Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

"Ding, ding, ding..." "The village is having a meeting, let's go." said Old Lady Li. She and Li Ru went together, and Chai Zhen followed. Flowers were in full bloom at the gate of the school, and creepers covered the outer wall, forming a beautiful landscape. Some villagers came to the school and laughed, "My corn is almost ripe, and the stalks are dry." "It's the same at home. The cobs are big. I broke them open and saw that the kernels are plump." Someone else said, "We won't starve this winter, we have some left over." "Yes, we plant two crops a year. The vegetables we grow are good, and we save a lot of grain. Hehe." "The vegetables are delicious too. My family eats a lot of vegetables. We eat a pound of oil in a month." "No wonder your vegetables are delicious and you eat so much oil," said a woman. "Your children are young and growing, and you can't bear to waste them on your own children." "... Li Hongying heard people talking about food and said, "It's good to be frugal at home. Nowadays, everyone has enough food. If you keep working, there will be a harvest. Both food and money will increase. It's better to let your family eat well and stay healthy. That's the most important thing." "Yes, Aunt Li is right. I agree that eating well, staying healthy and getting sick less often will save money. The children can all earn money, so why not let them eat well? It's the flesh that falls off your body," said Ergou's mother. "Let's go in and find a place to sit." Groups of three or two went into the yard and found bricks and stones to sit on. Li Ru and her mother also sat down. After a while, Zhang Qing arrived, also carrying bricks and sitting next to Li Ru. "Mrs. Chai, Guoguo is back. Why didn't you bring her with you? I missed Guoguo." Aunt Li: "She's catching up on sleep at home. Children are young and sleep a lot." "That's right, children just sleep a lot." "Sister-in-law, the crops are almost ready. We're going to be busy again!" Old Mrs. Li said, "Yes, it looks like we're going to have another big harvest. Even though I'm tired, I'm happy." "Yes." As they spoke, most of the people had arrived. Zhang Qing looked around and sat there quietly, not moving.

On the high platform, Sun Gui clapped his hands and said: Everyone is quiet! I know everyone is busy, so I will just talk about the key points. First of all, as you can see, the crops in the fields are about to be harvested. It will only take a few days. Prepare the farm tools, sickles, hoes, and plowshares in our village. Whoever finishes harvesting first will plow the fields first. This time, almost every household can plant wheat. Plant it this winter and harvest wheat in late May or early June next year. If anyone wants to buy wheat seeds, they can still do it here. Twenty kilograms of wheat seeds per mu of land, fifteen kilograms is also fine. Don't plant too much if you don't have enough seeds. Each family can plant a maximum of ten mu. You can keep the seeds for your own family next year and plant as much as you want. Twenty-five cents per kilogram of seeds. Bring money and a cloth bag when you come. There was a burst of discussion below. "Okay, we can just plant one acre, or more." Someone else said, "My family plants ten acres." "My family also plants ten acres. We have water for irrigation, so we can grow more crops." "This way we can plant two crops a year." "Eat, Uncle Chai's family planted two crops this year. I went to see them, and they are growing well. It's right to listen to the village chief. The government collects public grain once a year. If we plant the land like this, we will have surplus food and will never go hungry again." As he spoke, he shed tears. His father died of starvation. He was reluctant to eat the food and left it for his grandson, so the old man starved to death. Here Ergou remembered that he worked hard in the fields every day, going to the fields before dawn and not returning home until dark at night. Sun Gui looked at the fields and continued, "Come here tonight to buy seeds. Folks, be quiet. Now, let me tell you the second thing. Good news! We've sold all the watermelons, and they're still selling for a good price. We'll pay you later. Third, after the autumn harvest, if anyone wants to go to the capital to work and earn money, the wages are eighty wen a day for us, and there's a horse-drawn carriage to take them back and forth. Bring some dry food for the journey. Chai Zhen said, 'Don't bring any, we'll prepare food together.'" Sun Gui continued, adding that if you don't bring any food, you don't even need to bring bedding. Just bring a few changes of clothes. You can work all the time if you want. If you can't farm the land, you can rent it to whoever wants to farm..."

