Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 97

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Father, mung beans are not a meal, but there is no shortage of them. And if you exchange for money, mung beans are better than soybeans. Anyway, we don't have many varieties, so we just plant a little, and we can eat them at home."

Seeing Qin Dafu's hesitation, Xiuxian shouted: "Father, mung beans are not a meal, but they are a soup in summer. When you are tired, hot and thirsty, drink a bowl, and all problems will be gone. Let's not delay in cooking. "

Liu Shi also smiled and said, "Father, just agree."

Qin Dafu laughed, "Me. Anyway, we have the right to speak as we said before." He touched Xiuyao's head as he spoke, "What else is in your little head?"

Xiuyao tilted her head, pouted her mouth, and smiled, "Father, there are a lot of them. Planting wheat in the bean stubble field can produce a bumper harvest than before."

Qin Dafu was surprised and said: "Is it so good?"

Qin Ye thought for a while and said, "Father, there might be. I remember that one year, when we changed the land, the bean growers planted wheat. The next year's harvest was good. My grandfather thought he was wrong." Some people also know that wheat can be harvested more in bean stubble land, but beans are not mandatory, and if millet is needed, the land will not be easy to waste, so there are few people who deliberately plant this way.

They were discussing the feasibility of Xiuyao's method enthusiastically, and Xiuyao's amazing words attracted their attention, "Father, mother, I have another idea. There is a huge piece of wasteland in the northeast corner of our village. People go to cultivate, why don't we try it."

Qin Dafu immediately said: "Girl, you are wrong. You can't grow anything there. Many people tried it back then, but they couldn't make any money for the seeds. Now the land is even worse, almost all of it is sand. It can’t even be cleaned up. Besides, the land of the big family in the village is enough for everyone to plant, so it’s not worthwhile to go there.”

Qin Ye also said yes.

Xiuyao said with a smile: "The rent for renting and planting other people's land is quite a lot, and it has to be restricted by people. When we open up wasteland, we don't pay rent for a few years. Besides, it's better if we don't plant crops, so as not to waste crop seeds. We can plant grass , to grow cotton locust tree, to grow Vitex twigs, to grow jujube, to grow Artemisia salina, and you can also grow dog grass, alfalfa, vegetables, and trees!"

Goji berry is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. There are many wild ones in the wild. When they are ripe and red, children will pick them and eat them.Alfalfa is a high-yielding forage that can be used to feed cattle, horses, sheep and pigs.

That piece of land is considered mixed saline-alkali land. Although it is not good for growing crops, apart from what Xiuyao said, there is also a piece of land that can be harvested abundantly when planting beets, spinach, and pumpkins.If she hadn't been very diligent in helping the professor collect data, do research, and write a thesis on soil improvement when she was in college, she wouldn't have remembered so much.

It's good to be able to use it, she doesn't want to starve to death in a large area.

She was overly excited and said a lot of things, Qin Dafu and the others couldn't digest it all at once, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally Qin Dafu asked: "Girl, do you think that piece of wasteland can grow things?"

Xiuyao nodded, "Father, I can. We didn't plant crops in the past two years, so that you wouldn't worry about wasting seeds. We planted grass and vegetables. The grass can be used to raise livestock, and the vegetables can be eaten by ourselves. This way we can improve the soil, etc. In two years, the soil quality there will improve, and we will plant other crops, what do you think?"

Qin Ye said happily: "This is a good idea."

Qin Xian asked a question, "What about that kind of seed? No one grows grass here."

Xiuyao thought for a while, and said: "Let's think of a way. If there is any in the wild, we will go to collect seeds, and we can sow them in the next spring. Cotton locust trees, wild jujubes, and wolfberries can be dug and planted as fences, or they can be sown. , just slow down."

Qin Dafu said: "Anyway, it's wasteland, and we don't grow food, but once we plant it, what about the land rent? If we don't grow food, the imperial court will also collect rent in a few years."

The county government here has regulations that the wasteland reclaimed by farmers themselves is exempt from tax for two years. In the third year, the rent will be collected at half of the ordinary people's land rent. For three consecutive years, the sixth year will be based on the rent of ordinary people's land. The rent was collected.

Xiuyao said: "Father, why don't you go to Lizheng's house and ask, if we want to plant that piece of land, how many years will they be able to rent-free, at least three years."

Qin Xiandao: "No one else's family can grow anything there. How dare they ask for land rent? Even if we grow it, we may not be able to have a normal harvest. It is also unreasonable for them to collect rent, unless the harvest is the same as other farmland. Just do it."

Everyone in Xiuxian said yes, Qin Dafu said to Qin Ye: "Daye, let's go to Lizheng's house tomorrow night to ask."

After discussing it, everyone went to eat and worked as usual the next day.

Now there is no heavy work in the field, but cotton topping, and weeding in valleys, peanut fields, etc., so Qin Dafu and his son quit work early and the old Qin didn't say anything.Neither of them went home, but went straight to Zhou Suren's house.

Zhou Suren is counting the households who have not paid the summer rent at home. Thinking about how disgusting some households are, they clearly have food but refuse to pay in arrears. They are so thick-skinned.What's abominable is that there are a few rogue households in the area under his management in Taoyuan Village. It's shameless to go out and owe the rent every year. They said that anyway, if we don't study or go to the city, we can't afford to eat. It is really unaffordable to pay the rent every year.

For this kind of family, Zhou Suren feels that there is really no way to recruit them. You can’t fight or rob. The court has always demanded to live with the people and not be too harsh on the people. There is nothing Lizheng can do about those who are in arrears of land rent.

