Chapter 276 Spring Ploughing
When Manager Zhong came, Lian Man'er was happy and hurriedly took it out. Manager Zhong held a bag in his hand and was greeting Lian Shouxin. Seeing the bag in Manager Zhong's hand, Lian Man'er's eyes couldn't help but shiny, and she became more sure of Manager Zhong's purpose of coming this time.
After letting Manager Zhong sit down in the house, Lian Man'er was busy making tea, and then used a box to pack the best snacks and fruits at home, and brought them up.
"Miss Lian doesn't have to be polite to read the full text." Manager Zhong bowed and thanked Lian Man'er politely.
"Manager Zhong, when you are here, don't be polite to us." Lian Shouxin said with a smile.
"Are you okay with Master Six and Master Jiu?" Lian Man'er arranged the tea and fruits, and asked with a smile.
"Both masters are all good. Let me send a message and ask the girl's family what they are good." Manager Zhong also smiled and handed over the bag in his hand as he spoke. "When Master Jiu left, he agreed to send some corn to the girl and sent me to deliver it."
"We have suffered this." Lian Shouxin hurriedly said, "My daughter is young and not very sensible. What the child said at home, Sixth Master and Jiu Master have accepted it seriously. Manager Zhong, you specially sent it to him. This makes us feel so sad!"
Lian Shouxin and Manager Zhong were kind to him. Lian Man'er had already reached out to take the bag. The bag was quite pressing. Lian Man'er opened the mouth of the bag and found peeled corn kernels. Shen Xiaopang obviously gave her the corn to her. The corn was golden and full. The corn in this bag was probably at least thirty or forty kilograms.
This may plant a lot of acres of land!
Lian Man'er couldn't help but smile and her eyebrows were curved. Lian Man'er grabbed a handful of corn kernels in her hand, and Xiaopang's image became taller in her mind. At that time, she told Shen Xiaopang that she wanted more corn, but she was not sure whether the Shen family would agree, nor was she sure whether Shen Xiaopang would really take this matter to heart after returning to the Shen family.
These days, Lian Man'er has been thinking about this matter. Every day she has passed, she has less hope. Today, Manager Zhong sent the corn. Lian Man'er was overjoyed.
Shen Xiaopang is very friends. Although he is young, he is a person who can do what he says. This forced Lian Man'er to refresh his impression of Shen Qian again. Even if he is young, has too round figure and has a tendency to be a foodie, but as long as he has enough friends and keeps his word, Shen Xiaopang is a qualified little man.
"Manager Zhong, little... Master Jiu asked you to send corn. Master Liu must know about this, right?" Lian Man'er finally was willing to put the corn bag down and looked up to ask Manager Zhong and said, "What do you mean by Master Liu? Did Master Jiu send us a message?"
I was used to calling Shen Xiaopang in my heart and called him Jiuye or something. It was really awkward and I couldn't adapt to it. Lian Man'er smiled secretly.
"... Master Jiu told Master Liu. Master Liu asked his subordinates to prepare the corn. Knowing that Miss Lian was going to plant it in the field, Master Liu and Master Jiu both ordered to choose the best one... Before coming, I went to pay my respects to Master Liu and Master Jiu. Master Liu didn't have any special instructions... Just said, let Miss Lian have something to do. Even if I send a message... Master Jiu gave a lot of instructions..."
Manager Zhong laughed as he said this.
"The Ninth Master asked Miss Lian if they were all good, the fifth and Xiaoqi Masters. Don't forget him if there is any fun. I also asked Miss Lian when she has time to go to the city, but remember to find him."
Manager Zhong’s speech was much more polite than before. He even called Goro and Xiaoqi both called Young Master.
"When Master Jiu returned home, he often talked about Miss Lian, Master Fifth and Master Xiaoqi, and he wanted to play together every day." Manager Zhong said again, "I sent someone to deliver corn, for fear that people would be inappropriate. I delayed the work of Miss Lian... Seeing that I was safe in doing things over the years and was familiar with the shopkeeper Lian, I sent me out. I did not dare to delay this order for a moment, for fear of missing the farming season."
If you give something, you can really just send a servant. Manager Zhong should be very handsome in the Shen family and is very capable in doing things. He also dealt with the Lian family and sent him. This shows how important it is to Shen Liu and Shen Xiaopang attach to this matter.
"This is the grace of the Sixth Master and the Ninth Master to us." Lian Shouxin said with gratitude.
Manager Zhong was a busy man. After explaining the corn, he said goodbye and left. Lian Shuxin naturally stayed with him. Finally, Lian Man'er ordered a table to wait for the banquet from the town, and in the breakfast shop, Lian Shuxin accompanied Manager Zhong to eat.
While Manager Zhong was having dinner, Lian Man'er wrote a letter. The letter was written to Shen Qian. First, thanking him for sending corn. Then he talked about homework. The little yellow cow has grown stronger and the pig's appetite has increased again. The little hen has turned into a little rooster. The locust flowers I picked yesterday, and the white pancakes were particularly sweet, etc. Of course, I also talked about the homework of Goro and Xiaoqi.
