Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 278

In a blink of an eye, it's the autumn harvest season. Although the autumn harvest is busy, it's not as rushed as the wheat harvest. The autumn is crisp and clear, so everyone can work slowly.As the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the Qin family had already packed up a large cart of gifts for the Feng family, as well as those for Gu Ning, and entrusted the second grandma to take them along. Later, when the Feng family returned to the festival, Gu Ning also gave They are all pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as silk and satin, which are very practical.

During the autumn harvest, the millet in the field was shining brightly, and the corn was also ripe, and Xiuyao taught others how to harvest.

After the farmers harvested the corn, they peeled it out at night, and then dried it in the sun during the day, and the whole family peeled off the corn kernels together.

Afterwards, I measured it, and the harvested fruit was more than twice that of millet.

Even with careful care, the millet on an acre of land would yield less than [-] catties of millet at its best, but this wild wheat, even without special care, has grown to around [-] catties in the past few months.

How can the old farmers not like it!
They went around telling each other that this stuff was better, better than millet, and spring millet was better, but summer millet was not very honest, it tasted like nothing, and it was not good for feeding animals.

But this corn is different. The ungrown ones are boiled and eaten, the ripe ones are ground, the thinner ones can be made into big pancakes, and the thicker ones can be made into porridge.

Although the taste is not as good as fine noodles, it can satisfy the hunger. People can eat it and have strength, and animals can also eat it.

And that piece of wheat straw is also a good thing, it can be crushed and fed to livestock, and the rest can be used for fire, and those that are strong can be used for tents...

Seeing the benefits, everyone said that they would have more seeds in the coming year, and if they didn't have enough seeds, they would come to Xiuyao's house to borrow them, and some people asked Li Zheng whether the court would distribute the seeds.

What Xiuyao thinks is that everyone will plant in the future. If she needs food, she can buy it from them. Therefore, she will borrow all the seeds from the village. Of course, she must ensure the food for her own livestock. .

Hongzhi County was praised by the province for its remarkable effect and great efforts in promoting fanmai.His term of office has expired, and he was originally going to be promoted. In the last year, because he was highly praised by his superiors when he was in Fanmai, he was naturally happy to get the chance to be promoted, and he was also grateful to the Qin family.When he was harvesting the wheat, he went to the countryside to persuade the farmers in person, made a tour, went to Qin's house for a walk, and asked Xiuyao to accompany him for a meal.This time, he brought a lot of gifts, which gave the Qin family enough face.

Lou Shuban is now a popular figure in the county government, and if Hongzhi leaves the county, he will not leave.He is no longer the same to the Qin family as before, but now he is respectful, and he has to teach the subordinates who came with him, "This is the Qin family in Taoyuan, and we must be respectful in the future."

The boys all nodded and bowed, and even said they wanted it.

After that, everyone seized the time to grow wheat, and when the farming was slack, they had to work again to continue digging ditches.

After the spring planting, the Chufu Canal has been dug to the front of Taoyuan Village. After a period of time, this section of the canal will be connected to the north side, so that ships can pass through in the future.In the future, unless it is a year of severe drought, Taoyuan Village will no longer lack water to grow crops.

With water, waterwheels are more convenient. Apart from Xiuyao's family, several other families have joined forces to build waterwheels, so that they don't have to carry water every time to cultivate the land, which can save a lot of effort and time.

In September, the wheat has been planted, and there is basically not much farm work, so everyone can relax a bit.

On this day, Zhang Guifang came to Qin's house happily, and smiled as soon as she entered the door: "Sister-in-law, I've also been a spoiled guest for a while today, quickly, bring me your good wine."

Mrs. Liu put down the dustpan in her hand, and went up to meet her with a smile, "Oh, what a mess, what kind of trouble are you doing? You don't drink tea, you come here to ask for wine."

Zhang Guifang raised the post in her hand, "This is a happy event for me."

Mrs. Liu knew that she was here to propose marriage to Xu Zhenyi. She had already discussed with her family some time ago, and she felt that Xu Zhenyi was good and a good boy. It may not be good to know the basics like this, so she agreed.

She let Zhang Guifang into the house, and went to call Qin Dafu back, the three of them discussed it, anyway, it was agreed a long time ago, now we will change the Geng Tie first, go back for a few days, and then make a small order.

Because the engagement matters are handled by the matchmaker and the families of both parties, there is no need for a man and a woman to come forward, so it doesn't matter that Xu Zhenyi is not at home.

A few days later, Zhang Guifang brought people from the Xu family to make a small Ding, and it was decided to make a big Ding at the end of the year.

The Qin family was busy for another day.

Xiuxian asked Zhang Guifang to make things clear, "Auntie, you have to make an agreement with Xu's family. I will often go back to my mother's house in the future, and it's best to separate the family after going there. We can also raise the parents-in-law."

Zhang Guifang laughed heartily, "Xiuxian, you are quite courageous, and you are not afraid of people saying that you will instigate separation once you go."

Liu also reprimanded Xiuxian for being too straightforward.

Xiuxian said: "I'll keep my words straight, so that sometimes things are wrong here and there, and it's not good if everyone is unhappy. Besides, I think it's good to separate families. You see, more and more people are separating families now."

