Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 50 Buying Rice Seeds

Luo Tian talked all kinds of things, but in the end he got Fang to agree to wait until the cloud sprouts had set seeds and plant sorghum before dealing with the ten mu of dry land. When it came to the remaining ten mu of low land, Fang couldn't think of anything but to plant. What else can rice grow.But my family is all native northerners, and none of them know how to grow rice.As a result, after Luo Tiandu patted his small chest to promise that he could grow a living, Fang was also persuaded that if he didn't know how to grow, he could learn slowly. Ten catties can be exchanged for a lot of coarse grains.

After discussing what to plant on the land, the first thing to do is to buy additional grain.People in these villages grow a lot of wheat and sorghum, and no matter who you go to buy some grain seeds, it will be enough. Only rice seeds, which are scarce in the north, must be prepared as soon as possible.

Fang locked the door and led Luo Tiandu and Luo Mingdu to Qiushui Town.The shops in the town opened one after another after the tenth day, so Fang went straight to the shop where the seeds were sold last time.

The guy is still the same guy from before, because Fang was the first one to buy so many cloud sedge seeds. Although the money is not much, he is very eye-catching. The guy still remembers her. When he saw her enter the shop, he greeted her early and asked with a smile. : "Sister-in-law, what kind of seeds do you want to buy this time?"

Without waiting for Fang's answer, Luo Tiandu said first, "We want to buy some rice seeds, japonica, not indica, preferably ones that are resistant to lodging and insects. If not, ordinary ones are fine too. If your family has glutinous rice, we will also buy some, and my family bought and planted these millets, as long as someone has planted them, the quality of the rice is good or not, the most important thing is that it is easy to survive and resistant to pests."

The little guy was happy to hear her speak clearly, and said to Fang: "Sister-in-law, your little lady is not very old, but she talks about farming in one way after another, and she can catch up with those who have been farming for many years." It's old fashioned, didn't you start farming in the womb?"

Fang was a little embarrassed, in fact, she didn't know much about rice, she thought Luo Tian was wrong and was being laughed at.

Luo Tian was laughed at once, and he was a little unhappy, so he said: "Uncle, don't laugh at me, do you have any rice seeds in your shop? If not, we have to look elsewhere, we don't have to waste our time .”

The young man grinned happily, and said, "If my family doesn't have seeds in this entire Qiushui Town, no other family will be able to find them."

Luo Tian was a little impatient, and asked him: "Then do you have it or not?"

The little guy originally thought she was a child, just to tease her a few words, but after talking for a long time, Fang didn't make a sound, so he guessed that the deal might be decided by the child, so he restrained himself a little at this time, He took out the air of discussing business, and said: "We don't have ready-made rice seeds in this shop, but our boss has shops in Jinyong County and Huaxi Prefecture. We don't have them here, but there are always shops over there. If the little lady wants to buy it, please give me the real number, so that I can ask someone to ask."

Luo Tiandu did a little calculation of the number of rice seeds needed for ten acres of paddy fields, tossed it up a bit, said a number, and then asked: "What if there are no shops in the county and Huaxi Mansion?"

The little guy was not offended by someone so offended, he said cheerfully: "It's not over there, our boss often goes south, this month there will be a caravan going south, let me know when the time comes, I will bring you some rice It doesn’t take much effort to grow them back.”

Luo Tiandu then asked: "I'm going to the south this month, when will I come back?"

The little guy thought for a while, and said: "It usually takes three to five months. If you are in a hurry, you can ask a familiar caravan to bring it back in advance, and you will not miss your family's spring plowing. "

Only then did Luo Tian feel relieved, and he had to pay a deposit to write the paperwork.Planting grain on ten acres of land costs [-] Wen for the seeds. The most important thing is that if you don't have any, you have to go to the south to buy it now, and you will miss the farming season.After writing the paperwork, if something goes wrong in the future, there will be a lawsuit, and there will be a proof.

Fang was illiterate and didn't know how to write this document. Luo Baihan was studying in the school at the moment, but Fang didn't think of asking him for help. He just asked the shopkeeper to let Luo Baisu write the document tomorrow.

When the matter of planting the grain was settled, Luo Tiandu heaved a sigh of relief, and they could go to the field with peace of mind.

She counted her farm tools, and found that plows and harrows were ready-made, but she didn't have the plows that were only used for flat fields, because they were not used for land preparation, and even the villagers seldom used them.

Luo Tian told Fang that he needed to order some farm tools.

Fang asked her in surprise, "What more farm tools do you need? There are plows, rakes, shovels, hoes, and sickles here. What do you want?"

Luo Tian couldn't explain it clearly to her for a while, so he could only answer vaguely that it was used for leveling paddy fields.

Fang didn't know much about paddy fields, she saw that Luo Tiandu was very proficient in buying seed grains, so it was very easy to negotiate at this time, so she took her to order another wooden arbor.Fortunately, the craftsmen who make farm tools are very well-informed. Luo Tian understood what it was after just explaining it once. Because it was made of wood, it was cheaper than iron farm tools. Even so, it cost thirty renminbi .

Fang lamented that spending money was like running water, no matter how you save it, you still can't save it.

