The happy little days of the Ye family

Just after Qingming Festival, it is a good time to plant fruit trees.

Both the village chief's family and the Ye family had to hire people to plant fruit seedlings, and the labor force in the village suddenly became very popular.

The young men from Taohua Village alone were not enough. The two families also invited many half-grown boys and strong women.

The young men are responsible for digging holes and planting trees, while the middle-aged men and women are responsible for weeding.

Ye's father ordered 300 jujube trees, but he planted them in all the places on the mountain where fruit trees could be planted. After all, 240 holes were dug, and there was still no room to plant 60 trees.

The Ye family and his son were so worried that their heads were filled with worry, but the village chief who knew the news bought all 60 jujube trees belonging to the Ye family.

Mr. Ye patted the village chief on the shoulder, "Thank you very much this time, brother, otherwise I wouldn't know where to plant the 60 jujube seedlings."

"There are no bamboo forests in my two mountains. There are plenty of places to plant fruit trees. Planting 30 fruit seedlings in each mountain is not a problem at all."

The village chief didn't like to listen to sensational words, so he put down the money and quickly turned around and ran away.

Father Ye ordered 300 jujube trees from the county last year, 200 of which were annuals and 100 which were biennials. They were divided into two stalls, with 150 jujube trees in each stall.

Father Ye made an appointment with the stall owner to transport fruit trees after spring plowing. He was supposed to go a few days earlier, but Father Ye was busy selling leather goods and was delayed for a few days.

Fruit trees have been planted on the two hills next door to the village chief's house.

Before dawn, Mr. Ye and his father drove the donkey cart to the county to transport fruit seedlings.

Ye’s father wanted a lot of fruit seedlings, and the price of the fruit seedlings was much cheaper than the ones he bought before. One-year jujube tree costs 40 yuan per piece, and two-year-old jujube tree costs 55 yuan per piece. Moreover, the stall owner also promised to help Ye’s father transport it to the mountain for free. .

It took more than ten days to dig the tree pit, but it was much faster to plant the fruit seedlings. All the fruit seedlings were planted in five days.

After planting the fruit seedlings, Mr. Ye asked someone to water all the fruit seedlings, and then he was done.

In the next few days, Mr. Ye ran to Xiaohoushan three times a day. In Mrs. Ye's words, he wished he could live directly on the mountain.

Mr. Ye is busy growing fruit seedlings on the mountain, while Father Ye is busy harvesting rapeseed at the foot of the mountain.

What was harvested was the 10 acres of rapeseed planted first. Father Ye selected a few capable young adults in the village. Together with the Tang brothers, there were a total of seven or eight strong laborers. The 10 acres of rapeseed were harvested in a few days. alright.

The harvested rapeseed is transported to the drying field to dry. The spring sun is relatively mild, and it takes seven or eight days to dry the rapeseed.

After drying, tap it hard with a big wooden stick to remove the rapeseed inside the pod.

This is the second crop planted in wasteland. Although it is different from the first crop, it is still newly cleared land and lacks fertility.

The harvest of rapeseed was average, with a total of 10 kilograms of rapeseed harvested from 2100 acres of land.

"Dad, I have already inquired with the oil mill. The oil yield rate of rapeseed is about 2100%. The 420 kilograms of rapeseed at home can produce [-] kilograms of rapeseed oil."

"Rapeseed oil is not easy to store. Let's put these rapeseeds in the cellar first."

"That's what I think. First, take 200 kilograms of rapeseed to the oil mill to squeeze the oil. Put the rest in the cellar and keep it to be squeezed and sold slowly."

"The rapeseed oil in the county is 28 taels per catty, but 420 jins of rapeseed oil can be sold for 11 taels of silver." Mr. Ye had to sigh again, this little backer really made the right purchase. "

Mr. Ye looked at Father Ye and said, "The family will be able to save a lot of money by the end of the year. I have already told the village chief to help keep an eye out in advance to see if anyone wants to sell their paddy fields."

"Dad, the price of barren mountains is low, and the output on the mountains can be sold for a lot of money. It is more cost-effective than paddy fields anyway. How about buying another hill?"

The family has 3 acres of good paddy fields and 2 acres of good dry land, plus 5 acres of sandy land for growing sweet potatoes. This is quite a lot of land. Father Ye thought it would be better to buy a barren hill.

"It goes without saying that during the days when you went to the county to sell fur goods, Dong Lin and I had already looked at the nearby hills and selected a hill behind Xiaohou Mountain."

"Ah, I've already chosen it, why didn't I know?"

"I forgot to tell you those days when you left early and came back late." Mr. Ye touched his nose guiltily.

"I have already said hello to the village chief. Our family wants that mountain. We will go to the Yamen to pay the money and sign the contract after this period of time is over."

When Father Ye heard that he hadn't bought it yet, he felt a little better. At least he wouldn't be notified after buying it.