Chapter 106 Is there a possibility that he succeeded?
Buddha?
Sang Zhixia lowered her head and chuckled, "In this muddy world, there are indeed living Bodhisattvas who can save all living beings, but such a remarkable person definitely cannot be me."
"Xu Yu, we are trying to do what a saint whose name will be remembered for thousands of years did. We are simply standing on the shoulders of a living bodhisattva to look at each day in the future."
"This credit is not something you and I can shoulder. We are just ordinary people who have benefited from the favor of the saint."
Xu Yu, who was concentrating on sowing seeds, turned his head when he heard the sound and caught the undisguised admiration in Sang Zhixia's eyes and eyebrows, and his heart moved silently.
"So, has anyone ever attempted something as bold as doubling the yield per mu of cultivated land?"
"Of course."
So why didn't it succeed?
Xu Yu moved his lips but didn't directly express the doubts in his heart. Sang Zhixia heard the implied meaning of his words and smiled.
The flickering light in her eyes fell into Xu Yu's eyes against the light, as if countless stars were captured in his eyes in an instant.
Amazingly bright.
She pointed at the scattered rice seeds and said playfully, "Is there a possibility that he succeeded?"
Xu Yu looked surprised: "Successful?"
"What else do you think?"
To stop him from asking too much and avoid arousing his suspicion by saying too much, Sang Zhixia suddenly started making up stories: "Of course he succeeded, but many people don't know about it now, and those who do know don't want to believe it. No one wants to try to emulate him, so aren't we just trying it?"
"Once our experiment is successful and we can see tangible results, no one will question it anymore."
Food is the lifeline. From ancient times to the present and even in the future, food production must be the most critical factor in the life and death of the people.
This is especially true now when productivity is extremely backward and low.
But before seeing the results, any idea that goes against people's cognition is just a false rumor, and no one will believe her.
She must be the first to try it.
Xu Yu remained silent. Sang Zhixia sighed, picked up a small piece of mud and threw it into the water at his feet, splashing a small amount of water.
"Work more and think less. As long as the temperature in the greenhouse is maintained, we can grow two crops of rice a year in batches. Not to mention doubling the yield to 200 kilograms per mu, even tripling it is not necessarily wishful thinking."
Although the experimental conditions were indeed quite limited and could not be compared with what she had encountered in her previous life.
But if we look at the world from the shoulders of great men, at least the known theoretical conditions are infinite.
She has confidence.
Xu Yu thought about it quickly in his mind several times, but he couldn't figure out who the predecessor she mentioned was. However, this did not prevent him from getting a flash of inspiration like a small fish from Sang Zhixia's inexplicable confidence.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhizhi, if we succeed, won't we have a lot of food?"
"In theory, yes."
Sang Zhixia teased him from a distance, crossed her arms, and said, "At least one year's farming can guarantee three years' worth of food."
"What if I sell it?"
"Sell?"
Sang Zhixia was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile: "Of course you can sell the leftovers."
At least relying on the land in hand, it should not be difficult to get rid of poverty and become prosperous.
She was thinking about the white rice and the feeling of being well fed and warm, but Xu Yu suddenly thought of the mountains and seas of silver that would be seen in the future.
Is that double the rice production?
No.
That was an ambition that burned deep in my heart.
He lowered his brows to hide the ripples in his eyes, picked up another wooden basin and walked towards the separated paddy field at the edge. He suddenly said, "Did we build too few greenhouses?"
"ah?"
"If we want to see results as quickly as you said, wouldn't it be better if we built more greenhouses?"
Xu Yu said seriously, "I think we need more greenhouses."
"It's best to take as many as you can get."
If you want to achieve results, you must first pay.
Xu Yu was well aware of this and his ability to put it into practice was astonishingly fast.
That evening, he closed the door and said something to the old man. The next morning, the old man went to the village chief's house.
The sowing continues.
Sang Zhixia ignored Xu Yu's attempts to stop him, rolled up his trouser legs, and entered the water. After briefly checking the grain, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you saying that Grandfather went to see the village chief and wants to buy the land behind Nanshan Mountain?"
The Xu family now has ten acres of land, but these lands were once infested with poisonous wheat in the past, so the old man was persuaded to buy them from the village at a low price.
Those behind Nanshan are different, they are real fertile fields.
Without waiting for Xu Yu's answer, she couldn't help but ask, "Will the village chief agree to help sell such good land to us?"
"It shouldn't happen, but the situation is different now."
Xu Yu wiped the mud and water on his hands onto his waist, pinched his waist with both hands to pull up Sang Zhixia from the cold paddy field, and pounded it on the dry ridge. He also pulled the jacket he had taken off and spread it out.
He patted his spread-out jacket and said, "Sit down."
Sang Zhixia didn't really want to sit down, but Xu Yu's hand was pressing on her shoulder.
She was pushed down to sit down reluctantly. Xu Yu bent down and held her ankles with one hand, and grabbed the handkerchief he brought with him when he went out with the other hand.
Seeing that he was about to wipe the mud off her feet, Sang Zhixia shrank back frantically as if she was scalded.
"Xu Yu, don't do this. I can do it myself..."
"Your own what?"
Xu Yu pressed her icy ankle with a warning, and said with downcast eyes, "I told you it was very cold. You could just watch from the ridge. Why did you insist on going in with me?"
"Just sit still. Do you still want to take medicine when it gets cold?"
Speaking of taking medicine, the shadow in Sang Zhixia's heart is bigger than the specially created paddy field under her feet.
The root of the tongue, which has been subjected to bitterness, is still curled up.
If she hadn't argued with the doctor during the follow-up visit and repeatedly assured him that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her body, she would still have been taking the medicine.
She looked unhappy and didn't dare to struggle anymore. Xu Yu did the same thing as he had done countless times. After drying her, he reached out to take the shoes and socks she had taken off.
“No, no, no!”
Sang Zhixia grabbed his hand and said sincerely, "I can do this myself."
"Really, I can do it myself."
Xu Yu's tongue tip pressed against her palate, but he didn't force it. He let go of her hand and stood up straight, watching her movements. After she was dressed, he said, "I happened to hear Brother Wu say before that our family bought the wasteland in front of Nanshan Mountain, but it would have been better if we had bought the land behind Nanshan Mountain."
With an introduction, it is not difficult to find out the details later.
"That piece of land belongs to the Xue family, but they made some money doing business in town in their early years. Perhaps they looked down on the hard work of working on the land, so in recent years, the whole family, young and old, moved to town. They rented the land to villagers for farming, and they didn't work on the land themselves."
People will definitely not sell the land on which they depend for their livelihood.
If it is something dispensable, it is hard to say.
Seeing that Sang Zhixia didn't intend to interrupt him, Xu Yu continued, "From what Brother Wu said, it seems the Xue family is also interested in selling the land, but to avoid trouble, they don't want to sell it in pieces. They want to find a buyer all at once, so they haven't found a suitable one yet, so the matter has been delayed. But if our family is sincere, this matter may be possible."
But the price will definitely be much higher than here, so I have to go there and discuss it in detail.
Sang Zhixia's face showed understanding at first, but then he frowned.
"That's not right..."
Xu Yu said with a smile: "What's wrong?"
Sang Zhixia's eyes were filled with frank doubt, and she said bluntly, "That piece of land is more than ten acres. Do we have the confidence to negotiate the price?"
"Xu Yu, have you forgotten something very important?"
"There's no money in our account."
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