Chapter 209: The Joy of the Harvest
Beihua in autumn is cool in the morning and evening, and there is not much rain, which is a good solar term for harvest, and the scene of the autumn harvest of the Liao people is everywhere on the cultivated land of more than 2.6 million mu that has been reclaimed, and excitement and joy are full of excitement and joy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Fang Shun's family is still harvesting with Lao Yu's first family, this is also Fang Shun's foil to this loyal old subordinate in the past, Fang Shun's family has two young men, one and a half children, and Lao Yu's first family only has two laborers, so they are really too busy, if it is two people who collect fifty acres of land, and be busy.
Fang Shun broke off hundreds of corn cobs, although Fang Shun's hands were full of calluses left by work, then he also felt that his fingers were numb, he rubbed down cross-legged, put the next bundle of corn stalks on his legs, and then broke the corn cobs.
However, Lao Fang's heart is really sweet, he estimated that one acre of corn land of Lao Yu's family can harvest one and a half stones of corn, and Lao Yu's family has cultivated twenty-eight acres of corn, which is more than forty stones of corn, and more than twenty acres of white sweet potatoes, so it must have a yield of one hundred stones.
Just when the corn is worthless, four or five dollars of silver for a stone, white sweet potatoes for two dollars and a stone, to the rations, that is also nearly thirty taels of silver income, the population of the family is young and strong, and the rations left are more, that is also sold more than twenty taels of silver, these silver are their own, Lord Zhao is tax-free for three years, and now it is only the second year, and there is still no need to pay taxes this year.
When Fang Shun finished calculating this account, he wondered if he had miscalculated, so he estimated it again, and it was not until three times later that he found out that it was right, it was these silver taels, Fang Shun was ecstatic, and he was still beautiful until now. I will give my mother-in-law and sons a good calculation. Let them rejoice and rejoice, too.
"Square head. Come and drink water, relieve fatigue, and rest for a while. Lao Yutou shouted at the top of his voice, he didn't know how to settle accounts, but the corn cobs all over the ground also made him understand that his family had a bumper harvest, and his voice was full of joy.
Fang Shun, Lao Yutou, Fang Gaoshan, Fang Yuanshan, Fang Mingshan and Yu Zhe got together, drank cold water, and relaxed their bodies. They still have their weapons around them, although in the past six months, they have rarely heard of the Anui burning and killing, and they are far away from the quarantine area, but they still can't be careless.
Fang Gaoshan, Fang Mingshan, and Yu Zhe were a few half-sized sons who were full of energy and quickly started fighting.
"Old Yutou, you have to celebrate with a banquet tonight." Fang Shun said with a smile.
Old Yu Tou was happy in his heart, and every time Fang Tou said this, there was a happy event.
"Fangtou, don't worry, I will personally cook and set a table of good dishes in the evening. I'm ready," the elder replied with a smile. "But, Fang Tou, it's up to you to tell me what's good."
Fang Shun used his hand to get a little old Yu, "Okay, old Yu, no wonder people say that people are old and traitorous, you guessed something again." ”
"Fangtou, this is not as long as you, I have a thought." Lao Yu laughed dryly.
Fang Shun did not delay, and directly said his estimated harvest and the silver after the sale.
"This, this, Fang, Fangtou, you can't lie to me." Old than excited a little incoherent.
"Old Yu, this is a major event of the autumn harvest, I can lie to you." Fang Shun looked at the old man Yu Tou's happy old face flushed, and said with a smile. "Let me tell you that after a year or two, this land will become a ripe field, and it will be able to produce a lot of rice and grain."
"Well, it's unthinkable, unthinkable." Lao Yutou suddenly stood up and looked at the surrounding fields where most of the acres had been harvested, and couldn't help but cry.
"This, look at Lao Yu, how old you are, how can you still shed tears in front of your juniors." Fang Shun's heart was sour.
"Fangtou, I can't help it, Fangtou," Lao Yutou wiped his tears in embarrassment, "I was old enough to go from Shandong to Liaodong to ask for a life when I was a teenager, and I didn't have more than 20 acres of land until I was thirty years old, and I married a woman with a bad health to start a family, and the wild boar skin came to our family of five and fled to the Dongjiang River, and died on the road, I thought about it, the age is so old, Yu Zhe and Yu Yuan can only rely on them to break through in the future, I didn't expect that when I am old, I can leave such a good acre for the children, and I can see it even if I die." ”
"Look, what kind of bastard are you talking about, you won't give your son a wife and have children, and you won't help take care of your grandchildren." Fang Shun's eyes were also hot, but he still scolded Lao Yu for a few words.
"Yes, or Fang Tou thinks long-term, God bless me in this life when I meet Fang Tou, otherwise our family would have died a long time ago." The old man said in his heart.
"They are all brothers of a fort, and they say what they do." Fang Shun waved his hand, "Old Yutou, the harvest is so good, the granary we built a few days ago is not enough, we have to take care of it when we go back." ”
Fang Shun talked about the granary, and sure enough, Lao Yutou also followed him and said that he had to build another granary, otherwise there would be heavy rain, and the grain would not be lost.
