Chapter 90 Planting Sugarcane
"We can plant it, but what are we going to do with sugarcane?" Shi Lizheng asked instead of answering.
"Perhaps...Miss Xiao can be of great use." Aunt Shi now had a blind trust in Xiao Jiuyue. She said, "Just tell me if you can plant it."
"Miss Xiao, do you really want to plant it?" Shi Lizheng sat up straight, stared at Aunt Shi and asked, "Old woman, you are not lying to me, are you?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Aunt Shi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Miss Xiao is a man of her word. You can't lie to me, right?"
Although the Xiao family had not been here for long, only half a year, Aunt Shi saw that they were completely different from Xiao Song and the others. Miss Xiao led the villagers to make money, and even if a child startled the carriage, she would never give the child dozens of beatings like Mrs. Gan did. Instead, she would worry about whether the child was hurt.
"No, I have to go to the Xiao family." Shi Lizheng stood up excitedly and was about to go out.
"Wait a minute." Aunt Shi grabbed him and pulled him back. "Old man, don't you see what the weather is like outside? It's already so late, and you're still going to the Xiao family? Will Miss Xiao even see you?"
Aunt Shi grabbed his hand, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Why are you so excited about planting sugarcane?"
"What do you know?" Shi Lizheng looked outside. It had snowed a few days ago, and now that the snow was melting, it was freezing cold outside. He sat back down and said, "I'll go find Miss Xiao early tomorrow morning."
"How can I understand if you don't tell me?" Aunt Shi stared at him and asked, "Just tell me quickly! I'm so anxious!"
"Go to sleep, you'll know tomorrow." Shi Lizheng got up and went into bed. Aunt Shi followed him, but when she wanted to ask more, she could only hear Shi Lizheng's snoring.
"This old man is really only concerned with sleeping." Aunt Shi thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. She murmured, "I'll go with you tomorrow. Isn't it better to know?"
It's dawn.
Aunt Shi tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep. When she woke up, Shi Lizheng was no longer beside her. Aunt Shi changed her clothes and ran out while asking, "Where's your father?"
Shi Youmin was chopping wood and looked up and replied, "He's going out."
"This damn old man." Aunt Shi didn't even have time to eat breakfast and ran out in a hurry.
Shi Youmin carried the axe and looked at her anxiously: "Mom, the porridge is still in the pot!"
"I'm not eating anymore." Aunt Shi ran all the way to the Xiao family's old house. When she arrived, she saw Shi Lizheng saying excitedly, "Miss Xiao, this is such good news. I have to tell Old Wang right away."
"Okay. When the time comes, please invite Li Zheng Wang to come over and sign an agreement to expand the sugarcane planting this year." When Xiao Jiuyue was making canned oranges last year, she almost bought up all the sugar in the entire Lancang County!
If she could buy sugarcane and make sugar herself, she would never lack sugar no matter what candied fruit or dessert she made.
At this time, Xiao Jiuyue had not expected that just because she wanted to save trouble and make sugar by herself, Wan'an County would become the major sugar-making county in the entire Hongdu, and the villagers would never suffer from poverty again.
"Miss Xiao, thank you!" Shi Lizheng bowed to Xiao Jiuyue. Their Fu'an Village and Wan'an Village were like brothers in distress!
They live in Fu'an Village, and they have a lot of oranges, but they don't make any money.
Wan'an Village has a lot of sugarcane, and they make some money from it every year. They often go to the county together, and sometimes they make an appointment to go to the provincial capital to sell these things. Once, when they were coming back from the provincial capital, they encountered robbers and almost lost their lives. He and Wang Lizheng had a life-and-death friendship.
"Shi Lizheng, there's no need to be so polite. I'm just worried about not being able to find anyone to grow sugarcane." Xiao Jiuyue chuckled. It was like she was sleepy and someone brought her a pillow. This helped Wan'an County as well as herself.
"Miss Xiao, I'll go find Li Zheng Wang now." Shi Li Zheng was afraid that the night would be long and he would have more trouble, so he went to Wan'an County immediately.
Aunt Shi caught up and asked, "Old man, what happened?"
"I'm going to Wan'an County." After Shi Lizheng said this, he felt that walking was too slow and started running.
Aunt Shi: “…” Did she make a wasted trip?
Xiao Jiuyue looked at Aunt Shi and solved her doubts. Xiao Jiuyue took advantage of the good weather and went to the fields. Looking around, he saw that the cabbages were planted in a field, as if they were lined up in rows.
"Miss." Yu Ge spotted Xiao Jiuyue with his sharp eyes and immediately stepped forward to greet her. "Miss, yesterday we harvested a total of 1,000 kilograms of radishes, but we've only harvested less than one-tenth of them. The remaining 1,000 kilograms have already been delivered to the workshop."
"Yeah." Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly, looking at Yu Ge who was covered in mud, but the smile on his face was sunny and positive, as if he had endless energy to work.
"Yu Ge, those extra vegetable leaves can be sent to the house to raise chickens and ducks." Xiao Jiuyue made the arrangements, not at all like a delicate young lady who had never done housework.
Aunt Shi said, "Miss Xiao, you have so many vegetable leaves that even if the chickens and ducks eat them with all their might, they won't be able to finish them all."
"It's okay. We have rabbits, cattle and sheep at home. Eat them slowly. What's left can be used as fertilizer." As Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, Aunt Shi was surprised: "These vegetable leaves can be used as fertilizer?"
"Of course you can. Not only vegetable leaves, but also rice washing water, bean soaking water, bean dregs, anything without salt can be used for compost." Xiao Jiuyue explained this clearly: "A layer of soil, a layer of leaves, and a layer of vegetable leaves, the resulting compost can be used as base fertilizer."
"What is compost? What is base fertilizer?" Aunt Shi's eyes were blank, and her eyes seemed to be saying, she has been farming all her life, how come she doesn't know what base fertilizer is?
"Compost is made from piles of straw, fallen leaves, and the like. Once it's well-rotted, it can be used as base fertilizer. For example, when you're plowing the fields for spring sowing, right? Adding this compost to the soil can enrich the soil and help our rice plants produce more grains."
Even with Xiao Jiuyue's simple answer, Aunt Shi was still confused: "This, this is also from a book?"
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue answered affirmatively. These words were not only told to Aunt Shi, but also to the Xiao family. Otherwise, how could she explain that she, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family who never left the house, also knew how to farm?
Aunt Shi was skeptical.
Xiao Jiuyue didn't say anything more. As long as she waited for a good harvest of rice this year, she wouldn't have to worry about the villagers not following her in the future!
Food, let alone in the backward Nanyue Kingdom, even in modern times, is an extremely important thing. With food and filling your stomach, you can do more things that you could not do before!
After one acre of land was cleared, Xiao Jiuyue had people start plowing the land. There was really no other way. The Xiao family had a lot of land. Even though there were many people, when it came to farming, the Xiao family's servants were not as good as the villagers!
"Miss, it's not time for spring sowing yet." When Manager Jin got the news, he specifically looked for Xiao Jiuyue.
Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly: "Manager Jin, we have to rely on ourselves. If we don't start turning the soil early, I'm afraid we won't be able to plant in time!" Productivity is low, there are no various farming machines, and we have to rely entirely on manpower, so we can only race against time!
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