"Mr. Lu said that my brother will study hard like this and will be able to leave the Tongsheng exam next year. I am still young and have to wait another year. Xiaopang, didn't you say you have been studying for several years? When will you leave the exam?"
"Mr. Lu also praised me, saying that if I were a man, I could end up with my brother." Lian Man'er thought about it and added another sentence.
Just like this, I wrote two pages of letter paper in a short while.
After Lian Man'er finished writing, she read it again. She felt satisfied, so she folded the letter paper and put it in an envelope and sealed it. When she sent Manager Zhong to leave, Lian Man'er took out the letter and asked Manager Zhong to send it to Shen Qian.
As for his greetings to Shen Liu, Manager Zhong asked Manager Zhong to express it on his behalf. First, Lian Man'er didn't think Shen Liu would have time to read her letter. Second, Shen Liu and Shen Qian were different, she didn't think she could write a letter to Shen Liu. Moreover, she always felt closer to Shen Qian.
Shen Qian is still young and it’s nothing to write a letter. When he grows up, he will probably avoid suspicion.
Manager Zhong carefully put away Lian Man'er's letter and said that he would definitely deliver it.
Lian Man'er prepared another red envelope, and the coachman who followed Manager Zhong, and each of them followed him. The one that Manager Zhong was naturally thickened.
This time, Manager Zhong refused slightly and stopped with a smile.
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The corn placed on the kang to germinate had already grown half a little finger bud. Lian Man'er specially opened a small piece of vegetable field, manure, turned the ground, cultivated, and sowed the corn buds.
Take good care of her, she will be able to eat delicious boiled corn this year! Lian Man'er thought to herself.
In the blink of an eye, it is the Grain Rain season. Just like the poem describes "the rain is everywhere during the Qingming Festival", and as reflected in the two words "Green Rain", two consecutive rains have fallen, and the spring plowing of Thirty-li Yingzi has begun.
Lian Man'er's family is busier than other families. They have to take care of the breakfast shop business while rushing to plant the land in this most suitable time.
Before farming, the family sat down and carefully planned it.
This year, their family has 51 acres of land to plant. The six acres of land at the foot of Nanshan are income from the family and are intended to be used to grow peanuts. Peanuts are relatively valuable economic crops. The farmers rarely plant peanuts for their own food, but they only sell them for money.
By the time of autumn harvest, peanuts on these six acres can be sold for about thirty taels of silver. This is just a rough income. If you take out the seed money, the net income will be just over thirty taels of silver.
Then there was the north side. After they split up, they bought land, one 25 acres and one 20 acres. The two pieces of land were not connected together, and there was a piece of land in the middle. Two days ago, Lian Shouxin found the relevant owner and discussed changing the land. Because on the same piece of land, the soil was the same, so the matter was settled without much quarrel.
Lian Man'er's family's forty-five acres of land have been connected into one piece, making it more convenient to cultivate.
"Sorghum and millet, you must not plant less than these." Lian Shouxin said that sorghum rice is the staple food of farmers, and in winter, millet into bread sticky bean bread is also an indispensable staple food. Therefore, both of these must be enough. "We are six people, and I think sorghum should be planted at least ten acres of land. If millet is used, five or six acres will be enough... It is enough for our family's food for a year, and taxed grains."
"Well, that's OK." Zhang nodded in agreement.
First, the planting area of food and tax grain was determined, and then the corn and sweet potatoes that Lianmaner paid the most attention to.
"We have about forty kilograms of corn seeds now. Didn't we plant one piece first that day? According to my father's calculations, one acre of land should be about two kilograms of seeds, so we can plant twenty acres of corn this year." Lian Man'er said, "Before the sweet potato seeds have grown well, we will leave one acre of land first and be more abundant. If there are not enough seedlings, we will replant some beans and other things, which will not be a waste of trouble."
After planting these twenty-one acres of land, the benefits cannot be estimated for the time being. But what is certain is that it will be a surprising number.
"I think this is OK. Our family has enough land for planting this year. Apart from the food ration land, we can first plant corn and sweet potatoes, and then plant the rest." Lian Shouxin said.
"The millet is calculated based on six acres of land. This is thirty-seven acres, and there are eight acres of land." Xiao Qi said. He is still learning to calculate the matter with Mr. Lu, and the accounts are settled faster. For ordinary small numbers, he doesn't need to calculate at all.
"If you plant millet with six acres of land, you can't plant small beans less. If you don't have to buy pancakes, we have to buy small beans." Zhang said.
"There are soybeans," said Goro. He rarely held a book in his hand because he discussed the major farming matter. "We will release bean sprouts, change oil, change tofu, etc., and we will have soybeans all year round."
"Well, there are many kinds of soybeans." Zhang said.
After discussing for a long time, the family decided to plant five acres of soybeans, one and a half acres of small beans, and the remaining one and a half acres of land were kept to plant some mung beans, sesame and other grains.
"We can start planting the six acres of land in the south tomorrow." Lian Shouxin said.
"The child's father, are we still looking for helpers in farming?" Zhang asked.
"... The old man told me that this year, he plans to... rent a few acres of land to plant." Lian Shouxin said suddenly.
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Chapter completed!