How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

Chapter 114 A kind of ramie in early March

It's really the new year.

On New Year's Eve, Chen Feiyan and her family sat around the Kang table and ate hot mutton dumplings on the warm Kang.

There will be a vigil tonight.Chen Yixing, Wang Yingying and their son Wang Jihe will not return to their thatched house.

Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, before dawn, Chen Feiyan took the whole family to cook New Year's Eve dinner.

This year’s New Year’s Eve dinner is particularly sumptuous.

A large pot of more than three kilograms of lard-fried fish, eighty cooked mutton dumplings and pork dumplings, a large bowl of pork fat residue, and a casserole of stewed pig offal.

Fortunately, when Chen Feiyan asked Chen Yixuan to sell sauerkraut in the county, he bought several casseroles from the pawn shop, otherwise, there would be no place to put the vegetables at home.

After the New Year's Eve dinner was ready, Chen Yixuan, as the head of the family, muttered something to invite the deceased elderly people in the family to dinner.

After reciting, Chen Yixuan asked his family members to get chopsticks and sit on the kang to eat together.

The conditions at home are not good and there is no restaurant.There is no special dining table for eating.

The kang is not big, and a family can barely fit in it.

The whole family of eleven was laughing from ear to ear while eating this sumptuous meal.

"Let me tell you, my sister-in-law is a capable daughter-in-law! If my sister-in-law hadn't been able to raise pigs and had castrated both pigs, our pig would never have grown to two hundred pounds!"

Wang Yingying felt unhappy when she heard her man flattering her sister-in-law.

She thought to herself, what kind of skill is raising pigs?

When I show my skills next spring, I guarantee that I will make more money than her!
She didn't insist on comparing with her, she really felt that she could earn more money from spinning and weaving than raising pigs.

Raising pigs requires food, and she needs to be careful of swine fever. She had seen with her own eyes how her siblings and their family took care of the pigs.

At that time, she asked her son to drive the two pigs to bathe by the river every day.They were also given stewed pig food every day.

Fortunately, their family lives at the foot of the mountain and by the river.There are quite a lot of trees.Otherwise, she would have been scolded by so many people for wasting firewood like this!
Eating and drinking at home every day makes time fly by.

Before I knew it, it was the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

As soon as the heavy snow stopped on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, people came to visit Chen Feiyan's family again to pay New Year's greetings.

The visitor was none other than Chen Feiyan’s natal family.

They came over this time and brought something with them.

Half a kilogram of dried hawthorn, more than three kilograms of wild walnuts, more than three kilograms of well salt, more than ten kilograms of smoked wild boar meat, and more than twenty sun-dried persimmons were all packed in backpacks.

Seeing her eldest brother, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, third brother and third sister-in-law, all bringing their children, Chen Feiyan's face changed slightly.

I thought to myself, this posture is a bit big!

What is this for?
After welcoming these people into the courtyard, they looked around one by one, as if they were seeing something strange.He also said with an affectionate look on his face: "Little sister, the last time dad brought us here, the time was too short, and I didn't even dare to take a closer look at your home."

"Little sister, your reputation is far and wide now! Many people in our village know that you and your man have become more capable, more prosperous, and have made a lot of money. Tsk, tsk, tsk, your yard is really spacious. And your home. This house is not bad either.”

"Little sister, your family is so rich now. No matter what, you have to help your mother's family! You personally promised your father this matter..."

Seeing the group of people in front of him saying these words to each other, Chen Feiyan smiled: "I will naturally not go back on what I promised."

"But, now is not the right time."

"Wait until the first day of March and then send all the children over, right?"

Hearing this, Chen Feiyan's family were surprised and asked, "Why do we have to wait until the first day of March?"

Chen Feiyan said frankly: "My family will not need labor until the first day of March. Starting from the first day of March, we plan to plant dozens of acres of ramie on the edge of the Youshui River. By then, we will use looms to weave cloth. Whether the linen cloth is Let us wear it ourselves, or sell it to the county, which is fine." Chen Feiyan's mother-in-law is not confused.

As soon as I heard this, I thought I was on the market.

Based on my sister-in-law's attitude, she looks like she's going to do big things in the future.

Do you want to plant dozens of acres as soon as you open your mouth?
With her children by her side, they can barely make ends meet and learn some skills.

At Chen Feiyan's greeting, they all went inside to warm themselves by the fire.

After chatting for a while, they went back satisfied.Chen Yixuan wanted to stay with them for dinner, but they didn't want to take advantage of it.

After a while, their departing figures disappeared over the horizon.

……

As soon as they left, Wang Yingying took Chen Yixing and left.

She had something to say to her man.

When they arrived at their house, Wang Yingying complained to Chen Yixing: "Master, we have to work hard in the past few years to make money. We owe your brother's family a favor, and we have to repay it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the debt of favor will keep growing." The bigger the situation, not only will we old guys be unable to hold our heads high in front of your brother and his wife, but also our son will be wronged. You said that he is a good scholar, but he has to be humble in front of his cousins. Wait a minute, does he feel good? Do you feel good?"

When Chen Yixing heard this, he sighed helplessly.

I thought, this is indeed the truth!
People are poor and have short ambitions, and he doesn't want his wife and children to be wronged along with him.

He grabbed Wang Yingying's hand and promised: "Daughter-in-law, don't worry. In the spring of this year, in addition to helping my brother's family, my son and I will also find Landlord Zhang to rent a few more acres of land."

"When the time comes, the income from our few acres of land will be managed not by my brothers and sisters, but by you."

When Wang Yingying heard this, her brows were filled with joy and the corners of her mouth were raised.

"Master, it's great to have you in our family!"

……

It was now dark again.Chen Feiyan, who was lying on the warm kang, leaned into Chen Yixuan's ear and said, "Ms. sir, you won't blame me for making my own decisions, right?"

Chen Yixuan shook his head and said nothing.

When Chen Feiyan saw this, she quickly explained to him: "Master, before the Chinese New Year, the lord didn't send someone to wish us good luck. The servant said that our looms are valued by the county magistrate. I guess he should do it in the future." We will bring the loom to the whole county to promote it.”

"After all, under his rule, if grain production increases, if the annual cloth output increases, the county government's annual tax revenue will increase. This is his achievement. I heard that the county magistrate has a Assessment. Evaluate between high, middle and low. This matter is related to his official career, I think he should put some effort into it. "

"If our family can get ahead of him, vigorously plant ramie by the river, have a bumper harvest, and weave linen cloth, the money will really fall into our hands."

When Chen Yixuan heard this, he suddenly had a sudden idea and got up from the kang.

Yup!

Now the land beside the river beach is wasteland, the kind that is undeveloped.Even the imperial court collects no taxes!

If the county magistrate really wants to promote looms, he will then focus on places with lots of water near rivers.

Because here, only places with lots of water are suitable for growing ramie...

However, Chen Yixuan reminded his daughter-in-law when he thought that the Youshui River flooded every year and was really not suitable for growing food.

"Daughter-in-law, our Youshui River will rise every summer..."

Chen Feiyan smiled: "If it goes up, it will go up!"

"Anyway, we are just giving it a try, losing some time and giving our children daily food. If the water rises too much, we can harvest the ramie and feed it to the pigs!"

(End of this chapter)