With cattle, the speed is much faster.
Zhou Zhoulang and Xiao Qianshi, one led the oxen, the other held the plow, and the others broke up the plowed soil and loosened it again.
Because the sun was too hot in the middle, they were worried that the buffalo would be tired, so they deliberately rested for more than half an hour.
After giving it water to cool off the heat, they continued, but that was it. Before dinner, they also plowed out this one-acre field.
The Qian family didn't return the cattle immediately, nor did they return the borrowed cattle in this way, so Liu Liulang was asked to lead the cattle to graze, and tied up the fresh rice harvested from the field, and sent them back to Bai's house with the cattle.
Rice grains are the rations for buffaloes.
Such a luxurious cow that eats rice directly is probably the only one in the whole village.
Zhou's family had dinner, so the whole family, including Man Bao and Qian Shi, came to Xiaowan together.
At this time the sun has not completely set, but the sun is no longer vicious.
The whole family of twelve people almost filled the field. They borrowed some agricultural tools from neighbors in the village and divided them into three rows on the left, middle and right, starting from the ridges on both sides and the middle of the field.
A ridge is further divided into upper and lower groups.
Man Bao and a few younger ones were responsible for picking up large stones and some grass in the field and throwing them away. Before it was dark, everyone made it and even started a trip.
Looking at the fields that had been grouped into one ridge and ridge, Qian and his daughters-in-law discussed which ones to plant and which vegetables, and after they were allotted, they said, "It's hot, so don't plant the seeds tomorrow morning. You should spread the fertilizer tomorrow morning. Come back in the evening after dinner."
Xiaoqian should go down.
Next, of course the whole family will come.
Xiaoqian, his three sisters-in-law and Zhou Xi were in charge of planting the seeds, while Zhou Dalang and the others picked water to drench them, and it took only an hour to plant them, which was very fast.
This made the surrounding villagers envious.
The commotion in the Zhou family was so big that it was hard for the villagers not to know.
So many people came to Xiaowan to watch the excitement today. Everyone stood on the ridge of the field to watch the excitement, while chatting with the Zhou family in the field.
Knowing that these vegetables were grown and sold in the county town, some people asked Zhou Zhoulang, "Is the food in the city really easy to sell?"
"It's okay, but the bamboo weaving can't be sold, so I thought about selling vegetables, even if he is a city person, he still has to eat vegetables, right?"
"Who doesn't have one or two pieces of free land at home? It's so good to grow at home, and someone goes to buy vegetables?"
"On Tuesday, if your food is not enough to sell, you can get some from my house, and I will sell you cheap."
Zhou Zhoulang: "... this dish is worthless, I'll buy it from you again, if I can't sell it, I will die at a loss."
He said: "I'm selling my own business without capital. If I can't sell it, I can take it home to eat. If I can't finish it at home, I can give it to the chicken. If I buy it from your family, if I can't sell it, you will refund it?"
"That's right, if you don't give it back and give the vegetables to the chickens on Tuesday, isn't that equivalent to spending money on vegetables to feed the chickens? Uncle Jin's chickens are too expensive, right?"
Everyone laughed, and the matter was revealed.
But there are still some people who are jealous and hot-eyed, discussing privately and going to the city to try it out, maybe they can make money too
But as soon as the idea was proposed, someone poured cold water on his head and said, "Go to the seller, what about the work in the field? The bugs haven't been caught yet, the grass hasn't been weeded yet, I can see that today Uncle Jin’s family has gone to supplement the fat, and it’s obviously all done.”
"That's right, that's right, this kind of work is not as important as the work in the field, it's the ration of life."
So the matter was settled, but the next day someone picked out the family's food with Zhou Zhoulang and went to the county together.
Seeing Zhou Zhoulang, they were a little embarrassed.
Zhou Zhoulang greeted them happily and asked everyone to go together.
What a joke, he wished that every day someone would follow him into the city to sell things, so that he wouldn't have to wait for people from other villages to go on the road together.
Now there are refugees inside and outside Luojiang County, and the security is not as good as before. He is still very afraid of being robbed while walking on the road, so the more people, the better.
It’s not that you can just pick up vegetables and go to the county to sell them. For the same vegetables, at the same price, everyone definitely prefers to buy from people they know well, and greetings are also very important.
At least I went out with Zhou Yilang that day, and in the end only Zhou Yilang came back with an empty cart, and one of them was the most pitiful. He only sold one copy of the dishes he brought out, and that one was sold by Zhou Yilang for him. Barely enough for the protection fee, but also lost the entry fee.
The next day, when Zhou Zhoulang left the village again, he was alone again. Obviously, no one went after yesterday.
When he came back in the evening, he told his family about this as a joke, and Man Bao said: "They can't hold on too much. If they can't do it on the first day, just try the next day. Wait for ten days and a half months. If there is no improvement , it’s not too late to give up.”
Zhou Zhou Lang smiled and said: "Yes, when I first went to sell bamboo weaving stalls, I didn't sell any of them. Later, I squatted aside to watch how people greeted customers. Although I was very blushing, I had to Greeting people with a thick skin is not something that everyone is born with."
Speaking of this, Zhou Zhoulang paused and said, "Except for the fourth child."
Zhou Dalang smiled and said, "The fourth one can't help it, he's naturally thick-skinned."
Zhou Zhoulang was not happy, "You teach children as you teach, why do you have to involve me?"
Xiaoqian said: "It's easy to say, but now it's not like before. In the past, if you sold bamboo weaving, you didn't go to the county town, and there were people who sold it in Daji. But now they sell vegetables, can you go to Daji?"
Daji in Dali Village is a market for farmers, who doesn’t have any food yet.
"However, if you go to the county seat, not only do you have to pay entry fees to enter the city, but you also have to pay protection fees to set up a stall. Even if you go to the city without food or drink for a day, you will have to spend a few pennies, and you can forget it once. If you lose money, you will lose money." Well, if you go there for ten days and half a month, you will lose seventy or eighty Wen, and you are still so confused, who can bear it?"
That's true.
Man Bao frowned, "Why doesn't magistrate Fu care?"
It would be strange if he could manage it, Zhou Zhou Lang said: "The county magistrate is not in the city anymore, I don't know why he went there, he can't control it if he wants to."
"Then where did he go?"
"How do I know this? I heard from the yamen servant when I went to deliver the letter to you. That's when I realized that magistrate Fu left the county two days ago."
Man Bao decided to write a letter to ask Fu Wenyun at night, didn't he say to find a way to rescue the disaster
She also wanted to see what subsidies Zhou Daliang's family would receive.
Zhou Daliang is a good friend of the fourth brother, the family is very difficult now, because of him, Zhou Zhoulang has been very worried recently.
As a result, her letter had just been delivered to Zhou Zhoulang, and before Fu Wenyun's letter could be returned, Bai Shanbao told her, "My uncle said that the county magistrate has gone to Brazil, and our state may have to reduce or exempt taxes. I took people to Brazil."