The general is happy: the fierce wife of the peasant family is ruthless and stunning

Chapter 77 Qin Ya is a Little Money Fan

Wild potatoes are only a little bit small, and they need artificial cultivation and fertilization to grow into edible grains.

The wild sweet potatoes are different, maybe this place is suitable for sweet potatoes to grow, the fruits under the stems are as big as half of Qin Ya's face when pulled up, even bigger than what Qin Ya saw in the vegetable market in the 21st century .

Qin Ya reckoned that it might have something to do with regional differences, but she didn't bring much with her today, and there were only two of her and Cheng Guotao.

So I remembered the place secretly, and only pulled out the potato seedlings and went back.

After returning home, Qin Ya first cultivated potato seedlings in the yard of her old house, and opened up a land dedicated to breeding.

When she got home, she told everyone the good news that she had encountered today, and decided to go there to collect sweet potatoes tomorrow, and pick as many as she could, so that everyone would not worry about the source of food until the first wave of potatoes was cultivated.

Li Chenggu also reported today's progress to Qin Ya, and everyone worked together to plant two hundred apple saplings, almost occupying the five mu of land.

Qin Ya pondered for a while, and it seemed that some new lands had to be opened up.

In addition, the land of Bailao Mountain has been abandoned for a long time. Although many lands on the mountain have owners, no one is willing to plant them... The main reason is that they are not viable.

Qin Ya intends to go directly to the door, collect some land from someone at a low price, and turn the entire Bailao Mountain into her own fruit garden. In the future, she will plant two seasons of apples. If there is more land in the future, she can also plant some other things. fruit tree.

In this era, supplies are scarce, and only dignitaries can afford things like fruit.

Qin Ya gritted her teeth, and decided to sell the silver fox skin that Li Chenggu hunted, and use it to buy the land in Bailao Mountain.

The next day, Cheng Guotao led the crowd to plan sweet potatoes, while Qin Ya went to the town to sell silver fox skins.

It was also the first time for the pawnshop owner to see a fox with such a fine coat.

He didn't bully her because she was a newcomer and lowered the price, so he gave her a one-off price of 30 taels.

A whole 30 taels of snow-patterned silver, Qin Ya held a heavy pile in her hand.

Even if she sold the money, she was actually not happy. After all, it was a gift from Li Chenggu, but if there was a way, she would not want to and would not be willing to sell this silver fox fur.

"Shopkeeper, if I have money in the future, can I redeem it?"

"I can sign a current term with you. If you have money within three years, you can take the pawn and redeem it at three times the price of the pawn. If you don't redeem it after three years, the pawn will expire. Forfeit, I will dispose of this leather myself."

The shopkeeper is also very fond of this leather, so it is still easy to talk about.

"That's it, that's it."

Qin Ya was very happy and signed the pawn ticket with the shopkeeper. Since the pawn was not a death contract, the money was reduced by half, only 15 taels.

Qin Ya calculated in her heart, and felt that 15 taels could barely achieve her goal.

After bidding farewell to the shopkeeper, Qin Ya returned home.

After coming and going, it disappeared for most of the day.

When I went to the house, I saw that everyone had just returned from taking back the sweet potatoes. There was a whole field of sweet potatoes on the ground in the yard. Qin Ya estimated that there were about a hundred catties.

"Great, I didn't expect there to be so many."

"We didn't know until we went there that what Madam and Cheng Guotao saw yesterday was only a drop in the bucket, and the back of the mountain is full of these things."

Everyone smiled and explained to Qin Ya.

Qin Ya really got closer to these sweet potatoes as she looked at them, and she will depend on them for her rations in the next few months.

So Qin Ya led the crowd to pick the sweet potatoes to the river to clean them, and then took them back and dumped them in the yard to dry.

In order to avoid too much and not easy to let go, Qin Ya plans to divide it into four methods.

The first one is to scrape off the skin, pick out a part of it and steam it in a large pot, then mash it with something, knead all of them into balls of suitable size and fry them in a frying pan. The method is golden and soft when fried, the skin is crispy but the inside is soft and elastic;
In addition, the sweet potato itself has its own sweetness, which is delicious and full of satiety. Almost as soon as it comes out of the pot, everyone rushes to eat a lot.

The second is to peel and dry the sweet potatoes and grind them into a fine white powder, commonly known as sweet potato powder, which is used to cook porridge and maintain daily meals;
The third is to dry the sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes, which can usually be used as snacks for these children;
The last one, Qin Ya was ingenious, steamed sweet potato cake with wild vegetables and sweet potatoes, let it cool and cut into strips, it can be eaten with porridge as a cold dish.

After finishing all this, Qin Ya handed over to Li Chenggu the matter of going to the homes of those who have Bailao Mountain to discuss the acquisition.

After all, Li Chenggu was from the village and had returned from serving as a soldier. No one dared to play tricks on him. It was best for him to come forward in such matters.

After the two of them negotiated in private, Qin Ya gave Li Chenggu all the 15 taels of silver pawned today.

"It's best if you can buy as much of these coins as you can. Bailao Mountain is not rare for others, but I am very rare."

Li Chenggu loved her cleverness so much, he stroked her cheek gently, and said with a light smile, "Okay, wait until I bring the land deed back to you.",

The sun slowly moved down from the top of the house, and after a while it was already dark, and Li Chenggu also came in from outside the house wearing the stars and the moon.

He did not live up to Qin Ya's entrustment, and went to more than 20 people in total, and bought the entire Bailao Mountain land with 15 taels of silver.

Nowadays people pay the most attention to farming, so the land is also the most expensive. What's more, Li Chenggu bought the land on a death contract, and these lands cost two cents per mu, which is far lower than the market price.

The main reason is that Bailao Mountain is too deserted. No one has ever planted crops in Bailao Mountain. It is useless to be deserted anyway. Since someone harvested it, they simply sold it to earn some money to subsidize the family.

Generally, the price of an acre of land is two or three taels of silver, but this time the land was bought for a real profit.

At night, Qin Ya secretly hid on the kang and whispered to Li Chenggu.

"If we get rich in the future, what will those people regret..."

"Look at how rich you are."

Li Chenggu scratched the tip of her nose lovingly.

"Don't say that these people voluntarily sold these lands. What's more, you also helped a lot of people in the village. You sold crucian carp and snails, so that they earned far more money than the grain in these fields. They heard You said you wanted the land, and you gave me the land deed without a second thought."

"really?"

Listening to what he said was so easy, Qin Ya was a little surprised.

"You! I underestimated my ability too much, and underestimated your weight in everyone's eyes. Although the people in the village are a little stupid, they are all simple people. They will remember whoever benefits them, otherwise You see, our family has taken in so many people, why is no one gossiping outside?"

Li Chenggu spoke to her slowly.

Qin Ya was also curious. She thought that the people in the village would definitely gossip, but she didn't expect that everyone had lived at home for so long, and no one in the village would gossip.

So the crux is here...

(End of this chapter)