Nongmen ruffian concubine: ploughing the fields, planting buns

Chapter 469 The New Owner

Ding Shitou talked to Zhao Jian after eating, and then went to an open house on the side of the ground, accompanied only by one of Ye Bai's men.

The open house is almost as big as the one she built at home, and it is presumably also a place for management and discussion.

In order not to affect the living environment at home, it was not built in the main house, so there is no need for noisy people running in and out.

There were already quite a few people waiting outside the open house. Looking at their attire, there were middle-aged long-term laborers, old men from the village, and two middle-aged servants who were dressed more decently.

A middle-aged man with a mustache was talking to them. Ding Shitou remembered that it was Guanshi Zhang whom he had met before.

"My boss is here, stand up quickly." Steward Zhang turned his head when he heard the footsteps, and immediately stood up straight and shouted.

Everyone looked at Ding Shitou curiously.

"You are polite! I am Ding Shi, the new owner! I just arrived today, and I need to know about Zhuangzi's situation. I will start farming tomorrow."

Ding Shitou greeted everyone with a cupped fist, and went straight to the point.

She told Li Kan some things when she was at the inn, and Li Kan immediately told his subordinates to do it, so the farm has already got the news, and it has been busy plowing the fields for the past two days.

Ding Shitou went into the room and sat down. Steward Zhang immediately took out the farm's land book, register, and even the account book left by the previous generation.

Although this account book has nothing to do with the current owner, taking it out will help the current owner understand the value and operation of the farm as soon as possible.

Of course, it can also reflect his ability to work as a manager in the past.

Ding Shitou sat under the lamp and looked through the land book first. After knowing the area and geographical conditions of each project, he looked at the land book.

"There are 20 people in Donghu Village. Has anyone come from Donghu Village?" Ding Shitou looked up from the roster.

"Old man Donghu Village has a good harvest for the elderly." An old man with a gray beard in a gray short jacket immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists at Ding Shitou and announced his family name.

"Tian Qi, please sit down." Ding Shitou hurriedly asked Tian Fengshou to sit down on the chair on the right.

Seeing the courtesy of the boy's boss, the old man who was still a little worried about future employment quickly thanked him and sat down beside him.

"Baiyang Village has 30 people, Baiyang Village..." Ding Shitou glanced at the roster again, and then looked up at the crowd.

"Old man Bai Qing, the elder of Baiyang Village." Another old man in a blue jacket stepped forward.

"Old Bai Qi, please sit down." Ding Shitou gestured again.

Then an old man named Zheng Jiawang from Fengpo Village stepped forward and sat down.

This farm connects the land of three villages. For many years, it has hired people from the three villages to cultivate it, but there is no lease. It just calculates the wages on a daily basis, and then collects the wages based on how long the work is done at a time.

It is the managers of each village who are responsible for contacting and supervising, and it is also the villages who find work for the poor but powerful families in their own villages.

The managers each send an elder as a representative. Even if the relationship between the two parties is resolved, before the end of the year, the farm will send some gifts to the village and send a red envelope to the elder representative, which is a tacit hard work.

But now that the new owner is a young man and came quickly, these elderly people are actually not at ease.

Ding Shitou looked at the roster again, and then at the two standing women.

"Go back to the owner's house. This woman is my old wife, Liu, who is in charge of the kitchen and daily purchases. That woman is Lin, the daughter-in-law of the long-term foreman Xu Dongzhi, who is in charge of washing and sweeping in the village."

(End of this chapter)