Old Man Wen told the situation straightforwardly. Those who are willing to do it can stay, and those who are unwilling can be left alone.

Everyone stopped, looked at each other, and whispered about something.

Old Man Wen was not in a hurry and walked back slowly with his hands behind his back.

There are hundreds of saplings, and it costs ten cents to plant one. Moreover, this kind of tree requires at least two people to work together. It cannot be operated by one person. If you are quick, it will be quite a lot in a day.

"Uncle Wen, we have never planted trees before, and we don't know how to do it." Someone said.

Old Man Wen pointed to a few craftsmen standing next to him.

"These guys will teach you. If you don't understand anything, ask the master." Old Man Wen looked at the group of people with hatred. He took advantage of this time to learn more, and all of them were following the idiots. It seems that they don't understand his painstaking efforts.

As soon as everyone heard that it would be easy to do it if there was a master to teach them, they all made appointments to help move the saplings.

Old Man Wen was supervising the work nearby.

When Li Fu and others came over, the villagers had already led people to move the saplings up the mountain.

The workers all went home and brought their tools. Since wages are not calculated by the day anyway, it would be better to start work early.

Several masters responsible for planting fruit trees were surrounded by villagers.

"Is this all arranged?" Li Fu asked looking at this.

Old Man Wen had his hands behind his back, and the smile on his face was as bright as the sun.

"It's been arranged, it's great."

He seemed to have already seen how fruitful this mountain would be in the future.

"By the way, Boy Yi, what kind of fruit trees have you planted?" Old Man Wen asked curiously. He hadn't asked carefully yet.

In fact, Li Yi himself didn't know much about it. Except for the cherry tree that Wen Yao asked for, he let his mother and concubine take care of everything else.

"There are cherries." After Li Yi said this, Li Fu glanced at him. Seeing his confused look, he added: "It's Hantao. Yaoyao said that cherries sounded good, so she changed the name."

Li Fu: "Oh." He thought he had eaten something rare again.

Li Yi continued: "There are also peach trees and pear trees. My mother got them."

He really didn't know if there was anything else.

The barren hills here are busy in full swing, and the kitchen at home is about to burst into flames. Fortunately, I now have experience in cooking big pots of rice, which are all packed in clean wooden barrels and placed on carts, ready to be sent to them.

Originally, Luo Shi wanted to invite people to his home for a meal, but Granny Shi stopped him.

She said that this was against the rules, but Luo Shi didn't understand that it was against the rules. If Granny Shi said it, she would listen.

Finally, Aunt Shi, Aunt Du, and the dozen or so people brought by Li Fu pushed three carts and pulled the food to the foot of the mountain.

"What's the smell? It's so fragrant. Is the rice ready?" Li Fu was the first to smell the fragrance.

Aunt Shi saluted: "It's done, it's done. The old lady feels sorry for everyone's hard work. As soon as it's done, I asked the old slave to bring someone to deliver it."

Li Fu chuckled. The Wen family is really considerate. They don't care about your identity or status. They are purely sincere and treat others with sincerity.

"Okay, old Tong, let them all take a break and have something to eat. This dish smells like it was made by Yaoyao, and it's delicious." Li Fu told Tong Guanshi.

Manager Tong responded with a smile and began to invite everyone to come and eat.

The villagers who worked were only envious, but they didn't care. After all, although the wages offered by the Wen family this time didn't sound like much, they could still make a lot as long as they were quick with their hands and feet.

Old Man Wen stayed here in Barren Mountain for a while and then moved to the open space in the west of the village, where they still had ten cows.

Thanks to the help of the villagers, a large area of ​​open space was cleared. The trees cut down on the barren hills were all readily available. A simple shed was built and a fence was built. At this moment, the ten cows were released from the cage. , simply placed here.

I don't know if the fodder here can adapt to them, so they eat all the fodder brought from the capital, and three servants who take care of the dairy cows are waiting on them.

Old Man Wen walked around and asked them about their situation. They all said that there was no big problem with the cow and that it would only take a few days to get used to it. Old Man Wen felt relieved and told them to just ask if they had any needs and that their family would fully cooperate.

The three of them bowed respectfully to Old Man Wen, and then Old Man Wen returned to the barren mountain.

In this way, everyone was busy until it was almost dark, and less than one-fifth of the trees on the mountain were planted.

Old Man Wen saw that it was getting dark and it was no longer suitable for work. If this person bumped into and fell on the mountain, it would still be their family's responsibility, so he drove everyone home.

Ask them to come early the next day.

Except for a few fruit tree growers who were brought by Tong Guanshi, who were placed in the dormitory of the winery, everyone else was kicked out by Li Fu. Some returned to the boat and followed the original route, while others were kicked out to the city. I'm temporarily staying at the inn here.

The three who took care of the cows built a simple straw shed next to the cowshed to live in. After all, the cows could not live without people now, and they would have to arrange to build a few houses on the open space in the future.

Old Man Wen looked at these things one after another, and there was really no idle time.

But it’s better to be busy. Being busy means that there is hope in life.

In the evening, the whole family was very tired. Aunt Shi had been preoccupied all afternoon. When it was time to rest, she actually offered to make Wen Yao's bed.

This was something that had never happened before. Aunt Shi had served Wen Yao in this way before, but she had always rejected her. Now that Aunt Shi had brought it up again, Wen Yao knew that she must have something to talk to about him, so she took her back to the room.

"Mommy, what's wrong?" Wen Yao asked as she sat down on the stool.

Aunt Shi stood respectfully opposite Wen Yao, hesitated for a while and then whispered: "Miss, those servants of Mr. Li today, I look at them, they don't look like servants of ordinary people."

Wen Yao raised her eyebrows, remembering the origin of Granny Shi. Before her former master's family moved here, she also lived in the capital. I heard that she was an official before.

"How to say?"

Aunt Shi continued: "When they saluted Mr. Li, the old slave had the honor to meet the nobles in the palace with the old lady when he was at the original owner's house. The servants around them saluted like this. Although we in Annan Kingdom They don’t pay attention to big rules, but the etiquette of nobles and nobles is different from that of ordinary people."

What Granny Shi said is obvious enough, and their surname is Li. Although there are many people surnamed Li in today's world, that's the only one with a distinguished status.

But even if you think about it, it's impossible, the age is not right.

It might be that person's brother or sister.

When Wen Yao heard this, he stood up immediately.

"Mommy, are you sure?"

Aunt Shi nodded: "Although I am old, my memory is still good and I will not make mistakes."

Court etiquette, what are the backgrounds of this father and son? Wen Yao wanted to scratch his head again, and complained to the author of the original book, why he never wrote such a name.

"Mammy, when you were in Beijing, have you ever heard of a relative named Li Fu?" Wen Yao asked Grandma Shi.

Aunt Shi thought hard and shook her head: "Miss, no. This old slave is also curious about this, so I came to tell the lady first. I'm afraid Master Li's name is just a pseudonym."

Wen Yao was really scratching his head now. Along the way, except for Da Tou and the other unlucky supporting actors, none of the others seemed to be very important characters in the original book. It could even be said that they were ignored and could not even be counted as A, B, B, C and D. people.

The direction of this story seems to be a bit distorted.

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