Take Taobao to ancient times

It was Lu Siyu's idea to promote sweet potatoes in ancient times, but due to seasonal factors, the timing was not ripe enough. Now that the weather is getting hotter, it is just a good time to plant sweet potatoes.

Although Lu's father is a scholar, he also has six acres of land under his name, which is not much, but because a scholar does not need to pay taxes, his life is relatively better than other villagers.

In ancient times, the yield of rice was not high. Generally, the yield of one mu of land was only three or four hundred catties at most. After that it's even less, so you have to live frugally.

Lu's father's status as a scholar has brought a lot of convenience to the family. However, because of Lu's mother's serious illness, all the silver taels that he had managed to save were all used up. In addition, without the advantage of being a scholar, these paddy fields are the biggest pillar of the family. .

The reason why Lu Siyu tried to promote sweet potatoes is because the yield of sweet potatoes is at least [-] catties per mu. If the service is good, it may reach [-] catties. This figure is worthy of admiration no matter where it is.

"Xiaoyu, are you there?"

"Yes, what's the matter, uncle?" Lu Siyu was curious, it was already late, and he was a little curious about what the uncle wanted for him.

"I heard from your brother that you bought some seedlings and want to plant them?" the uncle asked directly.

Lu Siyu suddenly realized, nodded: "Well, I have this idea."

Hearing this, the uncle frowned: "Xiao Yu, I know you have your own opinion, but that's just another matter. You still have to listen to me about the field. The few acres of land in your house are all good fields. After a while You can still harvest a lot of rice if you plant rice in the days, so you can’t just toss about it.”

Rural land is also divided into good fields and inferior fields. Good fields are naturally paddy fields that can grow rice. The nutrients in the fields are relatively sufficient and suitable for rice growth. This type of field will produce more rice.

The second field is relatively poor, so many people will use it to grow soybeans, peanuts and other things. These things are not as important as rice, but they can be used to buy some money to subsidize the family. good there.

As soon as the uncle finished speaking, Lu Siyu laughed.

"Don't worry, Uncle, I didn't plan to use the paddy fields to grow my things. I meant to buy a few acres of fields in the village." Lu Siyu explained that he didn't plan to use the paddy fields to grow sweet potatoes. The reason why the paddy fields are called paddy fields , not only because the land is more fertile, but also because it is more suitable for rice planting, so it will be more humid.

The conditions for planting sweet potatoes are not so picky. Even inferior fields can be planted, there is no need to use high-quality fertile fields, and as long as he grows sweet potatoes, many people will definitely follow suit.

Sure enough, after hearing what Lu Siyu said, the uncle understood and heaved a sigh of relief: "That's good, I thought you were going to use your fertile land to grow that thing."

Lu Siyu smiled and shook his head, thinking of something again: "Uncle, do you want to buy a field together?"

The uncle was stunned, frowning and thinking: "This..."

Lu Siyu didn't force it either, but said: "Actually, I didn't buy this thing blindly this time, mainly because it resembles a plant I saw in a miscellaneous book before, and I don't know where that miscellaneous book is. Yes, I lost it when I saw it at the time, and I don’t know where it went, but I have never seen many plants in it. According to the book, this kind of plant likes a warm environment, neither wet nor dry, But the requirements for the soil are not so strict, and more importantly, the yield per mu is very high.”

"Yield per mu?" Uncle grasped the key point at once, obviously he has a deep memory of this word, he is an out-and-out farmer, so he naturally knows what yield per mu refers to.

"Well," Lu Siyu nodded, "It is said that the yield per mu is at least [-] catties." He said a relatively conservative figure, which was much lower than the normal record. After all, this was his first time growing sweet potatoes, and I don't know the specific situation.

But the uncle was still frightened by this number.

"Three thousand five hundred catties, is that much?"

Lu Siyu smiled: "So I want to ask my uncle, why don't we buy the land together? Anyway, now that we both have money, there is no harm in buying more land."

This is the case in the countryside, where you can sleep comfortably with land in your hands, so as long as the average family has a little money, they will want to buy land, but the rural areas are generally not very rich, so they don't have so much money to buy land.

The previous three businesses made a lot of money for the three families, but they kept a low profile based on the principle of not revealing their wealth. People in the village knew that the three families had made some money, but they didn’t know how much money they made. Will talk and talk, but will not feel jealous.

Lu Siyu had money in his hands, and he also knew that his uncle and his uncle's family also had some money in their hands, so he wanted to pull the two families together to buy fields. On the one hand, he wanted to pull as much as he could; On the one hand, I also want to hide myself. After all, if I just buy fields by myself, it is indeed a bit too eye-catching.

"I'll go and discuss it with your uncle." The uncle hesitated. In fact, he had already been persuaded by Lu Siyu. After all, Lu Siyu's suggestion this time was not to spend the money on some place where no benefits could be seen, but to spend it on the fields. Compared with business, he still prefers to throw money in the fields, at least visible.

