Chapter 129: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 129 Clearing the Land and Planting Trees (2)
Mo Yan's eyes turned as she had an idea. She had always wanted to wander deep into the mountains to see if she could find some precious medicinal herbs. Last year, when she went in once, she encountered a pack of wolves that almost scared her to death. Now with Xiao Hua, she could go with more courage.
Then, Mo Yan told Mo Qingze about the arrangement for the fruit seedlings, but she didn't mention anything about Li Xiu.
Mo Qingze was very pleased to hear this, but there were many things to attend to on the construction site, so he couldn't manage the land clearing himself. He instructed Mo Yan a few words before she left.
Mo Yan smiled and agreed. Since she missed the mealtime, she decided to stay on the construction site for lunch.
The food on the construction site was already good, and last night Xiao Hua brought back a small wild boar, making the meal particularly sumptuous. The wild boar was not small, but with about eighty to ninety people, there wasn't much meat left after it was eaten.
Mo Yan left some in a basin for Xiao Hua. This fellow was very picky and refused to eat leftovers from others. Even at home, it was fed with a whole chicken.
Not long after finishing their meal, Yang Bao personally came to the construction site to find Mo Yan, saying that the people for clearing the land were ready.
Mo Yan didn't expect it to be so soon and quickly thanked him. She learned that there were mainly children and women, with only four or five adults doing the labor. Considering the busy farming season, having four or five people was already good.
As for the wages, they were divided into three categories: ten wen per day for children, mainly for clearing weeds and picking stones; fifteen wen per day for women, mainly for digging roots and tree roots; and twenty-five wen per day for laborers, mainly for cutting down thicker trees and digging out large stones buried in the ground, which was not easy work.
The wages provided by Mo Yan were already quite high, and Yang Bao was very satisfied with it. This way, he could go back and explain to those people, which would increase his prestige.
After agreeing to start work at five o'clock tomorrow morning, Mo Yan sent Yang Bao away. Seeing that the sun was slanting westward and Xiao Hua hadn't returned yet, Mo Yan didn't have time to wait any longer. She asked Mo Qingze to tell Xiao Hua not to go up the mountain tomorrow.
Mo Qingze chuckled, "Could it be that Xiao Hua has become enlightened and can understand human speech?"
Mo Yan smiled and said, "Whether it has become enlightened or not, Dad will know tomorrow, right?"
Mo Qingze thought she was joking and didn't take it seriously. He thought that tomorrow he would have to stew a chicken on the stove to entice Xiao Hua and keep it from going up the mountain.
Early the next morning, Xiao Zhu brought the fruit seedlings to the Mo family.
These fruit seedlings were a bit withered, not only were the young leaves dry, even the bark was wrinkled. If they were not transplanted soon, they would completely die within three to five days.
Mo Yan dared not delay and quickly dug several large pits in the vegetable garden with a shovel, burying the seedlings in the pits and watering them with spirit spring water before feeling relieved.
Originally, she wanted to put the fruit seedlings into the space, but considering the abundant spiritual energy and fast time flow in the space, she was afraid that the barren mountain would not be cleared yet, and the seedlings would take root in the space, making it troublesome to transplant them out. Now, by nurturing them with spiritual spring water like this, even if they were left for ten days or half a month, they would still be alive and well.
Looking at these various seedlings, Mo Yan carefully distinguished them. Unfortunately, the tree species were too small, and most of them looked similar. She could barely distinguish grape, mangosteen, and orange seedlings.
Fortunately, there were many plants, totaling over a thousand. Even if there were only these three kinds, it was still excellent. They wouldn't have to buy fruits without a place to grow them.
After settling the fruit seedlings, Mo Yan hurriedly rushed to Liuyang Village. Before she reached the construction site, Xiao Hua dashed over like a silver lightning from afar.
It had been several days since they had seen each other, and Mo Yan missed it quite a bit. She hugged its huge head affectionately for a while, and Xiao Hua wagged its tail vigorously, whimpering in its mouth. If Mo Yan hadn't been knocked down several times and taught it a lesson, it would probably have knocked her down by now.
Not long after, Yang Bao brought the villagers for clearing the land to the construction site. They brought their own tools such as sickles and hoes. Mo Yan didn't say much and simply gave some instructions before leading dozens of people to a nearby barren hill.
This barren hill was the smallest among the three barren hills, covering only about forty to fifty mu. It was mainly because there weren't many tree seedlings brought by Xiao Zhu, so planting a thousand tree seedlings was more than enough.
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