Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 144 Harvesting Rice
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"Does your father make a tael of silver a month pulling the ox cart?" Ge Yunzhang squinted at her.

"Of course my father earns more than this money!"

"That's it. Your brother-in-law is a man, and he should have supported a family. If you buy a bullock cart, your sister won't have to be so tired. As for the craftsmanship you mentioned, it's just a way to make money. Since the cart You earn no less than her, why don't you choose to buy another bullock cart?" Ge Yunzhang persuaded earnestly.

Ge Yunzhang's words made Ke Hanxue think deeply. She almost forgot that in this dynasty, no woman was willing to show her face outside. Her sister was forced to work in the spinning room. Maybe she didn't like this job either?

After thinking about it, Ke Hanxue whispered: "I'll go back and discuss it with my parents and my sister."

Seeing that she was seriously considering his opinion, the corners of Ge Yunzhang's lips twitched again, and he turned around to take the spoon in Ge Shi's hand and began to pour the vegetables.

Ge Shi was originally embarrassed because of his son's dislike of Ke Hanxue just now, and was worried about how to explain to his son, but who knew that the situation had taken a sharp turn, and Ge Shi was stunned for a while.

After being dazed, Geshi smiled.

Her son had a bad temper and was choking. As a mother, she knew that, seeing that Ke Hanxue was not a stingy girl, Geshi felt relieved.

It would be strange if it was another girl who was so disgusted by others and didn't cry in anger, but Ke Hanxue not only didn't mind, the two even chatted, which was really beyond Ge Shi's expectation.

Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically, Ge Shi wanted to stop it but couldn't bear it. She hadn't seen her son so enthusiastic for a long time.

After Ke Hanxue left, seeing the faint smile on her son's lips, Ge said casually, "Yunzhang, you seem to care about Xue'er's family."

His son used to be indifferent to everyone, indifferent, and rarely saw him smile, but his attitude towards Xueer is completely different, although he said that the last time he invited the Ke family to dinner was because Xueer saved her. Because of this, but Geshi suddenly realized that it didn't seem to be the case.

"Mother, what do you want to say?" Ge Yunzhang raised his eyebrows.

"You know it!" Ge Shi looked angrily at his son who was pretending to be stupid.

Ge Yunzhang's face sank, he paused for a while, and then said: "Mother, you think too much!"

Seeing that his son was about to turn into anger from embarrassment, Ge Shi secretly smiled, and said in a drawn-out voice: "Okay~~, just think it's because I'm thinking too much."

Seeing the unconcealable smile on Ge Shi's face, Ge Yunzhang's face darkened. Was it an expression of trusting himself?

"Hey, I suddenly feel that the days go by so slowly!" Ge Shi suddenly sighed.

If this day passes faster, Xue'er can marry her as soon as she reaches Ji, so that she can often see her son smile again, and he hasn't laughed out loud for many years.

Ge Yunzhang just looked up at his mother, but didn't answer.

Ke Hanxue went home and told Ge Yunzhang's proposal to his grandma and parents, and everyone agreed, because everyone was reluctant to let Ke Hanchun suffer again. After all, the work of pulling an ox cart is easier than the work of spinning a room. Kong Dafu is a man, he should support his own family.

But the rice in the field is about to mature, so Ke Shuisheng plans to wait until the rice is harvested before buying cattle.

Time flies, and it is the end of July in the blink of an eye. The rice in the rice fields is ripe, and Ke Hanxue and Ke Shuisheng are busy with harvesting rice.

The important matter of harvesting rice naturally requires the help of Zhong's family. The day before harvesting rice, Ke Zhong went to Dakeng Village.

On the day of rice harvesting, Ke Xisheng also handed over the silkworm house to his children, and went to help harvest the rice himself. Kong Dafu had also quit his porter job and lived in Ke's house.

It took five days for the group of more than nine acres of land to harvest, and a total of more than 800 catties of millet was harvested. After weighing the millet, Tongsuo's father and uncle Zhong Deshan both opened their mouths in shock.

"This output is really high!"

"Yes, more than 300 catties of millet have been planted per mu of land. This is the first time I have seen it in my life!"

Ke Hanxue laughed secretly. If they knew that they had planted more than 800 kilograms of rice per mu with their adoptive parents in their previous lives, they would be shocked that their jaws would drop.

After harvesting the rice, drying the millet is also a big project. The more than 2000 kilograms of millet needs a wide place to dry the millet. Ke Zhong could only borrow a yard from Tongsuo's family to dry the millet.

When people in the village heard that Ke's family harvested more than 2000 catties of rice at one time, they all became concerned.

More than 2000 catties of rice can't be eaten by a family in a year. If it is planted for two seasons, won't it still be sold?Is this more profitable than raising silkworms?

While Ke Hanxue and the others were drying the millet, Ke Shuisheng took Kong Dafu to pull the ox cart for a few days, and then went to the town to buy a cow, which cost eight taels of silver.

After buying the cattle, Ke Shuisheng was not in a hurry to ask Kong Dafu to do the work, but asked him to take the sun-dried millet to the milling ground for grinding.

There is only one rice milling field in Xiangsang Town, which is Xiajing Village in the adjacent village of Dakeng Village. Xiajing Village used to be a big rice-growing village in the town before everyone raised silkworms. The grain farm was set up there, and later everyone raised silkworms, and the milling ground in Xiajing Village was still there, but there were fewer and fewer people milling the grain.

There is a lot of millet, and it took several days to grind it.

When pulling the last cart, there were only six bags of millet left. Ke Hanxue discussed with his parents, saying that the last cart would be taken to the house of his uncle and uncle.

Ke Shuisheng agreed as soon as he heard it. In the past, the Zhong family had always supported him. Now that his family is doing well, it is time to repay them.

When the Zhong family heard that a carload of rice was given to them, they refused desperately, but in the end Ke Hanxue couldn't hold back, so they had to accept it.

After milling the millet, Ke Hanxue asked Ke Hanchun to resign from the spinning room before Kong Daful was able to work, but Ai Yiyang refused, because the old steward of the spinning room had just left, and in the spinning room All major events depended heavily on Ke Hanchun, so she couldn't leave.

Hearing this news, Ke Shuisheng and others became worried again.

The next day, Ke Hanxue said that she wanted to go to the town for a stroll, so she followed Ke Shuisheng to the town.

Ke Hanxue's father and daughter came to the spinning room with lunch. Ke Hanxue asked her sister to accompany her father in the room. She went to the kitchen to heat the meal alone, and Ke Shuisheng and the two were not suspicious.

Ke Hanxue walked to the gate of the courtyard and asked the doorkeeper about Ai Yiyang's whereabouts. The little brother said: "Ai Dadong's family usually stays in the spinning room at noon, but in the afternoon he goes to the silk warehouse, and sometimes Talk to foreign businessmen in restaurants."

That little brother is already familiar with Ke Hanxue, so he knows everything about her and talks endlessly.

(End of this chapter)