Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 172: Hiring People ( 1 )

After leaving her house, Yao Zhi walked slowly while observing the terrain of her land. Once in a while, she would bend down to grab a handful of soil.

The soil was sandy and had a very light color. Based on the soil condition, it showed that it lacked nitrogen. But to be sure, she had to do some tests. She took out a hoe from her system’s storage and collected soil from 8 inches deep as a sample.

She collected 15 samples from several areas. When the sun slanted to the west, she finally walked back. When she arrived at her backyard, Yang Erlang and Yang Sanlang were packing up their tools and loading them into the cart.

Seeing this, she walked over and asked, "Brother Erlang, Brother Sanlang, did you finish the work?"

Yang Erlang nodded and replied, "Sister Yao, you need to wait until the soil is completely dry before you can use the ovens. It might take 3 days."

Yao Zhi nodded and said, "I will go get the money."

"Take your time, we still need to clean up," Yang Erlang smiled.

After she returned to her room, Yao Zhi calculated their salary. Since the Yang brothers worked for 4 days with a daily wage of 15 wen, their total wage was 120 wen.

She took out a piece of loose silver that weighed around 1 qian and 12 wen from her system’s storage. 1 qian of silver is equal to 100 wen.

She put the money into a small pouch before she went to the kitchen. She promised to include 2 meals, so she still needed to prepare dinner for them.

Thinking that they had saved her many times, Yao Zhi took out 20 pieces of lotus leaf buns and bought a jar of meat sauce from the system’s shop, costing her 7 points. Afterward, she transferred the meat sauce into an earthen jar.

When she was done, she packed everything into a bamboo basket. In the past few days, the Yang brothers would return the basket the next day, so she was not worried about running out of bamboo baskets.

Not long after, Yang Erlang and Yang Sanlang pushed the cart to the front yard. Yao Zhi handed the bamboo basket and the money to them and said, "Thank you for your help, Brother Erlang, Brother Sanlang."

"It’s a small matter," Yang Erlang accepted the money with a grin.

"Sister Yao, I will inform my friends and family about the job. If we are lucky, we can start working the day after tomorrow," Yang Sanlang said.

"Great! Just inform me whenever they are ready to start," Yao Zhi nodded.

"Okay," Yang Sanlang looked at her for a few seconds longer before he left reluctantly.

After she sent them off, Yao Zhi locked the gate and went to boil a pot of water for bathing. While waiting for the water to boil, she opened the system’s shop and browsed the items.

Fifteen minutes later, she found the soil nitrate quick test kits. The cost of the test kits was quite high. One kit costs her 1,200 points, but it could be used several times.

The test kit included 5 bottles of solution, 2 packs of strips, a booklet to scale the color for the result, and a guidebook.

When she finished reading the guidebook, the water was ready. Yao Zhi took a bath first before she tested the soil. Two hours later, she finally got the result.

As she compared the color, she muttered softly, "The soil lacks nitrogen. This is a good chance to test the blood meal and locust powder."

Yao Zhi cleaned up the table and stored everything in her system’s storage.

Now that she had finished checking the soil, she washed her hands and took out a cup of cup noodles from her system’s storage. It had been a while since she ate cup noodles, and she couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

"This is the taste. The taste of MSG!" she exclaimed after she took a large sip of the noodle broth.

While she was enjoying her dinner, the villagers were gathering at the Village Chief’s house.

After they returned home, Yang Erlang and Yang Sanlang told their families about Yao Zhi’s plans to hire people. With their father’s agreement, they gathered the villagers to announce this matter.

Since this matter was not urgent, each household only sent 1 person. Standing in front of the villagers, the Village Chief said, "Today, I gathered everyone to announce some good news."

"Village Chief, what good news? Quickly tell us," a middle-aged man asked impatiently.

They had experienced a lot of misfortune in the past few years. The best news they received lately was the purchase of the locusts.

Now that there were no more locusts for sale, they were eager to find another job. It was more than 5 months until the next sowing season, and they couldn’t just idle away at home.

The Village Chief glanced at them and said, "The wasteland near the mountain has been bought by Yao Zhi, and since that land is owned by our village, the money will be split evenly among everyone."

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up. That land, although vast, was a wasteland. Nothing could grow there. For someone to be willing to buy it was indeed good news.

"Village Chief, how much money do we get?"

"The land sold for 195 taels of silver. There are a total of 177 households in our village, so everyone will receive 1 tael of silver and 100 wen."

"The extra money will be allocated to the village fund and be used to hold ancestral ceremonies at the New Year. Does anyone have any objections to this?"

The villagers exchanged glances and shook their heads. It took them a whole year to save 1 tael of silver, so no one would complain about the amount.

Seeing that no one had any objection, the Village Chief nodded and continued, "Besides splitting the money, I also want to announce another thing."