Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 183 Make yourself smart
Cold comes and summer goes, spring goes and autumn comes.

Busy days always make people feel the pace of time.

Winter is over, and the scent of flowers and birds in the fields have gone far before the breath of spring comes.

Afterwards, the joy of a good harvest flooded everyone's hearts again.

Wearing a bamboo hat, Yang Xiaotao stood up and stretched his waist, the sickle in his hand was put aside, and behind him was a row of felled corn stalks.

"Take a break and drink some water."

Not far away, a girl came over with a tin bucket and a wooden ladle in her hand. After stopping, she scooped up water and handed it to Yang Xiaotao.

"Thank you, Second Sister!"

Yang Xiaotao thanked him, then took a few sips of the wooden ladle.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao drinking water, the girl in front of him stared intently, with an inexplicable light in her eyes.

The girl's name is Yang Hongbing, she is Yang Dazhuang's niece, she is the second child in the family, she is the same generation as Yang Xiaotao but one year older than him, so Yang Xiaotao calls her Second Sister.

"You're from the city, and you can do a good job."

"Uncle, they are all left behind by you, it's really good."

Yang Hongbing is not very good at complimenting others, but there is sincerity in his words.

After hearing this, Yang Xiaotao looked back at the person behind him and grinned.

Yang Dazhuang, who was ten meters away, saw him and hurriedly lowered his head to work.

Could he not know what he was thinking about his niece?

It was Mr. Yang, and everyone in Yangjia Village could tell. Of course, he also hoped that the two of them could get together.

But judging from now, there is no spark from the friction between the two, and the chances of getting together may be a little bit, small!

Hearing his niece compare himself, Yang Dazhuang was also heartbroken.

Really, it couldn't compare to Yang Xiaotao.

He has already recognized the difference in strength, but the difference in physical strength makes him, a farmer who has worked for half his life, a little embarrassed.

As for the men in other villages, they also bowed their heads to work, and their movements were definitely stimulated.

"What's wrong with the people in the city, the people in the city also have to work to earn food."

"We, like you, live by our own hands. No pain, no gain!"

Yang Xiaotao said with emotion, in his heart, the work in the city looks decent, but the labor intensity is not worse than that in the countryside.

"What you say makes sense."

Yang Xiaotao didn't care when he heard this, and continued to work with his head down.

When Yang Hongbing saw it, he didn't say much, and went to the other side with the bucket.

He came back this time mainly because he was invited by Yang Shitou.

During the Chinese New Year last year, Yang Shitou's family found out that she was pregnant, so she gave birth to a fat boy this year, and then came back to drink full moon wine.

As an uncle, Yang Xiaotao was not polite, and the villagers couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he took the ten yuan red envelope.

These days, making money is not easy.

With this ten yuan, Yang Shitou's family will be much more relaxed.

Of course, ten yuan is not much to Yang Xiaotao now, but he doesn't need to give too much.

They are all from the same village, who is not related to whom?

This time I came to Yang Shitou's house, if someone looks for it next time, how much can I get?

Don't worry about scarcity but inequality, this is the human heart.

At noon, the big guys were sitting on the ground in the field, each of them was holding a big bowl filled with noodles.

Compared with the Chinese New Year the year before last, the food here has simply turned up a notch.

The men around were all buried in their meals, and those who finished eating ran to get noodles and continued eating.

Yang Dazhuang and the others sat together with Yang Xiaotao, looking at the piece of fat in the bowl with satisfaction in their eyes.

They knew that it took only two years for this transformation to take place in the village, thanks to the young people in front of them.

Without his Yangcun No. [-], it would be good if the village didn't say that it was full, and that people would not starve to death.

Speaking of Yangcun No. [-], this is the name given by the surrounding villages.

Ever since Fatty Ding found out about the corn, although the people above him didn't take it seriously, he did.

Not only did they find Mr. Yang, but they also took the time to visit Sijiu City, specifically looking for Yang Xiaotao.

Of course, Yang Xiaotao's hospitality also made his trip worthwhile.

Regarding the matter of hybrids, Yang Xiaotao also explained the situation to him. Under the current conditions, large-scale breeding cannot be done, unless a piece of land is provided, and there are enough people to help, and these people have to go through training. Not short, the human and financial resources consumed are not a small amount.

Even Fatty Ding can't promise to do it.

After the two talked for a while, they finally settled on the rules.

It is Yang Xiaotao who promises to provide seeds as much as possible, and then let Yangjiazhuang be in charge of management, and Fatty Ding will contact other villages.

Under the connection of Fatty Ding, four or five surrounding villages all tasted the sweetness of high-yielding corn last year.

