Chapter 110 No More Cotton
Huang Xinghua's expression eased a little, and she began to arrange things for the beginning of spring. "The eldest, second, and third children go to the fields to help your father farm, and the fourth and fifth children stay at home to take care of their younger siblings and grandma, and cook a meal by the way."
Although her mother-in-law is blind and can't help with anything, she can at least help hold the younger one and put the child to sleep. The fourth or sixth child can cook by standing on a stool, and the fifth or fourth child can feed the chickens and pick wild vegetables.
The children had no objection to Huang Xinghua's arrangement.
The situations of the other families were similar to that of the Chenmu family. As long as the Xu family came to them, no one would refuse.
When Shen Yi and Shen Zhuang returned from the village chief's house, Xu's side also found six women working.
The three of them discussed it and decided that calling a few more men would be enough.
In early February, the ten acres of cotton planted by Su Tai were harvested, and she got four thousand kilograms of it.
She kept all the four thousand kilograms of cotton and made several thin spring and autumn quilts and several thick winter quilts. The rest was made into thin summer cotton cloth, medium-thick spring and autumn cotton cloth, and some thick winter cotton cloth and fine yarn net using fully automatic looms.
Keep a small amount of cotton for future use.
With these quilts and cotton fabrics, she doesn't need to grow cotton in the next few years.
She also has a new plan for the ten acres of fertile land - growing sugarcane.
The land in Langya State was extremely barren, crops were monotonous, and the only sugar they consumed on a daily basis was maltose.
Honey is also considered a kind of sugar, but unfortunately only rich people can afford it. It is a luxury for ordinary people to eat maltose. If they need to eat something sweet on a daily basis, most of them will go into the mountains to get sweet wild fruits.
Of course, in this time and space, there are other sugars besides maltose. For example, Longxia Kingdom has brown sugar. Unfortunately, the two countries are constantly at war, and brown sugar is difficult to circulate to Langya Kingdom. You can occasionally see some on the market, but the price is ridiculously high, and there is no price in the market, so people can only admire it from afar.
The first step in growing sugarcane is to buy seeds.
Su Taixing hurried to the seed shop and said, "Boss, I want sugarcane seeds, ten acres."
The boss looked at her in surprise. "Miss, why are you buying sugarcane seeds? Usually only students from agricultural colleges buy these, and they are used for experimental research. Are you also an agricultural student?"
Su Tai's eyes were filled with confusion, and she shook her head honestly, "I just want to grow sugarcane."
The boss laughed and said, "If you want to grow sugarcane, you'd better buy sugarcane seedlings. They are easier to grow and the harvest time is shorter. You're just fooling around by buying sugarcane seeds!"
Su Tai really didn't understand these professional agricultural knowledge, so she blushed and left in anger.
After leaving the seed shop, she became worried again. Where could she buy the seedlings?
As she was thinking, she walked to the vegetable store next door and asked, "Boss, do you have sugarcane seedlings?"
The boss gestured and said a lot, but unfortunately, due to the constraints of time and space, it became garbled text.
However, Su Tai still saw some clues from it.
After returning from Wood Time and Space, she immediately found Shen Yi and asked, "Brother Shen, when is the big market?"
"What? You want to go to town?" Shen Yi put down the work in his hands and spoke to Su Tai seriously.
Su Tai shook her head, her expression serious, "No, I don't want to go to the market, but I need you to help me sell the vegetables, the sooner the better."
Shen Yi fell into deep thought, “If that’s the case, it’s better to go to the restaurant, inn, or restaurant and ask. It will be much easier if they accept it.”
Su Tai's eyes lit up.
Seeing her eager look, Shen Yi smiled dotingly, “Prepare the dishes, I will go to Dahe Town to ask tomorrow morning.”
After getting the promise, Su Tai went back to Mu Shikong Vegetable Store. This time, she wanted some of everything she saw, but she didn't dare to go too far and didn't take the ones with big green leaves.
I only ordered one basket each of cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, and corn, and spent a total of one thousand virtual coins.
When Shen Yi saw the vegetables, he didn't ask any questions. He quickly loaded the vegetables onto the ox cart and rushed to Dahe Town.
The first place he went to was the dyeing workshop.
It was a cold day and Uncle Qi didn’t have much work to do. When he saw Shen Yi pulling a cart of vegetables over, he was so happy that he didn’t even bother to greet him and went to find his boss.
The owner of the dyeing factory was a wealthy man in the town, his surname was Pu.
Mr. Pu is very wealthy and has no shortage of money, but unfortunately there are some things that cannot be bought with money, such as the tender vegetables in the snow.
He had been eating pickles and meat for the whole winter and was feeling sick of it. When he heard Uncle Qi say there were some fresh tender vegetables, he rushed over despite the wind and snow, and hugged the vegetable basket on Shen Yi's ox cart, feeling so moved that he felt like he had seen his own mother.
The look of determination made Shen Yi happy in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on his face. He just asked calmly: "Master, do you want to buy some vegetables?"
"Buy, buy, buy! What vegetables do you have and how are they sold?" Mr. Pu walked around several vegetables and found that he had only seen Chinese cabbage and didn't recognize the others. However, they looked juicy and delicious.
Chen Yi pointed at the cabbage and cauliflower and said, "Master, these two are weighed, each is about the same size, one is 15 wen, the flower-like cauliflower, the big one is 18 wen, the small one is 12 wen, and the corn is 10 wen, it's so sweet!"
Uncle Qi was listening at the side and smacked his lips in amazement, muttering quietly: "This is too expensive!"
Master Pu smiled as if he had gotten a great bargain, "Not bad, not bad! But how do you cook these dishes? How long can they be kept?"
Shen Yi quickly replied, "As long as it is not left outdoors to freeze, it won't be a problem to keep it for ten days or half a month. Of course, the longer it is kept, the worse the taste will be. I will come here to sell vegetables recently. I still suggest that you buy as much as you can eat, and buy more if you like it."
"Good, good, good! You are a sincere person! The master will remember you!" Master Pu was very happy. He held his big belly with both hands and stretched his head, saying: "Then give me five of each of these, and ten corns."
Uncle Qi immediately went back and brought out a large rattan basket.
Shen Yi picked the most beautiful dishes and put them in in front of them.
In fact, these vegetables are almost flawless and not too worm-eaten.
Mr. Pu was very satisfied and paid the money readily.
Uncle Qi helped Master Pu bring the dishes into the house, and when he turned around, he found that Shen Yi had not left yet and was waiting for him.
"Anything else?" Uncle Qi came out jogging, and explained in a low voice, "Don't take what I said just now to heart."
After all, he works in a dyeing factory, so he must side with his boss and not let his boss think he is a traitor.
Chen Yi raised his mouth with amusement, "I understand, Uncle Qi, you don't need to explain. Take this dish back and try it. My wife said that corn is very sweet. You can just boil it in water or make soup."
"How can this be so embarrassing!" Uncle Qi declined.
Shen Yi insisted, and after a while of politeness, Uncle Qi accepted the things.
The next stop Shen Yi went to was the Jixiang Inn.
Shopkeeper Li greeted Shen Yi as soon as he saw him, "Come to town for business? Stopping for a meal or staying overnight?"
Shen Yi shook his head, stepped forward and asked, "My family uses the greenhouse to grow some vegetables, not much, do you want them?"
"Where is it? Let me see." Shopkeeper Li put down the account book and quickly walked around the counter.
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