Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 6 Fertile Land
Siheyuan, Central Courtyard, Yi Zhonghai's House

"Boss, what on earth are you thinking?" asked the aunt in confusion.

Yi Zhonghai explained: "We don't have any children, so we have to rely on Dongxu in the future. Besides, I also want to test whether they are worthy of trust."

The aunt cried, "It's all my fault. I didn't leave you a child."

Yi Zhonghai said, "Okay, it's too late to talk about this now. Let's look at Dongxu and Huairu. If they spend all the five dollars on meat, it means they can still be trusted. We will rely on them for our retirement in the future."

What Yi Zhonghai didn't say was that Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu secretly kept some of the money, which showed that they were not trustworthy, so they had to find another way to provide for their retirement and keep some reserves.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai turned his gaze towards Sha Zhu opposite and Shen Zhiyu in the front yard. One of them was his retirement backup, and the other still needed to be tested in the future.

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In Shen Zhiyu's family, the four brothers and sisters were all eating with their mouths drooling.

The four of them were busy eating and no one spoke.

A pot of stewed potatoes with meat and a pot of rice would be enough to feed ten people in modern times, but in this era, one meal would be gone!
After dinner, the four brothers and sisters were too lazy to move at the table.

In the end, it was his younger brother Shen Zhihua who washed the dishes. In Shen Zhiyu's opinion, his two younger sisters were relatively well-behaved. One was busy with studies and the other was too young. His younger brother was at the rebellious age and needed more exercise to avoid being disobedient.

But when Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu came back, they were very unhappy to see the cold stove and the cold pot.

Qin Huairu hurriedly lit the fire and started frying the meat. Although there were not many seasonings, the ingredients themselves were fragrant and did not require too much seasoning.

Banggeng stood pitifully in front of the stove, asking every once in a while if the meat was cooked.

Jia Zhang was even more reckless. She just picked up a piece of the few fatty pork with her hands, regardless of whether it was cooked or not, and put it into her mouth, eating it with relish.

Qin Huairu avoided her gaze and showed a look of contempt. She really looked down on her mother-in-law.

"Mom, what are you doing? Can't you wait until the meat is cooked before eating it?" Jia Dongxu asked angrily.

Jia Zhang said nothing and just focused on eating the half-cooked fatty pork.

However, thanks to Jia Dongxu's advice, Jia Zhang never caused any trouble again.

"Dongxu, the meal is ready. You can eat now!" Qin Huairu said to Jia Dongxu who was lying on the bed.

"Okay, wait a moment, don't go to the table yet, wait for me to call the chef and others over." Jia Dongxu ordered.

"Dongxu, you are so stupid. Why are you feeding the old bachelor? We don't even have enough to eat ourselves!" Jia Zhang said in a low voice.

"Mom, what do you know? Be careful and don't talk nonsense." Jia Dongxu stood up and walked to the next room.

"Master, Madam, dinner is ready!" Jia Dongxu said at the door of Yi Zhonghai.

"Just come."

Yi Zhonghai agreed outside the door and walked out.

"Dongxu, thank you for your help." Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.

Jia Dongxu said hurriedly: "Master, look at what you said, isn't this the right thing to do? What's more, you paid for the meat, I am still embarrassed to say it!"

The two of them arrived at Jia's house without saying a word.

Jia Zhang had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Yi Zhonghai, she curled her lips and wanted to say something, but then she remembered Jia Dongxu's instructions and did not speak.

After the food was served on the table, Jia Dongxu told Qin Huairu, "Huairu, the master has been tired all day, serve the master the food first."

Qin Huairu hurriedly scooped a large bowl for Yi Zhonghai, which made Jia Zhang feel distressed and gritted her teeth at Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu scooped another large bowl for Jia Dongxu, who handed it to the aunt.

Qin Huairu scooped rice for everyone before she scooped some for herself.

That night, everyone at the Jia family had a great time eating.

The only one who was a little jealous was Jia Zhang. She didn't understand what was wrong with her son today.

After Yi Zhonghai and the aunt left, Jia Zhang finally couldn't help it and asked Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so nice to the old man?"

Jia Dongxu said softly to the people in the room: "Remember what I'm going to say next. I want to provide for Yi Zhonghai in his old age."

"Dongxu, you are confused! How can you be worthy of your father by doing this?" Jia Zhang said anxiously.

Jia Dongxu smiled and said, "What do you know? My master earns 77 yuan a month. He and the aunt spend at most 8 yuan a month, and can save at least yuan a month, which is nearly yuan a year. How much money do you think my master has saved now? At least a few thousand yuan. He also has a room, a workstation, and a pension. How much money can he spend on her retirement? As long as I provide for my master's retirement, all of this will belong to our family in the future."

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were so shocked by the news that they were speechless. It turned out that the old man (the old bachelor) was so rich. They thought to themselves that my Dongxu is really smart!
Yi Zhonghai and his wife thought that Jia Dongxu asked them to eat first tonight, and there was a lot of meat, so the 2 yuan should have bought all the meat. It seemed that Jia Dongxu was still very reliable.

Yi Zhonghai has decided to teach Jia Dongxu more skills so that he can upgrade his level as soon as possible, and his life in retirement will also be better.

People in both families have evil intentions and are scheming against each other.

After dinner, Shen Zhiyu watched his younger brothers and sisters finish their homework and preview the new lessons before allowing them to go to bed.

Shen Zhiyu knew that reading would never do any harm no matter when.

Especially in this prosperous era when business is not allowed, studying may be the only chance to change your destiny.

Otherwise, my younger brothers and sisters may have to go to the countryside in the future.

There is a high probability that educated young people, especially girls, will run into problems when they go to the countryside.

In the next few days, Shen Zhiyu cooked for his younger brothers and sisters in the morning and evening, and spent the rest of the time farming in the system.

According to history, starting from next year, 1959, the next three years will be an extremely difficult period.

As a liberal arts student in his previous life, he had learned about this period of history in history textbooks and knew that the next three years would be the most difficult period.

Although he lived in Sijiu City, as the country's political center, the situation was relatively better, but there were still many difficulties. He must make good use of the three acres of fertile land rewarded by the system.

Shen Zhiyu planned his three acres of fertile land, planting one acre of wheat, one acre of corn, sorghum and millet, and the remaining acre to plant peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetables and other grains and vegetables.

At the same time, we also need to build a pigpen and a sheeppen in the space so that we can raise some delicious meat in the future.

The three acres of fertile land in the system are highly fertile, and the weather is good. Theoretically, they can reach the peak harvest time, which can ensure that the four brothers and sisters have enough to eat.

Although the current wheat yield is low, in such a good environment, the yield per mu can reach nearly 200 kilograms, and 600 kilograms can be harvested per year.

Wheat flour is divided into several grades, ranging from 60%-90%. According to the calculation of the best flour, 360 kilograms of flour can be produced, which is enough for them to eat.

The yield of potatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetables, etc. is high, so there is no need to worry about not having enough food.

With such fertile land in hand, Shen Zhiyu was relieved of many of his worries.

Although three acres of fertile land is not a lot, Shen Zhiyu has no choice but to do it himself because he did not sign in for one-click planting.

Because in his previous life he had only helped to farm in his hometown before junior high school, his skills were limited, so his speed was very slow. It took him almost two weeks to farm such a small piece of land by himself.

(End of this chapter)