Yu Xiaocao pondered in his heart, this house was bought, not only for the ten days and half a month of this exam, but also for the maximum value of it. Originally, I thought that I could rent it to students who were rushing to take the exam every year, but in this way, the house would still be idle for more than ten months! What a waste of resources!

She really wants to return to her old business and start a braised vegetable shop. But now there is no catch, and the food business is not good. Especially meat, now that spring has just begun, even the piglets that have just been caught will have to wait for more than half a year to be slaughtered. Chickens, ducks and geese have to wait for half a year...... Forget it, I don't want to think about it so much for now, and then the whole family will sum it up when I get home!

The government test is coming soon, and with the experience of the county test, Xiaoshi and Qian Wen seem much calmer. At the end of the day, the government test house opened. Because the government test house was opposite, the two had breakfast and went out at the same time. After being inspected by the sergeant, find your seat according to the examination. Each person's seat in the prefectural test house is a small cubicle, which can prevent cheating.

There are three exams in the government examination: the scriptures, the essays, and the policy theory, which are respectively tested in memorization, diction, and political opinions. There is no problem at all in memorizing small stones. Before the government exam, Dean Yuan personally opened a small stove for him to tutor him in rhetoric and political opinions, so the last two exams were not satisfactory.

A total of 50 students were admitted to the government examination, divided into two classes, A and B, and the top 10 were Class A. When the list was released, the small stone hung from the tail of the first class, ninth place. At the time of the exam, the prefect and many examiners noticed the youngest candidate and remembered his name. At the end of the marking, I found that this cute and handsome little candidate had such good results.

Looking at the registration materials again, it turned out to be from Rongxuan Academy, which is not surprising. Rongxuan Academy is so demonic, not to mention the eight-year-old showman, even if it is a ten-year-old champion, it is possible.

When looking at the results, Yu Porty waited there. His name is also on the list, but compared to Xiaoshi's first-class, he only took a second-class, still forty years away. After passing the government examination, he is already a child, and after passing the hospital examination, he can obtain the qualification of Xiucai.

Originally, Yu Bo was still full of confidence in himself, but seeing his little nephew's achievements, and looking at himself, I have to say that people are really angry compared to others. He has been studying for more than ten years, but he only got a crane tail score, and his little nephew has only been enrolled for more than two years, and he can actually get into the top ten!

He didn't think that his intelligence and hard work were inferior to his nephew, but blamed all the reasons for Xiaoshi's admission to a prestigious school, which he didn't. Yu Bo even thought: If he can successfully enter Rongxuan Academy last year, he will definitely do better than Xiaoshi, at least in the top three! I don't know where he got his confidence!

However, the top three on the list of government examinations are indeed the flowers of Rongxuan Academy. In the first class, the candidates of Rongxuan Academy account for seven, and there is no way to live? No wonder so many people want to drill into Rongxuan Academy with their heads sharpened!

Yu Boqiang held back the sourness in his heart and congratulated Xiao Shi. The Yu family sisters and brothers also congratulated him on being on the list. After agreeing on a time to go back, they took their leave. Regarding where the Yu family sisters and brothers lived, Yu Bo didn't ask a word of concern.

The day after the list, the sister and brother packed up and went back. There's still a lot of work to do when I go back, and the most important thing is to plant the corn. The college exam is also held in Fucheng, but it won't be until autumn! The college exam is held twice every three years, and this year coincides with the college exam, otherwise it will have to wait until next fall.

Back at home, the yard is lush and green, and it's comfortable to look at! The green leafy vegetables in the front yard have been picked and sold one after another. Because of the relationship with the Zhenyu Building, the vegetables were first supplied to the Zhenyu Lou in Tanggu and Fucheng, and the rest could be sold to a few regular customers in Tanggu. Many buyers who come here can only take advantage of the excitement and return with a failure. If it weren't for the cultivation of corn, Yu Xiaocao would have wanted to plant early-maturing vegetables on a large area in the Zhuangzi. How profitable!

In the evening, there were only four people in the courtyard: Liu, Yu Caifeng, Liu Yan'er and Xiao Fangping. When I inquired, I learned that my father and uncle took Liu Junping to the Zhuangzi bought by the Yu family, and they had almost turned over more than 100 acres of land, and they also chased fat, so they waited for Yu Xiaocao to come back to breed.

The farmer did not wait for anyone, and early the next morning, Yu Xiaocao rode his little red horse, accompanied by the little county king, and came to his own Zhuangzi. The corn seeds have also been transported to Zhuangzi's warehouse, where they are guarded every day.

The tenants in Zhuangzi are all grateful to the current owner. Last year's severe drought and locust plague caused no harvest in the fields, not to mention the rent of the fields, and even food became a problem. Just when they were facing despair, the proprietor exempted them from their rent and gave them a way out.

finally survived the cold winter, and when many families had run out of food and were facing a desperate situation, the owner appeared again. At the beginning, the proprietor said that the land would not be rented to them, and this sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and some people cried bitterly on the spot. Everyone knelt down and begged the owner, the tenants were all poor peasants, their families were poor, they didn't know how to survive last autumn and winter, if they couldn't rent the land again, then the family would really have to go out to beg for food!

