Chapter 37 Sweet Potato Seedlings
The eldest cousin Lu Huai frowned when he saw it, and they all came to him, and it was difficult to avoid it, so he had to step forward and say hello: "Cousin." ”
The person who came was Lu Xiu'er, Lu's cousin who was separated from the room.
Lu Xiuer is married well, and her husband is the owner of the Jinrust Building in the county seat. Although it is not a big restaurant, business has been quite good over the years.
It's just that this woman is not a good person, and when she was a girl at home, she said goodbye to Lu Yuwan everywhere.
Later, she married into the city and became the proprietress of a restaurant, but Lu Yuwan was married by her father to a poor boy in the countryside. When she returned to her parents' house for the Chinese New Year, Lu Yuwan was squeezed by her.
It wasn't until Jiang Wenyuan was lifted that she didn't dare to say anything, but she still didn't say anything sour behind her back.
The Lu family knows all these things, but for the sake of their parents' face, they don't care too much.
"Yo, isn't this Brother Huai'er! Where are you going? ”
Lu Xiu'er raised her eyebrows, her small eyes swept up and down, and finally settled on Jiang Yuchuan and Jiang Yuqing's brothers and sisters, and did not move.
Lu Huai and Lu Jin stepped forward to block their sister behind them, raised the rabbit cage in their hands and said, "I bought a pair of rabbits, and I am going to take them home to raise and play." ”
Lu Xiu'er looked at Jiang Yuqing's brothers and sisters and said, "These two are your aunt's children, they are really good-looking, like golden boys and girls." ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward and squeezed Lu Huai away, and dragged Jiang Yuqing over, but he actually dragged Jiang Yuqing and almost fell to the ground.
Frightened, several children screamed in unison, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull their sister back.
Lu Xiu'er was arrogant, and she shook off the hand of the Lu family brother and said dissatisfiedly: "What, I just have to talk to her, and I won't eat her." ”
Lu Xiu'er tightly clamped her wrists, and pulled out a smirk on her face, "Don't be afraid, I'm your mother's cousin, just call me aunt."
I have a little brother at home, and he is very good-looking. Auntie take you to the house to play, okay! ”
Jiang Yuqing understood that this woman was not a good person the moment her eldest cousin stood in front of her. But she never thought that she would do it directly without saying a word.
Jiang Yuqing struggled a few times to no avail, and said angrily: "Let go, it hurts!" ”
The Lu brothers and Jiang Yuchuan also stepped forward to help beat Lu Xiu'er: "You hurt my sister, let go, let go!" ”
Lu Xiu'er suffered several heavy blows in a row, and she was a little in pain, so she had to let go of Jiang Yuqing.
Jiang Yuchuan hurriedly pulled his sister back and protected her tightly behind her.
The half-grown young man, who was quite a bit of his father's majesty, scolded angrily with a cold face: "My mother has no sisters, you are my aunt."
Rushing to climb relatives, it also depends on whether we recognize it or not. ”
After speaking, he lowered his head and carefully opened his sister's sleeves, and saw the five red finger prints on his sister's white and tender wrists, which faintly had a tendency to be clear, and he was even more annoyed in his heart.
Angrily shouted at Lu Xiu'er: "You hurt my sister, our Qingzhou Bofu won't just forget it." Just wait! ”
After that, he squatted down and didn't have a strong body, and he picked up his sister steadily and walked back.
The Lu brothers also glared at the culprit fiercely, carried the cage, and trotted all the way home to escort the brothers and sisters.
As soon as he arrived home, Jiang Yuchuan complained to his elders. After listening to the cause and effect, Uncle Lu didn't say anything, and only said to the little guy with a calm face: "You go to Gao's house for a run......"
In less than an hour, Lu Xiu'er's man Gao Chong arrived at Xiushui Bay.
As soon as she entered the door, Lu Xiu'er was slapped hard in the face, which made her brain buzz, and it took a long time for her to cry.
Lu Xiu'er's mother, Zhou, and her two sisters-in-law were stunned by this suddenness, and after reacting, they hurriedly stepped forward to pull away their daughter.
Zhou was furious and said: "I don't know what my daughter did, you will beat her when you enter the door." If you don't say one, two, or three today, my mother will not be finished with you. ”
Gao Chong has always looked down on this family, if he hadn't seen that Lu Xiu'er was Master Lu's cousin who had not come out of five suits, he would not have married her.
