Chapter 32: The Great Harvest
Looking at the big potatoes that were dug up, adults couldn't help but excitedly show off how big their potatoes were.
There are even children who go home with two or three potatoes directly, so that the grandparents who are inconvenient to move and stay at home to watch the house cook and eat.
On this day, except for the wild boar that Leng Anxuan contributed before. This was the fullest they had ever eaten, and they didn't have to share a bowl of gruel. On this day, both adults and children were well fed.
The villagers also spontaneously sent baskets of potatoes to Leng Anxuan.
At first, I didn't care about them, and I collected a few baskets, but after a while, except for Widow Zhang and Wang Gui's family, the rest of the families sent potatoes to her.
Look at this basket of potatoes lined up with an entire yard. Leng Anxuan couldn't cry or laugh, this is too much, if she accepts it, it is estimated that she will eat potatoes every day in the next few days, it feels terrible to think about it,
In the end, each family could only receive two, which means that good things come in pairs.
"Thank you, everyone, I will accept these potatoes unceremoniously" Leng Anxuan thanked them.
Village Chief Jin: "Girl Xuan." These potatoes are nothing, what are you polite to us, without you, we wouldn't be so good now,"
"Yes, yes, Miss Xuan is polite," the villagers echoed the village chief, thinking that she was too polite,
"Then you're welcome."
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The next day, Fang County, who received the news, rushed to Taohua Village early in the morning.
Leng Anxuan knew that her father was coming, so she went to the entrance of the village early in the morning to greet him: "Dad, you are here, I will take you to the field to have a look, everyone is harvesting potatoes in the field at this time."
Fang Xianling saw that she was waiting for him at the entrance of the village early in the morning, and said distressedly, "Xuanxuan, why are you here, it's not that my father doesn't know the way, where did you come all the way to take me there, haven't you had breakfast yet?" ”
He had already heard from Fang Xun that her family lived at the foot of the mountain, and there was still a long distance in the village, so she was waiting here early in the morning, and she must not even have had time to eat breakfast.
"I'm not used to eating breakfast on weekdays, it's not in the way, I'll take my dad to the field first, and then go back after a while my dad will go to my place for lunch" She really doesn't have the habit of eating breakfast, when Jing Yunfei is there, he "forces" her to eat every time...
"It's okay not to skip breakfast, look at how thin you are, you have to eat more in the future, be obedient" Fang Xianling looked at her slender hand and frowned
"Okay, listen to Daddy, we must have breakfast every day in the future, let's go to the field to have a look first" Leng Anxuan was helpless, how old is she, how can she listen to her father's tone as if he was coaxing a child......
"Okay, well, hurry up and go to the field to see it and go home for dinner, so as not to starve my baby daughter"
Leng Anxuan looked at his anxious pace and laughed, his father is a typical daughter slave...
Obviously, at this time, Fang County Ling also felt that his daughter was more intimate......
At this time, everyone was busy harvesting potatoes in the field. Leng Anxuan came to the village chief's house with Fang County's order.
The villagers in the field next to him saw that Fang County's order was coming, and they hurriedly put down the potatoes in their hands and were about to come over to salute.
"Don't be so polite, this county order is here today to see how the potato harvest is, you continue, I'll take a look around" When they were about to come, Fang County stopped them,
Village Chief Jin saw that the county commander was coming, and stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord county order, you are here, come and see, this is the potato we just dug up, and the size is not small, so I won't have to worry about having nothing to eat in the future" Holding the potato in his hand, his face couldn't hide his joy,
Fang Xian Ling looked at such a big potato in Village Chief Jin's hand, to be honest, he was also shocked. This is much more than the variety of potatoes he saw at that time, probably because of the careful care of the villagers.
"Okay, this head is big enough, one is enough for a child to eat, and the days will be better in the future" The people's life is better, and he is naturally happy as a county magistrate.
"That's not it, it's all the credit of the Xuan girl, the Xuan girl is our lucky star," Village Chief Jin continued,
"Hahaha, Xuanxuan is indeed our lucky star, and she is the lucky star of the entire Jing'an country, and we will promote potato planting next year, so that more people can eat enough" His daughter is smart and helped the emperor solve a big problem
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At the end, I also experienced the joy of a good harvest...... Well, I helped Village Chief Jin collect potatoes for a noon......
The villagers were stunned when they saw the county order go down to the ground to help harvest potatoes, and they were stunned, in their impression, the general county order was high, not to mention helping to harvest potatoes, even if they went to the ground, they were afraid that they were unwilling, and the surrounding villagers all praised the county order for being close to the people and loving the people like children
In fact, Fang County Order just wanted to experience the sense of accomplishment of a bumper harvest...... They say it's so high-minded......
