Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

Chapter 58 Sowing Dioscorea

Li Dashan repeated what he had said to the village chief, and then told everyone that one yam plant would probably bear two to six roots, which weighed about four to ten kilograms.

Fifty plants, if taken care of, will weigh two to three hundred pounds.

Last year, because of the wild ones, in order to save seeds, I sold only three hundred catties and earned nine taels of silver.

Even if the whole village grows it this year and the price is lower, each family can still earn six or seven taels of silver. Isn’t it more profitable than growing soybeans?

Hearing this, everyone became lively again.

A woman who had made sarcastic remarks before asked: "Since we are making money, then give me more seedlings! Fifty plants, only two rows, is not enough!"

"Auntie Dafu, in order to distribute some of the seeds this year to every family in the village, my land is half empty and I have to find a way to plant other crops!" Li Dashan looked at the woman who was speaking and followed the instructions of his daughter.

"However, if my aunt believes in my family and wants to plant more, she can see which family is willing to let some come out, or for three cents a plant, my family can grow another fifty plants!"

Hearing this, the woman's eyes widened and she shouted: "What, three cents per plant, your family is robbing you!"

After saying that, seeing everyone looking at her, she felt a little weak and said, "These three cents can buy a pound of soybeans, and one pound of soybeans can grow a large area!"

The village chief on the side couldn't stand listening anymore, "If you are willing to grow soybeans, your family can grow soybeans, so that each family can get a few plants!"

When Li Dafu heard this, he glared at his mother-in-law, and then said with a sneer: "Village chief, don't listen to her mother-in-law's nonsense. I will grow whatever the mountain gives me!"

The other two women, who had originally planned to say something, saw the situation and did not dare to say any more. Otherwise, they would lose even fifty plants and would be beaten by the boss when they returned home!
At this point, the matter of planting yam has been decided. Except for Li Dashan’s family, the other fifteen households have followed suit!
Some households with large populations even spent an extra 150 yuan to allow Li Dashan to plant more seedlings!
On the tenth day of March, the yam seedlings grown with yam stems and leftover seeds were already relatively strong. Li Dashan notified everyone in advance to come and dig the seedlings.

Since it was planned to give each family fifty plants from the beginning, the seedling fields were planted with fifty plants.

As soon as every household in the village arrives, they dig it out one by one.

However, five families asked for fifty more plants, so they dug up an extra pile.

Li Dashan also taught him how to plant in advance. For this reason, he specially invited family members one day in advance to watch and learn from his low mountain.

On March [-], Li Dashan's family invited ten people, including Li Dazhuang's brothers, to help with the potato harvest.

Twelve adults spent two days planting yam on the remaining ten acres of low mountain land.

In the end, there were 28 seedlings left. Li Dashan originally wanted to give them to brother Li Dazhuang privately, but after they collected the seedlings, they were determined not to want any wages.

In the end, the two families paid for two days' wages with 28 seedlings.

Time always flies when you are busy.

After the yam is planted, the next step is to go into the mountains to cut the unicorn branches. After processing, they are dried for a while before cutting.

Because the kirin fruit has to be cut in time after the branches are pruned and processed, it just makes it convenient for Li Dashan and his family to go to the mountain and do the cuttings one day at a time.

At the end of March, because Li Qingsong and his brother took two days off, the family hurriedly planted [-] acres of low mountain land and three acres of newly purchased dry land!

There were still a lot of kirin fruit branches left in the mountains, but thinking that his original dry land was not enclosed, Li Xiao finally gave up on the two acres of land and decided to just plant some soybeans and the like on that land as before.Speaking of which, those two acres of land were planted by the brothers Li Dazhuang and their wives invited in late March!
(End of this chapter)