【290】First Birthday Banquet (2nd Shift)
With the grain of high-quality rice, not a single acre of low-grade rice was planted in Ruyi Village this year, and one-third of all the fields were vacated for planting various vegetables, and the other two-thirds, more than 100 acres of land were all used to grow high-quality rice!
Superior rice! For the common people, it is not eaten by non-dignitaries, let alone planted in their own fields, ordinary people can't even buy seeds, and they don't know where to sell them.
The high-quality rice of the Xuantian Kingdom can only be grown by people with very rich experience in farming, and even so, if you don't pay attention to it before harvesting, it may affect the final yield!
Liu Lang has planted the land for half his life, and his experience must be rich enough, but in the past forty years, he has planted the most corn, wheat and corn and the like, just talking about rice, it is inferior rice, and medium rice has been planted in Ruyi Village in the past two years, although other people in the village who do not understand it are taught by him, but he has always been very careful in planting medium rice, and he does not dare to be sloppy.
After two years of bumper harvest, it was easy to be considered proficient, and Qin Shuang coldly replaced him with high-quality rice that was more difficult to serve and produced less, which really put a lot of pressure on him! The ordinary yield of inferior rice is about 600 catties per mu, and after using fertilizer, it can reach 800, and the average of medium rice is 450 to 500 catties, and it can be about 650 catties after the yield is increased, and the high-grade rice can be supplemented with more than 400 catties at most, and after the increase in yield, it is almost 500 catties.
The price of high-grade rice is already many times more expensive than that of low-grade rice and medium-grade rice, and if he doesn't plant it well, the loss of more than 100 acres of land will hurt just thinking about it.
This also leads to the fact that Liu Lang, who is extremely busy every year when it comes to the spring planting season, and attaches great importance to ploughing the ground, raising seedlings, and moving seedlings, etc., and has to do everything himself, is more energetic this year, and his requirements for others are also stricter, and if he doesn't do a good job, he will be scolded severely! This is also a rare time for the people of Zhuangli to realize from Liu Lang, an honest man, that he also has a temper.
Since the matter of spring planting was handed over to Liu Lang, Qin Shuang has not taken care of it, and it can be regarded as a complete decentralization in this matter, where there is a shortage of people in the village to transfer people, Xuanshen has to ask Liu Lang, and make sure that there are enough people in the field to transfer people away, Liu Lang is very worried about the output, but Qin Shuang is not worried at all.
With Liu Lang's seriousness, coupled with the fertilizer with absolutely guaranteed effect, are you still worried that the yield will not come up? Even if there was a loss when the seedlings were raised due to lack of experience, the amount of high-quality rice sent by the government when the government bought fertilizer in large quantities in the future would be enough to make up for that small loss.
To put it bluntly, even if the two or three hundred acres of land on Ruyizhuang's side can produce a lot of grain, the people in their own village can't eat it all in a year, but compared to the food that can be obtained by cooperating with the government, it is only a fraction, and it is not worth taking too much care of it, Qin Shuang just doesn't want to be blind in vain, plus the first third of other vegetables are enough to eat, and the remaining part will be put into the system backpack as inventory, so it is not all used to grow vegetables.
There is also part of the reason because Liu Lang is a native farmer, facing the loess and facing the genius is his way of survival, if he doesn't find something to do, he may feel that life has lost its meaning, and he will think that living in Ruyi Village is a loss in his heart, and people who are too real sometimes feel helpless.
Qin Shuang's planting of these high-quality rice should be all to let the people in the village experience the joy of labor, and let them taste the high-quality rice they grew after the harvest in the future, so as to increase the satisfaction in their hearts.
It's just that the most satisfying thing when planting this spring is about not the people in the village who have been accustomed to farming for the past two years, but Wen Bi, the eldest lady who has the opportunity to experience life for the first time, farming is extremely new for her, and every step makes her novel, because the person in charge of farming is Liu Lang, her future father-in-law, she is also very active in wanting to help, but unfortunately she is completely a new hand, Liu Lang does not dare to let her help the seedlings for fear of planting bad, and she can't resist her enthusiasm, so she can only let her help others send water, deliver things and other light work, That's it, Wen Bi is quite happy to do it.
