Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 96 096 points of land [one more]

Three days passed quickly, and during the three-day tasks of cutting trees and collecting firewood, we got wood piled up in two houses and firewood in five houses.

The little carpenter said that it would take more than half a year for ten people to use up the wood.

Taohua said that if she was the only one here to cook and boil water, the firewood would not be used up in a year.

Mu Yu is very satisfied with this effect. In addition to these two benefits, there is actually a third benefit, which is that the villagers are gradually familiar with this set of task procedures, which will make it much more convenient later on. This is indeed the case.

The next task she discussed with Ji Xiucai was to divide the fields and cultivate the land.

Each person in Taoyuan Village is given two acres of basic land, and people are asked to plow and plow the land. If the plowed land can get food, they can get food after planting crops and harvesting in the future.

After plowing the basic two acres of land, you can apply for more fields, and you can still get food after plowing the land, it just depends on whether you can do it.

After three years of severe drought, it is very difficult to plow the land, and it takes time and effort to do it. It is estimated that the progress will not be too fast.

It takes three or four days to complete the two acres of basic fields, and most people estimate that it will take five or six days to finish.

At that time, the millet seeds she planted for experimentation also germinated, just in time to catch up.

On the way to the subdivision, she thought happily.

But she didn't look stupid, because other people on the road smiled more obviously than her, and many people pestered Ji Xiucai, Yang Erlang, and the others to ask questions non-stop.

"Give me a share of grain after digging the land?"

"Is it true that after planting in the field, you can get an extra grain every day without doing anything?"

"When the grain is harvested, we can still get [-]% of the harvest? What kind of good thing is this?"

"How many acres of land can I apply for at most? Can we keep planting this land?"

"When will the seeds be distributed?"

……

The village and the land are very close, and they will arrive soon. The division of the land has already been discussed with the various corporal leaders, and with Yang Erlang around, the division of the land will soon be in full swing.

Mu Yu stood aside and watched the lively scene, and Ji Xiucai walked up to her and stood beside her.

Together with her, I watched for a long time the lively and excessive division of the land before my eyes.

Ji Xiucai asked, "Did you expect this to happen?"

Mu Yu turned to look at Ji Xiucai who was on the side. When the two discussed before, they had disagreements on the matter of land distribution.

So she understood what he meant and knew he had misunderstood.

"I don't know, to be honest, I'm also surprised now."

She didn't expect that a random plan could get such support. If there was anything to say, it could only be said that she met a group of hardworking and contented villagers, and that the oppression of the poor in this era is too heavy.

Ji Xiucai didn't understand what Mu Yu was thinking, these refugees accepted her food, so they were her servants, but she acted as if they were still free people.

During this time of famine, he was willing to provide food to the slaves instead of selling them cheaply, starving to death, and eating them. This is already the level of a great benevolent person.

Support free people who have nothing to do with themselves?
This is probably the reincarnation of the saint.

Although he and his family are also one of these refugees, Mu Yu's attitude towards him is not bad, he doesn't disrespect him, and he also gives him enough food to support his family, he keeps this kindness in his heart.

The kindness of dripping water should be repaid by springs, not to mention it is still in this severe drought, it is even better to repay.

So when he does things, he always puts Mu Yu's interests first and seeks the best interests for her, but Mu Yu's own plans are not always the best.

For example, in the matter of land distribution, in his opinion, there is a far better way than this, but Mu Yu did not adopt his suggestion.

At that time, Mu Yu looked at him with a delicate expression, neither blame nor appreciation, she said,
"I have my own thoughts on this matter."

Ji Xiucai came back to his senses, and glanced at the excited villagers who wanted to take their farm tools to plow the land immediately. Perhaps Mu Yu's idea was good, and it had benefits that he hadn't thought of.

He nodded to Mu Yu, and then walked towards the crowd.

After the land is divided, I have to go to him to make a record and put it together with the previous house record. This is also Mu Yu's suggestion.

Ji Xiucai managed to help everyone complete the land records, and then caught up with a large number of people to receive the task of plowing land and farm tools.

By the time he finished his work and took the children out for a walk, some fields had already been turned over.

He was holding his daughter's hand and standing on the side of the road, looking at the sweaty figures in the field, he was shocked.

It's not that he has never seen hardworking and capable farmers, but he has never seen so many.

I originally thought that some people who were born as beggars would be lazy, but this did not happen. Also, these people have been fleeing famine for so long, if they were really lazy, they would have fallen behind.

How did Mu Yu find so many hardworking farmers?
Or, how did Mu Yu make these people so diligent?
He looked at the figures waving their heads one by one, and fell into deep thought.

The shock continued, and not only did it not decrease in the next few days, but it increased.

Some villagers finished digging two acres of land on the third day, which was more than a day earlier than they expected.

And it's not just one person, there are more than a dozen people who have finished the search!
After inspection, these overturned lands are all qualified, and there is no phenomenon of stealing, raping and playing tricks.

After confirming that there was no problem, Mu Yu distributed the rations stipulated in the charter to these people.

After the distribution, these people held the food and laughed from ear to ear, and they all came to Ji Xiucai's side to line up to apply for more land.

Mu Yu was very relieved that Ji Xiucai was so shocked that he had nothing to say, and could only record numbly.

What made Mu Yu even more gratified was that on the second day after this day, except for the elderly and children, more than [-]% of the people had completed the two acres of basic fields, and without exception, these people had applied for more fields to come. farming.

From this point of view, the other missions she thought about before are no longer needed, and this land clearing plan alone is enough.

This also has several disadvantages.

One of the shortcomings is that the consumption of food in the warehouse has become faster, and a lot of it has to be spent every day to pay the reward for plowing the land.

The second shortcoming is that they work day and night like this, which makes people worry about their health and whether they will get sick from exhaustion.

For this reason, she went to the doctor Zhao old man, and Zhao old man told her, don't worry about such useless idleness, these peasants are not rich ladies, they will fall ill if they get wind.

Mu Yu: ...it feels connoted.

However, I was somewhat relieved, the doctor said it was all right, so it should indeed not be a big problem.

She returned to the stone house from Mr. Zhao, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Taohua running out of the yard laughing like peach blossoms. When she saw her, she laughed even more happily.

Mu Yu thought to himself, what good thing is there to laugh like this?
Yang Erlang is here?

(End of this chapter)