In the hall, Li Hua's wife, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law worked all afternoon to clean up a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. His brother had already returned, and the six children of the two families were gathered around the table, drooling and waiting for him to return.

Seeing Li Hua enter the yard, the children cheered, you can start eating!

Li Hua didn't enter the house, fetched water in the well, took off his torn cotton jacket, and scrubbed his armpits with a sigh.

Liang hurriedly put down the work at hand and went out with a pot of hot water. whispered a few more words to him, Li Hua nodded, and gave her a reassuring expression.

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After Li Hua washed and cleaned, he went back to the house to change his clothes, and the family of more than ten people sat around the big round table and happily enjoyed the chicken, duck and fish on the table.

Li Hua and his eldest brother also played a bottle of Erqu from the town, and the brothers pushed the cup and drank it.

"I really never expected that this year's Chinese New Year could be like this." His eldest brother Li Qiang sighed and said: "When it rained, I thought that it would be the same as in previous years, and I couldn't eat." ”

"yes." The old lady also drank two cups, wiped her tears when she heard the words, and said, "How good it would be if your father and your son were still alive." ”

Li Hua's sister-in-law burst into tears.

"Mother, it's a big New Year." Li Hua also wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Let's talk about being happy." ”

"yes." Li Qiang patted the old lady's hand and said with a smile: "Before the fifteenth, the third phase of the embankment was completed. Even if there is a peach blossom flood next year, we are not afraid. You can plant the land in peace, and the days will get better and better. ”

"Yes, mother, next year I will go to Pudong to repair the sea pond, and I can be the team leader." Li Hua gnawed on the chicken paws with taste.

"Okay, my mother will be happy." The old lady finally burst into tears and laughed.

Li Qiang was a little unhappy and said: "Brother, don't be busy running out, let's plant the barren land at home first." ”

"Relying on those two acres and three points of land alone, it is not enough for our family to eat and drink." Li Hua persuaded him in turn: "Brother, let's go to Pudong with me, Kun Kaisi is recruiting, your skills are not bad, and you will definitely be able to sign a regular job." ”

"Who planted the land at home? Counting on two women? Li Qiang said in a sullen voice.

"I don't think it's going to be planted, the village is not counting, who wants to rent the land to Kunkaisi?" Li Hua said: "We rent out the land, and the whole family doesn't have to worry about the food rations every year, and then we can do it casually, and the silver of forty or fifty taels a year is stable." Isn't it much better than farming? ”

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said: "I heard the manager say the day before yesterday that what rank system will be implemented after the year, as long as it is a regular worker, the salary will be increased every year in the future." ”

"yes?" Li Qiang is not interested, he only wants to farm now. "But who knows how many years Kunkaisi will be able to open? The boss is stupid, he gives you a salary increase every year, can't you use someone else? ”

"We have the craft, what are you afraid of?" Li Hua raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't think Kun Kaisi will fall!" ”

"Anyway, it's better to farm and be down-to-earth." Li Qiang still muttered.

"If you don't farm anymore, what are my concubines doing at home all day?" Li Hua's sister-in-law also laughed.

"I heard that the Jiangnan Company will set up a textile factory in the county next year, and my sister-in-law will go with your younger siblings, so I can be a companion." After Li Hua finished speaking, he sighed softly, and finally completed the task assigned by his wife.

Liang lowered his head nervously, as soon as the third phase was completed, Kunkaisi would not need so many people to work. Most of the people have to go back to their homes, and there is no need for women and old people to carry boats and stones.

I heard that if the county is doing another construction, there will be a special transportation company that will use a large ship of 400 materials to pull the stones.

However, just because Quinkaisi doesn't need so many people doesn't mean that other companies can't use it either. How could Zhao Gongzi let these valuable labor force of Jiangnan Group, which had been managed for more than half a year, already have good obedience, coordination and discipline, and recognized Jiangnan Group from the bottom of his heart, be lost in vain?

So under his instruction, the companies under the group went to the county to recruit workers. It doesn't matter if you can weave silk, spin cotton, or know how to jacquard or dye cloth, or whether you can tailor clothes, or how to carpenter and mason, or even if you are a well digger...... As long as you have a skill, you can find a job in Jiangnan Group.

Liang's ingenuity is not a problem for spinning cotton and weaving. She specially inquired that the textile factory was a piecework wage, regardless of gender, and she was confident that she would earn more than the old men.

She is also a little moved, which woman in Jiangnan can't spin and weave? And the key is that the wages can be held in your own hands, and the harvest of farming is everyone's.

Seeing that her sister-in-law was a little moved, Liang also persuaded her in a low voice: "I heard that if you do a good job, you can also become a regular, and after you become a regular, someone will take care of the long-term illness and disaster, where can you find such a good thing?" When the crowd is full, they can't get in. ”

When Li Qiang's wife Huang heard this, her eyes lit up obviously, and she whispered to Li Qiang: "Boss, why don't you think about it again?" ”

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was also pulled over by the second child, Li Qiang stopped talking and drank by himself.

When the mother looked at her son's stuffy donkey, she snatched the wine jug and said, "Don't drink it, don't you have to go to work tomorrow?" What the hell are you thinking, just say no? ”

"Mother......" Li Qiang scratched his head and said: "I still can't bear our land, who knows if I can get it back if I rent it out?" This is my father's inheritance. ”

"So many people are renting to Kunkaisi, and it's not just us, what's there to be afraid of?" Li Hua smiled and said to the elm-headed brother: "Besides, let's save more money while we are young, and when we are old in the future, we will not be able to do anything, and then we can buy its 180 acres of land, and we don't have to plant it ourselves, and hire long-term tenants." Our brothers were under the shade of the trees, drinking a little wine and watching. ”

"Ah, then we won't become landlords?" For tenants, the biggest dream is to have a piece of land of their own. For a small farmer with a few acres of land, becoming a landlord is the biggest dream.

Li Qiang was successfully ignited by his younger brother's dream of being a landlord, and immediately folded his hands and counted: "Our family of four goes out to work, and if we calculate it according to eighty taels of silver a year, we can buy four acres of water to irrigate the field, five years is twenty acres, and ten years is forty acres. ”

Saying that, he drooled and said, "When the time comes, we can also buy a pinching foot maid to serve......"

Li Hua didn't dare to follow his brother and talk nonsense, otherwise he wouldn't want to go to the kang tonight. He poured him a glass of wine with a smile and said, "Then brother, are you going to Pudong?" ”

"Go!" Li Qiang picked up the wine glass, touched it with his younger brother and said, "For the sake of the local lord, I will be open!" ”

Both Huang and Liang smiled happily.

"That's great." Miwa also jumped up and cheered: "Let's move to live in the county seat!" ”

The younger siblings also followed the screams, and the atmosphere of the New Year was finally restored in the hall.

ps. Second Update.