Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 116 Buying Land Again
So busy, it's already the twentieth of June.In the past few days, the tussah silkworms on the mountain should be almost done, and Jinghan didn't dare to be careless, and paid attention to them every day.

"Daddy, how did you and Uncle Lin make that wine shop?" Jinghan asked while having breakfast.

"We've already found the place, and it's under the town's management. In the past few days, we'll find someone to measure the land, and then go to the county to go through the formalities. This is not something to worry about. Take your time, this winter It would be nice if you can come out for a drink." Zhixin had dinner, and then he was about to go out, "Okay, I'm going to go to the town with your Uncle Lin today to find someone, do you have anything to take back to the town?"

Xue hurriedly wrapped the silk quilt she had made a while ago, and took it to the bullock cart outside. "My son's father, you go back and give this to our mother. You can sew the quilt on the outside and keep it as a dowry for Jingya." The mothers took the time to make all four quilts, so that the family's head is full. It can save a lot of things.

"Hey, it's done. The tussah silkworms raised by Jing Conservation will be cocooning in the next few days. Please pay attention, I will try to come back as soon as possible." Zhixin drove the ox cart away.

"Jinghan, let's go, let's go to the forest in the north to see how the tussah silkworms you raise are doing, shouldn't they be cocooning?" Mrs. Xue watched her husband go away, and then turned to greet Jinghan.

"Well, let's go, it's almost time." Jinghan agreed, and then led Jingxian and the four girls out, and they all walked to the forest to the north.Mrs. Zhu stayed in the Shenchangzi, and He Zhiming and Wencheng took care of the Shenchangzi.

As soon as Jinghan and the others arrived at the silkworm farm in the north, they saw that many oak tree leaves were beginning to curl. "Mother, the silkworm has cocooned." Jing Han said happily.These months of hard work have finally come to fruition at this time, and no matter who it is, it is inevitable that they will be happy.

Naturally, the Xue family is the same, among these curly leaves, there are good things that can be exchanged for real gold and silver. "When do you think we will go down to pick cocoons?" Xue doesn't know much about these things. She has too many things to do and can't be here all day like Jing Han, so she doesn't know much about this.

"That's all right now. This thing is easy to be harmed by birds and beasts, so it has to be harvested quickly. Luluo, go back and tell my third uncle quickly, so that everyone in the family can come here quickly. Didn't we prepare all those big baskets yesterday? Are you ready? Bring some over here." Jinghan knew it well, and prepared all the baskets at home a few days ago.They have always plucked the tussah silkworms and sold them to the Yue family. When the stewards of the Yue family came to pull the cocoons, they would take the big baskets with them. When the silk reeling was finished, they would send the big baskets back.

It's not that Jinghan has never thought about processing it by herself, but there are no workers who can reel silk, and there is no such equipment.If you use that simple method, even if this group of people is exhausted, they won't have that much ability.There are a lot of these silkworm cocoons. The Yue family now not only collects silkworm cocoons from the Xu family, but also from others. There are several families in the village that raise tussah silkworms.Last year, the Yue family deliberately brought in several silk reeling machines from the south, which were much faster than purely manual silk reeling. They took away the cocoons, and it didn't take long to finish all of them.In view of the limited conditions, Jinghan no longer wanted to process it by herself. The family didn't have enough staff, and the technology was not good enough, so it's better to sell it directly like this to save worry.

Not long after, all the people in the venue came over, leaving only Mrs. Zhu to watch the house like that.In fact, it's nothing to worry about. There are people working in the field, all of whom are from the village and know each other very well.Besides, the relationship between Ye Laoer and the Xu family has been good these years, and those local ruffians dare not come to make trouble.

The men came over with baskets on poles, and then they all worked together to pluck the curly leaves from the oak trees.This job is done quickly, but it can't hold too many cocoons, so it can only be done as quickly as possible.

With 500 seed cocoons, nearly 20 million silk cocoons can be harvested in the end. This number sounds a bit scary.Fortunately, the Xu family has enough hands now, and more than [-] people worked together, and it took more than seven or eight days to finish picking all of them.These silkworm cocoons are all packed in big baskets and placed in a shed specially built in the ginseng yard. Good guy, it’s so big.

"Hey, sister-in-law, it's great that your family has harvested so many silkworm cocoons this year. By the way, sister-in-law, leave some cocoons for me this year. My daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law are fine. There is a forest behind the house. I think It’s okay to let the women have nothing to do, and it’s okay to make up for it, isn’t it?” People in the village saw the silkworm cocoons harvested by Xu’s family, and a few of them thought about raising silkworms.There are quite a few families in the village scattered around the forest, and there are many oak trees in the forest, so it is possible to raise silkworms.

"Okay, what else is there? I'll just reserve it for you as much as you want this year. This thing has to be picked carefully, and only the good ones can be kept as seeds. We'll sell the rest." Xue agreed wholeheartedly, The more these things, the better, and the more the Yue family received, the more they would receive.Only then can we weave more silk and satin, and let many people know about this kind of tussah silk.

