Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Others said, "It won't be long before the crops in our fields are ready to be harvested. Let's eat those first!"

Someone else said, "Yes, originally we said we should save more seeds, but now we have such good seeds, we can save less seeds when we harvest the new crops."

Another raised a key question: "I just don't know what the germination rate is."

Qin Ying stepped forward and said, "Fellow villagers, Master Jiu gave us some extra grain. Let us take charge of testing the germination rate."

Nowadays, even a grain of food is precious in the eyes of the villagers. Who would be willing to take out some extra food to test the germination rate?

Qin Ying stepped forward, and the villagers admired her and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

You should know that potato sprouts, corn sprouts, and maize sprouts are not edible!

Uncle Chen Jiu praised Qin Ying highly and repeatedly reminded the villagers to keep it secret.

Another villager asked, "Uncle Jiu, will we still farm together after the autumn harvest?"

Uncle Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "Of course! Although we can survive in our village, the surrounding villages are not so good.

"Whether we are gentlemen or not, we must always be on guard against villains who might do bad things, so we still have to organize people to patrol the fields every day.

"Our labor force is limited. Only half of us can actually work. What can we do if we don't work together?

"Besides, after the autumn harvest, the only thing we can plant is wheat. I don't believe that none of you secretly eat it. Now the amount of grain seeds each household can produce is limited, right?

"One acre of land requires about 25 kilograms of wheat seeds. Can our entire village grow four acres of wheat?"

After a long silence, one villager raised his hand and said, "Master Jiu, not a single grain of our wheat has been touched."

More people raised their hands.

Qin Ying also raised her hand and said, "Master Jiu, we have also saved all the wheat at home."

Uncle Chen Jiu's eyes were filled with tears. It seemed that most of the villagers were reluctant to eat the wheat. This was very rare.

"Okay," Uncle Chen Jiu's voice was choked with sobs when he spoke again, "We are all sensible people. We know which to choose between having enough food every day and having enough every day.

"Then it's settled. After the autumn harvest, we'll clear eight acres of land and plant wheat.

"We have daily patrols to prevent anyone from doing anything bad."

Everything was arranged and it was almost dawn.

Uncle Chen Jiu asked a few people to carry the food and go home with him.

Zhou Yu and Xu Xia had already gotten up and were doing morning exercises in the yard. When they saw Uncle Chen Jiu leading people back carrying baskets, they hurried over to help.

Uncle Chen Jiu moved all the people who were his share to the room where he slept and sent them home to rest.

Then he closed the gate and said to Zhou Yu, "Sir, this is some grain that the villagers in our village accidentally discovered.

“Logically, we should hand it all in.

"But this is not a peaceful time. Now that the villagers trust me, an old man, and let me take charge, I have to take on this responsibility.

“I can’t take care of many things about other people, but I have to make sure that the folks in our village can live well.

"So we divided the grain among ourselves. We plan to use it as our future crops.

"This is the extra part. I know the county magistrate is a good person and he is really working for ordinary people like us.

"Food is so precious these days, and you guys don't have much to eat every day. I, an old man, can see it all.

"These shall be your rations. Eat well and do more for us common people."

Zhou Yu estimated the food given to him. All in all, it was almost fifty kilograms, and there were about ten kilograms of dried and fresh vegetables. Uncle Chen Jiu probably didn't get much either.

With many emotions in his heart, he hurriedly said, "Old man, please don't worry.

"The population of Qin County is over 10,000. Even if you gave me all the food you got, it would still not be enough to feed every citizen in the county.

"Why not do as you suggest? Plant the crops and if there's a good harvest next year, you can help the surrounding villagers."

Uncle Chen Jiu's heart slowly settled down and he breathed a sigh of relief. Currently, only a few people in the village knew Zhou Yu's true identity. Zhou Yu asked them to keep it a secret. Every time he talked to Zhou Yu, he didn't show it on his face, but his palms were sweating.

The county magistrate holds the power of life and death! How can he, a commoner, be so confident in his dealings with him?

If he didn't really care about the people, how could he allow him to speak so arrogantly...

Zhou Yu did not want the grain given by Uncle Chen Jiu, "You can take it back and use it as seed grain. I think it is better than the best seed grain in previous years.

"If you plant this kind of grain, it will definitely yield a good harvest.

"If possible, after the grain harvest next year, I would like to discuss with you about buying some grain seeds from Tongshutun.

"Don't worry, it won't affect your food and farming.

"Even if the price can't be based on the market price, I'll definitely not let you suffer any loss."

How could Uncle Chen Jiu dare to sell grain at market price? These days, grain is more valuable than gold and silver! And even if he wanted to buy it, there was nowhere to buy it!

"The master has spoken, how can we common people disobey?" Uncle Chen Jiu said hurriedly, "Besides, we are not heartless people who would watch others die while we can still survive.

"Don't even mention the future. Even after this autumn harvest, we can give you some grain seeds!"

Zhou Yu was very touched. "Okay, I will also send people to help you patrol to prevent anyone from causing trouble."

Later, Zhou Yu continued to lead people to visit the village.

This time it was the Zhao family's turn. In fact, this was the third time they had come. No one from the Zhao family was there the first two times.

When they arrived at the place, he gestured to Xu Xia to go forward and knock on the door.

Zhou Yu observed the Zhao family's courtyard through the low wall.

Half of the yard has been cleared for a vegetable patch. The sunflowers have big, thick leaves, the beans are densely packed, the bok choy is lush green, and the leeks are about a foot tall...

It grows better than other vegetables.

Zhao Hu came out wiping his mouth. He saw that the two of them looked unhappy. "What are you doing? We're eating!"

Xu Xia had a lovable baby face, with two large dimples when he smiled, which made him particularly close to others. He raised the things in his hand and said softly, "Brother Huzi, right? You must have heard that we are from the county government and have been visiting the village these past two days.

"If it happens to be mealtime, I can borrow the stove from a fellow villager's house. The firewood and water I use will be replenished later."

The basket contained a small piece of dried meat as long as a finger, an egg, a bowl of brown rice, and a small bundle of wild vegetables.

Zhou Yu also showed Zhao Hu the bowl and chopsticks in his hand.

Zhao Hu scratched his head and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go ask my mother."

An An finished half a bowl of millet porridge and went to bed early.

Qin Ying ate slowly, so she took her portion back to the east room.

Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu finished their meal in two or three bites and then received Zhou Yu in the main hall.

Xu Xia went to the stove in the yard to clean up and cook.