The heroine of Kuai Chuan Zhi's family only farms

Chapter 1325 [1324] The story of the buried female farming 52 (6100)

On a pouring rainy morning, Bai He was wearing a coir raincoat and led the workers to transfer the poultry at the foot of the mountain to the shed. The rain was so heavy that the rain on the mountain kept washing down. Fortunately, they had prepared in advance. The rabbits who were afraid of water were moved to a safe place earlier, and the chickens, ducks and geese were also removed from the sheds. Fortunately, they were not hit by the heavy rain.

When she returned to her own yard, she was already drenched. Luckily, Liu'er boiled hot water for her and soaked it in the bathtub. Her body warmed up in an instant, and she groaned subconsciously: "Ah... ..., so comfortable!"

Now, apart from taking a bath in the space in winter, she usually takes a bath outside, especially after arriving here, because there is a special bathroom, so it is convenient to wash. Even in winter, there is a stove, which is very comfortable.

After washing comfortably, her hair was still dry, and she was wiping her name Liu'er. When she looked up, the man who had been away from home for more than a month suddenly stood in front of her with an unshaven beard. Xiangzi followed from behind, both of them were wearing coir raincoats, obviously coming in the rain.

"You're back?" Bai He couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and walked over in three steps at a time, trying to take a closer look at his appearance.

Wei Ying resisted the urge to hold her in his arms: "I'm soaked, don't come here, I just took a shower, go to the room to dry yourself first, I'll change my clothes, I'll come to you right away, As she said, she did not forget to draw her forehead and give her a light impression under her lips."

Bai He wanted to say something. He had already entered the bathroom under Xiangzi's command. Xiangzi came over with a change of clothes and hot water in his hand. When he passed by her, he even winked at her: "This is a good surprise, isn't it?" ?”

Bai He patted his shoulder and glared at him: "You won't wait until the rain stops before coming back? With such heavy rain, you'll get gonorrhea."

"It's okay, didn't you get wet just now? No, Liu'er has been boiling hot water, we can just wash it off."

One bucket of water can be used by two men, what a saving!
Having said that, she also speeded up to the room, dried her hair with a dry towel, and changed into decent and warm clothes.

As soon as the packing was done, Wei Ying knocked on the door. Both of them were unmarried, so they went to the living room of the main room to talk together. Just in time, Liu Er came over to make hot tea and put homemade cakes for the two of them. , Xiangzi finished eating and drinking quickly, and said, 'I still have a debt to settle, you guys talk. ’ and leave room for them.

Before Wei Ying could say a few words, he took out a jewelry box from the baggage in the main room, gently pushed it in front of her, and signaled her to open it.

"Buying gifts again? I told you that you don't need to spend so much money, and I don't usually need these..."

While speaking, the small box the size of B5 paper was opened, and the dazzling gold and colorful colors illuminated her eyes, and her breathing became faster.

"So much?" Wei Ying smiled slightly, "It's not worth anything, I bought it when I saw it suits you, earrings, bracelets, bracelets, necklaces, and head flowers, and 500 taels of silver at the bottom The ticket is what I got from going to Beijing this time, and I will give it all to you. Zhuangzi bought it well, and it is big enough. I think you don’t have any money in your hand, so I will give you the 500 taels for emergency.”

Seeing that he spoke cautiously, Bai He knew that his self-esteem was at work again. Except for Xiangzi, no one else got the money to buy Zhuangzi, and she didn't intend to tell anyone else, so Wei Ying would think that, Before he could meet her own conditions, she had already bought Zhuangzi for herself, and the straight man's disappointment could be seen in his eyes.

So she told the source of the money, and said to him with a smile: "Since Zhuangzi has been realized, let's find a good day to get things done!"

The man who hadn't had time to shave really looked vicissitudes and pitiful. Although he seemed to be washed clean, he still felt dirty.

But when she said that when she was doing things, his eyes were more than twice enlarged, his eyes were full of doubts and An's unbearable excitement, but when he showed it, he became more cautious: "Really?"

"I said it myself, why don't you believe it?"

Now the straight man directly hugged her and turned her around twice.

"So, I have to thank those bandits? If it weren't for them, I'm afraid it would be difficult to marry you this year?"

Bai He patted his shoulder, telling her to put herself down, and then said angrily.

"Even if the money in this Zhuangzi is contributed by others, we can't take the money for nothing, so I want to build some houses in the Zhuangzi, and take over and raise all the widows, old people and children nearby, so that the money has the value of dedication." In the future, I will set up a small school to teach the people in our village to read, and I will also buy a few shops in the city to sell derivatives of our village. As long as the old people can move, they will spare no effort to create value. Let them do some manual work and sell it in the shop, and buy them supplements with the proceeds, what do you think of my idea?"

