sbdcsierra Chapter 112 Planting
Chapter 112 Planting
Zhao Shimin carefully held the crystal ball for Zhao Shiying to touch.
It is very smooth and feels very nice to touch, and it looks very beautiful.
This crystal ball was actually obtained by Wang Yueshan through the headmaster Lu Heming. It can be seen that this thing is quite precious now. Although it is a child's toy, the noble ladies in the capital like it very much.
The headmaster brought back two, but one of them was directly tricked by Wang Yueshan. Of course, the price is that in the future, if there are delicious and fun things, he will take as many as Wang Boan has and there will be no discrimination.
There was nothing Wang Yueshan couldn't agree to. He just regarded it as having two masters.
"Here are some little toys sent by Azhi. Our daughter won't have to worry about having nothing to play with now." Zhao Guocheng said with a smile. He didn't expect everyone to be so supportive.
Shopkeeper Peng gave a pair of golden gourds, which were small and exquisite and very beautiful. Chen Qing wanted more, so he directly gave ten taels of silver.
By the time I had sorted out all the gifts, it was already noon.
"There is still some time. I'll go water the grape seedlings." Zhao Shimin and Wang Ronghua were washing grapes. They were still washing the grapes that Erbazi had brought back in the morning.
In the afternoon, Erbazi and Shuanzi went up the mountain together. Shuanzi was given a day off in the morning, so only Erbazi was working.
However, there are fewer grapes recently, so the amount picked is not very large.
You can find more if you go to a mountain a little further away.
After Wang Ronghua finished cleaning, she started to cook dinner, while Zhao Shimin was responsible for drying the clothes.
The next day, after Zhao Guocheng and Wang Ronghua delivered the goods, they went to check the harvesting situation in the village fields.
"Wife, what should we plant on the dry land over there?" Zhao Guocheng asked.
"You should have thought about it, so tell me quickly." Wang Ronghua didn't know Zhao Guocheng yet, but he was the happiest person in the family about buying land.
"Haha~~~ Then I say, potatoes, peas and corn must be planted, and the vegetables our family eats must also be planted, but this will take less than ten acres of dry land." Zhao Guocheng scratched his head. What should he do with the rest of the land?
"I think those grape seedlings next to our house are alive and well. Why don't we clear out two acres to plant grapes? We're planning to graft them anyway, so we can just dig them up from the mountain and plant them. We can graft them directly when the time comes." Wang Ronghua suddenly wanted to do something big, believing that what Nannan said must be right.
She felt it would be a waste if this grafting technology was not used quickly.
The key is to make a lot less money.
"Leave two acres vacant? Wouldn't that be too much?" Zhao Guocheng hesitated.
"There are ten acres of dry land. How can leaving two acres empty be too much?" said Wang Ronghua.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Let's plant the branches directly. Of course, we'll also dig up the ones with roots. If we only get the seedlings with roots, there may not be that many. Even if there are, we've almost dug up all the ones on the mountain. The villagers will definitely have complaints by then." Zhao Guocheng said.
"Well, you are right, let's do it this way," Wang Ronghua said.
So, in the morning, Zhao Guocheng made a call in the village, recruiting people to do the work and start planting potatoes, wheat, peas and corn.
Of course, turning the soil also takes several days of work.
However, Zhao Laoer had his own cows, so he went out to buy some plowing tools.
At that time, many families had just finished harvesting their rice, so Zhao Guocheng recruited twelve of them, provided them with one meal a day, and paid them eighteen cents.
These twelve people are all hardworking and will not take shortcuts in their work.
Among them, Tietou’s father, uncle, Jinbao’s father and others were all there.
Especially for those families with many brothers, they will definitely rush to do the job that can make money right at the doorstep.
So on the ninth day of the ninth month, Zhao Laoer's family started to plow and turn the fields with oxen.
Zhao Guocheng also rented a cow and plowing tools from the village chief.
Two people plowed the land, and the rest turned the soil. After one morning, they had cultivated two acres of land.
In the afternoon, two people plowed the fields, and seven people piled the soil that had been plowed before into ridges to make it easier to plant.
The next day, the village chief's cows and plowing tools were returned. One person plowed the land, eight people piled the land into ridges, and the rest began to plant.
Zhao Guocheng was not idle either. He didn't expect that someone came to the old house while he was doing this work.
"Second brother, why didn't you come to the old house to tell me that you were planting potatoes? I could have come to help." Zhao Guochang said while holding a hoe and wearing a straw hat.
"Yes, the second brother is just being polite. My old bones can still move, and I know how to work in the fields, so why don't you call me? But how did you buy these lands and when did you buy them?" Zhao Dagen was puzzled. Zhao Guochang was also puzzled, but was too embarrassed to ask.
It was only yesterday that he heard from someone that his second brother's family had actually bought so much land.
"Dad, third brother, I just got this land. The crops planted by others have been picked up, and this land happens to be vacant. We are thinking of planting some potatoes, corn and the like to prevent the land from becoming idle." Zhao Guocheng was not surprised at all to see his father and third brother coming. After all, the whole village would know about this, and it would happen sooner or later.
I guess some people have heard the news a long time ago, but Zhao Guocheng just didn't know it.
"That's right. We ordinary people rely on this one acre and three mu of land to make a living. Stop talking nonsense and get to work." After saying this, Zhao Dagen stepped forward and started to work.
Zhao Guochang naturally did not say anything, even though this job was really tiring.
But I can still have a meal at noon.
Erbazi and Shuanzi were also helping with the work.
Wang Ronghua and Zhao Shimin are responsible for making lunch at home and taking care of Zhao Shiying.
Zhao Shiying can be said to be the happiest.
The lunch was naturally sumptuous. Although it included pig offal, Wang Ronghua’s cooking was really delicious. The pig offal after being braised was especially delicious and fragrant.
Min Wenying also came on the second day. After Min Wenying was responsible for cooking, Wang Ronghua took Zhao Shimin to the fields to plant.
It’s quicker to wait until about the same time before coming back to cook together.
After two more days, the eight acres of land were finally planted, including the winter vegetables.
Afterwards, these people were asked to go to the mountain to dig up grape seedlings. Some were cut and some were dug. With more people, the work could be done faster.
Two acres of grape seedlings were planted in three days.
On the last day, Zhao Guocheng settled the wages for the twelve people, and then they went home.
When Zhao Guocheng was settling the wages of Zhao Dagen and Zhao Guochang, he found that the two were missing.
So Zhao Guocheng sent the money to the old house.
"Second brother, what do you mean? I just help you with a few days' work, and you still have to pay me? What's the matter? You have so much money now and don't know where to spend it, right? Or do you not consider me your father but someone you hired?" Zhao Dagen looked at Zhao Guocheng seriously.
"Dad, I don't treat you as an employee, but after working for so many days, it's only right that I give you some money to buy meat. Besides, you have to be paid for your work. Brothers should settle accounts clearly."
Zhao Guocheng frowned, not knowing how to give the money. The main reason was that the current economic situation of the old house was not optimistic. He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't give the money earned from the work.