Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 42

Su Jingsen frowned and sighed, because it was related to the future of his two sons, so now he often cares about these things.Judging from the current situation, it is very unfavorable. The county magistrate is a greedy person, and the days to come will be difficult.

It's not that he didn't think about it, the county magistrate is greedy and easy to do things, and he can just stuff the money when his sons take the exam later.But as Lizheng said, there was a county magistrate who was also greedy. He collected a lot of money in the imperial examination that year. Another test.

This kind of stuffing of money is not something that can be done casually.

"Father, you're thinking too much. Eldest brother and second elder brother have two years to go before taking the entrance examination for children's students. At that time, the county magistrate may be transferred away." Su Qinghe also knew Su Jingsen's worries, although she was also worried, But I still have to comfort my father first.

Su Zhiping also smiled and said: "Father, just like my little sister said, don't worry too much. There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Even if the county magistrate doesn't leave next year, Zhi'an and I can delay for another two years, and then save money." With some effort, I passed all the scholar exams in one go. Don't delay the matter, look at Brother Haoming, after passing the exam, don't you have to study for another three years before going to the exam? At that time, I and Zhi'an doesn't need to spend those three years."

Su Jingsen didn't worry after a while, and it was useless for him to worry here anyway.Seeing that it was getting dark and I couldn't see clearly, I put the half-woven basket aside: "Then you should study hard, and you will be the number one in the exam in the future, so that my mother and I can live a good life."

It didn't take long for the cotton buds in the backyard to sprout. They were so tender and very beautiful.Su Qinghe wished she could squat down and look down at the cotton all day long, smiling from ear to ear every day.

Both Su Zhang and Su Jingsen were joking, saying that they could simply build a small hut for Su Qinghe in the backyard, so that she could live there and save her from running out and in every day.

"Father and mother, don't underestimate my cotton, maybe I can make a lot of money in the future." Su Qinghe pouted, and went to the backyard to water the cotton seedlings with her small bucket. Cotton is a precious thing. It needs to be watered frequently.Otherwise, shriveled bolls are prone to appear, and the cotton produced by the bolls is small in quantity and poor in quality.

Just halfway through watering, I heard someone shouting in the front yard: "The fourth family of Mr. Su, are you there?"

Su Zhang responded: "Yes, who is it? What's the matter?"

"It's me, your aunt." The outsider shouted, and when Mrs. Su Zhang opened the door, he laughed and said, "Are you at home today? Did you go to the field?"

"No, there's not much work in the field, just waiting to cut the wheat." Mrs. Su Zhang smiled, and brought out the kettle from the stove, and poured a bowl of sugar water: "Why are you here now, auntie? The sun is shining now."

"Hey, am I in a hurry?" The woman slapped her thigh, sighed and said, "You know, it rained heavily a few days ago, and half of my wheat has been turned over. I don't know how much this year's output will be." how is it."

"Auntie, don't worry too much. Although the wheat has been overturned, it will be fine when the grout is filled, and it will definitely not affect the production too much." Su Zhang said with a smile, and the woman shook her head, sighed, and said After a few sentences, I changed the subject: "I heard that your family has a new kind of grain, and the yield is quite high?"

Mrs. Su Zhang froze for a moment, then shook her head: "Auntie, who did you listen to? That thing was made by my Xiaohe herself. She is a child, what kind of new food can she grow? The yield is not very high. , just like the sorghum we grow.”

"I went to Lizheng's house that time, and I heard Lizheng say that the food is quite delicious. If you sell this next year, you will definitely make money. Your Xiaohe is really lucky." The woman was a little envious. Said: "The child in my family is half as smart and capable as Xiao He, so I am thankful."

"Auntie, don't praise her, her father didn't spoil her." Su Zhang raised her eyebrows and smiled, not continuing the previous few words.

The woman said a few more words, seeing that Mrs. Su Zhang always focused on Su Qinghe and didn't mention the matter of food, she became a little anxious: "Fourth family, can you give me the new seeds in your family?" Auntie? Auntie? Auntie won’t let you give it for free. Auntie will pay for it. We’ll pay whatever price you want for sorghum. I won’t let you suffer. Do you think it’s okay?”

Mrs. Su Zhang frowned, and shook her head in a little embarrassment: "Auntie, it's not that I don't sell it to you, but this kind of seed belongs to someone else's family. At that time, Xiao He bought it from someone else, saying that it was planted. Return most of the seeds to others, we don't have many seeds in our family now."

The woman's face darkened, and she said with a tiger's face: "Old four, are you stupid for looking at your aunt? I can clearly see that your man even gave some to the Lizheng family. Why didn't you Where are the seeds?"

Mrs. Su and Zhang were almost speechless. This seed delivery happened last year. At that time, no one came to ask. Why did someone come to the door now?
"Auntie, you read it wrong. The head of our family gave it to the son of the Lizheng family." Mrs. Su Zhang said patiently. This statement has to be true or false, so that people can believe it: " The seeds were originally bought from a friend of the son of Li Zheng's family, and our Xiao He is not good at getting in touch with outsiders too much, so we asked Li Zheng's son to return the seeds."