"Our Doctor Bai is a well-known benevolent person, there is nothing wrong with you doing this, and I support you," Wei Ying looked at her with a doting smile in his eyes.

"Since you want to support me, stay here and don't leave. The autumn harvest is coming soon. There are many things in Zhuangzi. It is not suitable for me as a woman to show my face. Xiangzi and Xiaomang are too busy. I feel at ease when you come. Let’s help with the inside and outside, our food, vegetables, and eggs all need to be sold by the shop, so that the circulation will gradually recover the money.”

Upon hearing that he wanted to stay, Wei Ying hesitated for a moment, and Bai He immediately said.

"Buy those in Zhuangzi first. I'm done with Zhuangzi. If you're still willing to go out, I won't stop you."

Wei Ying couldn't help being happy, "You know you're married, and I can't live without you, that's why you said that on purpose, right?"

"I'm a woman, so I just want to guard this land and do what I want to do. You're a man, and I know you care about saving face. You always feel like you're taking advantage of me, but you know, without Xiangzi and the others, I can't fight such a big battle by myself. We don't want to be rich and powerful in this life. Just guarding this village and doing a small business is enough. One hundred acres of fertile land is enough for us in this life Don't worry about eating and drinking."

Wei Ying sighed, and couldn't help but reached out and rubbed her slightly wet hair: "You have said that, do I still have room to refuse?"

"Did something happen to you when you went to Beijing this time? As far as I know, you don't have so much money to bet on the darts."

Wei Ying said lightly: "The inn caught fire on the road and saved people. This is the thank you fee I want. 500 taels can buy a life, which is enough. The silver I bought for these jewelry is what I earned from this trip, which is only 12 taels. Two denarii."

"12 taels is not a lot. I sell an egg for only one penny. I don't know when I can sell it for 12 taels. Don't keep focusing on who earns more and who earns less. Above, when I have time, I still think about how to plant this fruit tree, where to find the drug growers and fruit growers, I am really too lazy to worry about this aspect, since you are back, help me take care of it, I really don’t have the heart to worry about these In the future, I will mainly lead those women to make some cakes and medicines, and just send them to our shop for sale. If there are more elderly people and children, I will have more things to take care of. The two of us, one Isn't it good to be outside the Lord and inside the Lord?"

Wei Ying stared deeply into her eyes: "Are you sure this is the end of your life? Won't you go back to the mountains?"

"What's not sure about this? I won't go back to the other side of the mountain for the time being. I'll talk about it when it stabilizes here. I'll tell you about my unreliable godfather in a while. There's nothing wrong with living like this in this life. It is really good to expand the business and develop it to Fucheng and the capital? I don’t think there is anything wrong with this now. Look, our village is so beautiful, especially when it is drizzling. They are all entangled in the mist, just like oil paintings, abstract and full of vitality.”

"Okay, as long as you like it, I'm willing." Compared to her ability, Wei Ying is really nothing, but since he married her, he must treat her well and live with her wholeheartedly. Maybe she doesn't ask for much, just a quiet life with peace of mind.

It's easier if someone has the ability and wants to make a lot of money, but she is willing to live in seclusion in the mountains and live in this villa, which is enough to show that she likes to live such a natural and content life in the field. He should be lucky that he can meet her request , can also take good care of her villa, otherwise he will feel even more useless.

With the acquaintance, meeting and companionship of the two, Baihe is satisfied with the status quo, and Weiying holds several positions, so they hit it off and start planning for the future of the villa.

At noon that day, they listened to the sound of the rain in their yard and ate shabu-shabu barbecue. Now that they are all reunited, how happy is it for Bai He?
Uncle Wei was especially happy, because his future daughter-in-law asked him to find someone to watch the happy life. As long as the date is set, they can get married at any time.

Baihe doesn't care about the size of the wedding, nor does she care about the amount of betrothal gifts. She doesn't need to buy a house after marriage. After all, they have multiple places to live in. In the mountains, in Tangjia Village, in the village, there are houses everywhere. No need to buy, such a worry-free and trouble-free daughter-in-law, I am afraid that her ancestors have accumulated virtue to find her, right?

Of course, if people don't want it, it doesn't mean he shouldn't prepare. After thinking twice, Uncle Wei took out his continuation for many years, 400 taels of silver, put it in front of Bai He's desk, and said it in front of everyone.

"If you don't want a betrothal gift, then dad will give you all my savings. I don't care what my son gives you. Anyway, this is what I should give you as a parent. In the future, my food and lodging will be in the village. It doesn't cost much, you can buy what you like, and if you need daddy to do anything in the future, just ask, don't be polite to daddy, maybe daddy doesn't have great skills, but this handicraft can still be done, can you It is my honor to help you make some small things and take good care of all of us."

The future father-in-law's words moved Bai He so much, she stood up, holding the wine, with a respectful expression on her face.

