When Xiaoman heard that some rabbits and chicks should be given to the villagers to raise, he nodded in agreement: "Only when everyone is doing well can the world be at peace. We should not lose our sense of shame for a few coins."
Now Errui and Xiaoman are spending more and more time in the village, and Chunfeng and Xiaoman's grandfather are basically doing the farm work on the mountain.
Chunfeng also had to manage the wood ear mushrooms, so cutting rabbit grass became an important task.
The same goes for Qiaoyun and Jiangzhi.
Two broods of chickens hatch into dozens at a time. With housework, childcare, and now mosquito coils to make, it's impossible to manage them all.
You can raise a few chickens and rabbits!
That evening, Errui and Xiaoman did not return.
The two didn't tell each other until they got home the next evening that Jiang Zhi had punished Qin Shi that day, causing delays at the construction site.
Tian Gui asked everyone to work overtime and catch up on the work overnight. The warehouse tiles have now been installed.
When asked about the Qin family in the village, Xu Errui and Xiaoman both hesitated and stammered.
Errui scratched his head and said, "Mother, we've been busy repairing the house these past few days, we don't know what happened!"
Jiang Zhi had said that she wanted the two of them to manage the village's trivial matters and to tell her everything.
They never expected to encounter this incident as soon as they came down the mountain. They were so frightened that they dared not come back. They only returned to report the incident after the house was tiled.
Jiang Zhi was both amused and exasperated. Although she was angry that no one objected or spoke out about the things that had happened in the village, she didn't blame Er Rui and Xiao Man.
They were both young and busy with the fields and building houses, so they never thought about these things, and even Li Laoshi didn't care.
Besides, even if they knew, they wouldn't have the experience to deal with these trivial matters.
"It's nothing, it's not your fault. Just be smarter in the future. The rules we set at the beginning shouldn't just be empty words; if you make a mistake, you should be punished."
Errui and Xiaoman nodded repeatedly, but their eyes still looked blank.
Sigh! Oh well, learning and growing takes time; you can't fatten someone up in one bite.
Now that the warehouse has been tiled, the next step is to lay the walls and floor, and then the herbs collected by the Xia family can be stored inside.
Errui and Xiaoman immediately said, "Uncle Tian said that at most three more days to break up the soil and let it dry before we can move things in! The walls will also be plastered with lime, so we can even store grain there."
Jiang Zhi was very satisfied. She had visited the site and found that the timber was of excellent quality. Tian Gui and Xu Genyou were also in charge... Wait, she seemed to have forgotten something.
Jiang Zhi frowned immediately: "Er Rui, you just said that besides storing herbs, what else could be stored in the storeroom?"
Xu Errui blinked, completely baffled by his mother's reaction. He repeated, "We can store herbs, we can stay there, and we can also store grain..."
Yes, that's the sentence!
Jiang Zhi slapped her thigh and shouted, "Grain! Oh no, where's our early corn?"
The dozens of acres of land in the village are all planted with corn, and it's the earliest crop of all.
Depending on the growing season, spring-sown corn can be harvested in 100 to 120 days, while the second crop sown in summer takes 90 days.
My corn, which I planted in the spring, is ready for planting, but there's still no sign of it growing.
Xiaoman, who was standing nearby, was startled by Aunt Jiang's reaction and quickly said, "I went to the field a few days ago and the corn was only just wilting. It shouldn't be time yet!"
Xu Genyou and Tian Gui are in charge of the farm work. They didn't mention it when I went down the mountain yesterday. They were probably too busy!
Jiang Zhi shook her head: "No, I still need to go down the mountain tomorrow to take a look! Also, I need to send the mosquito coils I made to Baicaotang in Lihua Town."
She was really worried about those tender corn kernels; if they missed their window and grew into old corn, her money would lose value.
However, Jiang Zhi thought that Xu Errui and Xiaoman were too tired, so she didn't continue the conversation and decided to check on the crops first.
The next day, when Jiang Zhi came down the mountain to the edge of the field, he saw a field of tender corn whose tassels had just withered.
Peel back the green outer shell to reveal the neat, glistening corn kernels inside.
If you peel off a layer of skin, a little white sap will ooze out. It's perfect for boiling, and it's also suitable for stewing if you cook it a little longer.
Beside her were Xu Genyou and Tian Gui, who had come to the field with her.
In fact, no matter how busy they are, they come to the fields every day to check on the crops. They haven't forgotten about them at all; they just haven't said it out loud.
At this moment, the two men's eyes lit up when they saw the torn corncob.
They haven't even been able to tear open the corn to look at it once since it grew to this point.
At this time, seeing that these corn kernels are not only plump but also fully grown, the yield must be high.
Unlike the two who were focused on production output, Jiang Zhi only saw money.
She immediately told Xu Genyou and Tian Gui, "Arrange for people to work through the night."
Upon hearing this, Xu Genyou gasped in pain: "Auntie, let's not sell the tender corn! We only need to wait another half month, and we can harvest a few more bushels of grain!"
Although they had said they would plant two crops of corn before, with the spring-sown corn for tender corn and the summer-sown corn for mature corn, the two of them couldn't bear to part with it now.
They want to delay it, hoping to forget it when they get old.
Especially when Xu Genyou saw it now, the thought of the tender corn growing wildly all over the ground being picked made his heart ache.
Farmers are reluctant to eat tender corn unless they really want to, in which case they might break off a cob or two to satisfy their craving.
This is grain; if you break it up halfway through, it won't grow to the required weight.
Moreover, the soil was fertile this year, and these corns didn't even wilt when they were transplanted.
Also, when the flowers were in bloom, Errui had everyone shake the flowers at noon to pollinate them, which is why they grew so well.
“We agreed to sell tender corn!” Jiang Zhi said.
"On the surface, we may collect three to five more bushels, but in reality, we may collect several hundred coins less. We can't delay any longer; we must break it off."
She was actually a little angry.
I had already planned how to plant it, how can I change my mind now?
Moreover, the summer-sown corn seedlings have already been cultivated. Now that the weather is warm, they will grow to a foot tall in just a few days, and it will be time to transplant them again. The two crops will overlap.
Not only was Xu Gen reluctant, but Tian Gui also hesitated: "Village Chief Jiang, we have been arranging for people to keep watch at night. Can we just wait a little longer and sell the next batch?"
"Or try bringing only a few sticks; maybe no one will want them!"
He couldn't bear to part with it either.
We've never sold tender produce before; we've only ever sold dried produce.
Tian Gui even had some doubts: would anyone buy corn that was so tender it looked like water? Should he take some to test the waters first, so that if no one wanted it, he wouldn't suffer a huge loss?
Hearing Tian Gui's words, Jiang Zhi agreed, saying that they should give it a try.
However, instead of sending fewer bats to the city, we had to break them off immediately and deliver them to Commander Zhang.
When Zhang Jun first allocated the land to her, he said that she should get some of the tender corn.
Now is the time to fulfill our promise.
A large basket of tender corn, husks and all, was delivered to the medical shed, which had been converted into a patrol camp.
Zhang Juntou grinned as he looked at the plump corn: "Hey, we're actually getting to eat it now! Quick!"
He beckoned to the orderly: "Take these corns to the stove and boil them in water."
Jiang Zhi smiled and said, "Inspector Zhang, did you know that tender corn used to be sold in Pingchuan County?"
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