In the morning, everyone who received the meat yesterday came to Zhang Hulan's house and gave her feedback on the taste of the braised meat. No one said it was bad, and they all said they had never eaten such delicious meat.
Around noon, Zhang Hujun, Zhang Hubing and others came back.
Zhang Hubing was very excited. In the past few days, they dug more than 150 kilograms of Polygonum multiflorum and picked up more than three kilograms of cicada shells, and sold them for a total of more than three taels of silver.
But when it came to dividing the money, Zhang Hubing and Xiang Chunhua were no longer happy.
There were four people in Zhang Hujun's family, while Zhang Hubinghe and Xiang Chunhua were the only two people. Zhang Hujun and his family got a little over two taels, while Zhang Hubing and his wife only got a little over one tael.
However, Zhang Hubing and Xiang Chunhua didn't say anything, as they had already agreed with them that the money would be divided based on the number of people.
Zhang Hubing and his wife were actually quite happy. Zhang Hubing said cheerfully, "We have earned more than one tael of silver in just a few days. If we continue to work like this for a long time, we will become rich!"
Wang said, "You are just dreaming. Do you think you can never dig up all this stuff? Do you think it will grow back immediately after you dig it up?
I heard from your sister that it takes several years for this thing to grow and it takes several years to be found again. And it is not available everywhere. If you want to make a fortune by digging this, don’t dream about it.”
Zhang Hubing was immediately deflated. His dream of getting rich was shattered so quickly.
Zhao Guoliang, Zhang Hujun and others also returned to the village one after another.
As soon as Zhao Guoliang came back, he called a meeting of all the villagers.
What we are talking about is naturally the matter of regenerated rice.
When all the villagers arrived, Zhao Guoliang said loudly: "Today, the county magistrate called a meeting of all the village heads in the county and said something very important. When you are harvesting rice, let the rice stalks grow longer, and apply fertilizer and store water immediately after harvesting the rice."
A villager immediately asked: "Li Zheng, why is this happening?"
The other villagers didn't know why they did this.
Zhao Guoliang said: "This is what the county magistrate asked for, and it is also for the good of everyone."
"The county magistrate said that the court has sent officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to give us guidance. After we harvest one crop of rice, we can harvest another. This way, we can harvest more millet, which will be enough food for us to survive the winter."
"Can we harvest another crop?" The villagers were talking about it.
"Li Zheng, is this true? Can we really collect another batch?"
Zhao Guoliang said: "How could the county magistrate be wrong in what he said? Moreover, the court has sent someone to give us instructions, so it cannot be wrong. The court also made such arrangements so that we can safely get through this winter."
Another villager asked: "How long will it take for the next crop to be harvested? How much can be harvested?"
"It will be ready in about two months, which is October."
"The county magistrate said that under normal circumstances, one mu of land can yield about 150 to 200 kilograms; but this year's yield is not good, and one mu of land is estimated to yield only 30 to 50 kilograms."
"But this is still a lot. Each family can at least harvest a few hundred kilograms of millet, which will definitely be enough to last until next year."
"What about the winter wheat? If we don't rest these fields, I'm afraid there won't be much wheat harvest next year, right?"
"Let's get through this winter first." Zhao Guoliang said, "Although we still have some millet harvest, can we last until next summer? What will we eat in the first half of next year? The court will not issue relief grain anymore."
"As for the winter wheat, the county magistrate has also made arrangements. After the meeting, everyone can go to the mountain to pick tree leaves and throw them into the pit. You can also dig a few more large pits for composting..."
Zhao Guoliang carefully explained to the villagers the methods of composting that Zhang Hulan had told Liu Demao. Some villagers were skeptical, but since this was the request of the county magistrate, the villagers had no choice but to do as Zhao Guoliang said.
On the way home, Zhang Hubing said, "Brother, can the second crop of millet really grow? Aren't the second crop just empty shells?"
Zhang Hujun said: "Since the county magistrate said it's OK, then it should be OK."
Zhang Hubing said, "I'm afraid that my work will be in vain and I will delay planting winter wheat."
Zhang Hubing's worries are also the worries of other people in the village. Everyone is worried that their work will be in vain.
Li asked, "Dad, are we going to dig Polygonum multiflorum this afternoon?"
"Dig, if you don't want to dig, leave the composting to you and Dahua. Xiaojun, I and Laoer will continue to dig Polygonum multiflorum."
Wang agreed, "That's right, you guys continue to go to my He Shou Wu, you can earn as much as you can."
In the afternoon, Zhang Hujun and his team continued to climb the mountain, and Zhang Hulan also took Zhang Xinyao and others to help.
There were leaves everywhere, but the villagers didn't run to the mountains outside the village to pick them like Zhang Hujun and his friends.
Wang, Li, Xiang Chunhua and others each had a backpack, and all the children in the family went out to help pick leaves.
Several children were picking leaves and playing in the woods, laughing and playing. Listening to the children's laughter, Wang and her friends felt a lot younger.
Zhang Xinyue suddenly shouted: "Mom, come quickly..."
Zhang Hulan thought something had happened to Zhang Xinyue, so she hurried forward to see.
Zhang Xinyue pointed to a tree not far in front of her and said, "Look, mother, those two birds are fighting."
Zhang Hulan has already seen it.
The other children also looked up and watched the two birds fighting.
Zhang Hulan looked carefully and found that one of the birds looked like an owl, but it looked small, so it should be a juvenile. There was also a dark gray bird that she didn't recognize, but it also looked like a juvenile.
The gray bird was so fast that the owl could hardly keep up.
Owls are beneficial birds that specialize in catching mice.
Zhang Hulan picked up a stone and threw it at the tree, trying to separate the two birds.
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