readytorunbook Chapter 110 Harvest the Wheat
Chapter 110 Harvest the Wheat
◎Busy season. ◎
Gu Zeyu thought for a while and said, "I won't feed it when I go home."
Brother Cheng: Is this a punishment?The horses are full here, so they won't eat when they go home.
Perhaps seeing the accusation in Brother Cheng's eyes, Gu Zeyu smiled, and then said: "Anyway, our wheat should be harvested, but pulling wheat is not an easy job, let it work with two cows work, it can do more, what do you think?"
Brother Cheng turned his head around, thinking it was feasible, then nodded vigorously slyly, "Let's do it this way."
Gu Zeyu actually didn't want to use horses at first, because cows were always used for work in the field, and horses usually used them to go to town.
But right now, I can't care too much.
He hugged Brother Cheng and showed his attitude.
The two stayed for a while, and the horse stopped eating grass, but looked up and walked back and forth in the grass by itself.
Only then did Gu Zeyu cheer up Brother Cheng, and let him try to get on and ride a horse.
After practicing for an hour, the two returned home.
Brother Cheng was very happy. When he returned home, he couldn't help but want to look back at the horse beside him. There was still excitement in his chest that hadn't calmed down.
He was very happy, and it was easy for people to see it.
There is a little sweat on the small face, but it is very youthful, and it feels healthier and stronger. The former little brother has also grown up slowly, and his body has stretched a bit, making his whole body look slender.
Gu Zeyu took his wife with one hand and the horse with the other, and went home happily.
He frowned, obviously having a relaxed and happy day.
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A lot of potatoes had already been sold, and later Gu Zeyu asked his uncle to help him set up a stall, and sold them in the market for a few days, at least to give people who went to the market a chance to buy potatoes.
Of course, when the uncle sold the potatoes, Gu Zeyu forced him to pay the share. If the uncle refused, just mention Gu Xin, and the safekeeping would stop it.
They are all relatives, Gu Zeyu will definitely find a way to pull the uncle's family, now Gu Xin has a good momentum, and is preparing to participate in this year's rural examination, which is the autumn in August.
Let’s not talk about gossip, because it was promoted to restaurants and restaurants in the early stage. Although the momentum is very good, Gu Zeyu wants to turn potatoes into a common vegetable.
Anyway, the amount of potatoes is still enough. When he was at home, he had already sifted all the potatoes, and sifted out all the potatoes suitable for making seeds.
In the past few days, I am not only busy with potatoes, but also plan to dig a cellar at home, which needs to be bigger, mainly because I want to store potatoes in it.
Otherwise the potatoes will germinate and won't last long.
In the end, it took someone to dig the cellar for three days before it was successfully dug, and the foundation was laid solid, and some medicine to repel insects and snakes was put in.
After a while, put the potatoes in.
Gu Zeyu was also reminded by Brother Cheng, and found someone to build a large granary at home. The wheat is about to be harvested. Although it will be sold soon, the family still needs to save some. Who knows what will happen afterwards.
There is also the land tax, which is probably due in mid-August.
With so many lands in his house, he had to reserve them in advance.
But the most important thing right now is to find someone to cut the wheat. He went to the field again that day and looked at the golden waves of wheat. Only then did he feel that he had planted two hundred acres of wheat, which was really too much. Land of ten families.
But there is no one in his family, just him and brother Cheng.
Gu Zeyu just felt a headache. In modern times, planting wheat is the easiest way to cultivate the land. After all, with machines, one mu of wheat can be harvested in no time, and it can be peeled directly in the field. After going home to dry for a few days, it can be installed.
But in ancient times, if you planted wheat, although it was very common, it was not easy to harvest. You had to bend over and use a sickle to cut the wheat, and it took a whole day to cut it.
The scorching sun shone on the back, which could make people dizzy.
Gu Zeyu thought, he had to find a good harvester quickly, and he had to finish the harvest quickly even if he paid a high price, because drying and peeling the wheat after harvesting was also a big project, and he couldn't delay in the slightest.
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Because there is a lot of wheat in the field, Gu Zeyu is the first wheat harvester in the village. Other villagers want to let the wheat grow for a few more days, and then hang some pulp, so as to produce more per mu and sell for more money.
This time, he spent a lot of money, directly looking for a team in a nearby village that specializes in harvesting wheat, and almost recruited all the people who did this business within a radius of ten miles.
A total of fifty people.
Because they are all good hands, they don't know how many calluses they have on their hands. One person can cut one mu of wheat a day, and two hundred acres can be harvested in four days if there are no accidents.
Then there is a lot of time for pulling wheat, drying wheat, threshing wheat ears, and threshing husks.
Instead of pulling the wheat to the house, a large layer of burlap sacks and raincloths was spread on the ground.
Then pull the wheat up there, because the ears get dry and brittle as soon as they get out of the soil because of the heat.
There is no method of pounding the shells, because the amount is too large, so the wheat ears are crushed and shelled directly with a mill.
It was hard to get this roller, and there are not many people in Gujia Village who use a roller to shell their shells.
Anyway, in the end it took several days to crush the wheat once or twice, until when I raised my hand, I could only see a small amount of wheat ears and very few husks, so it was almost the same.
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On this day, the wheat is almost done.
It's time to pack it up and put it away. Gu Zeyu arrived in the field early.
