After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

It took more than half a month to dig the well. Qiao Chao and his colleagues also helped during the process. They built the wall while digging downwards. After water finally came out, they had to flush it out. They went back and forth several times before building the wall at the bottom.

Zhen Yue only knew the general idea and didn't pay much attention to the details. The groundwater here should be quite abundant, so they don't need to dig very deep to get water.

In order to prevent people, especially children, from falling into the well, a wooden board was placed on top. Zhen Yue finally suggested building a round block on top and putting a windlass on one side, so that it would be easier to draw water.

Because of the additional things, the price of digging a well became more expensive, but Zhen Yue said it was okay, since she had money now and she must build a good well.

As for the windlass, Yan Biao doesn't need to do it, Qiao Dashan can do it. He recently finally changed the straight-beam plow into a curved-beam plow, which greatly increased the efficiency of tilling the land. It's just a windlass, simple!

Some villagers noticed that the horizontal ruts of the plow that Qiao Dashan used when plowing the land were actually curved.

"Uncle Dashan, why does your plow look like this?"

Qiao Dashan was very proud and said, "This is better for farming. Why don't you try it?"

"it is good."

The man tried it and found that it was much better than a straight-beam plow, and it was more convenient and faster.

"Uncle Dashan, how did you do it? I want someone to make it like this, too."

Qiao Dashan: "I made it myself. But I don't have time now." He also broke quite a few of them before he made it. At first, Qiao Chenshi disliked him for wasting money and effort, but his eldest daughter-in-law supported him very much and asked him to do it well.

After studying for several days, I finally figured it out. It is indeed much better than the straight-beam plow.

The man felt it was a pity, but still said, "Uncle Dashan, when you are free, please make one for my family. We can pay for it."

Qiao Dashan: “That’s fine.”

Qiao Feng also saw the tools used by Qiao Dashan. After trying them out, he found that they were really useful. He immediately said seriously, "This is good for farming. I need to tell my superiors."

Qiao Dashan was a little nervous, "Ah? This... this is okay, right?"

Qiao Feng: "That's a good thing. Maybe the county magistrate will come down. You don't have to worry. Maybe there will be a reward."

Although it was a good thing, Qiao Dashan was still very nervous. The county magistrate was coming, so he told everyone as soon as he got home.

Zhen Yue thought, "Dad, when the time comes, you can say that you figured it out yourself."

"Ah? But... didn't you ask me to do this?"

Zhen Yue: "I asked you to do it. I just said it casually. The biggest credit goes to you, Dad. You made it by yourself. If someone asks you about it, just say that you felt the straight-beam plow was not easy to use and wanted to see if it could be modified to be better. You stumbled upon it by accident."

Qiao Dashan: “Okay.”

Qiao Chao glanced at Zhen Yue, not understanding why she did this, and asked her when he returned to the room.

Zhen Yue: "I'm just a woman." She didn't want people to know that she could do this. If she was too ostentatious, what would happen if someone investigated her?

She is indeed good at growing vegetables, but in the whole family, Qiao Dashan actually knows more about farming than she does. Zhen Yue mainly relies on her supernatural powers. Will people believe an old man who has been farming for decades or a woman who has not done much farming?

Qiao Chao thought about it and suddenly understood. Zhen was indeed too... smart. If he was not her husband, he might feel that something was wrong. Even if he was her husband, he would feel that something was wrong. It was just that he himself was not right, so they were even.

Within two days, the county magistrate actually came. At that time, Qiao Dashan was plowing the land. It was the last acre of land, and after plowing it, it was almost time to sow.

The village chief Qiao Feng came with the head of the village, the county magistrate, and some soldiers and guards. Qiao Dashan didn't know about it at first, but Qiao Chao saw him and called him.

"Greetings, sir." The entire Qiao family knelt down.

The county magistrate nodded and said, "Stand up. Is that the curved plow you made?"

Qiao Dashan's heart was pounding. "Yes, sir."

The county magistrate glanced at the people around him, and they immediately used the Qiao family's curved plow to drive the oxen and tried it. They found that it was much easier to use than the straight plow.

"Sir, this curved plow is much faster to use and very convenient."

The county magistrate: "Okay, okay! How did you come up with the idea of ​​turning the horizontal rut into a curved shape?" He looked at Qiao Dashan.

Qiao Dashan said what Zhen had said to him before, "Your Excellency, I just felt that the previous straight-beam plow was too difficult to plow the land, so I wanted to see if I could modify it to be more practical, and I came up with this by accident."

County Magistrate Zhang Fuzhi was very happy, "Okay! But I need to take this thing back with me, name me a price."

Qiao Dashan was stunned for a moment, but Qiao Chao immediately said, "If you want to take it, just take it. How can I take your money?"

Qiao Dashan nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, it's free."

The county magistrate nodded with satisfaction, but still gave money, half a tael of silver, and praised the family's curved plow. Then the Qiao family's curved plow was taken away.

Some villagers in the distance saw the county magistrate taking away the Qiao family's things and seemed to have given a reward. Soon the news spread throughout the village and even the neighboring villages knew about it.

Qiao Dashan was still a little confused when he received the silver. He looked at Qiao Chao and said, "What about the remaining acre of land in our family?"

Now that the curved plow has been taken away, how can they plow the land?

Qiao Er: "Dad, just make another one for yourself as soon as possible."

Qiao Dashan glared at him and said, "Do you think it's that easy? It's time for spring plowing." It would take several days to finish it.

Qiao Chao: "Let's use the hoe to plow the land first. Dad, you can do it when you have time. There's no rush. Or we can use the straight-beam plow we used before."

Qiao Dashan: "That's the only way."

In the afternoon, someone came to ask about what the county magistrate had taken from the Qiao family. Qiao Dashan always said, "It's just a farming tool. I don't know why the county magistrate took it away."

Seeing that they could not find out anything, the people did not come. After all, everyone was busy with spring ploughing.

In the vegetable plot, in addition to planting the common vegetables and melons, Zhen Yue also planted half an acre of tomatoes and half an acre of peppers.

If the land was enough, she would actually like to grow some fruits, but she can't take care of the vegetables. Forget it. If possible, she wants to buy a farm and grow whatever she wants in it.

Because it was the spring ploughing season, the whole family put down their work and concentrated on farming. However, the Qiao family no longer had only a few acres of land as before. Now they had more than 20 acres in total. It would be impossible to do it with just a few people.

"Help someone. Go talk to the village chief."

"Row!"

When Mrs. Qiao Chen heard about hiring someone, she said, "Mrs. Hu asked me before if I could hire someone from their family first, and I agreed at that time."

Zhen Yue: "How many males are there in Mrs. Hu's family? They are also busy with spring planting, right?"

Qiao Chenshi: "She has three sons."

Zhen Yue: “You can go ask first.” This Mrs. Hu had never had any problems with their family before, so it would be fine for them.

Qiao Chenshi: "I'll go find her in a moment."