0p0 Chapter 201 Being a Southerner
Chapter 201 Being a Southerner
Entering the second floor, Su He began to assign rooms. Dali's daughter, Da Niu, was still young, and Dali's grandmother had poor legs and feet, so Su He arranged for her to stay in a second-class room with Wang Laoliu's family, and the six of them looked after each other.
In addition, there was a large group of boys who entered the first-class room. There were also Wang Laowu's family, Wen Niang, Xiao Shitou, Lu's mother, and Goudan's mother, a total of 12 people.
Then Li's eldest daughter-in-law took her daughter, Juhua, Xinghua and Juhua's mother into a second-class room.
Finally, the remaining Su He and his group moved into the first-class room booked by Wang Qingqing.
Yanzhi and Suhe washed Miaomiao and Tiantian respectively, while Zhou and the others helped the two elderly people, Sun and Zheng, to wash first.
Liu Niang helped everyone, getting a cotton towel here and a scented soap there, and the room suddenly became lively.
Su He glanced at Wang Qingqing sitting in the corner and called out, "Wang Qingqing, come over and help my sister wash her head."
Wang Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she trotted over, picked up a cotton towel, soaked it with water and wiped it on Miaomiao's head. As a result, the soapy water on her head was not washed clean, and water got into her eyes and nose. Miaomiao burst into tears sadly.
Wang Qingqing was so panicked that she apologized quickly.
"I didn't mean to do that. I didn't do that. Let me wipe it off for you."
Su He hurried to stop her. It was her fault. This person had been a spoiled girl since she was young and how could she do the work of serving others?
"You can't do this, why don't you talk about something you are good at, embroidery? Business? Or farming?"
Wang Qingqing was delighted and blurted out, "My family is from Qinlongzhou. We grow rice and fruits there."
"Then do you know how to plant it?"
"I don't know. This was done by the tenants hired by my father, Mr. Xu. They were all dismissed before we moved in."
Wang Qingqing was a little discouraged and racked her brains to think of what she could do.
“Mr. Xu came to Guangyuan to continue growing fruit, and the fastest-harvesting fruit is the red one.
My family used to grow rice and tea, and we used to sell them to Dali. They love tea the most. In the past two years, our relationship with Dali has been bad, so we couldn’t ship the tea out. My father, Mr. Xu’s business was bad, so we closed the tea garden, sold the land and came to Guangyuan. ”
As Wang Qingqing was talking, she realized that everyone was listening attentively, so she just told them all about her family.
"The rice yield of my family's original field was 600 kilograms per mu, but this was only possible with the best fields. The yield from the second-best fields ranged from to kilograms."
"Each of us consumes 2 kilograms of food a year. Including taxes and food for tenants, we need at least mu of land to eat."
Wang Qingqing tried hard to recall what Wang Qing had taught her, and this was roughly what it was.
Su He frowned and asked Wang Qingqing, "Rice can be harvested twice a year, right?"
"Yes, but the second time the yield will be slightly lower. The first-class field yields about 1000 catties per mu."
"That's more economical than growing wheat, but unfortunately we don't know how to grow rice."
"You are stupid. We can grow sweet potatoes. We can sell the sweet potatoes and buy some rice to eat. It's the same thing."
People in the room couldn't help but start chatting. It was already the end of January, and once the house was built they would start spring plowing. Their current topic was what to plant.
"Lotus, how many acres of land do you need to build your house?"
After washing, Sun and Zheng ran to Su He to ask. Zhou smiled and shook her head, her mother-in-law was really worried.
“All five acres of wasteland will be used.”
"Five acres! Do you three siblings need to find such a large place?"
Sun was puzzled. How many houses did they need to build? The landlord’s house was not as big as hers.
"The house is twice as big as the previous one. Mu Mu needs a separate house and study. He lives in the front yard. The backyard is where Miao Miao, Yan Zhi, and Tian Tian live. In the back is my vegetable garden and my fruit field. In the first year, I plan to grow rice in the paddy field."
Su He helped Miaomiao put on clean clothes and then wiped her hair with dry cotton cloth.
"The amount of sweet potatoes I brought here is limited, and I can only give 150 kilograms to others. It's still the same old rule, divided according to the number of people. Our Wang family got 200 kilograms, which I plan to plant in the backyard. I will plant more outside when there are more in the second half of the year."
After Su He finished speaking, she saw Wang Qingqing stealing glances at her, "You planted rice in the first year, so I can only give you sweet potatoes in the second year."
Wang Qingqing nodded quickly, secretly delighted. Hehua was already telling her about the second year, which meant that she was willing to help her all the time. Everyone was willing to listen to Hehua's ideas. Did this mean that she had successfully joined this big family?
