Chapter 194: Big Purchase Returns
Except for Shen Qing's family, everyone in the village used plows to plow the land.
Even though Shen Qing's family started harvesting Astragalus a few days earlier, due to the large amount of land and small number of people, their progress lagged behind other families.
It's just that this "backwardness" is envied by everyone.
People in the village don't plow all the land. Firstly, there is not enough time, and secondly, there is no need to do so.
After all, there is no time to plant crops after reclaiming the wasteland. I originally only wanted to plow out one or two acres to plant vegetables. But now I have astragalus seeds, so I have to hurry up to reclaim more land to plant astragalus!
After planting astragalus, we have to build a house for the winter, so the other land can only be reclaimed after the thaw comes in the spring next year.
Fortunately, some land was planted with astragalus this year, so there will be less wasteland to be cultivated in the spring of next year, which will invisibly reduce the pressure.
"This morning I saw Third Aunt, Fifth Aunt and Zhou Yan's family all setting up sheds. It seems that after selling astragalus in the city today, they will buy chickens, ducks and geese to raise." Jiang Yu chatted while cutting astragalus.
The astragalus harvest in their family is nearing completion. All the astragalus that can be dug out on the wasteland has been dug out. This morning, several people in the east have also started plowing the land and planting astragalus.
All the astragalus roots dug out were washed yesterday, and today we just need to cut them out and complete the harvest. It just happened to coincide with the good weather these days, so there is no rush.
Jiang Shui chopped the astragalus root skillfully and continued without even looking up, "Of course, I heard from Brother Daxi that even though the astragalus root is scattered here and there on the land divided by their family, it still covers more than an acre when put together!
The land was divided according to the number of people in the family. Aside from the Guan family, which has a small family, the other families should have similar land to Daxi's. After the first batch was dried last night, every household had a big smile on their face.
Although I didn't see the silver last night, I know how many pounds of the dried silver I made are and how much each pound costs. I can find out by just calculating it, right?
They were all people who made a living from the soil, and had never seen such a scene before, so every household went out this morning and formed a team to go to the city to sell medicinal herbs, for fear of any accidents or mishaps.
Shen Qing was worried: "It's good for every household to raise chickens, ducks and geese, and it would be better to raise a batch of sheep. It's too late to raise pigs this year, but with this unexpected income, every family should catch piglets and raise pigs next year;
"We can't slaughter oxen for farming, so we can't eat beef. We can only raise more pigs and sheep, and ideally, rabbits. They can reproduce, eat grass, and are inexpensive. Rabbit skins are warm and delicious."
It is not easy to go out once. I basically won’t go out unless there is something else. Besides, fresh meat cannot be kept in other seasons except winter.
You can't always eat smoked meat, cured meat, sausages, and salted fish throughout the year, right?
If you want to eat fresh meat here, you can't rely on your own family. But there are ten families here. If each family raises a few pigs, a dozen sheep, and a group of rabbits, it is not impossible to have fresh meat in spring, summer and autumn.
"Mom, we just finished eating the meat the day before yesterday, and we still have lard, bacon, and eggs these past two days. Who in the village has as much food as us?
"Mom, please don't feed us too well. It's a waste. Just have a good meal once in a while." Jiang Shui advised her mother, seeing how worried she was about improving their food.
Even the greediest third brother has been rotating the dishes these days, including braised pig's trotters, white jade pig's trotters, pig's trotters stewed with soybeans, stir-fried large intestines, spicy pig liver, stir-fried pig kidneys, braised spare ribs, pepper and salt spare ribs, garlic spare ribs, stewed spare ribs... The third brother is so hungry that he feels embarrassed to pick up the meat.
He just put his whole heart into his work, feeling that his work was not good enough and not worthy of the food his mother prepared.
These are because they are not long-lasting. If they were long-lasting, the ones my mother bought a few days ago would be enough to be eaten for ten days or half a month!
Although pig offal, ribs and pig's trotters are the cheapest part of the pig, my mother cooks them very deliciously. To them, they are no different from fat meat. Besides, when there is no meat, there are still eggs. They are all very content and do not have to eat meat.
Shen Qing felt guilty.
She has been raised in China for decades. Even if she can't have meat every meal, at least she has meat every day!
And I always feel that the vegetables in the dish will only be fragrant if they are served with meat.
She didn’t have time to care whether the children were satisfied or not, she just wanted to eat.
Especially in this dynasty, pig intestines, pig kidneys, pig trotters, ribs, etc. are cheap, and they are authentic local pork. Compared with fatty meat, of course you can eat as much as you want.
Huo Bing had been listening quietly, but then he interrupted, "From now on, every time you go to the city to sell medicinal herbs, buy a batch of chickens, ducks, and geese. We can raise more at home. The villagers should have bought a batch of sheep today, and pigs won't be a problem next year. With enough money, everyone will think about living a good life.
As for rabbits, have Xiangdong go find the Lei family. They also make traps. If there are any alive ones, have them keep them and sell them to us. Sooner or later, we’ll be able to raise more than we can eat.”
Shen Qing: .....A daughter-in-law is still the best! She knows what she wants!
He also carefully analyzed the situation and made suggestions.
Jiang Yu smiled and said, "It's okay. I told Da Tao yesterday to go into the city today and bring us some more pork kidneys, pig trotters, and pork ribs. We can soak them in water and eat them for three to five days."
Shen Qing: .....My sister-in-law is also good! Without her asking, I just ordered her favorite food in advance.
Four sons working in the fields:
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As night falls, the sky is dotted with stars and a bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting its cool moonlight.
Several donkey carts came back with a clatter.
Shen Qing heard the noise. It was cold at night, so he put on his coat, lit a torch, and walked towards the village.
Members of every household in the village came out to greet them, their excitement obviously suppressed. They waited until the vehicle stopped and saw the cart full of goods, then they no longer suppressed their smiles.
Mr. Jiang stepped forward and asked his son-in-law, "How is it?"
Xie Qingshan bowed and replied, "Dad, the astragalus was sold very smoothly! Most of it was 71 kilograms, and there were only about 10 kilograms of inferior products, but they were still sold for 60 cents per kilogram.
The owner of the medicine shop even inquired about how much stock we had left and asked us to dry it all and send it over."
Hearing that the herbs were sold, the rest of the herbs in the house would no longer have to worry about sales, the onlookers breathed a sigh of relief and immediately smiled happily.
Jiang Daxi came close to his mother and whispered, "Mom, we sold eleven taels! We bought all the chickens, ducks, and geese you wanted, and also bought a hundred kilograms of corn.
Everyone's buying too much, and the donkey carts can't carry it all. Let's send a few more carts later and stock up on food in the next few days!"
In the past, we didn’t have enough money, so we just wanted to have enough food to last until the spring thaw. Now with this income, of course the first thing we have to do is buy enough food, the most important thing!
Zhao Mingyue thought that what was sold here was only the astragalus dug on the first day. There were still three days' worth of astragalus left at home. And there was only more than one acre of land in total. That was to say, the harvest of more than one acre of land was forty or fifty taels?
She steadied herself and felt her hands and legs shaking. Just as she was about to find a place to lean on, she saw that the people around her who had heard about the income were even more seriously ill than her.
She was afraid that these people would faint!
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