After hearing what the village chief said, Ruoxuan explained in a sweet voice: "I also want to buy wasteland, but barren hills are cheaper. Buy one acre and get one acre free. And I want to buy barren hills to grow medicinal materials and fruit trees."
Most of the wasteland in Shaxi County is too low, and many medicinal materials and fruits are not suitable for growing in soil that is too wet, so it is better to buy wasteland.
The village chief was surprised: "Chinese medicinal materials, fruit trees? Neither of these are easy to grow, right! If you can grow medicinal materials, it would be a good thing, and you don't have to worry about selling them. But fruit trees take many years to grow, and if you are unlucky, you will not be able to grow them." If the fruit is sour, no one will buy it, and the yield of fruit is unstable. There are big years and small years. Often, one year the trees are full of fruits, and the next year the fruits are sparse, making it difficult to plant!"
"I saw someone planting sweet oranges. It took several years for the fruit trees to grow up and begin to bear fruit. But within a few years, they encountered insect pests again. The fruit trees in the entire orchard were sick and they could no longer be used! And the land could no longer be used. I’m growing oranges. I’m losing a lot! I have to pay taxes every year, it’s really not cost-effective.”
The village chief had lived for decades and had planted many fruit trees, but in the end he made a fortune. He sincerely persuaded me.
Ruoxuan knew that the village chief's grandfather also reminded her kindly, and she smiled and said: "Thank you, the village chief, I know! It doesn't matter. We can't grow herbs and fruit trees in the barren hills we bought. We can also plant other things. We can also plant trees and raise chickens. . But don’t worry, our family will definitely be able to successfully grow fruit trees and medicinal materials! If the village chief grandpa wants to grow them, he can also buy some wasteland and mountains, and I will teach you how to grow them."
If a fruit tree is grown from seed, it will of course take many years before it can bear fruit.
But Xiuxuan knows how to cultivate fruit seedlings and how to make fruit trees grow faster and better. They can bear fruit as soon as one year after planting.
Of course, which fruit tree bears sweet fruit and which fruit tree bears sour fruit, the fruit tree itself probably doesn’t even know.
Xiuxuan must choose fruit trees that bear large, sweet and abundant fruits to plant.
Xuan Bao said too much, and Mrs. Lei added to protect her granddaughter: "Don't worry, village chief, Lao Wu said that he knows how to grow some medicinal materials and fruit trees, so we plan to buy wasteland to grow medicinal materials and fruits. "
It turned out that Ruoshan understood, and the village chief stopped trying to persuade him.
Ruoshan works as a medicine boy in a medical clinic, and maybe he really learned the skill of growing medicinal materials. He is also happy for Ruoshan.
In this world, it is really difficult to find a way to make money. Growing medicinal materials is really profitable!
The village chief said happily: "That's why I should buy more. Barren hills are really cheap, one tael of silver per acre, buy one acre and get one acre free. Barren land costs 2 taels per acre. Barren hills are indeed a good deal."
Shaxi County is close to the sea, but Xishui Village is in the mountains, so there is no shortage of mountains.
So the village chief took the two of them to see several barren mountains near the village.
Ruoxuan chose two buildings that were not too high and had a relatively steep slope. The foot of the mountain was close to the water source. There was also a sandy land there, which was very suitable for growing sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops with thick roots and watermelons.
She was very satisfied and said: "Grandpa, village chief, I want these two barren mountains and the sandy land at the foot of the mountains."
Mrs. Lei was also very satisfied: "These two are really good. They are not too high. They have many places for planting and are easy to take care of."
The village chief was surprised again. Is it so much to buy two?
Even if you buy one get one free, it still costs almost two hundred taels!
He thought they planned to buy a hilltop with dozens of acres.
Sure enough, all weak families are capable and will rise up sooner or later.
"Someone in the yamen measured the two before. I remember that one was more than 160 acres, and the other was more than 130 acres. The two together were just over 300 acres. It was considered as buying one and getting one free. That piece of sand should be It’s about forty acres, and sandy land is probably cheaper, so I’ll go to the Yamen and ask about it then.”
Ruoxuan said sweetly: "Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief. When I plant fruits and raise chickens, I will send them to Grandpa Village Chief."
The village chief laughed happily when he heard this: "Haha. Okay, then I'll wait to eat the fruits grown by Xuan Bao and the chickens raised."
After determining which wastelands and mountains the weak family wanted to buy, the three of them walked towards the village.
The village chief was very happy: "I will go to the Yamen in the afternoon and help you buy the two hills and the wasteland. I will also buy some rice seeds and I will start raising rice seedlings tonight. I will try to plant three crops of rice."
Ruoxuan handed the two hundred taels of silver notes to the village chief and said: "Village Chief Grandpa does not need to buy rice seeds. Come to my house to get some when the time comes to ensure a high yield."
Plants know plants, and which rice plants have high yields can be seen at a glance.
In the past few years, the fields of weak families were troubled by evil things, and under the suppression of the rise of yin and the decline of yang, many male-sterile rice crops appeared year after year. Rice is a self-pollinating crop. If the rice itself is male-sterile, it can only be hybridized. Therefore, most of the rice harvested this season is hybrid rice. It is also nourished by her spiritual energy, colorful sacred stones and nine-day soil. Improved, as a seed it is definitely an excellent and high-yielding grain seed!
The village chief thought that this year's rice from the weak family was simply coming from behind. It ripened quickly, the grains were plump, and the yield per mu was also high, more than 500 kilograms. He was no longer polite and nodded: "Okay! I won't be polite then. "
After returning to the village, the village chief drove a real ox cart directly into the city.
After Ruoxuan returned home, she said she wanted to pick grain seeds.
Mrs. Lei asked Ruohai to help carry two sacks of rice and dump them on the bamboo mat.
When Mrs. Liu saw it, she said, "Did you pick out the grain so soon?"
Jiang also said: "Don't be so fast!"
Mrs. Lei said: "Xuan Bao said that the climate here can grow three seasons of rice. Let's pick some grains and plant them to raise seedlings."
Mrs. Lei's words shocked the whole family.
Jiang: "There is almost no rain in autumn and winter. Isn't it suitable for rice to require so much water?"
She is a native of Shaxi County and has never seen anyone growing three-crop rice.
Mrs. Lei smiled: "It wouldn't be bad to try."
When Jiang heard this, he said nothing more.
Ruohai was originally teaching a few children to practice martial arts, but when they heard that they wanted to pick seeds, they all ran over to ask for help.
Practicing martial arts is so tiring!
Uncle is too strict!
They marched until their legs shook.
Only Xiuzhou still insisted. He wanted to participate in the competition at Dengfeng Martial Arts Academy, and he was not allowed to cry out about suffering or tiredness.
"Sister, how do you choose? No matter how I look at it, I feel that every grain of rice looks the same." Wenbian held the two seeds and looked at them without seeing any difference.
"Yes! What's different?" Ruohang scratched his head, but he didn't notice it either.
Xiaobo is still comparing, trying to find a little difference.
Ruoxuan picked out two plump, golden ones with sharper ends and clearer lines and showed them to them. She explained in detail: "Do you see it? This kind is more productive!"
The three little heads shook their heads together: "I can't tell!"
Ruoxuan: "..."
Forget it, it’s up to her to choose!
In the evening, the village chief came back from the city, jumped off the bullock cart in a hurry and ran into the courtyard of the weak family:
"Sister-in-law, Xuan Bao, good news!"
Thank you to the cuties who voted~
Good night, see you tomorrow!
(End of chapter)
