Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 605 Double Cropping Rice

Guo Bai came to Zhuangzi with his father before, and his mind was not on farming at all, so he didn't know anything about farming in the past.Now, after listening to Zhuangtou's narration, he couldn't help frowning: "You mean, we used to only grow rice for one season?"

Hearing this question, Zhuangtou couldn't help laughing, and patiently explained: "Isn't it just planting for one season? The weather is like this. If the rice is harvested and then planted, the weather will be cold, and the seedlings will not grow at all."

Guo Bai frowned, turned the book to the place he was looking at, pointed and said, "It clearly says that in his hometown, rice is grown in two seasons. Although this is a story, the author is not lying. Listen to this: Yang Fu of the Han Dynasty said in a book called "Foreign Objects", "Cochin rice is ripe in summer and winter, and farmers plant it again at one year old." Planting at one year old means planting two seasons a year. Although this is the south, Jiaozhi should be a very southern place. But the book also quotes a sentence from "Wu Du Fu" written by Zuo Si in the Western Jin Dynasty: "The rice is ripe again after the national tax". The Wu Du here refers to us this place."

Zhuangtou is a pure farmer, but because of his good ability and skill in farming, he was promoted as Zhuangtou by the head of the Guo family.

Illiterate people have a natural admiration for scholars.At this moment, Guo Bai said that it was all in the book, and more than one book mentioned that two seasons can be planted in a year, so he hesitated and asked: "Is it true in the book? But I didn't hear it, old man." People say we can plant rice in two seasons a year. How about you discuss this with the master? If the master thinks it is feasible, next year we will try to use a few acres of land to plant two seasons?"

Guo Bai also knew that most of the family's income came from the fields.Once the fields fail to harvest, the income of the family will be reduced by more than half.He couldn't really believe the words in this book, and made fun of his own field.

He nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss with the master." After saying that, he got up and left with his head down in frustration.

When Zhuangtou saw him coming in high spirits and leaving dejectedly, he thought about it.

Although he is a farmer, he also has his own survival wisdom.

Seeing that the old man is getting old, it is only logical for Young Master Guo Bai, as the only son of the Guo family, to take over the household affairs.Master Guo likes farming, so he buys land to farm when he has money.As the Guo family has more and more fields, there are more and more people in Zhuangzi, and the power of Zhuangzi is also increasing.But if the family business is handed over to Young Master Guo Bai, Young Master Guo Bai is not interested in farming, but prefers to open a shop in the city to do business.

He is old, it doesn't matter if he is a Zhuangzi or not, and he has great power, but Zhuangzi has so many mouths to eat, and everyone's life is hard.Although it is also possible to go to the fields of other tenants to plant, but it is not easy to meet a kind owner.

So he hoped that Master Guo Bai could maintain his interest in farming.

He stopped Guo Bai: "Young master, go discuss it with the master over there, and I will also inquire about it here. If there is any news, I will ask someone to tell you."

"Okay." Guo Bai nodded and stepped into the carriage.

Back home, Guo Bai showed his father the storybook hopefully.At first, Master Guo saw that it was a story book, but before he read it, he sneered at what was said in the book.But he had the same thoughts as Zhuangtou, it was rare to see Guo Bai become interested in farming, so he reluctantly took the script and read it.

When he saw that the above quotes were well-founded, he also hesitated and asked in confusion: "Is there really such a thing? It's just that I haven't heard of it?"

He put down the book: "Don't worry, I'll go to your uncle's house tomorrow and ask him to read."

Guo Bai was puzzled: "How does uncle know about farming?"

His uncle is a juren. He is good at reading and writing, but he never cares about the household affairs. He probably can't even tell the difference between rice and wheat. How can he know how to farm the land.

"Although he doesn't know about farming, he has a lot of books there. I asked him to look for it for me to see if there is a poem "Wu Du Fu" and whether it is really written in the poem."

Guo Bai nodded, picked up the book, and stuffed it into his father's hand: "This book is very beautiful. It tells the story of the main character farming. Dad, you must like it. You might as well read it."

Although Master Guo was not interested in talking to the book, but his son was filial, so he took the book over and said, "Okay, Dad will definitely read it."

After Guo Bai left, Mr. Guo planned to flip through the book casually, so that he could deal with it when his son asked about it. Who knew that although this book did not lose its literary talent, the words were straightforward, the plot was compact, and it was very attractive. He just looked in.By the time he finished reading the whole book, it was already dark, and the servants turned on the lamps, and his wife had already urged him to eat twice.

He put down his book, stood up and walked out.

"Where are you going? This food has been reheated twice, do you want to eat it or not?" Mrs. Guo hurriedly asked his back.

"I'm going to find my son." Master Guo went out without looking back, and went straight to Guo Bai's yard.

"Hey, wait a minute, you can't go to his place, you want to see your son, ask someone to call him." Mrs. Guo quickly asked someone to stop Master Guo.

Only then did Master Guo remember that his son was married and his daughter-in-law was in the house. It was against the rules for him to break in like this.

He ordered his servants: "Go, call the young master." Then he turned around slowly and went back to the house for dinner.

While eating, Guo Bai came and asked with a smile on his face, "Father, are you looking for me?"

As soon as Master Guo saw Guo Bai's smile, he became angry, pointed at him and said, "Did you do it on purpose? Hanging your father with the book. Hurry up, bring the rest of the books, I want to read them after dinner." .”

Guo Bai saw that his father was reading the storybook so much that he didn't even have time to eat, and now he went looking for him in a hurry, so he knew that his father was addicted to reading and wanted to read the second book.

He spread his hands: "There is no second volume. The bookstore said that the author hasn't written it yet."

Master Guo choked in his throat after taking a bite of food.

After finally swallowing the food, he said: "Have someone go to the bookstore and watch it, and buy it as soon as it is printed."

"Okay, okay, you always tell me, and my son will definitely do it." Guo Bai had this intention, so there was no reason not to agree.His favorite book has been approved by his father, and the two have the same desire for dialogue, which makes him very unhappy.

That night, both Guo's father and son didn't sleep well.Master Guo went to his uncle's house early the next morning and asked him to look up the poem for him.

Although Uncle Guo didn't pass the Jinshi examination, he read a lot of miscellaneous books, and there was a library at home with a lot of books.When Mr. Guo mentioned that poem, he had some impressions. He directed his son to take out a book from the tall bookshelf, read it for a while, and handed it to his nephew: "It really is."

(End of this chapter)