Chapter 22: Sowing Wheat
The summer is almost over, and Zhengrong's yard has also been reclaimed by her and Li Dai, planted tomatoes and small greens, the small greens are relatively ripe, and then irrigated twice with Li Zhengrong's diluted pool water, and yesterday they have picked the first stubble and boiled back the vegetable porridge. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Of course, the rice used to cook porridge is still supported by the village chief's family, and at this time, Zhengrong has less than three taels of silver, so he must put the sowing of wheat on the agenda as soon as possible.
That afternoon, Li Dai had just finished eating at the village chief's house and was sitting in front of the door to enjoy the coolness. "Uncle Village Chief, I'm here to trouble you again."
"You kid, if you don't have any trouble, it's right to come to your village chief uncle if you have something. Say, what's the matter? The village chief sat on a chair, fanned a fan, smoked a dry cigarette, and asked.
"Uncle Village Chief, can you help us find a few people to help open up my family's two acres of land? It's not unpaid labor, we pay it. Li Dai carried a small stool and sat next to the village chief.
"Oh? Wasteland? What are you going to plant? Let's hear it. The village chief shook the hand of the fan for a moment, and continued to fan it after speaking.
Li Dai pulled a small stool and leaned in front of the village chief, and said mysteriously: "Wheat."
The village chief stopped even smoking cigarettes, knocked his pipe on the soles of his shoes, sat up straight and asked, "Wheat?" Do you have seeds?! Can you grow live? ā
"Zhengrong said that his ancestors planted wheat in his family, and he could grow live, and he also had seeds." Li Dai replied.
The village chief nodded, "Cheng, I'll find a few young men to open up the wasteland for you tomorrow, this salary is only 50 wen a day, what do you think?" ā
"Uncle of the village chief said it's okay!" The two hit it off.
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The village chief helped find five strong men, in fact, everyone also likes to work near home, you can go home for dinner at noon, who doesn't like the wife and children to heat the kang head, the salary is less, the less it is! These villagers are also working hard in a down-to-earth manner, and the land was reclaimed in just two days, and Zheng Rong gave a hundred wages, and sighed: This ancient labor force is really cheaper than modern times. But she didn't pretend to be a good person, she didn't have much money now, and now that Li Dai lives with her, this cheating artifact can't be used, the wheat in the space is ripe for a few stubbles, and in her eyes, these wheat are all white silver, but she can't get it out and sell it, so she has to hoard these ripe wheat first.
Zheng Rong thought that the wages were cheaper, so he didn't want to hire two people to sow seeds for them? As soon as she mentioned this idea to Li Dai, she received a positive response. Although Li Dai feels that it is not good to spend money, the problem is that he can't!
She picked out a small number of wheat grains from her stockpiling and planted them first, and then bought the adjacent land when the harvest was over time. Zheng Rong was very glad that she brought a small burden with her when she left, otherwise she would not have taken out these wheat seeds out of thin air, and she would not have been regarded as a monster. It is precisely for this reason that she doesn't dare to take out too many seeds.
In ancient times, the site selection of small villages was probably going to the mountains and rivers, Zheng Rong wanted to dig a ditch to directly access the fields, so that she usually used water conveniently, and she could also water the ground directly, this new house is good at everything, but there is no well, and Li Dai usually has to go to the river to pick up the draft, Li Dai will only be twelve years old this year, and he has not done any heavy work, and he often picks a bucket of water and comes back to sprinkle half a bucket. However, she opened her small purse and counted it, and there was only two hundred and fifty yuan in deposits, and she pursed her lips, thinking about when she would secretly go to the town to sell some flour, if these flours were exchanged for silver, it would be easy to say, after all, Li Dai didn't know how much savings she had.
After a few more days, Zhengrong watched the tomatoes he planted turn red one by one, picked a few and sent them to the village chief's house, and borrowed a basket by the way. Just in the name of selling tomatoes, I can secretly sell some flour, thinking about the thief's smile.
Unexpectedly, Li Dai looked at such a large basket of tomatoes, and insisted on going with Zhengrong, and said that he was buying some daily necessities after selling tomatoes, and Zhengrong would definitely not be able to take them alone. Zheng Rong was convinced, she would definitely not be able to hold such a large basket of tomatoes, he would go if he wanted to, and when the time came, she said that she would go shopping casually, take out the wheat and sell it.
The two men carried a large basket of tomatoes to the ox cart to the town, and had an argument with the coachman, who said that their tomatoes took a seat for one person, and asked them to pay for the car for three people. After some arguments, both sides compromised and agreed to give each step, and finally gave the coachman fifteen cents, and then drove them away.