At noon, Fang Xianling followed Leng Anxuan to the foot of the mountain, Fang Xianling looked at the house in front of him, and was messy in the wind alone: "Xuanxuan, you live here?" ”
At that time, Fang Xun only said that she lived at the foot of the mountain, but did not say what kind of house she lived in, he thought it was an adobe house like other villagers, but he didn't expect the house she lived in to be so dilapidated, and he suddenly felt sour:
"Xuanxuan, why don't you move to the house, just accompany your mother, your mother knows that I am coming to Peach Blossom Village today and is clamoring to follow, saying that I miss you"
He couldn't bear to see her live in such a dilapidated house
"Dad, my new house will be built in two days, and it's only a temporary place to live, and besides, it's not so bad here, it can block the wind and rain" She really thinks that there is nothing bad about this house
But Fang County Ling heard her last sentence but misunderstood, a house that can block the wind and rain is very good in her eyes, so how hard she used to live, he decided to treat her better in the future
So much so that if there is anything good in the future, the first thing he thinks about is to bring her back
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After a few days of hard work, all the potatoes were harvested and weighed, and the yield per mu was about 4,000 catties.
This is really unexpected, but she wants to produce about 2,000 catties per mu. Unexpectedly, the production greatly exceeded her budget
The village chief's house has a variety of acres, and after calculation, it is about 143,000 catties in total.
Seeing that the harvest was so amazing, Fang County Ling excitedly wrote a letter overnight to send someone to inform the emperor.
Two days later, Peach Blossom Village received a holy decree,
The holy decree roughly means: the imperial court bought potatoes at a price of ten wen and one catty, and exempted Taohua Village from all taxes for ten years, and canonized Leng Anxuan as the county lord of Taoyuan County, and also rewarded many gold, silver, jewelry, and silk and satin......
"County Lord? Xuan girl was named the county lord? ”
At first, when the villagers heard the holy decree that they would buy potatoes for ten pennies a pound and tax exemption for ten years, they were overwhelmed with joy. Now that I heard that Leng Anxuan was named the county lord, everyone was more excited than Leng Anxuan herself...
This is the glory of their Peach Blossom Village. Their Peach Blossom Village can finally get ahead, and their son finally has the money to go to the academy
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At last. Each family left some seeds for next year, and then kept some for themselves to eat, and the rest was sold to the imperial court at a price of ten yuan a catty.
Each sold for more than 30 taels. The village chief's family planted a lot, selling a total of seventy taels, which was undoubtedly a lot of income for them
The next village has a red peach blossom village that can be exempted from tax for ten years, and it can only be red in the heart, after all, it is a tax exempted by the emperor's decree, and if there is an opinion, it will be beheaded.
There are also people who plan to move their families to Peach Blossom Village. In order to take advantage of this tax-free cheapness.
The emperor naturally thought of this situation, so he specially pointed out that as long as the villagers who grow potatoes in Taohua Village can only be exempted from taxes for ten years, so those who want to take advantage can only think about it.
The people in the county, hearing that the goddaughter of the county order was divided into county lords, went to the county commander's house to visit, and even some wives came to the door to propose marriage. learned that she had already married, and in the end she could only return disappointed.
Many people learned that Fang Xun's illness had recovered, and they also wanted to marry their daughter to Fang Xun.
Fortunately, Mrs. County Ling is not a person who pays attention to anything, and she clearly understands that only husband and wife can live happily if they live together. So Fang Xun told her that she hadn't met the woman she liked yet, and when she didn't want to get married so early, she also respected his decision. And rejected them one by one.
Zhang Lianhua looked at Leng Anxuan with a big belly, her jealous teeth were about to be broken, and she was a cow and a horse in the Wang family. Not to mention losing a lot of weight, she finally became Wang Gui's concubine, but she became the county lord, how could she balance her heart?
Wang Gui saw her looking at Leng Anxuan gritting her teeth, stepped forward and pulled her away, scolding as she walked: "Look at it, you shameless shit, you can only be jealous." I don't look at what I look like, do I have that life, and I don't go home to cut the pigweed. ”
If it weren't for her pregnancy, he would have divorced him a long time ago, what to do, what to eat.
Erni watched Mo Li come back with so many valuable things, and her eyes straightened.
Leng Anxuan deliberately asked Mo Li to put things in the next room: "Mo Li, put things in the next room, I can't put them in my room." ”
gave Mo Li a look, Mo Li smiled, indicating that he understood. Madame, this is to lure the snake out of the hole......
Put this thing in the next room. Even the door was not locked, Erni listened to their conversation, looked at the unlocked room, and secretly felt to herself: Madame treats her as her own, and she doesn't even lock the door, so it is more convenient for her.........
At night. During the meal, Mo Li: "Madam, Carpenter Li said that the factory will be completed tomorrow." Let's see if there's anything else that needs to be changed. ”
"Well, I see, I'll go over with you tomorrow morning to have a look."
These words were specially addressed to Erni, telling her that they would not be at home tomorrow morning and could move.
Erni listened to them while eating
Leng Anxuan watched her eat absent-mindedly, and knew that he was thinking about doing it tomorrow. and Mo Li glanced at each other and smiled,
This feeling of tricking a dog into a pit is simply not too pleasant. The more pit you get, the more cool it is......