The woman didn't quite believe it: "What you said is true?"

"Auntie, why am I lying to you? You really don't believe me, if you go to Lizheng's house and ask, you will know?" Su Zhang spread her hands: "What kind of friendship do we have? If there are too many seeds, I will not Will it be given to you? It’s not a free gift, auntie, you said you would buy it, so can I not sell it?”

At any rate, the woman was not too unreasonable. Seeing that Su Zhang's words had reached this point, she got up muttering: "Well, your family has no seeds, so I don't want it. Also, don’t forget to save some for us.”

Su Zhang hurriedly nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, auntie, I will save some for you next year no matter what, by the way, auntie, I just made vegetable cakes, would you like some? Fresh cucumbers. "

"No need, my cucumber was just picked." The woman waved her hand and staggered towards the door. Mrs. Su followed and sent it to the door. After the woman came out of the door, she hurriedly closed the door.

"Mother, many people have asked about our seeds recently." Su Qinghe walked around from the backyard and asked very puzzled, "Why didn't anyone ask about it last year?"

"Who knows." Su Zhang sighed: "I don't know who spread the news that this kind of seeds can sell for a lot of money. Your uncle and second aunt asked me a few days ago. If I didn't say that the seeds are not If there are too many, I will definitely keep it for them next year, and I’m not sure how to say it.”

Su Qinghe thought for a while, but couldn't think of a reason. After all, it's been almost a year. Last year, corn was planted and harvested in October. From the beginning to the end, everyone was just curious, and no one said something important. The seeds are planted or something.

At that time, she was still thinking that growing corn exclusively would give her a head start.Unexpectedly, these people suddenly changed their minds this year.

"By the way, Xiaohe, what did you say about the interplanting in the wheat some time ago?" Su Zhang asked casually. Su Qinghe threw a small water ladle and squatted in the yard to wash her hands. Now, Su Jingsen asked someone to drill a well in their yard, and now they don't need to go outside to pick up water.

"It's just planting things at intervals, mother, the wheat is so widely spaced, and there is still space in the middle, it's a pity to keep it. I just thought, I will interplant peanuts right now, and after the wheat is harvested, the peanuts will just grow out. The wheat stubble can be used as fertilizer in the field. Then the peanuts can be harvested two months earlier, so we can plant a season of yams." Su Qinghe explained with a smile, and Su Zhang pondered for a while: "Is this method okay?"

"I don't know if it will work, mother, let's try it?" Su Qinghe said enthusiastically, she knew that this method would work, but others didn't know, so she could only pretend to try it first, and then start interplanting next year .

Mrs. Su Zhang shook her head: "This matter has to be discussed with your father. If it doesn't work, the seeds will be wasted."

When Su Jingsen came back in the evening, Su Zhang asked Su Qinghe to talk about interplanting again, because Su Qinghe had said it before, so Su Jingsen was no stranger.After a pause, he said, "Accordingly, this idea is not bad. I just don't know if the peanuts won't germinate without the sun."

"Father, it will definitely germinate. You see, bean sprouts can grow without sun exposure. It's only a month, and peanuts will definitely be fine." Su Qinghe tried to fool, Su Jingsen thought for a while, but shook his head: "No, this will Peanuts may germinate, but whether they bear fruit or not is another matter, and this matter cannot be taken at risk.”

"Father, you still said that you would give me an acre of land to grow yams, so I have the final say on how to plant this acre of land, right?" Su Qinghe hugged Su Jingsen's arm coquettishly, Su Jingsen shook her head sullenly: "Then We have to wait until the wheat is harvested. Now is the critical time for wheat. If you plant peanuts, the manure in the field will not be able to keep up. At that time, the peanuts will not bear fruit, and the wheat will be empty shells. Both of them will be delayed. "

Su Qinghe acted coquettishly, and insisted on not getting Su Jingsen to agree, so she could only put this matter aside for the time being.However, I decided even more in my heart. After two years, I must let my father buy me ten acres of land and grow it by myself!No, make the decision by yourself!

Soon, the wheat will be harvested.The Su family still hired part-time workers, and after half a month of work, the wheat was harvested, hulled and dried, and then put into the grain storage.

The next step is to clean up the land, shoveling the stubble, plowing, spreading manure, and plowing. Everyone is very busy, and the weather is so hot that most of the men in the field are naked.As a result, Su Qinghe couldn't go out even more.Look at her cotton seedlings every day, send food to the field once, and then nothing will matter.

When the land is cleared up, the second season of sowing will begin. The Su family's land has already been planned, 85 mu of land, [-] mu of corn, [-] mu of sorghum, [-] mu of peanuts, and [-] mu of soybeans and sesame. , and the remaining five acres were used to sponsor Su Qinghe's yams.

Although it was said to be one mu at the beginning, Su Jingsen was so generous that he insisted on turning one mu into five mu.

(End of this chapter)