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

The family earns hundreds of silver every other month. In the three months from early May to early August, Chen Feiyan's family earned nearly two taels of silver just by selling straw mushrooms.

With two taels of silver in her hand, Chen Feiyan felt very at ease.

By the end of August, wheat, soybeans, and sorghum had been harvested on the twenty acres of land rented by the family, and more than ten acres of hemp by the Youshui River had also been harvested. Chen Feiyan saw that the pile of grain in her yard was almost full.

"Daddy, the weather is going well this year and the harvest is quite good!"

Chen Yixuan said with a smile: "Isn't that right? We have harvested at least two more buckets of food this year!"

Chen Feiyan shook her head after hearing this: "Absolutely more than that!"

She conservatively estimated that after delivering grain to the government and landlord Zhang's house this year, his family would be able to save at least 3000 kilograms of grain.

Chen Feiyan couldn't help but smile when she thought that her family would be able to live a good life with enough food and clothing next year.

"My father, I have saved six taels of silver on my hands! Why don't you take some time to go to the county town and buy a donkey for your family?"

Chen Yixuan frowned and said what was in his heart: "Daughter-in-law, I don't want to buy a donkey, I want to buy a mule."

Chen Feiyan didn't know the difference between donkeys and mules. She was surprised: "Why buy a mule?"

"Mules don't seem to be able to give birth to calves. If our family buys a female donkey and keeps it for a few years, the female can give birth to calves, and the calves can be raised to work as laborers or sold. Isn't this better than raising mules? ?”

Chen Yixuan explained: "Mules are stronger than donkeys. Moreover, as long as the family treats them well and is not stingy with food, a mule should live to be forty years old. My grandfather told me that he once saw one live to be fifty years old. The mule..."

"As for the donkey, it seems that it can only live for about thirty years. Moreover, a donkey must be raised until it is four years old before it can do heavy work. When a donkey reaches the age of twenty-five, it is no longer suitable for work..."

When Chen Feiyan heard this, she subconsciously felt that it seemed a bit harsh.

She always felt that this mule, donkey, or whatever, was referring to ordinary people like them.

After Chen Feiyan shook off the messy thoughts in her head, she said to Chen Yixuan with a serious face: "My father, we still have to buy a female donkey. Next time we save enough money, our family can buy a male." donkey."

"When the time comes, they will become a pair. As long as they are together, the female donkey will be able to give birth to calves every year in the next few decades!"

"I remember that a female donkey can mate with a male donkey when she is three years old. The gestation period seems to be twelve months. If a female donkey gives birth to two calves in three years, then from the age of three to twenty-five, she said Maybe you can give birth to ten babies!”

"...My father, after buying two donkeys, you will have ten more donkeys in the family, which is dozens of taels of silver. Aren't you excited about such a cost-effective thing?!"

Chen Yixuan stopped insisting on his own after she said that.

The family still needs to buy a donkey! It's more cost-effective to keep donkeys.

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Early the next morning, Chen Yixuan went to the county town with six taels of silver and his three sons who were tall and thick.

After spending nearly five taels of silver to buy a two-year-old female donkey, Chen Yixuan still felt a little sore.

There is a new member in the family, and everyone in Chen Feiyan's family is very excited.

Some people in the village heard the news about their family buying a donkey, and everyone gathered in front of their house to watch the excitement.

Chen Yixing felt particularly happy when he saw that everyone in the village, who had ignored him before, now called him "old brother" affectionately.

He answered whatever was asked of him.

Some people smiled, looked at him and said, "Brother, your family has made a fortune, a big fortune."

Chen Yixing shook his head and smiled: "There is nothing we can do about it. Who told my brother to be so confident that he could become a scholar? Moreover, my brother has a capable relative in the county. Now he is Already arrived in the provincial capital." After learning that their family had relatives in the provincial capital, the people in Chenjiacun became even more interested in his family.

They mistakenly believed that their family had relatives who were officials in major provincial capitals.

As a result, the villagers in the village who were originally jealous, resentful and resentful towards his family were no longer able to harbor that kind of malice.

No matter how stupid they are, they know that since ancient times, the people have not fought with the officials.

Chen Yixuan worked hard on his own and became a scholar.

Therefore, they all began to suspect that he might have hooked up with some of his grandfather's powerful relatives.

Everyone in Chenjia Village actually knows what kind of person Chen Yixuan's biological grandfather is.

His grandfather was the son of a nobleman in the capital.

Although he was a concubine, his grandfather was also the son of a noble prince. At that time, it was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In other words, each generation of his family is getting weaker than the previous generation. In addition, more than ten years ago, Chen Yixing sold his family's mountain land and farmhouse at a low price, which made Chen Yixuan's family live like this.

Now that Chen Yixuan has been admitted as a scholar, he has official relatives like Captain Zhang in the county, and he has established relationships with some of his grandfather's brothers' families in Fucheng...

The Chen Yixuan family has now become a figure that they cannot afford to offend in the entire Chenjia Village.

After the village chief Chen Qiliang realized this, he repeatedly explained to his sons at home that when he met Chen Yixuan's family in the future, they would all be polite.

You must never say those unpleasant things that offend others like you did before.

Moreover, if there are some stupid people without eyes in the village who offend the Chen Yixuan family, everyone in their family will immediately stand up and seek justice for the Chen Yixuan family.

Even if the fault was caused by the Chen Yixuan family, they would still speak for the Chen Yixuan family.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

As long as Chen Yixuan's family can establish a relationship with his grandfather's relatives, his family will definitely return to glory and become prosperous in the future.

If this rich and powerful man accidentally misses something in his hands, ordinary people like them who are so poor can benefit immensely.

Even if Chen Yixuan's family gives them some food and drink, their whole family can have enough to eat.

Under Chen Qiliang's instructions, several of his sons also warned their own sons.

Therefore, every time their family saw Chen Yixuan's family, they were very affectionate towards them.

Chen Feiyan's family, whom she had not seen for almost half a year, also came to their house at this time.

As soon as Chen Feiyan's brothers arrived at their home, they began to complain.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you don't know how miserable we will be this spring!"

"Our mountain is really a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. However, a dozen kilometers away from our mountain is a deserted land. The kind where no grass grows."

"It was on that mountain that we discovered salt in the past few years. In the spring of this year, a young man from our village discovered coal there again!"

"At the beginning of spring, the government officials detained our entire village and forced us all to go to that mountain and dig coal every day! We kept digging until yesterday, and then those ruthless officials from the government let us out."

When Chen Feiyan heard this, she immediately woke up and said: "No wonder after my man was admitted as a scholar, my eldest son and second son came to your place all night long, and I didn't see anyone..."