It's just that these grains are not many, a village only has [-] to [-] mu, which is allocated by Yangjiazhuang.

Even so, the extra production has eased the pressure on food.

And with the cultivation of hybrids, those old people who have dealt with the land all their lives gave pertinent advice.

That is to let the land be rotated and raise the fertility of the livestock, so that a higher yield can be achieved.

Yang Xiaotao also knows that knowledge is only in textbooks, and the things in the field are worse than those of the children in the village.

Yang Xiaotao humbly accepts this opinion.

Therefore, last year, Yangjiazhuang took the lead in making changes, abandoning the planting of spring corn and planting other crops, of which winter wheat is the most important food crop.

After the wheat was harvested, most of the land in the village was planted with corn.

With the support of farming cattle, Yangjiazhuang cultivated deeply and carefully, and all men and women in the village joined the battle. With Yang Xiaotao's hard work for half a year, the village directly planted [-] mu of corn.

And now is the harvest season.

A few people were eating, and laughter kept coming from the crowd. After just two years of accidents, the sadness of the past has disappeared. Now, all the people in the village see is hope.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from a distance, and the voice gradually became louder. Yang Dazhuang got up to check, and came back after a while, with a brighter smile on his face.

"Seven hundred!"

Yang Dazhuang gestured with his hands, and the people around him also stood up.

"Grandpa did some calculations just now. This year's yield per mu has increased by [-]% compared to last year, which is at least [-] catties!"

As Yang Dazhuang said, he couldn't believe it.

Six hundred catties is already amazing, and I didn't expect it to increase.

Really, magic corn.

Several people were talking and laughing, looking at Yang Xiaotao even more reverently.

Invisibly, Yang Xiaotao's status in the village has risen again, and now he is no worse than Yang Dazhuang, the village head and team leader.

While several people were laughing, Fatty Ding came from outside.Although there was a smile on his face when he heard that the yield per mu was [-] catties, it was a bit far-fetched no matter how he looked at it.

When Fatty Ding came over, Yang Dazhuang realized something was wrong, so he asked.

Fatty Ding told the story under pressure.

Yang Xiaotao warned at the beginning that the seeds of this kind of corn cannot be used as grain seeds, and it is not that they cannot grow, but that after planting, the yield will decrease.

Fatty Ding didn't believe it at first, but under the reprimand of Mr. Yang Dazhuang, he also admitted the matter, and issued a notice to several surrounding villages not to commit the crime knowingly.

However, this matter is not as simple as it is said.

No, the first one to jump over the thunder pool came out.

After the incident of high-yield corn in Yangjiazhuang happened, several surrounding villages were affected, and several village chiefs went to Yangjiazhuang to ask for seeds.

Of course, no matter how impartial and selfless Mrs. Yang is, this kind of money is not given free of charge. The promotion of the favor of the mistress fights the hatred of the mistress, and it does not worry about the widow but the inequality. If the distribution is not good, it will offend others.

Therefore, it is better to trade some things normally. Every village is the same, and it can also achieve a bowl of water.

Of course, Mr. Yang didn't want much, just twice the weight of the seeds.

The villages have no opinion on this point, and even feel grateful to Yangjiazhuang. After all, that little grain is nothing compared to the high-yield corn.

But this matter is difficult for Qin Family Village.

In the final analysis, it was because of Yang Xiaotao.

Qin Huairu, who was Yang Xiaotao's betrothed at the beginning, was the eldest uncle of the Qin family village.

The fact that the Yang family fell in love with Qin Huairu was also related to the village chiefs of the two villages. At the beginning, Yang's father asked Yang Dazhuang to find a wife for Yang Xiaotao, and Yang Dazhuang was the uncle who found Qin Huairu.

As for why he didn't get married, it was because Yang Xiaotao's predecessor hoped that Yang's father would get well and was holding a wedding.

But in fact, after Qin Huairu entered the city, seeing Father Yang like this, and having seen a lot in the courtyard, other thoughts arose in his heart.

As a result, the Jia family came to the Qin Family Village to ask for Qin Huairu later on. Although Qin's father objected, but as the village head, the uncle of the Qin family, after a comprehensive consideration, it was obvious that the Jia family's status in Sijiu City was better, and there were eight levels behind him. With the care of the worker, he agreed to the marriage.

At that time, the Qin Family Village never imagined that such a day would come.

It didn't even take it to heart.

These days, the honor of the village concerns everyone, and everyone affects the honor of the village.

If Yang Xiaotao was lost with everyone and had no future, the Yang family village would not turn against him and the Qin family village. After all, the two Zhuangzi still have relatives by marriage.

