"Haha, I guess you are the Uncle Pei this girl is talking about. It's too disturbing to come here. I'm just too curious about the food this girl talks about to fill her stomach, so I came to take a look."
"Don't bother, don't bother. It's all because of the drought. Unfortunately, the village built this wall. For the safety of the village, we won't let people we don't know into the village. Just now, Yao Yatou said that they are from the city. Now that the boss has arrived, you can be considered a member of our family in Xiaoxi Village. There is no need to disturb the family members when they return to their own homes."
"The weather seems to be getting cooler now, but the daytime is still a bit sunny. My boss will follow me to the village to have a cup of tea. I just hope he won't dislike the humble house."
Ji Qingyao watched Pei Mingche handle everything just right, neither flattering nor fawning, making everyone feel comfortable. Ji Qingyao helped Honggu stand aside and looked at everything in front of her, feeling at ease.
A group of people entered Xiaoxi Village. Everyone in the village who knew Ji Qingyao was greeting her. This scene made Uncle Heng feel very strange, and he thought that this girl was very popular in the village.
Secret guards had checked the information about Ji Qingyao early in the morning and sent it to his case. They found out that this girl's father was actually the imperial examiner of this dynasty. After winning the imperial examination, he did not participate in the Qiuwei examination for unknown reasons.
As for the fact that Ji Qingyao was sold by the family, the secret guard also found out clearly. He did not expect that the little girl would have such courage to seize the opportunity and open another account for herself.
He once lamented that this little girl had such troubled parents, but he never thought that this girl would live a prosperous life after setting up a female household. He could only say that the girl was a capable person.
After entering the village, Uncle Heng did not go to the village chief's house. Instead, he proposed to take a look at two crops, potatoes and sweet potatoes. Pei Ning looked at Ji Qingyao from afar and saw that the other party nodded and led the group directly to the newly reclaimed wasteland in the village.
There were many people familiar to Ji Qingyao beside the newly opened wasteland. Seeing the good temperament of the group of people beside the village chief, the villagers did not rush forward to say hello, but consciously stood aside.
Uncle Heng saw a lot of things placed on the edge of the field. He picked up a piece and looked at it. He didn't understand what it was. Only a few of its cut surfaces were dry and white, and buds had sprouted in some places.
Ji Qingyao stepped forward and briefly explained why he should do this before planting potatoes. After speaking, Ji Qingyao looked at Pei Ningyuan: "Uncle Pei, how many acres of land can be planted with the seeds collected this time?"
Pei Ningyuan couldn't hide the joy on his face when he heard this, "Girl, the things you got really opened your uncle's eyes. The one called Potato is because the piece of land you planted is a newly reclaimed wasteland, but The yield per mu is also 3,200 kilograms. Although my family planted it a few days late, the yield per mu is about the same as yours. This time our two families harvested a total of 9,500 kilograms of potatoes, which was exactly 300 kilograms distributed to each family in the village. Sow the seeds, and when the harvest comes next year, Xiaoxi Village can plant them on a large scale.”
When he said this, Pei Ningyuan paused and spoke again, "In addition, there is something called sweet potato. Although the yield is not as high as potatoes, it can still reach a yield of 2,600 kilograms per mu. Girl, if these two things are in Being able to plant it extensively in Daji Dynasty is a matter of immeasurable merit."
"Uncle Pei, yes, as long as we plant well this year and you bring the seeds to the county, the county magistrate is a good official who loves the people like his own son. I believe that in a few years everyone will be able to grow these two things for food. By then, little will add up, and every household of farmers like us who rely on crops will be able to eat these things, and they will no longer be hungry.”
Uncle Heng listened to the conversation between the two and froze on the spot. Aunt Hong had sent him news before, but she said that the yield of potatoes per mu was 2,000 jins, and the yield of sweet potatoes per acre was 1,200 jins. When he heard this Although the numbers feel different from what the little girl said, I am also very happy. Among the existing crops in Daji Dynasty, the highest yield per mu of rice and winter wheat is only 500 kilograms, and the national average yield per mu is less than 300 kilograms. .
After thinking about it for a moment, Uncle Heng understood the key. It seemed that Aunt Hong deliberately lowered the output in order to protect Ji Qingyao, but the person involved, Aunt Hong, was talking to Ji Qingyao in a low voice as if nothing had happened. Looking at her close appearance, she wanted to say something. No one believes that they are not mother and daughter.
Uncle Heng and his team inspected the land that was about to be planted, and looked at the neatly dug ditches of the same size. They felt inexplicably at ease. He didn't have to wait until next year to predict the harvest of these two crops in Xiaoxi Village.
The group of people finally went to Ji Qingyao's house. The main reason was that Ji Qingyao's house was spacious and big. When the village chief's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, knew that Ji Qingyao was back, she took several daughters-in-law to Ji Qingyao's house to clean the house and light a fire and boil water.
