Chapter 344 Autumn Harvest
They kept a lot of the honey for their own consumption and as gifts, and sold about 100 kilograms to Qin, the shopkeeper of Mingrentang.
The Gastrodia elata, Polygonatum sibiricum and Panax notoginseng planted in the garden are growing well, but these medicinal herbs are not annual crops and usually take about three years to harvest.
Even if Qiao Xuan used her supernatural powers, it would take two years to reap the rewards - she couldn't overdo it, otherwise it wouldn't make sense and there would be no reasonable explanation.
However, many of the Gastrodia elata that were dug up from the mountains had matured. After Qiao Xuan said hello to Shopkeeper Qin, she asked the Xu family and others to help dig up more than an acre and sell it.
The Gastrodia elata planted by her family grew very well, and they harvested more than a thousand kilograms from more than one acre.
Needless to say, the quality is top-notch.
More than two thousand three hundred taels of silver were instantly credited to the account.
Shopkeeper Qin was extremely happy and said that he would buy whatever Gastrodia elata the Shao family had in the future.
Qiao Xuan gave two hundred taels to Fang, and took out another 150 taels to distribute to the family members except Uncle Shao. Xiaoqi and Taotao got a slightly larger share, while Shao Dalang and Shao Sanlang and their spouses got the same.
Everyone was very happy. Xu was so excited that she couldn't help but count the money she had saved again in the room.
Yang Xiaoni and Shao Sanlang were so excited that they gathered together and whispered about going to the city in a couple of days to buy some delicious food. However, before they could finish their discussion, Fang took away half of the food and kept it for them.
Qiao Xuan also counted her belongings, and after removing the decimals, the total was six thousand three hundred taels.
Very good, Qiao Xuan smiled, this year’s vintage is really good.
Roses can probably bloom twice more, and after they bloom they need to be pruned again to impart supernatural powers to them so that they can continue to generate energy over the winter, recuperate, and bloom large and colorful flowers next year.
Therefore, the lipstick has to be made as soon as possible.
Xu, Yang Xiaoni, Taotao and others worked for Qiao Xuan with great enthusiasm. Although they were busy, they felt at ease.
Forty cents a day, even if they already have a lot of money, it is obviously a good deal, who would not do it?
After the first batch of lipsticks were made, the branches were trimmed and watered, and Qiao Xuan then applied wood-related abilities to them. After about half a month, the last batch of lipsticks for the year could be produced.
She roughly calculated that from the time she returned from the provincial capital to the time the last batch was made, there were about 1,500 pens.
After a quick calculation, it was very good. Her assets would be nearly ten thousand taels.
The first batch of lipsticks was ready, and within three or four days, the rice at home could be harvested.
Autumn harvest is a busier and more tiring job than spring ploughing, and the most feared thing when drying the grain is rain. It just so happens that at this time of year, dark clouds and showers often come, which can make people exhausted.
During the autumn harvest season every year, every household prays to God for good weather and they are very nervous. Only after they have finally dried the rice and stored it in the granary can they breathe a sigh of relief.
If the grain is exposed to rain while it is drying, it will turn black, and the piled up grain will ferment and then sprout, making it useless.
During the autumn harvest, everyone is scrambling for good weather. Therefore, even if you have money, it is difficult to find someone to hire for the harvest.
The eldest branch of the Shao family was lucky. When it was time to harvest, they found two families whose crops had not yet been harvested. They paid them and asked them to help for two days. With so many people working together, they were able to harvest all the millet.
It was really a whole family working together. Qiao Xuan and Fang cooked, looked after the children, and did various housework at home, while Taotao, Xiaoqi, and Shao Yunduan all went to the fields.
(End of this chapter)
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