Gao Chong said with a gloomy face: "What did you do, mother-in-law can't help but ask your good daughter, what did she do?" ”
Zhou knew that his son-in-law had never looked down on their family, but it was the first time that he had done it to his daughter in front of her without saying a word, and he was also beating a drum in his heart.
Isn't this daughter of your own really doing something stupid? It's just that she has been back to her parents' house for a few days, and she has been safe, except for being lazy, she doesn't seem to have done anything?
Gao Chong couldn't give this fool a few more slaps, gritted his teeth and said, "The daughter of the county magistrate, did you hurt it?"
Why do you owe so much! People are walking on the road well, what are you provoking her to do?
Do you think the business of Jinxiu Building is too good, or do you think I didn't die fast enough? ”
Zhou's face turned white with fright when he heard this, and he asked Lu Xiu'er with trembling lips: "Is what he said true?" ”
Lu Xiu'er didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and cried and begged her mother to be the master: "Mother, I didn't do anything."
It's to see that girl looks good, and I want to coax her back to be a companion for our family Hongfu. I dragged her. ”
When Zhou heard this, he hated to block his stupid daughter's mouth.
She is also horizontal, but she is not as stupid as her own daughter, she knows who can and can't mess with anyone.
This dead girl, that's Uncle's Mansion! Is the Jiang family also something she can provoke?
Tan Laosan, the last one who provoked the Jiang family, is half a foot tall at this time.
At that time, Jiang Wenyuan had not yet been admitted to Tanhua, and now he is not only a big official, but also a knight.
Gao Chong was really laughed at by Lu Xiu'er: "Coax back to Hong Fu as a companion?"
How dare you think about it! That's the eldest lady of the county order and the Qingzhou Bofu, your son is just a businessman, and he is delusional about other people's golden branches and jade leaves.
Is your brain full of? ”
Gao Chong really hates iron and steel, no wonder the old people say that marrying a wife is not virtuous and ruining three generations. He said weakly: "Go to Jiang's house with me tomorrow to apologize, even if you kneel, you have to kneel to get them to forgive!" ”
"If I don't go, I don't want to see Lu Yuwan's face!" I want her to go and make Lu Yuwan low, it's a dream.
"Yes, then you will live in your mother's house for the rest of your life!"
"You're going to divorce me?" Lu Xiu'er looked at her husband in disbelief.
"If you want to think so, it's okay?" Gao Chong nodded. At this point, he really wanted to take a break from this idiot.
"Gao Chong, why are you so ruthless, you can't do this!"
"Why not! You're going to send my whole family to death! Gao Chong roared.
"If it weren't for Master Lu's face, do you think I would marry you? What do you have? What can I like about you?
Do you look at your blood-sucking leeches or do you look at you, a fool, dying without knowing it? ”
Gao Chong is also ruthless, this will be a little bit of face and will not leave the Zhou family.
Although Zhou's son-in-law is angry that he doesn't give face to himself, he is afraid that Gao Chong will really take a break from Lu Xiu'er, and then his face will be gone.
Hurriedly pulled Lu Xiu'er to this way, and said seriously: "Xiu'er, go." Go and apologize, then we really can't afford to mess with the Jiang family.
Do you really want to be dismissed? It is easy for this man to divorce his wife and remarry, but it is difficult for a divorced woman to find a family again. ”
Lu Xiu'er was also scared, crying and nodded. After several years of husband and wife, she knows that her husband has always said the same, and if she doesn't apologize, her husband will really divorce her.
Early the next morning, Gao Chong prepared a heavy gift and took Lu Xiu'er to Jiang's house in Xijindu. Jiang Wenyuan hung them for an hour before letting them in.
Lu Xiu'er was really scared this time, and after entering the house, she respectfully kowtowed to Lu and apologized. The Lu family didn't embarrass them, and after ordering someone to accept the gifts, they let them leave.
After leaving from Xijindu, Gao Chong went to Xiushuiwan again and gave Master Lu a generous thank you gift. Master Lu didn't say anything else, just let Gao Chong manage Lu Xiu'er. Gao Chong respectfully said that he would be strictly disciplined in the future.
After leaving the Lu family, Lu Xiuer asked her husband puzzled, it was not Master Lu who she offended, and it was just enough to apologize to the Jiang family, why did she give a gift to Master Lu? Just because he is Jiang Yuqing's uncle? Lu's own brother?
