Chapter 314 Harvest
"Jinzhu, is what you said true? You will harvest as much as we plant? You are not lying, right?"
A woman's face was so surprised that it twitched a little.
"Of course it's true. When did I, Wan Lao Er, ever brag? But I want this year's trial planting to be successful. If it fails, don't follow my lead and plant it next year."
As Wan Laoer said this, he asked people to quickly unload the potato seeds and move them into the house.
The surrounding villagers also began to help spontaneously. After all, this was related to whether they could grow crops next year.
People at the border know that growing this crop has a high yield, much higher than grain yield, but they also know that it is difficult to preserve. Even the government is helpless, otherwise the government would not watch the people starve.
After unloading the potatoes, Wan Laoer paid the bill to the manager and the manager left.
Wan Laoer bought nearly 10,000 kilograms of potatoes this time. Assuming 300 kilograms of seeds are needed for one acre of land, then 9,000 kilograms of seeds would be needed for 30 acres of land. He bought nearly 10,000 kilograms.
After all the villagers left, Old Lady Wan pulled Old Man Wan back into the house to question him.
"Second brother, why did you take so long? Shouldn't you be back in half a month? You've been gone for a month. If you don't come back, I'll let your eldest brother go to the capital to look for you."
Wan Ersao was also sitting aside listening, after all, she was also very worried.
When little Fubao heard that his father had returned, he and Guihua also ran back.
"Daddy, Daddy..."
When Xiao Fubao saw Wan Laoer, he rushed over and hugged his thighs.
Wan Laoer picked up his daughter, kissed her hard a few times, and then held her and sat on the kang.
"Mom, this time when I went to buy potato seeds, it wasn't that smooth, but it was at least smooth because I met a noble person who helped me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to buy any on my own in another month."
Mrs. Wan was surprised for a moment: "Oh? Did you meet a distinguished person?"
"Yes, mother, I met Boss Chen. Didn't his family move to the city? I went to the city and I was unfamiliar with the place. I was confused and asked around to find the place my sister mentioned and ask her for help. Didn't she say last year that she and Sect Leader Wang also moved to the city? But when I found the place according to that address, there was no one there. They said they moved again."
"I was totally confused at the time. Accommodation in the city is much more expensive than in our town. The worst accommodation costs only one or two taels of silver per night. How could I afford it? I thought it was no use wasting time, so I prepared to return. However, I was seen by Gang Leader Shen at the city gate. He stopped me and took me to his new home."
"Mom, his wife gave birth to a big fat boy. Gang Leader Shen was so happy that he showed off to everyone that he had a son."
Old Lady Wan was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth after hearing this, "Great, thinking about last year, Mrs. Shen was murdered by a villain, and the child almost didn't come out. Now that she has landed safely, she will be blessed in the future."
"This child was born into a family like that. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He is definitely blessed."
Wan Ersao also sighed.
Mrs. Wan nodded, and then looked at the second Wan: "It's just that you went in a hurry this time, and you didn't bring any gifts, which is a bit rude. After all, Boss Shen is so good to our family, and gave Xiao Fubao so many gold, silver and jewelry, alas..."
"Mother, I bought a small gold lock. I spent fifty taels of the one hundred taels of silver, and the remaining fifty taels were used to buy a small one. It can be regarded as a token of our love."
"This is a good thing. Although our family is poor, we can't let people think that we don't know etiquette. Besides, it was an accident that we met Boss Shen this time. Next time we have the opportunity to go to the capital city, mother will come to congratulate us in person."
Old Lady Wan kept this matter in mind, and asked Old Man Wan: “What about the potato seeds that Gang Leader Shen bought for you?”
"Mom, Gang Leader Shen followed the path of his cousin, Prefect Shen. It's a coincidence that this is also the time for our family to catch up. A batch of potatoes shipped from the interior of the country to be sold to the Hanu people were left in the prefecture. Wasn't it because of the war with the Hanu last year? The world was in turmoil, and the merchant simply abandoned the potatoes and ran away."
"Besides, these potatoes don't last long. I bought them at a very low price. It's a five-book deal anyway, so the government should get some money. Otherwise, it would be a shame to throw them all away."
"Oh? How much did you pay for these?"
Old Mrs. Wan asked curiously.
"It was less than ten taels of silver, and they sold it to me at one penny per pound. I guess they did it for the sake of Boss Shen, right?"
"My God, that's really cheap. This kind of seeds must be much more expensive than potatoes. Now we give it to you at a penny per pound. We are really making a fortune."
As Old Mrs. Wan spoke, she clapped her hands, feeling very happy.
It took Wan Laoer a month to go back and forth, and most of the spring crops in Shizi Village had been planted.
The yield of winter wheat planted by the Wan family last year was severely reduced. Now less than half of the wheat has survived, but it occupies half of the land. Old Mrs. Wan feels distressed because she can’t plant anything on this half of the land until it is harvested.
It is now mid-April, which is the season for planting potatoes.
The next day, Wan Laoer started planting potatoes.
Because the spring ploughing in the village was basically completed, the people in Shizi Village also had some free time. They just weeded the fields, which was not much work. A few days after the seeds were sown, it rained a moderate rain. The people in the village were happily talking about how this year's harvest would definitely exceed last year's.
Early in the morning, the door of Wan Laoer's house was crowded with people watching the fun. Because now everyone would come to the Wan family to fetch water in the morning, the Wan family's affairs could no longer be hidden and easily became the focus of discussion in the whole village.
"Jinzhu, I don't have anything to do. I'm here to help you. Are you going to plant these today?"
The two brothers Changsheng and Changfu walked straight into the yard, saw Wan Laoer loading the ox cart, and hurried over to help.
"Yes, it's just the right time to plant it now. We can harvest it in July or August."
Changsheng and Changfu had also grown potatoes, so they knew how to grow them. They helped Wan Laoer with the work efficiently.
Soon more villagers joined in. They were all used to doing farm work and did their job efficiently.
Moreover, Wan Laoer’s potatoes are related to whether everyone can be wealthy next year, so those who have nothing to do come to help, and they do it voluntarily and for free.
As a result, in less than two days, all thirty acres of land were planted.
It started raining on the third day.
As spring turns to autumn, people from all over the village go to see the potatoes planted by Wan Laoer every day, as if they were grown at home.
Finally, after the spring wheat harvest, it is time to harvest potatoes.
This year's wheat harvest is dozens of kilograms more per acre than last year, and Wan Laoer used the wheat seeds specially set aside last year and adopted last year's planting methods, resulting in an extra 100 kilograms of grain per acre. This immediately caused cheers from the whole village, and some people went to Wan Laoer that day to exchange wheat seeds for next year's planting.
When it was time to harvest potatoes, everyone in the village came to help. It took five days, and we harvested nearly 50,000 kilograms of potatoes from 30 acres of land.
This output shocked the villagers of Shizi Village even though they had experienced it before.
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