The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 123 Farming Risks This is Merit
With the three opinions given by Wen Bao, when Wen Chengquan came to the county, he was very confident, not to mention full of ambition.

But after arriving in the county, things didn't go very smoothly.

It's not that Wen Bao's idea was not good, on the contrary, Wen Bao's idea was very good, and the progress was indeed smooth at the beginning, but later on, not many people came to borrow grain.

It's late August now, even if we go home now to clean up the land and plant wheat in a hurry, who can say that the weather will be better this winter.

The common people were so troubled by the weather in the past two years that they didn't dare to grow food at all. What's more, they still thought about staying in the county this winter and waiting for relief, and then waited until next spring to plant the land.

The common people had such thoughts, Master Liu didn't know what to say, but so many people gathered in the county town, the food in the county was not enough to support so many people for a winter.

"These people don't want to leave, but what should we do?"

For the time being, the epidemic in the county has been stabilized, and the gate of the county will be opened soon, but there are less than three layers of people who are willing to borrow grain and wheat to go home and farm.

"If there is some way to make them see hope, they may be willing to leave."

As soon as Wen Chengshuang said this, the others looked up at him.

At this time, only Mr. Liu, his second son, and the two brothers of the Wen family were the only ones in the county government office.

These four people understood what Wen Chengshuang said just now, but it was not so easy to do it.

"How about I go back and ask Bao'er?"

As soon as Wen Chengquan said this, Lord Liu smiled meaningfully, and it was as he thought, the idea was all thought up by that girl.

Seeing Master Liu smiled, Wen Chengquan realized that he had slipped his tongue. Then he thought, since his father-in-law is not an outsider, his sister must not be angry, so he gave up.

"Okay, then you go back."

After Master Liu said a word, he also decided to ask Wen Chengquan to go back.

So when Wen Bao saw Wen Chengquan riding a skinny dark horse at noon the next day, she still couldn't believe her eyes.

"Fourth brother, why are you back? Is something wrong?"

After Wen Bao was taken aback for a moment, he took a look at Wen Chengquan's whole body, and found that he really came back alone, then carefully examined Wen Chengquan's complexion.

"I'm fine, Bao'er. There's only one horse left in the county, so I'm the only one coming back. I'm coming back this time, just like you are asking for advice."

"Ask for a plan?"

The siblings walked into the house while talking, and when they got to the main room, Wen Bao knew why Wen Chengquan came back.

Wen Bao didn't expect that the county would be like this now, but she could understand the psychology of the people, fearing that this winter might be full of heavy snow or not even a grain of snow.

"We have discussed that if the common people can grow something, it is best to harvest it before winter, so that the common people can feel at ease."

This was also the result of discussions between the four of Wen Chengquan in the county, but they thought a lot back and forth, but none of the plans were perfect.

"Now sowing seeds, besides wheat, is cabbage and radishes."

Wen Bao has been in ancient times for a few years, and although she is not good at growing food, she knows how to grow simple vegetables.

It's late August now, and there are still more than two months before winter begins in November. These two kinds of vegetables are the only ones that can be grown.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wen Bao said it, Wen Chengquan shook his head and said, "We've thought about this too, but the whole county grows cabbage and radishes together, and when they are harvested in winter, how much will it cost.

There are so many vegetables, even if they are sold, they cannot be sold so much. If they cannot be sold, they will rot in the ground. The people will definitely not want it. "

Although the output per acre of land that has been tossed this year may not be high, but their number is large, how much does it cost for an entire county.

"This is easy, let Uncle Liu choose a few empty yards and set up a processing workshop.

Don't the common people have no income in winter?Let's start tidying up the family's land now, let Uncle Liu go to other places to buy more vegetable seeds, and plant them this month, and the cabbage will be harvested by the end of October.

I wrote to Uncle Liu a recipe for making spicy womb and a sour womb, so we won’t grow radishes. After two months of hard work, the workshop will be able to start making womb for takeout in November. "

While talking, Wen Bao also thought of her own land. Because of the drought, she has no income this year on the land she rented out. If she grows vegetables, not only will there be more vegetables in the family in winter, but she will also have a certain income.

Wen Chengquan and the others denied growing vegetables, just because they were worried that the vegetables would not be sold, but as soon as Wen Bao said that she had a recipe for making cabbage, Wen Chengquan felt that what Wen Bao said must be right.

"Bao'er, it's good that you have a prescription, and you can't let it go for nothing. I'll discuss with my father-in-law to see if I can share some profits with you."

Wen Chengquan knew that Wen Bao liked to share profits, that's why he said that, but this time, Wen Bao shook his head.

"No, it's better for this workshop to directly belong to the county government."

To be honest, Wen Bao is not short of money to live now, at first she thought of ways to earn money, it was difficult for her family, but now it is different.

She never thought that as a time-traveling woman, she should be omnipotent in ancient times.