Gao Chong scolded angrily: "Say you're stupid, you're really stupid." Master Lu asked people to take the post to me, which was to give me face and give me a chance, and it was also for the sake of my usual sensibility.
Otherwise, with the current status of Qingzhou Bofu, a casual sentence from Qingzhou Bofu can make my Gao family unable to eat and walk around. ”
Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he has a lot of filial piety to Master Lu on weekdays, and he is also fortunate that Uncle Qingzhou gives face to his eldest brother. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.
He glanced at Lu Xiu'er next to him, as for this idiot......
Since then, except for the New Year's holidays and the necessary etiquette on the surface, the Gao family has never given Lu Xiu'er's mother's family a copper plate.
After the Zhou family cheekily came to the door to fight the autumn wind to no avail, he knew that his son-in-law completely ignored them. As for Lu Xiu'er, she is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect herself.
Of course, at this time, I will not mention it for the time being.
The events of that day did not have much impact on Jiang Yuqing. She quickly forgot about it.
In two days, the county government will open the seal. Jiang Wenyuan took advantage of the free time in the past two days to find several agricultural officials together to discuss the promotion of sweet potatoes.
In fact, this matter has been almost decided a few years ago, and this will only clarify some trivial things.
Last year's harvested potato seeds, excluding the dug ones, amounted to about 7,100 catties.
In order to prevent these potato seeds from being taken away by some powerful people at high prices after they were distributed, the 7,100 catties of potato seeds were all bred by the county government, and then distributed to the people for free.
The people need to sign a contract with the county government, and after the sweet potatoes are harvested, the county government will purchase them according to five wen and one catty. If a farmer sells sweet potatoes to others, in addition to a hefty fine, he will also be beaten or even exiled.
After drawing up the details, the number of seedlings of these 7,100 catties of sweet potatoes was estimated. According to 50 catties per mu, 7,100 catties of sweet potato seeds can be planted about 142 acres, even if there are more, it is only one or two acres more, and then put it then.
It is not that the original sprouts of 50 catties of sweet potatoes can be planted with an acre of land at a time, but it is necessary to wait for these sprouts to grow into thick enough vines before they can be planted twice.
Otherwise, if it is a single potato piece, I am afraid that it will have to more than double the number.
They don't have so many potato seeds, so they can only take the trouble of secondary cutting, but fortunately, the climate in Qingzhou is warm enough to allow sweet potatoes to grow.
Jiang Wenyuan quietly talked to Xijin Duli Zheng and the patriarchs. If you want to plant sweet potatoes, hurry up and sign up, because there are not many potato seeds, tentatively one mu per household, 500 yuan per mu, and one mu is 3,000 seedlings, first come, first served.
The villagers of Xijindu have seen with their own eyes how high the yield of this new grain is, and they have been staring at it for a long time. I also know that the court ordered the whole county to promote it.
But the sweet potatoes are so many in total, there are so many people in Qingzhou, even if there is one for each family, it is not enough. At this time, it will be obvious that there are people in the DPRK and China.
After getting Jiang Wenyuan's words, the villagers of Xijindu flocked to Lizheng's house and surrounded his house.
According to the regulations given by Jiang Wenyuan, Li Zheng registered all 59 households in the village, including the Jiang family, signed the contract and pressed his fingerprint.
Li Zheng threatened that if anyone dared to sell sweet potatoes privately after the harvest, they would be expelled from the village directly. The villagers all laughed and said, "How can that?" Adults are holding us up like that, we can't discredit adults.
At the same time, the remaining 83 places were given to 81 in Xiushuiwan, one to Zhu's uncle, and one to Jiang Wenxi's master's family. As for Zhu Dayongzi's family, don't think about it.
As for the seedling field, Old Man Jiang said in a grand manner that he came out of his own family. His Majesty the Emperor was so generous to reward his own 1,000 acres of big village, and he was reluctant to have a few acres of land. It also saves so many sweet potatoes and has to be moved around.
Last year, it was planted late, and Jiang Yuqing, who was at a loss, used his ability and spiritual spring to urge the seedlings to catch up with the harvest. This year, after the spring equinox, seedlings will be raised.
With the experience of planting last year and the assistance of several agricultural officials, after a few busy days, the sweet potatoes were planted smoothly. Jiang Wenyuan also built two huts next to the nursery plot, and Yu Linwei took turns to guard them 12 hours a day to prevent anyone from deliberately destroying or stealing seeds.