The reborn peasant girl has space for farming

Chapter 562: Expanding Potato and Sweet Potato Planting

After having the buffalo, the area of ​​space expanded again. Bai Meixi decided to increase the planting area of ​​sweet potatoes and potatoes. This season, 30 acres of potatoes and 20 acres of sweet potatoes were planted.

In this era, people's living standards are still relatively low, and they cannot afford to eat white rice every day. The demand for starchy dry foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes is huge, and even 10,000+ kilograms are sold out.

What's more, with Luo Bing as a fixed buyer, Bai Meixi is not worried about her sales.

"Boss, the land here is really good. As long as the plow grows, we have more land here than in our village, and the products produced are so good that there is no way to compare with those outside."

Aunt Liu looked at the endless land in front of her and couldn't help but sigh. Their village was a poor village with not much usable farmland. In addition, the land was not fertilized due to severe droughts. The crops produced each year were limited and there was far less space. The land is fertile.

They finally had a good harvest last year, but they almost didn't sell what they grew. Fortunately, Bai Meixi was there, otherwise their village would have lost all their money last year.

"Although your village doesn't have much land, there are many craftsmen. The land is fixed in the same place and cannot be moved, but the craftsmen can travel around and make money, which is not a bad thing."

Bai Meixi knew what Aunt Liu was worried about. Her family had lived in the village for many years and had already integrated into the environment there. However, because her ancestors moved here from outside, they could not compare to those who were born and raised in the village, so even the money given to her family was The land is all hilly and nothing can be grown at all.

Aunt Liu and the others tried planting several times, but found that they couldn't even earn back the money for fertilizer, so they could only continue to help people build houses to make a living. Although it was a blessing in disguise that they moved to this place that was like a paradise, every time they thought about it, Aunt Liu's heart was still filled with disappointment.

Land is life in rural areas. If the land they are allocated is not good, their son's future marriage will be problematic. What's more, someone in the next village deliberately causes trouble for them. The hillside land they were allocated is close to the neighboring village. Those people see them. After not farming for many years, he actually occupied that land and planted a large area of ​​saplings.

Naturally, the trees grown in such a place cannot be made into lumber and can only be used as firewood. What's more, those people ignore the trees there and let them grow crookedly, clearly because they want to occupy the hillside land.

Every time Aunt Liu and the others saw it, they felt a headache, but they were so weak alone that they had no way to compete with those people, so they could only drag it down year by year.

Bai Meixi feels that Aunt Liu's family's concerns are justified. The current land is not valuable, and the rights have not yet been confirmed. It is basically based on specific uses. According to future development, whoever uses it will be named in whose name it will be. Demolition can bring a lot of money.

If she doesn't fight hard now and doesn't plan for her family, it will be even harder to get these lands back in the future.

"My boss, you have a good relationship with the village chief. Can you talk to him and help my family buy a few acres of good land? My two sons will get married in two years. We can't stay here forever."

Aunt Liu hesitated for a moment, but then expressed her wish. She understood that space is not a place to live for a long time, and she must consider her future life.

"I will consider what you said. The most important thing for you now is to make more money and build a good house at home. Only after the house is built can you marry a new wife."

Bai Meixi understands Aunt Liu's situation, but what she wants to change is not the situation of their family, but the situation of the entire village, so that everyone can get rich together and no longer be bound by the land.As for the hillside land occupied by people, as long as the whole village works together, they can naturally get it back.

"Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss." Aunt Liu went to work happily after receiving Bai Meixi's promise. In the past two days, she has been busy cutting potatoes and sweet potatoes to germinate them. On dozens of acres of land, The amount required is not small.

Bai Meixi also went to help. She originally left 5000 kilograms of potatoes and 5000 kilograms of sweet potatoes. In addition to being exchanged for herdsmen, the most important thing is to use them as seeds here.

She selected the best-quality potatoes and sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces, covered them with sand in a wooden basin, sprayed a layer of water on them, and placed them in the sun at a temperature of about 20 degrees. show.

The germination of these potatoes and sweet potatoes is a big project. The water on them needs to be sprayed repeatedly, neither too much nor too little. It is a technical job.

The demand for dozens of acres of land is at least several hundred kilograms, so Aunt Liu and the others piled up twenty wooden pots and turned a warehouse into a special cultivation room for sprouting.

"Aunt Liu, the temperature here must be kept good. If the temperature is too high, these potatoes will rot."

Bai Meixi bought a thermometer a long time ago. The temperature in this warehouse is now 21 degrees. This temperature is most suitable for potato germination, but it must be kept in the light and turned frequently to ensure that the potato pieces will not become moldy, otherwise sowing will be delayed.

"Don't worry, boss, we are very experienced now. We can sprout seeds very quickly here. They will sprout in two days."

Aunt Liu is very familiar with this kind of thing. She works very hard. If it is outside the space, it will take half a month to sprout, but here it only takes two or three days. This makes Aunt Liu race against time, for fear of delaying Bai Meixi's progress. .

Baimeixi has already calculated that based on the current growth rate, it is estimated that 2 kilograms of potatoes will be harvested on February 20, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and 12 kilograms of sweet potatoes will be harvested on April 4.

According to the price of the sale to the winery, Bai Meixi's income can easily exceed [-] yuan. With this money, she can have a good year. It doesn't matter even if there is no business to do before spring.

Bai Meixi spent two days enjoying herself. In addition to learning marksmanship from the scientific expedition team, she also chatted with Xiao Ping and learned foreign languages. Her foreign language skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and she has passed the most difficult stage.

And Xiao Ping was also willing to be her sparring partner. The mixed practice of several languages ​​quickly improved Bai Meixi's speaking ability, and she was able to conduct basic conversations in just a few days.

When Bai Meixi returned to space again, the potatoes and sweet potatoes had sprouted, and the full wooden pots were full of hope for the next harvest.

"My boss, the sprouting conditions are very good this time. There will definitely be a bumper harvest." Aunt Liu held up a handful of sprouted potato pieces. The sprouts were tender green and looked petite and cute. According to her past experience, such potatoes What the potato sprouts produce must be good.

"I think it's good too. Let's work quickly and don't delay the planting time."

Bai Meixi immediately moved these potato sprouts to the edge of the field. She and Aunt Liu's family went into battle together and started large-scale sowing. At the end of the day, everyone was so tired that their backs ached. Bai Meixi looked at the remaining half of the potato sprouts. Farmland, I feel that my facilities are not modern enough and I need to add some new equipment.

(End of this chapter)