It took almost a day to clear out the first crop of corn stalks, and it was immediately necessary to transplant the second crop of seedlings, which were already one foot tall.
Then it was time to plant sweet potato vines and plant cotton seedlings. Under the sun that was getting hotter day by day, the entire Xujia Village people worked in different plots from morning to night.
At the same time, the warehouse built by Jiang Zhi was finally completed in a hurry.
In addition to the spacious big house used as a warehouse, several separate rooms were built next to it.
Li Laoshi has his own place to stay, but he has to take on the responsibility of guarding the warehouse.
Now the herbs that Xia Xiucai collected began to be piled up in different categories.
Li Laoshi patted his chest and promised to take good care of these medicinal materials. He was really satisfied with his current life.
Jiang Zhi gave him one tael of silver, including the five coins stolen by the little wild boar, and two sets of clothes.
He had food, drink, shelter, and money to spend. Li Laoshi was happy every day: he finally had someone to support him.
Taking food to work with others, you don't even have to wash the dishes.
As time passed day by day, the Huo family sent news: mosquito coils are selling well!
Although this was expected by Jiang Zhi, he still felt happy inside.
Compared with selling young corn, selling products is the money that truly belongs to you.
No matter how you farm, it is impossible to make a fortune from agriculture.
Jiang Zhi made a calculation. Not to mention that selling green grains had become very popular not long ago, and he was always running around the village with great fanfare.
After accounting for everything, excluding all wages and food, what actually fell into his pocket was less than three taels of silver.
The risks and responsibilities involved are huge. It's okay if the weather is smooth, but it only takes ten and a half days without rain to end up with nothing.
Even in modern times, few people who invest in agriculture can come ashore with their feet clean.
Xiaoman's rabbits were adopted by several families, and they agreed to return a pair of adult rabbits at the end of the year after the rabbits gave birth to puppies.
One party gets rabbit seedlings for nothing, and the other party harvests rabbits at the end of the year. Both parties are satisfied.
After the news of the Huo family came, the work in the fields was once again handed over to Tian Gui and the others.
With their previous trust and the benefit of this food distribution, these two people were convinced of Jiang Zhi.
Other people in the village also began to follow suit, covertly and covertly. If others ate meat, they had to follow suit and drink soup.
Even cotton, which everyone usually doesn’t like, was planted in large areas because Village Chief Jiang planted it.
Er Rui and Xiao Man returned to the mountain, and the two families began to go all out to make mosquito coils.
Grinding medicine, grinding charcoal powder, these are all dirty jobs. In order to prevent the house from getting dirty, everything is done in the woods.
It's cool here, and it's also ventilated and spacious, so Qiaoyun won't keep sneezing at every turn.
Except for the two children Nini and Caixia, even Xiao Mannai put down the twine to help.
Xu Dazhu has ground a lot of charcoal powder these days and sifted it very finely. With Xiao Man and Er Rui joining in, soon all the medicinal powder, charcoal powder and starch were ready.
Knead the dough with water and press it into strips.
In order to save labor in processing, Jiangzhi's small bamboo tubes were replaced with large bamboo tubes.
We no longer rely on people to squeeze one by one with their hands, but use levers to press.
A person sits on the long bar and uses his weight like pressing noodles, and a long piece of wet mud squeezes out of the small hole.
Someone below took over, cutting one plate at a time, and finished it as quickly as running water.
Eight adults all worked together, so the output was naturally quite large. In just one day, the specially made wooden frame was filled with circles of mosquito coils.
This time, the small rattan baskets were not used. There were too many and the small rattan baskets were not enough. Instead, they were wrapped in white paper with a Jiang character seal.
Ever since the news came from the Huo family, Jiang Zhi ordered the paper at the paper shop in Lihua Town, and engraved his own seal at the seal shop. He also engraved patterns to show the type of fragrance.
After a large basket of mosquito-repellent incense was delivered to Baicaotang in Lihua Town, shopkeeper Lao Huo opened a pack, smelled it, and said with a smile: "Cun Zhang Jiang's mosquito-repellent incense is very popular in the city, and the price is right. It can be used by people who are a little more relaxed." Use it."
