Chapter 33 Purchase of Grain Seeds
The next morning, Su Tai and Su Changfu left the village together. When they arrived at Shenjiazhuang, they found that the villagers here were also doing spring ploughing.
After all, Shenjiazhuang is next to the Daxun River. Although the Daxun River has dried up, the river has recovered somewhat with the melting of snow in the spring and the addition of meltwater from glaciers.
Shen Yi was working in the fields, and when he saw them he immediately put away his hoe and went home.
"Uncle, why did you bring Xiaotai here?" Shen Yi asked while pouring water for them.
Su Changfu was a little embarrassed, and immediately took out two taels of silver, "Chen Yi! This is the silver that Ximen Village owed you before."
Shen Yi paused, and instantly understood Su Changfu's intention, and shook his head to refuse, "Uncle, I didn't do anything, I don't want this silver, it will be troublesome if I take it."
Su Changfu smiled bitterly, "I knew you would say that, but uncle really has no other choice. The idiots in Ximen Village dug three feet deep in the places you pointed out, but found nothing. Now that spring plowing has begun, they are getting anxious. Gao Zhi, that old man, clearly knew what the villagers were doing, but he acquiesced.
Now you come to me again, what can I do? Can you find time to go and have a look? Don't worry, I will definitely let them pay you the money this time!"
Shen Yi frowned slightly, put the water down, and sat down. "Uncle, since you have come forward, I will definitely not lose face for you. But as you can see, our village is busy with spring plowing. There is not much water in the Daxun River. If it is too late and the water is cut off, the land will not be able to be planted. I must finish the work in the field before I can go with you."
"Yes, yes, uncle, I can understand. How much land does your family have?" Su Changfu was a little anxious.
Shen Yi said: "Not much, just four acres of good farmland, two days of hard work will be enough."
Su Changfu heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good. If you are too busy, uncle can help you."
"No need to trouble uncle." Shen Yi refused politely.
Su Tai chuckled at the side, "Brother Shen, I came here for the spring ploughing, and I also want to go into the mountains."
Su Changfu's expression changed, "Nonsense! Your elder brother Shen is so busy, how can he have time to accompany you into the mountains!"
Shen Yi hurriedly said, “It’s okay to go for a while.”
Su Changfu shook his head repeatedly, "Just spoil her!"
Shen Yi smiled and hurriedly took Su Tai out.
After the two entered the mountain, Su Tai told her purpose, "Brother Shen, this time my father and I went to the county town and got some high-quality grain seeds. Can you help me get more medicinal herbs? I will exchange the grain seeds with you. How about that?"
"Okay! You can do whatever you want." Shen Yi looked at the little girl beside him lovingly, indulging her without any bottom line.
Because Su Tai wanted herbs, he did not hesitate to search everywhere for them. In just one hour, he had a small pile of all kinds of common herbs.
Chen Yi was afraid of tiring her out, so he just let her stay on the side to rest and didn't let her move.
While Chen Yi was not paying attention, Su Tai sold some herbs to the automatic trading cabinet first, and then went to help dig herbs and wild vegetables. The two cooperated tacitly and did not go down the mountain until it was almost dark.
Seeing that the two men had been out for such a long time and only brought back two baskets of herbs, Su Changfu thought that the things in the mountains were about to be uprooted, and he became even more worried.
The night is rich.
Su Tai entered the Space-Time Gate Transfer Station and sold the remaining two baskets of herbs again. After working for half a day, he earned 285 coins, which was only enough to buy 35 kilograms of wheat seeds.
She was very depressed.
The next day, when he handed the wheat seeds to Shen Yi, he looked very frustrated, "Brother Shen, I wanted to help, but unfortunately I only got these wheat seeds."
Shen Yi took a look and was shocked, "Sister Xiaotai, this wheat seed."
Whether in size or color, the wheat seeds given by Su Tai are of top quality.
"Where did you get these? How much silver do you need?" Shen Yi looked concerned.
Su Tai bit her lip and said nothing.
Shen Yi sighed helplessly and took out the purse from his arms, "These are for you, see if they are enough?"
Su Tai poured out the silver coins and copper coins, and her eyes widened instantly, "Brother Shen, how much are these?"
"Seven and a half taels, and three hundred coins."
After Su Tai turned her back and silently calculated the account, she took out one and a half taels from it and returned the rest to Shen Yi, "These plus it will be enough, you can keep the rest."
"That's all?" Shen Yi's brows were almost tied into a knot. A pound of inferior grain seeds outside was sold for one hundred coins. His family's four acres of land required eighty catties, which was eight taels of silver. If it was the kind of wheat seeds that Su Tai gave him, a pound would probably cost more than one hundred and fifty coins. How could it be worth only one and a half taels!
Su Tai nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and pushed Chen Yi out of the room without saying anything, and bolted the door. Then she entered the transfer station and sold one and a half taels of silver, finally raising enough money to buy the remaining grain seeds.
After doing all this, she breathed a sigh of relief. Before leaving with Su Changfu, she told Chen Yi, "The remaining grain seeds are in the room where I live. Soak the wheat seeds in water before sowing, and transplant them after they sprout. This can save time and increase the yield. If you decide to go to Ximen Village, come to Dongmen Village to find me first. I'll accompany you to take a look."
Shen Yi felt warm in his heart, smiled faintly and nodded, "Okay! I'll listen to you."
Su Tai returned home and began to think about her plan of saving virtual currency.
When she bought the seeds this time, she only had thirty virtual coins left, which was not enough to even invest in a small spring. She had to get the money together as soon as possible to avoid being harassed by those scoundrels in Ximen Village.
It just so happened that every household was busy with spring plowing at this time, and not many people went into the mountains. No one bought the mushrooms and fresh wild vegetables in the mountains, which was a good bargain for her.
Five days passed like this, and Shen Yi arrived.
Su Tai had almost saved up all her virtual currency, so she said goodbye to Su Chunlin and his wife and followed Chen Yi to Ximen Village.
This time, Gao Zhi's attitude was completely different from last time. Not only did he try to please Shen Yi, he even praised Su Tai. Liu was even more welcoming and even served eggs on the table.
As for those annoying villagers, none of them showed up. I guess they had been warned in advance.
Shen Yi watched silently, unceremoniously dragged Su Tai to eat a meal, and then went out to check the situation.
During this period, Gao Zhi and Liu were the only ones accompanying him, and no villagers were seen.
Gao Zhi and his wife showed them around and said with a blushing face, "This is the situation. Now we don't know where to dig a well."
Su Tai whispered something in Shen Yi's ear.
Shen Yi nodded slightly and looked at Gao Zhi, "Village Chief Gao, please get two shovels so I can dig."
When Gao Zhi heard that Shen Yi wanted to dig it himself, how could he not be enthusiastic? He immediately went back with Liu to get a shovel.
Shen Yi went down to a well hole to check.
Su Tai was on top, and while no one was paying attention, he placed a small spring hole not too deep in the well.
Gao Zhi and his wife brought the shovel over, and Shen Yi started working immediately.
The water came out just after noon.
Liu crouched over the well in disbelief, looking at the glimmer of water under Shen Yi's feet, her eyes widened in astonishment, tears falling uncontrollably, "I really dug out water!"
(End of this chapter)
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