Chapter 105 Han is anxious
Su Tai loosened his grip for Ruan Xiaoyu's sake, put away his playful expression, and said, "If you ask me, I think wheat, peanuts, and soybeans can continue to be planted, but at most for two more years. It's not possible to make money from these three things."
"Why?" Su Chunlin didn't understand.
The others looked at Su Tai leisurely, not thinking that she could say anything useful.
Su Tai relied on Chen Yi's presence to teach her family a lesson, "The reason is very simple. Why did the county magistrate buy all the crops we planted two years ago at a high price? It's because of the high yield. If every household can achieve high yield, it will be a great success in the county magistrate's career, enough for him to be promoted two or three levels.
I know you will definitely ask, since we bought it in the first year, why did we buy it again in the second year? Of course, it was because the county government conducted an experiment in the first year and the results were good, but there were not enough seeds to benefit all the villages in a short period of time, so last year the county government spent a lot of money to buy our crops.
These crops have been distributed this year. In this autumn harvest, half of the villages in Zhaohua County will have a good harvest. The county magistrate must have reported the situation long ago. This year, the county government will purchase the crops at a high price again. Next year, at least one-quarter of the areas in Langya Kingdom will be able to get the crops. In another year at most, every household in the entire Langya Kingdom will be able to harvest high-yield wheat, soybeans and peanuts.
Do you think these three things will still be valuable by then?"
Her words made the whole family's face change drastically.
Han was the first to lose her temper. "What can I do? I was thinking of planting some more fields with these crops, so that your two brothers won't have to live such a hard life when they separate from the family. If you say so, I have to hurry up and buy some land!"
Su Tai nodded vigorously, "Mom, if you want to buy a field, hurry up, otherwise there won't be much land left in the village!"
After being reminded by her, Han could no longer sit still. She took the money and ran to Su Changxi's house.
Su Chunlin was calmer and just looked at Su Tai eagerly, "Girl, what do you think we can grow at home after next year?"
"Growing fruits!" Su Tai said as if it was a matter of course.
Everyone was filled with questions, "Fruit?"
Su Ming frowned, "Big sister, are you craving for fruits? There are many fruits in the mountains. If you want, I can find some for you."
Su Tai touched Su Ming's head lovingly, "Sister, I don't like fruits. Most of the fruits in the mountains are sour and astringent. The delicious ones have many defects and are really not popular. So when the time comes, we can grow some delicious fruits that we don't have here. Didn't mother buy the land? It's just right to start planting next year, while everyone's life is good, and we won't have to worry about not being able to sell them."
Su Chunlin's eyes lit up, but he didn't dare to be arrogant, but looked at Shen Yi, "What do you think?"
Shen Yi nodded with amusement, “Just do whatever Xiaotai says.”
Su Tai immediately said, "In the spring, we will buy another 20 acres of wasteland to plant fruit trees. Anyway, there is no land tax on wasteland in the first three years, so we can do whatever we want with it."
"Oh no!" Su Chunlin suddenly stood up and ran out.
Su Tai looked confused.
Su Zhanle said, "Dad must have gone to stop our mother from buying good farmland."
The couple went out for most of the day, and when they came back they were walking with the wind.
Su Tai poked her head out from the kitchen and asked, "Is it done?"
Han came running in with a look of smug delight, "We've both gone there, we've got to make it happen! I heard that almost every household in our village needs to buy land this year, and there aren't many good farmlands left. I was just nagging the village chief when your father came, saying that we don't need good farmlands, but we have to choose good wasteland.
The village chief made the decision on the spot. Our family will be the first to pick wasteland when the snow melts in the spring. Your father even said he wanted to buy 60 acres. I dare not even think about it! Can we serve him well? "
Su Tai sneered, looking relaxed, "Mom, if you can't take care of me, just buy two more oxen to help. Anyway, we can afford them. We can plant soybeans and peanuts first in the next two years, and we can also plant wheat, which can earn more.
After the autumn harvest, you can ask your father to dig mud from the Xiaoshi River, burn wheat straw and bean stalks, and mix the cow dung, sheep dung, chicken manure and other farmyard manure that we have saved into the fields. Oh! That’s right! In the spring, we can raise some pigs. If we can take care of them, we can raise three or five. The pig manure can also be used to irrigate the fields. Do you think the fields will not be fertile if we take care of them for a year?
If you don’t have enough people, you can find someone to help you. You can even provide them with two meals. If you can’t find anyone in our village, you can go to Zhongmen Village or Ximen Village. There are many people who want to take on this job, right?”
Han's heart was filled with emotion when she heard this, and she couldn't suppress the tears even if she tried hard. "Oh! If you say so, our family will soon become landlords, and I will become a landlord's wife!"
She had never dared to think of such a day before! It was like a dream.
Su Tai was so happy that she laughed out loud, "Mom, this is just the beginning! When our family settles down in a few years, Azhan and Xiaoyu get married, and A Ming is a little older, we can even open a shop in town and collect rent, even though it costs a lot of money.
But this thing is real, so if we encounter a natural disaster in the future, we don’t have to worry about starving to death, right?”
Han was dizzy with the impact of Su Tai's vision and hurriedly stopped her, "Wait a minute, girl, I dare not even think about what you said. Now let's wait until our family's 60 acres of wasteland is in hand. But we can buy cattle and raise pigs. When the time comes, these tasks will be handed over to Xiaoyu and Ming. Your father, Azhan and I will take care of the farm work. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you after the spring."
Han felt uncomfortable when this matter was mentioned.
The man my daughter married is good in every way, except that there is no one to help her, which is a big problem.
Su Tai didn't care at all, "Mom, you don't have to worry about my affairs. Although I can't help with the work in the fields, we can ask for help! Shenjia Village is different from our Dongmen Village. In the past two years, only Shen Yi and his second uncle have made money, and they are the only ones who have built houses.
There are many families in the village who don’t have enough food to eat. If we pay them 20 or 30 cents a day, we can hire a lot of people to do the work.”
"This is too wasteful!" Han frowned, looking disapproving.
Su Tai said, "Mom, do you know how much Shen Yi and I have earned in the past few months since we got married?"
"How much?" Han unconsciously moved closer to Su Tai.
Su Tai held up two fingers.
Han subconsciously asked, "Twenty taels?"
Su Tai showed a meaningful smile, "Twenty taels of silver is not worth my concern! I work so hard to make money just so that I can suffer less from the hardship of work. Do you understand, mother?"
Han shook her head speechlessly, "I don't understand. Sometimes I really can't understand why my daughter, who I raised, thinks like a daughter of a city landlord, afraid of hardship and loves to be lazy.
But I can't say anything if you two are capable of making money, but you have to be aware of where to spend your money, save when you should, spend when you should, because raising children in the future will require money!"
Speaking of children, Han immediately looked at Su Tai's belly, "No movement yet?"
Su Tai nodded innocently, "No! I told Chen Yi to go see a doctor, but he said it was not my destiny and didn't let me go."
"That won't do! You've been married for so long, how could you not be pregnant if there's nothing wrong with you? I'll take you to see Doctor Li tomorrow!"
Han's expression was serious, and Su Tai didn't dare to object at all.
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