"Father, thank you. I'll accept the money with the cheek to accept it. Don't worry, Wei Ying and I will take good care of you."

Wei Ying had already handed over his net worth to Bai He. Although the total amount was only a thousand taels of silver, which was not as good as her penny, but such conditions were considered top-notch in the family of the farmer, especially Bai He. He's goal in this life is really not high, it is enough to find someone who knows how to love others.

Xiaomang, Xiangzi and Liuer are really happy for them.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, crops and vegetables have already been harvested one after another, pickled and dried, and the village is very busy.

Weicheng deliberately found someone to match the two people's horoscopes. He wanted to have a grandson early, so he set the date on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the day of Laba Festival. The whole family accepted this.

In Baihe's view, the marriage process in ancient times was too cumbersome. She just wanted to invite her family and people in the village to join in the fun, and a meal would be fine. He took the initiative to find his godmother to discuss marriage matters.

This feeling of being valued by others is quite good, Bai He just followed these elders to toss about, but she didn't have to worry about it, she bought embroidery for the big wedding and came back to embroider.

As for the cotton for quilts, she has already prepared them. She has planted the cotton for more than half a month, and sewed six quilts in total, divided into spring and autumn quilts, winter quilts and summer quilts, and they can be covered no matter what. And the printed embroidery on it is also full of age.

The marriage proposal was proposed in September, and a matchmaker was found in mid-September. The engagement process had already been carried out long ago, so I didn't leave this time. After all, the father and son gave her all the valuables in the family. Isn't that enough attention?So this link is skipped directly.

Starting from September, the vegetables and crops in the village began to be harvested one after another. No matter how busy she was, she could find time to teach these women how to make pickles.

Spicy cabbage, sour cabbage, dried radish, spicy onion, chopped pepper sauce, fermented bean sauce, all kinds of dried vegetables, all vegetables that cannot be sold at a price, are all made into pickles and sauces, at least until May next year, There are vegetables to eat in Zhuangzi.

In mid-October, the rice flower fish began to be harvested. On [-] acres of land, I bought tens of thousands of fish at the beginning. Excluding the loss during the growth period, there were at least [-] fish. , There are so many fish, only a few cents a catty, and you can't sell them for a few cents, so they just give benefits to the workers.

These workers also have a grateful heart, but they don’t ask for wages, so in the end, each of them can take about a dozen fish home. With these fish, at least they can improve the food conditions for their families.

The workers shared half, and the remaining half was kept for the people in the farm.

After cleaning the fish, the scales are scraped to remove the internal organs. The internal organs and fish scales can be fed to chickens and ducks, and the rest can be made into cured fish, smoked fish, rice flower fish, etc. For this reason, she also added two batches of pickling tanks, these The tanks are almost filled with all the cool and ventilated places.

After the fish are cleaned up, the water in the paddy fields is almost dry, and then harvesting begins, purely by hand.

Now that the miscellaneous grains area and vegetables are all harvested, only the rice is left. The rice harvest is also fast. There are more people and more strength. In addition, we usually eat more and have more strength. It takes about half a month to harvest all of them.

While harvesting, drying and threshing with a homemade wooden threshing machine.

Thirty mu of paddy fields, the yield of rice per mu is only more than 300 catties, which is still a high yield under the condition of rice flower fish breeding, duck assistance, and sufficient nutrients.

After all, there is no spraying, and the quality of the seeds depends on the harvest. Thirty acres of paddy fields can only harvest [-] catties of rice in the end.

The yield per mu of miscellaneous grains and wheat is even worse. The yield per mu of sorghum, millet, soybeans, and buckwheat is only about a hundred catties, and so is wheat.

Therefore, the average yield per mu of [-] mu of dry land and [-] mu of fertile land has not even reached [-] catties, and the average yield of [-] mu of land is only [-] catties.

Compared with the space, this is really far behind, and the paddy field can produce more than 300 catties, which is already the best quality.

Of the [-] mu of land, the [-] mu were planted with vegetables, and in the end they couldn't even reach [-] catties. This yield is really worrying, but it is still the treatment of a landlord's wife.

After all, there are still a lot of people who can't get to the land!

This is not counting taxes yet. Compared with the taxes of other dynasties, the Ming Dynasty is still relatively low. It seems that it is only one-twentieth or one-thirtieth. Naturally, the landlord’s family also has to pay taxes. It has been combined in one household registration book, and Acropolis is the head of the household. Without fame, all of them will naturally have to pay taxes.

In fact, her [-] mu of land is not considered a landlord at all, and other small landlords still have more than [-] mu of land, so she can be considered a rich household at best.

If you rely on rent collection, it will definitely be higher than paying taxes, and you will pay one-twentieth to the court. Why can't you keep one-twentieth or even more.

She just converted the yield per mu of cultivated land in a modern way, but the unit of grain in ancient times was stone.