Fortunately, although she is very enthusiastic about farming, after all, she really can't help much, and she won't spend her time on the field around the clock, because Liu Yan's identity as a daughter-in-law is basically a sure thing in the eyes of everyone, Qin Shuang determined Liu Yan's feelings for her, and also made up her mind in her heart that she would definitely help him think of a way to make the Wen family nod, knowing that Wen Bi was very envious of the women in the village who also had good skills but was embarrassed to speak, Qin Shuang said to her directly, so that she could find mint or Xin Yi to teach her, before returning to Beijing, She learns as much as she can.
As for later? In the future, I will marry Liu Yan, if there is no accident, I have to return to Liangyi County, are you still worried that you can't continue to study? From Wen Bi learning from the two of them, Qin Shuang noticed that Wen Bi was extremely talented in this area, growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her skills were improving almost every day, which made Qin Shuang feel that she had picked up a treasure!
If Wen Bi was not Miss Wen, she was found by Ruyi Zhuang before it opened, maybe her level at this time might be compared to Hehuan Baishu! No matter how bad it is, it will definitely be able to squeeze into the top five of the word group! Now it's more than two years late, and even if she chases hard, it may take a year or two, and if she breaks off training due to other things in the middle, the time may be extended.
But anyway, she has such a talent, and when she returns to Beijing in two months, how can she learn to be not weak, in case someone in the capital still says that she or the Wen family gossip, hehe, when the time comes, we are not better than mouths, better than fists? Make sure that those who talk a lot will understand what it means to be a curse from the mouth.
Part of the reason why Wen Bi studied hard was that she fantasized in advance about the domineering scene of 'killing all sides' after she returned to the capital, and it was precisely because there was such an important thing to do that could attract her and take up a lot of her time, so she didn't spend all the time in the field, which made Liu Lang breathe a sigh of relief.
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The future daughter-in-law is too capable and diligent, and it will also make people feel a lot of pressure!
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Since March, because wheat, rice and other grains are not all planted at the same time, spring planting has been busy for two months, and then planting vegetables in different seasons no longer has to consume as much manpower and energy as when planting staple foods.
When Ruyizhuang was in full swing for spring planting, the three of them had already arrived in Licheng, and in a very short period of time, the soldiers who General Situ asked them to practice were all obedient, and the specific process will not be repeated here, in short, the progress over there is very smooth, and the drill is also carried out in an orderly manner.
Qin Tian, who arrived in Shengcheng, also sent several letters to Ruyizhuang during this period, talking about the cultivation of high-quality rice in Shengcheng, as well as the prefect of Fengtianfu, that is, the prefect of Wei's concern for their industry, which can also be said to be some exploration of the cultivation of high-quality rice in the fields under their names.
Ruyi Village is heavily guarded, and in order to avoid disgusting Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, the government does not dare to send people to investigate, but the distribution of fields in Shengcheng is not completely together, and Qin Shuang has not installed protective devices over there, so it is inevitable that people will be inquired about some of the situation in the village, Qin Tian went there mainly to be responsible for these matters, and Ruyi Yaotang did not have time to take care of it for the time being, and still handed it over to Fengxian to be responsible.
The fertilizer taken away by Xuan Zihao and a few people before was also sent to several areas required by Qin Shuang, and the prince also sent a letter, saying very well about the use of fertilizer, and the northwest side also began spring planting, and the fertilizer was used one after another as soon as it was sent over, but it had to wait a few days to see the results, not that it would take several months to harvest the grain, as long as you waited for ten days and a half a month, you could see whether the fertilizer was useful from the growth of the seedlings.
The effect of the fertilizer produced by the system is very fast, saying that ten days and half a month are considered long, basically three or five days can see obvious changes, and then it is a day a same, so that people do not want to find it difficult, once it is confirmed that the fertilizer is useful, the next thing is probably a larger batch of high-quality rice to her flock.
However, if that large batch of high-grade rice or grain seeds is really going to be sent to Ruyizhuang, it will really have to wait a few days, right now, Qin Shuang and Ah Chen are busy with Zhang Luo's upcoming first birthday banquet for their precious son's reunion.
First of all, you have to check the list of guests who want to be romantic at the first birthday party.
In front of the full moon banquet they don't say how big it is, but there are indeed a lot of guests invited, and they also held a flowing water banquet, and they don't know a lot of guests who don't know, and they didn't do it in Liancheng for a hundred days, but they are not too old, but they can't be sloppy, and they don't say much about the things they want to prepare, but it's also quite complicated.