People in Nanning County are having such a hard time this year, and she is willing to help them.

Wen Chengquan was taken aback by Wen Bao's words, he looked at Wen Bao seriously, until today, Wen Chengquan realized that maybe he and the whole family didn't really understand their Bao'er.

Wen Chengquan came and went in a hurry, only ate a bowl of hot rice at home, and then rode back to the county seat. After he left, Wen Bao also found other members of the family and told him about planting cabbage.

The Wen family, the Chen family, the Wu family, and Wen Bao's own family have bought a lot of land in the past two years. Among them, the Wu family has the most land. The Wu family even sold food outside before.

In so many lands, if all of them are planted with cabbage in just ten days, it is actually not easy.

There are not so many vegetables left at home. Wen Bao suggested to plant them in Songjia Village first. They will take care of them carefully and ensure that there will be vegetables for the family this winter. When Master Liu buys the vegetables back, they will hire someone to take care of the vegetables at home. All the land is planted.

"There are a few mountain people in nearby villages. There are quite a few people in our Songjia Village alone. Let's pick some good friends. The mountain people have no land to grow vegetables. Let's work together to grow vegetables this month. The vegetables can only be harvested at the end of October."

The growth period of cabbage in this season is about [-] days, that is, about two months of busy work, which is the income ratio before winter.

"Okay, I'll go to Uncle Wei later and ask him to help. We pay wages and don't include food. There are few prey in the mountains this year. The mountain people are worried and don't know what to do."

Song Dalang is the most supportive of this matter. He has been a mountain dweller for so many years, and his family has land in the past two years. Now that he can help the mountain dwellers, he is naturally willing.

"We will start to do this this year, repair the farm tools at home, and start tidying up tomorrow."

After Wen Youcai said a word, the matter was settled, and the whole family got busy.

All the families in Songjia Village were overjoyed because Song Wei came to inform them to work and earn wages. In the county town, Wen Chengquan who finally rushed back brought back Wen Bao's words, and Master Liu fell silent.

When Master Liu fell silent, Wen Chengquan suddenly didn't know what to say.

After a while, Lord Liu let out a long sigh before saying: "Young girl Wen Bao, you are so kind!"

Wen Bao's idea, he understood immediately after thinking about it, this matter does not allow others to intervene, it only belongs to the county government, this is to add merit to him.

Since he arrived in Nanning County, although he has made some achievements, the situation in the past two years has not been good, and he does not know how the higher authorities will evaluate him.

Now with this achievement, as long as it is done well, it can become a stable income for the county government. These are continuous achievements.

Hearing Master Liu's praise of Wen Bao, the two brothers of the Wen family and You Rongyan, after the two brothers looked at each other, Wen Chengshuang said: "Then?"

"Naturally, this matter needs to be done quickly. We must gather people and set off tomorrow morning to buy vegetables and what that girl Wen Bao said."

Wen Bao wrote down all the things he needed to buy on a piece of paper and asked Wen Chengquan to bring them to Mr. Liu in the county. If Nanning County had some, they would naturally buy them locally.

"Yes."

The county government quickly got busy. Although Master Liu agreed to Wen Bao's proposal, when discussing with people around him, he still intentionally or unintentionally revealed that the matter was given by Wen's daughter, Song Dalang's daughter-in-law in Songjia Village.

There are also prescriptions provided by Wen Bao for free. These prescriptions are treasures that can be passed down to the family, but Wen Bao said it so directly.

Naturally, Wen Bao didn't know that her desire to hide was unsuccessful in the end. Although only the people around Mr. Liu knew about it, it still got out after all.

The men in Songjia Village packed up their farm tools. Among so many people, there are not many who really know how to farm, but no, they can learn.

Xue Da has become everyone's husband, and the two of them don't have to do anything, they just need to teach everyone how to grow cabbage in the next two days.

Song Dalang was still injured and couldn't work, Wen Bao and Meihua were both pregnant, so Wen Xu came to Wen Bao's house to help.

Most of the original grape seedlings in Wen Bao's family died, and Wen Bao kept the few remaining ones. I don't know what will happen next year, but there is always hope after keeping them.

The land at the foot of the mountain in Songjia Village was not fertile, and after drought and heavy rain, the original fertility of the land was gone, and the fertilizer in the hut at home would definitely not be enough.

Wen Bao proposed to use plant ash, Zhang Lian prepared some herbs suitable for warming and tonifying the ground, and Xue Da added some other things based on experience.

After several busy days of digging, fertilizing, preparing the soil, and sowing seeds, the open spaces of several houses in Songjia Village had just planted cabbage, and the people sent by Lord Liu to buy cabbage seeds also came back.

I am not in a hurry for other things, but I am in a hurry to sow seeds. If I delay by one day now, the harvest of womb cabbage in this field will be delayed by one day.

The later it was, the more risky it would be to plant cabbage in the ground, so what they had to do now was to plant the seeds as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)