【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

One shi equals ten dou, and one dou equals ten jin. If one mu of land yields 500 jin of rice, then one mu of high-quality land needs to pay 45 jin of rice. If one owns 100 mu of high-quality land, then one needs to pay 4,500 jin of rice!

System: "This is even after the new emperor ascended the throne and taxes were reduced."

Yun Xi:!!!

My God, her family owns a hundred acres of prime farmland.

"As for corvée labor, I'm twenty years old, Li Chunsheng is fourteen, Li Meizi is thirteen, and the twins are three years old. In three years, Chunsheng and Meizi will be adults, so one of our children will have to do corvée labor! But the children are still young, and corvée labor is said to be very tiring. I won't let them go. They'll have to pay to compensate, which is another expense."

System: "That's not bad. If you planted rice on all 100 mu of land, with a yield of 500 catties per mu, you could produce 50,000 catties of rice a year. You'd pay 4,500 catties, leaving 45,500 catties. Based on the purchase price of six cents per catty of rice in a good year, you could earn 273 taels. That's not a bad loss. You're also lucky to have survived the natural disaster. There's more land than people, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get so much."

Yun Xi spread her hands. "Good fellow, you don't even consider how many cows would die working to cultivate a hundred acres of land. Even if I died working myself to death, I still couldn't finish a hundred acres of land. I have to hire people. And there are seeds, fertilizers, and insects, etc., all of which require money and time costs. There are five people in my family, and only two and a half laborers. It's definitely not enough."

System: "Tell me, how are you going to farm these 100 acres of land? I'll calculate it for you."

Yun Xi thought for a moment and said, "These are all excellent paddy fields. We must plant rice in the spring, harvest a crop of regenerated rice, and then let the fields rest. We won't plant wheat in the winter."

"I know the wasteland east of the cotton plantation is tax-free if used as a vegetable field. So where should you plant your corn, peanuts, beans, etc.?" the system wondered.

"Have you forgotten my one acre of dry land? Although that piece of land is not registered with the government, it is actually mine. Other families also have it, and we can grow these economic crops there." Yun Xi reminded.

The system objected, "Forget it, if we're discovered, we're done for."

"Also, you only have 120 kilograms of rice seeds now, which is not enough to plant 100 acres of land." The system couldn't help but remind.

"It's okay. A traveling merchant will appear in time and sell rice seeds. I'll just happen to meet him." Yun Xi smiled secretly.

System: Isn't this me? Humph, now you know how powerful this system is.

"I only have high-yield seeds here."

Yun Xi only cared, "Can I save the seeds?"

"Okay, the yield and resistance will be slightly reduced, but it's still better than the seeds here." The system was proud.

"Okay, you are worthy of being the master of the system, very powerful." Yun Xi complimented him in a fawning manner.

The system was gloating, then realized something and said, "You haven't told me yet, where are the corns planted?"

"Why not? I can plant rice on all 100 mu of land, and sell corn and other crops to the villagers." Yun Xi still felt bad. It would be a loss to turn such a good paddy field into dry land. "At worst, I can register the dry land in the west with the government office and pay the tax. Besides, it's no big deal if I don't plant anything. I can buy it from other farmers if I want to eat it."

"Too."

"Mom, the apron is ready."

Li Meizi came in and handed over a dark blue coarse cloth apron. Yun Xi nodded and said, "Well done. Wear the apron when you cook next time to avoid getting your clothes dirty. It's hard to wash clothes in winter, especially."

"Okay, Mom, give me your cotton-padded jacket and I'll fill it with cotton." Li Meizi said.

"Here, don't be too tired. Rest when you need to. You can take your time to do the housework during the winter." Yun Xi handed her the two sets of cotton-padded clothes on the kang, and also gave her the cotton-padded clothes of the twins.

"I just can't sit still." Li Meizi went back to the house moved.

The ten kilograms of cotton were used up before dinner, and the four four-kilogram quilts became six-kilogram quilts. Everyone's cotton-padded clothes were also much thicker, especially Yun Xi, who had the most cotton. What could she say? Now she is the elder in the family, and the children can only praise her for being filial to her.

The cold wind outside seemed tireless, blowing non-stop. The snowflakes were blown away and lost their direction, forced to fly freely.

Seeing a layer of snow accumulated on the ground, Yun Xi called on everyone to come out and sweep the snow, and to sweep the roads inside and outside the yard clean.

"Chunsheng, isn't it time to harvest the cabbage, radish and spinach? We planted them too late this year, so they won't grow big and will easily be frozen." Yun Xi looked at the vegetables covered with snow and asked everyone to harvest them now.

The front and back yards together have two mu of land, and we harvested almost 100 kilograms. What a pity, they haven't grown much.

For dinner, Yun Xi cut a little bit of each braised ingredient and put the bok choy, soaked kelp and chopped radish into the pot, letting them soak until the flavors absorbed.

In another iron pot, a pot of cornmeal soup was cooked, and steamed buns were placed on top to eat with it. The braised meat with such a complex flavor was a delicacy for the children. It was so novel that they ate too much without realizing it.

The two stoves under the eaves are connected to everyone's kang. After dinner, Yun Xi puts a clay pot filled with cold water on each of the two stoves. One pot is used for washing, and the other is used for drinking when thirsty at night. Burning the kang can easily cause indigestion, so drinking more water is good for the body.

"Chunsheng, take care of the house. I'll go get some supplements for your second aunt and eldest cousin's wife." Yun Xi packed two bags of red dates and went out.

There was no one on the street outside. Only Yun Xi was willing to spend money to buy cotton. No one else was willing to buy it. You had to stay on the kang during the winter.

Walking on the street, he spent twenty copper coins to buy a pound of dried white fungus from the system, and divided it into three portions of 3 taels, 3 taels and 4 taels. He kept the 4 taels portion for his own consumption and gave the rest to the two families.

Li Erniu's house was next to Li Daniu's, so Yun Xi went to Li Erniu's first. It was his second sister-in-law who opened the door. "Hey, why are you here?"

"I came to see you. Here is some good stuff I found with great difficulty. You can make some and drink it." Yun Xi handed the two little treasures over.

Wang Xing opened it and saw the Tremella fuciformis. She was so surprised she couldn't speak. "This is good stuff. Take it back and sell it for money."

Yun Xi glared at her. "No matter how precious it is, your body is more important. Take good care of yourself. You look so thin, you don't even have two pounds of meat on your body. You are pregnant and you have to eat for two people. You need to get enough nutrition. When the harvest is good next year, you will have enough food."

Wang Xing's eyes moistened, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Why thank me? It's all my duty. You're carrying the Li family's precious child now, so you need to eat and drink well. If anyone dares to bully you, speak up and the whole clan will seek justice for you."

The sound was so loud that everyone who should have heard it could hear it. When the second sister-in-law came to buy brown sugar and cloth, Yun Xi discovered that she was terribly thin. No matter what the reason, pregnant women must eat well, otherwise it would be a matter of life and death.

After giving instructions to her second sister-in-law, Yun Xi went to her eldest sister-in-law's house to see her pregnant niece-in-law. She saw how well she was taking care of herself and her cheeks had become plump. After talking for a few words and putting down the gift, Yun Xi hurried home. The weather was getting colder and colder, it was freezing to death.