"Eat, eat." Far away, Fang Wu's voice came, and she brought her twelve-year-old daughter Fang Mingjuan to bring food to everyone.
Fang Gaoshan, Fang Mingshan, and Yu Zhe ran forward quickly, took the clay pot in Fang Wu's hand, and several people walked over with a smile.
"Dad, aren't you tired?" Daughter Fang Mingjuan jumped up and down first, the twelve-year-old girl has not yet grown, and her skin is not very white, but Fang Mingjuan is always smiling, and her two big eyes are flickering, which is very likable.
Fang Shun was very satisfied with Fang Mingjuan's concern for him as a father, but he still scolded, "Xiaojuan, why don't you greet Uncle Yu." ”
Fang Mingjuan stuck out her tongue and saluted the old man awkwardly.
"Okay, we don't have any extra courtesy, come, sit down and rest." Old Yu looked at Fang Mingjuan with a smile and said.
"He's tired of Uncle Yu." Fang Wu came to greet him.
"Brother and sister, don't be tired, don't be tired, with Fang Tou and your three boys to help, I'm really not tired." Old Yu replied with a smile.
Fang Wu took the two clay pots and coarse porcelain bowls in the hands of the three Tao boys, and opened a clay pot, which contained yellow and clear corn porridge.
Fang Liu filled five porcelain bowls respectively, and then opened another clay pot, and a fish fragrance wafted out, which was herring stewed sea vegetables, which was very fragrant.
This is the southwest of the Beihua Plain, only more than ten miles away from the sea, sea fish and seafood can still be bought, and it is not expensive, but it has to be coincidental, otherwise it has been sold out if it is not here.
Several people were devouring and eating, and everyone was hungry after two and a half hours of labor, and for a while only the sound of chewing came.
"you, you can eat too." Fang Shun said inarticulately.
"You eat, my daughter and I have eaten at home." Fang Wu shook his head and said.
Fang Shun looked at his daughter, only to see Fang Mingjuan swallowing saliva as he looked at the fish pieces, he knew that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left the delicious food for these working men, and the two of them were probably nibbling pickles again.
"Mother, take my daughter to eat a few bites, I said, in the future, you don't need to save too much on the food at home." Fang Shun said with a smile.
"Alas, his father, if you don't save money, you can't get it, the family hasn't built a house yet, and there are three boys to marry, and, alas, when I think of this, my head hurts." Fang Wu frowned. She looked at the patched coats on the children's bodies, shoes with exposed toes, and winter cotton clothes, and immediately felt a little dizzy.
"Child, from now on, we don't have to worry, I know, this year, our family and Lao Yu's family can collect nearly 150 stone of grain, don't worry." Fang Shun put down his rice bowl and wiped his mouth.
"Dad, really." Fang Wu looked at Fang Shun in surprise.
"You know how the harvest is in the field, I have just finished estimating, and I can't get ten stones." Fang Shun said firmly.
"Of course I can trust the total amount of the house, so isn't it 。。。。。?" Fang Wu's family will not be reconciled.
"At least twenty taels of silver." Fang Shun said first, don't let your mother-in-law make up randomly.
"Oh, this, this is a great harvest." Fang Wu's family was overjoyed, and immediately, she began to estimate the construction of a house, making new clothes, dowry, and marrying a daughter-in-law, and the money plus the thirty-seven taels of silver that the family still had was not enough. You must know that the next woman's dowry will cost at least forty or fifty taels of silver.
At that time, Fang Wu's joy was half gone, but after all, there was hope, as long as the fields continued to be produced, sooner or later there would be money and grain in the account, Fang Wu's heart was still much more comfortable.
Fang Shun saw the mother-in-law sitting on the side in a daze, her face changing, and he knew that the mother-in-law was thinking about the child's marriage again.
A few months ago, he sent people to follow the newly arrived Liao people, and then he took some young people to help the new Liao people build land nests and open up wasteland, which was also a good relationship.
However, the other party's mother-in-law bit the dowry of forty taels of silver and did not let go, which made Fang Shun have a headache, and now the dowry is there, but this building house, purchasing objects, new clothes, banquets, etc. are still a little insufficient.
"Get up, work, and reap the crops." Fang Shun shouted and stood up, the harvest of heaven and earth is the largest, and the crops will be harvested first.
After nearly half a month of busyness, the two families finally transported all the harvest home, this is not the end, the two families used three days to build two granaries, which included all the corn, the white sweet potatoes were cellared according to the old method of last year, relying on the Dingkou, the two families began to dig more than ten cellars before and after the residence, and all the sweet potatoes were put into the cellar, which all completed this year's autumn harvest.
After the autumn harvest, Fang Shun and Lao Yutou began to inquire about the price of the purchased grain together with the villagers, in order to buy a good price, Fang Shun took the lead to lead more than ten villagers to Fangmao Port, because the price of grain collected here is the highest.
This trip to Fang Mao was amazing, allowing them to find out countless news related to them. (To be continued.) )