Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 48
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"Father, mother, are we planting rice here at the end of March?" Ke Hanxue asked.

"Yes!" Ke Shuisheng nodded, then stared at Ke Hanxue with wide eyes: "Xue'er, do you want to grow rice?"

"Yes, Dad, I heard a foreigner at the pier yesterday say that growing rice in their place is different from ours. They grow the seedlings first and then put them in the ground, and this The spacing is also very particular, neither too dense nor too sparse, their output is much higher than ours, with an output of more than 300 catties per mu."

Ke Hanxue watched her parents' reactions while talking. She didn't want to deceive her parents, but if she didn't say that, I'm afraid they wouldn't believe it.

Ke Hanxue also estimated the amount of three hundred catties. She has observed the few acres of sweet potato fields of herself and Tongsuo's family. The output should be about [-] catties.

There are few people here and a lot of land. If the output is really so high, I can persuade my parents to reclaim some wasteland to grow rice in the future.

"More than 300 catties?" Ke Shuisheng and Ke Zhongshi exclaimed at the same time. They also planted rice before. After paying the grain tax of fifty catties of millet, there was only a hundred catties left at most, so the two of them were really taken aback by the amount of three hundred catties.

"Father, mother, it's true. I heard that the people there grow rice for their livelihood. They grow rice twice a year, and they collect all the rice they can't finish and transport it to other places for sale. money."

After Ke Hanxue finished speaking, seeing that her parents still did not respond, she continued: "Father, mother, I see that person's face and clothes, he must have a better life than us!"

If Ke Hanxue said this to others in modern times, they might say that she met a liar, but Ke Shuisheng and Ke Zhongsheng lived in this closed age, so they have so many thoughts, and they have no reason to doubt own daughter's words.

"Xue'er, have you asked that person clearly how they grow their rice?" Ke Zhong asked eagerly.

"Mother, I asked, and the man said that it was no secret to him, so he told me all the methods of growing rice." Ke Hanxue laughed, as long as her mother passes this test, she must convince her father That's a no-brainer.

"Xue'er, this kind of rice is not a joke. It takes a lot of effort to grow rice! Now I have to pull an ox cart. Who do you ask to plant this four acres of land?" Ke Shuisheng disapproved. , he worried that if he really planted rice, he would exhaust his wife.

"Father, just pull your car, and leave the land to me." Ke Hanxue said.

"Aren't you still messing around? How do you, a child, manage this more than four acres of land?" Ke Shuisheng said with a straight face.

"Father, it's not four acres, it's nine acres!" Ke Hanxue said with a smile.

"Xue'er, where did you get the nine acres of land?" Now Ke Zhong was confused.

"Father, mother, this is exactly what I want to tell you." Ke Hanxue hooked her lips, and said in a low voice: "Father, now you pull a bullock cart, and you can earn dozens of pennies every day. I don't think it will be long before we can repay the money from grandpa and uncle. Our family does not lack the sweet potatoes on the several acres of land to satisfy our hunger. And rent it here, and give the sweet potatoes in our four acres of land as land rent to Big Brother Tongsuo, I think they will agree."

"Xue'er, the more you talk, the more outrageous you are. I'm afraid that you won't be able to get the four acres of land. You still want to rent more than five acres of land from the Tongsuo family. Do you think growing rice is just a joke?"

As soon as Ke Hanxue spoke, Ke Shuisheng vetoed it on the spot.

Ke Zhong's eyes glared at Ke Shuisheng: "Listen to Xue'er finish speaking!"

Ke Shuisheng fainted immediately.

Ke Hanxue smiled secretly, and then said: "Father, mother, there is still some time before the day of planting rice, I want to plow the land first, and when the seedlings are raised, I plan to ask someone from the village to plant rice. The folks who are empty will come to help, just give them some food and take them home."

There is an unwritten custom in this rural area, that is, no matter who is too busy in the village, as long as you call to the village, many people will come to help.

Ke Shuisheng wanted to say something else, but received his wife's warning eyes, he moved his lower lip, but he didn't dare to say anything more to criticize his daughter.

"Xue'er, if one mu of land can really grow three hundred catties of rice, then it's okay to ask someone to help, but if we can't grow this two catties, then aren't we posting these food for nothing?" Ke Zhong also has some concern.

"Father, mother, think about it, even if one mu of land can't grow this amount, it can still produce a hundred catties. In addition to fifty catties of grain tax, we still have one hundred catties of millet per mu of land. There are also [-] catties, so if you calculate it like this, it won’t cost you food, at most it’s just a little more hard work.”

Now she has no money, and she can't do other investments if she wants to. At present, she can only increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

In the two seasons of this year, based on nine acres of land, it is estimated that more than 5000 catties of rice can be planted. With so much millet, their family can't eat it all, and they can get the rest at that time. Go to the market to exchange money.

Ke Zhong thought about it for a while, and then asked Ke Shuisheng: "The child's father, what do you think?"

Ke Shuisheng looked at his wife sadly, and said, "Haven't you already made up your mind?"

"I have decided, but you are the head of the family, of course I have to ask you!" Ke Zhong said angrily.

Ke Shuisheng sighed, and still made a concession: "You guys are not afraid of getting tired, just try it, and don't come and cry to me if you can't stand it."

"Father, don't worry, as long as it's for our family, I can bear it no matter how hard it is." Ke Hanxue grinned, as long as she has money to earn, she will be motivated.

"Father is just talking, if you really can't take it anymore, you have to speak up!" Ke Shuisheng said again unable to bear it.

"I knew my father had a knife mouth and a bean curd heart!" Ke Hanxue took her father's arm and acted coquettishly.

Ke Shuisheng pulled his daughter away cautiously, pretending to be angry and said: "How old are you and still acting like a baby!"

Seeing her daughter teasing her husband with a smile on her face, Ke Zhong shook her head helplessly and said with a smile: "I really don't know who this child looks like!"

"I think it's like you!" Ke Shuisheng continued naturally.

I saw Ke Zhong's eyes staring, glanced at her daughter, and suddenly burst into laughter, this Xueer really looked like her when dealing with her father.

(End of this chapter)