After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 309

In late July, after the Hungry Ghost Festival, the scorching sun has subsided a little. Walking by the fields, you can occasionally feel a comfortable breeze, just like the heavy, golden ears of rice in the fields, which makes people feel happy.

This year, the village cultivated carefully selected high-quality seeds, spread fertilizer several times, always paid attention to pests, carefully cared for them until they matured, and finally ushered in the harvest season.

The factory's fleet has returned smoothly after delivering the first batch of goods. As Qin Yao said “That's it”, the whole village began the lively autumn harvest.

It was really lively this time, because most of the labor force was concentrated in the stationery factory. In order not to delay the autumn harvest, the villagers of Liujia Village invited the remaining refugees to help at Qin Yao's suggestion.

While the wages are cheap, it also gives these refugees more opportunities to make money.

 The foreign population suddenly increased, with the flow of people more than double that of previous years.

At a glance in the village, factory workers, Huangque Town villagers building roads, homeless day laborers harvesting rice in the fields, and oxcarts and carriages driving on the road are all coming and going, as if they are going to a market in a small town.

This kind of noise lasted for more than half a month. It was not until the autumn harvest came to an end that the hired day laborers dispersed, and then the peace returned to the past.

 During this period, the county magistrate visited various towns and villages to check the harvest situation this year.

I don't know whether intentionally or unintentionally, I came to Liujia Village and was very surprised to see the refugees in the fields and on the road getting the opportunity to support themselves.

Previously, he was still worrying about the resettlement of these refugees who refused to return to their hometowns. Now when he went to Liujia Village, he saw that this was not a ready-made solution.

Hence, the first thing I did when I returned to the Yamen was to issue an official document to encourage the big landowners in each town to hire more refugees as day laborers and take care of these poor people from other places.

Not only that, he also praised Liujia Village and encouraged everyone to learn from the people of Liujia Village, open up the layout, build roads, bridges and houses. These are all things that require manpower. When done, they can not only build the clan land at a low cost, but also It can also provide these refugees with a chance to survive.

If this matter is really done, it will not only ease the relationship between the people in the two places and solve the problem of the refugees' difficult lives, but the county magistrate's own political achievements will also be a good addition. It is a win-win situation.

But the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny.

Let other villages and towns learn from Liujia Village and find refugees as part-time workers, but forget about building bridges, paving roads, and building houses. They don't have a stationery factory in Liujia Village, and it's a problem for everyone to feed and clothe themselves.

The spring harvest was bad, and now everyone is carrying grain debts. Fortunately, the autumn harvest was not bad. The debts were repaid and grain taxes were paid, so the remaining grain can last until the next year.

 Different from the miserable conditions in other villages, Liujia Village can be considered to have a bumper harvest this year.

Although the cultivated fields cannot reach the 500 kilograms per acre that Qin Yao's family had last year, they can reach an average of about 420 kilograms, which is a full 20 to 30 percent more grain than in previous years.

Even Liu Facai, who always spoke ill of Qin Yao's family secretly, smiled sincerely and gratefully at Qin Yao when he saw his harvest.

Liu Ji covered his face tightly with a cloth and snorted at him, turned around and whispered to Qin Yao who was sitting on the bullock cart: "Madam, don't believe him. This kind of person is the most hypocritical. Turn around and curse him." You cursed me."

Qin Yao looked at him speechlessly and patted the empty seat next to her. Liu Ji immediately smiled and got on the carriage, driving the cattle and heading home carrying the grain he had collected.

  Facts have proved that it was the wisest decision for him to pick Awang back!

The hard work of cutting and earing the rice was all done by Awang and the hired refugees as part-time workers.

He only needs to leisurely drive the family's ox cart to the field, load the threshed rice into the cart, and take it home.

However, the sun was bright and it was still a little bit hot. Liu Ji covered his face with a cloth, very diligently picked up a straw hat and covered Qin Yao's head, smiling at her.

