Chapter 62 Gale
After lunch, Zhixin led the children to the place where the villagers dig the soil and told them about stopping ginseng seeds.
"Brother Xu, you can only ask the children here for such a trick. Did you ask them? The ginseng seeds were just letting them fall off before. If the children are willing to pick them, then pick them. Can you still exchange them for two more money? The children follow you on the mountain, enduring hardships and tiring, and you can earn some delicious food? Brother, I said you don't have to worry about the children too tightly. Your children are smart and sensible, so where can you find such a good place?" A tall man over there said with a smile.
"After all, it's a big guy's thing, so it's not good to pick it if you understand it. Since everyone has no objection, I'll let the children go." Zhixin waved his hand and asked Wenhan to lead his younger brothers and sisters to pinch the ginseng seeds.
In the afternoon, everyone pinched about a hundred feet, and then Zhiming led everyone to the riverside to rub the ginseng seeds. Since the ginseng seeds were ripe, the scrubbing was very fast. After a while, they brought the white ginseng seeds back to the ginseng site.
In the next few days, the children were obsessed with the ginseng seeds, and they could stop more than 200 feet a day. Later, even Jingya and Jingxian went to work. It took everyone a total of eight days to finish them all. All the ginseng seeds were dry, and they were twice as many ginseng seeds as they left at home. Even the old man was shocked, "Oh, but I didn't expect that this ginseng seeds could be made so many. If the villagers knew about this, they wouldn't regret it?"
Chen glared at the old man, "Do you think this is an easy job? Look, our eight children all started to do it, and it took seven or eight days. Who has the conditions of our family, and is close to it, and there is enough manpower? They are jealous if they are jealous. At worst, we won't do it next year?"
Jinghan smiled and watched the two of them quarrel, knowing that grandma felt sorry for them. Jinghan thought to himself, when the sticks are on the autumn side, I will let you know the other benefits of this ginseng. Then you will be more fortunate to choose to go up the mountain to see ginseng. "Grandpa, can our family need more ginseng soil next year? There are so many ginseng seeds that can be sprinkled. Our family should take this opportunity to plant more ginseng."
After hearing Jinghan's words, the old man lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said, "Oh, you are right, but if you want more ginseng soil, we have to hand over the sticks. One zhang of ginseng soil requires four kilograms, and these ginseng seeds must be at least ten zhang, so there are not many sticks left in our family." The old man felt a little sorry for the sticks he handed over.
Jinghan secretly scolded the court's policy in his heart that one acre of land could be made of about 66 zhang of ginseng, and one zhang of ginseng soil would have to pay four catties of fresh ginseng. These four catties of fresh ginseng can be sold at least one liang of silver. If you think the price of the Xu family sold last year, it would be more than two liang. This means that one acre of land would cost sixty or seventy or even a hundred liang of silver. God, this is too cruel, right? Jinghan secretly swore in his heart that he must find a way to make money in the future and then buy forest seeds and grow ginseng at his own family. In this way, even if he pays taxes, he will not hand over all the hard-working blood and sweat of the ginseng farmers to the court like now.
"Grandpa, you have to think so. Will you be able to sell a lot of money when this crop of ginseng seeds grow into sticks? We have lived in the mountains in the past few years, and it is very convenient to serve sticks. Don't take advantage of this opportunity to plant more. In a few years, how can there be such an opportunity? We can't watch the mountains for a lifetime, right?" Jinghan told the people in the house little by little.
After hearing what his daughter said, Zhixin couldn't help but nodded, "Dad, Jinghan is right. It seems a little difficult for the time being. When we lift the stick, we can sell it a lot more. I think this will work. Dad, why don't we listen to Jinghan for a while?" Zhixin looked at the old man.
The old man pondered for a while, finally made up his mind and nodded. "Let's fight for it. After so many years, we have been fighting so hard. In this way, how can we make a lot of money in our lives? In the first two years, we may have to endure some hardship. After all, we won't have too much money in our hands. There are so many places that can save." The old man planted ginseng for his whole life. He has always planted these and never dared to do it. But who in this kind of ginseng doesn't think that he can have a stick of hundreds of feet in his home, and when the goods are ready in autumn, he uses a car to pull it home?
