After Fang Qing's birthday, it rained lightly for three days in a row, and the weather got warmer day by day.
The crops in the fields are growing wildly.
More than 100 acres of land are covered in green, stretching as far as the eye can see. Compared to the wheat in the village before, the wheat in her field looks much stronger.
Fang Daniu originally planned to go hunting in the mountains in the spring, but Fang Qing had to go to great lengths to persuade him to give up the idea.
First, hunting in the mountains is too risky; second, she needs Fang Daniu to help her manage these 100-plus acres of land.
Fangjia Village receives abundant rainfall year-round, making the wheat seeds purchased from the system store particularly well-suited to the local climate.
Before long, Fang Qing had mastered writing large characters, and the wheat in the field had yielded a bumper harvest.
As the wheat grew from this field, the villagers watched with amusement as Fang Qing became a laughingstock.
But the wheat's rapid growth and the enormous ears of wheat hanging on it are not a lie.
Looking at this field of golden wheat, how could they not be envious?
The hundred acres of land in front of the mountain were planted late and harvested late. Fang Qing only started harvesting wheat after everyone else in the village had finished harvesting their wheat.
One hundred acres of land was too much for their family of four to manage on their own, so Fang Qing paid villagers to help, giving them one hundred coins per acre to help with threshing and to help bring the wheat home.
It's fair to say that the whole village was watching their wheat harvest.
When the first mu (unit of land area) yielded a harvest, the village chief and clan chief came over.
The wheat was packed into sacks and weighed one by one, and the final yield reached 1,500 jin.
You should know that the highest yield of wheat harvested by villagers a few days ago was only 350 jin per mu.
1,500 jin (750 kg)! What does that even mean?
One acre of land yields the equivalent of several acres of land for their family.
This number was like a bomb dropped into deep water, and the whole village was in an uproar.
How could such a barren land produce such a high yield?
But seeing bags of wheat being loaded onto the truck, they had no choice but to believe it.
Looking at the plump wheat grains, everyone went from being envious to being green with envy.
How come the bean sprout family gets all the good things?
They couldn't harvest any potatoes from this land, but bean sprouts grew like mushrooms.
"Bean Sprout, didn't you buy your wheat seeds in the county town? Mine did too, but the yields are completely different."
The village chief was curious.
Moreover, his family's land is very fertile, and they apply a lot of pig manure to the land every year. Under the same seed conditions, his family's grain yield is definitely higher than Fang Qing's.
Now, seeing how good the grain Fang Qing's family has, he feels resentful.
The potato yield is even more unbalanced than when it came out last time.
Fang Qing smiled sweetly.
"I don't know, maybe it's really like what the fortune teller said, I have a divine protector."
Her words only fueled their jealousy.
"Bean Sprout, your family will have to sell your wheat seeds this time too."
It was Zhang who said this.
This time she learned her lesson. Last time she didn't get any corn seeds, but today, as soon as she heard that Douya's wheat yield was good, she waited here early in the morning, so that Douya wouldn't deliberately refuse to sell her the seeds later.
Fang Qing pretended not to hear her speak.
"You helped us with the corn seeds last time, so we definitely won't let you lose out on the wheat seeds now. We'll buy them at twice the market price."
After the village chief finished speaking, Zhang Shi spoke up in displeasure.
"How can it be double? We're all from the same village, it's only right that everyone helps each other."
Before Zhang could finish speaking, the village chief gave her a cold look.
"Shut up!"
The village chief was itching to get rid of Zhang Shi right now.
Everyone in the village knew that Douya's family didn't get along with Zhang and Wang Cuihua. If Douya refused to sell them wheat seeds because of Zhang, that would be terrible.
He now truly regrets not teaching that woman a lesson when Zhang and Fang Guangzong conspired to steal the bean sprouts and cattle last time.
All I do is cause him trouble.
"Don't be angry, Bean Sprout. I kept my word. As long as you sell us wheat seeds, we will definitely buy them at twice the market price."
He himself didn't realize that when asking such a question, he was actually seeking the opinion of a small child.
Fang Qing was still smiling.
"Grandpa Village Chief, whether or not we sell our wheat seeds depends on my dad. We still have over 100 mu of wheat to harvest, so we don't have time to think about wheat seeds right now. Village Chief, please wait a few days and ask my dad again."
The village chief looked at Fang Daniu.
Fang Daniu was in a good mood at the moment and worked with great energy. He was turning the work area with a fork and chatting and laughing with the people next to him.
“How about this, you can’t finish in a day or two even if you hire so many people. I’ll gather the rest of the villagers and have them all help with the work.”
Everyone was willing to sacrifice their labor for the sake of wheat seeds, and when the village chief said this, everyone quickly agreed.
"It's just bean sprouts. There's strength in numbers."
"I've finished harvesting my wheat, so I came to help."
"Me too!"
Fang Qing declined.
"We won't trouble the village chief and everyone else. We have enough manpower and can finish harvesting the crops before the rainy season."
The village chief still wanted to try, but Fang Qing continued, "Everyone, don't wait for my family anymore, hurry up and plant the corn in the field, don't waste any time."
As she spoke, Fang Qing directed people to load the wheat from the sacks onto the oxcart, and the fresh, hot 1,500 jin of wheat was all transported home.
The village chief felt particularly uneasy.
The others also had different thoughts.
"Village chief, what if the Bean Sprout family still holds a grudge against us for not letting them drink well water last time?"
“This has nothing to do with my family. I didn’t even know about it back then.”
"It has nothing to do with my family. Whoever caused the trouble should take responsibility."
Zhang Shi and the old woman standing behind the crowd looked extremely unpleasant.
"Now you're trying to shirk responsibility, acting like you never wanted the money in the first place. We're all fellow villagers, you can't just single out my family. Last year we didn't get any corn seeds, and if we don't get any wheat seeds this year, how am I supposed to live?"
As she spoke, Zhang began to wipe away her tears.
"I don't like bean sprouts, but there's a reason for it. It's because she always disrespects me, her second grandmother. I don't usually have any conflicts with anyone, but you can't forget about me when it comes to wheat seeds!"
The people next to her gave her a disdainful look and stood a few steps away from her.
"Village chief, what if the bean sprouts really won't be sold to us for wheat seeds? Are we supposed to just steal them?"
Everyone was staring at the village chief, which made him angry.
"Now you're worried? We're all from the same village. Why didn't you treat them better before?"
Everyone lowered their heads.
“Especially you, Zhang Zhaodi, you and Da Niu are family, you should be getting along well, but you always cause trouble for Da Niu’s family, you’ve corrupted the atmosphere of our village.”
Zhang rolled her eyes in frustration.
"Why is it my fault..."
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