Qin Yao's mouth twitched slightly, she took the straw hat and put it on her head, thinking that Liu Laosan might not have been lowered by someone.

From the day he returned home, he was like a fly, buzzing around her and couldn't get rid of it. It was so annoying!

 In the past, when he was lazy and playful, she would hit him directly.

But now people are just milling around her, but they are very diligent. As soon as she has an idea of ​​what she wants, the needed items are already delivered to her before she has time to say them out.

Looking again at those eyes that looked particularly enthusiastic when they were not causing trouble, Qin Yao's raised palm was forcefully withdrawn. When Liu Ji arrived at the door of his house, he stopped the big green ox, jumped off the carriage first, walked around to the other side, and stretched out his hand as if to help her out of the car.

“Liu Ji, are you crazy?” Qin Yao slapped away the outstretched hand, pointed at the tip of his nose and warned: “You'd better stay away from me, or I'll beat you to death!”

Liu Jijian laughed twice and moved her face forward. He grabbed her hand and put it in his face, "My wife hit me because she pleased me. I have no regrets."

So a loud slap was immediately thrown on the handsome face that was in need of a slap.

Liu Ji was caught off guard and screamed. He covered his face and stepped back more than ten steps. He hit the door panel firmly and was shocked. "Mother, you are really hitting me!"

Qin Yao: "If I hit you, I'll hit you. Do you still have to pick a date? Get out!"

 “Okay!” Liu Jima rolled into the house as he knew the current affairs.

 When I thought about it, it seemed like I didn't have to work anymore. If my face wasn't still sore, I would have laughed out loud right away.

Qin Yao shook her hand, wiped it on her clothes, and raised her eyebrows in disgust, "It's really unlucky."

I unloaded the grain from the cart alone, poured it on the drying mat and spread it evenly with a wooden rake, clapped my hands, and continued driving the cart to the fields.

 Before leaving, he shouted into the room: "Turn over the grain every half an hour!"

 There was a response from the room, and Qin Yao left.

There was only the last cart of millet left. When they got to the field, Qin Yao parked the cart on the side of the road, moved all the millet over and packed it. Then she took out her money bag and paid the hired day laborer and sent him away.

 Hello Awang, who had fun doing farm work, and returned home with a full load.

 This year, eight acres of rice were harvested, and a total of 3,520 kilograms of rice was harvested.

The village chief said that this year's grain tax will still be 1 in 15, deducting 235 kilograms of grain tax, leaving 3,285 kilograms of grain.

 The millet will be dried and shelled, and its weight will be reduced by another 20%. Thanks to Qin Yao's big stomach, it can only feed a family of seven for a year.

However, rice husks can also be processed into feed, which is used to feed the two livestock at home, which is barely enough for the whole family.

On the ox cart, Awang asked expectantly: "Madam, there is so much chaff at home, how many chickens and ducks can I raise?"

Qin Yao glanced at Awang in surprise, "You don't feel tired enough after doing so much farm work now?"

 Awang's eyes were firm, “I'm not tired.”

 He just likes to do farm work!

Feeding cows and horses, planting melons and beans, and going to the fields to tend crops. Watching the cows and horses getting stronger and stronger, and the vegetable seedlings growing taller and taller, made him feel at peace in his heart.

Qin Yao choked up at Awang's pure and satisfied eyes. Sure enough, there are big differences between people.

She was tired of these trivial and boring farm work that she couldn't finish.

"Okay, you can raise it if you want, but I have a request. It shouldn't stink to me, and it must be kept clean." Qin Yao's ugly words came first.

Awang seemed to have received some generous reward, and he immediately nodded in agreement. Although he wasn't smiling, his head was shaking back and forth unconsciously, and you could easily feel his happiness.

Qin Yao shook her head in a funny way, suddenly feeling that he was quite cute.

 Except when killing someone! (End of this chapter)

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