"Okay, by the way, you can ask the second uncle if you want to buy it. If we buy it together, we will talk to the village head tomorrow about it." Lu Siyu still smiled, and was very happy to be able to invite people to do this together.

Walking out of Lu Siyu's house, the uncle walked quickly and returned home in a short while.

"How is it? Has Xiaoyu changed her mind?" the auntie said impatiently.

"Change...ah, what did you say?" the uncle asked subconsciously.

"What are you thinking? I asked you if Xiaoyu has changed his mind. His temper is so stubborn, so you can't persuade him?" The aunt frowned. She felt that she knew Lu Siyu's temperament very well, so she felt that she must have failed. .

Hearing this, the uncle woke up suddenly, remembering that he seemed to be trying to persuade Lu Siyu to give up growing that thing, but he seemed to be persuaded when he sent it.

"Xiao Yu said that he doesn't need good land to grow those things, so he wants to buy a few acres of land. I want to ask if we have any ideas." The uncle said quickly. Although he realized it, he still felt that what Lu Siyu said was very reasonable. Fields? , after all, the more the better.

"Buying land?" The aunt asked in surprise, "How did you even mention buying land?"

"It's like this..." The uncle repeated what Lu Siyu said before, and then said, "I thought about it, anyway, there is no harm in buying land, even if the yield is not so high, the land will not be lost there. No, next season can focus on other things, such as growing soybeans and making money by grinding tofu.”

As he was talking, the uncle suddenly felt that what he said was very reasonable, and he was almost convinced by him, so he looked at the uncle's mother with firm eyes.

The uncle thought about it for a while: "I think the idea of ​​buying land is very good. Anyway, we also have some money in our hands. I don't feel at ease hiding it at home. Xiaoyu's work is to make people feel at ease. He is right, anyway, I bought it. The land will not lose money, buy it, and talk to the village chief about it tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go and talk to my second brother, Xiaoyu asked me to ask his second uncle if he has any ideas about buying land." The uncle said seriously, and seriously took care of what Lu Siyu told him.

"Then you go and ask, and tell the second brother that Xiaoyu said it, and he believes Xiaoyu." The auntie said quickly, in fact, she didn't just refer to the second uncle. After these days, the four elders all believed it. Lu Siyu, it seemed that what Lu Siyu said was right.

The uncle nodded, and immediately went to look for the second uncle.

After talking about it for a while, the second uncle immediately nodded and agreed: "It's good to buy land. I also don't feel safe keeping money at home. It's better to buy land."

The second aunt listened and nodded immediately: "Xiaoyu is still smart, so he should buy land. Why didn't we think of it before?"

What the two said made the uncle a little surprised, but he still explained: "What Xiaoyu means is that we don't want to buy good farmland for the time being, but ordinary farmland."

The most important thing in the countryside is how much good farmland a family has, so many people save money to buy a few more acres of land, even if it is only one mu, it will improve a family's living conditions to a higher level.

Relatively speaking, inferior fields are not so popular, so the price is relatively cheap.

"If you don't buy good land, good land is too expensive, you can buy a field that is not as good as it should be. If you buy a few more acres, you can also grow some soybeans." The second aunt immediately said, she has tasted the sweetness of tofu and bean sprouts, although there is no business recently However, she still wanted to wait until the Chinese New Year to continue to do the tofu and bean sprouts business, so she had no objection at all to buying a poorly prepared field.

The second uncle also nodded: "Just listen to Xiaoyu. Tomorrow we will go to the village head together. The three families will buy together. Outsiders don't need to know the ratio, lest someone gossip behind their backs."

"Why didn't I think of this?" Uncle nodded. "It's true that Xiaoyu can't buy the land alone. Tomorrow we will go to the village head together. It's best to buy our land together, so we can take care of it later."

"Well, Xiaoyu is too weak to do heavy work, we must help." The second uncle said, expressing his approval of the uncle's words.

The two families on this side were talking, and Lu Siyu on the other side had no idea that he had been dubbed "weak" again. He changed into light clothes and put on Lu's father's work shoes, because the two of them had weak feet. They were different in size, so he tried to tie them up, and then went out for a run.

I also met some villagers on the road. After hearing Lu Siyu's explanation that it was to stop getting sick, they all expressed their understanding. After all, rural people are most afraid of getting sick. They spend money when they get sick, and they may lose their family money. About this point, Mother Lu is a Live example.

So no one said anything about Lu Siyu's running and exercising, but many people said that "the poor child has already been in charge".

If Lu Siyu knew this, he would definitely tell them that he was not pitiful at all, but unfortunately he didn't know, after all, such things as pitiful people are usually not mentioned in front of the parties involved.

Lu (kept in the dark) Si (poor boy) Yu.

The author has something to say: before the weight unit was written in kilograms, I didn’t pay much attention to it, but there was no such unit in ancient times, so I changed it all to catties, but because the weight of catties in ancient times was different in each dynasty, so the catties here Same as our modern meaning