OBS Chapter 934: Can it produce stones?
Chapter 934: Can it produce stones?
Li was so eager to see it that she said, "You didn't go back this year. The rice in the two mu of land in the village is growing really well. One mu has already produced 5 shi and 6 dou, which is a little higher than last year. Do you think that if the rice is planted like this, it will grow to 9 shi or 10 shi one day?"
"No!" Zhou Guo denied it flatly, breaking her fantasy. "Mom, what this rice will grow into is determined when it is a seed. If the seed is not good, no matter how much fertilizer you apply or how carefully you cultivate it, it will only be like that. Even if it grows better, it will never exceed its own limit!"
Shaking his head, he could not help but said, "Besides, you are too bold to think. Nine or ten stones, how many years will it take?"
Li sighed, "Maybe it's possible. You were not like that before. You said that we should have a rice yield of 4 or 5 dan per mu. That was what you said. Why don't you dare to say 9 or 10 dan now?"
Zhou Guo was speechless. "There is a big difference between four or five shi and nine or ten shi. How can it be the same thing? When the yield per mu is two or three shi, as long as more fertilizer is applied, it is not a problem to harvest one or two more shi. If the management is proper and the weather is good, it can rise further.
But to increase from five or six stones to nine or ten stones, let alone jumping so high all at once, even gaining one more stone requires a lot of effort, and there is no guarantee that you will get any results. "
Looking at Li, he said, "Mom, you are also used to farming. Haven't you been doing farm work since childhood? Why are you asking this?"
Li was a little embarrassed and said, "I just want to see how good you are. You can do anything. You can grow 300 grams and 500 bushels of rice per mu on this white, salty and bitter land. What else is impossible?"
When I think about how big my family business is now, it has only been a few years and the family situation has changed so much. I am afraid that even for an official, it would not be so fast.
Zhou Guo's mouth corners lifted unconsciously, "It's rare that you praise me so much, but even if you praise me, I can't grow 900 to 1000 tons of grain per acre, so you'd better give up this idea as soon as possible."
Li rolled her eyes at her and said, "I just said that. I didn't say that you must grow it. Can't I make a wish?"
Having said that, she went into the house. She didn't go to the fields, but still had to cook.
Not to mention Zhou Guo, even Zhou Mai and the others who have been at home have rarely been able to taste her cooking.
After hearing this, Zhou Guo remembered that she also had a golden Buddha enshrined in the Fokong Temple in Huaiyang. She had sent it there when she bought gold locks for Yuanger and Chengger. She had been so busy for so long that she had not gone to pick it up yet.
However, she was really short of money. If she wanted to go to the temple to take out the golden Buddha, she would have to pay more for incense. So she planned to wait until the crabs were sold before taking out the golden Buddha.
For lunch, Li didn't prepare anything special, just some common home-cooked dishes in a farm. The main meat dishes were braised pork and stewed chicken, and there were also cold cucumbers and braised food.
Although it is autumn now, it is the hottest time of the year. The sun is shining brightly and the people working in the fields are sweating profusely.
If there are one or two cold appetizers on the table, they will definitely be the first to be eaten.
Zhou Guo didn't go to the fields. He wasn't that hungry and his stomach didn't need oil or water that much. He picked up the braised food and ate it slowly.
He asked Zhou Su who was standing by, "How long will your busy farming season last?"
Zhou Su said, "There are still ten days left. We decided to harvest rice on the farm during these days and then go back after we finish harvesting."
Li Lai nodded repeatedly on the side. It’s good to harvest rice. The meals eaten after harvesting rice are more delicious than usual!
Zhou Guo felt that it was not necessary to spend all his time working in the fields. One or two days of mowing would be enough. There was no need to mow every day.
So he asked, "How about you go to Yunzhou to play for a few days?"
Several people were stunned and looked at each other. Zhou Suli and Li Lai looked at their two brothers.
Zhou Mai said: "No need, we have been to Yunzhou over the years and have been all over the place, and nothing has gotten better."
Zhou Guo said: "Several bookstores have a new batch of books. You can go and have a look."
Looking at Li and the old man, "I guess the cloth shop must have new materials, and the silver shop must have new jewelry. Besides, our dim sum shop has opened, and you haven't been to it yet. Now you can sit on the second floor to eat dim sum and drink tea. Come and take a look?"
Mrs. Li shook her head. "Why would I go alone? When you are free, and when your sister-in-law and elder sister are free, we can go together. I won't go anywhere these days. I will stay at the farm. Let the master take them there."
When she thought about the fact that Zhou Guo had little money, she lost interest in fabrics, clothes, jewelry, rouge and powder. In the past few months, the family had not bought any new clothes except for food.
Even when going out to visit others, I still wear my old clothes.
They were all clothes that had only been worn a few times and were still brand new. Looking at so many clothes in the box, she felt that she had been really extravagant over the years. If you don't run a household, you don't know how expensive food and daily necessities are. How could she buy so many clothes and jewelry every year?
There is so much cloth in the house that these clothes are enough for them to wear for a lifetime.
Zhou Mai and the others also shook their heads. "No, we still have so many books at home, and many new books we haven't read yet. Let's wait until we finish reading those."
Zhou Guo looked at the old man again.
The old man said, "Why are you looking at me? Am I the kind of person who likes to wander around?"
"No." Zhou Guo was convinced, "Why don't you go?"
Everyone shook their heads and refused to go.
Li said, "Why go during the busy farming season? There's so much work to do at home, and besides, isn't this the time to spend money? It's not like there's so much money at home that we can't put it away."
When Zhou Guo saw her distressed look, he immediately realized that she was worried about the money and guessed that she had no money.
He smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. Although we spent a lot of money to buy shops and land in Nanhe, the income from our shops is paid every six months. We got a lot of money in the middle of the year. Didn't I pay you 10,000 taels of silver for household expenses? Now we are not so poor."
Li said, "I won't go there either. During the busy farming season, we have to behave like busy farmers."
Even so, when she thought of her daughter worrying about money during that period, she could no longer bear to spend money, especially those fancy expenses that were unnecessary.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to say, "Then let's wait until after the autumn harvest. Then we can go together."
Li did not comment, "We'll talk about it when the time comes."
No one else dared to speak.
The whole family stayed on the farm and harvested rice.
It is a busy time in Zhuangzi now. People are working in the fields to harvest, collect and move grain, and dry grain. Everyone is busy. Vehicles are coming and going non-stop.
Although several hundred hectares of rice is a large area, the surrounding villages had already finished the autumn harvest and even returned the grain.
In their spare time, everyone wants to do some odd jobs to earn some money.