Luo Tian was amused when she heard it, and comforted her: "Money is earned, not saved."

Fang glared at her: "I can't earn a lot of money, and I don't save money. It's getting worse and worse."

Luo Tian didn't want to offend Fang Shi on this issue, so he nodded repeatedly, saying that Fang Shi had insight, which a child like her could not compare to.

Fang Shi was teased by her, and made a gesture to hit her, but was stopped by Luo Mingdu holding her.

Fang was very melancholy, thinking to herself that after living for so many years, the only time she went to the county town was thanks to Luo Tiandu's blessing, so how could she really gain any insight?

When they got home, Mrs. Fang went to fetch water, and Luo Tiandu went to keep accounts.Buying rice seeds cost 620 renminbi and custom-made [-] renminbi. Today, I spent more than half of the pennies casually. I couldn’t help feeling like Fang’s that there are too many places to spend money and little income. The lady in the middle opened the yard door came in.

Lady Lizheng is usually busy with housekeeping and looking after the shop, so she is usually not free, so she doesn't go out easily.

As soon as she entered the door, she asked, "Where's your mother?"

"My mother is going to fetch water, so it's the same if my auntie has anything to say to me." Lizheng is the eldest in the same generation in the clan, and the children all call "auntie" when they see Lizheng's wife, which is a sign of respect for Lizheng and Lizheng. Kouzi means worrying about things in the village.

Mrs. Lizheng has always been very kind to Luo Tian, ​​bent down and touched her little face, and said with a smile: "I have business with your mother, so I will wait for her in the room."

Luo Tiandu stayed in the room with Mrs. Lizheng, and Luo Mingdu went to boil water.

After a while, Mrs. Fang came back with water, and Mrs. Lizheng hurriedly got up to greet her: "Old Wu's, I brought you money."

Luo Tiandu's family produced more than 100 catties of tallow tree oil, and he couldn't order much, so he saved a lot and sold them at the grocery store in the village.The tung oil in the town sells for 25 renminbi, but the Luo family hangs it in the Lizheng shop for only [-] renminbi, which can be regarded as taking care of the folks.

Although their family later told the people in the village about the ability of black tallow seeds to extract oil, their family picked up nine out of ten of the black tallow seeds when they came to the back mountain, and there were not many left, so the villagers all went to pick them up later. , each family didn’t pick up much, and the local oil mill’s rule is to charge one penny per catty, and no matter how much oil you squeeze, the oil mill will deduct five catties, so even after that, every family will pick up black tallow seeds and send them to the oil mill. There are few oil presses, and there are too few tallow seeds, so it is not worthwhile to send them to the oil mill for pressing.There are also a few acquaintances who gathered together and saved hundreds of catties of seeds, and sent them to the oil mill to squeeze the oil. In the end, each family could get a few catties. The lamp oil was not enough for their own use, so they would not sell it. , so in the grocery store only Luo Tiandu's family kept a few catties of oil.In winter, the villagers have nothing to do, and they often gather together to draw cards. Even at night, two tables will be opened, which naturally costs lamp oil. There are also people from nearby villages. I bought it, and sold it for more than a dozen catties intermittently.

Mrs. Lizheng thought that spring was about to start, and Fang's family was about to start preparing the land, so she took the initiative to come over and settle the oil bill.

Fang was worrying about spending too much money and not getting any income, so when she entered the door, Mrs. Lizheng came to give money behind, and someone brought a pillow just because she wanted to doze off.

Mrs. Lizheng then told Mrs. Fang the sum of the accounts. She sold a total of seventeen catties of oil throughout the winter, and then calculated the money there.

Luo Tiandu opened his mouth and said: "Seventeen catties of oil, my aunt will give you four hundred coins." There are 420 and five coins in total, so she only took four hundred coins, and the remaining 25 coins were given to Mrs. Lizheng Look at the hard work of the shop.

Mrs. Lizheng has never been to school, and she doesn't know a single character, so she is not much better than Fang's. It's just that looking at the shop in the past two years, her arithmetic is much faster than ordinary people. The joke is that Luo Tian made a mistake.

Luo Tian smiled and said nothing, Fang Shi is also a sensible person, how could he not understand, so he said: "This child is not wrong, your shop is inseparable from people every day, and most of the things that the big guys leave there are you. I’m taking care of you, this is what you deserve, but you’re not rich, and you don’t have a lot, it’s just a wish, save it to buy two candies for your children.”

Lady Lizheng originally wanted to shirk, but upon hearing what she said, she smiled and accepted it.Spring plowing was about to begin, and it was the time to spend money. No one thought it was too hot to push the money out of her hand, let alone someone forced it into her hands.

Usually the folks consign and sell some groceries, they are all small things with a penny or two, so no one thinks about giving money to Mrs. Lizheng. This is the first time someone has given her hard-earned money. The shop was originally for the convenience of the folks, but after all the shop is open, people can't do without people. Counting it, her family wasted a lot of labor because of this shop. Fortunately, her family has a lot of labor, so it's okay to have a little bit of people to take care of the shop. It's a big problem, but after a long time, it's a disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)