Chapter 171 I Really Know How to Farm
"Send her back?" Xie Yong had been threatened by Xie Tingting before, and Xie Tingting was still as unkind as before.
Xie Anfeng picked up the package on the ground, opened it and saw a complete set of small clothes, small pants and a pair of small shoes inside.
"Forget it, she worked hard to make this, so just leave it alone!"
Xie Anfeng left the things behind, poured a pot of good water into the bucket, and went to the kitchen to get two buns.
He came to Xie Tingting's hut, stopped three meters away, and shouted loudly: "Xie Tingting."
Xie Tingting looked out through the crack in the door and saw that Xie Anfeng was not carrying her small package, but a kettle and two buns in his hands. He immediately came out of the house happily.
He said with a smile: "Second uncle, you are looking for me?"
"This is the good water Yan'er exchanged for. You can boil it and eat the buns. Don't make small clothes anymore. The fabrics in Zuyiying are limited. This is not your home. If you touch something you shouldn't, you will get into big trouble."
He didn't want to have much contact with the descendants of old Shen, so after giving them a reminder, he turned around and left.
Tiffany Xie had been thirsty for two days and one night, and finally she had some safe drinking water. She drank half a pot of water in one breath and couldn't help but burst into tears.
She wiped away her tears, carefully poured the water Xie An gave her into the earthen jar, hid it, ate the two buns, lay down on the earthen bed, and quickly fell asleep.
The bell for work rang in the morning, and Xie Anfeng, Xie Ning, Xie Yong, and Xie Yanyan all went to work. Although they had signed the contract, they still had to go to work.
In addition to soldiers, there were also many fugitives from other places in the military reclamation camp.
People like General Zhao, Zhang Hengliang, and Cui Yu did not know how to work in the fields. The captain of the military reclamation camp was Song Xingcheng, a man in his 40s. He announced the rules to everyone and assigned farm work.
Today's farm work is harvesting summer rice.
Each person was allocated a sickle. They were no longer officials, nor were they young masters and ladies who had never had to work in the sun. From today on, they were self-reliant workers.
"New team members, you are lucky. This is summer rice. The water in the field has been drained. You can avoid leeches."
Dongguan County has a tropical rainforest climate, and rice is planted at least twice a year. Spring rice is planted in March, and harvesting begins in mid-June. After harvesting, summer rice is planted again. Because summer rice will be planted next, the water in the fields will not be drained.
When harvesting rice in spring, one has to step on water in the fields and endure the bites of leeches and other insects in the water.
Harvesting summer rice is much more comfortable because the next season of spring rice is not planted until half a year later, so the water will be drained, the fields will be dry, and at least there will be no annoying leeches biting you.
Seeing everyone grabbing sickles, Song Xingcheng called out to Xie Anfeng and said, "Xie Anfeng, Zhang Chenshi said that your family has contracted a separate plot of land, so you don't have to participate in the rice harvest."
He told Xie Anfeng that he could use the farm tools from the military reclamation camp, but if there was a conflict with the military reclamation camp, the military reclamation camp would have priority.
"Come on, I'll take you to claim the farmland you're going to plant." Song Xingcheng led the way and asked as he walked, "How many acres do you plan to plant?"
Xie Anfeng originally wanted to plant 10 acres of military land and reclaim some of it himself.
Xie Yanyan asked first: "How many acres of land can you spare now? We want a whole piece."
Song Xingcheng glanced at Xie Yanyan. He had heard about the deeds of this little girl. It was said that this girl had been appointed as a servant under the governor. It was she who invented the curved plow, and she could also cure colds and fevers.
"There are tens of thousands of acres of military land. Zhang Chenshi said we will give you as much as you want. If you want to reclaim wasteland, there is plenty of wasteland. You can do whatever you want."
"Then give us 50 acres first."
As soon as Xie Yanyan said this, Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning felt nervous.
[50 acres, Yan'er, do you know how much 50 acres of land is?]
[Once it is determined that 50 mu of land will be planted, Zhang Hengliang will harvest the grain according to the 50 mu of land]
Xie Yan suddenly looked at Xie Anfeng and said, "Father, if we only plant 10 mu of land and hand in 16 dan of grain, the remaining grain will not be enough for our family to eat."
Song Xingcheng smiled and said, "Xie Yanyan, for land over 10 mu, you will be charged half a stone per mu. For 50 mu, you will have to pay a total of 36 stones per year."
If you can't handle the 50 acres of land and fail to hand in the grain, you will be fined.
"Just 50 mu of land." Xie Yanyan looked at Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning, "Listen to me."
Xie Ning felt that it was too risky. His sister was smart, but farming was not something that could be done well just by being smart.
Xie Anfeng walked for a while in silence, then said firmly, "Just listen to Yan'er."
Song Xingcheng looked at the family and shook his head slightly.
This family might be in trouble. How could they listen to a child?
This is a young lady who doesn't know how to farm. She thinks farming is just playing house. She's exhausted from working on 50 mu of land.
Song Xingcheng did not make things difficult for their family and directly gave 60 acres of land near the Boluo River to Xie Anfeng.
"This is 60 acres of land, close to the river, and not very regular. I will report it as 50 acres, and Zhang will collect your contracted grain according to 50 acres."
Song Xingcheng was still shaking his head when he left.
Looking at the 60 acres of land, Xie Yong finally couldn't help asking, "Sister, can you farm?"
Xie Ning also looked at her.
Xie Yanyan nodded: "I understand a little."
Xie Anfeng rationally felt that he shouldn't trust his daughter, but in his heart he inexplicably believed her.
Xie Yanyan walked around the field twice and transferred the soil in the field into the space.
"Xiao Mei, exchange for a land composition analysis."
[The soil is inherently poor and seriously lacks nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other elements needed for plant growth]
Xiaomei quickly gave the analysis results.
The space fertilizer has not been exchanged yet. I will improve the soil fertility based on analysis later.
She dared to say that among the people present, or even all the people in the military reclamation camp, no one could compare with her in farming.
If she didn't want to keep a low profile, it would have been no problem for her to lease 500 acres of land at one time.
"Father, brother, Captain Song and his men have already cultivated these 50 mu of land. We just need to prepare the land a little bit. The rice season is over, so we will plant sweet potatoes and wheat. We will use 10 mu of land to plant vegetables. I will find a way to get the seeds."
The 10 acres of land in the corner is triangular and difficult to cultivate. She suggested digging a pond. Since it is close to the Boluo River, water can be directly brought in to plant lotus roots, raise fish in the pond, and build a duck shed on the shore to raise ducks.
Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning both listened, but they were still unsure.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just this sweet potato. If Xie Yanyan hadn’t cooked it for them several times, they would have never heard of it.
This sweet potato is delicious, but what about the seeds? What about the yield?
What vegetables should I plant? Why plant so many vegetables on 10 mu of land? Who should I sell them to?
Xie Yanyan only said one sentence: "I will do it."
"Sister, sister, father, big brother!" Xie Lingyu ran around in the fields for a long time before he found out the fields his family wanted to plant.
"What's the matter? What happened at home?"
"Sister, father, the princess is here..."
When Xie Anfeng heard this, he immediately ran back.
Xie Ning was also furious: "She dares to come? This is too much!"
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