire herself out. Xu Shaochun didn't agree to Liu Xianglan's words, so Xu He didn't say anything.
After the farce was over, Zhang Fangyuan took the county government documents to the middleman to take the servants back.
Zhang Fangyuan originally had no intention of bringing the two newly bought servants to the tea shed, because both of them were very honest and not suitable for looking after the business, so he could just arrange for them to stay in the house and take care of the housework.
He also brought some wine, sauces and other ingredients with him to restock the goods in the tea shed, so he took people with him on the way. This was a good thing, so when the family needed to go to the tea shed or guesthouse to get something, the new servants didn't have to ask for directions again. They could just come there by themselves.
Although he was already a big boss and had enough manpower at the tea shed and guest house, Zhang Fangyuan often went to the city to pick up and transport goods by himself, without any airs of a master. Seeing this, the servants and helpers worked more diligently.
Wenzi was doing the cleaning and serving tea and water at the guest house. It was the first time he saw Zhang Fangyuan since he was sent here. Thinking about his previous reckless behavior, he wanted to avoid his master. But when he saw Zhang Fangyuan brought back two servants, he couldn't help but observe him more, then he glanced at the two newly bought servants.
Wu Zi, who was also busy, seeing him like this, he patted him on the back: "Why don't you go forward and greet the master?"
Wen Zi was panicked.
Although Wu Zi didn't know why Wen Zi was sent to the guest house to work, he still vaguely knew that he was sent here because he made a mistake. This was different from him who had been arranged to work here early on, but he didn't know the specific reason. The two of them were bought at the same time. Although they didn't see each other every day, there was friendship between them. During the first two days after Wen Zi arrived, he couldn't get used to the work, and it was Wu Zi who took care of him.
"Go ahead. Master is not a fussy person. Looking for a good job today is not easy, I'm sure he won't bear grudges against you for your past mistakes. "
After Wenzi heard this, he stepped forward and bowed his head respectfully to Zhang Fangyuan.
Zhang Fangyuan waved his hand without saying a word to him, which made Wen Zi feel relieved. He then called Wu Zi.
"A customer asked for lamb wine (羊羔酒) before. This time I went to the restaurant where I used to buy wine and ordered some lamb wine. If it sells well, you can go and buy it directly in the future. Don't stock up too much at a time as lamb wine is expensive. ”
"Yes."
Zhang Fangyuan wiped his sweat and said, "Go and unload the goods."
Autumn had come, during the autumn harvest many villagers came to the tea shed to buy some meat, rice and noodles, and many people from the city came to the guest house to enjoy the cool autumn weather.
The business at the guest house was good. However, Zhang Fangyuan passed by the village every day, and he felt a little unworthy when he saw the villagers working hard and harvesting a good harvest.
His family had a lot of land before. After he started to run the village, Zhang Shicheng returned all the land he had previously managed to him.
However, he didn't grow many crops. He used several acres of land to build his house. The rest was used to grow vegetables for the tea shed and guest house. He only planted three or two acres of paddy fields.
This year the villagers had bumper harvest He was filled with envy when he saw the landlord's large tracts of land and the cartloads of grain stored in the granary. His own house, which was even bigger than the landlord's, had many warehouses, but none of them were ever filled.
Zhang Fangyuan thought that he would need more land to be more secure.
However, the livelihood has been good in the past two years, and there had been no major natural or man-made disasters. The people around him were living a decent life. There were few people selling their land, so it wasn't easy for him to buy land.
In fact, if he really wanted to buy land, he could buy it. After all, who could resist money? However, buying land in a good year would be a big loss. The price would be at least two or three times that of a bad year. His family only had more than 1,200 taels, so he had to be thrifty and couldn't spend money carelessly.
After much thought, Xu He said that he had previously reclaimed several acres of wasteland to plant mulberry trees. Although after using chicken and duck manure the land was not as fertile as the land that the villagers had been cultivating for many years, it could also produce crops. After a few more years of cultivation, the crops would get better.
The main reason was that the imperial court encouraged the common people to reclaim wasteland. As long as they went to the county government to go through the procedures and complete the registration, these wastelands could be sold at half the price of the good land, which was much cheaper than the land during famine years.
Zhang Fangyuan was a little moved, so the couple patrolled the wasteland in the village and inquired about purchasing land.
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