Of the 500 mu of land in Wangshan Village, 400 mu is planted with winter wheat, and another 100 mu is to be planted with peanuts in mid-March. Chen Ahfu and Old Man Zeng, led by Old Man Lin and his son, visited the fields. The wheat was green and growing well, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Dabao was so happy that he whispered to Chen Afu, "Mom, with such a large piece of land, our family is the second largest landlord after Uncle Chu."
Chen Ahfu smiled and pinched his chubby face. He said, "Your uncle Chu is a high-ranking official, not a landlord."
She also told Old Man Lin that only 80 acres of the 100 acres of vacant land should be used to grow peanuts, and the remaining 20 acres should be used to grow watermelons. She would provide the watermelon seeds, and then let Uncle Lin find one or two farmers who knew how to grow watermelons.
After Chen Afu and his companions visited the farm, they had lunch in the farm. Aunt Lin's cooking skills were very good, with the flavor of Jiangnan. Old Man Lin's 13-year-old granddaughter Lin Zhi and 11-year-old grandson Lin Lang were both very clever and lovable, running around and serving attentively. Especially Lin Zhi, who had the delicate appearance of a Jiangnan person, and spoke with a bit of Wu dialect, which made her seem gentle and docile.
Chen Afu then asked Lin Zhi to come and serve him.
The Lin family was very happy. Following the master, the future would be much better. Moreover, the master looked kind and had a good temper.
Old Man Lin was even happier. He had met several girls and a young master from the Chen family many years ago, and he couldn't help but wonder why none of the children looked like the former master, who was so handsome and talented. And this girl was so beautiful that she looked like a replica of the former master.
Although, the former master now wants to talk about Lord Chen, he only said that he would give the land and their family to a Miss Chen, and asked them to be loyal to Miss Chen as they were loyal to him.
They were all confused, wondering who that Miss Chen was and how she had won the favor of Lord Chen to give them and the land to her. They were all fully prepared to endure hardships, thinking that their future prospects would definitely be much worse than following the prefect.
After seeing the talent of Miss Chen today and thinking of some rumors he had heard here before, Old Man Lin was able to guess who this Miss Chen was.
No wonder Lord Chen likes her so much!
It seems that following this Miss Chen, the future of our family might be better.
When Chen Afu left, Old Man Lin gave her some wild rabbits and pheasants that he had collected from several hunters.
When she got home, Chen Afu gave Lin Zhi and Zeng Xiaoqing new names, one was called ** Yue and the other was called Xia Yue. She was not good at naming, so she just gave them simple names that were easy to call.
On the morning of the 18th, when the old man left, Chu Hanyan cried so hard that even Dabao shed tears, and Chen Afu felt a little sad. This old man was really good.
In the days that followed, apart from taking care of the children and occasionally making snacks, I wasn't so busy.
Also, starting from a certain day in this month, swallows or wild geese can occasionally appear in the sky, flying north in formation. Although there are not many, you can always see them.
When they saw them, Dabao and Yan'er would be so excited that they would shout "Jinbao" loudly, fearing that Jinbao would miss the way home. Whenever they saw the flocks of swallows flying across the sky and into the distance, the two children would burst into tears of disappointment.
This touched the golden swallow in the space so much that its heart seemed to have grown wings and it flew out of the space long ago.
Now it is no longer in the mood to build a golden house, and wants to go out and play every day. Little things are just like people, they will find something to do when they are free. Now it is very unhappy that Chen Afu brought watermelon seeds and rice seeds into the space, which took up half of the space.
Chen Afu would bring in some delicious food almost every day, one to please the cat, and the other to make it poop more.
On February 22, she took out the rice seeds and watermelon seeds. The rice seeds will be planted in seedlings soon, and the watermelon seeds will be planted in seedlings next month.
The rice seeds were only in the space for two days and were taken out before they changed color, while the watermelon seeds were in the space for five days and their color had already turned darker.
She had done an experiment before, and found that if the seeds were left in the air for more than three days, their color would slowly darken. After five days, the color would no longer change, and the seeds at this time should be the best seeds.
But rice seeds had to be given to tenant farmers for seedling cultivation. If the color was not right, the tenant farmers would not dare to plant them, after all, they were afraid that their months of hard work would go to waste. At the same time, rice was one of the most important crops and was highly valued by the court. It was not advisable to do too much, otherwise it would be difficult to justify. Take your time and cultivate good seeds step by step.
She asked Chen Ming and Zeng Laohan, who knew farming, to go to Laohuai Village in Guanghe Town, Zhongning County tomorrow to inspect their 200 mu rapeseed field and hand over rice seeds to the tenants, asking them to grow rice seedlings and plant this kind of rice after the rapeseed was harvested. At the same time, she told them that it was best to soak the seeds in warm water for a day before growing the seedlings.
Zeng was shocked when he heard this. He said, "Young lady, you don't know how to farm. I've never heard of soaking seeds in warm water at my age."
Chen Afu smiled and said, "This is what I heard from the foreigners when I was in Dingzhou Prefecture. It should be correct." He pushed the blame on the foreigners if there was no explanation.
Having said that, she also knew that those old-timers in farming would definitely not do so. Not to mention the distant past, she had said this to Chen Ye and Chen Agui, father and son. Chen Agui smiled and said nothing, while Chen Ye said proudly, "I dare not say anything else, but we are old hands in farming. Those foreigners are uncivilized people who drink raw blood and eat raw meat. Do they listen to this?"
Chen Afu was choked and speechless.
I thought I would tell Old Man Lin later that wheat and corn seeds must be soaked first. He is the head of Wangshan Village, and the tenants there would definitely not dare to disobey his orders.
The next day, Chen Ming and Old Man Zeng left.
At noon, they received a letter from Chen Shi, saying that the restaurant had been renovated and all the people had been recruited. It would officially open on February 25th, and invited Manager Luo, Chen Ye, Chen Ming, and Chen Afu to go to Dingzhou Prefecture and bring Old Lady Chen along.
Chen Ming and his partner came back at 3 pm in the afternoon. He was very happy to hear the news and immediately sent the letter to the main room and invited them to dinner.
In the evening, the whole family of the eldest wife came to discuss the matter of going to Dingzhou Prefecture. Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen were determined to go, but Hu, Chen Aju, Da Hu, and Daya all wanted to go. They wanted to let one go and not let the other go, and there was a lot of crying and making a fuss.
Chen Ye had no choice but to say, "Okay, except for Agui who stays at home to look after the land, the rest of us will go. Anyway, we will be the boss in the future, so we will definitely make money. What will we do with the money? It's to let my mother, wife, children and grandchildren enjoy it."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers.
No wonder Chen Shi said Chen Ye was a good parent, it was true. Chen Shi's family hadn't moved yet, how could they accommodate so many people?
Seeing the excitement, Chen Ahfu felt a headache before she even went. Thinking that she had explained everything she needed to, she decided not to join in the fun.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
