Chapter 424 Habitually believe

Madam Qin opened her mouth, hesitated several times, and finally lowered her head to eat silently.

She is not a member of Qiao's family and has no right to say anything.

The Qiao family is her benefactor, she just needs to work silently and repay her kindness.

Seeing that her uncle and aunt expressed their unconditional support for her, Qiao Ran nodded and said with a smile:

"Okay! Then I'll have to trouble my second uncle, third uncle and third aunt. The family will definitely be very busy in the future. Fourth uncle and Xiaobei are all going to school. If they are too busy, we might rent some land to the villagers. Bar?"

"No, no, no! How much land is this? Your third uncle and I are very busy! Don't worry!"

Qiao Erhe said quickly.

This is only eleven acres of land, which is nearly half less than the twenty acres of land in my hometown!

In the past, the fourth child also went to school in the county academy. Although Qiao Dong, Qiao Nan and the others could work as half a strong laborer, the two of them together could only support one strong laborer.

Now they only lost one strong labor force, but they also lost nearly half of the land. He and his third brother would definitely be able to take care of it.

Qiao Sanhu was also unwilling to give up his land to others, so he also said:

"Ran Ran, our land has just been burnt to ashes. Even if it is newly reclaimed wasteland, the harvest this year should be good. Besides, we don't have to pay taxes in the past three years, so no matter how much food we grow, it is our own. Your second uncle and I Work harder to get the land in order and grow more food. If you don’t have enough to eat, you can store it or sell it for money. It would be a big loss if you rent it to others."

Lin Guizhen also said: "Ranran, don't forget, there is still a third aunt! I feel that my body and bones are much stronger now than before, and I work much more efficiently. From now on, I will collect mulberry and raise silkworms, cut grass to feed fish, and gather mulberry and raise silkworms." Third aunt can also do the feeding of wild vegetables to the ducks and geese."

Qiao Dong also said: "After school, I can also cut grass and collect wild vegetables to feed fish, ducks and geese."

Qiao Nan, Qiao Xi and even the three little guys Qiao Bei, Qiao Xing and Qiao Yue quickly agreed, saying that they could also help with the work.

Qiao Ran couldn't help but laugh when she saw everyone expressing their opinions positively.

She was just worried that her second and third uncles would be too busy. They had to farm, raise fish, silkworms and ducks and geese. It was too hard, so she made a suggestion. Unexpectedly, no one in the family was willing.

Think about it, farmers attach great importance to their fields. Only by having fields and land can they grow food, feed their families, and have hope of survival.

If there are no fields or fewer fields, there will be no security.

Since the second uncle and the third uncle were not willing, she naturally would not force it.

"Then the second uncle and the third uncle will have a much harder time."

"No hard work, no hard work! Ranran, you don't know that we farmers will not easily give our land to others. Only our own land will be carefully taken care of. What will be planted on each piece of land this time and what will be planted next time?" What, what to plant this year, and what to plant next year are all very particular. You can’t always plant one kind of crop, you must maintain the fertility of the field. If you give your land to others, you are afraid that the fertility will be gone when you return it. If the crops grown in several years do not produce good harvests, then the losses will be huge.”

Qiao Erhe explained to Qiao Ran why they did not agree to rent the land to others.

Qiao Sanhu also said: "Yes, and we are all used to being busy. What does this little hard work mean? As long as there is land to plant and food to harvest, it is worth the hard work. If you have food at home, you will not feel happy. Panic! These eleven acres of land seem like a lot, but there are also a lot of people in our family! More than a dozen mouths have to eat, and usually the harvest of twenty acres of land is barely enough to make ends meet for the family after paying taxes and grains. Now, although we don’t have to pay taxes, We have enough food, but we only have these eleven acres of land, and we don’t know how much food we can grow, and whether we will have to go to the city to buy food.”

Qiao Ran saw that her third uncle was worried about this, but she knew it well and said:

"Third Uncle, don't worry, these rice seeds are all improved and have high yields. I dare say that the grain produced by these eleven acres of land can be more than the grain produced by the previous twenty acres of land. Our family is not only There is enough food to eat, but there is still more!”

Qiao Sanhu had no doubts about his eldest niece's words and said with a smile: "Well, what Ran Ran said must be true. If the food grown in these eleven acres of land is higher than the previous twenty acres of land, then we It will be much easier to farm in the future, and half of the land will be enough to feed the family."

Outsiders would definitely not believe such words, but the Qiao family habitually believed in Qiao Ran's words.

Think about it, half of the land is planted, but the yield is higher than before. Who can be unhappy?

Thinking about the good life we ​​might have in the future, everyone enjoyed this delicious meal even more.

After this meal, everyone had a round belly and burped.

After eating, Qiao Ran told her family about the glutinous rice mortar.

Although everyone's first feeling after hearing this was that they felt sorry for food. They had grown glutinous rice before, but because the yield was low, everyone didn't like to grow it. They only planted a little occasionally to make glutinous rice cakes for eating.

I heard that some wealthy families use glutinous rice to make cakes or make wine. This is a luxury for farmers who just want to fill their stomachs.

Unexpectedly, what Qiao Ran said now was more luxurious than making pastries and wine.

After all, the pastries and glutinous rice wine are still eaten and drunk, so they are not too wasteful.

But now, glutinous rice is actually used to build walls?

Even though Mrs. Qiao has lived for most of her life, she has never heard of such a luxury.

"Ran Ran, this glutinous rice is food after all. Can it really be used to build a wall? If the wall is not built well, will God blame you for wasting so much food? If it can really be used to build a wall, then It seems too extravagant and wasteful. This glutinous rice is very valuable, and we are usually reluctant to eat it. It would cost a lot of money to buy so much glutinous rice to build the wall. I wonder if everyone will agree!"

Although Mrs. Qiao does not object to her eldest granddaughter's decision, she is worried that this waste of food will be condemned by God and opposed by the villagers.

No matter what, she hopes her eldest granddaughter will be well and doesn't want her to get hurt in any way.

Seeing that her grandma was worried about her, Qiao Ran comforted her and said:

"Grandma, don't worry. Uncle Cao and I have already discussed it. Tomorrow we will boil some glutinous rice into a soup and try it out. We will mix it with lime mortar to build a wall first. If we try to push down the wall the next day, then The wall can be stronger than the previous walls built with lime mortar, and we will discuss with the old village chief and everyone to use glutinous rice mortar as the mortar for the wall."

"You and your Uncle Cao have already discussed it? That's good. Then let your third aunt and the others get up early to make glutinous rice soup tomorrow!"

Hearing that her eldest granddaughter had already made plans, Mrs. Qiao said nothing more.

She knew that Ran Ran would never act rashly when doing things. She considered everything very comprehensively and didn't need others to worry about it at all.

The eldest granddaughter is so smart and capable. As a grandmother, she should feel relieved.