EBE Chapter 182 The County Government Stops Collecting Grain
Chapter 182 The County Government Stops Collecting Grain
Shen Yi put the basket down and said, "Try it while it's hot. As for our autumn harvest, I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on it."
Huang Xinghua waved her hands and said loudly, "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on this matter even if you don't tell me, and there will definitely be no problems."
"Thank you for your help, auntie." Shen Yi thanked her again and said a few words to Shen Mu before leaving.
As soon as he left, Huang Xinghua and her family stared at the crabs on the table.
Shen Xiang quickly ran back to the house and got a pair of scissors, "Mom and Dad, Sister Xiaotai gave me this to eat before, so I know how to eat it..."
Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to admiration when they looked at Shen Xiang.
Wait until Shen Xiang hurriedly opened the crab.
Shen Mu couldn't help shaking his head, "This thing is definitely not something we farmers can eat. It's too much trouble!"
"Hahaha..." Huang Xinghua laughed so hard that she fell backwards. "That's right! I was worried about Xiaotai's food, clothing, housing and transportation. This thing must have been thought up by her."
Shen Xiang fed the first bite of crab into Huang Xinghua's mouth.
Huang Xinghua's eyes widened instantly, "Hey? Don't say that! This stone crawler is really delicious!"
She looked savoring.
Shen Mu was also tempted to eat it, so he took a bite and fell silent.
I started unconsciously and joined the army of people demolishing crabs.
Mrs. Chen also ate one and sighed with admiration.
The children wanted to eat more after they finished eating.
Seeing that the children liked it, Huang Xinghua thought of what Shen Yi had just said, "There isn't much meat on these shrimps, so not many people should eat them. I don't know if they are easy to catch. I'll ask Xiaotai after the autumn harvest. If they are easy to catch, I'll buy you a few more to satisfy your cravings."
A group of children immediately cheered loudly.
After the autumn harvest begins.
Shen Yi became even busier, and was almost always running around outside except for his sleeping time.
Su Tai couldn't help and could only take care of the children at home and find ways to make delicious food for Shen Yi so that he wouldn't be exhausted from not having enough food.
She also took care of the villagers who came to work for her, and would cook a large pot of brown sugar water and a pot of fish soup for everyone every day.
Although the soup is not filling, it can at least replenish energy.
This little bit of food was nothing in her eyes, but in the eyes of the villagers who were harvesting in autumn, it was a rare delicacy.
After all, who can drink fish soup and sugar water every day during the autumn harvest? It is prepared for the workers. Only Su Tai can do such luxury.
Xu even took the time to come over and say to Su Tai, "Xiao Tai, I know you don't want to be tired from working, but if you do this, who knows how much gossip people will say behind your back!"
Su Tai didn't care at all. "Second Aunt, let them say whatever they want. As long as they don't say it in front of me, I'll pretend I don't know. Look how hot the sun is! The people who come to work in our house are all women. If one of them collapses from exhaustion, I can't afford to pay for it!"
Besides, we are all women, why bother to embarrass women, don’t you think? "
Xu gave her a thumbs up, and what Su Tai said that day spread.
Huang Xinghua and the others felt that Su Tai was a good person more and more, and they thought that if there was any work to do at Shen Yi's house in the future, they would rush over.
The busy autumn harvest ended with sweat watering the soil.
After paying the grain tax and stockpiling food, the villagers can finally take a breath and rest.
At the same time, the government also issued a decree that starting next year, it will no longer purchase high-yield grain varieties.
This news is definitely not good news for the people.
Shen Yi came back from outside with a rather ugly look on his face.
Before he could say anything, Xu came running over in a panic, "It's so great that you two are at home! You've all heard it! The county government will not collect grain starting next year!"
Shen Yi nodded, "When I came back, I saw that everyone in the village was talking about this matter."
Xu sighed, "I'm sure everyone will say this. We originally thought that the county government would collect grain every year, and everyone's pockets would get fatter and fatter. Who would have thought that within two years, this thing would be gone. Who wouldn't feel bad?"
Su Tai pondered and said, "This kind of thing is inevitable. Fortunately, everyone has earned some money. At least life is much better than before."
Xu agreed with this. "That's true, but not everyone can see through it. I came here today to ask you, what should we plant next year?"
Su Tai just found it funny and said, "Second Aunt, the autumn harvest is just over and I haven't figured it out yet! If you really can't think of anything, you can always go wrong by continuing to grow crops.
Although the county government doesn't accept it, the merchants do! We can also have more food for ourselves.
In the past two years, food prices were good and everyone sold out. I guess your family doesn’t have much food left!”
Seeing that Su Tai was so sharp, Xu admired her even more. "You are right, that's what happened. What's the matter? Is there another natural disaster?"
Su Tai shook her head. "How would I know about this? I just want to remind Second Aunt that during a good year when grain is cheap, you can save more and dig a cellar or something.
If something unexpected happens, we won't panic if we have food in hand, right? If we don't store food, we can still sell it to merchants, but the price will be half of what it is now, so we can still make some profit.
If I come up with something good, I will tell Second Aunt and I won’t forget you.”
Xu was now completely relieved and praised Su Tai highly before leaving.
Before leaving, she asked one more question, "The four people who said they were too busy at home this year and didn't come to work for you just came to my house to look for me. Their words implied that they wanted to continue working at your house next year, but I turned them down."
Su Tai stood up and thanked him. "Thank you, Second Aunt, for blocking all these troubles for me. If you need to dig a cellar, you can tell Shen Yi. Shen Yi can get good materials. The cellar he made is moisture-proof and dry, so the food can be stored for a longer time."
"Yes, yes, yes! I definitely want it!" Xu looked eager and even pulled Shen Yi home to discuss it.
When Shen Yi came back, the couple began to think about where to dig the cellar.
After looking around, it seems that there is nothing good about their house, but the wasteland outside the backyard wall has no owner and can be bought and used for some work.
Shen Yi did it right away, taking the silver and running to find the village chief Shen Ying.
Shen Ying couldn't understand Shen Yi's tricks, but he could get some benefits by selling him anyway, so he readily agreed.
As a result, the Shen family had two more acres of wasteland.
Shen Yi planned to dig a cellar there, so he had to build a solid large yard first. Fortunately, no one lived in the backyard of their house. Beyond that was the foot of the mountain, surrounded by cliffs. Villagers would not pass through this area when entering the mountain, so even if they used some unusual materials when building the house, they would not be discovered.
So Shen Yi boldly asked Su Tai to get bricks, stones, cement, sand and gravel, and start working!
Shen Yi was busy building the cellar house, and Su Tai was also not idle.
The ten acres of water chestnuts she planted in the Earth Time and Space have come to harvest. Once this wave of water chestnuts is harvested, the cumulative amount of crops harvested in the Earth Time and Space will exceed 500,000 kilograms, upgrading again.
I don't know what good things will come after upgrading again.