Draw up the guest list and write invitations, prepare new clothes for the reunion to wear during the first birthday banquet, and the menu of the day's banquet, all of which have to be done by Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, and the latter two can only be done by Qin Shuang, so the task of writing the invitation falls on Ah Chen, and the couple have things to do.
They know a lot of people now, and there are many people who can feast, but many of these people are not in Liangyi County, and the gifts will definitely be sent at that time, but people may not be able to participate due to reasons, such as the Zhuang family in Liancheng, Forsythia, and the Shen family in Shengcheng, Fengxian and Qin Tian are also very busy, they are willing to hurry back and forth, and Qin Shuang is not willing to let them toss blindly.
There is also Situ Yu, the household servant can't leave when he wants to, and he doesn't want an official position?
The people they know each other are not in Liangyi County, and only Shen Jun is convenient to come, and this time he returned to Liangyi County to prepare to completely hand over Xile Building to the others of the Shen family's side branch for the final handover, just in time for the reunion of the first birthday banquet to participate, and after participating in the first birthday banquet, he should return to Shengcheng to officially take over the business of the Shen family's Baique Building, and he will also marry Zhuang Qingyue.
I don't know if she and Ah Chen will be able to find time to watch the ceremony at that time, if the time is not coincidental, they can only send a generous gift as a blessing.
Speaking of which, the reunion of the first birthday banquet, knowing that Ah Chen's relatives are still alive and the relationship with him seems to be very good, should have let them participate, but Ah Chen's identity is too special, and he hasn't told the emperor the news yet, Xuan Zihao also forgot about it, you said they could write an invitation and send it directly to the palace, which says let the emperor and queen come to their grandson's first birthday banquet?
Whether the invitation can be sent in smoothly at that time is a problem, and it will be even more of a headache for people with ulterior motives to get it.
However, Xuan Zihao, who might have hoped to come on behalf of Ah Chen's relatives, also encountered some trouble in delivering fertilizer. For new things, when they don't see the results with their own eyes, people are always reluctant to be the first to try, and the local people in the northwest are very skeptical about sprinkling completely unfamiliar fertilizer into the ground not only will not spoil the harvest but also let them have a bumper harvest, how the magistrate persuaded had little effect, and he had to be persuaded by Xuan Zihao, who was high enough to persuade, which also made Xuan Zihao, who was initially very smooth and sent to a few places, satisfied that Xuan Zihao, who should be able to take the time to participate in the reunion and first birthday banquet, regretfully apologized in the letter to them, And in advance presented gifts for the two little babies.
Ruled out like this, the rest is Liangyi County, the guests within the scope of Qingyuan Mansion, the first choice for the more heavyweight is naturally Song Yuancheng Song Prefect, as well as the general of the garrison army and Vice General Chen Dongchen, followed by Li County Order, even if because of the fertilizer matter, the relationship between him and Ruyizhuang is not as harmonious as before, but after all, as long as Li County Order is still the county order of Liangyi County, Ruyi Zhuang has to pass the county government to do some things, and Li County Order is a little dissatisfied with Ruyizhuang, because there is Song Prefect above, Ruyizhuang also reached a fertilizer business with the above, so if you can't make trouble, then you can maintain the politeness on the surface, at least don't be too embarrassed on the surface.
The rest of the rest are the first and second level members of Ruyi Village, these people spend the most in the village, there is a happy event in the village must feast them, those who like food have such a good opportunity to eat more good things will definitely not do, and these rich people give gifts
Rich people will definitely not be too picky when they give gifts, and Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, who are fathers and mothers, can also help the reunion and save more private money.
Qin Shuang's menu for the first birthday banquet, as well as the new clothes for the reunion are also busy for several days, and other people in Ruyi Village have also begun to arrange them everywhere in the village, before the people in the village got married, such as Banxia and safflower just a few months ago, the main arrangement is also the banquet courtyard and the Zuozhuang where they live, but when it comes to the reunion here, don't look at them small, but they are the little masters of Ruyi Village, of course, the first birthday banquet is the whole village to be arranged, including all the courtyards of the village, as well as the left and right villages must also be arranged full of joy and blessing!
Even Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, including a few crazy old men who love reunions, rarely come forward to supervise these trivial preparations, and redo them as soon as they feel that they are unqualified, until they are perfect!
In the midst of the intensive preparations of the whole village, the day of the first birthday banquet finally came.
