Chapter 148 I have failed my family’s trust!
Although Old Master Tai and Third Master Tai guessed that the new grain would be good, they didn't expect it to be so good.
Don’t even mention that it tastes good. Even if it doesn’t, it still tastes better than tree leaves and grass roots.
Just to double the yield per acre, it must be planted in the field!
Master Tai San walked around with corn cobs in his hand. After a long pause, he finally asked tentatively, "Well...how many corn seeds did Jiye bring back? Is it enough for our family?"
In fact, he wanted to ask whether there was enough land for each family in the clan to plant. If not, each family could plant one acre.
As long as we get through this year, there will be enough seeds for next year!
Tai Jiye looked at his father, and the old man nodded.
The tribesmen were not very harmonious before, but after working and going out together for half a year, everyone gets along much better and has some cohesion.
The old man is willing to help his clansmen as long as it does not harm his own interests.
Tai Jiye then said, "I brought back over 2,000 kilograms of seeds this time. Based on six kilograms of seeds per mu of land, I should be able to plant 300 mu of land!"
Old Master Tai and Third Master Tai both did a quick mental calculation. There were thirty households in the village, and although each family had different amounts of land, the total was only about 150 acres.
In other words, there are enough seeds for every family to grow crops, and they will still be halfway wealthy!
"That's great, that's great!" Mr. Tai's eyes turned red, and he wanted to cry with excitement but tried hard to hold it back.
He patted Tai Jiye's back vigorously and praised him vigorously, "You are really amazing, the whole village is blessed by you, blessed!"
Tai Jiye chuckled, all the hardships along the way disappeared at this moment!
Grandpa Tai held his granddaughter in his arms, gave her a corn cob to play with, and asked, "Zhuzhu, this is corn! Take a look, do you like it?"
The corn cobs were quite large, and Zhuzhu's chubby little hands had to work together to hold them. She bent down and sniffed them curiously, then giggled.
"Grandpa, this is sweet and must be delicious!"
The old man's heart was completely put to rest because of his granddaughter's words.
"Zhuzhu said it's delicious, so we must plant it!"
Although Mr. Tai San also loves Zhuzhu and knows that the child is blessed, he trusts more in his vision and judgment gained from decades of farming.
Immediately, he asked for a handful of corn kernels, put them together with the corn cobs in his clothes, and went back to call his tribesmen to a meeting that night.
Such good news cannot be kept overnight!
But he wasn't completely overjoyed. As he left, he turned around and asked his old friend, "Jiye came all the way here to find these corn seeds. We can't take them for free. In the fall, one pound of seeds will give us ten pounds of corn. What do you think?"
"Okay!" The old man agreed readily, and added, "Third brother, if someone doesn't like the idea and doesn't want to plant it, you can force them to avoid being blamed!"
Master Tai San was so powerful and domineering that he cursed, "Such good food, anyone who doesn't recognize it is blind! Whoever doesn't obey me will get out of Taijia Village. The Tai family doesn't want idiots!"
He ran away while cursing, making everyone laugh.
Seeing that it was already dark, everyone, young and old, prepared to go to bed.
Chunhong returned to the backyard. She still had to heat the kang and boil water, and there were many things to do.
The old man carried his grandson to the east room, and Tai Jiye followed him in. He looked at Yongning and talked to him for a few words before looking at his father with some trepidation.
The old man snorted coldly and asked, "There's no one around now, and you still don't confess! Did something happen to Ruiyang?"
Tai Jiye laughed dryly and said with a stiff face, "Dad, how did you figure that out? My dad is really amazing..."
Old Master Tai was worried about Chen Ruiyang. He glared at his son, interrupting him and demanding, "A dog's stomach can't hold two ounces of soy sauce! Tell me quickly, what happened? Was Ruiyang captured by his enemies, or was he murdered?"
Tai Jiye quickly waved his hands, "Dad, Dad, you misunderstood! Ruiyang is fine, it's just... it's just that I didn't send him home, he was a hundred miles away, but I entrusted him to a reliable person..."
"Kneel down!" The old man didn't listen to his excuses and shouted loudly with a dark face.
"Not to mention how close Madam Zheng and Ruiyang are to our family and how much they have helped us, just say that our family promised to send Ruiyang to find his father, and you even promised to bring him to our doorstep yourself!
"A man of integrity should be a man of honor. How can he not keep his word? Why is there a hundred miles between us? Why didn't he do what he said?"
Tai Yongan was also there. Seeing his grandfather getting angry, he quickly knelt down beside his third uncle.
"Grandpa, Third Uncle had trouble acclimatizing to the local climate. When we got to Shunde Prefecture, he became so ill that he had to go into the clinic!"
When he heard that his son was seriously ill, the old man's face froze for a moment. He looked his son up and down inconspicuously. Seeing that his son didn't seem to have any underlying illness, he was slightly relieved, but he still refused to give in.
The most important thing in his life is his promise. No matter what happens, he will do it unless he refuses. If he agrees, he will do it even if it means death.
The Zheng family was wiped out, which was already extremely tragic. It was the Tai family's duty to escort Chen Ruiyang to find his father.
But his children and grandchildren didn't do it, how could he not be angry!
Tai Jiye felt a little guilty, but he thought he had done everything he could, so he explained it in detail.
From getting to know Manager Qian and Leader Zhao, to meeting a traveling merchant from Fuzhou when he was sick and stayed in a clinic, to Chen Ruiyang's insistence on following the caravan to Shunde Prefecture because he was worried about missing the farming season, and finally how Manager Qian promised to send Chen Ruiyang to the door.
He didn't dare exaggerate a single word and spoke clearly and impartially.
The old man remained silent and turned to look at his eldest grandson, "Yong'an, tell me, what's going on?"
It can be said that Tai Yongan was raised by his grandfather. His personality and behavior are like his grandfather. Of course, he would not dare to lie in front of his grandfather.
He didn't mind the trouble and repeated it from beginning to end.
Comparing the uncle and nephew, there is not much difference.
The old man then glared at his son and scolded him, "This is your first time traveling far away, and you're sick. Since things didn't go well, I'll forgive you for now. But if you dare to give up halfway like this again, I'll beat you to death!"
Tai Jiye's back was soaked with cold sweat. He felt like he had escaped death and quickly responded, "Dad, I remember this. I won't dare to do it again. I really had no choice at the time. Manager Qian and Leader Zhao were good people, so I dared to entrust Ruiyang to them."
Old Master Tai sneered, "Then you are not a good person? You have failed the trust of your family! Ruiyang's father is unreliable. He may have had bad intentions outside for a long time. Ruiyang suddenly came to find me, I am afraid he will not have a good life.
"I asked you to deliver it in person to prevent this from happening, so that you could bring Ruiyang back directly. But you were so good, you were only a hundred miles away and didn't even send Ruiyang to the destination!"
Tai Jiye lowered his head, so ashamed that he wanted to hide in the ground.
Zhuzhu listened for a while, then hugged her grandfather's neck and asked in a baby voice, "Grandpa, didn't Brother Ruiyang find his father? What should he do then? Can he find his way back?"
Old Master Tai wanted to kick his son twice; he was just afraid of this.
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