Chapter 37 The First Pot of Gold in the Family
"Soaking seeds in water? I've never heard of that!" Sang Yong frowned, looking doubtful.
Su Chunlin glanced at him and shrugged, "Then I don't know!"
Sang Yong was very dissatisfied with his answer, and his tone became a little impolite, "You must be hiding something!"
Su Chunlin laughed angrily, "You said I was hiding something, but why didn't you say there was something wrong with the grain sold in the grain shop in town? It's dry and shrunken, and you can tell it won't sprout, but it's still sold for 100 coins per pound! What a rotten thing!"
"Who are you scolding?" Sang Yong rolled up his sleeves angrily, and shouted with a red face and thick neck: "Mr. Town Magistrate, he scolded your father-in-law like that and you don't care?"
Liu Tiechui just felt relieved and didn't want to get involved at all. Unexpectedly, he was pushed out by Sang Yong. He immediately glared at him in dissatisfaction, "Did he say something wrong?"
"You!" Sang Rong choked, his eyes bloodshot with anger, and he left Dongmen Village in rage.
Su Changfu whispered, "The town official is so tough. If Sang Rong tells Mr. Ma what you said, it might affect your relationship with your wife."
Liu Tiechui waved his hand nonchalantly, "My wife will only scold me more harshly, that's all."
Everyone: “.”
Su Chunlin hurriedly flattered him, "Your Excellency the town magistrate is wise. I was just mad at Sang Rong, so I said something without thinking. Please don't take it personally."
Liu Tiechui didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so he said, "Hurry up and call your family to come and harvest. I want to know how much grain your family has harvested."
"Okay!" Su Chunlin went back happily to call people.
This time, even Su Tai wore a straw hat and went to work in the fields.
She missed the mole from the Earth Time and Space very much, but it was a pity that the thing could not be placed in other spaces.
It took the whole family two days to harvest all eight acres of wheat. The next step was to dry and thresh the wheat, so someone had to watch over the family.
Han asked Su Ming and Su Tai to go back, and the three of them continued to harvest soybeans and peanuts.
After all the Su family's grain was harvested, Liu Tiechui arrived with two officers.
"You two, this is Su Chunlin's family." Liu Tiechui said to the yamen runner.
The yamen runner looked at the grains in the yard and smiled, saying, "The county magistrate said that every household in the village will have some harvest this year. For the time being, we will collect grains according to the previous decree. One mu of good land will be required to pay 100 kilograms of grain, dry land will be required to pay 50 kilograms, and sandy and poor land will be required to pay 20 kilograms."
Another yamen runner flipped through the book and counted, "This family has eight acres of good land, six acres of bad land, and two acres of sandy land. The total amount of wheat they have to pay is 960 kilograms."
Su Chunlin's heart was bleeding when he heard this, and he asked flatteringly, "Sir, my family also won soybeans and peanuts this year, can I use these to pay?"
The two yamen runners were shocked. "You really grew soybeans and peanuts?"
Su Chunlin nodded wildly and personally led them to another room to take a look.
The two runners looked at each other with serious expressions. "This matter needs to be reported to the county magistrate. We cannot make the decision. You should pay 800 kilograms of grain first. We will tell you the rest after we ask the county magistrate."
Su Chunlin hurriedly did as he was told and weighed all the wheat under the witness of the yamen runners.
When the yamen runner finished recording, he was immediately shocked and said, "Eight acres of land produced eight thousand kilograms of wheat. Is there a mistake?"
Liu Tiechui, Su Changfu and others were also frightened and hurriedly weighed it again, but the data was still the same. Now everyone was getting nervous.
The yamen runner said solemnly, "And your peanuts and soybeans, bring them out for weighing as well."
Su Chunlin did as he was told.
After working for most of the day, everyone finally calculated the output of soybeans and peanuts.
Seeing the yamen runner looking doubtful, Liu Tiechui asked in confusion, "Brother, is there any problem?"
The yamen runner looked at Su Chunlin with a complicated expression and muttered to himself, "I heard that the yield of peanuts in the south is about 400 to 500 kilograms per mu, and the yield of soybeans is about 400 kilograms per mu. Su Chunlin's peanut yield is 800 kilograms per mu, and soybean yield is 500 kilograms per mu, which is far higher than other areas. This is a big deal!"
The yamen runner came to his senses and repeatedly told Su Chunlin to take good care of the grain and rush back to the county town to report.
Liu Tiechui also realized the seriousness of the matter and did not dare to leave Dongmen Village.
For a time, Su Chunlin's family became the focus of Dongmen Village.
The next day, the county magistrate Liang Shiqiu personally brought his legal advisor and a group of officials to Su Chunlin's home. The group weighed the peanuts, soybeans and wheat again, and checked them carefully to make sure there was no adulteration.
Liang Shiqiu praised Su Chunlin before telling him his purpose. "Su Chunlin, I want to buy your wheat, soybeans and peanuts. Are you willing? Don't worry, I won't let you suffer a loss. I will give you all the prices according to the outside market. Is that feasible?"
Su Chunlin felt as if a pie had fallen from the sky and hit him. His head was dizzy and it took him a while to recover. He said excitedly, "Since you have spoken, how dare I refuse? I just have a small request."
"You say." Liang Shiqiu said patiently.
Su Chunlin swallowed hard and looked at the grains. "I want to keep 160 kilograms of wheat, 40 kilograms of peanuts, and 30 kilograms of soybeans to use as seeds for next year, and then exchange them for 800 kilograms of wheat for my family to eat."
"No problem!" Liang Shiqiu agreed and immediately asked his lawyer to do it.
Although it is the autumn harvest now, the output is not large. A pound of grain in the town still costs 45 wen, and it is mixed with a lot of debris. Su Chunlin's wheat is of good quality and clean, so the county government gives him 50 wen per pound.
Peanuts and soybeans are rare commodities in their area and difficult to price. Su Chunlin did not dare to ask for a high price. In the end, peanuts were sold at 35 wen per pound and soybeans at 30 wen per pound.
In the end he earned four hundred and fifty taels.
Because the county magistrate kept praising his family's wheat, Su Chunlin suddenly thought of Shen Yi and immediately told him the situation.
The county magistrate asked his lawyer to go to Shenjiazhuang and found that the situation of Shen Yi's family was exactly as Su Chunlin said, so he immediately bought all the wheat from Shen Yi's family.
Shen Yi earned one hundred and seventy-six taels.
Everyone is happy.
Now that the family had money, Su Chunlin was worried about being targeted. In addition, the house was badly weathered and needed to be repaired before winter, so he proposed renovating the house at the dinner table.
The Su Zhan brothers were so happy that they jumped three feet high on the spot, and their joyful shouts almost echoed three miles away.
Han looked at the noisy brothers with amusement, and said thoughtfully: "Our homestead is not large, and the two brothers will have to live separately when they start a family in the future. It's only a matter of time.
Besides, where would our family live if we renovated the house? We might as well buy a bigger piece of wasteland and rebuild it."
Su Chunlin thought for a moment, then made the decision, "Okay! I'll listen to you!"
After dinner, he took his three children to Su Changxi's house and stated his intention directly.
Huang was so envious when she heard this that she asked, "Brother Chunlin, can you also help our family buy some grain seeds?"
Before Su Chunlin could answer, Su Tai responded first, "Auntie, don't worry, my father will take care of it, but it may not be so fast."
Huang was overjoyed and kept saying, "Don't worry, don't worry. We can wait until the beginning of next spring."
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