Su He looked at Wang Qingqing in surprise and suddenly she started to giggle.
Why is this person so happy that he can’t get any sweet potatoes?
"Lotus, you don't have to share between me and Liu Bai in the first year. You can just give me some in the second year."
Liu Niang's original intention was not to farm. As long as the annual output was enough to feed herself, that would be enough. According to Wang Qingqing, the six acres of land she bought, minus the one acre for building a house, was just enough for food.
Su He had heard Liu Niang say that she wanted to support her family by embroidery, so she did not refuse Liu Niang's words.
"Okay, if you want to plant it next year, just take it from me."
Speaking of farming, a new round of discussion started in the room. Originally, they all farmed their own land, but they had never grown rice before, so they had to hire tenants.
A quarter of an hour later, Miaomiao's hair was half dry.
"Miaomiao, put on your hat and go to the kitchen on the first floor to dry it. Tiantian should go too."
Sun and Zheng also wanted to warm themselves by the fire, and they took the two little kids with them. Su He was worried, so she went with them.
When we passed by the big bunk bed, we called my grandfather and uncle to follow us.
When Su He returned to the room, the water in the bathtub had been changed.
Zhou's three sisters-in-law and Yanzhi took the second round.
By the time everyone had finished washing, an hour had passed.
Everyone was a little hungry again. The sun was about to set and Su He didn't want to go out. He was about to order some food to be brought up by the waiter.
There was already a knock at the door.
Looking at the dishes on the table, everyone was a little surprised, "Hehua, when did you call?"
"I didn't. I forgot about dinner."
"I asked for it. There are some in the four rooms and the dormitory. Everyone must be hungry. We can eat and chat at the same time, and then go to bed early after eating."
Wang Qingqing gave everyone a flattering smile, and Sun's heart softened a little when she saw the little girl. It was not easy for a man whose parents were going to be beheaded tomorrow to put on a forced smile and please everyone just to fit in.
"In that case, thank you Qingqing. This dish looks delicious."
Sun spoke, and everyone cooperated and thanked her. They divided the bowls and started to eat.
Wang Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and waited until everyone had started eating before she started picking up the bowl to pick up the food.
An hour later, everyone found a place to sleep. Most of them went back to sleep together in the dormitory. The two grandmothers also went back to sleep in the dormitory, so Wang Qing's room was suddenly empty.
Liu Niang felt still energetic, so she asked for a bed and quilt and lay on the chaise longue to keep watch all night.
The bed in the first-class room was very big. Su He, Miaomiao, Tiantian, Yanzhi and Wang Qingqing could sleep sideways together and there was actually enough space.
Miaomiao and Tiantian fell asleep quickly, and familiar snoring sounds could be heard around them.
Su He felt helpless. Why was she suffering from insomnia again?
Half an hour later, she was still very energetic. Just as she was thinking about asking Liu Niang if she wanted to sleep, she heard a cry coming from the side.
It was Wang Qingqing who was crying, and Su He sighed in her heart. She would probably remember the experiences of the past few days for the rest of her life.
The next day, Su He was woken up again. The first-class room was different. The room was full of fragrance.
Su He lay in bed and didn't want to get up. Zhou came up to call people, and Wang Fugui had already taken people to rent a carriage.
They haven't gotten their mules back yet, so they're going to Qingshan Village to measure the land and then go get it tomorrow.
With 71 people and luggage, they rented 8 carriages and set off one after another.
Su He and Wang Fugui were the first car to get to Qingshan Village. They drove along the official road for more than two hours and then turned right.
Wang Fugui drove the car, while Su He was responsible for eating snacks and enjoying the scenery.
There were pedestrians on the road occasionally. Regardless of their clothes, they all had lights in their eyes. Their spirits were beyond comparison with those of the people in Jinyang City.
The people in Tian Yuan's group behind were also observing, "Mom, why are these people so happy?"
Wang Jinchai sat in her mother's arms and looked outside along with the people in the car.
The faces of the passers-by were full of calmness and composure. When they saw passing vehicles, they consciously stepped aside, talked and laughed with their companions while waiting, and slowly got on the road again after the carriage passed, not in a hurry at all.
"People in the south are so lucky. They don't have to worry about food and clothing, there's no drought or earthquakes, and there's so much delicious food, so of course they're happy."
"So we are southerners now, too, right?"
Wang Jinchai looked up at her mother to confirm that they could be so happy in the future.
"Yes, when we build our new house, we can live a stable life."
Wang Laowu's wife looked at her only granddaughter lovingly, and they would also be one of her in the future.