It is well known that the yield per mu was not high in ancient times, and it was only between two and three stones.

In the Ming Dynasty, a catty was 16 taels, now it is six taels per catty, and a stone is now 160 catties, and the yield per mu is now [-] to [-] catties.

Then her 120 catties here is only [-] five stones.

The price of grain here is [-] yuan per stone. Calculated according to the current catty, it is only three yuan per catty (rounded).

One thousand qian is worth one tael of silver.

Now she has settled the accounts, she now has [-] acres of land, with an output of [-] catties per mu, and the total output is [-] catties.

There is only one father in the family, two Wei Ying and her, three younger brothers and sisters, a total of five people.

The servants, that is, the twenty people they bought earlier, each of them can't consume four hundred catties of grain every year?

25 people will consume [-] catties of grain!It's really not ignorance, it's a shock!

The family's pocket money is five taels of silver per person per year, a total of 25 taels, which requires selling more than 300 catties of grain.

The servants are in charge of food and lodging, and those who buy them do not need to pay money, and occasionally send a little bonus, which is not enough to give a tael of silver every year, and they also need to sell three to four hundred catties of grain.

And raising horses and livestock, etc., do you have to have ten taels of silver a year?That would cost three or four thousand catties of grain!
Good guy, how much food is there, and the number has already appeared negative.

If the 15.00 mu of land is rented out, the rent collection ratio is 30.00%, and the rent is 30.00 catties in total, and [-] catties of grain are returned to the state, which is calculated at [-]%, but in fact it has to be calculated at [-]%. It is a little more than one thousand catties, because it is far from unstoppable in the actual situation, so there are two thousand catties left.

Not only must grain be piled up on the dendrobium until the grain falls down, but officials at all levels will also kick the dendrobium. The grain that falls is their own gray income, and after it falls, it must be piled up again. How many times the officials kick depends entirely on the mood of the people and the tolerance of the people The limit, excluding the more than 2 catties of grain spent that exceeded the actual output, and the 35 catties ([-]%) of grain that was taxed, the burden is getting more and more!
Of course, this is the grain for one quarter. If it is counted for two quarters, maybe there will be ten thousand catties left?
Even so, this number also reflects her ignorance.

She hadn't counted so carefully before, but after doing the counting now, she realized how valuable the money she robbed was.

If you eat some meat, drink some wine, see a doctor, go out a little, do some shopping, make two new clothes, build a house, add some furniture, and encounter some troubles, you will be busy all year round. It's not enough to spend, even if there are 60 catties left, it's only [-] taels of silver, and it can be spent very quickly.

"Not counting the reduction in production due to weather conditions. It is not that the grain harvest is so stable every year. Drought, flood, disease and insect pests can all cause a reduction in grain production. If the rent collection ratio of the landlord drops to 15.00%, then It is not enough to live at all, only if it is above 50.00%, it can be regarded as keeping the capital, and it is also a conscientious landlord. If you encounter bullies, if you really charge [-]% of the rent, the common people will have no choice.”

If Wei Ying made such a calculation, the way she used to find a long-term laborer to farm the land was completely stupid. She lost money and lost it to her family.

Bai He wanted to cry but had no tears, this account was unexpected, it was Wei Ying who calculated it more clearly.

"In this way, the way I said before that I want to sell food is even more ridiculous?"

Wei Ying comforted her, "It's not that the yield per mu has not come out. Don't you know that the yield is so low? This is not your problem. Besides, you own this land and it can't be counted as renting it out. The calculation we just made is also correct. For example, if you rent it, you can collect three thousand catties of grain, then you will not be able to protect your capital. Did you pay them seven or eight taels of wages before and after you asked them to work? This method is not worthwhile now, but If you rent it out and rely on rent collection, you will not be able to protect your capital. In this case, to support those 20 people, as well as the widowed elderly and children in the future, is equivalent to losing money all the time.”

Bai He is deeply convinced that this is not counting the price of the fruit farmers invited. Even if there are profits from by-products such as poultry and livestock in the future, how much will these profits be?It was nothing compared to the food they paid for feeding them.

Also, she has never sold these rabbits before, and the number of rabbits has exceeded [-] in the past six months. A few years ago, she could sell a batch first, and the fur and meat of the rabbits are both profitable.

And this year, the amount of fruits on the mountain is not too much, and basically they are not sold, and they are distributed as benefits to those who come to work.

In this way, in the past six months, not only has she not made a profit, she has also incurred a lot of burdens. She is really a talent. She is not a farmer after all, and she doesn't know the sufferings of ordinary people!
Kindness is also too kind, it seems that next year I can't do this, after a year, not to mention the waste of work, but also lose money, stupid!
Her kindness is not aimed at losing money. If this method doesn't work, then try another method.

If you want to blame it, you can blame it for the easy money coming in before.

(End of this chapter)