Rebirth of a farmer's daughter

Chapter 203

"Ma'am." Grandpa Zhuzi, who had been silent all this time, spoke. He looked at the people with the same dignified expressions and thought for a long time before he said: "The land on the mountain, I mean continue to plant sweet potatoes, and corn... this only needs to be paved. Adding wheat stalks will protect the seedlings and have little impact. As for those in the paddy fields...you can drain the water from the fields first, and it depends on the situation...it doesn't have to be just rice."

Qian Jin understands what he means, that is the biggest way to reduce losses, after all, the family has a lot of land, if it doesn't change, they will die together with everyone, and in the end they will be implicated because of the large amount of land.But his proposal made Chen and the others immediately feel that something was wrong, and felt that it was impossible to do so.

"If we don't grow rice here, what will everyone eat?" Everyone depends on food for their livelihood. If they buy it, the cost will not be a little bit.

"Yeah, there are a lot of people in this family. If you don't grow food, you will be hungry." Especially those who don't have fishing boats like his family and have no stable income.

Although selling lo mei has saved some money, how long can they survive without food?If the cold spring continues, it will definitely affect the year's harvest. If so, who can afford it?
In the entire Zhoucun, except for the paddy fields and dry land on the mountain bought by Qianjin, no one can have enough food.Every family has eaten for one year and waited for the next year, barely enough to eat and have no surplus.If the spring planting is delayed for a year, everyone's life will be difficult, or even difficult.

"Otherwise?" When Grandpa Zhuzi heard what they said, there was a trace of sharpness between his brows, which was the peasants' love and helplessness for the land. "Do you still plant rice, knowing that you will get nothing from planting rice?" This is not waiting for death, but courting death.

Chen Shi and Zhou Shun were silent because of his words.

"With sweet potatoes, corn, and some wheat, we can make enough food and clothing, but..." Mrs. Yu kept listening to what they said, and after realizing that Qianjin had agreed to Grandpa Zhuzi's proposal, she couldn't help but speak . "But for the rest of the village, there are very few mountainous lands, and not many paddy fields. It is definitely not enough to feed and clothe only by planting these..."

"They still have fishing boats." Juan'er frowned while listening, and felt that nothing was good, and it was uncomfortable to hear. "No matter what, this year's little fish and shrimp will be taken away by my sister-in-law. Even seaweed and other things can be sold for money. They don't need to worry so much!"

"Well, Juan'er's words are correct, but those who don't have fishing boats and those who work part-time can't do it." Zhou Shun said helplessly: "This series of influences made it impossible to do the lo-mei business. There is no life, and their family doesn't have much land in the village... To be precise, few people in the village share land with the fishing boat and have surplus, so this matter will only continue to expand, and it will not end here .”

After hearing Zhou Shun's words, Qian Jin felt a little worried.This fishing village may be able to live by relying on fishing boats. At worst, everyone borrows money from here and there, and they can barely get by. What about the farmers who live on the land without fishing boats?She even had a bad feeling that this matter was far from that simple.

"Let's do this first. The rest will be done step by step. I don't know how long the cold spring will last. Let's prepare for the mountains first and use straw to keep warm. The next one will be very busy." Rescue, will It's the first step, next, it will be very busy...

Everyone didn't agree on how to do things, only Qianjin's family started to prepare for the cold, which made everyone in the village seem to be amazed. People mocked her because they knew that what Zhou Qianjin was going to do was often something they didn't understand.

"Village head, go ask." Many people were too embarrassed to ask Qianjin, so they went to the village head and asked him to find a way to ask Qianjin what her family was up to.

Moving so many straws up the mountain, who is okay, who will believe it.

Looking at so many people, the village chief sighed in his heart, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask." Even if people don't mention this matter, he will ask about it. For the livelihood of the entire village, he had to be cautious.

When they heard that the village head was going to ask, everyone was very happy, and they were eager to know how to save the loss of spring seeds.

When the village chief came to Qianjin, before he could tell the reason, Qianjin said straightforwardly: "Uncle, this wheat stalk is used to prepare seedlings, and the paddy fields are frozen, so we can only let the mountain land be reclaimed first." Only by getting up can we save some losses." She didn't want to hide anything, so as not to cause unnecessary things.

"Use straw..." The village chief looked at the chopped straw suspiciously, hesitating for a while, wondering if it was feasible or not.

"This is what Grandpa Zhuzi said. The north is colder than our south, so this method is feasible." Seeing his hesitation, Qian Jin explained in detail, and then did not express her worries. "It's just that my family has a lot of mountainous land, so this method can grow food to some extent, but people in our village prefer mountainous land to paddy fields, and many people don't have mountainous land. It's still not enough to rely on this method..."

Qianjin's words made the village head feel cold and cold, feeling that his heart was colder than the snow that fell in the cold spring.The villagers asked themselves to ask because they had a glimmer of hope.As Qianjin said, there are very few people in Zhoucun who really value the mountains, and they basically live on paddy fields.

They all feel that paddy fields can produce more yields, and the mountainous land is thin and barren, which is not easy to plant, so they refuse to open up wasteland at all.

"Then what should we do?" The village chief scratched his head anxiously, wanting to pull all the hair off his head, his expression was extremely haggard, and his eyes were full of melancholy.

"I don't know." As for the solution, Qianjin felt that she had tried her best, but she really couldn't do anything about it... Even if this matter was left in such a high-tech place in her previous life, facing the disaster given by God, I believe they have nothing to do, not to mention that the technology is so backward now.

"Oh, if this continues, how can everyone survive!" Over the past two years, the village chief felt that his hair had turned gray a lot, and every time he solved one thing, another one started, which made him exhausted .

Seeing that the village chief was really anxious and uncomfortable, Qianjin looked at the mountains full of mountains, and remembered that she had seen many uncultivated mountains with weeds at the foot of the mountain, so she tilted her head and looked at the village chief curiously and asked: "Now What will happen if you want to buy mountain land in such weather?"

"At this time, who would buy mountain land?" The village chief felt that Qianjin was making trouble, and his tone could not help showing signs of anger.

"What if I buy it?" Qian Jin was not angry at the village chief's unkind words, but insisted on asking.

The village chief saw that her tone was not right, she didn't seem to be joking, so he became serious and replied in a serious tone: "According to the current situation of natural disasters, if someone pays money to buy mountain land, the price must be half cheaper than before. , maybe more than half, as long as it can stabilize people's hearts, I believe the government will take some measures."

If the natural disaster is really serious, the life of the people will be difficult, and the life of the people in the government office will also be difficult, and they will complement each other.

When Qianjin heard this, her eyes lit up, she looked at the village chief and said seriously: "Village chief, go to the government office, ask your greatest ability and negotiate the lowest price, let's open up wasteland!"

"Open up wasteland?" The village head was stunned by Qianjin's thoughts, and asked back in astonishment.

"Yes, open up wasteland, let every family have a mountain!" Only in this way can we minimize everyone's losses, especially at this time, when we can't do anything at all. Only by opening up wasteland can we continue to live a peaceful life. "Obtain the unclaimed mountain land at the cheapest price now, and then use the removed withered grass to burn it into ashes, use it to fertilize the land, and plant food in the shortest time!"

(End of this chapter)