The farm cook is very prosperous

Chapter 57 Sizzling Beef (2)
Yes, the ancients sold land and houses, which was basically a manifestation of prodigal wealth, and they would not do so lightly.

"Then whose land in our Li Family Village is the best planted?" Chun Niang continued to ask.

"This, I'm not boasting. My brother-in-law Li Youcai is an expert in farming in Lijia Village. The land in his hands..." Old Uncle Li was very proud when he mentioned his brother-in-law: "Oh, that's right. , You haven't said what you want me to do for you?"

When Chunniang heard the old man's words, she thought to herself that he should be the one who can help her grow onions, scallions, and corn, "You helped me just now, I just want to find someone who can farm— — Li Youcai, I have three seeds in my hand, I hope he can plant them for me."

Old Uncle Li was amused when he heard it: "Hehe, okay, I think you must be looking for him, let's go quickly, maybe he is still working in the field now, you can also take a look." After finishing speaking, He flicked the whip, and the mule walked more cheerfully.

As old Uncle Li said, Li Youcai was busy with farm work, "Youcai, come here."

"Do you still remember, the daughter of Li Xiucai's family next door to me, and now their family has moved to the city, she has something to ask you today." After introducing her, Old Uncle Li directly explained her reason for coming.

Li Youcai looked to be in his 30s, with a dark complexion and a strong build. When he heard that Chunniang wanted onions, scallions, and corn, he scratched his head and said naively, "What is that? I haven't heard of it, nor have I planted it before." ah."

These things are not complicated to grow, especially coriander and scallions. The sowing time of corn is more important. I briefly described it. The more Li Youcai listened to it, the more excited he became. Finally, he patted his chest and said, "If that's the case, I can plant it."

The Zhuang family was too sincere, and after they finished speaking, they hesitated and didn't know how to speak.Chunniang knew that he wanted to ask how the harvest would be, so Chunniang asked with a smile, "Uncle Li, how many acres of land does your family have, and how much grain do you harvest in a year?"

Li Youcai let out a breath and said, "Hey, although my family has 60 mu from our ancestors, it is all Susukida. I have a [-]-year-old mother and three children. I am the only labor force in the family now. I am so busy all year round. In a good year, one mu of land can yield two grains of stone, and twenty mu of land can produce forty grains of stone.”

Chunniang quickly calculated in her heart that a stone of grain can sell for 30 taels of silver, which is also [-] taels of silver a year, which is quite a lot, but the expenses such as seeds and miscellaneous taxes have not been deducted.

Li Youcai saw what was going on in his heart, shook his head and said, "That's as much as you think, a stone of unthreshed grain can be sold for up to six hundred cash, and half of the tax will be deducted, and some will be kept for his own use. See you in a year." The cash that arrived was nothing more than four or five dollars.”

"Four or five hanging money, one year." There are still five or six people waiting to eat at home, one can imagine the situation of Li Youcai's family.

Li Youcai sighed again: "That's it, it's still a good time, but when the spring famine comes, life will be sad."

As soon as Li Youcai finished speaking, "Father, uncle." A green voice sounded from behind, and everyone turned their heads in unison to see a fat girl about ten years old walking from not far away, holding a bamboo basket in one hand , with a kettle in his other hand.

Li Youcai greeted his daughter with a smile, and took the initiative to introduce her to Chunniang: "My Huniang, brought me food. If uncle and Chunniang don't mind, let's go over there and eat under the tree together."

Turning around, he said to Huniu, "Go back and bring me some more food."

The hospitality was hard to come by, the three of them came under the tree and saw that the mistress of Li Youcai's family was willing to spend money on food for the only labor force in the family, three big pancakes, three pancakes, and a plate of pickled vegetables , is still very sufficient, enough to guarantee Li Youcai's physical labor in the afternoon.

Li Youcai called everyone to have lunch, and everyone sat on the ground and chatted while eating. After a while, Hu Niu sent some big cakes over, but after delivering them, he refused to leave and stood beside him grumblingly. He didn't say anything, but looked at the cake in Chunniang's hand greedily.

Chun Niang beckoned, called Hu Niu to come over, and passed a piece of cake by the way.Just as Hu Niu was about to take it, she seemed to have thought of something, hesitated, then turned to look at Li Youcai who was sitting next to her, Chunniang also followed Hu Niu's gaze, Li Youcai touched her nose awkwardly, nodded in response down.

Huniang took Chunniang's cake with a smile and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Is it delicious?" The girl looked really happy, and Chunniang fell in love with it immediately.

"Well, thank you sister." Huniu thanked her with the cake still in her mouth.

"This is the boss of my family. I have spoiled this girl. Don't take it for granted." Although Li Youcai said Huniu on his face, his eyes were full of doting.

No wonder Li Youcai is in so much pain. The appearance of this Huniu is roughly the same as Li Youcai. She looks simple and honest, and her figure looks like a child of the same age is quite strong. The fat baby is just a big one, and he has a huge appetite. In the blink of an eye, he has already eaten two big pancakes, and he is about to start his attack on the pan.

Seeing the momentum, Li Youcai stopped immediately: "Huniu, there are still guests."

Huniu was in the mood for eating, and being so frightened by her father, she woke up like a dream, looked up, and immediately lowered her head in embarrassment, and retracted her fat little hands unwillingly.

Chunniang immediately understood why Hu Niu gave Li Youcai so much food, Li Youcai doted on this girl so much, it is estimated that half of the daily food went into Hu Niu's stomach.

"It's okay, Uncle Li, let's not talk too much. I like Hu Niu very much when I see it. It's the same as our Hu Zi. Don't be polite to me." Immediately, the Hu Niu liked the fan and sent it to her. .

Hu Niu laughed, she was really a simple-minded child, as long as she had something to eat, she was satisfied.

The topic changed: "Uncle Li, do you think this is okay? You allocate five acres of land to plant what I want, and I will give you ten taels of silver."

"What, that's two taels of silver per mu of land?" Li Youcai said in surprise.

Everyone also gasped.

"Well, do you think so?"

"No, no, it's so much." Li Youcai was so excited. He has a total of twenty mu. In previous years, let alone ten taels of silver, it was three or four taels of silver. He couldn't help it. This was probably the most money he had ever seen, how could he not be happy.

"That's it. These are the three seeds. You can plant them as I said just now." Chunniang took out the seeds from her bosom and handed them over as she spoke.

Li Youcai took the seeds, and became worried again: "This is the first time we have planted, if the harvest is not good, will you be at a loss?"

"Don't think too much. I'm expecting something in the first year. I'll do it twice. It will be fine if you gain experience. As long as you don't waste it casually, you'll be fine." These are all in space. It's gone, but there's nowhere to look for it, Chunniang had to remind.

(End of this chapter)