Crossing the Qinghe Landlord gl

The first set of grain boxes that Zhang He asked someone to build was finally completed.

There are eight layers in the grain box. Except for the bottom layer, each layer is made of three-foot-long and one-foot-wide wooden boards. There are also delicate mortise and tenon structures between layers to prevent it from slipping.There is an opening on the first floor, as long as the opening is opened, the grain will slide out here, saving the effort of manually scooping it out.

As for the bottom of the grain box, thickened wood is used so that it can withstand greater pressure.The south is humid, and if the grain boxes are in contact with the ground for a long time, they are prone to mold. Therefore, overhead bricks and wood are added to the bottom of it.

Xia Jiniang climbed to the top with a ladder and looked at it, she was surprised: "It's not a problem to put twenty shi of grain in it!"

"Naturally, each floor can hold more food than two Dendrobiums."

Before Xia Jiniang saw the grain box, she wanted to tell Zhang He that there was another kind of utensil that could accumulate grain widely, which was "Jing". Layers are separated, and a wooden board is removed when grain is to be fetched.

However, Zhang He stored grain in a ventilated and spacious room. With this grain box, looking at "Jing", it is not suitable for it to be used here.

Zhang He hurriedly asked the carpenter to build another seven sets before harvesting. The carpenter couldn't understand Zhang He's words when he polished it for the first time, and it was completed after several adjustments.This time he had already kept the method in mind, and within half a month he built four more sets.

The people who came to him to build tables and chairs saw the grain boxes he put in the sun and asked, "What is this?"

The carpenter said, "The grain box is for storing rice."

"How to use it?" the man asked again.

The carpenter took a break to demonstrate it to the man, and the man was pleasantly surprised: "This is really wonderful, much more useful than that one! How about making one for me?"

The carpenter rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, but the bottom [-] Wen, and the other [-] Wen depends on how many layers you want to make."

The man felt that it was a bit expensive, so he bargained with him for a while, and finally settled on a price that was a few pennies cheaper.

The carpenter excitedly thought that because many families did not have enough places to store grain, and they were not good at preventing moisture and rodents and ants, so that the rice was easily damp and moldy, and a lot of rice was wasted.If he recommends this grain box to others, and everyone comes to him to build it, wouldn't he be able to make a lot of money? !

Zhang He naturally didn't know that the carpenter found a way to make money from her grain box. As her white-skinned eggplants became very popular in Zhangjiayuanzi's main store, she would buy one or two more baskets every time she came back. After returning, she was busy. Harvesting eggplant leaves no time for other things.

Now Zhangjiayuanzi’s main store can sell ten baskets of white-skinned eggplants a day, and some people directly bid to buy white-skinned eggplants from Zhang Chun and cook them at home. The man asked where to buy the white-skinned eggplants.

Naturally, Zhang Chun and shopkeeper Tian couldn't tell others the secret of making money, so most of Zhang He's white-skinned eggplants were sold to Zhangjiayuanzi Zhengdian.

However, someone still found out that the white-skinned eggplant was planted by Zhang He, and some formal stores and foot stores came to her to buy in bulk, but she refused on the grounds that "it was agreed with someone else".

There are many people who can do bad things. After all, profit is paramount. Who cares if the eggplant farmers breached the contract?It's just that behind Zhang He is someone in a situation they can't afford to offend, so they can only leave reluctantly.

Zhang He originally planned to plant five acres of eggplant on a fixed basis, but now it seems that the supply is still in short supply.She thought about going back to discuss it with Xia Jiniang, after all, Xia Jiniang knew better about this.

After returning from the eggplant field, Zhang He first fetched water to wash off the mud on the edge of the shoes, making sure that he would not bring the mud back to the house before returning to the room.When passing by the window sill, a burst of ink fragrance came from the half-opened window lattice, Zhang He suddenly stopped, and got in from behind the window lattice.

Xia Jiniang was sitting at the desk writing the accounts, when she suddenly felt a shadow outside the window from the corner of her eyes, she turned her head and saw Zhang He half lying on the window sill, her heart stopped for a moment in fright.She stared at Zhang He: "What is Erlang doing?"

"Did I scare you? I'm sorry!" Zhang He realized belatedly that this was not her intention, and immediately became nervous.

Xia Jiniang didn't really want to blame her, seeing her regret and guilt, she couldn't bear it, and said: "What are you doing outside, why don't you come in through the door?"

Zhang He blinked and said sincerely, "I want to see you."

Xia Jiniang's heart seemed to miss a beat, and she said angrily, "Still coming in?!"

"Oh." Zhang He retreated from the window sill, and then walked in through the door.

"Erlang came back just in time." Xia Jiniang picked up the ledger and handed it to Zhang He.

"What's wrong?" Zhang He flipped through the ledger, the first account recorded on it was the first money that Manager Tian gave her to buy eggplants, and every subsequent transaction would be recorded.

Although Xia Jiniang's handwriting is not pretty, it is still neat and tidy, and the accounts are clear and clear at a glance.

"I counted the money you gave me and the amount of silver eggplants sold to Zhangjiayuanzi's main store, and found that the money seemed..." Xia Jiniang glanced at Zhang He, "It's too much."

Zhang He was also very confused, and said: "The people in the main store of Zhangjiayuanzi said that there are two more baskets. Didn't I say that?"

"You mentioned it, but there is still more money."

Zhang He scratched his forehead and said, "Could it be that he paid too much?"

She thought about it carefully, and felt that it was unlikely, because the amount was large, so all the money was given, and only a small amount would be given in copper coins.A thought suddenly flashed in her mind, she breathed out the system silently and took a look at the money, and found that it seemed to be missing dozens of coins.

