After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 120 Buying People

Originally, Shen Tang wanted to let the villagers grow the crops and then he would be responsible for purchasing them.

But this will also lead to many things that are difficult to calculate, such as good or bad harvests, climate changes, and seasonal prices.

These fruit fields are extra income for the villagers of Shenjia Village.

The villagers of Shenjia Village also considered that peaches would not bear fruit in the first few years, which would waste many years.

But at five taels of silver per mu of land, as long as you rent it out enough, you can still earn a lot of money even when the peaches are young seedlings.

Shenjia Village was caught up in a land buying boom.

As a result, Shen Tang had about another hundred acres of land in his hands. Of these hundred acres, Shen Tang planted fifty acres of lychees and fifty acres of oranges.

The price of lychees is already high.

Moreover, the whole body of lychee is a treasure. The shell of lychee can be used as a spice, and the fruit can be made into soap and eaten.

The same goes for oranges. Not to mention, orange blossoms smell pleasant, so they will surely sell well when made into soap.

The people of Shenjia Village had just finished planting rice in the paddy fields when they started to plow the soil in the dry fields.

Little did they know that this land was not ordinary soil in their eyes.

What they turned over was all silver!

The fifty acres of clan land were completed last, and every household came forward to help.

"Oh, that's great! If we rent out three mu of dry land, we can get fifteen taels! That's equivalent to working in a workshop for two years!"

"Yes, my family also rented out two mu of land! Ten taels of silver."

"Our village is so lucky to have Shen Tang! My sister-in-law heard about this and asked me if they could grow it."

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Shen Tang acted quickly and signed the lease contracts when each family came to collect the seeds.

Products produced by the system must be of high quality.

The survival rate and germination rate of seeds are extremely high.

The villagers of Shenjia Village obviously also felt that this peach field did not need any care at all.

However, Shen Tang clearly felt that with the expansion of the workshop and the leasing of the peach land, he did not have enough manpower around him.

And it's not just ordinary manpower, there are not enough people who can read and write.

Including cousin Wanwan, now only a few of them can count.

Not enough, not enough at all.

We need to find a few helpers who can read.

Shen Tang took his men to Qingshan Town and found a pawnshop.

When the other party heard that it was Shen Tang, a smile appeared on his face.

"So it's the county marquis. I wonder what kind of maid the county marquis is looking for."

"I want to find some girls who can read. I wonder if the shopkeeper has any here."

"It's hard to find a girl who can read."

The shopkeeper frowned.

Generally speaking, girls who can read and write must come from a well-off family and are rarely sold to pawnshops.

"But the county marquis is really lucky. He has two children, a sister and a brother. The sister is fifteen years old and the brother is only five. They were sold here by a poor scholar. The old scholar liked to drink and gamble, and his family business was ruined, so he sold his children here."

"That daughter does know a few words, but not many. It's not that I'm kind, but the older sister is easy to sell, but the younger brother is not. So I'm selling them both together."

"Take me to see it."

Among a bunch of young children, Shen Tang immediately saw the brother and sister that the pawnshop owner mentioned.

The pawnshop owner called the brother and sister forward.

"What is your name?"

Perhaps because Shen Tang was a young girl, the other party spoke softly:

"My name is Lin Luzhu, and this is my younger brother Lin Zhaoyu."

"Can you read?"

Lin Luzhu nodded.

Her father also taught her in his early years before he became addicted to alcohol, so she can read.

But later, my father became addicted to alcohol. He would beat my mother when he came home after drinking. My mother couldn't stand it anymore, so she said she was going out to borrow some rice and never came home.

My father's alcoholism became even worse. After selling all the land at home, he also sold the books at home. Later, when there was nothing left to sell, the two siblings went into the pawnshop.

"Then come with me."

Shen Tang looked at the brother and sister.

Sometimes, it's just so wonderful that these two siblings are quite pleasing to her eyes.

The original intention was to find a girl who could read, and as for this boy, let him be a companion to little Ayan.

"County Marquis, a total of twenty taels of silver!"

Shen Tang didn't care. He paid the money and took the person away.

When Luzhu walked out of the pawnshop, she realized that the girl in front of her was the Marquis of Ning'an County, whom everyone around her was talking about.

Shen Tang brought them directly back to Shenjia Village. When Liu saw the siblings, she was stunned for a moment.

After the explanation, Liu finally came to her senses.

Shen Tang asked the brother and sister to take a bath and change their clothes.

Luzhu has been working in the pawnshop for a while and has learned some rules.

After tidying up, he brought his brother to kowtow to Shen Tang.

Shen Tang accepted the gift, but Liu was surprised when she heard Lu Zhu calling her old lady.

Shen Tang is not like some people who show the utmost kindness to the person they just bought.

The indentures of the two siblings are also with me. Since they have just arrived, I have to observe them for a while.

"From now on, just stay by my side and listen to what I say. Don't pay attention to what others say."

"Your brother will follow Ayan and go to school together."

Lin Luzhu didn't expect that her brother could continue studying, so she pulled Lin Chaoyu to kowtow to Shen Tang again, but this time Shen Tang stopped her.

"You have already paid your respects today and entered the Shen family. From now on, you will be a member of the Shen family. You will see many unique things when you follow me, but I hope that these things will only enter your eyes and not be spread out loud."

"There's no need to be too polite in the future. The Shen family doesn't have rigid rules at home."

Lin Luzhu listened to this and nodded.

If there are no rigid rules at home, then there are rules outside.

Shen Tang's room was very big. After Lu Zhu came, Shen Dashan cleaned up a room next door and left a door in the room.

Shen Tang also gave some instructions to Shen Yan.

You cannot look down on others just because they are bought children.

Lin Chaoyu was secretly taught by her sister Luzhu to take good care of Master Yan and not to act presumptuously just because the master tolerated her.

Sure enough, not long after, everyone discovered that there was another pretty girl beside Shen Tang.

His speaking and communication skills are no worse than Shen Li and Shen Dan, and he even has a scholarly air.

Because she was close to Shen Tang, the villagers were very polite to her.