Chapter 218 Conversation
Although harvesting rice is not as tiring as breaking corn, it is still very uncomfortable to bend over all the time.
However, after bending over and cutting for a while, Zheng Qinghe would stand up and stretch his body.
The sun hangs in the sky like a serious supervisor, never blinking.
The heat wave surged, and Zheng Qinghe felt as if his entire body was soaked in sweat.
He straightened up and glanced at her casually, and saw that Gu Jiayue didn't seem to feel the heat at all, and the sickle in her hand left an afterimage in the air.
The rice seemed to be under a spell. With a slight wave of the sickle, the rice fell neatly in her hand. In a short while, she had harvested a large handful of rice.
Then she put down the sickle and quickly pulled out a few strands of rice from the harvested rice in her hand, using them as ropes to tie the seedlings together.
Her movements were very smooth, as if she had done it thousands of times.
While he was stunned for a while, Gu Jiayue had already cut a long way away.
He moved his sore arms, lifted his heavy legs, and began to bend over to catch up with Gu Jiayue.
Before we knew it, the two small paddy fields had been harvested.
He took the boiled water handed to him by Gu Jiayue and drank it in one breath before he felt like he was alive again.
He wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "I didn't expect farm work to be so hard."
Gu Jiayue took another bowl and poured herself a bowl of water. "There are 360 trades, and every trade has its own hardships. It's just that the hardships of farmers seem endless."
But today is not the day to talk about that.
Gu Jiayue pointed to two paddy fields. "Have you noticed the difference between these two paddy fields, sir?"
Zheng Qinghe frowned and thought deeply. "What's the difference?"
I was just focused on finishing the rice harvest quickly so as not to fall too far behind Gu Jiayue, and I didn't pay any attention at all.
But now, thinking back, there are indeed some differences. "The rice ears in the field on the left seem to be larger, and the stems are much stronger."
Gu Jiayue nodded and said, "Good observation." She waved to Zheng Qinghe to come forward.
My eldest and second uncles are already harvesting rice.
The two men held the tail of the rice with both hands, lifted it high, and dropped it heavily. The rice on the stalk fell into the wide wooden box below.
Gu Jiayue took two and placed them in front of the two of them for comparison.
This makes it easier to see the difference between the two types of rice. The rice on the left is almost half the size of the one on the right.
Zheng Qinghe couldn't help but pick out the seeds from the rice ears.
The rice on the left is not only bigger, but the seeds are also fuller than those on the right.
He looked at Gu Jiayue with shining eyes.
Even though he didn't know much about Nong Sang, the difference that could be seen with his eyes still made him happy.
Gu Jiayue waved her hand to calm him down. "Wait and see."
The two rice fields were not big, and there were many people in the Gu family, so they threshed all the rice in a short time.
Put the threshed rice into a basket and lift it onto the scale.
"Second sister, the one on the left weighs five stones more." Gu Yuhe counted carefully again and again and gave the answer happily.
Gu Jiayue recorded this data in a notebook.
Gu Yuhe pushed the scale to the right again.
"Second sister, here on the right is Sanshi."
According to the measurement unit of Dagan, one dan is equal to about 150 jin. So the one on the left is about 800 jin, and the one on the right is about 500.
Gu Jiayue handed the data to Zheng Qinghe, "The yield of the land we acquired before you came was a little over two stone."
"These three plots of land are my carefully selected experimental fields. They are comparable in size and fertility. The difference is that Field No. 1 and Field No. 2 are planted with ordinary rice seedlings, but Field No. 1 does not have fish fry. Field No. 2 and Field No. 3 both have fish fry, but Field No. 3 grows high-yield rice."
In fact, according to modern yield calculations, the harvest of hybrid rice in Field No. 3 still does not meet the standard.
In modern times, hybrid rice grown in ordinary paddy fields yields over 2,000 kilograms per mu. But now, the harvest is only 800 kilograms. Less than half that. This difference is noticeable to the naked eye.
One mu is worth more than a thousand, so what about ten mu? One hundred mu? They all have to be counted.
It seems that we still need to continue studying how to increase the yield of rice.
But in Zheng Qinghe's eyes, what kind of high-yield rice is that planted in the No. 3 paddy field? It's magical rice!
This is a full one and a half bushels more rice than in field No. 2.
"Jiayue, where did you get these rice seeds?" He was so excited that he forgot the gentleman's etiquette and directly called Gu Jiayue's name.
Gu Jiayue didn't care. Names are for people to call, after all. As long as he put aside that thought, she was willing to communicate. "They were raised by an old man named Yuan. He spent his whole life studying how to keep his children well fed."
No matter how much time has passed, whenever Gu Jiayue thinks of this old man, she still feels an unspeakable sadness in her heart.
She had a bold idea in her mind. People like her have the destiny of traveling through time. Then with the old man's merits, he should become a god directly, right?
Anyway, I hope everything is well with you, sir.
Zheng Qinghe was stunned for a moment, then seemed to understand something from Gu Jiayue's tone. "This old man deserves the respect of all people."
Gu Jiayue nodded, not pursuing the topic any further. "A good friend of mine stumbled upon some of the old man's seeds and experimented with them in her paddy fields for a few years. It just so happened that Taohua Village was hit by hail this year, so I bought her seedlings and started planting them. I didn't expect the results to be so good."
"Don't you want to achieve great things? If this kind of rice can be planted all over Annan County, all over Juzhou, and even all over Dagan, so that the people of Dagan can have enough to eat and their granaries can be full..."
The future that Gu Jiayue described was so beautiful that Zheng Qinghe couldn't help but think along with her description.
If this were the case, no one would starve to death, and even if natural disasters or man-made disasters occurred, the common people would not be displaced or have to sell their children.
"Jiayue, can you sell me all these high-yield rice seeds?"
Gu Jiayue smiled. "Don't worry. There's not a lot of high-yield rice. My family and the village chief's are the only ones who grow a lot in Taohua Village, but even combined, it's still not enough for the entire Annan County."
After hearing this, Zheng Qinghe felt as if he was poured with a basin of ice water.
He took it for granted.
"But I can write a letter to my friend and see how many seeds she has at home."
At this unexpected turn of events, Zheng Qinghe quickly said, "Take whatever you want. Money is not a problem."
After hearing this, Gu Jiayue's smile became even more sincere. "Okay, I'll write to ask tonight."
She now has nearly 4,000 education points, which should be able to meet Zheng Qinghe's needs.
The two talked a lot about the cultivation of seedlings and fish farming in rice fields. Finally, Gu Jiayue said she was really tired, so she gave him the book she had bought from the system and asked him to go back and study it.
Of course, this is Gu Jiayue's handwritten copy. The original book is in simplified Chinese, and Zheng Qinghe can't understand it even if he takes it out.
After getting the book, Gu Jiayue copied it using Da Gan's own handwriting, and then asked Kangzi to print a few copies and put them in the library.
So there is absolutely no problem in giving Zheng Qinghe one.
Zheng Qinghe felt like he had found a treasure, and began to read the book with fascination.
If the yamen runner who followed him had not reminded him, he would have even forgotten about rushing back to the county town.
Let's just say, he's worthy of being the top scorer. His study attitude is too good.
I really should have let Gu Yuhe come and see it just now. This is what a good student is.
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