When the proprietor persuaded everyone to get up, he explained that they would hire them to help with the farming, and they would be rewarded for their hard work, good service, and rewards. It's a bit like hiring a long-term worker, but the pay is higher and fair.

When it came time to plough and fertilize, everyone worked hard, even the women of the family and the older children went down to help. More than 170 acres of land and 16 families are all good farmers for generations. Those who have a large number of laborers in the family can cultivate fifteen or six acres of land; Those with less labor can also cultivate three or four acres.

Because most of the families in Zhuangzi are already facing the crisis of food shortage, these days, Yu Hai is settled every day. He who ploughs the land more, and ploughs it finely, takes more money. If you plough less, or if the quality of ploughing is not up to par, you will take less money or no money. Therefore, on the first day, some families received more than 100 yuan, while others only received 20 or 30 yuan.

Even if I only got twenty or thirty wen, I was very satisfied. Now the cheap grain on the market, coarse grain is eight or nine pounds a pound, and a day's wages can buy three pounds of grain! In addition, the wild vegetables dug by the children at home can also be mixed and half full.

However, on the first day, if you only seek speed but not quality, you will learn a lesson on the second day and work intensively. The second day I got more money than on the first day. In this way, those who want to be opportunistic have stopped thinking early and honestly made money with their labor.

In more than ten days, more than 170 acres of fields were carefully turned over, weeds and roots were picked up cleanly, and fertilizer was sprinkled. Nowadays, the fertilizer is all farmhouse fertilizer, which is accumulated by every household. Yu Hai bought it from the tenants at the price of five cents a car. The tenants did not expect that their manure could also be sold for money, and they were even more grateful to the owner.

Yu Xiaocao came to Zhuangzi and met with his father. After a few words, they divided their labor. Yu Xiaocao went to the warehouse to select seeds, and Yu Hai went to gather the tenants. There is a village head, and the errand work does not need Yu Hai, the owner, to go personally.

Zhu Junyang followed behind Yu Xiaocao and watched her go to the well in Zhuangzi first and take a bucket of water. In fact, Yu Xiaocao took advantage of the gap to draw water, and asked Xiao Tianshi to transform the well water into a very low concentration of spirit stone water.

Seeing Yu Xiaocao carrying the water and moving his steps very hard, Zhu Junyang snatched the bucket with a look of disgust and said, "As far as your little arms and legs are concerned, you are not afraid that the bucket will break your arm!" ”

Manager Liu looked frightened: The master helped Miss Yu carry the water? When did the master do this rough work?

"Master, you let it go, let the minions come!" Manager Liu hurriedly went to pick up the bucket in the hands of the king of Yangjun.

Yu Xiaocao saw that Mr. Liu was old, so he was embarrassed to ask him to help carry the water, and hurriedly said: "Forget it, I'll come!" Exercise, exercise, and strength will be great! ”

"Alright, alright! Let's go, where to carry? Zhu Junyang carried a bucket of water and walked like a fly, and Yu Xiaocao trotted behind to keep up with him. Manager Liu wrinkled a bitter gourd face and followed behind his master.

After coming to the warehouse, Yu Xiaocao took out the "potion" he had prepared, poured it into a bucket and mixed it, and sprayed it on the corn seeds.

Zhu Junyang was a little puzzled and asked, "Is there any effect in spraying this water?" ”

"Prevent pests and diseases!! You see, in the fall, there must be bugs that lay their eggs in the soil. As the temperature warms up in spring, the insects hatch and eat the seeds and rhizomes of crops. Spritz these potions and you can avoid these losses! ”

Yu Xiaocao said it seriously. In fact, the aura in the potion can improve the emergence and survival rate of seeds. These are not easy to explain to the little county king. If the little county king didn't follow, she would spray the spirit stone liquid directly, and what potion would she toss as an excuse?

The seeds that have been sprayed with the "potion" are sent to the field. After the tenants received the seeds, the proprietor demonstrated the depth and size of the pit and the distance between the plants, and began to work in full swing.

Yu Hai and Liu Hu, father and son, are more experienced, and are responsible for patrolling each field, carefully recording the progress and quality of each family's work. The tenants are all in contact with corn planting for the first time, and some people do not have a good understanding of the planting method, Yu Hai will point out in time after seeing it, and patiently teach them.

On the first day, the efficiency was relatively slow. The largest family planted more than two acres and received a salary of 80 yuan. The least are widow Li's mother and son, orphans and widows, and her son is only about ten years old. Although the two of them were slow, they planted extremely carefully, and Widow Li was afraid that she would not be able to get the distance between the plants, and even used a branch to break the distance that the owner said, and measured the pit little by little. Yu Hai saw all this, and when he settled the salary, he gave the mother and son forty yuan.

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The holidays are coming to an end and painful days are coming......