He and Brother Cheng drove the two cows here, and the cart behind the cows was going to transport wheat home today.
I didn’t forget to bring a lot of bags. This time I used a more compact and sturdy burlap bag. Because there are not many gaps when the wheat is bagged, a bag of wheat will be heavier, weighing [-] catties.
Brother Cheng looked at the ground in front of him, where the golden wheat stretched across, and said, "It seems that this year's harvest is good. Brother Gu, have you paid attention to how many catties are produced per mu?"
Gu Zeyu thought for a while, and said: "The yield per mu is probably three hundred catties. I asked the men who came to work, and they said it's not bad."
Brother Cheng also nodded, "Generally speaking, the yield of wheat per mu is two to three hundred catties. I don't know why after so many years of planting wheat, everyone's yield has not increased, and sometimes it will drop. I think of potatoes. Yes, seven to eight hundred catties per mu, that’s a lot.”
Brother Cheng thought to himself, when will wheat be able to produce a lot of catties per mu, so that everyone can eat enough.
No one knew what was going on in his heart, Gu Zeyu said a few words to a few men, and then came over to call him: "Brother Cheng, hold the bag for me, I will put wheat in it."
The business started to pack the wheat, and it was ready to be transported to the home. Gu Zeyu was not idle, and he was in a group with Brother Cheng, and the two of them packed the wheat very quickly.
After a while, a few bags were loaded.
Gu Zeyu saw that Brother Cheng's fair face had turned red. He knew that today was too hot, even hotter than the previous few days. It was really not wise to ask Brother Cheng to work. My brother wiped off his sweat and said softly: "If I knew it earlier, I would have asked you to wait for me at home. I really will suffer if I come today."
Brother Cheng was full of energy, and at this time he was still flushed and said to him: "Don't think I'm so weak, let me drink some water and let's continue working, finish it early, and go home early."
He motioned to Gu Zeyu, and then brought water to his mouth.
Gu Zeyu didn't refuse, and calmly drank a large bowl of water just like Brother Cheng was feeding water.
Then he wiped the corners of his mouth and said energetically, "Let's keep on bagging. We have to greet Lamai to go home later. Today is the last day, so we need to be happy."
After speaking, he took Brother Cheng to the wheat pile and continued to work.
After loading all the wheat, Gu Zeyu asked someone to carry the wheat with him, and loaded it on the ox cart. The two ox carts were transported back and forth for countless times. Later, the horse was also ordered to pull it a few times. Only then did the wheat come home.
The granary at home was stacked very high in the end, but not all the wheat was put into it, and some were placed in the utility room, and some were even piled up in the corners. As soon as you entered the house, you could see the piles of wheat sacks.
Gu Zeyu and Brother Cheng calculated their wages the night before, and when the work was done, the wheat was brought home.
He paid wages to five people who were similar to contractors.
Let them divide in private.
Because I worked for ten days, forty wen a day, and fifty people, I gave out about 20 taels.
Gu Zeyu thinks it's okay. Brother Cheng originally felt sorry for spending so much money all at once, but when he thinks about the two hundred acres of land, it's impossible for the two of them to finish the job. Hiring someone is a must.
Later it was more worth it.
In this way, ten mu of land needs one tael of silver, and the wheat produced by ten mu of land is about three thousand catties. If it is sold at fifteen yuan per catty, it can be sold for 45 taels of silver.
After another calculation, there are a total of two hundred acres of wheat, which is 900 taels of silver.
Brother Cheng clutched his chest, this is too much.
It is really the money earned by farming hard.
Gu Zeyu tapped his little head to wake up Brother Cheng who was in a daze, "Brother Cheng, what are you thinking?"
Brother Cheng whispered his conclusion, feeling that the family would earn a lot of money after selling the wheat.
Gu Zeyu laughed, and said, "Brother Cheng, you've earned money, but the money spent on Maizi is not counted, it's still quite a lot."
As he said that, he counted on his fingers, "At the beginning, it took tens of taels of labor to cultivate the land, and there was money to buy wheat seeds, and even watering and weeding. These labors are also money."
Brother Cheng blinked his eyes, yes, it may cost 100 taels in this calculation.
Gu Zeyu nodded, guiding the little brother to think.
Brother Cheng said later: "I still have to pay taxes, I forgot about that."
Gu Zeyu actually didn't know how much the land tax would be paid in this era, so he asked aloud.
Brother Cheng was puzzled, Brother Gu didn't know about this, but he still kept his doubts in his heart, and then said clearly: "Just pay a tax."
"Actually, I think there are too many taxes on the first floor, and the wheat production is small. After paying the tax, everyone will choose to sell the leftover wheat, and then buy some brown rice, or cornmeal, sorghum noodles, so that the whole family can live together. Eat a full meal, and you can last until the next harvest." He said something of his own thoughts, frowning on his small face.
"It would be great if everyone could be self-sufficient one day, without having to pay a lot of taxes, and without too much extravagance, as long as everyone can eat what is grown in the ground from time to time."
Gu Zeyu didn't expect Brother Cheng's idea to escape the shackles of this era, he patted the little brother's head appreciatively.
He smiled and said, "There will be such a day."
The author says:
There are only a dozen or so clicks, I can’t laugh or cry, I feel like I’m writing for less than [-] readers every day, haha.