Parents are busy farming

When the young man came out of the gambling house, he had won all the gamblers' money, and even the banker lost half the year's income to him.

The thugs from the gambling house followed him to a small alley, but he suddenly disappeared.

Soon, a woman walked out of a house. If Ye Zifen were here, she would recognize her as her good master Mu Hongzhou.

The next day, these land deeds came into Ye Zifen's hands.

Ye Zifen took the land deed and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Master, thank you!"

"If you have nothing to do, go out!" Mu Hongzhou had not rested well these days and returned to Ye's house to take a good rest.

Ye Zifen returned to her house with the land deeds. She wanted to put them in the public house, but she didn't know how to do it, so she put them in her box.

From the box, she put the money given to her by Mrs. Hong Er into the palace.

This made her feel much more comfortable.

Ye Yongwang has been worried since he learned about Wang Tinghe's expenses in recuperating his body.

It happened that Ye Zifen was at home, so he called Ye Zifen to his side.

"Zifen, how much money is left on the family account?" Ye Yongwang asked with a frown.

Although he doesn't care about the family, Ye Zifen will show him the account books every once in a while and talk about the situation at home. He still has an idea of ​​how much money the family has.

"Dad! Don't worry, I put the six hundred taels that Mrs. Hong Er gave me into the public house." Ye Zifen said calmly.

But Ye Yongwang frowned and said: "Those are the dowries they gave you, how can you put them in the palace!"

"Then consider it as a loan from Gongzhong, and return it to me when Gongzhong's account is full!" Ye Zifen said with a smile.

"What do you think Daddy should do? I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still have no idea! How about I open a school?" Ye Yongwang tried to suggest.

After hearing this, Ye Zifen shook his head.

"Forget it! Our place is not far from the county seat, and there are mountains behind it. Do you only teach children from your own village?" Ye Zifen pointed out the problem.

Ye Yongwang also knew that this was unrealistic, but what else could he do?

"It's time to think about those things now. Farming is about to be busy. Dad should discuss with Uncle Li what to do next! And think about what to plant in the ground!" Ye Zifen reminded.

Ye Yongwang replied: "We have already discussed it. Because you raise so many sheep, we want to discuss with you what to plant this year."

Ye Zifen thought for a while and said: "We measured the length of the moon's shadow this year. It should be a good year, so we should focus on corn and wheat this year!"

Ye Yongwang nodded and said, "Okay! Then we still grow cotton?"

"Grow! This year we have a new member of the family. We are not a wealthy family, so we should weave, dye and make our own clothes!" Ye Zifen said.

"Do you want me to sell cloth? This will definitely make money!" Ye Yongwang's eyes flashed.

"It would have been possible if Magistrate Hong was here, but not now. Unless dad can pass the examination to be a scholar and then a civil servant!"

Ye Zifen gave her father a slight nod.

Ye Yongwang knew what Ye Zifen meant and asked tentatively: "Can't we borrow your brother-in-law's power?"

"Dad, I hope my eldest sister can straighten up and be a good person in her husband's family."

After her words fell, Ye Yongwang was immediately speechless.

"In addition, I hope that our corn can be planted sparsely this year. I want to plant corn and soybeans together!"

Ye Zifen brought the topic back.

"Do we want it to be even sparser? Our home is already much sparser than other homes." Ye Yongwang asked worriedly.

"But our production is just as high as other people's production!" Ye Zifen said matter-of-factly.

Other people plant corn by spreading seeds, and the plant spacing is very close, so the yield of corn is not high.

Later, my aunt said that they could plant them more sparsely, so they decided to give it a try.

Sure enough, the output increased a lot. After the Lu family was convinced, they wanted to hide this method, but their father told Li Zheng.

But in the end, the people in the village didn't believe it at all, so their family still uses this method to farm till now.

"Still the old rule, take out some land and try it?" Ye Yongwang looked at his daughter and said.

"Okay! Just take out three acres of land and try it!" Ye Zifen said.

She still wants to take time to see what is being grown on the sixty acres of land?

If nothing is planted, she needs to plan carefully.

"Farming will be busy soon. I mean we still need to hire more part-time workers this year, but I don't know if my family still has enough money?" Ye Yongwang asked.

Ye Zifen gave her father a reassuring look, "The family's money is enough, but I think it's better for us sisters to work in the fields. Not everyone can marry an official like the eldest sister! Even the eldest sister can't. You can’t separate the grains from the grains!”

After hearing Ye Zifen's words, Ye Yongwang nodded and expressed complete agreement.

"What about the mutton soup restaurant?" Ye Yongwang asked.

Ye Zifen said: "Wang Sheng himself should have no problem. The most he can do is sell less, so that's fine!"

Ye Yongwang nodded. The two sisters had always handled matters in the store by themselves. He didn't have the energy to participate so he could only ask.

'Why! When my aunt was alive, she often took Xiaowu around. This girl's vision is indeed wider than that of the other children in the family,' Ye Yongwang sighed inwardly.

"Then we all go to the fields? But now that your eldest sister and your aunt have gone back, and we go to the fields, who will take care of your mother?" Ye Yongwang asked again.

"I'll tell Mother Feng. Fortunately, she can take care of herself now. Although she can't get off the bed and move around, she doesn't need anyone to massage her all the time."

These Ye Zifen thought about it a few days ago.

"Also, the wet nurse is here! When the time comes, the two of them will take their younger brother to her mother's house to talk to her, so that she can feel refreshed," Ye Zifen added.

Ye Yongwang nodded, got up and went to the sheep shed to find Lao Li.

Now Lao Li spends most of his time in the sheep shed, where the family's cows and donkeys are.

When Ye Yongwang arrived, Lao Li and Li Daniu were watching the cattle!

With a sad look on his face, anyone with a discerning eye would know that something must have happened. It should be something wrong with the cow in front of him.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this cow?" Ye Yongwang asked.

"Master, you are here, I...I suspect that Dahuang is pregnant with two cubs." Lao Li said with a frown.

Ye Yongwang also frowned when he heard this. Most of the cows that are pregnant with two calves will survive, or even none of them will survive.

What's more, those who couldn't survive were folded in together with the big cow.

"Are you sure?" Ye Yongwang asked.

"The belly is too big. It should be close to ten." Lao Li said.

Ye Yongwang also became worried, and even forgot to discuss hiring part-time workers with Lao Li.

He hurried home and told Ye Zifen about the big scalper.

Ye Zifen couldn't sit still after hearing this, and she and Ye Yongwang hurried to the sheep shed.

"Twins?" Ye Zifen asked after seeing Lao Li.

"Yeah! It should be twins!" Lao Li replied, and he should be 100% sure.

Ye Zifen thought for a while and asked: "How sure are the chances of Rhubarb giving birth?"

Lao Li thought for a while and said: "Rhubarb is pregnant, she has not done any heavy work, and she is eating well, so she should be 70% pregnant!"

Ye Zifen nodded after hearing this, half relieved.

Cattle are the main labor force for farmer families and are also very important to the Ye family.

"The spring rush is about to begin. Let the rhubarb rest this year! I'll rent two cows and come back." Ye Zifen warned.

Ye Yongwang said: "Okay! Let's go to the county town to rent it!"

When she went to the county town in the afternoon, Ye Zifen went to the pharmacy to meet the old doctor.