The hot wife of the champion

Chapter 52 The Buddha Is My Neighbor

"Miss, it's not that the old man is talking too much. The snowstorm has been severe this year, and the harvest of the wheat field has shrunk severely. But wait for a couple of months, no matter how much it is, even if it's only [-]% or half, it will be a little bit better to harvest at that time."

"If it is set on fire, there will be no harvest! Have you thought about it?"

Li Cunzi persuaded this young lady who didn't know anything about farming with a distressed expression.

Xie Wenjing smiled slightly, feeling fond of the village head in her heart.

"Village Chief, what I think is that these wheat crops can be regarded as no crops. If you wait another two months, you will miss the time to plant the rest of the crops. It is better to plant other crops early, and maybe there will be no loss. Woolen cloth?"

This was what Xie Wenjing thought of when she bought the [-]-acre paddy field.

This year's snow disaster has just begun. Two months after the wheat harvest, there will be overwhelming sorrow. Then the people can't pay the rent and have no rations. They start to gather crowds to besiege the yamen and ask for disaster relief.

The price of rice noodles during this process is even more severe. Many merchants are reluctant to sell them. Not only do they buy less rice noodles every day, but they are also extremely expensive.

As a result, farmers have no intention of producing and farming, and the entire area in the south of the Yangtze River is panicked. While the price of rice is high, other prices are also rising.

Poor farmers in the south of the Yangtze River even starved to death. The imperial court sent the prince to come to relieve the disaster.

Under such circumstances, the crown prince issued an oral order to open all the grain reserves in Jiangnan government offices, so that farmers can produce with peace of mind and ensure that they have enough rations for the next season.

In this way, the nearly ten years of grain grown in all government offices in the south of the Yangtze River, in an oral order from the prince, gave the people in the south of the Yangtze River a reassurance.

Later, the common people had rations to eat, and those merchants who were reluctant to sell rice noodles bought a lot of goods because of the high price, and many merchants were defeated.The common people clapped their hands and applauded.

However, for several years in the south of the Yangtze River, the price of growing grain has remained high, and the price of rare rice has also remained high. The common people in large areas of the south of the Yangtze River have not been able to eat rice noodles for several years, and can only eat high-yielding crops introduced by the prince, such as sweet potatoes and corn.

In the next few years, Jiangnan was no longer rich and prosperous, and the prosperity seemed to regress to the post-war reconstruction era more than ten years ago.

During this period, the prince became like a savior in the eyes of the people in Jiangnan.The people supported the prince very much.Trust the prince.

Knowing what is going to happen, Xie Wenjing doesn't plan to wait until the prince throws out low-priced grain for disaster relief. Now that her family has [-] mu of land, naturally they can't just watch the crops fail, destroy it as soon as possible and replant soybeans, and come back. and.

Xie Wenjing decided to grow soybeans because of her previous experience. At that time, many ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River were unable to farm due to calf edema in the next few years. In fact, many people died because of it.

But at first the common people thought it was a terminal illness. Later, an imperial doctor discovered that eating soybeans for a month could eliminate calf edema. For a while, soybeans were comparable to golden beans.

Ordinary people can't eat soybeans for a month. After the prince learned about it, he paid his own money to buy soybeans for the people in Jiangnan.The East Palace couldn't even support a few court ladies and eunuchs.

Until the time of his death in the previous life, the reputation of the prince became a god-like existence in the eyes of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

"If Miss really decides that way, I will ask the villagers to burn it for you. I wonder what Miss is going to plant?"

After Village Chief Li agreed, he asked curiously.

"Just plant soybeans!" Xie Wenjing replied with a smile.

"All [-] acres of soybeans?" The village chief pursed his lips in disbelief.

Soybeans are not a profitable crop. Soybeans are feed for horses, and even if they are ground into tofu, they are not worth a few pennies!
Besides, the villagers usually grow some soybeans as vegetables, and it is difficult to grow even a single piece of land. It is worthless and cannot be used as rations. Plant a hundred mu?The village chief couldn't understand this gorgeous lady.

However, for such a family, it cost more than 1000 taels of silver when they made a move, and it was bought by a young girl. I think it will not be short of money, maybe it is kind of happy!
"Well, all kinds of soybeans. I wonder if the village chief can find someone to plant the [-] mu of soybeans for me, and the wages will be paid as usual." Xie Wenjing smiled. This place is far away from Yangzhou. No one in the Xie family would know that there is still their own property here.

However, this land property is not worth mentioning to the farm of Xie Jiaguangling in Yangzhou.But you have to keep it secret, so that it cannot be known by the other side.

This bit of land is used as a way out for the family members after the decline of the Xie family. Xie Wenjing can be sure that if the Xie family in Yangzhou falls, the parents, uncles and aunts will probably be kicked clean by that old woman.

She is so poor that she probably won't care about her good reputation. At that time, she will only see the three nails in the rotten boat of Xie's family.

My family and my third aunt's family don't want to get a nail from the dilapidated Xie's house.It's better to plan early, this village is in Yangzhou Xiejia, in the eyes of the Zhao family, I'm afraid it's a place that can't be poorer!
"It's not troublesome, and the wages are unnecessary. The 80 taels you gave for repairing the house is considered too much. I will burn the one hundred acres of wheat fields under your name according to your words."

"The women in the village are also idle these days, so it's not troublesome to take them to scatter beans on your field. However, how many beans do you need for this one hundred acres of land? I'm worried that there are not enough beans in the whole of Hangzhou." ?”

The village is very honest and caring.

"Up to four days, I will send all the bean seeds here. It is enough for the village to arrange people for me. Also, I can't bother the village in vain. The 20 taels of silver are not considered wages, but I ask the village to plant land for me. The folks in the village have a home-cooked meal."

While talking, Xie Wenjing took out 20 taels of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the old village chief.

The old village chief was enthusiastic and didn’t want wages. Xie Wenjing felt embarrassed and gave a lot more. If wages are really counted, a woman’s labor costs 20 Wen a day, and a hundred acres of land means that a hundred people work for her family. Two days, only 4 taels of silver.

However, 20 taels of silver is still considered small change for me now. Using this money to have a good relationship with the village is good but not bad.

The villagers in the village seem to be very honest. After a few days, their life will become more and more difficult. Now that they have some spare money, let them have a little more chance to save some rations.

"No, absolutely not, Miss must not give these 20 taels of silver, I am ashamed of myself!"

Village head Li retreated again and again, rejecting the money offered by Xie Wenjing.

"Village Chief, I'm not asking you to eat alone. I'm asking the villagers in the village to help me eat. However, I'm a little embarrassed, and I have to ask them to cook by themselves."

(End of this chapter)