In addition to the larger and more solid bed, the furniture in the room also has two wooden boxes and some low stools, and there is also an extra clay pot and several stoneware bowls for the diners.

Qian Duoduo took the initiative and said: "My sons have grown up and our families have been separated. They all have separate houses. The eldest son has many children, so his two sons came to live with us."

Zhao Ruxi nodded, got out of the house, looked at the low and damp house and said, "Why build such a house?"

"A mud wall can only be built like this. No matter how high or wide it is, it will collapse easily."

Zhao Ruxi still had many questions in her mind, but she was not a native, and her understanding of rural areas in this era was limited to Xiaorong Village. There were some things she couldn't ask Qian Duoduo about, and she had to wait until she learned about the situation from Wu Zong and Zhu before making a decision.

She looked into the distance. There were fields all around, and the terrain was relatively flat. There were paddy fields where rice was planted, and people could be seen here and there working in the fields.

"We are weeding now." Qian Duoduo took the initiative to explain, "In a while, the rice will be ready for harvest."

Zhao Ruxi knew that rice here was only grown for one season.

"After harvesting the rice, do we still plant winter wheat?" she asked.

Qian Duoduo shook his head, looking a little nervous: "It's not that we are lazy, it's just that the land is not rich enough. If you plant winter wheat, the yield of rice per mu will be very low."

Zhao Ruxi frowned.

But she didn't understand much about this, so she changed the subject and asked: "Didn't you say there are more than a thousand acres of forest? Where is it?"

Zhao Ruxi looked around and saw mountains in the distance, some far and some near, but she didn't know which direction the mountain in Zhuangzi was.

"Over there." Qian Duoduo pointed to two not very high mountains connected together in the east, "Those two mountains are ours, this side of the mountain is ours, and the other side of the mountain belongs to someone else. The mountain

There are stone monuments as boundaries."

Zhao Ruxi looked at the distance to the mountain. It would take at least two to three quarters of an hour to reach the foot of the mountain. She gave up the idea of ​​going to the mountain to see it.

Anyway, there is no rush, this village belongs to her, and she can come and see it whenever she wants.

"What's growing on the mountain?" she asked.

"They are all trees, all kinds of trees."

"In addition to planting trees, this farm also grows rice?" she asked again.

"Yes, I also raise some chickens, ducks and pigs, which will be delivered to the house at the end of the year." Qian Duoduo said, "There are accounts in the house, and I will give them to the girl later."

Zhao Ruxi nodded, not expecting much from Zhuangzi's profits.

With a single product, how promising can Zhuangzi be?

She asked again: "Are you literate?"

"Yes." Qian Duoduo became more energetic and said, "The villain's father taught him this. My father used to be the boss of the old village."

"How many literate people are there in Zhuangzi?"

Qian Duoduo shook his head: "The villain taught his two sons and grandson a few words every night before going to bed, and the others didn't learn them."

Zhao Ruxi said no more, took the account book, and left Zhuangzi with Wu Zong.

Qing Feng and Ma Sheng had already gathered so many flowers and trees that there was only room for two people to sit in the carriage. When Zhao Ruxi saw this scene, the corner of her mouth twitched.

After getting on the carriage and sitting down, she asked Wu Zong from the carriage window: "Brother, are all our villages like this? Do all the servants live like this?"

Wu Zong himself did not care about the household affairs. The Wu family was a large family, and his uncles and cousins ​​who had no official positions took care of it.

But he visited many farms while investigating the case.

He said: "It's almost like this. Because houses require wood, if so many families are allowed to build houses, half of the trees on the hilltop will be cut down. It's easy to cut down trees, but it's difficult to grow them again. The main house needs

If you use trees to build a house and make furniture, there will be nothing left. If you don’t build a house or make furniture, the wood will make money if you sell it, so the owner won’t let them cut down the trees.”

"These farms seem to be very large, but their annual income is not much. They work all year round. Except for the grain and livestock they give to their owners, they can only live a half-starved life. How can they have enough money to buy trees and buildings?"

The only way to build a house is to use some bamboo slices and paste them with mud. The roof is also made of bamboo and needs to be replaced in two or three years, otherwise the entire roof will collapse."

He shook his head: "Some owners are harsh, or there are no bamboos in the village, so they can only hollow out the ground and build thatch on top. The house is half on the ground and half underground."

Zhao Ruxi felt heavy in her heart after hearing this.

But she quickly cheered up.

As long as she starts ecological recycling breeding and increases the income of the farm, not only her own income, but also the income of the farm servants will increase. Their lives will definitely get better.

It's not like she couldn't be kind and allowed them to cut down trees on the mountain to build houses. But the servants of the farm also had contacts. If she did this, what would happen if other people's servants made trouble? The servants of the farm in Suiping County Mansion also

What should I do if I ask for equal treatment?

And if she does this, will she not get any gratitude? Instead, some people will think she is kind and ask for more from her?

So the best way is a win-win situation. She comes up with ideas, the servants work hard, and everyone creates more benefits together. With money, the lives of the servants will naturally get better.

And none of this can be done in a short time. It will take at least a year or two to be effective. There is no point worrying now, the season has not come yet.

She'd better start making flower arrangements.

Although the three bamboo baskets she saw just now were not particularly exquisite, they had an old-fashioned beauty. She remembered that she hadn't seen Xiao Ruotong for a long time, and she didn't know if she had recovered from her illness. What was going on with the British prince? She planned to go back later.

I'll go visit her when I'm in town.

It's not good to just visit the patients with nothing. Zhennan Wangzhen doesn't eat food sold in small shops outside, and there is no way to buy other things at the moment. Xiao Ruotong doesn't like these vulgar things, so she simply puts a flower arrangement for Xiao Ruotong.

The master and the senior brother were busy with her. Since she wanted to send a flower arrangement to Xiao Ruotong, she simply made one for the master and the senior brother. Maybe the grown men didn't like this kind of thing, and it wasn't worth much, but it was still a token of appreciation.

Whatever you want.

There were scissors, knives and other tools in the car that Qing Feng usually used for sewing when she was waiting for her. Zhao Ruxi used the time during the carriage's return trip to put out two bamboo baskets for flower arrangements.

Qing Feng saw that her girl was combing here and there. The extremely ordinary roadside grass, through her hands, combined with the flowers and trees, actually showed a wonderful sense of harmony and beauty. She was greatly impressed.

Her girl is truly worthy of being accepted as a disciple by the dead wood layman. Not only is she good at painting, she can even arrange a few flowers to create Taoism.

When we returned to the art academy, it was already dinner time, but the group of people who were obsessed with painting hadn't left yet.
Chapter completed!