Now she was sure where the extra money came from, and she put it into the system because she was worried that she would lose those copper coins when picking eggplants; later, she misread it when she gave it to Xia Jiniang Count, so give more.

Seeing that she seemed to remember something, Xia Jiniang couldn't explain it for a long time, so she asked, "Could it be that Erlang accidentally mixed in the money he had kept privately and forgot to take it out?"

Zhang He was startled: How did Ji Niang see it? !

"Don't be so confused next time." Xia Jiniang laughed.

Zhang He nodded, and heard Xia Jiniang say again: "Next time, if you mix your privately hidden money in it again, maybe you should consider taking out the money and keeping it in the account."

Zhang He had no choice but to nod.

"And the two families who asked you to borrow the green crops have paid back the money owed to you, can you check the amount?" Xia Jiniang asked again.

"It should be right." Zhang He said, when she sold some of the remaining traditional rice seedlings to those two families, she didn't plan to charge interest, and it was too long, so she only remembered the approximate amount.

"..." Xia Jiniang was speechless, but secretly decided in her heart that she could no longer be allowed to continue with the accounts.

Zhang He flipped through the ledger, and mentally calculated the current income again. Suddenly, she jumped up and said, "Ji Niang, do we have the money to repair the cowshed?"

"The deer has to pay next month's repairs; there is also a leak in the eaves of the warehouse, which is used to store grain and needs to be repaired first; the grain box you asked the carpenter to make has not yet been paid in full; To harvest rice every month, we have to hire someone to help... After calculating the money, there is not much money to spend on repairing the cowshed."

Zhang He was poured with cold water again, and sighed softly again.Xia Jiniang said: "Erlang doesn't need to be disappointed, just think about the harvest of rice and soybeans, it will be a big income, and he will be able to save enough money to repair it."

Having said that, Zhang He had hope again, and she remembered her purpose of looking for Xia Jiniang: "Ji Niang, don't we still have [-] acres of vacant land, I think how about planting some soybeans and silver eggplants in the coming year?"

After observing Zhang He's crops these days, Xia Jiniang found that she didn't need to worry about this aspect, so she nodded: "Erlang is the master."

Having said that, she still reminded Zhang He that in order to prevent the increase of pests caused by planting the same crops on the same piece of land, the [-]-acre land needs to be rotated.Especially in bean fields, some hemp seeds should be planted, because hemp can avoid insects.

This is Zhang He's first time planting soybeans. He only planted five acres for fear of wasting seeds, and he doesn't understand the principle of planting pockmarks.Fortunately, the few mu of land where soybeans were planted had been left unused for a year, so they were deeply plowed several times, and the soil was repeatedly turned over and exposed to the sun, and insect eggs were culled.Thanks to the care of the kidnapper Li's family, the five acres of soybeans grew fairly smoothly.

The yield of soybeans is lower than that of rice, and under the conditions of modern and developed production levels, it can only produce about 150 kilograms per mu. Under the conditions of this era, it is considered too much to grow two stones.However, it is easy to store with rice and can satisfy hunger. It is an excellent crop in disaster preparedness years. Even if the yield is low, it is mostly planted by people.

"In the coming year, plant a row of rice, [-] acres of soybeans, [-] acres of silver eggplant, and a few acres of radish..." Zhang He said, thinking of watermelons that can quench thirst during the scorching heat.

At this time, watermelon does exist, but it is called cold melon, but only wealthy people can eat it, and few people grow it.This kind of vegetables and fruits that cannot satisfy hunger and are not easy to store, no one is willing to grow them when they are not satisfied with food and clothing.

She has a system warehouse to help store it, and when it gets hot in the future, she can take out one or two to cool off, wouldn't it be great? !

"Leave half an acre of land to grow some onions, garlic, and vegetables. If you want to eat them on weekdays, you can pick them nearby, so you don't have to buy them from other houses." Xia Jiniang said.

"it is good!"

Xia Jiniang curled her lips, put the account book down, and when she saw Shen Shi, she was about to go to Gao Dalang's house to buy some chrysanthemum chrysanthemums and come back to cook dinner.When Zhang He was free, he wanted to be by Xia Jiniang's side. Seeing that Xia Jiniang was about to go out, he followed and asked, "Where is Ji Niang going?"

"Go and buy some chrysanthemum chrysanthemum from Mrs. Gao, otherwise, if you eat silver eggplants every day, you will get tired of it no matter how delicious it is." After she finished speaking, she remembered that she hadn't eaten fish for several days. Zhang He must be greedy too, so she laughed, "If Erlang has nothing to do, he can go to the Qing River to catch two fish and come back. I will make fish soup for you tonight."

Her fishing skills were no better than Zhang He's, so she didn't want to waste that effort.

"It's still early, you go fishing with me, and we'll go to Gao Dalang to buy Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum after fishing." Zhang He said with some expectation.Since Xia Jiniang went fishing together the day before returning to Liujiaqiao Village, they never had the chance to fish together again.She likes fishing, and it is rare to find someone who can fish with her, so she naturally does not want to miss this opportunity.

In the past, Xia Jiniang probably didn't have such a leisurely mood, but Zhang He's living habits are like this, and the atmosphere of this new home is like this, so she has slowly adapted to it.After thinking for a while, she replied, "Well, we can't fish for too long."

Zhang He went to the utility room to search for the fishing rod and the fishing basket, but after searching several times, he couldn't find it. It was Xia Jiniang who helped her find it in the new utility room.The two of them moved two low stools and carried a hoe for digging earthworms to Qinghe.

The author has something to say: The grain box was first seen in the "Wang Zhennong Shu" in the Yuan Dynasty.

Radish: radish

Ji Niang: Why are you so obsessed with repairing the cowshed?

Zhang He: Because it affects the appearance.

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