Someone asked, "How do you collect rent? How do you collect money for one acre of land?" Sun Gui and Chai Zhen looked at each other and didn't think much about it. Don't know how to rent it out? Sun Gui asked, "If you rent land, how do you do it?" "I rent land and give 50 kilograms of grain per acre, or 30% of the total grain. I also need to buy seeds and spend money." Sun Gui: "Also. The more grain you harvest, the more rent you pay. The less you harvest, the less you pay. This method works." "Second uncle, tell me." Chai Zhen: Give 30%, that's fine. You can get 30% of the grain for free without farming. I think it's okay. If you rent out more land, you can harvest more grain, which will be enough for the family to eat, and all the money you earn will be left over. The whole family can stop farming and do other things to make money. In fact, it's good for the family to farm or make money. It depends on your family situation and the family can discuss it together. In a word, anything is fine. In the future, as long as you work hard, your life will get better and better. My family was rewarded by the emperor in the capital, and they are looking for more work. We are short of people, so we thought our family members could go and do it to earn more money. There are jobs for weeding, building houses, raising chickens, raising cattle and sheep, and other jobs. If you want to go, don't worry. After finishing the land, register with the village chief. I'm done, you can ask me anything later. "Sun Gui continued, "We'll be here now, and we'll distribute money. I don't remember how many watermelons we all harvested together, but every family brought out the biggest and best watermelons. This time, the money will be distributed household by household. There are fifteen households. When I call out your name, please come forward. Each family will receive twenty taels of silver. Those who didn't plant this year should plant next year. The watermelons are expensive and people will buy them. You can also plant in Hexi. When you sell them next year, we'll weigh them. Whoever has more watermelons will get more money. Wang Laoer, come forward and take the money for selling the watermelons. Wang Laoer walked to the front of the stage happily. Chai Zhen handed two ingots of silver to Wang Laoer with both hands and said, "Brother, your hard work has not been in vain! Your efforts will be rewarded. Take it." Wang Laoer had never seen such a large amount of silver in his life. He took the money and wiped his tears with one hand. "Thank you, brother Chai!" "Take it, brother, and go home. Good thing! "Wang Laoer: "Good, good," he smiled and left. Zhang Bingquan, Sun Gui called out. Zhang Bingquan also walked to the front of the stage with a smile, Chai Zhen took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Bingquan with both hands. Thank you, brother. Sun Gui continued, Qin Han, Qin Binbin walked forward quickly, Chai Zhen recognized the boy and gave him twenty taels of silver. One ingot is ten taels, two ingots of silver. Wang Laoer, Sun Gui read out. The west household of the Chai family, the west household of Li Guang, Wang Laoer walked to the front of the stage with a smile, Chai Zhen took out two ingots of silver, "Old Wang, keep them. Plant more next year. " "Thank you, second uncle. I, Wang Laoer, have not lived in vain in this life, thank you, second uncle, if you hadn't told me, I would not be able to earn this money. "...a total of fifteen households. After distributing the watermelon money. Sun Gui and Chai Zhen discussed exchanging the things that the emperor rewarded to the whole village into money, [this is what Guoguo did.] and distributed them to each household according to the population. Sun Gui said, "Everyone be quiet, there is another good thing, our village contributed water wheels to benefit our Great Yan Kingdom, which means that the whole country benefits, and the emperor rewards our village. I have exchanged them into money, and divided them according to the number of people. No matter whether you are a boy or a girl, old or young, you will get one even if you are just one day old. Five taels of silver for each person, the head of the household can come forward to take it." As soon as Sun Gui finished speaking, the whole village shouted, "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!" "The people thank you!" The family with the carpenter was even more excited. Sun Gui paused for a long time before everyone calmed down. Sun Gui said, "I will call out the names, and the head of the household can come forward to take it. "Li Ergou," the old man walked quickly to the front of the stage, smiling. Sun Gui asked, "Li Ergou, how many people are there in your family now?" Li Ergou: "A total of eight people, my mother, my wife, a son, a daughter-in-law, two daughters, and a granddaughter." Sun Gui wrote it down in the notebook, Li Ergou, eight people, 40 taels of silver. "It's packed." Li Ergou: "Hey, don't worry, village chief! I will take it carefully, thank you." .... The village has 50 old households, 426 people, and 2,130 taels of silver. There are also newly moved households, Li Guang's family, Chen Jun's family, Sun Gui's father-in-law's family, and Chai Hua's family. Sun Gui named them one by one and distributed silver. 35 taels of silver. The teachers in the school will each get 5 taels. As long as everyone in Taohua Village will get a share. Even people from the capital here will get subsidies. The whole village was boiling that day. Sun Gui said, "The school will have a day off, celebrate! Kill pigs and sheep, and eat a big pot meal in the school. ..."