Female-to-male: I live on farming

It took two days to thresh the rice ears, and then came the much-anticipated moment.

Qin Ke learned that there are no standard weighing tools nowadays, and it is impossible to make weighing tools for large goods. Therefore, grain is generally measured by volume, and the tools for measuring grain are mostly rice buckets or hu.

The rice bucket is mostly square, with a large mouth and a small bottom. There is a horizontal bar in the middle of the bucket, flush with the mouth, so that it is easy to carry. The wood used to make the rice bucket includes miscellaneous woods such as nanmu, camphor, and elm. Such wood is dense and elastic, not only resistant to water but also resistant to insects.

Therefore, generally only government officials or landlords had rice measures, while ordinary people mostly estimated the amount of grain they harvested by eye.

However, Gu Lanxi obviously took it very seriously and sent someone to deliver rice early on.

At this time, the yard of Qin Ke's house was full of people. Among them, only Li Nanqiao had been a farmer since childhood. She didn't know how much rice Qin Ke's ten acres of land produced, but in her memory, during the autumn harvest in previous years, the rice harvested was not even half of this pile.

Fill the rice bucket with rice, then use a wooden ruler to brush off the excess rice grains to make the surface level.

Qin Ke sat in the pavilion and watched them weigh the rice, while Pei Xiu stood beside them with a pen and paper to record. They were busy like this for most of the day before they finally finished weighing all the rice.

Ten dou is equal to one shi. Qin Ke's ten mu of land produced a total of 102 shi. On average, one mu of land can produce ten shi of rice. Pei Xiu gasped when he finally arrived at this number.

This output is simply appalling.

Qin Ke silently made a conversion in his mind. One stone is roughly equivalent to 120 jin in modern times, which means that the output of one acre of land is 600 kilograms, which is exactly the same as what the system said.

Unfortunately, such rice seeds cannot be kept. It has been explained in detail in the system manual that these high-yield rice seeds are all hybrid varieties. If the fruits of hybrid rice are planted as seeds, trait separation will occur. In short, the yield will be reduced.

Nowadays, the rice that ordinary people grow for seeds is all purebred rice. The biggest problem with this kind of purebred rice is that its excellent traits cannot be hybridized, and both yield and disease resistance cannot be taken into account at the same time.

Although the eldest princess and Gu Lanxi did not say it explicitly, Qin Ke could see that they attached great importance to the yield of crops. He could not figure out the reason behind it, but he had indeed thought about this issue.

If in the past, he just wanted to lead a good life with Lu Youqing, then the system mall would be enough to meet their needs. Whether it was rice seeds or watermelon seeds, he only needed to buy them from the system mall every year.

But today is different from the past. They have boarded a bigger ship. Maybe in the future it will be more than just a ship. He needs to consider more than just his own food and clothing.

Although Qin Ke didn't know anything about farming in his previous life, he knew that high-yield crops were sweet potatoes and potatoes, and they were high in starch and easy to fill the stomach. Most importantly, they were very easy to save for seeds and cultivate.

So after Qin Ke got the rice points, he exchanged them for potato planting in the system mall.

Qin Ke had never seen a map of this world. According to his original memory of winter, the location of Yong'an Town should be similar to the south-northwest location in his previous life. This temperature was just right for growing potatoes in autumn.

It just so happened that his watermelon transaction with Caiyue Tower had ended. Except for some watermelons he secretly kept in the space, there were no more watermelons on the market.

However, early the next morning, Qin Ke looked at the half-empty granary and the disappeared foot-operated thresher, and silently looked at Pei Xiu who was calm.

Pei Xiu nodded at him calmly, then walked away lightly.

"..." Qin Ke suddenly felt some pain in his heart.

"My lady, you have to make the decision for me!"

Lu Youqing looked at Qin Ke who pushed the door open. Qin Ke rushed to Lu Youqing with a look of heartache and told her about Pei Xiu's crimes.

Lu Youqing silently watched him wipe away the tears that didn't exist in the first place, and when he had almost finished his performance, she silently pushed the banknotes on the table in front of him.

"..." Qin Ke stopped talking immediately after seeing the amount on it.

"It was just delivered by Pei Xiu. She said that although the rice cannot be saved for seeds, she wanted to see what was special about it, so she took half of it at the highest market price. And this is the reward for the harvester and thresher." Lu Youqing looked calm and lowered his head to write and draw on the account book.

Qin Ke raised his fist to his mouth somewhat awkwardly and coughed twice.

Gu Lanxi gave them a total of 12,000 taels of silver notes. It seemed that the new boss not only had a strong background, but was also very generous. Qin Ke, whose wallet was instantly bulging, no longer felt any pain in his heart. He counted the family savings with a smile on his face while pinching his fingers.

The total income from selling watermelons and ice cubes in the summer was nearly 3,600 taels. Adding the money Gu Lanxi gave him, Qin Ke would have enough money to squander for a long time even if he did nothing.

Qin Ke discussed with Lu Youqing and planned to give some bonuses to Li Nanqiao and others. They were very busy every day during the autumn harvest and they were not the kind of people who would treat their subordinates harshly.

So that night he bought a piece of pork to reward the other person.

After buying the pork, Qin Ke led everyone to work busily in the kitchen. Fortunately, the kitchen of the newly built house was big enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many of them.

Qin Ke picked out the pork ribs specifically to make a dish of braised spareribs. In fact, the ancients liked to buy fat meat the most when buying pork. Parts like ribs with more bones and less meat were less popular.

Pei Xiu followed Li Nanqiao into the kitchen to help out when she had nothing to do. Seeing Qin Ke skillfully stir-frying the vegetables, she asked in a low voice in surprise, "Does Mr. Qin always do this?"

Li Nanqiao was not used to it at first, but after a while she got used to it. She replied without even looking up, "My husband cooks when he's free. His dishes are delicious. You'll know when you try them."

Seeing that everyone around him acted as if it was normal, Pei Xiu suppressed his inner surprise and lowered his head to follow in picking vegetables.

Qin Ke stewed all the remaining pork, and also put some eggplant and cabbage in it, which was almost like a hodgepodge. Cabbage is called cabbage here, because it can be grown all year round and is the most common vegetable in ordinary people's homes.

In addition to meat dishes, Qin Ke also made some refreshing cold dishes and asked Han Qi to bring the last dish to the table. Qin Ke washed his hands and went to the study to call Lu Youqing to eat.

When Pei Xiu first arrived, she refused to eat at the same table with Qin Ke and the others. Although she was sent by Gu Lanxi to supervise them, Qin Ke was also her boss in a sense.

Where can I dine at the same table with my family?

In the end, Li Nanqiao forced her to sit next to her, and Qin Ke also explained to her that they were just ordinary people here and there were not so many rules. Only then did she agree to sit down.

After everyone was seated, Lu Youqing came out with a tray of money bags.