Chapter 37 The first pot of gold in the family
“Soaking seeds in water? Unheard of!” Sang Yong frowned, with a questioning look on his face.
Su Chunlin glanced at him and shrugged, "Then I don't know!"
Sang Yong was very dissatisfied with his answer, and his tone became a little rude, "You must be hiding something!"
Su Chunlin laughed angrily, "You say I'm hiding something, why didn't you say there's something wrong with the grain seeds sold in the grain store in town? They're dry and shriveled, and they can't germinate at first sight, and they sell for a hundred cents per pound! These are evil things. !”
"Who are you scolding?" Sang Yong rolled up his sleeves angrily, blushing and shouting: "Master town official, you don't care if he scolds your father-in-law like this?"
Liu Tiechui just felt relieved and didn't want to get involved at all. Unexpectedly, he was pushed out by Sang Yong and immediately glared at him dissatisfied, "Did he make a mistake?"
"You!" Sang Rong choked, his eyes bloodshot with anger, and he left Dongmen Village angrily.
Su Changfu whispered from the side: "The town official is so tough. If Na Sang Rong tells the Ma Yuanwai what you said, I might leave an impression on your relationship with your wife."
Liu Tiechui waved his hand nonchalantly, "My wife will only scold you more harshly, that's okay."
Everyone: "."
Su Chunlin hurriedly flattered him, "The town official is wise. I was so angry with Sang Rong that I spoke rudely. Don't take it to heart."
Liu Tiechui didn't want to continue talking about this topic and said, "Hurry up and call your family to harvest. I want to know how much grain your family has harvested."
"Okay!" Su Chunlin went back to call for someone.
This time, even Su Tai wore a bamboo hat and went to work in the fields.
She missed the gopher in earth space very much, but it was a pity that it couldn't be put into other dimensions.
It took the whole family two days to recover all the eight acres of wheat. The next step was to dry and thresh the wheat, and someone at home had to watch.
Han asked Su Ming and Su Tai to go back, and the three of them continued to collect soybeans and peanuts.
After all the Su family's grain was harvested, Liu Tiechui came with two official servants.
"You two, this is the Su Chunlin family." Liu Tiechui said to the Yamen.
The yamen officer looked at the grain in the yard, with a smile on his face, and said: "The county magistrate said that every household in each village will have some harvest this year. For the time being, they will collect grain according to the previous decree. One acre of fertile land will be paid 100 yuan." For a kilogram of grain, dry fields pay fifty kilograms, and Shatian and inferior fields pay twenty kilograms.”
Another government official flipped through the book and reported, "This family has eight acres of good land, six acres of bad land, and two acres of sandy land. In total, we have to pay 960 kilograms of wheat."
Su Chunlin felt his heart bleed when he heard this, and asked flatteringly: "Master Cha, my family also got soybeans and peanuts this year, can I use these to pay for it?"
The two cadres were shocked, "Have you really grown soybeans and peanuts?"
Su Chunlin nodded wildly and personally led them to another room to see.
The two yamen looked at each other with solemn expressions, "This matter needs to be reported to the county magistrate. We can't make the decision. You hand over 800 kilograms of grain first, and we will tell you the rest after we ask the county magistrate."
Su Chunlin hurriedly followed the instructions and at the same time weighed all the wheat under the witness of the Yamen.
After the official finished recording, he immediately shouted in shock, "Eight thousand kilograms of wheat came out of eight acres of land. Is it wrong?"
Liu Tiechui and Su Changfu were also frightened and hurriedly weighed themselves again. The data was still the same. Now everyone was not calm.
The Yamen official said solemnly: "We will also weigh your peanuts and soybeans."
Su Chunlin followed the instructions one by one.
After working for a long time, everyone finally calculated the output of soybeans and peanuts. Liu Tiechui saw the Yamen looking confused and asked in confusion: "Brother, is there any problem?"
The Yamen glanced at Su Chunlin with a complicated expression and murmured to himself, "I heard that the yield of peanuts grown in the south is about 400 to 500 kilograms per mu, and the yield of soybeans per mu is about 400 kilograms. Su Chunlin's peanut yield per mu is Eight hundred kilograms and five hundred kilograms of soybeans, far more than other regions. This is a big deal! "
After coming back to his senses, the yamen officer repeatedly told Su Chunlin to keep an eye on the food and hurried back to the county to report.
Liu Tiechui also realized the seriousness of this matter and did not dare to leave Dongmen Village.
For a time, Su Chunlin's family became the focus of Dongmen Village.
The next day, the county magistrate Liang Shiqiu personally took his master and a group of officials to Su Chunlin's home. A group of people weighed the peanuts, soybeans and wheat again and carefully inspected them to confirm that they were not adulterated.
Liang Shiqiu praised Su Chunlin profusely before revealing his purpose, "Su Chunlin, I want to buy your wheat, soybeans and peanuts. Are you willing? Don't worry, I won't let you suffer. Everything will be at the outside price." Give it to you, okay?”
Su Chunlin felt as if he had been hit by a pie falling from the sky. His whole head was dizzy. It took him a while to recover, and he said excitedly: "My lord, you have already spoken. How dare the common people not agree? It's just that the common people have a little requirements.”
"Say it." Liang Shiqiu said patiently.
Su Chunlin swallowed hard and looked at the grain, "The grass-roots people want to keep 160 catties of wheat, 40 catties of peanuts, and 30 catties of soybeans to be used as grain seeds in the coming year, and then exchange them for 800 catties of wheat for the grass-roots family. For chewing.”
"No problem!" After Liang Shiqiu agreed, he immediately asked the master to handle it.
Although it is the autumn harvest, the output is not large. A pound of grain in the town still costs forty-five cents, and it is also mixed with a lot of debris. Su Chunlin's wheat is of good quality and clean. The price given to him by the county government is fifty cents per pound. .
Peanuts and soybeans are rare in their area and are difficult to price. Su Chunlin did not dare to open his mouth. In the end, peanuts sold for thirty-five cents per catty and soybeans for thirty cents per catty.
In the end he earned four hundred and fifty taels.
Because the county magistrate kept praising his wheat, Su Chunlin suddenly thought of Shen Yi and immediately told the situation.
The county magistrate asked the master to go to Shenjiazhuang and found that the situation of Shen Yi's family was exactly as Su Chunlin said, and he immediately wrapped up the wheat of Shen Yi's family.
Shen Yi earned one hundred and seventy-six taels.
Everyone is happy.
Now that the family has money, Su Chunlin is worried about being targeted. In addition, the house at home is badly weathered and needs to be repaired before winter, so he proposes to renovate the house at the dinner table.
The Su Zhan brothers were so happy that they jumped three feet high on the spot, and their shouts of joy almost spread for three miles.
Mr. Han looked at the noisy brothers with amusement, and said thoughtfully: "Our homestead is not big, and the brothers will have to live separately when they get married, sooner or later.
Furthermore, where will our family live after renovating the house? It would be better to buy a larger piece of wasteland and rebuild again. "
Su Chunlin was thoughtful, and then decided, "Okay! I'll listen to you!"
After dinner, he took his three children to Su Changxi's house and told them straight to the point.
When Huang heard this, she was extremely envious and asked from the sidelines: "Brother Chunlin, can you also buy some grain seeds for our family?"
Before Su Chunlin could answer, Su Tai answered first, "Auntie, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by my father, but it may not be that fast."
Huang was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Don't worry, don't worry. I won't wait until next spring."
(End of chapter)