The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 27 Planting Sweet Potatoes
When everyone saw that the enjoyment of the person who tried it first was not fake, they also tasted it.After tasting it, I found out that it was really good, and it was worth fifty renminbi. Rich people don't care about getting a little money, and there are many flavors of this rice dumpling that they have never tried before, and they are afraid that they will be sold out.

"Little girl, give me two stuffed with salted duck eggs, and two stuffed with mung bean..."

"Girl, I want five red bean pastes, five mung bean pastes, and..."

"girl……"

"I'm sorry everyone, I'm done buying zongzi today, please come early tomorrow, we will sell them for another day tomorrow." Su Ling was also happy watching this hot scene.

Su Dong is also on vacation, the two packed up their things and rushed to pick up Su Dong.

In the evening, Su Ling was sorting out today's income in the hall, while Su's father was still making rice dumplings for sale tomorrow.

"Mother, brother, we took fifty zongzi today, and after deducting those given to shopkeeper Qian and the shop assistants, there are 250 left. I sold each zongzi for 120 Wen, and I made a total of 100 taels. Excluding raw materials, we earn about [-] taels." Su Ling reported the account.

When Mother Su heard that she had earned more than 100 taels, she was dumbfounded. She thought that it would be good to earn 30 taels. Sell ​​so expensive.

"Of course, our rice dumplings are so delicious, how could no one want them!" Su Ling was so proud!

"Then should I pack more, and you and your father will sell it tomorrow!" Then he got up.

"Mom, you can't make money. You've already done it for a day today. Don't get tired. Tomorrow, we'll sell what you made today and let our family have a good meal!" Su Ling pulled Su's mother.

The next day, Su Ling and Su's father continued with yesterday's work. This time, Su Dong was added. Su Dong didn't want to stay at home, so he also said to help. Su Ling thought that it would be okay for her elder brother to learn a little bit. It is said that scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants rank last, but which country can develop without merchants, and Su Ling doesn't want Su Dongxiang to be as pedantic as other scholars.

What Su Ling didn't know was that after yesterday's publicity, her zongzi has become a good thing that everyone grabs. No, when I first arrived at Tianyue Restaurant, I saw many people queuing up.

"Look, it's the little girl who sold zongzi yesterday, oops! Don't squeeze! I'm here!"

"Girl, hurry up and open the market! We can't wait." Another person shouted.

There are many servants who came to line up, and they should be bought back for the master to eat.

"Everyone, there are not many zongzi today. In order for everyone to taste it, I limit each person to buy five at most!" Because there were too many people and there were not enough zongzi, Su Ling had to do this.

"Okay, give me one of everything except the stuffed pork!" The person at the top of the line began to shout.

"Okay, please wait a moment, Su Dong packed the zongzi, handed it over, and took the money by the way."

"Here, here is more!"

In less than half an hour, the zongzi brought by Su Ling were sold out. Only Su's mother made zongzi yesterday, so she didn't make many.

Those who bought zongzi happily took them back to the master to eat, while those who did not buy them were downcast, thinking that they would not know how to be scolded by the master before they went back.But these are beyond Su Ling's control.

The three of them came and went in a hurry.

Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. When returning home, Su's father went through the butcher shop and bought a bunch of pork belly. Su Ling saw that the big bone and ribs were good, so he also bought them.

I drank big bone soup that night, and several of them were growing their bodies. Whenever possible, Su Ling would sell bones to make soup to supplement calcium. Short, but who knows if there will be a genetic mutation!Supplements are always good.

In the evening, Su Ling settled today's accounts again. Today's zongzi is not as much as yesterday, only half of it!She also kept some for home food. When Su’s mother heard that she wanted to keep some food at home, she only wanted to keep a few. She said that it would be fine for the children to eat, and the rest would be sold for money. Su Ling disagreed, and made it at home, for sure Eat enough and make money comes second.So in the end, only about a hundred zongzi were sold, and the cost was more than 30 taels.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the ridges of melon seedlings in Suling’s yard are growing well, and it’s almost time to plant them. Now the family has some spare money. The land needed for sweet potatoes is sandy land, and Huaxi Village is close to the Huaxi River. The land by the river is very suitable for growing sweet potatoes!

The most important thing is that the land there is uninhabited wasteland, so it is easier to buy it. Otherwise, it is already past the season for farming, and the fields are all planted with crops, and no one is willing to sell the land.

When Father Su heard that Su Ling wanted to buy the wasteland by the river, he didn't agree with it. Whoever buys the land is not a good one. Only when the family really can't afford the money will they choose to buy the wasteland. At that time, it can be cultivated after a few years. The family is not short of money now, so there is no need to buy wasteland.

But when Su Ling said the soil quality and growth habits needed for sweet potato planting, he also agreed.

Because the land was unwanted, it was very easy for Su's father to go to the village head to buy the land. He bought five acres of wasteland for 20 taels!But now land reclamation has become a problem. With five acres of land, he doesn't know how long it will take to complete it even with Su's mother.

Manpower is a problem, people must be hired, but who to hire is another problem.

What Su's father meant was that now is the slack time for farming, and many people have no work to do at home. Hiring people from your own village can improve everyone's life.Su's father also wanted to invite the eldest brother, third younger brother, and fourth younger brother of the old house, and Su's mother agreed, "Let's add another Uncle Li." But the number of people who want to open up the five acres of land within three or four days is not enough. .

"Father, if you see who else is doing a solid job, call them along, you have to settle down quickly." Mother Su said.

"Uncle Niu's son, Niu Tian, ​​and Zhang Sheng, the eldest of the Zhang family at the end of the village, are pretty good. I'll ask later?" Father Su replied.

"Father and mother, it's fine for you to decide on the land reclamation, but this kind of planting is a delicate job, and my mother and I can't do it alone, or call the uncle, the third aunt, the fourth aunt, and Aunt Li? How about it?" Su Ling felt that if these big men were allowed to plant sweet potatoes, they would be afraid that they would spoil the sweet potato seedlings.

Su's mother also thought of this factor, and agreed with Su Ling's suggestion, "I hired someone, but what about the salary?" Regarding the salary issue, Su's mother was very concerned about the salary. If you give too much, your family can't afford it.

"Mom, what I mean is that adult men pay fifty bucks a day, and women pay thirty bucks a day, including one meal. What do you think?"

"Ling'er, is this price too expensive?" One must know that even if they went out to do odd jobs in the town, it would only cost thirty dollars a day.

(End of this chapter)