After about ten days of busy work, a heavy rain came as expected on the second day after Li Yu's wheat was stored in the warehouse.
The elderly here all have experience in predicting the weather, so Yangliu Village suffered relatively little damage.
After the rain, the villagers came out to the big field to talk about this year's harvest. They said that this year's harvest was indeed good compared with previous years.
This made Li Yu, who originally thought that the yield was low, speechless. The grain yield in ancient times was really frighteningly low.
Li Yu remembered writing a modern novel about a rural protagonist, and she researched it online. The average wheat yield per mu (approximately 800-1000 jin) has reached today.
But this era is similar to ancient China, where the wheat yield per mu is no more than 200 kilograms. It is heartbreaking to think that farmers work hard all year and still don’t have enough food to eat.
It all comes down to the question of land and fertilizer. But in her previous life, Li Yu was a homebody writing novels. Although she had seen fermented fertilizer in videos while surfing the internet, she had only glanced at it briefly.
I'd better wait until I have time to conduct experiments to verify it.
There is no need to rush this. Now that the busy summer harvest is over, Li Yu is making plans for Lin He's studies.
This was a big deal, so Li Yu told Lin Hai directly, "First, arrange your brother's studies before you start your business. Otherwise, it will be too chaotic. This is a big deal and we can't delay it."
"Mom, what do you think of me? I can still tell what is the most important thing. Nothing is more important than Ah He's studies. You can rest assured." Lin Hai replied with a smile.
Since Lin Hai said so, Yang Liu certainly had no objection.
Lin Jiang and Lin Mei also nodded in agreement.
To study, you must first choose a good school. There is a school in the village, which is opened by a poor boy and specializes in teaching the children in the village.
Lin He was already past the age of enlightenment and could read, so Li Yu planned to send him to school in town.
Li Yu was not familiar with the people in the town, so he had to ask someone for help to inquire about the school. He had to find out everything about the teacher's character, teaching quality, accommodation environment, etc.
The Roujiamo business has been good lately, and with the money from the leek dumplings, my family can now eat well. I've saved about ten taels of silver from the public treasury. Lin He's tuition should be almost paid.
But we have to ask someone about these things in the school. The most suitable candidate is Lin Hai's fourth uncle, Li Yu's uncle Lin Ziran.
It has been more than a month since Li Yu came here, but he has not met his brother-in-law yet. He only heard that he was well-educated and worked as the shopkeeper of the largest cloth shop in town, "Yunjin Textile".
He is considered the most promising of the Lin family and even the entire Yangshulin Village. He has been in the town for almost ten years. The school must know him well.
Besides, his youngest son is now 12 and is also studying.
After dinner, Li Yu asked Lin Mei, Yang Liu and Xiao Tuanzi to go to bed first. She took her three sons to the old house.
I still have to discuss it with the old man first. After all, studying is a big deal in this era, and it is even more rare for a farmer's family.
The old mansion had just finished its meal, and everyone was sitting under the eaves to enjoy the cool air. It was too hot inside at this time of year. Except for the two nieces and nieces who were washing dishes in the kitchen, everyone else was in the yard.
When Mrs. Zhong saw Li Yu coming, she quickly came out to greet him: "Why are you here at this hour, sister-in-law? You've already had dinner. I asked them to make something for you. Come in and sit down. Ah Hai and his three brothers should also sit down."
"Sister-in-law, please don't be polite. We all came here after dinner. If you want to talk about something, I really have something to discuss with my parents-in-law."
Seeing that Zhong was busy running around, Li Yu continued, "Sister-in-law, stop working. Come and sit with us." Only then did Zhong sit down.
This was Li Yu's first time visiting the old house since traveling through time, and it was pretty much as she had imagined.
The structure is not much different from hers, but it is much larger than their own house. The main house and the east and west wing rooms each have two rooms, as well as a kitchen and a utility room.
Because the two nephews are still young, even though there are ten people living together, it does not seem crowded. The whole yard is just like Zhong's personality, it is kept very clean and tidy.
Glancing at the entire courtyard structure, Li Yu thought to himself that it was worthy of being the Zhong family.
Then she heard the old lady ask her, "Second sister, you suddenly brought three children here. What happened? Do you need help?"
The old man nodded and took over the conversation. "That's right, the children's uncles and cousins are all at home. Just let them know if you need anything."
Li Yu finally came back to his senses and replied with a smile, "Mom and Dad, it's nothing. You may have heard Lin Hai talk about our breakfast business recently.
I just saved up some money and wanted to send Ah He to school, so I wanted my brother-in-law to help me find out about the schools in town."
When they heard Lin He was asked to study, everyone in the yard looked at Li Yu.
Before this, Lin Hai's family had been struggling to make ends meet, but now they can afford to support Lin He's education. So why is the breakfast stall so profitable?
Of course, no one would actually ask.
Li Yu also understood that it was normal for other families to suddenly have to support a scholar, but it was a bit too big a step for his family.
I explained, "You know I've been to the Marquis' Mansion before, so I know a bit about fresh food. A few years ago, his father passed away suddenly, and I was a bit sad and muddle-headed. It wasn't until I got knocked on the head not long ago that I finally figured it out."
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