The county magistrate happily returned to the county government office with the seeds and the idea of "a barrel of ginger mountain".
Xu Yin simply divided the few remaining seeds and gave each member of the literacy class a handful.
"Did you see these seeds? Even the county magistrate cherishes these seeds. You should take them home and cultivate them carefully. Whoever plants them well will be rewarded with a lotus head. When the lotus roots are harvested in autumn, you can pick one."
"Oh - we also have rewards!"
This made the cubs like Goudan who didn't get the top three rewards cheer happily, carefully took the seeds, and went home to cultivate them.
Their family members learned that even the county magistrate attached great importance to these seeds, so how could they not support them?
Not only did they support it, but they also rushed to take care of it, for fear that the little cub would be injured and the seeds would be damaged. It would be a small thing to lose the reward if they couldn't plant them later, but a big thing to waste the seeds of the Western Region.
A small handful was left, and Xu Yin planted it in a separate experimental field in her own vegetable garden.
Of course she knew what kind of seeds they were, including cauliflower, onion, tomato, sweet potato, strawberry, kale and so on.
Yes, she included sweet potato seeds, the king of high-yielding crops.
Sweet potatoes can usually be grown directly from tubers, but the tubers are too big. Comrade Xiaojin was with her when she bought the seeds in Chunzhou Prefecture, so she couldn't make any small moves.
Fortunately, I had a bag of high-quality sweet potato seeds in my hand. I forgot which little world stocked them, so I took them out and mixed a few seeds into them, hoping that more people would be fed.
During this period, collective lotus ponds were established in Xiaowa Village.
It's just that although it's called a lotus pond, we won't be planting lotus roots this year and will be raising ducks first.
The hatched ducklings are placed in a duck shed built next to the lotus pond. When they grow up, they go to the rice fields to weed and eat insects. When the rice fields are drained, they are allowed to freely forage in the lotus pond.
With the collective lotus pond, the villagers have finished their summer harvest and have work to do without having to go to town to work part-time. They communicate with each other every day about how many work points they have earned and look forward to how much money they can share at the end of the year.
Once life is fulfilled, the unhappiness caused by trivial matters will be less, and the small and large villages under Li Zheng's jurisdiction will be harmonious.
Xu Yin didn't notice the changes in the village. The lotus flowers in her lotus pond were blooming!
The pink flower buds rush to bloom around the time of the summer harvest. The large white petals with pink inside open in layers, revealing the bright yellow stamens.
So, after finishing the summer harvest, Xu Yin would come to the lotus pond every morning.
Comrade Xiaojin was sitting in the pavilion fishing, and she sat next to him with her chin propped up to enjoy the lotus.
Watching the lotus blossom from its first bloom to full bloom, watching the lotus blossom in its heart, and watching the fish playing among the lotus leaves, I felt very wonderful.
The fresh and beautiful scenery in front of her made her feel that this was a leisurely and comfortable vacation world!
In the small world of cultivation, besides collecting some water from the Spiritual Spring, Spiritual Mist and Spiritual Lake, what else is there?
system:……
That's for you to nourish your soul, not for you to replenish supplies.
"Thirsty?"
Cui Mengjin just caught a grass carp, threw it into the bucket aside, added bait, threw the fishing rod back into the lake, turned to look at Xu Yin, "Drink some water?"
He picked up the kettle on his left hand and was about to pour her a glass when he heard Li Zheng's energetic voice:
"Meng Jin——"
"Meng Jin's wife——"
Xu Yin couldn't help but laugh: "Have you ever felt that Li Zheng is getting younger and younger recently? Is this what is often said about 'people are in high spirits during happy events'?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zheng's hearty laughter came: "Meng Jin's wife, how did you guess that there was a happy event?"
"..."
What a happy event!
County Magistrate Chen allocated 500 taels of silver to their Xiaowa Village, saying that he would support them in building collective lotus ponds and related workshops.
On the surface, the collective lotus ponds in Xiaowa Village inspired the fourth prince. The memorials submitted to him about collective projects in various villages based on local conditions were appreciated by His Majesty. In fact, it was mainly the contribution of the bucket of Jiangshan.
The fourth prince has been canonized as crown prince!
He wanted to reward Cui Mengjin and his wife well, but he was worried about being discovered by other princes. Just like when he found out the existence of the couple through Zhou Zhihai, it would be more than worth the gain if he did his little tricks behind his back. So he used Chen Zhanpeng to In the name of supporting the construction of collective lotus ponds in Xiaowa Village, a silver reward was funded.
County Magistrate Chen asked Li Zheng to take out one hundred taels and reward them according to their merits to the villagers who supported the collective lotus pond project.
Xu Yin, the proposer, had the greatest credit and was allocated thirty taels. Li Zheng received 10 taels, and the remaining sixty taels were divided equally between the two villages for cleaning up the lotus pond mud in the early stage, for the strong labor force, and for providing duck seedlings. . Each person has about one or two.
There was money to be received before the Chinese New Year, and everyone's hearts became even more enthusiastic.
When County Magistrate Chen saw that Xu had only received thirty taels, he felt that it was less, but he could not regret asking Li Zheng to redistribute it, so he took out another fifty taels from his own pocket and rewarded her in the name of the seeds of the Western Regions.
Xu Yin asked curiously: "Have all the seeds you brought back been planted?"
Otherwise, why reward her?
County Magistrate Chen: "..."
Well, he sent someone to send the bag of seeds to the prince along with the idea of "a bucket of ginger mountain". In this letter, the prince did not mention this, so he didn't know whether they had been planted.
He could only say vaguely: "It's being tested."
Xu Yin thought that he was busy with official duties and didn't pay attention to the progress, so he didn't care.
Those seeds have been cultivated through several generations of screening and selection of the best, and their survival rate is extremely high.
She was worried that after it was planted, people would not know how to eat it and it would be wasted, so she asked the county magistrate to move it to her backyard.
"Sir, this was planted by a peasant woman using the remaining seeds, but the time is still short. Currently, only these types are mature...
This should be a fruit. It tastes sweet and juicy. It is often visited by birds before it is ripe. Adults can try it, because there are not many, and the remaining women plan to save seeds and plant them next year.
The peasant woman didn’t know what this flower-like vegetable was called. It looked like a flower, so she simply called it cauliflower. The peasant woman and the head of the household had already tasted it, and it tasted okay. Adults took a few back to try it out.
This red fruit, women originally thought it was a fruit. It tastes sour and sweet when eaten raw. Unexpectedly, it can also be made into dishes. It is delicious in scrambled eggs and soup..."
County Magistrate Chen clicked his tongue in amazement: "I didn't expect that the dishes in the Western Regions are so... uh, strange. Some look like flowers, and some look like fruits..."
He decided to write a letter to His Highness the Crown Prince when he got back. Don't throw away the fruits and vegetables as poisonous weeds and poisonous fruits just because they don't look like ordinary vegetables and fruits.
Xu Yin clicked to stop.
There is no way, the sweet potatoes and onions are still early to mature.
Especially onions, the growth process is the longest. It will be next year before they can be eaten. Then we can invite the county magistrate to come to our house to taste them. I just hope they don't use the green leaves of sweet potatoes and onions as vegetables. They eat the leaves and plow the ground before the fruits have grown, and the seeds are wasted.
(End of chapter)
