Chapter 144 News Brought by Bai Manshan
Shuiqing's family planted nine mu of land and fifty mu of potatoes.
When the family was divided, there were not so many mu of land. This was reclaimed after the last labor-for-planting exchange.
After the family was divided, the house was built, kudzu root, Polygonum multiflorum, and fruit trees were planted on the mountain, livestock were raised, and the fields were planted. Even the land was gradually reclaimed and the number of mu increased.
The number of mu of potatoes planted by the other six families in the village was about the same as her family.
There were only eight people in her family, most of whom were children.
It would take a long time to harvest fifty or sixty mu of potatoes by themselves.
So her family had to hire people.
There were thirty-four households in Shanshui Village, more than four hundred people, young and old. Excluding the six households that planted potatoes, they had to harvest their own potatoes first, and there were still twenty or thirty households left.
With the example of these six families, it was like a living advertisement.
It was so easy for Shuiqing to recruit people in the village to harvest potatoes.
And everyone didn't want copper coins, just potatoes - to keep for seeds.
They found out that they could plant another batch in September. As long as there were seeds, there was hope.
After choosing the right people, Shuiqing's potatoes were harvested.
Some people were given hoes and rakes, and were only responsible for digging;
Some people picked them up and put them one by one into baskets or sacks of potatoes;
The rest of the people were responsible for pulling the packed potatoes back to the warehouse with carts and placing them.
Baskets after baskets, sacks after sacks, lined up in a long line on the small road on the ridge of the field. They were first moved to the main road, put into carts and wheelbarrows one after another, and then transported back.
When Bai Manshan, Li Huyu and Bai Ziqian drove the carriage to come, they saw a winding line of vehicles that seemed to be endless.
Bai Ziqian was very surprised and said excitedly: "It must be Aunt Shuiqing's family!"
Li Huyu was born in a small fishing village. Her village was good at fishing, but farming was really not good, and there was not much land for them to farm.
She asked her husband, "What crops are to be harvested at this time of year?"
The Bai family is also a large farming family, with hundreds of acres of land at home. Why did her husband say that it is the off-season now, and he can come to Shuiqing's house to live for a while?
Bai Manshan frowned, and quickly went through the grain harvested in June in his mind. Suddenly, an idea flashed, "Is it that, potatoes or something?"
Looking at the number, he muttered in his heart: Brother Jin said that his family only has a few acres of good land, 20 to 30 acres of land, the yield and the number of acres are not right.
But maybe they caught up with the right time. They were responsible for harvesting a few days ago, and today they are only responsible for transporting them home, so it looks more...
Bai Ziqian just jumped off the carriage and shouted to the people outside the gate of the yard from a distance: "Aunt! Uncle Fan!"
Shuiqing and Fan Jin looked up and saw Bai Ziqian's family stopped by the caravan. They were immediately surprised and said, "Finally, we are looking forward to seeing you!"
These days, they are afraid that if there is a heavy rain or chaos in the world, they will not see each other for several years!
Li Huyu walked over quickly and said cheerfully, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that you won't see me?"
Bai Manshan understood the hidden meaning in the two people's words.
He looked at Fan Jin, and the other party nodded silently.
Shuiqing handed the work of collecting potatoes outside to Ling Ran, and the two invited Li Huyu and Bai Manshan to the teahouse for a cup of hot tea.
As for Bai Ziqian, he was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. Not to mention going to the teahouse to drink tea, he didn't even rest outside, running around here and there and playing crazy with Dajiang Dahe and others.
After driving the carriage to the yard, Bai Manshan handed it from the carriage to the frame, and Li Huyu stood beside the carriage and carried it out.
"Shuiqing, this is the fish glue you asked me to bring before, it's dried in the sun! Take a look."
"This is dried fish, I only brought a sack."
"This is small shrimps, even though there is only half a sack, I guess you can't eat it all in a year!"
.....
Shuiqing and Fan Jin just felt that they brought too many gifts.
The last box that Bai Manshan moved seemed particularly heavy. He bent over and hunched his back, and it took him a while to move it out.
As soon as he put it on the frame, he exhaled immediately, looked around, and made sure that there was no one around before asking: "This is part of my wealth. I'll trouble my brother and sister to help me take care of it for a while."
Shuiqing and Fan Jin immediately understood that the box half a person's height contained silver!
Shuiqing:...Brother, you really trust us.
You dare to ask her to take care of such a big box of silver!
Aren't you afraid that she will swallow it?
Then he thought that Bai Manshan is a businessman, and he is quite accurate in judging people.
Fan Jin pointed to the main house and said: "Put it there, there is a secret compartment inside, and the house is locked."
After that, he stepped forward to help and move the box in with Bai Manshan.
Li Huyu waved his hand and said proudly: "No, you point to the place, I can move it in alone!"
The three saw that the wooden box that Bai Manshan had been carrying with great difficulty just now was very easy in Li Huyu's hands.
Bai Manshan laughed foolishly: "My wife is strong!"
It's not that he is weak.
Shuiqing:.....
After entering the house, closing the door, and entering the inner room, Bai Manshan opened the box.
Golden light can be seen in the dark inner room.
Shuiqing and Fan Jin thought that this half-person-high wooden box was silver.
It turned out to be gold bars!
And this is only a part of the Bai family's wealth. How rich is the Bai family?
She and Fan Jin looked at each other and made up their minds that they couldn't save money on the locker!
She had to put this box of gold bars in the locker and carry it with her to feel at ease!
After leaving the inner room, the four of them went into the tea room.
As soon as he sat down, Bai Manshan explained his purpose: "You must be aware of the situation outside. I am here this time to transfer part of my property;
Second, and most importantly, Hu Yu and Qian'er are going to disturb you for a while. "
Shui Qing was about to say that it was okay, but Li Huyu asked first, "Why are Qian'er and me alone? What about you?"
Bai Manshan signaled her to calm down and explained: "The Bai family has a huge business, how can it be so easy to transfer it?
Moreover, so many people rely on the Bai family and me for their livelihood. If I am not here, how will their family live?
I can't leave. I can rest assured that you and Qian'er are here. "
Mother sent her back to her grandfather's house according to her own wishes. As long as his wife and children were settled well, he would not be afraid of wherever he was and no matter how dangerous he encountered!
Fan Jin looked at Bai Manshan and asked worriedly: "Brother Bai, did you know some news in advance?"
Shuiqing's heart skipped a beat.
Bai Manshan was stunned for a long time, then took a deep breath, collected his thoughts and said: "You all know that the entire family of King Zhou was deposed as common people and exiled to Mongolia, right?"
Fan Jin nodded.
"You also know that King Qi's family was deposed as common people and imprisoned in Jinling."
Fan Jin continued to nod.
The notice doesn't mean imprisonment, but everyone understands.
"But do you know that King Xiang had his palace burned to death because he couldn't explain it to himself?" Bai Manshan still couldn't hide his shock when he mentioned this.
He was shocked now, let alone other princes with the same bloodline as King Xiang!
Those are all the masters who followed the late emperor into battle to kill the enemy and conquered the country regardless of their own lives!
How can you not understand the principle of dying lips and cold teeth?
It was only a matter of time before he rebelled against the nephew of the new emperor.