Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 47
The rice came home, and the harvest this autumn was decided. In the evening, the hut of Xianglai's house burst into laughter and joy.

Knowing that Xianglai's family was short of manpower and tools, the next day Shunzi took two of his own mules and two stone rollers to help Xianglai fight.

Three mu of rice was paved in a yard more than two feet thick, and it took two mules to grind it all day with rollers. Xianglai, Guifang, and second aunt were also busy all day.

At night, the rice grains that have been taken off are piled up in a big pile.

Xianglai reckoned that there was no high-yield rice in this era, but his own field was good, and all the livestock in the village went there to "fertilize" after two years of neglect. Therefore, the rice yield was quite high, and the yield of one mu of land was about six. Seven hundred catties, even if you go to the ones you want to keep as seeds, the rest is not a small income.

She is not the only one who can count, anyone who looks at the rice knows that it will turn into white silver.

Gui Fang took her arm and said, "Xiang Lai, you are really good at growing this rare thing!"

Looking at Guifang's joy, Xianglai thought to herself that these two couples are so capable, so she might as well ask her to be her own helper, so she said, "Guifang, the Geng family doesn't have many fields, and your parents-in-law can take care of them." , why don't you two follow me, I don't have enough manpower to expand the land, you are all my own family, I will definitely not lose money if you come!"

She was already taking care of Guifang and her husband if they were able to help them. After all, they could learn the technique of growing rice by working together.

Guifang can figure this out, no matter how much Xianglai pays, as long as she can learn how to grow rice, the day of getting rich is waiting for her, so she nodded happily: "Okay, I will do it when I have time." Tell your parents-in-law!"

Xianglai laughed and said, "Yo, I haven't passed the door yet, so I'm calling my parents-in-law!"

Guifang stared angrily: "You didn't take me on purpose!"

After speaking, he ran to Shunzi in embarrassment and talked to Shunzi first.

Of course, Shunzi was also happy. He had never dared to think about such a good thing before, so he nodded and agreed.

In the next two days, everyone carefully cleaned the separated rice grains, removed the chaff and sand, and packed them in bags.

With the experience of last year, Xianglai calculated the rice seeds.

Last year when I bought seeds myself, I bought a lot more, and Yu Zixi gave me another five catties. Even if I went to the ground dragon and burned them, there were still some rice seedlings that were useless in the end. A catty of seeds is useless.

If I plan to plant [-] mu of land next year, then [-] catties of seeds will be enough.

Therefore, she picked up the plump rice grains in the limelight and left four bags, and filled the rest with seven bags. These seven bags can be sold. If the price of rice in Songning is still the same as in spring, then counting, seven bags A bag of rice is more than 700 taels of silver.What's more fortunate is that such an expensive thing, I don't need to find a market, and I can turn it into money by sending it to Songning once!

In order to reduce the loss caused by water loss, Xianglai decided to send the rice to Luo Jinxing immediately.

It happened that Shunzi was going to the city to organize a wedding, so he could help bring a few bags of rice.

In order to catch up with his family's mule cart, Xianglai borrowed a carriage from Wang Erlin's uncle Wang's house in the east courtyard.

When having dinner the night before departure, Xianglai said: "Mother, go to Songning with me tomorrow, and then go to Doctor Han to see you well."

The last time she brought back the tonic, Xiang Lai Niang took it and saw nothing, her body was still so thin, but her face was getting yellower and scarier, and she always looked weak.

Years ago, Xianglai planned to take her mother there when the weather was warmer, but at that time she had no money in her hands and was busy, and her mother kept saying that it was all right, so she also put it off for the time being. Well, the weather is not too cold and not too hot, and there will be a lot of money soon, so it is time to see a doctor for my mother.

But I didn't expect Xiang Lai Niang to say like the previous few times: "Mother is fine, why do you always want me to see a doctor, you see I don't cough or wheeze, don't look at me if I'm fine."

"mother!"

Xianglai was in a hurry, not even in the mood to eat, put down her chopsticks and said, "Why are you always fine? How long has this been dragging on! You are just like you are now, go out and let people see, you don't seem to be doing anything. Sickness? You used to worry about not having enough money, but now the rice is there, and in a blink of an eye, our family is a big family in Xitun along the Yangtze River. It is not a problem to pay you for ten years of medicine at a time, so what are you worried about?"

The second aunt also persuaded: "Yes, eldest sister, since Wanlu disappeared, your body has been getting worse day by day, and now you are thin and out of shape, go and see what you can do!"

Tianlai also said: "Auntie, you can go, the city is so fun!"

Xiang Lai Niang has always been soft-tempered, and has never been stubborn with anyone, but this time she became stubborn, holding her chopsticks and said: "I know my body, if it is not sick, it is not sick, you don't have to persuade me, I won't do it if you do." Let's go and eat."

As he spoke, he picked up the bowl and ignored the three of them, just bowed his head to eat.

Xianglai knew that it was impossible to persuade her, so she didn't even eat any food, so she got up and went back to the house to pack her things.

Early the next morning, Wang Erlin harnessed the carriage and brought it over directly, and asked Xianglai if he would help drive the carriage. The horse is more temperamental than Niu Ye, and Xianglai has never been behind. Seeing that he offered to help, he readily accepted .

While the two were loading rice into the cart, Shunzi also came, and Xiufen was still sitting in the cart.

According to the fashion of this era, women seldom go out, but after hunting and planting rice in Xianglai, all the girls in the village regard her as a role model, each one is more capable than the other, and her style is more open.

Xiufenniang was very happy to have Xiufen and Xianglai in contact, so she didn't stop her.

Seeing that Xianglai was going to the city, Mrs. Zhang followed, Xiufen followed her, turned her eyes to Guifang and said, "Fang, the Geng family is going to do some shopping, so you should follow along, so that you don't have to worry about the things Shunzi bought." I like it."

Guifang never dreamed that her mother would let her and Shunzi go out together, she nodded happily and said, "Yeah, I'm going to clean up now, you tell them not to leave first!"

As he spoke, he ran to get dressed in a hurry.

Shen Wanjin also knew that Xianglai's rice harvest was bumper, so he looked out of the window and muttered inarticulately: "Xianglai, okay, second brother, close your eyes!"

Mrs. Zhang looked at him and sighed quietly. Seeing that Guifang was packing up, she held her and whispered: "Fang, Xianglai will probably go to the city to see a doctor for her mother. When the time comes, your father's medicine, you should find a way to get her ..."

When Guifang heard that her mother had come up with this idea, she felt so ashamed, she lost her smile, and sat down on the edge of the kang, saying: "I just want to take advantage of others, so I won't go!"

(End of this chapter)