kingnovel Chapter 663 Going to the Village to Collect Grain
Chapter 663 Going to the Village to Collect Grain
Li agreed, "That's good. Grain seeds are still very important. I've noticed that our wheat yields have been getting higher year by year in the past two years."
No one in the family had any objection. When it came to farming, they were no match for Zhou Guo.
After their family’s wheat is harvested, the wheat in the village will also be harvested one after another.
Zhou Guo only left seven people on the farm to watch over Feizhuang, and let the rest go out, with two people from each village, driving two ox carts to collect the grain.
He was not idle either, so he took the old man with him and went downstairs as well.
Every household in every village is harvesting wheat in the fields. Everyone has a smile on their face, and the joy of the harvest is on everyone's face.
Zhou Guo deliberately walked to the farthest Didong Village, which took another two hours to drive there. She did not go to the village, but only to the end of the field.
Find the right one.
People were busy harvesting wheat in the fields. Some were happy and some were tired and sang songs. Zhou Guo was tapping the beat on the cart and said to the old man who was drinking water nearby: "Master, listen, the singing is quite nice."
The old man looked around and said, "It's a good harvest, so of course the singing is beautiful."
Although he didn't know how to farm, he could still tell whether the wheat harvest was good or bad. Even though he had never eaten pork, he had seen a lot of pigs.
Thinking of this, he said, "You really did a good thing for everyone. The manure from the fermentation can feed a family for at least a month. It saved so many lives!"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. Although I did a good deed, it was not done in vain. I had to pay for it."
The old man said, "Of course I have to charge you for it. Who would do it for free?"
He waved his big hand towards the ground and said, "Let's go collect the money."
At this time, all the villages were in the process of autumn harvest and no one had the time to walk around. The sight of Zhou Guo, an old man and a child, driving a cart in the fields was very eye-catching and everyone stopped to look over.
Zhou Guo stood up from the ox cart and said with a smile: "Everyone, the grain has finally been harvested. Is this a bumper year?"
They have all come to buy fertilizer before. Even if they have never seen Zhou Guo, everyone knows the ox cart with the big bell hanging on it. It belongs to the Zhou family. It has been transporting fertilizer to them back and forth in the past few months. It must have been ripe a long time ago.
When you see this car, you know it’s someone from the Zhou family. It’s time for them to pay their debts.
Some who knew Zhou Guo dropped their things and came over to greet him, "Hey, the boss of the Zhou family is here. How are you these days, young master? Have you harvested the crops?"
Zhou Guo smiled. She had a good impression of this man. She said, "We just harvested our crops. We don't have much land. We harvested it in one day. How is this year's harvest compared to last year? I remember you said that last year your top-quality land only yielded less than two and a half dan, is that right?"
The other party was even more excited. "Oh, I didn't expect that the young master still remembered me. Yes, I only harvested two and a half dan last year. This year, I was the first to harvest. I harvested that acre of land the day before yesterday. You may not believe it, but the harvest is more than three dan, almost three dan and one dou!!! If I hadn't come to you to buy fertilizer later, I might have been able to exceed three dan and five dou!"
Others also had something to say.
"My family is the same. We only found out about it later. We bought fertilizer, and the land that originally yielded two dan of grain can now barely yield two dan and five dou of grain. It's as good as other families' top-quality land in previous years. Young Master, your fertilizer is really good!"
"Yes, yes, young master, our family has also increased. The best plots of land have increased by nearly six bushels per acre, which is several bushels more than in a good year. This is really good news!"
At this moment, a lot of people gathered around the car. When they heard that this was the owner of Feizhuang, they all gathered around and started talking about how much more land they had.
Zhou Guo listened carefully to each one and gave affirmation after listening.
"Really, uncle? I remember there are six people in your family, and eight acres of land. It is said that in previous years, after paying taxes, they couldn't even eat enough to drink porridge every day. Is that enough this year?"
"Next year, you should start applying fertilizer when you turn the soil, pick some good wheat seeds, plough deeply and carefully, and manage it properly. The harvest will definitely be higher, and you will have dry food to eat during the busy farming season."
Everyone likes to hear this: "It means that during the slack season, we eat liquid food, and during the busy season, we eat dry food. That's a good life!"
Someone laughed and said, "Young Master, you are here to collect the grain, right? I prepared it last night and told you when you would come to collect it, but I didn't expect you to come today, and you came in person."
"We are ready, too. Let's go, Young Master, and return the food to you. Since we have gained benefits and accepted your kindness, we cannot let you work for nothing."
Zhou Guo said hurriedly: "Why don't you just do the big stuff first, and I will collect it when I get home at noon."
"Well, how can that be done? There are many people in the field. One more person is enough. It won't delay anything. You are a person who can do great things. I can't delay you. Let's go back."
Zhou Guo was not polite and said with a smile: "Well, I won't be polite. If you finish it early, you will have a better job. You can count the food behind closed doors."
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Guo took out the account book. She had no experience at first, so several villages were recorded in one account book. Later, the villages were separated, which made it easier to check the accounts and the accounts were clear at a glance.
This village was found later and the account book was kept in a separate volume.
Now they sell a pound of wheat for about four coins per stone, or four cents per pound, and Zhou Guo also sells it at this price.
The first family had twelve acres of land and bought a total of eight stone of fertilizer, which is more than three hundred kilograms of grain.
The weighed grain was put on the scale again, Zhou Guo checked it again, and found no problem, so he loaded the grain into the truck.
He smiled and asked the family, "Uncle, I took away so much food. Did you make any profit? Do you still have the extra food from the fertilizer? Did you work in vain?"
The man laughed and said, "How could it be in vain? We earned a lot, almost two stone. You said we didn't contribute anything, and we didn't even have to haul it ourselves. You just delivered as much as you wanted to the fields and applied fertilizer. The yield per acre increased a lot. Excluding what we gave you, the rest was free. We are very happy."
The woman also said, "Yes, we didn't do much. We didn't have to carry the fertilizer or deliver the food. We are already satisfied with this extra food."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's not for nothing. You've worked so hard for several months, so you have to make some money. If you choose the seeds carefully this year, you will probably get more harvest next year. After deducting the fertilizer fee, the remaining money will be yours."
The two of them responded with a smile, and then they walked the two out the door and went to the fields.
Zhou Guo and the old man each took an ox cart to collect the goods.
The families behind said to Zhou Guo very embarrassedly: "Young Master, this, haha, our family does not have as much land as others, and we do not have much grain, but we still have beans at home. You said that you can use 70% grain and 30% beans as compensation, is this possible?"