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Chapter 40: Harvesting Wheat During the Busy Farm Season

Jiang Ci took out a teapot and two bowls from the kitchen and poured a bowl of water for each of them.

Jiang Ci: "Then you guys chat, I'll go hang those clothes out to dry."

Jiang Ci went to dry the clothes, leaving the two brothers some time to reminisce about the past.

Ye Bei: "Last time when I went there, I heard that your husband bought you a wheelchair so that you could go out. When I saw it today, I realized that this wheelchair is really convenient!"

Lin Jingsheng: "Yes, it's convenient, otherwise I don't know when I can get out of bed."

Ye Bei: "Come out and get some sun, you'll get better soon."

Lin Xi's puzzled voice came from the door, "Brother Ci, why is there a donkey cart tied to the door of your house?"

Lin Xi stepped into the yard and saw a stranger sitting and chatting with Lin Jingsheng.

Their eyes happened to meet each other, and Lin Xi turned his head embarrassedly to look at Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci came out of the room again, "Xi Ge'er is here, and the donkey cart is driven by cousin Ye Bei."

Lin Xi was a little embarrassed, "Oh, so that's it."

Lin Xi didn't expect that there were guests at Jiang Ci's house. After all, if there were guests at someone's house, the noisy sounds could be heard clearly not from the road.

He only heard some talking inside at the door and didn't pay any attention to it.

Lin Xi: "I'll bring you some preserved fruit. I went to my uncle's house yesterday. My uncle made it himself and gave us some when he left."

Jiang Ci took the bowl from Lin Xi's hand and said, "Let's come in and talk."

Jiang Ci closed the door half-closed, and Lin Xi asked in a low voice, "Why did your cousin come here alone?"

Jiang Ci: "He came to deliver the finished toothbrush."

Lin Xi: "I see. Try this preserved fruit. I think it tastes good, but it's not as sweet as the ones sold in town."

These are dried cherries. Jiang Ci tried one and it tasted very good.

"It's delicious. The ones in town are sweet because they have sugar added, but this one without sugar tastes like fruit and is also delicious."

outside.

Ye Bei looked at the boy who just walked by and asked Lin Jingsheng, "Whose boy is this? He looks familiar."

Lin Jingsheng: "Lin Yang's younger brother."

The atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

Ye Bei talked with Lin Jingsheng outside for a while and then went home.

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The production of toothbrushes stabilized, and within a few days the busy farming season arrived.

No matter how much money this toothbrush can make, farmers who make a living from crops still have to take care of the crops in the fields.

The output of toothbrushes will drop significantly, but fortunately, since Jiang Ci agreed to the cooperation with Li Qing, he asked them to do more.

Every day they carry hundreds of toothbrushes to the town to sell. If they have sold all, they go home early. If they have not sold all, they go home around noon.

After all, there were enough toothbrushes being sold in town a few days ago, and not that many people buying them.

They grow two crops a year in the village, wheat and corn.

Jiang Ci was very surprised when she learned that they would harvest corn after harvesting wheat.

After all, ancient China was introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty, but the development level of Dashun was not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty in China.

However, later on, he saw some crops that did not exist in ancient China, but existed in Dashun. Jiang Ci felt relieved, after all, this was a fictional dynasty.

The fields in the village are divided into upper, middle and lower grades. In the upper and middle grades, the villagers grow wheat and corn; in the lower grade fields, they grow broad beans, soybeans or sorghum.

Both wheat and rice can be grown in their area. For example, in the lower reaches of a branch of the river that passes through their village, such as Jiangjiawan, some families grow rice near the river.

No matter what kind of land it is, the rent is one tenth of the land, and is paid according to the number of acres of land. Of course, the government sets different standards for fields of different sizes.

Speaking of taxes, after the corn seeds are planted, government officials will start coming to the village to collect taxes.

Children aged 3 to 14 pay 23 coins per year. After the age of 15, each child pays 120 coins per year until the age of 56.

In addition, some villages would have wealthy families who would buy some maids and servants, and these would also have to pay taxes every year.

Each slave had to pay 240 coins per year, which was twice as much as an ordinary adult.

This measure plays the same role as the ancient taxation system in China, which is to curb the practice of wealthy households keeping slaves and servants, reduce the number of free people, and thus increase national fiscal revenue.

Jiang Ci didn't find out until the next day how much land their family had, a total of 33 acres.

One of the reasons why the family has so much land is that Lin Shan has no brothers but only one sister.

After Lin Shan's parents died, they gave the extra land to the clan, and the remaining land naturally became part of their family.

The wheat in the seven acres of fertile land grows the best and fullest, is golden in color, and matures the earliest, largely because it was planted early.

After harvesting the wheat in the good fields, go on to harvest the wheat in the 17 acres of medium-sized fields.

Logically speaking, the original owner has been working in the fields for the past few years, so Jiang Ci should be very skilled and efficient working with this body.

But the fact is, Jiang Ci, who was cutting wheat with a sickle, looked like he had never done that before.

In modern times, even if he lives in the countryside, there will be harvesters when it comes to harvesting wheat, and he will harvest the corn himself.

It costs 50 yuan per mu, and it saves time and effort. It just means cutting the wheat at both ends of the field and throwing it on the wheat inside.

Jiang Ci cut a piece of the surrounding area without being familiar with it, and then he gradually became familiar with it.

Jiang Ci inexplicably had this idea. He was using the original owner's body, but since he arrived, two different souls seemed to have split this body into two people.

Jiang Ci is using the original owner's body, but everything about the body is becoming more and more like his own.

Since arriving in Linjia Village, Jiang Ci has been doing everything by herself, including cooking, brushing, and talking.

When touching the areas where the original owner is proficient, the original owner's memory and body will help Jiang Ci learn quickly.

At this moment, the fields are very hot and farmers are sweating, but the joy of the harvest spreads throughout the mountains and fields.

Perhaps the sun also felt the joy of the harvest, as the temperature today is much higher than in the past few days.

I was making toothbrushes at home the past two days and I only felt the warmth of the sun.

Now in the golden wheat fields, beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of people wearing cloth shirts and shorts.

Ye Wan was carrying stacks of wheat onto the donkey cart. When she passed by Jiang Ci, she saw that Jiang Ci's little face was flushed and her forehead was covered with sweat.

I felt really distressed. "The donkey cart is ready. Brother Ci can go home with you. Cook some green bean soup at home. We will go back after we finish harvesting over there."

It was almost noon and the sun was shining brightly. Jiang Ci was really tired and didn't try to show off. She just went home in the donkey cart.

Whether he harvested the wheat or not had little impact on the speed of their harvesting wheat. Ye Wan's harvesting speed was almost twice that of Jiang Ci.

Not to mention Lin Shan, who has been working on the crops for decades, and Lin Jingchen and Lin Jingan, who have endless energy.

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