Chapter 89088. Planting in the small land
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The entire Sanlihe Village wanted to switch to growing peppers, but no one in the village knew how. Zhou Yi only knew how to cook and had only a vague understanding of growing vegetables.
"I have already thought of this."
Chen Xiangrang waved his hand, and two men who looked like old farmers came over and greeted Lei Li and Zhou Yi in a reserved manner.
"These two old farmers are Huang Qing and Lou Da. They are both good at growing peppers and tending to crops."
"Master Meng heard that no one in Xiling Prefecture or Qingmi County knew how to grow peppers, and he anticipated that Boss Lei and Boss Zhou might need them, so he spent a large sum of money to hire someone from the small pepper-growing village in Zhongchuan Prefecture."
"My dad is amazing. He can even think of this. If it weren't for him, we would be in trouble."
Mengluo's eyes were full of praise.
Meng Luo and Chen Xiangrang came to Sanlihe Village from the county town together. In the chili business, planting chili peppers is the first and most important step, so of course they have to supervise it personally.
——Mengluo just followed along because he thought it was fun, but he actually didn’t understand it either.
"Mr. Meng is truly worthy of being the one who established the Meng's Rice Shop. He is indeed meticulous and thoughtful in his work. Zhou Yi and I still have a lot to learn from him."
Lei Li praised him with a smile, and Chen Xiangrang bowed and said a few humble words.
Seeing only two old farmers, Zhou Yi asked, "Why are only Uncle Huang and Uncle Lou here? Are their families still in Zhongchuan City?"
"yes."
Chen Xiangrang said, "The journey is long, and their families are reluctant to leave their hometown, so they stayed in Zhongchuan Prefecture and didn't come with them. In a few years at most, the villagers of Sanlihe Village will also be able to do it, and then it won't be too late to send them back for family reunion."
"Too."
Zhou Yi nodded.
There is no time to lose.
After meeting the village chief and having lunch, village chief Lei Li Zhou Yihe took Chen Xiangrang, Meng Luo and two old farmers to the fields to conduct an overall inspection of the village's dry land.
But when you get to the fields, the first thing you see is a field of lush green rice seedlings, swaying gently in the breeze, like a green sea with ripples.
The water in the fields is clear.
The field is surrounded by a bamboo fence.
In the fields, stone snails and river snails were crawling with their tentacles stretched out, small fish were swimming in groups and wagging their tails, little ducks were quacking and half swimming and half walking in search of river snails and insects to eat, and there were several farmers pulling weeds and catching insects in the fields.
"Why?"
Mengluo saw the little fish and ducks in the field, and immediately squatted down curiously, teasing the little fish in the water through the fence, and said with a smile,
"Why are there both fish and ducks in this field? Won't the fish eat the rice seedlings, and won't the ducks eat the fish?"
Although Mengluo is a naive young master, he has at least harvested rice and walked in the fields for a few years. Even though he doesn't know how to farm and grow vegetables, he knows that ducks will eat fish and fish will bite rice seedlings.
"That won't happen."
The village chief quickly said, "Our village used this method to grow rice and raise fish and ducks last year during the autumn rice season. The harvest was very good. Not only were we able to harvest ducks and fish, but the millet was also heavier."
As he spoke, the village chief couldn't help but show off a bit, "The official who collects rice taxes also said that our village's rice is good, and it is ranked among the best in Qingmi County. Other villages don't pay as much tax as ours."
The village chief has been dealing with fields for most of his life.
Although he was a little timid and nervous when meeting the young master and nobleman from the provincial capital, he was still confident and confident when it came to farming.
"So powerful?"
Meng Luo's eyes lit up when he heard this. "The rice that even the tax collector praised must be good. When this crop of rice is harvested, Manager Chen and I will come take a look. If it's really good, I'll buy it all for you at the county price."
Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately expressed his gratitude.
According to the selling price, that is, the price of new rice at the rice shop, one catty of rice can be sold for an extra 1 or 2 wen! A little bit adds up to a lot, and an acre of new rice can bring more than half a tael of silver, or even an extra 1 or 2 taels of silver!
"The ducks and fish from these fields also taste better than usual."
Lei Li also smiled and said, "When we can harvest them, please ask Master Mengluo and Chen Xiang to ask the steward to taste them together. I hope they won't be disgusted by it then."
"How come?"
Meng Luo smiled and praised Zhou Yi's craftsmanship several times, then curiously asked, "Who came up with this method? This is the first time I've seen anyone raise a pig this way."
Lei Li raised the corner of his lips with a hint of pride. "This is the idea of my husband Zhou Yi. It's called the Rice-Fish-Duck Symbiosis System. As for the mystery behind it, Master Mengluo and Chen Xiang asked the steward to guess carefully."
"this……"
Mengluo observed carefully for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't tell, but I think the fish is quite fresh and the duck is quite fat."
"Chen noticed something."
Chen Xiangrang pointed at the fish swimming in the fields and the ducklings chasing them, saying, "It's not that the fish don't want to bite the rice seedlings, but they're too small to bite them. Similarly, the fish are big, and the ducks are relatively small, so they can't eat the fish."
