Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 1008: Bought Grain Seeds

By this time it was already dark, and everyone packed up their food-serving utensils and went back.

Zhou Guo walked back slowly. She had to go back to eat her crabs. There were still so many crabs left.

Tonight there are not only stars but also the moon. When the moon rises, she moves out the stool and sits in the yard to watch the stars and the moon, drinking rice wine and eating crabs, with some dried meat snacks and candied fruits on the side.

There are even peanuts.

Erpang, Dashu and Xiaoshu came back after taking a walk around the farm. As soon as they came back, they saw Quanzi and Zhou Guo sitting in the yard drinking.

Greedy asked: "Master, do we have a share?"

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's only been a short time since we had dinner, why are you hungry again? You can't just keep eating, you need to let your stomach be hungry and your mouth rest, otherwise you'll get sick easily."

Several people just looked at the crab in her hand without saying anything. She had not stopped eating since she had finished her meal. She usually ate more than anyone else and was never short of food.

Zhou Guo said confidently: "Don't look at me, it's because I have a big appetite and I always have an empty stomach. You can't compare to me."

I was hungry for a long time when I was fleeing, and then for a long time after I settled down, I had to eat until I was full at every meal.

This habit continued for a long time. Finally, the old doctor came and advised them not to overeat. It is better to eat small meals frequently rather than eat two meals at one time.

She then slowly changed this habit, and her family members had to work very hard to get her to stop eating so much at every meal.

But you must have food with you at all times. Even when going into the mountains, you must carry a few snacks with you, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable.

Everyone was speechless after hearing this. After all, she was right. One meal from that person could feed them more than two meals. There was really no comparison.

A few people sat down and picked some snacks and candied fruits to eat.

Quan Zi asked, "When will the master leave?"

Zhou Guo said, "I have to leave tomorrow. Now that I'm here, I have to go around and take a look. The spring ploughing will start in the north next month, and I have to rush back before that. So I don't have much time to waste here. You take care of this place for now."

Quanzi nodded and said, "I have put the account books for selling fertilizer in the study."

Zhou Guo sighed. This was a big task. There was a lot of land in Nanhe, and this was the largest of her several farms. The fertilizer she sold was also the most extensive among them.

There are quite a lot of account books to look at, and it will probably take until late at night.

Dashu was surprised and asked, "Why haven't you finished watching it during the day?"

Er Pang said, "The daytime account books are all in the front. The fertilizer selling area is so busy, people are constantly coming in, and trucks carrying fertilizer are leaving the area. They never stop for the whole afternoon. The account books are all there, and they are not collected until the evening."

The account books were all in boxes, and they were moved wherever I went, and they were never lost.

After finishing a basket of crabs, Erpang made a cup of strong tea for Zhou Guo, lit six lamps in the study, making it as bright as day, and then sat down to take a nap.

Zhou Guo sat behind his desk and flipped through the account books, mainly to get a general understanding of the people and households around him. How many people there were in the households, how much land the families had, and which wealthy families were nearby were all clearly shown in this booklet.

She felt that these booklets were like a population census, only even more detailed than the census, and even knew exactly how many acres of land the family had.

Fortunately, she has a good relationship with the general now, otherwise these things in her hands always feel like something bad, a hot potato that will bring disaster.

Now, the general is her father, and she is also a royal relative after all. When the world is stable, she will present these books, which will be a great achievement.

Erpang would come to pick the wick from time to time to make the lamp brighter.

She didn't know how much time had passed, she just heard the rooster crow several times, and she finally went through all the account books.

There are not many account books now. This is the first year of sales and it has only been a short time. I have finished reading all the account books in one night shift.

If it were like in the North, it would take at least half a month to finish reading all these account books.

Of course, I didn't remember all these account books, but at least I knew a general idea and had some understanding, so I wasn't completely clueless.

She closed the account book and kicked Erpang, "Get up and put the account book back."

Together, they put the account books neatly back into the box.

After finishing the tidying up, Er Pang yawned and said, "Master, go back and have some sleep. It will be dawn in another hour."

Zhou Guo nodded, "You should go to bed too."

I have been traveling these days and didn't get enough rest. I also stayed up all night and used my brain all night. Now that I stop, I feel like my brain is like paste and I'm confused.

I slept until noon.

I got up just in time for lunch.

After finishing the meal feeling refreshed, they mounted their horses and rode away.

While walking on the road, I found that spring plowing and land preparation were now underway in various places in Nanhe.

The fields are bustling with activity.

Sometimes Zhou Guo couldn't help it and came down to chat with them.

"Uncle, you have cultivated the land well. Are the seeds ready?"

The old man was surprised to see a young man who looked rich and noble actually talking to him about farming with a smile on his face. He said, "You are really interesting, young man. Why should I till the land if the seeds are not ready? Isn't your question just nonsense?"

Erpang and the others were unhappy when they heard this. How could they talk like that? Our master wanted to appear approachable, otherwise why would he be asking such nonsense?

Zhou Guo was not angry either, he smiled and said: "Yes, I was wrong, I meant, did you keep this grain yourself, or did you buy it? I heard that Nanhe now has new grain, and it comes from the north. The harvest of the new grain in the north is very good!"

The old man leaned on his hoe and said, "That's what the government said, but we ordinary people have never planted it before, so how can we know whether the harvest is good or not? We can only buy some to try. Last year, my family worked for the landlord. The landlord's family was good. They provided three meals a day and a piece of meat every day.

The wages we paid were the same as those paid by other landlords, but this landlord never delayed our wages. Our family earned a lot in the fall and winter, and this year we just earned back the money for the grain and farm tools!"

Erpang and his friends were happy again. Isn't this exactly what their farm was talking about? They had meat three times a day and were paid the same wages.

Zhou Guo asked: "So you bought new grains?"

The old man said, "Yes, many families in our village have bought it. Everyone has bought it, so we bought some too, but not much. We bought half and used the other half to buy old grain seeds from Nanhe. We don't know if the new grain seeds grow well in the north and can grow as well in Nanhe. In order to avoid having no harvest in the fields, we bought a little of everything, which is a bit more stable."

Ordinary people live their lives depending on God's wishes.