Hearing Yunjing's words, Yunlin was stunned and even forgot to pass straw to Yunshan.
To be honest, Yunlin was very excited about the idea of buying a cow. Cow, what farmer wouldn't want to own one? That is the main labor force of a farmer's family. One cow can work as hard as several adult workers.
And it works quickly.
For example, the richest man in the village, Yun Dajun, has a big buffalo in his family. His family’s nearly 100 acres of land is the largest in the village. However, just because there is a cow, his family’s land is the first to be planted every year. As you can imagine, a cow
How important.
In addition to farming, cattle can also bring extra income to a family. Taking the family of the richest man in the village, Yun Dajun, as an example, his cattle can also be used to bring goods to make money during the slack season. The villagers don’t know how many
envious.
Although Yun Dajun's family is not the only one who has cattle in Xiaoxi Village, in a word, cattle are treasures in farmers' homes, and are often more valuable than people.
Thinking of the many benefits of owning a cow, Yunlin subconsciously made calculations.
He murmured: "Our family has about forty-seven taels of silver. If we build a house, the bricks and tiles required for three brick houses are estimated to cost fifteen taels. We can cut the wood in the forest, and the cost is negligible.
, it will take about two months to build, and the labor cost for carpenters and bricklayers will be about five taels of silver. Small laborers and the like can ask the villagers for help, and it is free of charge. They only need to feed them three times a day, and then the house will be built.
Tax, hiss, what about the house building tax of two taels of silver? The government is too shady. No wonder the villagers would rather live in a shabby place than build a house for the money. Although I have money now, I am still a little reluctant..., and then miscellaneous
In total, it is estimated that we will have to spend four or five taels of silver to go out. Calculating conservatively, we will still have about twenty taels of silver left in the end, which should be enough to buy a cow..."
During his calculations, he also mixed in some personal complaints about the government, but in the end he came to the conclusion that if he bought a cow, his family could barely afford it.
But if he builds a house and buys cattle, his family will become poor again.
In the end, his heart skipped a beat. He was building a house and buying cattle. This home seemed to have grown a little unknowingly...
But the problem is that if you think about it, you can actually achieve it!
Yun Lin, who had lived in poverty all his life, was in a daze. He felt a bit like he was dreaming. Things he had never dared to think about before had suddenly begun to come true.
You don’t have to worry about being hungry, you live in a new house, and you have cows. Are you really not dreaming?
Then his eye circles started to turn red, and he thought of his dead wife. There was a drought ten years ago, there was almost no harvest from the fields, and Yunjing's grandma starved to death...
She was not able to live the good life she has now. She lived in poverty for decades, and finally ended up starving to death. How cruel God was to her!
"Dad, you don't really want to buy a cow, do you? Are you serious about Xiaojing's lies?" Seeing that Yunlin had been silent for a long time, Yunshan couldn't help but look down at him and said in shock.
After sniffing, Yunlin looked up at him and asked, "It's hard to find you, but you don't want to have a cow at home?"
"I think about it, of course I do. I've only dreamed about it. If I had a cow at home, I wouldn't know how much easier it would be to work. I wish I could sleep next to the cow on the floor every day. But can our family really afford a cow with this condition?"
Yunshan nodded and scratched his head.
Hearing his words, Jiang Susu, who was holding shoe soles by the fire pond, rolled her eyes at him and said: "Then if our family buys a cow from now on, you can go to the cow pen and sleep with the cow."
"Hey, how can that be done? It's better for the wife to hold the fragrance," Yunshan said with a wink and a smile.
Jiang Susu quickly lowered her head, her cheeks slightly red and said: "Bah, that's not a good idea."
Yunshan coughed in embarrassment and said: "If you want to buy a cow, I just calculated it and it shouldn't be a big problem. But if it doesn't work, let's secretly make some candy and sell it."
"In other words, dad, you definitely want to buy a cow? Our family is going to have a cow?" Yunshan said in surprise, grabbing the key points and raising his voice. He almost fell off the ladder. You can imagine how excited he was inside.
