"Qi Min Yao Shu" is devoted to the characteristics of various crops, including what fertilizer to apply in what area, whether it is plant ash or human and animal urine, etc., as well as tips for threshing and selecting seeds.
The "Shen Nong Jing" also talks about the types and functions of plants.
There are no exceptions in these books, all of which are marked by my mother. It seems that my mother also wanted to renovate this villa back then. She circled a few plots of land and cultivated the fields. There are corresponding analyses in the book, which mentioned, No matter what the land is, what the harvest is, or what the price of rice is on the outside market, part of the rice must be planted to avoid famine.
Qiao Keer also wrote about the plague in the south of the Yangtze River that she encountered when she was a child. The plague left a deep impression on her. Therefore, whether it is a harvest year or a famine year, grain must be stocked.
You Miao looked around and believed that it was the safest to grow rice, because no matter what year, everyone had to eat, and rice noodles could not be sold, so it would be good to store them in their own granaries.
You Miao marked out the area and wrote the words "eight thousand liang" on the area of the paddy field. Rice is planted in the high fields in the east, which is about to be set. In the low-lying area, from the east of the villa to the large pond, the soil is loose, so you can consider planting rapeseed. It is really pleasing to the eye.
"How much is the oil price now?" You Miao said.
Zhang Er raised his eyes and glanced at You Miao, and said, "Fifty-eight cents per pound."
Li Zhifeng said casually, "Fifty-five to sixty-five."
You Miao nodded and asked again, "How much rapeseed oil can one acre of rapeseed produce?"
Neither Zhang Er nor Li Zhifeng could answer, so You Miao went to find out Qimin's art, and it was written that one mu of land could produce 250 catties of rapeseed, and the rapeseed could squeeze 100 catties of oil. Five taels of silver per mu, plus honey, is similar to growing rice, not much more.
You Miao happily waved the pen and circled 500 acres of land to grow rapeseed.
Someone was shouting outside, and the voice was vaguely inaudible, as if calling for You Miao.
"Old boy!" The man said in a voice: "Are you at home? Look at you!"
You Miao jumped up as if she had been stung, and hurriedly put on her boots, but she couldn't get them on, so she ran out barefoot and saw a man poking his head in the courtyard, saying, "How come there is not even a maid in such a grand garden? "
"Uncle!" You Miao yelled, ran across the corridor, and threw himself into the man's arms, rubbing and rolling like a lunatic.
That man was Qiao Jue from You Miao's mother-in-law's house. When he saw You Miao, he hugged him, pressed against the wall and rubbed his head, saying, "You little bastard! If my uncle doesn't come to see you, how dare you return the favor? Don't come back to your mother's house!"
When You Miao saw Qiao Jue, she was crying and laughing, dragged him into the hall, pressed him on the long couch, burrowed into his arms, buried him on his chest, and didn't say a word for a long time.
"Okay, okay." Qiao Jue just couldn't help laughing, patted You Miao's back, motioned him to get up, saw You Miao's eyes were red, and laughed, "I just wanted to say that you've grown a little taller, but you still talk to him. She's crying like a child."
You Miao sniffed, Li Zhifeng came over with his boots and served him to put them on. You Miao went to the inner room to get tea and said, "Why are you here?"
Qiao Jue said: "I'll come to see you, your second uncle's life is really hard to live, and after a few days, I'm thinking about defecting to you."
Youmiao broke into a smile and said, "I don't have anything else here, just a lot of houses, you can just come and choose one to live in."
You Miao stood on tiptoe and took down a set of pots and a box of tea leaves. Qiao Jue looked around, shook her head and said, "This is the Zhuangzi that the second sister bought back then? It's not bad." Then he nodded to Li Zhifeng again. , said: "You are busy with yours, you don't have to wait, I am his uncle, you can be my own."
What kind of person is Qiao Jue? Originally the owner of Shaoyuan Tea House, Qiao Ke'er's parents gave birth to four children. During the plague in the south of the Yangtze River, both the eldest daughter and her son-in-law died of the disease, leaving behind an orphan named Qiao Li.
Qiao Zhang, the eldest son of Shaoyuan Tea House, took over the tea house after his parents died and married a famous local woman named Bai.
The third daughter, Qiao Ke'er, married You Dechuan and was You Miao's mother.
The youngest son, Qiao Jue, was born at the time of the decline of the tea house. When he was young, he looked a little like You Miao. They all said that his nephew was like an uncle. The age difference between Qiao Jue and You Miao was only five years. Yes, I often lived in Biyu Villa when I was a child, and You Miao looked like brothers.
What's even more rare is that Qiao Jue's parents contracted the plague not long after she was born, and Qiao Ke'er hired a wet nurse for Qiao Jue, who was Grandma Sun. This grandmother was also You Miao's nanny later. According to the convention of the Jiangnan family, she had drank the milk of the same nanny, and she was a good brother from a young age, and had to take care of each other on weekdays.
Therefore, Qiao Jue and You Miao are both uncle and nephew relatives, and playmates since childhood. They are brothers and sisters. It goes without saying that after You Miao returned home and went to Jiangbo Villa, he wanted to see Qiao Jue first, but he thought of his mother and uncle's family members. Miscellaneous, the second aunt in charge is not the same generation. It's just annoying to go there, so it's better to set up a place to live, and let Qiao Jue come over when the villa becomes large.
Qiao Jue is also a talented person, astronomical and mathematical, four books and five classics, Qimen Dunjia, fortune-telling and tea ceremony. Fame, when You Miao went to Beijing to study, Qiao Jue was still in charge of the accounts for Shaoyuan Tea House, writing casual calculations every day, and after finishing the calculations, he came out and wandered around.
You Miao took out a black and white clay pot, one black and one white two cups, and said, "I just happen to have some silver mist from Junshan."
"Not busy." Qiao Jue hurriedly said: "You drink mine, I brought some tea for you to taste."
Qiao Jue took out a packet of tea from his sleeve and said, "This is a little frozen top oolong that I hid the year before."
You Miao didn't use her mother's tea set for marriage, made tea with these two cups, and asked, "How's the family doing?"
Qiao Jue sighed and said helplessly: "It's not like it was a few years ago. Every day, the business is not as good as a year. As I see it, I will close the shop of the tea house or open a pawn shop. Look at you. The second uncle, at the end of the year, finally grows some tea, and he wants to pay the price of the person who came to collect the tea, and it’s okay to clear it, but he doesn’t listen to the persuasion and wants to sell it in his own tea house.”
You Miao knew that the business of Shaoyuan Tea House was not good. Part of the reason was because his father, You Dechuan, was too good at doing business. Now the tea merchants in Jiangnan are rushing to kill people and set fire to their business. The tea merchants who all colluded