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87. Wasteland for labor

The Xu brothers and sisters owed a lot of foreign debts when they built this Xu family house last winter.

The house is built, and you have to spend money to buy everything you need in the guest house, from kitchenware to table cushions, to utensils and bedding in each guest room, spend money like flowing water.

Originally, there was no iron cauldron in their guest house, but because the customers in the store liked to order fried noodles, the pottery cauldron became useless as the times were fried, and within a few months of opening the store, two or three pottery cauldrons were broken.

Unable to do so, the Xu brothers had to borrow some copper coins from their fellow disciples who had just returned from Chang'an City, and went to Lishi County to buy an iron pot. In this way, they owe more debts.

Recently, Luo Yong had already planted beans, corn and other crops for that hundred acres of land. The Xu brothers and a few brothers of the Xu family would take time to make wool felt seat cushions when they were not busy in the guest house.

Xu Sanlang likes the most lively among his brothers and is the most unsatisfied person. Recently, he mainly handles the work in the store, and Xu Dalang and Xu Erlang mainly focus on the wool felt cushion.

"Erlang, it's better than this winter, I will take the small ones at home to Chang'an City with everyone." The houses in the guest house are very spacious, and it won't look cramped when the two brothers work together in the same room.

"Even if I go to Chang'an City this year, there may not be many work to do on a firewood. Don't always say these things, it will make Aye worry for nothing." Xu Erlang advised. Their uncle used to be running away when he was doing business outside, and he lost his news as he ran. This was a heartache for Aye.

"If this continues, when will the money be paid back?" Xu Dalang said anxiously. Although the business in the store is good, Professor Luo Yong's fish-flavored shredded pork dish has increased some income for them recently, but they are now owing tens of thousands of dollars in foreign debt.

"If you can't calm down, don't make this mat first, so as not to waste the wool." Xu Erlang looked up at his brother and sighed.

Xu Dalang looked down at his cushion that had already made a little distorted, and had to put down this task as he said.

This peony cushion is meticulously crafted and requires calming down and meticulously working. With an anxious and eagerness to make quick success, you will definitely not be able to make a good cushion.

Xu Dalang arrived at the front hall. It was already lunch time and the front hall was not very busy. He looked around but did not see Xu Weng, so he asked his eldest son, "Where are you, Aweng?"

"It's outside." His son pointed to the west of the guest house.

When Xu Dalang walked out and saw his father holding a broken hoe, he was reclamating the wasteland next to the guest house.

"Aye, what are you doing to dig this land? Didn't you open a vegetable field a few days ago?" Xu Dalang asked.

"Our guesthouse uses a lot of soybean oil, so it's better to plant some beans at home, so as not to spend money to buy them." Xu Weng straightened his back and said to Xu Dalang.

"This place is used to raise cattle and horses. If you trust here, where will the cattle and horses that trade merchants will place in the future?" Even though that was said, Xu Erlang went over and helped him pick up the stone.

"The cattle and horses had to go far away." Xu Weng said.

He did not dare to reclaim the wasteland in the distance, for fear that the people in Xipo Village were unhappy, and for the government to investigate him for reclaiming land without permission. However, this piece of land here is included in the foundation of his house's house, so it should be nothing important to reclaim it.

Luo Yong just came over with a basket of oil residue at this time. Seeing that the father and son were driving the ground there, he asked them, "Is this going to grow vegetables again?"

"I, Aye, want to plant some beans." Xu Dalang replied.

"Just that's a little bit, I'm afraid I can't plant many beans. There are still a lot of wasteland on my slope, and I can't plant it all this year. If you want to plant beans, go there to plant them." Luo Yong said.

"How did this make it?" Xu Weng hurriedly refused.

"It's okay, it's also wasteful. At that time, you will help me pay the land rent." There are also a lot of land rents for these five hectares of land every year, and it is a good thing if someone helps pay the rent.

Besides, they helped Luo use the farmland to sow seeds. Luo Yong didn't know how to thank them. He couldn't handle so many fields alone. If he didn't hire anyone to help in the future, he would have to point at his disciples.

Now the Xu father and son reminded him that Luo used those fields that he could not plant for a while, but for many of his disciples, they were a great thing that he could not find.

"Sanlang, have the lard today been boiled?" At this time, Mrs. Xu in the hall heard their voices and came out from it.

"It's all done." Luo Yong smiled and handed her the basket of lard residue.

These oil residues used for consumption are all made of better oil and fat. They are generally like large intestinal oil or oil residues, and they are used to remove fertilizer.

The Luo family can produce a lot of oil residue every day, and they can't finish it at home, and eating it every day is not healthy, so he now takes it to the Xu family's house to exchange manure. The Xu family's house has many cattle and horses, so they can't use the little vegetable field they had previously opened. If they open the bean field in the future, we will talk about it later.

Today, Luo Yong exchanged two loads of manure for this dustpan. Xu Dalang helped him carry one load, Luo Yong carried one load himself, and Xu Sanlang ran out of the kitchen and said that he wanted to help him carry it, but Luo Yong refused.

Finally, these two loads of manure were poured into a pit under the slope of his home by Luo Yong.

In the pit, there were some dead branches and leaves that Si Niang and the others scratched from the hillside with bamboo rakes, and some weeds and soil that Luo Yong had hoeed from the nearby roadside, pig urine manure and domestic waste, some oil residue shabu shabu water, and cow manure picked from the Xu family's guest house. In short, it was very fat.

There was no good waterproofing method at this time. Luo Yong put these fertilizers in this soil pit to ferment. Over time, he would naturally lose some fertility.

Luo Yong was thinking in his mind whether he would dig some of the soil around the pit tomorrow to avoid wasting it.

Not long after, Xu Erlang heard from his Aye and his elder brother that Luo Yong wanted to lend them the slope to plant beans, so he came to the Luo family to have a detailed discussion with Luo Yong.

When he came over, he also held a large plate of hot pancakes in his hand. When the children of the Luo family saw the pancakes, they cheered and surrounded them.

At this time, people called all steamed buns and buns. The cooked cakes in Xujiakes are made of oil residue and vegetables as fillings, and the crusts are made of thick noodles. The cooked cakes made of thin and fillings are quite delicious.

In recent days, I can make a batch every evening and buy three for a penny. Because the price is affordable, porters and vendors who travel to and from their area often use this as their staple food.

"Brother, I won't make dinner today, right?" Si Niang held a bun in her mouth and reached out to hand it to Luo Yong one.

"I won't make it." Xu Erlang took a lot of money. Such a large plate of buns would be enough for his brothers and sisters to have a full meal. "Take it while it's hot and eat it with Erniang and the others."

"Oh." Si Niang responded, picked up the plate and went to the backyard. Wulang Liulang Qiniang Mai Qingdoulier followed a bun behind her. The whole plate of buns was taken away by her. Isn't it necessary to follow closely?

Luo lowered his head and took a bite of the bun in his hand, and sucked the soup inside. Sister Xu and his wife were really amazing. They could roll the skin of the bun so thin that it would not be easy to break even if it was steamed.

To be honest, in these days, thin skin and large fillings are not a good thing, because the grain/fine is expensive, and the filling of this cooked cake is mainly vegetables.

Aunt Luo said that they added a few other grains to the thick noodles made with buns. Luo Yong was not very concerned about this, so he didn't remember it carefully.
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