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with my wife, and I'll write a letter to my sister-in-law tomorrow." The man couldn't guarantee that his wife and daughter would be willing to do it, so he had to go back and discuss it with his family.

"Then you should write to me earlier, the Yue family will come to take away these silkworm cocoons soon." Mrs. Xue didn't care, she would leave some for them if they wanted it, and if she didn't want it, she would sell some of it. up.

Zhixiang had already sent someone over, saying that this year Jinghan would leave another 20 silkworm cocoons.The weather over there is much warmer than here, so it is just right to raise two crops of tussah silkworms.Many farmers there want to raise this kind of tussah silkworm, but this kind of cocoon is not enough.What Zhixiang means is to distribute the 20 grains to those people, and they can grow another crop in autumn, so that they can save their own seeds this year.

After picking all the silkworm cocoons, you have to quickly peel off the leaves of the oak tree, and at the same time pick out the good silkworm cocoons for seeds.Jinghan still keeps 20 seed cocoons this year, plus another 450 for the villagers in the village, and another [-] for Zhixiang. In the end, there are still about [-] million cocoons left.

Yue Siyuan had received the letter a long time ago, and before the cocoons were completely picked out, someone came over to take them away.When the person in charge saw Jinghan, he said to Jinghan very respectfully, "Ms. Xu Er, my master said, let us take away the selected ones first, and wait a few days for the rest. In this way, we can It can be opened slowly, but it takes effort to reel the silk over there."

Jinghan nodded, "Sure, anyway, we have picked more than half of them, so you can take away a part first, otherwise I have no place to put them."

So the members of the Yue family began to weigh and load the cars, Jing Han asked a few boys from the Wang family to help with the work, and the rest continued to pick leaves from the trees.The Yue family took away the remaining silkworm cocoons in three batches, and sold them for a total of more than 400 taels of silver this year. Jinghan kept the silver and saved the money to buy some mountain land.

The girls have been busy for three months, and they have earned more than 1000 taels of silver. Now the village is full of excitement.I didn't pay attention to it before and didn't think it was a problem. Now I see people earning money, and some people are envious of it, so they go home and discuss it with their family members.Some people just looked at the eyes and thought of some bad ideas.

Of course Jinghan didn't know that someone had hidden evil intentions and wanted to secretly harm the Xu family.But in her opinion, since the family has already bought a forest near here, it is better to buy the forest to the north as well.There are many oak trees inside, so you can raise tussah silkworms, pick up acorns and feed them to pigs. In addition, you can sprinkle ginseng seeds in the forest to grow understory ginseng.Of course, some medicinal materials can also be planted. Although this forest can no longer grow ginseng, if it is used well, it will not be less expensive than planting ginseng.

Taking advantage of Zhixin's home one day, Jinghan told Zhixin about it, and Zhixin thought it was feasible.The point is that in the past few years, he has also seen some of Jinghan's ideas on making money, which are beyond the reach of ordinary people, so he agrees very much with Jinghan's proposal. "Okay, I've written down what you said. It just so happens that the land of your Uncle Lin's house is going through the formalities these days. Why don't you decide which forest we want, and I'll go through the formalities together. When I can save it, I have to go to the county town. But, Jinghan, do we have enough money? We still have to invest 500 taels in your Uncle Lin’s winery."

Jinghan did some calculations, "Father, this time the tussah silkworms earned a total of 400 taels, plus the fungus sold this spring for 300 taels. It would be about the same if they were all saved to buy land. These lands don't have How expensive, after all, the forest above is not a mature tree, and it can be bought at the same price as the wasteland." Jinghan is determined to develop here well, even if she puts all her net worth on it, she still has to pay for this piece of land. Lin Zi bought it.

"Okay, since you said that, Dad listens to you. Then I will be busy with this matter these days. We farmers have the best land, so we don't panic." Zhixin supported Jinghan's decision very much, so After agreeing, I hurriedly found someone to measure the woodland.

Logically speaking, the Xu family did not split up. These matters should be discussed with the old man and the old lady, and the Zhiming couple should also be sought.But the old man had already stated his position, and Zhixin could be the master of the family affairs in the future.And the old lady also said that Jinghan made these things and sold them for money, and Jinghan has the right to decide where to use them.So the two of them decided to buy the land without going through the family members, and went through the formalities without telling anyone.

Lin Zi measured that there would be 180 mu of land. Zhixin took the money and went to the county town with the Xing family, and happened to find the Xing family's brother-in-law and the Lu family.The master who was in charge of these things in the county saw the people from the Lu family coming, so he quickly wrote the deed and stamped it with the seal of the county. The 180-acre forest was bought for 400 taels.Looking at the newly released title deed in his hand, Zhi Xin couldn't be happier.

(End of this chapter)