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

Chapter 23 Farming is really not easy

In ancient times, farmers farmed without chemical fertilizers.

There is no insect repellent either.

Farmers face the loess and turn their backs to the sky. They have worked hard to cultivate the land for a year, and the yield per mu of land is only about 180 kilograms.This is even after applying a lot of fertilizer to the ground.

The fields are divided into several grades.There are fertile fields, lean fields, and newly cultivated barren fields.Ancient farmers have long known that fields must be left fallow, otherwise the land will become thinner and thinner, and no crops will yield a good harvest.

The [-] acres of land that Chen Yixuan got from landowner Zhang this year are not very good.Just a low-class skinny boy.

There was not enough fertilizer at home, so Chen Yixuan had to take his sons to dig mud at the river beach every day. Then, he mixed the plant ash stored at home with the mud and weeds, and composted it on his more than [-] acres of farmland.

There are many bad-hearted people in the countryside who like to do immoral things behind others' backs.For example, he asked his own animals to sneak into other people's fields to eat the crop seedlings that had finally grown in their fields.Another example is when he saw a family composting in their own land. He was so greedy that he took his son to steal the fertilizer in the middle of the night while the family was not watching.

Chen Yixuan has seen too many strange people over the years. After composting, he felt uneasy.

During the day, I built a straw shed on my property and planned to watch it here at night.

They do farm work entirely with their own strength.

Without mechanization, productivity is very low.

The mud on the river beach was very heavy. The four of them, father and son, carried the mud up the hillside one by one. At the end of the day, several of them were so tired that they were breathing heavily.

Chen Yixuan was so tired that he almost fell to the ground.

Chen Feiyan saw that they were very tired. There was a lot of lard and pig head meat in the multigrain porridge they ate in the morning, lunch and evening.

“Why is farming so troublesome and painful?”

Hearing his wife's casual thoughts, Chen Yixuan smiled and said, "Farmers, this has been the case since ancient times."

Chen Feiyan felt very distressed after hearing this.

"Can we think of more ideas?"

Chen Yixuan understood that she wanted to find a way to save effort and shook his head.

"It's like this in farming. When the autumn harvest comes, if there is enough food, our family will have some free time."

Chen Feiyan knew that Chen Yixuan wanted to grow wheat in the twenty acres of land, so she suggested, "Can our family grow some radishes now?"

Chen Yixuan was stunned for a moment and then said: "My wife, you can't plant radishes in spring. In our place, we plant radishes in winter and harvest them in spring."

Chen Feiyan thought to herself, how could this happen?
Can’t radishes be grown in spring, summer, autumn and winter?Is it because the varieties are different?

Seeing that Chen Feiyan suddenly became silent, Chen Yixuan quickly explained his plans and arrangements.

"Daughter-in-law, I know you are worried about your family. I plan to go to the county town again after we have sorted out the twenty acres of land. I will sell the grilled fish and buy some soybeans."

"The more than 20 acres of farmland are all thin. Even if we apply fertilizer, they are still thin. Now I am hesitant whether to plant wheat or soybeans."

Chen Feiyan asked: "How many kilograms of soybeans can be harvested from one acre of soybeans on such a thin field?"

Chen Yixuan stretched out two fingers. "It should weigh 200 pounds."

"What about growing an acre of wheat in that kind of land?"

Chen Yixuan answered firmly: "My grandfather, father, and I have been farming for three generations. According to past experience, one acre of wheat in the best fertile fields can yield about 200 kilograms of wheat. The middle field is about 180 kilograms." The weight of low-grade fields is less than 150 kilograms. Sometimes there are no good weather days, and there are cases where thin fields have no harvest.”

Chen Feiyan listened and nodded.

"Then let's plant soybeans! It's safer to plant soybeans."

After hearing this, Chen Yixuan suddenly hesitated.

"But I guess most people in our area will grow soybeans. If there is a good harvest of soybeans, the price of soybeans will be low, and you won't get much money from selling them. But we pay the grain tax with money..."

Chen Feiyan grasped the key. "You mean that when we pay the grain tax, we will have to sell the grain, convert it into money, and then hand it over to the government?" "There are so many people growing soybeans, so the soybeans can't be sold for much money. Compared with those who grow wheat, we are at a loss? Is this what you mean?"

Chen Yixuan nodded.

Chen Feiyan thought about it seriously and then discussed with him: "How about we plant ten acres of wheat and another dozen acres of soybeans?"

"The yield of soybeans is high, and we eat it ourselves. If there is a bumper harvest of soybeans, we will sell wheat to pay the grain tax. If there is a bumper harvest of wheat, we will sell the grain at a higher price?"

Do it when you're full.

Chen Yixuan took his five sons and got busy in the front and back of the house.

……

In rural areas, people who are lazy and do not work on the land have no food to eat.

The vast majority of farmers are hard-working people who are thrifty and thrifty.

However, Chen Yixuan has been particularly diligent recently.

Those gossipy people in Chenjia Village would always see him and his sons plowing in the fields in tattered clothes, or carrying mud from the river, carrying water to their homes, or cutting reeds and grass by the river. ..., he was so busy that he gossiped about Chen Yixuan's family behind his back.

They all said that Chen Yixuan raised a lazy woman.

He was so busy that his wife didn't even know how to go out and help.

If there are daughters-in-law with small feet at home, they will send them to the fields to plow and weed.Even if they knew they couldn't stand up, they would force them to lie on the ground and work bit by bit.

……

Chen Yixuan didn't know that people in the village started gossiping about him and his wife.All he knew was that the family was running out of meat.

Not to mention, in the past, he would be exhausted after doing heavy physical work for a period of time.I don’t know how many kilograms of flesh I will lose from my body.

Now that he can eat lard and meat every day, he can sleep more soundly at night.When he got up to work the next morning, his whole body felt energetic.

The diligence of Chen Yixuan's family is obvious to everyone in Chenjia Village.Although they don't think much of him as an outsider, many farmers think that they are pretty good because of their hard work and hard work.I'm not the kind of person who likes to eat and is lazy to cook.

……

When people are busy, sometimes they cannot distinguish between east, west, north, south, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Only three days later, when Chen Feiyan went to cook in the morning, she saw that the meat at home had been eaten.

There were only two small spoons of lard left.

Knowing that she couldn't wait any longer, after Chen Feiyan made breakfast, she discussed it with Chen Yixuan.

"Our family has dozens of kilograms of roasted fish. Last night, the little black cat caught several mice that stole the fish to eat. Otherwise, you can take your sons to the county town tomorrow. trip?"

Chen Yixuan nodded. "Okay, I'll go tomorrow."

Seeing that he agreed, Chen Feiyan took out the leeks she cultivated at night, stewed them with lard, and discussed with him: "My father, do you think this fresh vegetable can be sold?"

It was the first time that Chen Yixuan saw such tender leeks. He was surprised and said: "Is this the yellow leek you made recently?"

Chen Feiyan nodded and responded: "Yes! How do you feel?"

Chen Yixuan: "It's delicious, but I don't know if I can sell it..."

Chen Feiyan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you can't sell it. You can send some to your rich aunt and let her have a try!"

"She gave us clothes and meat last time, which is quite a favor. We must do anything to repay her."

(End of this chapter)