Chapter 115 Spring Plowing Ends
Shen Yi pretended to lead a few people to the Daxun River to fish for river mud. Su Tai guarded their things by the Daxun River. Shen Yi was responsible for fishing, and the working villagers were responsible for transporting it.
Su Tai took advantage of them to leave and put the river mud she dug up from water time and space into a bucket.
After working for two days, we finally poured river mud on twenty acres of wasteland.
The next step is to come over and plow the ground every day.
Su Tai would secretly go to the ground to water some water from time to time. In half a month, twenty acres of wasteland had been cultivated like fertile farmland, which looked very pleasant.
Seeing that it was almost done, Su Tai immediately took out the wheat germ, peanuts, and soybeans that had grown at home, and said to Huang Xinghua and others, "It's time to sow seeds today. Thank you for your hard work."
Everyone was so excited when they saw those seeds that some people couldn't help but ask: "Su Tai, can we buy some seeds from you? Don't worry, we will pay for it."
Su Tai was stunned for a moment and nodded in agreement, "You don't have to pay. You can get the credit first and pay back the food after the autumn harvest."
"Thank you so much!" Huang Xinghua was so excited that she rushed towards the wasteland holding the seeds in her hands.
The others followed suit and worked hard for Su Tai.
Of the twenty acres of wasteland, ten acres are planted with wheat, eight acres are planted with peanuts, and the remaining two acres are planted with soybeans. Among them, wheat is more troublesome, soybeans and peanuts are still fast.
The people who planted soybeans and peanuts finished their work; they immediately went over to help plant malt.
It only took one day to complete.
Su Tai paid the last payment and once again gave everyone a cabbage and brown flour pancake to express her gratitude.
The working villagers received the last sum of money and cakes, as well as the grain they borrowed from Su Tai, and they all left gratefully.
Huang Xinghua returned to her field with the grain seeds as if the wind was blowing under her feet. She called over the working Chen Mu and a few children, and said in a low voice: "I borrowed high-yielding grain seeds from Su Tai today. Come on, let us If we replace the ordinary grains we grow at home, it won’t take more than a few days of hard work, but we can harvest several hundred more kilograms of grain in the fall!”
Chen Mu's hands holding the grain seeds were trembling, "My dear, it's all thanks to you. Just wait, I'll dig out those grain seeds."
He had had hope before, so he marked the places where ordinary wheat was grown so that he could dig them accurately.
The family of five worked in the fields until dark before going back.
After arriving home, Huang Xinghua took out the pancakes in her arms and handed them to the children, her eyes full of love, "You share them and eat them."
"Mom and dad should eat too!" The two older children broke the pancake in half, and the aroma instantly filled the whole room.
The biscuits were divided into three parts, one for each of the parents, and the rest were for the seven brothers and sisters.
Chen Mu's blind old woman, Mrs. Chen, refused to eat it and insisted on leaving it to her grandchildren. "Grandma didn't do anything at home. She's not hungry, so she doesn't need to eat pancakes."
"Grandma, who is not hungry? You eat." Huang Xinghua's second daughter Chenxiang advised her sensibly.
Other children expressed their refusal to eat.
Seeing this, Huang Xinghua looked pleased and advised: "Mom, just eat it. It's been very hard for you to take care of the children during this period. Su Tai was generous and gave the pancakes plenty of ingredients. Let's have a taste of her craftsmanship.
This time I worked for Shen Yi for sixteen days and saved up half a tael of silver. According to Su Tai, they still need help with the autumn harvest. Next, they may have to ask a few people to help take care of the crops in the field. If I'm lucky, Good luck choosing me. We will definitely be able to save some money this year.
It’s okay even if you’re not selected. Our fields are all planted with high-yielding wheat, and we’ll definitely have a bumper harvest this year. Mrs. Chen was touched by the vision described by Huang Xinghua, and two lines of tears fell from her muddy eyes. Shen Mu wiped them for her silently, "Mom, our family will definitely get better and better this year, eat!" "
After hearing what her son and daughter-in-law said, Mrs. Chen was finally willing to eat pancakes.
Su Tai and Shen Yi saw off the villagers and began to check the farm tools. They found that there was no damage, but Shen Yi was happy for a while.
Su Tai felt funny and went to the kitchen to cook while Shen Yi was collecting farm tools, and asked Shen Yi to call Shen Zhuang's family over for dinner.
It's spring in late March, and the earth is covered in green, but it's still cold in the evening.
Su Tai put the food in the main room.
The Xu family arrived late, their legs and feet were still covered in mud, and they had obviously just returned from the fields.
Su Tai was a little surprised, "Second uncle and second aunt haven't finished their spring plowing yet?"
Mrs. Xu was so tired that she slumped on the stool and waved her hands, "I bought some more land last year, and it's just our family of four working. It's really terrible! My family said the weather is not right and it might rain tonight, so we have to rush to take out the remaining land." All the land has been planted!”
Seeing this, Su Tai hurriedly fetched water for them.
It was not open until the family of four had washed their hands and feet.
Tonight, Su Tai prepared braised fish for this table, fried eggs stewed in crucian carp soup, braised pork, pheasant stewed with fresh mushrooms, as well as a large pot of meat buns and a pot of steamed buns.
They ate so much that the four members of Shenzhuang's family couldn't even think of talking.
Especially Shen Liang and Shen Wen, they all say that a young man can live in poverty. The two of them ate two big meat buns, two big steamed buns, a big bowl of fish soup, and other dishes. Their appetite was not even comparable to that of Shen Zhuang. superior.
The group of people felt relieved after eating.
Shen Yi took out a small jar of wine and drank with Shen Zhuang and his son.
Mrs. Xu was sitting next to Su Tai talking.
"Second Aunt, our spring plowing has been successfully completed, but I still need to hire six or seven people on a long-term basis to help us take care of the crops in the field. Shen Yi and I observed it and found that Huang Xinghua from Shen Mu's family, Huang Xinghua from Uncle Atie's family, and The two daughters-in-law are good, and I’m quite satisfied with the remaining five, but we don’t need that many people, so you can help me with my advice.”
Su Tai named the remaining five people. These people chosen by Xu would be fine, but now it was up to them to see who was more suitable.
Both Xu and Shen Zhuang were particularly concerned about this kind of thing. They carefully analyzed the situation of the five people and finally selected three.
Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Okay! That's them. I need to ask my second aunt to help me go over and tell them."
"No matter how big it is, I'll go tomorrow! But you hire people to do all the work in the fields, so why do you do it yourself?" This question has troubled Xu for a long time.
Su Tai glanced at Shen Yi and said matter-of-factly: "Shen Yi will naturally get off the ship and continue doing his old job."
All the wine in Shen Liang's mouth was squirted, and his eyes widened in shock, "Sister-in-law, my cousin earns eighty cents a day for recruiting people across the river, and you have to pay one hundred and eighty cents a day. But it’s not worth it at all!”
"How can there be so much! You have to plow the ground every day in the spring, and then you can go there every few days to water and weed. You don't have to be busy every day, but it still costs dozens of yuan a day, which is really not cost-effective." Xu Shi calculated.
Su Tai explained: "So I plan to make some food and put it on the boat so that Shen Yila can do some small business while crossing the river. It is definitely better than being trapped in the ground."