Hearing that the family said that Qin Dafu and his son had come, Zhou Suren hurriedly got up and asked them to come in quickly.One of the reasons why he respected the old Qin family was that Qin Dafu was a loyal person, if he needed help, he would never refuse if he called.Another reason is that although the Qin family is poor, no matter how poor they are, they pay enough rent every time they collect rent, and they will never default on a grain of rice.That's why Zhou Suren was willing to give some items to Qin Dafu's family. He felt that such a family deserved his respect.Although poor, he has a backbone and knows how to save face, unlike those scoundrels who are so shameless.

Qin Dafu and Qin Ye entered the house, greeted Mrs. Lizheng first, and then followed Zhou Suren to the East Wing, which was used as a study.

Zhou Suren asked with a smile: "Eldest nephew, how do you feel after the separation?"

Qin Dafu smiled and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, thanks to Lizheng's support and gift to our family, otherwise it would be a problem to carry water."

Zhou Suren waved his hand, "It's nothing, it's just for home use, it's not new, so don't always worry about it."

Qin Ye hurriedly said: "Grandpa Lizheng, you are sending charcoal in a timely manner, but my mother said that in a few days, I will probably have to borrow grain from Grandpa Lizheng's house for the winter. We will be able to pay it back when the wheat is harvested next year."

Zhou Suren said: "It's easy to talk about, no problem, isn't it just two stones of grain, there is still some at home. I'll ask someone to measure it for you."

Qin Dafu hurriedly said: "Uncle Lizheng, I'm not busy, it's like this, we're not borrowing food today, we're here to ask something."

Zhou Suren snorted and asked curiously, "What are you asking? Just ask."

Qin Dafu thought for a while and said, "Uncle Lizheng, we want to ask how the wasteland in our village is rented."

Zhou Suren asked in surprise: "Where is there any wasteland in our village? It has been reclaimed long ago."

Qin Dafu and Qin Ye's hearts skipped a beat, wondering who could be so quick and have the same thoughts as them?Qin Ye anxiously asked: "Grandpa Lizheng, who is so fast?"

Zhou Suren was puzzled and said, "It's not like you don't know that a few years ago, there was no piece of Nanhe?"

Qin Ye said: "Isn't there a piece in the northeast corner?"

When Zhou Suren heard this, he burst out laughing, "Which one are you talking about? Which one do you want to open?"

Qin Dafu and his son nodded.

Zhou Suren frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "What good things are there to grow? I advise you not to waste your energy and seeds. Many people have tried it, and it is not enough to waste seeds. If you have that time, it is better to go outside to do some casual work, and you can also earn money." Some money."

Qin Dafu said: "Uncle Lizheng, we know that you are doing our best, but we still want to try, but we are afraid that we will not be able to grow any food and have to pay rent. I would like to invite Uncle Lizheng, can you accommodate the county? .”

Seeing their insistence, Zhou Suren said, "No one grows any food there, and it's free to grow. If you really want to try, go try it. I told the county that as long as the harvest is less than half of the normal field, it will not be harvested." You rent."

It is less than half, but it is more than the seeds spent. If this can be done, the land is already a big profit.

At least Zhou Suren thinks so, he still thinks there is no need to plant.

Qin Dafu smiled and said: "Uncle Lizheng, I still want to get a land deed, it will be justifiable, and no one will come to drive us away."

Zhou Suren was surprised, could it be that they can grow food, otherwise why are they so determined to acquire land?But no one has planted anything in that wasteland for many years, and it's not like the Qin family hasn't opened up wasteland before, so what's the song?
He is not an embarrassing person, and he has the heart to help the Qin family, so he said: "In this case, then I will help you, you can open that piece of land, write as many land deeds as you want, no rent within five years, five years How about paying half of the normal rent if you keep planting after a year, as long as the harvest is half of the normal land rent?"

Qin Dafu and Qin Ye hurriedly expressed their thanks, Qin Dafu said: "Uncle Lizheng, I am very grateful. We have already looked at it. One mu is also opened, and ten acres are also opened. There are more than a hundred acres, but most of them are stones. Let’s open [-] mu of land.” Forty mu is the largest area that Xiuyao estimates can grow things, and other than that, it’s basically a place where no plants really grow, and it’s all stones.

Zhou Suren was taken aback by him, this family moved very fast, when did it happen?

Qin Dafu chuckled, and talked about the range, Zhou Suren smiled and said: "You guys, your hands and feet are fast, so nimble, you don't have to worry about living a bad life."

Naturally, his family has not gone to land reclamation yet, but he just occupied it first. Qin Dafu said modestly: "Try to grow things first, and I will never forget Uncle Lizheng's care when the time comes."

Zhou Suren said: "It should be. How about this, when I have time some other day, I'll ask someone to bring a ruler, and go measure it with you to determine the exact number of acres."

Qin Dafu was very grateful, thanked him quickly, and hoped that he could keep it a secret, lest someone deliberately fight for the wasteland.

Zhou Suren smiled and said, "Naturally."

Qin Dafu went back and said that the family was very happy, Xiuxian said: "Don't let the other side know, otherwise maybe the planting will not be successful."

If the second bedroom and the third bedroom make trouble, or if grandpa intervenes, he thinks they planted the kind of rocky land that produces nothing and wastes seeds. .

Although Qin Dafu felt that he shouldn't hide it from his father, after thinking about it, he agreed to Xiuxian's proposal.

(End of this chapter)