Zhang Guifang said with a smile: "I learned from your family. Seeing that your life is getting better and better after the separation." She paused, and then said: "Don't worry, Xu Zhenyi has said that as long as It's Xiu Xian, you've asked me to agree."

Xiuxian raised her head, "Isn't he afraid that I will have a mountain of gold and silver?"

"Even people understand your temperament, we still don't know, can you ask for a mountain of gold and silver? It would be good if you can open your mouth to control what others want."

Zhang Guifang, Liu Shi and the others all laughed, Xiuxian didn't blush, and laughed along.

Zhang Guifang said: "The Xu family said that the family is going to be separated. As soon as the third child gets married, they will live in a separate family. Parents will follow the eldest family. It's good for you young couple to live on your own."

Xiuyao was very happy for her second sister, no matter who she married, it would be good if she could live the life she wanted.

The marriage was settled, because it was a neighboring village, not very far away, Xu's parents found time to come.

We are all acquaintances, and we have a good chat, there is no such noisy and noisy talk about marriage and dowry as usual, let alone arguing with blushing and thick necks.

Thinking about almost marrying her daughter to such a family, and now looking at the Xu family, Liu feels that everything is good, at least she knows the basics, everyone knows a thing or two about the temperament of her parents-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

There is no evil intention in Xiu Xian's candid temperament, but if she is not someone who understands her candid attitude, it may be difficult for others to accept her for a while, and they may think she is playing tricks on purpose.

Therefore, the Lius were relieved.

However, they also respected Xiuxian's intentions, and they had to wait until the next year to get married. After all, Xu Zhenyi went to Lingshanwei this year, and he wouldn't be able to come back right away, at least by the end of the year.

Winter has come in a blink of an eye, life is getting better and life is richer, and this winter is not difficult, but rather enjoyable.

It's a cold day, but the house is as warm as spring, and the cellar is full of vegetables, fruits, meat and eggs. There is plenty of food and clothing, so I feel comfortable no matter how I live.

Because of the bumper corn harvest in autumn, people who originally raised one or two pigs began to raise three or four, and every household raised more poultry and livestock.And no matter how reluctant he was, he could get some rough corn grits to feed the pigs, which would make them fatter than eating only the chaff.

I feel that at the end of the year, I can definitely sell more money.

Qin Sanshun's family felt that they had enough food because they also planted sweet potatoes, so they bought a dozen or so pigs.

The third aunt told everyone that her family asked Xiuyao to sell pigs for 22 yuan, but she sold [-] yuan herself, and said that it was all at this market, and they would ask for more next time, as much as they had.She also asked those people to keep them as well, and she asked that person to take their pigs along with them.

It seemed that it was to add trouble to Liu Shi, and let Liu Shi know that her pigs were sold for a lot of money, and she also deliberately mentioned it several times when everyone went to Lao Qintou's house for dinner.

I always thought that Mrs. Liu would take the initiative to ask her who to sell to, and whether she could sell pigs with her in the future, but Mrs. Liu seemed to be too attached to her, just to suffocate her, so she didn't mention it, which made the third aunt very upset. is depressed.But she said to her second aunt again: "Of course they are so angry. They know that I won't talk to them, so they are too embarrassed to ask. Even if they ask, I won't care about them. They separated and didn't come to occupy us. The reason is cheap. Second sister-in-law, you just need to raise more pigs, anyway, I have you."

Qin Xiuyao and the others couldn't get all the good reputation.

Xiuyao didn't care, even if they sold fifty yuan a catty, that was their skill, and her pigs could only be sold for fifteen yuan, which was already making money, and there was no need for lack of support.

Now that it's getting cold, Qi Feng sent her a letter, saying that she was asked to make the sugar again, and when the time came, she would go out with the vermicelli. This time, he made his own decision and asked someone to bring back a shipment of goods for her.He made a fool of himself and didn't say anything, but it made Xiuyao's heart itch, thinking that he was not such a hidden person, why didn't he say anything, could it be that the letter was missing a page?
But looking over and over again, the final signature and greetings were on the same page, so she could only wait patiently.

He also said that the location was not fixed, so he told her not to reply to Yunyun.

Xiuyao settled down and arranged for the sugar production. Now the second sister and sister-in-law of Zhifang are in charge of the sugar workshop, and the sugar workshop is in charge of her father and elder brother, hiring people to work in full swing.

Xiuyao was busy that day, Xiaobai ran over, bit her skirt and pulled it out, Xiuyao was almost dragged, "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, be more honest."

"Ahh... woof woof" Xiaobai stared at her with big eyes while looking out.

Xiuyao immediately understood that it was Qi Feng who came, and Xiao Bai was only so excited when Qi Feng came.

She quickly washed her hands, handed the brush in her hand to Xiu Rong, and ran out with Xiao Bai.

As soon as she went out, Mrs. Liu came over and called her, "Yaoyao, Qi Feng is here."

Xiuyao hummed, and followed Xiaobai. Outside the hibiscus flower barrier, Qi Feng was standing there looking over. The sky was clear and the clouds were clear. He was standing there in indigo blue clothes, tall and handsome like pines, cypresses and emerald bamboos. She waved at him, "Hey, didn't you say you won't be back until some time?"

(End of this chapter)