But now Yang Xiaotao's ability can be seen by anyone in Yangjiazhuang, it's a golden dragon flying out of the mountain nest.

Who doesn't want to get dipped?
The good thing about getting corn right now is not.

Therefore, under the benefit of the high-yield corn, the walking between the two Zhuangzi became less and less.

Up to now, there are still some exchanges between the in-laws and family, and other times it is the kind of confrontation or silence.

Nowadays, life in Yangjiazhuang is getting better and better, and the surrounding villages are also leaning on it. Naturally, their Qinjiacun doesn't want to break away from this circle.

But under this kind of relationship, if they want to go to the door to ask for it, they will stick their faces over and be dumped.

People in Qinjia Village were naturally unwilling to do this kind of thing that was related to the honor of the village, but they had to find a way for the food of the village.

Qinjia Village is located in the lower reaches of Gaojiazhuang. The two villages are close to each other. Many families intermarry with each other, and the relationship is considered close.

No, they couldn't get the seeds from Qinjiazhuang, so they could only think of other ways.

An experienced farmer suggested to the village chief that these days the corn is reserved for self-seeding, and it will look whatever it looks like after planting it.

People around also understand what it means, it's nothing more than getting some big corn seeds and planting the land.

To talk about this, they also inquired, saying that this kind of high-yield corn kernels cannot be used as seeds.

No one explained why exactly, and no one cared about it.

It's just that they will do what Yangjiazhuang says.

In my heart, I just want to follow the path of Yangjiazhuang and collect more food.

But this kind of thing is the most unbearable to ponder.

As soon as the people in Qinjia Village discussed it, they felt that this matter was strange.

Many people who have been farming for half their lives feel that they have never heard of the fact that corn kernels cannot be used as food for so many years.

Some even suspected that in order to maintain their interests, Yangjiazhuang deliberately let go of the wind, because they were afraid that other villages would grow high-yield corn and surpass their village.

As soon as this idea is said, many people think it makes sense.

Even the village chief thought it was the case.

So, this year they got some corn seeds from Gaojiazhuang, and planted them directly regardless of the persuasion of Wang Xuyang and others.

It was too late for Fatty Ding to get the news, so he could only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor. I hope it won't be like what Yang Xiaotao said, otherwise, this year's food supply for the Qin Family Village will be over!

As a result, I stayed in Qinjia Village all morning today, and my heart sank after seeing those corn cobs.

Corn on the cob is not small, but too thin.

This meant that the corn kernels inside were not big, and when one was pulled apart, there were only sparse corn kernels inside. After waiting for a long time, Fatty Ding couldn't stand it anymore.

Not only he couldn't bear to watch it anymore, but the whole Qin family village looked at the corn that had been reduced in production, with bitter faces, and some women even sat on the ground and cried.

Fatty Ding yelled at the head of Qin's Village for a while, and then came to Yang's Village angrily, ready to think of a way.

"I saw that two hundred catties per acre of land is God's reward."

After Fatty Ding finished speaking, the people around Yangjiazhuang also breathed a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for Yang Xiaotao and Mr. Yang's firmness, they might have done the same.

Now that people from Qinjia Village came to visit Lei, they were even more convinced by what Yang Xiaotao said.

"This group of bastards, let them make their own decisions, they really deserve it!"

Yang Shitou jumped up immediately when he heard it, and a few others were also joking.

Yang Xiaotao was also speechless after hearing this.

"It's hard to persuade the damned ghost with good words, this Qin family village is my top iron, I have to try the south wall."

Everyone listened and agreed.

Only Yang Dazhuang didn't speak, but his eyes were full of joy.

Yang Xiaotao's marriage was regretted, although he didn't mention it, but in the hearts of everyone in Yangjiazhuang, he was slapped across the face.

Of course, he also knew what Fatty Ding was doing here, it was nothing more than lending food to the Qin Family Village.

They have to extend this helping hand, not because of how great he is, but because the hatred between the two parties has not reached that level.

What's more, with Mr. Yang's personality, he would definitely agree.

It's just that when delivering food, naturally you can't be kind, you have to say what you have to say, and you have to vent your anger when you have to vent.

The Qin family village can only accept this.

Looking at Yang Dazhuang's expression, Fatty Ding knew that the other party had agreed. It's not suitable to talk about this kind of tacit matter here, and he can only wait for it to be summed up in private.

Of course, people from Qinjia Village had to be present.

After clearing the corn field in the afternoon, everyone went home and prepared to eat.

After Yang Xiaotao finished the meal, he called Yang Dazhuang and Yang Shitou home.

He has another matter to discuss with the two of them this time.

　Sorry to keep everyone waiting!Three cups of self-punishment tonight!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)