"right."
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "This is taking advantage of the time difference. It can both increase the flow and save resources. We can get more benefits with similar energy and time."
He smiled again, "But this is not something I came up with. I learned it somewhere else. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people."
After a moment's thought, Chen Xiangrang nodded and sighed, "Boss Zhou, there's no need to be so modest. You're very knowledgeable. I've never seen such a co-raising method in the capital."
"It seems that people still need to go out and walk more and see more in order to gain more knowledge."
Zhou Yi also nodded. "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Lei Li and I have never seen the prosperity of the capital city. I would like to go there when I have the chance."
"Isn't this simple?"
Meng Luo patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said cheerfully, "When we return to the capital, you and Boss Lei can come with us and meet my father on the way."
"My father likes smart and capable people the most. If he saw you and Boss Lei, he would definitely be reluctant to let you go back to Qingmi County to open a small restaurant!"
Zhou Yi laughed heartily, "I can't leave here. If I do, I'll be letting down Uncle Meng's kindness."
We walked and talked, passing by vast expanses of green paddy fields, and soon arrived at the dry land of Sanlihe Village.
It is Qingming Festival.
It was drizzling, the weather was warm and humid, and many vegetable seedlings had been planted in the dry land, including cabbage, bok choy, eggplant, cucumber, bitter gourd, etc.
The two old farmers looked at the soil carefully, then touched the leaves and examined them for a moment.
Among them, Mr. Huang Qing said, "The soil here is deep, fertile, and loose. It can retain fertilizer and water without trapping water. Vegetables grow well here, and it is suitable for growing peppers."
Uncle Lou also said, "Yes, peppers are delicate. They like water but cannot tolerate waterlogging. They like the sun but cannot tolerate drought. I see that it rains a lot here, and there are rivers to draw water, and it is warm too."
"As long as you take good care of the peppers, weed them frequently, and till the soil, they won't easily get sick. I think growing good peppers shouldn't be difficult."
"That's easy."
Lei Li said, "The most common qualities of the people in our village are patience and diligence. As long as we can grow good peppers, even a little trouble is not a big deal."
“Yes, yes.”
The village chief also nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll trouble you all."
Chen Xiangrang also bowed and said kindly, "It will take a few months for the pepper harvest. During this time, Mengluo and I will be living in the village, so thank you for your care."
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Chen Xiangrang had to keep an eye on the planting and growth of peppers and report the progress to Mr. Meng Fuguang regularly. Naturally, he had to live in Sanlihe Village and keep an eye on it all the time.
Mengluo doesn't have to live in the village.
But he felt that he was the one who built up the chili business, and his parents and brother had high hopes for him, so he also had to do everything himself, just like Lei Li, Zhou Yi and Chen Xiangrang.
So Chen Xiangrang and Meng Luo temporarily lived in Sanlihe Village.
It is an old house that is well decorated. The bricks are blue bricks. Although some tiles have fallen off due to age, it can still be lived in after some simple repairs.
Speaking of which, this house has some connection with the Lei Li family.
"That's the house that my unscrupulous grandparents and uncle built."
Lei Li explained, "We used my father's money to buy the new land, and the old mud house was thrown to my father. They said it was to repay my father's money, and they didn't want my father to give money to support my grandparents anymore."
Then he snorted coldly, "How dare you compare such a shabby mud-brick house with such a big house?"
Zhou Yi held his hand, comforted him, and asked, "Didn't they move to the county town later? Didn't this house just become abandoned?"
"No."
Lei Li said, "It was bought by a wealthy businessman in the county. He kept it for his old age to live in the countryside. My uncle and grandpa and grandma used the money to buy another house in the county."
"Chen Xiangrang bought this house from that wealthy businessman, and he and Meng Luo moved in."
There were also the servants brought by Chen Xiangrang and Meng Luo, or to be more precise, Meng Luo's maids and coachman. Chen Xiangrang only had two personal apprentices.
It was the first time for the villagers to see such a grand occasion.
"Even if a wealthy businessman from the county came, he wouldn't make such a big scene, right?"
"Those maids are prettier than the girls in our village. They are all very pretty and wear pearl headbands. I heard that only the wealthy families in the capital have them."
“No wonder I’ve never seen it before…”
"Did you see that huge horse just now? It was taller than a man, and it ran so fast and majestically, and the carriage was huge too!"
"And clothes made of silk..."
Whenever Mengluo goes out, he will be surrounded and stared at by villagers.
They did not dare to come up and surround him, but just watched from afar in groups, marveling at what kind of silk clothes he was wearing today, what kind of jade pendant and sachet he was carrying, and whether the maid he brought with him was different from the one he brought with him yesterday.
Mengluo didn't feel offended and even went to chat with the villagers.
At first, the villagers were timid and nervous, not knowing how to get along with Mengluo. They were afraid that if they said something wrong, the deal worth one thousand taels would be ruined.
But the children in the village don’t understand this.
Seeing Mengluo looking at him curiously, he kept calling him "Brother" and "Uncle" and asked a million questions.
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