Chapter 710: A Great Harvest
As soon as she heard this, Concubine Li was full of energy again, "Okay, I'll live well and accompany you and the children." β
"Come here this time, Your Majesty said, let me stay by your side all the time. Wait until Gu Shao finishes this side of the matter, and then go back together. β
Of course, the ninth princess was very happy, "Brother Huang is so good. It's a little dry here, but there is a conditioning medicine prescribed by the doctor, and it should be very comfortable. I am in confinement, I can't honor my grandmother, mother, you should accompany your grandmother more, in case she is tired of the old man. β
Concubine Li smiled and nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I am at home, and I will take care of it for you." β
Mrs. Gu was in good spirits on happy occasions, and she was originally a little unaccustomed to the soil, but now she is happy, and all of them are gone.
She greeted the ninth princess with cold and warmth, and asked the cook at home to do their best to cook food for the princess.
Gu Jin personally came over to see off Mrs. Gu this time, and after settling down, he sent a post to the Dadu Tongfu and wanted to pay a visit.
First, please say hello to Liu Paner and Li Yuanqing.
Second, I also want to meet my fiancΓ©e Li Li.
Liu Paner learned that Mrs. Gu and Concubine Li were coming, so she came to visit the next day, and brought the child over by the way.
Gu Jin couldn't be happier when he saw Li Li.
Following Mrs. Drey, Li Li became more and more knowledgeable and radiant.
Old Madam Gu smiled, "You young people, let's go to the garden together, and I'll talk to Mrs. Drey." β
"Yes, great-uncle and grandmother." Gu Jin responded and took everyone to the back garden.
Now only Mrs. Gu, Concubine Li and Liu Pan'er are left.
Old Madam Gu held Liu Pan'er's hand and thanked her earnestly, "Pan'er, thanks to you this time." Blessed are you, and you have a good heart. β
Liu Pan'er was modest, "That's also because the princess's sister is good, so I can't help but want to be close." β
Concubine Li smiled, "Anyway, both of you are fine, and it is good for both of you to make up one." β
After a few people greeted each other for a while, Liu Paner said again: "The autumn harvest is coming soon, I won't come every day later, the old lady and the concubine have to worry more." Later, talk to the princess's sister. β
Concubine Li praised, "Your Majesty has been praising Mrs. Derui in the palace, where can the granary be full?" The autumn harvest is such an important thing, of course, it should be taken seriously. Mrs. Drey is busy, even if she is. β
Old Madam Gu also thought so, "We are at home, if you don't have your children at ease, you can also put them here." β
Liu Pan'er smiled: "No need, there is still a master at home to take classes, and the older ones will also be busy with me." β
At this time, Mrs. Gu thought of Gu Jin, "Gu Jin's kid has good knowledge, and if he studies all day, he will become a nerd." I asked him to follow you down to the field to see, the farmer works hard, and he has more experience than he reads ten thousand books. β
Liu Pan'er didn't refuse, "If Gu Jin is willing, let him come." Learn more, and if you become an official in the future, you won't be blinded. β
"I'm tired." Old Madam Gu said with a smile, with a great-grandson, it's all right together.
September is the harvest season.
Wu Sanzhuang also came back from the army to help his family harvest in the autumn.
The ten acres of sugar beets grown at home are all ripe.
"Dad, hurry up and collect the beets, I came back from the city, and I heard that the beets cost two pennies a pound." Wu Sanzhuang returned home and urged while eating.
When Old Man Wu heard this, he immediately smiled, "Our beets, I have seen them, they grow up big and good, and it is estimated that they can have thousands of catties." This acre of land can earn ten taels of silver, and our family has ten acres of land, which is one hundred taels of silver. β
Mrs. Wu also smiled, "That is, I knew that beets were so profitable, and I would be more productive this year." β
Wu Sanzhuang smiled, "We want to plant, but we don't have seeds." If you want to have a variety of varieties, you have to keep your own seeds. β
Mrs. Wu nodded again and again, "Stay, I'm going to pick those big and good seeds, put them in the ground, and when they are completely ripe, I can collect the beet seeds." β
Wu Sanzhuang reminded, "Daddy, the leaves of the beets are dried and can be used to feed rabbits, cattle and sheep, don't waste it." β
Old man Wu couldn't be more satisfied with his current life.
"I've known for a long time, every time the city comes to publicize how to farm, your mother and I, as well as your brother and sister-in-law, all go to listen to it and remember it."
"The family caught three pigs, six sheep, two cows, and dozens of rabbits. Our beet leaves are enough to feed these. β
Early the next morning, the whole family, except for the pregnant second sister-in-law and two children under the age of six, were at home, and everyone else went to work in the fields.
There are many middle-aged men in the Wu family, bending over and pulling beets hard, one in one hand, and the speed is very fast.
The stepmother's sister-in-law Wu and Mrs. Wu, the old man Wu, and the three children were holding the leaves on the beet.
The leaves are also laid flat on the ground and collected when they are dried.
One morning, seven brothers plucked four acres of sugar beet.
At this time, it can be seen that men work more and faster.
Wu's second sister-in-law came to deliver the meal, and the whole family was eating with their heads bowed, and after eating, they took a break and continued to work.
Wu Sanzhuang put the beets in a sack and filled ten sacks, "Daddy, we don't have a place to put these beets in our house, let's collect and sell them." β
Old man Wu nodded, "Okay, then you go and sell, and we will continue to collect in the field." β
Wu Sanzhuang tied the ox cart tightly with hemp rope and hurried to the Sangcheng market to sell sugar beets.
The Wu family's beets were cleaned up, and after a little inspection, they could be weighed, two pennies a catty, ten sacks, and a full nine hundred and twenty catties.
A total of 1,840 wen was given, and 128 wen and 40 wen were given.
It was sold so quickly, Wu Sanzhuang was very happy, went to cut five catties of meat, and asked the second sister-in-law to have more delicious food at noon.
After all, the autumn harvest is very tiring, and it is not okay not to eat good.
When Wu's second sister-in-law got the meat, she immediately promised to stew meat for everyone and let everyone eat and drink well at noon.
When Wu Sanzhuang left home, he took a clay pot of boiling water and brought water to his family.
Wu Sanzhuang kept selling, and sold a full ten cars in a whole day, nearly twenty taels of silver. target
There were still plucked beets in the field, and Old Man Wu was not at ease, so he arranged for his two sons to watch in the field with the futon.
Wu Sanzhuang handed over the silver to his father, "Dad, this is the money from selling beets today, and I spent seventy-five yuan to buy meat." β
Old man Wu took the silver and couldn't put it down, "I'm obedient, I've been busy for a year, and I've finally seen the silver." β
Other people are also very happy, tired is nothing, such a life can be rushed.
Mrs. Wu was also very happy, but she was also very melancholy, "I have money, I can build a house and buy things, but there are too few girls in the north, and our family has not said a daughter-in-law since Sanzhuang!" β
Old man Wu thought for a while, and then said, "I heard the old patriarch say that when he is done, let the second son go back and bring back the eldest of his family." β
"Why don't I go back with me and give our four sons Zhang Luo four girls? In the past, I didn't have the money to fight singles, but now that we have money, we have no ability to fight singles again. β