Chapter 298 Planting Potatoes

"Okay, stop kowtowing. I'll pay you two taels of silver. When you have money, just return it to my family."

Jiang Shoujia suddenly spoke loudly.

Although he didn't have much contact with the old Chen family, the old couple were very honest and basically never interacted with the villagers. They rarely spoke and had never done anything bad.

Everyone knows that most of those who serve corvée labor never come back.

How could a skinny little monkey who was only fourteen years old be alive?

After saying this, he took out two taels of silver from his wallet and handed it to the officer with both hands.

Only then was Chen Tianfeng released.

After collecting the taxes and money, the official got on his carriage and left.

As for Old Chen, he was still standing there in a daze. He didn't expect the village chief to stand up and help his family.

After being stunned for a while, he finally came to his senses, and then he and his family knelt at Jiang Shoujia's feet.

He is older than Jiang Shoujia.

Jiang Shoujia quickly made way.

"Alright, old brother, stand up. I am the village chief and you are from Jiangjia Village, so you are one of us. How can I watch your family die without any descendants? Take your children home and stop kneeling."

After saying the comforting words, Jiang Shoujia helped him up.

Old Chentou came here to escape famine.

He never had a sense of belonging to this village. He even planned not to be buried in a coffin after his death, but to have his grandchildren burn his body and then take his ashes back to his hometown in Enxin Province for burial.

At this moment.

He suddenly felt that his restless heart seemed to have found a home.

When the villagers who had not received any help from the Jiang family saw Jiang Shoujia taking out two taels of silver, they all became jealous.

Therefore, the words that come out are extremely unpleasant to hear.

"Oh, now you're paying. We knelt for a long time, but they didn't even give us a penny. It turns out they were just looking for favors based on our status."

"That's right. The village chief of the next village treats everyone equally, but when it comes to us, I'm too lazy to say anything. It's really funny."

"I sold my granddaughter to be a maid, and you didn't help my family at all. You don't even need to be the village chief."

"Why don't we elect a new village chief?"

"......"

Some troublemakers suddenly had an idea.

pity.

There are eighty-eight households in the village.

Sixty-eight of them stood behind the Jiang family.

There are still twenty households left, and half of the people don't want to make trouble anymore.

Only ten families stood against the Jiang family.

This person's proposal did not receive much support.

It also angered those 68 households.

"Why should I help you ungrateful bastards? The chieftain advised us to harvest in advance and to stock up on food, but you didn't listen. You are the ones who cursed and begged for help. So, does the chieftain owe you anything?"

"You are a bunch of shameless people. You can go away. Go and set up your own village. Whoever wants to be the village chief can be the village chief. We only recognize Chief Jiang. If anyone says there is something wrong with Chief Jiang, I will curse him to death."

"To go against Village Chief Jiang is to go against me. Even if I die, I will take you with me to hell."

"Without Chief Jiang, my family wouldn't be able to pay taxes, let alone fines. He is our living parent. From now on, no matter what Chief Jiang says, I will listen to him, even if he asks me to eat shit."

The two groups quarreled for a full quarter of an hour.

Until Jiang Shoujia stretched out his hand and signaled them to be quiet.

The quarrel was then temporarily stopped.

"Alright, stop arguing. I'm putting this out there. I don't have to be the village chief, but as long as more than half of the people agree, I'll give up the position. But if more than half agree, don't blame me for being rude to anyone who wants this position in the future! Do you hate me to death? Sure, just sell your house and land.

Leave Jiangjia Village, the village doesn't need you rats. Naturally, I won't add insult to injury. I'll buy the land and your house with my own money. I'll pay whatever price the broker offers. Think about it. If you don't leave after today, I'll kill you if you cause trouble again in the village!"

Jiang Shoujia narrowed his eyes.

This was the first time he made such harsh remarks in front of so many people.

"Let's go. My daughter is married in Baishui Town. My son-in-law's parents died early and were very good to us. At worst, I can go and live with my daughter."

"I'm leaving too. I can't plant crops now anyway. Winter is coming soon and food might even become more expensive. I'm originally from Yingnan Prefecture, so I might as well take this opportunity to go back to my hometown."

"If you all leave, I'll leave too. I just sold my house and land and went back to Mobei Province to build a house. I still have land there that I haven't sold yet. If it weren't for the drought, I wouldn't have fled here. Our place is very dry, so hail will definitely not fall on us."

We suffered such a great disaster, and the price of food changed every day.

These people really had some ideas in mind.

Among the ten families involved in the trouble, six were from other families.

It was not originally from Lianshan Town.

Encouraged by Jiang Shoujia's words, they actually prepared to sell their land and house and leave.

The remaining four households were so frightened that they dared not say a word.

They all have the surname Jiang.

If I leave the village, where can I go?

Maybe they won’t survive.

Therefore, everyone kept their tails between their legs and dared not say a word.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

During this period, it rained twice.

Wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountain began to pop up one after another.

Many people go up the mountain in groups to pick mushrooms and dig wild vegetables.

As for why we had to travel together, it was Jiang Shoujia's order.

After all, there had been cases of villagers being eaten by grizzly bears before, and he was worried that if someone was not careful and went deep into the mountains, something bad would happen again.

Under his management.

The people in the village became more united.

"Grandpa, we are back——"

In the evening, Jiang Fubao followed the troops home. As soon as she got off the ox cart, she rushed to her grandfather and reached out for a hug.

Jiang Shoujia was originally talking to Jiang Meng and Jiang Cheng.

Seeing his granddaughter coming back, he picked her up and gave instructions to the two of them.

"Since the potatoes are fully planted, take out the remaining ones and I will have the villagers plant them in the evening."

Small potatoes, you can grab a dozen with your palm.

Since I had never grown potatoes before and had no experience, the potatoes sprouted and were planted in the soil.

Just realized that I used too many sprout seeds.

At least half more.

Jiang Shoujia was worrying about how to help the villagers make money, when an idea came to him.

In the evening, he called the villagers to gather under a big tree.

Spread the news.

When the potatoes were ripe, he would buy them back at the price of one penny per pound.

Jiang Fubao also followed. She sat on the lap of a woman in the village and calculated in her mind.

Modern potatoes can yield more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, and this is when the planting conditions are not ideal. If the varieties are of high quality and the environment is suitable, the yield can be at least 5,000 kilograms.

Unfortunately, what she brought were small potatoes.

This variety cannot produce large potatoes and its storage time is shorter than that of large potatoes.