Gu Xinyu got off the horse, Du Shilang happened to be here to check, and when he saw that it was Gu Xinyu coming, he hurriedly walked around from the ridge on the other side.

"Young lady!"

Du Shilang greeted him innocently.

"How many acres are left unplanted?" Gu Xinyu asked softly.

"There are about 300 acres left, and it will be basically completed in three days."

There are still three days to go, which is not bad, after all, farming is not an overnight job, but it can't be too long apart.

"How many people have you put in charge of this cornfield?"

Gu Xinyu has also been tracking this corn field, and it was planted quickly, perhaps because of Gu Xinyu's participation or supervision, it should have been planted in ten days, but it took less than four days, and he was lucky to catch up with this spring rain.

"Ten people were released, all of whom were honest, capable and experienced."

Du Shilang knew Gu Xinyu's request.

Gu Xinyu nodded, not bad.

One person takes care of thirty acres, although it seems to be a large number, but the initial work has been done, and the rest is to weed and take care of the seedlings, and this is not contracted to them, and when the second fertilization or seedlings are used, Du Shilang still needs to coordinate.

There is a special person here, but it is just to take better care of it.

"However, you still have to coordinate so that the hired workers don't affect the growth of the corn because they can't take care of it."

Gu Xinyu still told him uneasily, there is no way, this Du Shilang in front of him is still too young, there are many places that he can't think of, and he doesn't have the heart to do it at all.

Especially farming is not as good as others, if you miss a season, there will be no grains this year.

"Young lady, that potato field is really a treasure!"

Du Shilang seemed to be very touched.

"Well, how to say it!"

Gu Xinyu asked curiously, because everyone knew that it was a treasure, and Du Shilang said this, he must have found something.

"I remember when I was six or seven years old, there was a locust plague here in Rongcheng."

"A plague of locusts?" Gu Xinyu was stunned for a moment, because it was the first time she had heard of it.

"Yes, there was a great drought that year, and there was not a drop of rain since mid-June, and then one day I was playing outside, and suddenly I found that the eastern sky was dark and oppressive, and I thought it was dark clouds and it was going to rain."

"With the climatic conditions in Chengdu, it is not so easy to have a big drought."

"Well," Du Shiro nodded, "I've only had one drought for as long as I can remember. ”

"This drought must have been very long, otherwise there would have been no locust plague."

Gu Xinyu said affirmatively, she was very familiar with this.

Locust plagues are mainly caused by drought because locusts are warm, dry insects that have many benefits for their reproduction, growth and survival.

Plants that grow in arid environments have low water content, and locusts feed on them, grow faster, and have higher fertility, so the incidence of locust plagues in arid areas is extremely high!

"Yes, the people at that time were frightened, the young people didn't understand, but the old people knew what was going on, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed, hoping that the locust god would spare this land"

"Locust God?"

Gu Xinyu immediately understood, it is indeed recorded in many historical books that many people call locusts locust gods, thinking that it may be that the people have done a lot of evil things, so the old genius sent this kind of thing to punish them! “

"Well, my grandfather said that it was the locust god, pulling a large group of us to kneel and kowtow, but I didn't expect it to be useless, and after the locusts flew away, everyone found that the crops on the ground were almost eaten by the locusts, which was really scary."

"It's really scary, it must have been a year of no harvest!"

Gu Xinyu said softly.

In that month, it was too late to plant anything.

"Young lady, I think potatoes must not be afraid of locusts!"

Speaking of this, Du Shilang changed his malaise just now, and looked at Gu Xinyu excitedly, "Potatoes grow in the ground, no matter how powerful the locusts are, they can't get in, so I think potatoes are real treasures." ”

Du Shilang heard Gu Xinyu's description and knew that potatoes had many benefits, and they could also be used as food to satisfy hunger.

Gu Xinyu thought so, you must know that potatoes are potatoes, and they are not afraid of locusts at all, because the leaves of potatoes are slightly poisonous, and insects will die if they eat them

"Well, you're right, don't underestimate that one acre of potato land, maybe you can harvest five thousand catties in autumn."

Gu Xinyu looked at Du Shilang with a smile.

"Young lady, I know that I didn't let others go of that acre of land, after all, I know more than them, so I'll take care of it myself, and you can put a hundred hearts!"

Du Shilang and Gu Xinyu promised.

"Of course I don't worry, besides, it's very close to Zhuangzi, I can also take care of it from time to time, by the way, we'll go to the land south of the bridge in a while."

The land in the south of the bridge was given to Du Dalang to take care of, however, Gu Xinyu told Du Shilang that it also belonged to him to manage, but his eldest brother belonged to a small village under him, and his eldest brother was too honest, and he definitely had no experience in the first year of management, so Du Shilang needed to take Du Dalang with him.

Gu Xinyu is still quite satisfied with this family.

Except for the daughter-in-law of Saburo who can't figure it out.

Fortunately, no matter how much she tosses, it is also in the backyard, and Du Saburo has warned her that if she is a moth, she will be sent back to her parents' house directly.

The lintel of his Du family is too small to let go of her big Buddha.

When Du's third sister-in-law heard that she was going to send her back to her parents' house, she knew that she was afraid, after all, the Du family was not as good as before, if she was really sent back, her mother's family would kick her out.

Sure enough, Du San's sister-in-law's mother-in-law knew about their daughter's poverty and toss, went to Du's house, scolded their daughter severely, and let go of a good life, but tossed blindly, thinking that she was a fairy, Du Sanlang is now the time to be proud, and he is young and strong, and he has a good future, even if he marries an official lady, it is not impossible.

Is it true that when Du Saburo leaves you, you can't find your daughter-in-law?

Not to mention, this scolding really works, and Du San's sister-in-law is finally honest.

So the Du family was finally calm.

Gu Xinyu felt that this woman was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her character was not good, compared with the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law of the Du family, it was too bad.

She remembered that after Du Saburo got married, this woman also wanted to work in Taoyuan Villa like her sister-in-law.

At that time, it was arranged by Uncle Wang, and she was asked to help on the stove, but she didn't expect to be afraid of the seriousness, and there were many strange words, and the angry Mama Wang wanted to drive her out with a stick.

It's just that because of the face of the old man and San Lang, she will be on her for the time being.

And the reason why she was kicked out was that this woman whimsically posed in front of Chunmei.

This Chunmei's temperament is not tolerable and compromised.

At that time, he reprimanded the woman for a while.

After being known by Gu Xinyu, she also felt unhappy in her heart, after all, Chunmei had not married into the Du family, and even if she was married, Du's third sister-in-law was not qualified to pose in front of Chunmei. (To be continued.) )