When Jinghan heard grandpa say this, he couldn't help laughing, "Grandpa, how can it be difficult? Not to mention anything else, can we still have thirty taels of silver for a year? In addition, I think the land we planted this year is pretty good, and there shouldn't be too much food, so we don't have to worry about eating it. This year, my elder brother has been sending fish and citrus to restaurants in the town, and he can still buy six or seven taels in a month. In addition, we followed my third uncle to dig medicinal materials, and we can also pick up walnuts and pine seeds in autumn, and we can also get some inputs. Can't we still hunt in winter? This mountain is much better than our village, so we naturally have more prey. Grandpa, if we think so, we can still spend a lot of money on selling sticks in a year. Isn't it, grandma?" Jinghan settled the accounts little by little to everyone.
Chen glanced at Jinghan and couldn't help but burst into laughter. "You are just me, you have a little mouth, and you have calculated the family's accounts thoroughly. Yes, you are right. Our family has really saved some money a while ago. After selling the baitmao in autumn, we will pay back the Lin family's fifty taels first. It's not easy to use other people's money for too long. Huixin has to wait first, otherwise our family will not be able to slow down."
It was getting late, and when everyone saw that the matter was discussed, they went back to bed. Zhixin and Zhiming went to the venue for a walk, and then they returned to the newly built house this year and went to bed.
It is now the end of July, and it is not long before the stomp is raised. At this time, we must be careful. Many thieves will come to the venue to steal ginseng at this time. When Lao Liu was looking at the ginseng, the gang was stolen. So the Xu family was particularly concerned at this time. Every night, Zhixin, Zhiming, even the old man, Wenhan, and Wencheng have to go out for a walk. Fortunately, they have a long time on the mountain. The terrain in the venue is very familiar, and even if it is dark, they can walk very steadily. The old man and Wenhan are in the group, Zhiming and Wencheng are in the group, and Zhixin himself is divided into three groups, taking turns to walk. Once they find something, they will ring the copper basin. When the people in the family hear it, they will all go out.
I originally had two big dogs in the yard, but later Zhixin asked for two more puppies, and now I am quite big. These dogs are tied up on weekdays and will spread out when I walk around at night. If I find any problems, these dogs can be used in some ways.
This is the most difficult period for the genitals to endure. Only when the villagers get off all the sticks for making goods can they be considered as the end.
It was sunny from the end of July to the beginning of August until the fifth day of August, and it started to be a little cloudy. In the evening, the wind started to blow harder and it started to rain at the beginning of the Xu hour. You have to pay more attention to this kind of weather. Isn’t there an old saying that steals the wind and the moon, and steals the rain and the snow? The wind and rain outside are not the best time for thieves to appear.
The old man was lying on the kang and couldn't sleep as he heard the movement outside.
"What's wrong with you? You're tossing and turning, and you're not going to sleep quickly, and you'll have to get up and take a walk later." Chen asked when he heard the old man's movement.
"Listen to the outside, the wind is quite strong. Such a day is the most dangerous, I can't sleep a little." The old man said in a low voice.
"Okay, you can sleep for a while. You and Wenhan got up and had a walk during the Hai period. If you don't sleep, you will have no time to sleep." Chen advised.
The old man calmed down and fell asleep slowly.
That night, no one in the family dared to sleep, and the men took turns to go out for a walk. When they went out in this weather, they naturally had to wear straw hats and straw raincoats. However, the wind was very strong, and people walked in the wind in the wind, and were shaking by the wind, and they would fall down if they were accidentally. The old man and Wen Han were in the group, but the rain was not too heavy. When Zhixin went out in the second half of the night, the wind blew even harder and the rain was heavy. Xue was worried about him and dared not sleep.
The strong wind blew all night, and it was like a howl of ghosts and gods. It was finally dawn, and the rain stopped and the wind seemed to be a little weaker. Zhixin quickly went out to take a look. In the venue, many people's sheds were damaged. Although they were nailed with nails from wooden sheds, they could not resist the strong winds that kept blowing.
Walking in the garage venue and looking at the mess everywhere, Zhixin was really scared. If this guy had a board flying on the shed at night, he wouldn't have to smash it out? After careful inspection, there was no loss of ginseng from each household, and Zhixin's heart was overwhelmed.
"Dad, don't worry, some ginseng sheds were blown up, and the hammer was not lost. The wind outside has become much smaller now, so we have to pay attention today, for fear that someone would not dare to come out last night, and take advantage of loopholes during the day. Zhiming and I led Wenhan and the others to see it. You should rest at home. You were tired enough last night." Zhixin told the old man about the situation outside. "By the way, it seems that the wind has blown a lot of trees in the forest outside. Wait for the wind to stop, let's take the time to get it back, and it's good to keep the fire in winter."
The old man didn't have a good rest last night and was not energetic today. "Okay, you can do it. I'll go to bed for a while after dinner. I'll go to bed in the afternoon." He was really tired.
Chapter completed!