People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 4 004: Help me up, I can turn over
The sun had already moved to the farthest west, and it was glowing red, only half of the face was still above the horizon.Carrying hoes, dragging children, threes and fives, the flow of people walking against the sun, gradually drifting away.A large piece of wasteland, sprinkled with the afterglow of the setting sun, people work at sunrise and rest at sunset. In the dry fields scattered in disorder, only a few people are still working in the fields.

"One day of spring plowing for ten years of grain, ten days of spring plowing is full of grain!"

For ordinary people, spring plowing is one of the most important times of the year.

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"My name is Cai Xiaolan, and in my hand is a 'gold' hoe..." Cai Xiaolan was holding the hoe.This one in your hand is the first reward of the red mission.

Yun hoe: the cold weather does not freeze the strength of the man, the loess is not bad for the hardworking man.Strength +1, Stamina +2.The efficiency of digging the ground is doubled, and there is a chance to dig out copper coins.

The character interface has also undergone new changes, and the upper right corner displays the task point balance: 1.

Power: 0.3
Stamina: 0.5
Skill: 0.6
Intelligence: 1.8
Vitality: 4/16
Every time a point of vitality is consumed, it will trigger a copper coin to be pulled out. From early in the morning to now, 12 Kaiyuan Tongbao have been harvested.

Don’t underestimate the 12 copper coins. Cai Xiaolan asked Cui Lushi that a bucket of rice with husks is about 15 yuan, and a bucket of rice with husks is about 14 catties. 20% of the rice husks should be removed, and 11 catties will be left in the end. of rice.

What's more, the staple food of ordinary farmers is corn, and the price is only a little more than half of that of rice.

A grown man can only eat more than a catty a day. With 12 copper coins, the corn that can be bought is enough to feed four members of the Cui family for three to five days.

"Hehe, the 200 money rewarded by the mission, I got 10 money from digging the ground yesterday, I got 13 money yesterday, and spent another 2 money. Adding today's money, there is a total of 235 money, which is 465 money short of the goal. Money!" Cai Xiaolan was full of interest, although she turned the ground all day, but with the help of the hoe, she was not too tired.

On the other side, Cui Lushi was exhausted long ago. He rested on the ridge of the field many times in a row. After a day's work, he was no better than Cai Xiaolan's one-third.

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"Xiaolan, you are really good at farm work!" Cui Lushi picked a piece of mutton and put it in the daughter-in-law's bowl.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Cai Xiaolan responded.

"Aniang, you are too partial. There are not a few pieces of meat in total. If you don't choose them for me, you can just give them to an outsider!" Cui Boyan gulped down the rice while going to grab the rest of the mutton.

He has a lot of opinions on Cai Xiaolan.Ever since he got married, his friends in the school often whispered nasty things in his ears.But when he got home, Cai Xiaoniang didn't let him approach at all.

Out of anger, he sued Cui's mother.Cui's mother was distressed that her daughter-in-law was just sick and had to work hard on weekdays, so she scolded Cui Boyan severely.

"Auntie, I came back to get water today and saw the third brother sleeping at home. He didn't endorse it seriously at all!" Cui Dongping was immediately unhappy when he heard that the third brother called Cai Xiaolan an outsider and told everyone what he saw during the day.

When Cui Lu heard Dongping's words, she frowned in anger, "You prodigal bastard, do you want to learn from your elder brother? The division of labor was clearly stated before, you don't have to work, but you have to study wholeheartedly. Now Don't you know what's going on with our family?"

Cui's mother took Shuangquan as an example and scolded him severely.

Four days ago, Cui Jiaxin moved to Liujiazhuang.Cui Changcai asked a friend to buy three mu of dry land, one mu of paddy field, and a three-room courtyard in Liujiazhuang in the suburbs of Yangzhou.After spending the 300 guan from selling the house, there are only 600 guan left.When these two items were in Cui's mother's hands, there was only 400 yuan left, and the missing [-] yuan was just to repay the loan for buying medicine.

That night, all the work was over.Cui's mother gathered all the family members together, explained the family's financial situation, and stated that she would never be able to sit and eat like before.

Cui Boyan immediately stated that he has to study every day, and he has no extra physical strength and time, which can be spent elsewhere.

Cai Xiaolan, who was on the side, once again expressed doubts about her little husband's spirit of responsibility.

