Chapter 162 Flood
"Brother Xi!" Yuan Ziyou responded with a smile, "I plan to open a restaurant specializing in medicinal cuisine."
"Well, that's a good idea!" Huo Xifei nodded with a smile: "Do you need me to help you find a chef who can make medicinal food?"
"No need!" Yuan Ziyu coquettishly tilted her head and smiled: "I have a choice!"
"Okay!" Huo Xifei saw that Yuan Ziyu had an idea in mind, so he just said, "If you need any help, just tell me!"
"good!"
"Sister-in-law, look how good my elder brother is to you!" Huo Wan winked and smiled at Yuan Ziyu.
Yuan Ziyu couldn't help but blush, and couldn't help pinching Huo Wan's face: "Wan'er, you've learned bad things!"
"I think... ahem... it's pretty good!" Huo Xifei couldn't help but curl his lips and said.
"Hmph, I'm not going to pay any attention to you two!" Yuan Ziyu's face turned red with embarrassment!
Huo Wan saw it and quickly stepped forward to hold Yuan Ziyu's hand, smiling and said, "Good sister, Wan'er won't say anything more. Don't ignore me. Let's just ignore my brother!"
"Well, okay!" Yuan Ziyu couldn't help but nodded with a smile and glared at Huo Xifei!
Huo Xifei had no choice but to smile and shake his head.
At one moment, Qingying and Wuying came out carrying boxes of snacks. Liu Tao also rushed over after hearing the news and led Yuan Ziyu and his group to the farm.
Liu's dowry farm is neither big nor small, with about 600 acres of fertile land and about 50 tenants. Now that the weather is warmer, the adult laborers in the farm are busy in the fields, the elderly also help out, and the children are playing and fighting in the fields.
The whole village was bustling with activity.
"Uncle Liu, what are they planting now?" Yuan Ziyu asked, looking at the hard-working tenant farmers.
"My dear second lady, the fields are now planted with rice, wheat, corn and peanuts!" Liu Tao said with a smile.
"Oh!" Yuan Ziyu didn't quite understand this, so he nodded and felt a little curious when he saw the tenant farmers busy in the fields.
Huo Wan, on the other hand, was full of curiosity. "Uncle Liu, I know corn and peanuts, but what are these rice and wheat? Are they edible?"
"Miss Wan, of course you can!" Liu Tao said with a smile, "The rice and flour we eat every day come from these rice and wheat."
"Oh, so that's it!" Huo Wan opened her eyes wide in surprise: "Which one is rice and which one is wheat?"
"The paddy fields are full of rice!" Liu Tao said, pointing to the rows of paddy fields along the river. He then pointed to the dry fields on the other side and said, "Wheat is grown here!"
"Ah!" Huo Wan frowned and ran to the paddy field. Looking at the water in the paddy field, she asked worriedly, "There's so much water in this field. Won't it drown the seedlings?"
Nanny Yan had told her that when planting flowers, if you give them too much water, they will be drowned.
But this paddy field in front of me is not just overwatered, it is basically soaked in water. If this is the case, how can these seedlings survive?
Liu Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss Wan, we grow rice here, it won't be damaged by flooding."
"Oh!" Huo Wan nodded, not quite understanding.
At this time, the tenant farmers working in the fields all noticed Yuan Ziyu and his companions. Seeing that they were all dressed in gorgeous clothes and accompanied by Liu Zhuangtou, they realized that they must be noble people and hurriedly bowed to them. Even the children who were laughing and playing lowered their voices and hid aside, secretly looking at Yuan Ziyu and his companions with envy on their faces.
Although Yuan Ziyu had never worked in the fields in her previous life, she had worked as the lowest-ranking cook in the Huainan Marquis Mansion for nearly ten years. She naturally knew the hardships and sorrows of these ordinary people.
"Uncle Liu, how many tenants are there in this farm?" Yuan Ziyu asked.
"Replying to the Second Miss, there are fifty-one tenant households in total!"
"Qingying!" Yuan Ziyu nodded and said after thinking for a while.
"Hey, Second Miss!" Qingying hurriedly responded when she heard Yuan Ziyu calling her.
"Go back later and take out two hundred taels of silver and give it to Uncle Liu!" Yuan Ziyu ordered.
"Yes, Second Miss!" Qingying responded quickly.
"Uncle Liu, I see that these people are working really hard. Of the two hundred taels of silver, you can give three taels to each household, and the rest will be the hard-earned silver for you and Nanny Biling. It's really not easy for you and Nanny Biling to help my mother manage such a large farm!" Yuan Ziyu said to Liu Tao with a smile.
"Oh, Second Miss, how can this be possible!" Liu Tao hurriedly declined.
"Uncle Liu, please accept it. Our second young lady is not short of money now!" Qingzhi said to Liu Tao with a smile.
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "That's right!"
"In that case, on behalf of all the tenants in this farm, I, this old servant, would like to thank Second Young Lady!" Liu Tao hurriedly bowed to Yuan Ziyu.
"That's not necessary. You just need to help my mother manage the farm!" Yuan Ziyou said with a smile, "Also, I have something I want to ask you!"
"Yes, I will do my best to help Madam manage the farm!" Liu Tao replied quickly, and then said, "Second Miss, if you have any questions, just ask me."
"Uncle Liu, how much grain can this acre of land produce?" Yuan Ziyu asked.
When Huo Xifei heard Yuan Ziyu asking about the per-acre yield of the farm, he looked at Yuan Ziyu in surprise. In his impression, Yuan Ziyu would not care about these things.
However, he didn't say anything. He just walked beside Yuan Ziyu and listened silently.
As for Huo Wan, she had already taken Wu Hen to the edge of the field to look at the seedlings curiously.
"In a good year, this one acre of land can produce four dan of grain." Liu Tao said with a smile, "However, in a bad year, one acre of land can only produce one and a half dan of grain at most, which is considered a good harvest."
"A bad year?" Huo Wan ran over and, having just heard Liu Tao's words, asked, "Uncle Liu, why is there less grain produced in a bad year?"
Liu Tao said with a smile, "Miss Wan, this kind of land depends on the weather. If the weather is good, the harvest will be abundant. But if you are unlucky and encounter drought or flood, then you can only leave it to fate!"
"Ah!" Huo Wan blinked: "So miserable?"
"Yes!" Liu Tao said, "We are near the capital, and with the Emperor's protection, things are much smoother. But there are many places that don't have such good luck!"
Yuan Ziyou sighed inwardly after hearing this. She knew about floods. She vaguely remembered that in her previous life, probably the following summer, floods had struck many places, not only destroying the harvest but also claiming many lives. The people were displaced, and the number of refugees suddenly increased dramatically, nearly destabilizing the foundation of the Dali Dynasty.
If these major events had not changed because of her, there would have been a major disaster next year!
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