This is the third time it has been delivered, and the old shopkeeper has to say it every time.
This old man is most considerate of the poor. Probably because the price of tender corn was so scary before, he has repeatedly asked for the price of mosquito repellent incense, not to set it too high.
He also promised that Jiang Zhi would sell medicine at cost price in the future when he buys medicine at Baicaotang.
In fact, Mr. Huo, the shopkeeper, was overly worried.
Young corn is a seasonal food, it is a one-time purchase and sale, so it naturally has to be sold at a high price.
Jiang Zhi has no intention of making huge profits from household items such as mosquito coils.
It's just that the fresh items can't be too cheap, and the Huo family also has to take a commission from it, so the price can't be less than two cents per plate.
Everyone was happy with the price, and with the Huo family's promotion, the sales volume was also very good.
When Baicaotang put the five hundred coils of mosquito coils into the warehouse, Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and could finally take a rest.
In order to catch up on work during this period, the two families now have to do farm work for a while in the morning and evening, and make mosquito coils at other times.
The third batch of mosquito coils was delivered today, and I also wanted to buy some fresh meat and fish in the town.
The weather was a bit sultry, and the heat made Jiang Zhi feel upset.
"Er Rui, go buy some meat and brown sugar, and choose two of the fish over there!"
Jiang Zhi didn't want to move, so he sat on the shady stone steps and instructed Xu Errui to go shopping.
Xu Errui responded and went to the butcher shop and fish stall.
At the corner of the street, a young woman was looking furtively.
Wang Xiaoju held the vegetable basket in her hand and stared at Jiang Zhi's back with complicated eyes.
She already knows that the current village chief of Xujia Village is Mrs. Jiang, and she also knows that people in Xujia Village now want to build houses.
Genbao tried to take over Mrs. Jiang's house-repairing timber business, but was scolded by her mother-in-law and eldest brother. He has not spoken to the villagers for more than a month.
But a few days ago, my brother-in-law said that Mrs. Jiang’s lumber business was okay if she didn’t do it, but since so many families in Xujiacun would need to build houses and make furniture in the future, we couldn’t lose these businesses.
If Genbao can't go back and hold her, he and his wife will be driven away.
Thinking of hearing a few days ago that every family in Xujia Village can now eat, and that some people are planning to buy wood to build houses, Wang Xiaoju's heart was filled with excitement.
My parents’ food is not delicious! Now he and his wife are just servants who don't need money. They are in a dilemma whether they want to leave or stay!
Xu Errui bought meat and fish, and went to the grocery store to buy some seasonings. Then he went home with his mother and didn't pay attention to Wang Xiaoju.
Back on the mountain, the two families gathered together for a delicious meal, and one-year-old Xiao Caixia and Nini put on new clothes.
At night, the children were taken care of by the men, and the three women went to the canal to bathe.
Ever since they started making mosquito coils, Chunfeng and Qiaoyun were called by Jiang Zhi to take a bath here.
In Berkshire, women living near the water would go down to the river to bathe in summer evenings.
The sky is full of stars, fireflies are flying, and the dust and fatigue of the day are wiped away with the cool water. Chunfeng and Qiaoyun are talking and laughing in a low voice.
Peppa Pig, the wild boar, was quietly crouching not far away. It had a full meal today, and now it is just grazing.
Jiang Zhi was washing herbs by the water. This was centella asiatica picked on the roadside when he came back, preparing to make facial masks for everyone.
In the warm and humid south, this kind of grass that can be seen growing in the corners of fields and houses is known as "plant collagen" in modern times. It helps to improve the repair ability of the skin's own barrier. It is a top quality product for removing acne spots and anti-aging.
Centella asiatica, also known as Gotu Kola, Lianqiancao, and Horseshoe grass, can be beaten in a large bowl when it falls to the ground. Efficacy: Clear away heat and detoxify, digest food and harmonize the stomach, treat sores and carbuncles.