On this day, Ruyi Village simply suspended business for a day, and from the morning onwards, the people in the whole village were busy, and the flowing water seats were set up for a day, and a full three or four hundred tables were set up in each open yard! Just one group of guests can sit up to 4,000 people! The flowing water banquet is mainly for those who did not send special invitations, but only heard the news that the two children born last year in Ruyizhuang held a first birthday banquet.
Don't listen to a group of guests 4,000 This number sounds scary, they all account for a small half of the population of Liangyi County, it seems that there is no need to set up a flowing water banquet for a day, two groups of guests can entertain everyone alive, but the guests who come to eat are not only people from the county?
In addition to the county seat, there are several towns around Liangyi County, the scale is slightly smaller, or the same scale, only there are several cities that are not county seats, there are villages and towns around, and there are two other counties around Liangyi County, most people in the entire Qingyuan Mansion have heard the name of Ruyizhuang, and it is rare to have the opportunity to be free, or only need to pay a small amount of money to eat a hearty and delicious meal, think about it, how many people have to rush over to send blessings to the reunion?
Can that be as simple as a few thousand? It's not unusual for the flow of people to exceed tens of thousands or more throughout the day! Don't forget, there's also a garrison on the banquet list! The invitation is only sent to the general of the garrison army and Vice General Chen Dong, but it is not only the two of them who will come at that time, and the invitation is also written to invite the soldiers of the garrison army! Even if Chen Dong and the others are embarrassed to call everyone over, the hundreds of people who came to help last time have to be brought over, right? Then there are the officials of the county government and the government officials, and these people alone are thousands of people.
So put three or four hundred tables on a day, don't worry about being too exaggerated, Qin Shuang is still afraid that these tables are not enough for people to eat, she doesn't dare to underestimate the impact that the name of Ruyizhuang can bring at present, even if so many people will not come as expected, for the sake of their precious son to make the pomp bigger, even if it is a little wasteful in the end, there is no need to feel distressed, they can afford to waste!
In fact, Qin Shuang did not underestimate the influence of Ruyi Zhuang, early in the morning, as soon as the door of Zhuangzi was opened, a large number of people stood outside, and the people who opened the door were startled, and the door was wide open, making way out, and the guests outside immediately walked in happily to the welcoming people.
The guests who really sent the invitation, Qin Shuang and Ah Chen wrote to them that the opening time was close to dusk in the afternoon, and after dinner, it was just for the reunion to catch the week, most of the people who came here came to eat the flowing water banquet, and they did not need to be personally received by the main family, even the people who were stationed in the army would only come over around noon, so the people on the side of the main courtyard did not show their faces in the morning.
Despite this, it did not affect the good mood of the guests who came to the banquet at all, and after handing over the money they had to express their hearts to the two or three groups of people who welcomed the guests, they each roared on the table, and when the meal came up, they opened their bellies to eat! One by one, the hungry wolves pounced on food, and they seemed to have not eaten for several days, as if they were about to eat Ruyizhuang poor.
But just like that, it's really impossible to eat Ruyizhuang poor, and if they want to eat poor Qin Shuang's family, they may have to eat for decades to eat!
In the first few courtyards, the guests were eating enthusiastically, and when the people in the village received them warmly and thoughtfully, in the main courtyard, led by Qin Shuang Achen, who was holding a reunion, Hehuan Baizhu, Xuanshen, the crazy old man, the Liu family, and many people in the Dizi group gathered in the front hall.
Why are they all here? The answer lies in the bits and pieces of knick-knacks that lay out on the carpeted floor.
Generally, at the first birthday banquet, the family will prepare something for the child to catch the week, and the above also mentioned that Ruyizhuang arranged to wait for the evening after the banquet in front of the guests to let the reunion catch the week, but that is only on the surface, and now this is only the internal grasp of the Ruyizhuang insider.
Catching Zhou twice or something, it sounds very strange, there is no such custom anywhere, but Qin Shuang can't help it, she also thinks that catching Zhou is very interesting and meaningful, and she attaches great importance to it, because of the attention, she can't be perfunctory casually.
Ordinary grasp of the things placed in the week is nothing more than what the four treasures of the study, some rare treasures, unedged swords and daggers, or gold and silver ingots and iron abacus, in short, some can represent all walks of life more representative things, according to the child's choice, preliminarily judge the future child may like, more suitable for the direction of development.
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Two thousand words are missing today, and I will have time to make up for them later!