Yun Lin quickly held up the stairs and scolded: "Be careful, don't fall. You are a father and you are not stable at all. And I suddenly realized that buying a cow is probably an imperative thing.
The villagers already know about the farm manure. It will be difficult to get manure in the wild in the future. If we buy a cow, our family will not be short of farm manure."
Buying a cow not only allows you to work, but sometimes you can also earn some extra money. It is also equivalent to buying a manure making machine. You get multiple benefits with one stone.
Thinking of the many benefits, Yunshan suddenly said with joy: "Our family is about to have a cow. It's great to have a cow."
"Don't be happy now. Whether it's building a house or buying cows will be done in the coming year. Now let's fix the roof first." Yunlin shook his head and smiled. He was also very happy in his heart and full of endless hope for his future life.
of longing.
"Yes, let's fix the roof first. I don't know why, but now I feel that I have endless energy. The weather doesn't seem to be that cold anymore. I can't wait to dig two acres of land to calm down, hehe," Yunshan said with a smile.
Happily repairing the roof.
Seeing his father's excited expression, Yun Jingxin said that if he were on the ground, he might jump for joy.
This is a poor family, it is too easy to be satisfied...
The cold winter seems to be extremely long for poor people, but Yunjing's family has great expectations for the coming year. Time seems to pass slower, and they can't wait for next year to come early.
No matter how slow time passes, it will never stop because of someone.
Winter passed without realizing it, and Yunjing also ushered in her third year in this world.
He is three years old.
In the winter, his family failed to produce maltose. It was too cold and the wheat did not germinate.
After the beginning of spring, his family secretly made a few kilograms of maltose. With experience, the quality this time was better than last time. The batch of maltose was divided into two parts, and one part was wrapped tightly in a bamboo tube.
, I asked Aunt Wang from the village to help bring it to Yunjing's father-in-law's family when she went to visit relatives, as a way of repaying the favor of the bear skin last time, and the other one was kept at home to satisfy her cravings occasionally, and could be sold when necessary.
Change money for emergency.
Not to mention, the bear skin sent by Yun Jing's father-in-law, whom he had never met before, was really warm. It was very comfortable for him to wear in winter. He didn't know how much the bear skin was worth. It wouldn't be cheap. Of course, it was sent to him.
Maltose is not cheap either, so this is a favor.
It is worth mentioning that after the spring started, the Yunjing family did not build a house, but they bought a cow first. A buffalo that was over one year old was already able to plow the land. The original owner of the buffalo taught him well, and he could do it after he bought it.
The work coincided with the start of spring farming, which was a great help to the family.
The villagers couldn't be more envious.
The reason why I bought the cow first was because there was no more farmyard manure to pick up in the village. The villagers followed his example and used farmyard manure. Now you can’t even see any excrement in the wild in the village. People have to hold it in their homes for fear of being caught.
Get rid of it. Even children carry bamboo baskets with them when they go out. If they see daddy anywhere, they will rush towards it...
So this family urgently needed a manure making machine, so they bought a cow first.
Yunjing didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this. His family really thought that the cow was a dung machine, and the cow dung could not be pooped on the go.
Buying a cow was originally a very happy thing, but when I came back to Yunlin on the day of buying the cow, I was always cursed and looked bad. Because buying a cow has to go to the government to register, and it must be proved every year that the cow is alive and cannot be slaughtered at will.
, if you slaughter a farm cow innocently, you will go to jail!
These are all secondary. The main thing is that the person who buys the cow has to pay tax. It costs a whole tael of silver. It's strange that he can look good.
The cow cost eighteen taels of silver, plus one tael of tax, which added up to nineteen taels.
Strictly speaking, the cow is not entirely his family's. If the cow dies of old age in the future, the horns, tendons, and hides must be given to the government. At that time, with a certificate issued by the government proving that the cow has died of old age, the family can handle the beef by itself, regardless of
Whether you are eating or selling, you have to complete the process first...
This chapter has been completed!