After selling the cotton, the family had a total of 353 taels of silver, and Song Yuehua gave 50 taels to the school.
"Wouldn't 50 taels be too much?" Master Yi said.
Song Yuehua explained, "Originally, I planned to keep the school's income and expenditure balanced, but I took all the silver I had before, and you also need to replenish some pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. Leave 5 taels, and use the rest to purchase goods."
The remaining fluff in the Dongshan cotton fields has been almost collected, and the cotton stalks are already being pulled out. Song Yuehua is strong and does this job with ease.
After pulling cotton stalks for a day, before going home, Song Yuehua asked the three managers to come to the Song family later.
Now that the cotton has been harvested, the next thing to consider is the next crop, and before that the fields have to be plowed as soon as possible.
For dinner, Tian made lotus root meatballs, and Dabao ate one at a time until his mouth was full of oil.
Ever since Dabao got injured, Tian wanted to keep her eyes glued to him. She was either afraid that he would fall again or that he would hit the splint, and her whole body was tense.
After Song Yuehua was full, she took the bowl and said, "Auntie Tian, go eat. I'll feed Dabao."
Tian breathed a sigh of relief and then sat down at the table to eat.
It's definitely not okay to eat only meat. I picked up a handful of vegetables, but before I could even feed them to him, Dabao immediately shook his head and said, "I want to eat meat."
Even though he was injured, Song Yuehua didn't want to let him do whatever he wanted, so she coaxed him, "Do you want to take down the board? Do you want to fly? Do you want to go to the compound to play with Xiao Hei? Then eat the vegetables, otherwise your hand will never heal."
Xie Wenwu also coaxed, "After you finish eating, big brother will take you to pick the moon..."
"Brother!" Xiaoyu frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the kids will take it seriously."
Xie Wenwu laughed and said, "Why are you talking nonsense? I said you can pick them, and I'll let you guys see them after dinner."
Xiaoyu, "..."
"Brother Wenwu, how do you want to pick it?" Xiaoyu was a little interested.
"Keep it secret." Xie Wenwu shook his head and pretended to be mysterious.
What several people said was interesting, but Dabao still kept his mouth pursed and was unwilling to open it.
"Eat it or not? If not, I will eat all the meat and not leave a single piece for you!" Song Yuehua threatened.
As soon as he finished speaking, Dabao opened his mouth.
Song Yuehua, "..."
When feeding meatballs, Song Yuehua fed one to Dabao and also fed one to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao doesn’t like meat as much as Dabao. Fortunately, Tian knew her taste and specially made a bowl of red date and egg custard for Xiaobao.
After dinner, Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, Xie Wenwu, Dabao and Xiaobao went to the yard to pick the moon.
Xie Wenwu brought a bowl, filled it with water, and held it in front of the people. They saw the reflection of the moon in it.
"How about it, is the moon in the bowl?" Xie Wenwu said proudly.
Several people gathered around the bowl, looking at the moon reflected in it, feeling a little surprised.
Xie Yu asked, "Brother, who did you learn this from?"
"Why did I learn it from others? Couldn't I have figured it out on my own?" Xie Wenwu was unconvinced.
Xiaoyu and Xiaoyu looked at him, and Dabao and Xiaobao also looked at him with their big round eyes.
Xie Wenwu was so defensive that he sighed and said, "Zhang Rushan taught me that."
So that's the case, not surprising then.
Song Yuehua smiled, went back into the house, and took out the account book from Dongshan. After a while, the three managers came over.
"How long will it take to cultivate the cotton field?" Song Yuehua asked Zhou Dafu.
Zhou Dafu said, "Send some people over, it will be done in 5 days."
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Turn up the cotton field and plant potatoes when the time comes. By the way, is there enough farmyard manure?"
Zong Yi had just finished applying fertilizer to his 30 acres of land, and Zhou Dafu was in a hurry to use more fertilizer after plowing his land. Song Yuehua was worried that the stored fertilizer was not enough.
"Song Da and Song Er have been going out early and coming back late recently. They have brought back a lot of farm manure from the county. Together with the manure from the breeding farm, it is still enough." Zhou Dafu said.
Ever since the two brothers of the Song family took on the job of collecting farm manure, the Song family has been quiet.
Come to think of it, this deal is quite a bargain.
I didn't seem to see Song Da and Song Er when I was picking cotton before, so Song Yuehua asked, "How are they doing at work?"
"The fertilizer we collect every day is full buckets, and we do the job efficiently," Zhou Dafu replied.
"All right."
As long as they work hard, it's fine. Song Yuehua didn't ask any more questions and turned to Zong Yi and said, "Don't the Ren family have two more people? You can take them to work for a month. If they work well, you can take them in."
Song Yuehua is so annoyed by Old Man Ren that every time she goes to Dongshan, she tries every way to get in your way.
Zongyi added, "After a month, if they don't accept it, I will drive them away."
After saying this, he also laughed, "We can't let others know that there is such a method, otherwise many people will come to Dongshan every day."
Zhou Dafu smiled and said, "People like Old Man Ren are rare."
“That’s right.”
Several people in the room laughed out loud. Song Yuehua looked at Liu Xue and asked, "How are the pigs and chickens now?"
I was so busy harvesting cotton recently that I haven’t been to the pig farm for several days.
Liu Xue said, "The pigs will be ready for slaughter by the end of the month. The chicken farm is now producing about a hundred eggs a day. Only 280 of the newly hatched chicks have survived, and there are still several nests of eggs that have not hatched yet."
Song Yuehua said, "Tell the pig farmer in advance and ask him to come and collect them. Be more careful when raising the chickens."
There was no need to buy more chicks. Song Yuehua took out 50 taels of silver and handed it to Liu Xue, saying, "Tomorrow you and Aunt Qin should take some time to go to the county to buy 50 more piglets. By the way, do you want to grow some other vegetables?"
Liu Xue said, "We just need to plant more radishes and cabbages. In winter, we need to make a lot of dried and pickled vegetables. Besides pigs, humans also need to eat them. Humans eat more than pigs."
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