Hu Wenhua stepped forward again to weigh it and announced a number: "A total of 650 jin."
Based on the previous comparison, the people present immediately began to summarize their experiences: "This year's egg is obviously much smaller. It seems that it can still grow. It will grow from one year to two years, from the size of a bird egg or a newly opened nest egg to the size of a fist."
"Can those that have been growing for two to three years still grow even bigger? If we let them continue to grow in the ground, can they still grow bigger?"
"That's right, didn't Uncle Ding say that the price has doubled for older ones?"
"But there are risks too. What if there's another flood in the summer? Or what if it keeps raining and the land is soaked and ruined? Then all the land we have now will be gone too."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.
Someone else raised the question: "Besides, we only know about the two-year-old crop now. We don't know what it will be like in three, four, or five years. If we don't harvest it, what if it stops growing or rots in the field?"
Shui Qing knows this. Artificial cultivation generally maximizes benefits in the first three years, and stops growing after five years. So, in terms of weight alone, it takes a maximum of five years to harvest. If you want to control the risks, three years is the best time to harvest.
She said, “It’s very simple. I only harvest half of my land this year. The rest will be harvested next year, which is three years. Next year, I will harvest half of the remaining acreage. By comparing it with this year, I can see how much higher the yield per acre is.”
The remaining portion is harvested in half the following year, and by comparing the results, we can determine the yield per acre. Meanwhile, planting continues after each harvest, creating a cycle that allows us to track yields for each year while managing risk and ensuring annual profits.
After hearing this, Aunt Zhang was the first to raise her hand and loudly agree: "That's a great idea! Shuiqing, I'll do the same!"
This time, her family was among the first to plant medicinal herbs, following Shuiqing's lead! And they used all their land to grow medicinal herbs.
Even if she only harvested half an acre, she didn't know exactly how much money she could earn from over ten acres of Polygonum multiflorum, but it would definitely be a considerable amount! With that much money, she wouldn't have to worry about her sons' houses and marriages at all.
Shuiqing was truly her benefactor. She was among the first to follow Shuiqing in planting potatoes, which solved the problem of food and clothing for her entire family and even earned her dozens of acres of extra land.
They were also among the first to raise rabbits with Shui Qing. Not only did they stock up on everything they needed after the flood, but their whole family also lived comfortably and saved a considerable amount of money.
Now they're also planting medicinal herbs, so the total is impossible to calculate.
Aunt Zhang started it, and it immediately sparked a chorus of responses.
They didn't look at anything else, only at the poorest families in Shanshui Village, who, simply because they firmly followed Shuiqing, have now become the top four!
The Ding family, ranked second, and the old village chief's family, ranked third, were also due to the clear water.
They are not smart people, nor can they be smart people, but they can follow Shuiqing!
At this moment, each household has mentally divided their land into several acreages: which acreage to harvest this year and sell for money; which acreage to keep for next year, the year after, and the year after that...
The place where toothbrushes are made was originally built for processing medicinal herbs. The layout of the place is mainly for processing medicinal herbs. Since the early stages of toothbrush making are outsourced, it is simpler to make them in the workshop, so it is more appropriate to remove the toothbrushes.
After Hu Wenhua got married, Shui Qing hired dozens of men and built a workshop with five main rooms and three side rooms next to the herbal medicine shop, and moved the toothbrush making there.
After the medicinal herbs were harvested, they were transported to the herbal medicine workshops for processing.
Each household was in no hurry to harvest, because the longer the land remained in the soil, the longer it would grow. They would get up early to dig up a small plot of land and send it to the herbal medicine shop to exchange for silver. Then they would go back to make toothbrush handles and feed livestock. Their days were arranged in an orderly manner.
Since there were no large-scale deliveries of medicinal herbs, the herbs delivered each day were processed while they were at their freshest, ensuring both high-quality herbs and sufficient work for the workers.
The medicinal herbs and toothbrushes were being made, and as October approached, Bai Manshan arrived, weary from his journey.
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