Chapter 219 Digging a Well [3]
“Hey!” Jiang Dalang responded, took out the precious gong, handed it to his younger brother, and said, “Erlang, please ring the gong to inform the villagers to go and have a look at the crop fields. "
"Hey, brother." Xiao Jiang Erlang hung the gong around his neck, ran out of the workshop yard, banged the gong, and shouted to inform the villagers.
Grandpa Qin, Jiang Dalang, and Qin Xiaogu rushed to the crop fields.
Grandpa Qin walked and looked all the way until he saw the fields of the Qin and Jiang families. Grandpa Qin breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is no frost. The soybeans can continue to grow. After half a year, By the end of the month, you can harvest the pods.”
He also took the opportunity to tell them about some weather conditions they would encounter during the autumn harvest: "Frost is not a big deal, but the most terrifying thing is the ice rain. It freezes as soon as it hits the crop leaves, and can turn the crops in the field into pieces." The film was ruined."
After speaking, Grandpa Qin asked them again: " Do you remember what I just said?"
Jiang Dalang and the others nodded: "Yes."
Grandpa Qin was relieved and said: "Although we make money from the workshop. Now, I can use money to buy food, but food is man’s heaven. If food The people in one county after another had no enough to eat. Even if we had money, we had to continue to flee the famine.” He was still worried about the matter, and said: "This year the settlement is over, wrong The weather has passed. When the weather comes next year, we have to grow more food. Even if our family can’t eat all of it, we can sell it at a low price so that others can have enough food... Only our family will have enough food, and thousands of families outside will have enough food. If we don’t have enough to eat, we will become food for the victims!”
Grandpa Qin was really afraid of running away without food. He told Jiang Dalang and the others over and over again about the importance of food, and the tragic story of the rich families in his hometown who were robbed and wiped out by the victims... It wasn't until Qin Xiaomi came that he Stop babbling.
Qin Xiaomi went to his own field and was very satisfied with his crops: "Grandpa, I said black soil is good. Look, in the whole village, the soybeans in my field grow the fattest. ."
Grandpa Qin snorted and said to her: "After planting these soybeans, you only come here for a walk occasionally. Dalang helps you weed and fertilize, and he comes to your field in the middle of the night. I'm here to help with the pest control, otherwise your soybeans would have died a long time ago. How can you still produce such fat pods? "
Uh, indeed, Qin Xiaomi looked at Jiang Dalang and said. : "Thank you, Brother Dalang."
Ha, Jiang Dalang smiled widely, as happy as if he had found a huge sum of money. Just as he was about to say you're welcome, Old Man Hu came running over.
"Brother Qin, are your crops okay?" Old Man Hu pulled his eldest grandson and ran over, and said to Qin Xiaomi: "My little boss, you are here too... Jinjin, please salute your little boss quickly." "
Hu Jinjin was about the same age as Qin Xiaomi. He smiled and said, "Hello, little boss."
After that, he hurried to Qin Xiaomi's soybean field.
After rushing to the other end of the soybean field, he stopped to take a few breaths to revive himself, then smiled and said to this side: "Village chief, little boss, let me help your family take a look at this place. There are bugs in the soybean field. You can talk and leave me alone! "
Don't worry about me and don't drag me over to chat, otherwise I won't be able to hold it in and will vomit on the spot. It's my mother's job! But it’s gone!
When Jiang Dalang saw this, his anger was half gone... If the Hu family dared to have evil thoughts towards Su Su, then don't blame him for not doing things properly.
Old man Hu has always been direct and has already spoken: "Village chief, Xiaodongjia, Dalang, Xiaogu, my family is stupid when it comes to gold, but stupid people don't have the guts to do evil things, so they are the most trustworthy, so If you don't mind it, feel free to send him to run errands or something... You don't have to pay him, you can It's his blessing to be used by the Qin and Jiang families!"
"Hu Laopo, two taels of silver a month are not enough for you? You still have the nerve to ask for a job for your grandson!" Old Man Qian pulled him! His granddaughter also rushed over, so fast that he almost dragged his granddaughter into the air.
Grandpa Qin was scared when he saw it, and said hurriedly: "Brother Qian, please slow down and be careful of the child." "Brother Qin, don't worry, my Hua Ya is fine. She has eaten enough in the past two months and is still alive." I can eat hard-boiled eggs from time to time, and my body feels much stronger. , I'm not afraid of falling." Old Qian pushed his granddaughter Hua Ya in front of Qin Xiaomi and said flatteringly: "Little boss, this is my Hua Ya. She will be ten years old next year, and she is very capable at home now." br>
Then she pushed her granddaughter: "Hua Ya, hurry up and salute the little master!"
"Hua Ya has met the little master. Thank you for letting my family have enough food." Qian Huaya saluted awkwardly, with eyes full of laughter. full of gratitude She looked at Qin Xiaomi: "Xiao Dongjia is my benefactor."
Because the Qin family's workshop hired her mother to work, and because the Qin family's workshop only hired female workers, she can now have enough to eat and can Being valued by the family.
Old man Hu is so angry... Qian is so insidious, he actually asked his granddaughter to pretend to be pitiful to win over the little boss!
Qin Xiaomi looked down at Qian Huaya and said with a smile: "Grow up well, have a strong body and a good heart, then the workshop will accept you."
Qian Huaya was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what she was doing, she started crying... The little boss was willing to take her in, and she didn't have to worry about not having enough to eat in the future.
Old man Qian was very angry and yelled at her: "You girl, why are you crying? You are so ignorant."
Qin Xiaomi said: "Mr. Qian, Hua Ya did nothing wrong. Don't scold her."
"Yes, yes, no scolding, no scolding. Nowadays, girls in our village are very valuable. People from other villages are so envious that they wish they could have girls born in our village!" Old Man Qian quickly apologized and went again. Coax Hua Ya.
Not long after, Qin Dashi, Qin Dayan, Qin Eryong, and Qin Cunquan also came and said that the crops were fine.
Villagers named Chai, Zhang, Sun, and Huang also rushed over after seeing their crop fields and said to Grandpa Qin: "Village Chief, we have all seen it. The beans are fine. They can be harvested in another half month."
Zhang Niuwang said sadly: "But after harvesting the soybeans, we won't have to rush to plant vegetables... I heard that it may snow here in mid-October. If it snows, then Half grown The vegetables will be ruined."
"There is also the grain tax... Our land is too thin and the crops will not grow well. I am afraid that the harvest will only be 50%. After paying the grain tax, there will be nothing left. What's the matter? But the winter here is long, I'm afraid the food is all gone, and the cold winter is only half over."
The people in the village know how terrible it is to be without food, and they all looked sad after hearing this. cloth.
Qin Xiaomi looked at Grandpa Qin and said: "Grandpa, our village can cultivate seedlings. We should cultivate the radish and cabbage seeds first and raise them for half a month. After harvesting the soybeans, we can transplant the seedlings to the ground. In this way, the vegetable seedlings will have half a month to grow, and in November, a batch of winter vegetables can be harvested and stored. ”
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Growing seedlings and transplanting them? This is a good idea."
As for the lack of food.
“If you have new grains of arrowroot powder and cabbage and radishes, you can get enough for one head.” Grandpa Qin said to the villagers: “In a few days, the Cao family from the county will come to the village to dig a well. Ask them what the current price of food is in the county. If you buy the cheapest and transport it back, you can survive this long winter. Don't panic too much."
After hearing this, everyone was panicked. My heart felt a little better.