Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

What does one thousand two taels of silver mean at this time?

This money was enough for her family to buy a house and two shops in the town.

If they used this money to buy land, their family could buy nearly 150 acres of good farmland.

After that, her family didn't have to do anything. They just rented out all the land and harvested crops, which was enough to support the family.

Basically, it means that their family can become landlords and completely lay low.

So at this moment, Zhou Chunfeng's heart and hands were trembling as she held the silver note worth one thousand taels.

She now felt uneasy no matter where she put the banknote, for fear that it would be stolen by a thief.

Zheng Xiaoman smiled and said to her mother: "Mom, you don't know where to put this little money now. What will you do when I earn more money later?"

Seeing her daughter teasing her, Zhou Chunfeng reached out and pinched her cheek, "You little rascal, how dare you laugh at me? I've never seen so much money in my life. Oh, this is too unreal."

Zheng Xiaoman poured her mother a glass of water like a sycophant, "Mom, our family will definitely make more money in the future, and you will get used to it slowly."

Zhou Chunfeng looked at her daughter's confident look and laughed, "Yes, my daughter is right. Look, I am so old, but I am not as good as a little girl like you.

Okay, mom is going to cook, your grandpa and dad will be back soon."

Zhou Chunfeng only told her husband about the one thousand taels of silver and did not tell anyone else.

All this money was earned by my daughter herself, including everything their family has now, which was supplemented by the money earned by my daughter.

Our family was so poor before, and we had many places to spend money, so all the money my daughter earned was spent on the family.

But now that the family is well off, she wants to save all the money her daughter earns for her as a dowry.

The family now has more than 800 taels of silver from the money my daughter earned, which is enough for the two sons to study and get married.

Besides, her family still has dozens of acres of land, which is enough for their own flowers.

So from then on, she would secretly put away the money her daughter earned, and not let the other children know how much money her daughter earned.

All four children seem to be fine now, but there is no guarantee that there won’t be any problems when they each start their own families in the future.

She felt it was necessary to do so in order to avoid a quarrel between siblings over money.

Zheng Dashan also agreed with his wife's idea. The children in the family have already benefited a lot from the eldest daughter.

From now on, they can't always rely on their eldest daughter to make a living. If they want to live a good life, they have to work hard to earn it themselves.

Zheng Xiaoman didn't know that her parents had such thoughts. She thought her mother didn't tell them because she was worried that Lixia and the others were too young and might accidentally tell others about the family's wealth.

It was already the end of September, and it was time to harvest the crops in their fields.

In fact, it would be best to harvest in mid-October, but the family certainly cannot harvest all the land, so they plan to harvest half a month earlier than the villagers so that they can ask others to come and help.

Zheng Dashan and the old man decided on the people to be hired to help, and the wages remained the same as last year, 20 cents per person per day.

However, we have to invite more people to help this year, so it is definitely not possible for my daughter to cook alone.

Zheng Dashan said, "Why don't we pay two more aunts to come and help cook? It's too tiring for Xiaoman to cook for so many people every day."

Zhou Chunfeng nodded. She actually had the same idea in her mind.

My daughter has to cook food for the restaurant in town every day, and she has to work in the fields and can't help at home.

Her mother-in-law is old, and she can't let her be so tired.

The best way is to ask two people to come and help.

Old Man Zheng said, "Then ask your mother to find two maids to help. The wages will be 15 cents a day, and two meals a day will be provided."

Zheng Dashan nodded and said, "Dad, should we still ask our own people to harvest the sweet potatoes we planted?"

Old Man Zheng thought for a while and said, "Well, you can call the three children of the Mao family. Then go to your father-in-law's house and ask the two elder brothers to come and help us.

Seven or eight of us should be enough. When they arrive, we will harvest the sweet potatoes first, and then the wheat."

"Okay, then I'll go to my father-in-law's house tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Zheng Dashan and Zhou Chunfeng drove a ox cart to their father-in-law's house.

It just so happened that the Zhou family had not yet had the autumn harvest. When Old Man Zhou heard that his son-in-law's family was about to harvest sweet potatoes, he quickly asked his two sons to pack up and follow them.

After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he packed up his things and planned to go over to help.

When Old Mrs. Zhou heard this, she packed up her things and followed over. She could also help her daughter with cooking and look after the house.

After returning, Zheng Dashan went to look for the three brothers of the Mao family without a break.

"Maogen, my uncle's family is going to start the autumn harvest tomorrow, and I would like to ask you brothers to come over and help.

The wages are still the same as last year, twenty cents a day, and two meals are provided. "

Mao Gen's family only has two acres of land, and the three brothers want to wait a few more days before harvesting.

Now that Uncle Zheng's family needs help, of course they are willing to help.

Not to mention that each of them could earn twenty cents a day, even if they were not paid, since his elder brother was about to get married with the other person's niece, they would have to go and help.

"Uncle, we brothers are all fine. We will come to help you tomorrow morning. Uncle, which piece of land do you plan to harvest first tomorrow?"

Zheng Dashan said, "Maogen, tomorrow you have to help me harvest the five mu of sweet potatoes in the village."

"Sweet potato?" It was the first time Mao Gen heard this name and he was a little confused as to what it was.

"Yes, it's the five acres of land near the river."

After he said that, Mao Gen knew which piece of land it was.

"Oh, is that the field full of leaves? That's called sweet potato."

They had gone over to take a look out of curiosity before, but the field was full of leaves and they couldn't tell what was planted there.

Zheng Dashan nodded, "Yes, you see that it's all leaves, but its fruits are all in the ground."

Mao Gen's eyes widened in surprise. "In the field? Is it the same as the radish?"

“It’s about the same, but sweet potatoes are smaller than radishes, and you can grow several from one seedling.

I'll take you there tomorrow and you'll know. But you have to keep this sweet potato a secret for me and don't let anyone in the village know about it."

Mao Gen's expression became serious, "Uncle, we have made note of it. Don't worry, we will definitely not tell anyone else."

He felt that his second uncle must have trusted him, which was why he asked them to help, so they should not say anything too much.

Zheng Dashan smiled and patted his shoulder, "When the sweet potatoes are harvested, I will give you some seeds next year.

Sweet potatoes are not picky about the land, so next year you can find a piece of land in the mountains and plant more of them yourself."

Mao Gen grinned and said, "Well, thank you in advance, uncle."

At that time, he didn't know the yield of one acre of sweet potatoes. Once he knew, he would be more grateful to Zheng Dashan.