As for farming, Cui Lu knew nine out of ten senses—none of them.

When the family was at a loss, Cai Xiaolan took the initiative to take over all the farming tasks.And asked Cui's mother and Dongping to cooperate with him.Cui Boyan just takes care of reading.

Everyone was satisfied with this move.

Cui's mother kept boasting that the Cai family raised their daughter well.

And Cai Xiaolan just laughed along.

No, the family property will fall into his hands!Three mu of dry land and one mu of paddy field will be all the income of the family in the future.

Once the economic power is seized, doesn't the family status rise immediately?
"That's right, third brother, you are going too far. My sister-in-law works so hard in the fields and only eats a piece of meat, and you still talk about her as an 'outsider'!" Dongping added fuel to the fire and scolded Cui Bo, who was punished by kneeling down. Word.

Cai Xiaolan silently gave her a thumbs up in her heart, and sighed secretly, "There really is no such thing as wasted money in the world. Yesterday, the floral headband bought with two copper coins was really worth it!"

She used her farming ability to win Cui's mother's trust, and used a hair rope to win over the caring Dongping.As for Cui Boyan, three to one, there is no need to do more, she has already won.

"Auntie, my husband is just a bit playful, you can ask him to go to the field tomorrow, he will endorse, and we will work!" Master Cai glanced at Cui Boyan, who is still fighting with me at a young age!

"Okay!" Dongping clapped his hands happily.

"Auntie——" Cui Boyan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. If a scholar really wanted to go to the fields, wouldn't he laugh to death if his classmates found out?
"Mother, what? In the past, I was too used to the three of you. You are too big to be a weapon, and you are not a good thing. You, mother can still manage it. Tomorrow, we will go to the field together." Cui Lu patted the table and told the matter. It's settled.

Late at night, Cai Xiaolan turned on the lamp and recalled the agricultural books she had read in the past.Since we are going to farm, we must farm it well.If you want to be average, just learn from your next door neighbor.If you want a good harvest but don’t have enough experience, you need technology to make it happen.

In the past, Cai Xiaolan was a librarian, in charge of the social science library.When I was bored, I read a lot of books.Agricultural books are also listed here.

It's just that the things you get from flipping through the books are hidden in the depths of your memory, and you need to have one main thing as a pretext to slowly pull them out.

Under the oil lamp, Cai Xiaolan was lying on the table, a piece of paper in front of her was already filled with writing.Points of attention when farming in dry land, methods of cultivating corn, three methods of soil fertilization, etc.

When she was resting on the ridge during the day, she had already discussed with the ladies next to her, which family in the village had the best millet seeds.

And tomorrow, in addition to continuing to turn over the remaining one acre of dry land, she also needs to buy millet seeds.

"By the way, there is one more thing!" Cai Xiaolan circled the word "fertilization" on the paper in her hand, "It seems that we need to divide our troops into two groups"!
Early the next morning, when Cai Xiaolan got up, she found Cui's mother was already cooking at the stove.

"It seems not bad to travel to such a family!" Cai Xiaolan felt warm to Cui's mother's behavior of getting up early to cook.Working together as a family is the best way to overcome difficulties and live a well-off life.

Countless house fighting dramas told her that in ancient families, when there is a daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law doesn't have to do anything, just think about how to bully the daughter-in-law.And the only thing a daughter-in-law can do is to wait until she becomes a mother-in-law.

When she walked to the main room and glanced at Cui Boyan, who was still sleeping soundly in the main room, she couldn't help but feel evil and wanted to kick him up.

"Wait until I free up my hand, see if I don't think of a way to cure your laziness!"

Over the village outside the small courtyard, almost every household smoked from cooking.Normally, people in the countryside only eat two meals a day.But spring plowing is the busiest and hardest day of the year. During these eight or nine days, the common people will have more dinners. The usual two meals will be extra, and some meat can be seen.

After a hearty meal, Cui Lu and Cai Xiaolan went out with their hoes on their shoulders.

"Auntie, do you have any money?"

"Bring it. Later, I will dig the land for a while, and then I will negotiate the price with the fertilizer and water seller!"

"No, I'll dig the land. You should go and find out the price with the people around you first." There is only the last acre of land left, which can be used to pick up money, and she doesn't want Cui Lushi to delay her plan to pick up money.She is the one who wants to save money to buy an iron pot.

(End of this chapter)