Chapter 114 Spring Ploughing Begins
After that, she immediately changed the subject to business, "Now that the snow has melted, when do you plan to go to the fields? Xinghua and the others are waiting!"
Su Tai smiled lightly, "Second Aunt, you look so anxious. As long as the ground thaws, we can start working. If they think it's okay, they can come today. We have already prepared all the farm tools."
"Ah? You are all ready!" Xu was very surprised. "Where are they? Let me go and take a look."
Su Tai quickly took her to the woodshed.
When Xu saw those brand new and sturdy shovels and rakes, she was unable to walk for a moment and was so excited that she spoke incoherently, "Then can I try it?"
"Aunt, if you want to try it, just play with it. This farm tool won't break easily anyway." Su Tai didn't care.
Xu immediately picked up the hoe and gestured, her eyes red with envy, "Who asked a blacksmith to make this? It's so useful! How much is it?"
Su Tai looked apologetic, "Second Aunt, these things are handled by Ayi, I really don't know, but our farm tools are all custom-made, different from those outside, and much more expensive."
"Ah? Farm tools can be customized?" It was the first time Xu heard of this.
Su Tai was helpless. "Yes! It was originally made to suit my farm work, but I got pregnant. Ayi immediately asked the blacksmith to make more. Anyway, I need help with the spring and autumn harvests this year."
Xu nodded thoughtfully, "That makes sense. I don't think you can help much even next year!"
Su Tai doesn't look like she can work at all. The child will be small next year, so she will be lucky if she can take good care of him.
After getting the OK from Su Tai, Xu left.
The next day, Huang Xinghua and her group gathered outside Su Tai's house.
Since most of the people who came were women, Su Tai went out to talk to everyone on behalf of Chen Yi.
"All the aunties, sisters and grandma should have heard what my second aunt said. The daily wage is 30 yuan. Just come to me to collect it after the work. Of course, I also have arrangements for everyone's daily work.
It takes at least three or four days to clear twenty acres of wasteland, so I hope you can clear the twenty acres of wasteland in four days, and then spend another day fertilizing the land, and then turn the land every day, and wait for half a month before sowing. "
Huang Xinghua calculated the time silently and nodded slightly, "This won't delay the spring ploughing, but I'm afraid there won't be enough manure to fertilize the fields."
Every household saves feces to make fertilizer, and no one has extra fertilizer.
Su Tai nodded and said with a smile: "We will take care of this matter. You just need to help open up the wasteland first. I have prepared the farm tools. Come and get them, and then come to me to register."
After saying that, Su Tai went back to the house, took a wooden board and charcoal, sat on the stone bench in the yard and began to record.
When everyone saw that she could still write, they immediately looked at Su Tai with more respect and caution.
Huang Xinghua even stuttered when she spoke, "Chen Chenyi's wife, what else should we do?"
Su Tai looked up and smiled at her gently, "Auntie, just call me Su Tai. Choose the tools you are good at and come to me to register. Chen Yi will take everyone to the wasteland in a while. He will tell you what to do. Today, let's get rid of the stones and weeds on the wasteland first."
Su Tai registered very quickly, and everyone became more respectful.
After she finished registering, Shen Yi led the group out the door.
As soon as everyone left, Su Tai immediately went to the kitchen to light a fire.
Although they told us in advance that they might not provide meals, the first day of work couldn't be without any ceremony, so they had to provide something to eat for everyone.
Of course, she didn't dare take out the white flour at home, so she could only get some wheat to the transfer station to process it into rough flour.
Then I went to Mu Shikong Vegetable Store to buy some cabbages and made cabbage brown flour pancakes for everyone.
It just so happened that there was some unused lard residue left over from refining the lard. If I mixed the residue in, it would at least add some oil and water.
The cooking time passed extremely quickly, and by the time Su Tai finished making pancakes for the number of people, it was already past noon.
She hurriedly took out a rattan basket and called Xu to come over for help.
Xu had never expected that Su Tai would prepare so many coarse flour cakes. She couldn't help but feel distressed. "You said you all paid him 30 cents for his work, why did he prepare so many cakes for him?"
"Second Aunt! This is the first day, I just want a good start, there's nothing meaty about it, please help me!" Su Tai acted coquettishly.
Xu couldn't do anything about her. She shook her head, grabbed the two rattan baskets, and walked away quickly.
Su Tai tried her best to chase after him but couldn't catch up.
The two of them arrived at the wasteland, and Xu shouted at the top of her voice. Huang Xinghua and others came over, and were surprised to see that Su Tai had prepared cakes for everyone.
Xu explained hurriedly, "Today is the first day, and our little Tai said that we want a good start, so we'll give everyone a meal today."
Huang Xinghua took the pancake and found it was still hot. The pancake was big and thick, and one was enough for the couple to have a meal. She put the pancake carefully into her clothes and worked even harder.
Su Tai stood on the edge of the field and looked out, and said to Xu: "They are really fast. One person can turn over an acre of land in one day."
"That's right! If this wasn't a wasteland, their speed would be even faster. If they work for another day tomorrow, the first plowing will be done, and the second plowing will be much faster. It won't be a problem to finish two acres of land in one day. You can also prepare fertilizer." Xu reminded.
Su Tai went back and immediately entered the water space-time. There was a large quiet lake here and as much river mud as needed to make fertile fields!
I just don’t know how to sell this river mud?
She returned to the transfer station in disappointment, turned on the water time and space, looked carefully at the rules and regulations, and found that they actually made requirements for this.
Capturing creatures in the water space-time costs one virtual currency for each one, regardless of the size of the species. If you are picking water plants, it costs ten virtual coins per pound, and one ton of river mud costs ten virtual coins.
She looked at the price carefully again, and after confirming that she was not mistaken, she immediately ran to the medium tool vending machine to rent a fully automatic long-arm excavator and started digging river mud frantically.
All the excavated river mud was stored in several large wooden barrels in the yard. These barrels were bought by Shen Yi from the villagers specifically for excavating river mud.
By the time Su Tai had filled several wooden barrels, Shen Yi and the others had returned.
Su Tai quickly paid everyone their wages, three hundred and sixty coins for twelve people.
Huang Xinghua and the others were all smiling happily when they received the money, and they all said they would come over to help early the next morning.
Su Tai sent the people away and immediately took Shen Yi to look at the river mud. "I used a special method to fish it from the lake where we fish. It's better than the mud in Daxun River."
Lakes in water time and space are relatively calm, and the settled river mud is more effective in fertilizing fields.
Shen Yi didn't expect his daughter-in-law to act so quickly. He smiled bitterly and pushed the barrels to the ground while the river mud was still wet, watering the good and bad fields at home first.
Three days later, all twenty acres of wasteland were reclaimed.
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