Early the next morning, the tenants from Huangjiacun arrived.
Twenty households, no more, no less.
Huangjia Village is larger than Songshan Village, with about thirty households, all with the same surname and the same clan.
More than a dozen households, including the village chief, either have enough land to support their family and still have a surplus, or they have a small family and their own land is just enough to keep them busy, so they don't rent additional land for farming.
Among these twenty households, some have a large family but little land, which is not enough to support a large family.
There are also those whose families don’t have any land, so they won’t be able to fill their stomachs without renting some land for farming.
In short, they all need tenant land.
There are only 60 acres of land in Lishugou, spread out among each family, and each family doesn't have much.
In the past, Huang Yuan was not able to get close to each other, and the land was so tenanted that it suffered from droughts and floods. Those who could grow it at home only had one or two acres, while those who could not grow it at all took over six or seven acres.
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Take Huang Dakai's family for example. His family has a large population, but only three or four people can work in the fields, but they share eight acres of land because he has the closest blood relationship with Huang Yuanwai.
The land was acquired by tenants, but his family was always the last to finish sowing the land every year and the last to take it back.
I heard that the year before last, because I was too busy, the grain in the fields had not been harvested. It rained for a few days. Well, all the grain was in the fields. I worked in vain for a year and it was not enough to pay the rent.
Another example is Huang Dafu, who has three sons and a family of seven who can work in the fields. The family does not have their own land, but they only get two acres of land. No matter how good they are at tending it, after paying the rent, it is not enough to make ends meet. They still have to find other land.
If you don't touch anything else, your life will be very difficult.
So last year everyone gave New Year's gifts, and his family only managed to get twenty eggs by borrowing here and there. This was because they didn't want to lose these two acres of land. If they didn't get a share of the land, life would be even more difficult.
There are several other families in the same situation as him, including those who came to deliver New Year gifts after joining him.
Song Qiu also inquired about this, so he planned to re-divide the tenants to them according to their family's population situation.
The tenants didn't know this, so they came and waited happily.
Especially Huang Dakai, who gritted his teeth and sent a piece of meat last year, and also sent eggs yesterday, thinking that he would continue to rent eight acres of land.
But Lin Desheng asked him about his family's population, but he was only given three acres of land.
He was immediately stunned, and quickly looked at Song Qiu who was sitting beside him, and said, "Song Xiaodong's family, I used to have eight acres of land as a sharecropper, so why is it less?"
Song Qiu didn't say anything, but looked at Lin Desheng. Lin Desheng said: "Your family originally had six acres of land, but the only people who can work in the fields are you two, a son and a daughter-in-law. If you rent another eight acres, you won't be able to cultivate it at all. Listen,
I said that the year before last, because I was too busy, a lot of food was flooded in the ground. Isn't this a waste? It's better to do what we can."
Huang Dakai:……
He opened his mouth, but he really didn't know how to refute. This was true. His family had wasted a lot of food the year before last because they were too busy, and they didn't even have enough to pay the rent. He went to his cousin to beg for help.
Please let him reduce the rent, otherwise he will be hungry that year.
But he has a lot of family!
Two grandsons, as well as young children, with so many mouths to eat, how can they survive on just this small amount of land?
He wanted to beg again, but he also understood that this land belonged to Song Xiaodong's family, not his cousin. Why should they just open the back door for him?
He didn't say anything more, took the sign and went to the side to wait.
Others were secretly happy when they saw that Huang Dakai, who had been sharing eight acres in previous years, was now only sharing three acres.
If he tenants less, they can tenant more.
When it was Huang Dafu's turn, Lin Desheng asked about his family situation, and the tenant gave him five acres of land.
Huang Dafu was extremely happy. He thought it would be great if he could continue to rent two acres of land. Unexpectedly, the new owner was willing to rent five acres of land to him. This was great!
Three more acres of land means more food!
As long as they farm well, they won't have a surplus this year, but they won't have to tighten their belts and not have enough to eat.
When everyone got their share of the land, it was a big change from previous years. Some were happy and some were disappointed.
But no matter what, they all landed as they wished, without leaving others behind.
It is better to have a sharecropping than not to have a sharecropping.
Then everyone went to Lishugou together.
The land was divided into acres one by one. Song Qiu set aside five plots of land next to Zhuangzi, and allowed them to choose the rest.
Everyone was familiar with what they had planted in the land, so they tried their best to choose what they had planted in previous years.
You have three dollars, I have two dollars, and he has five dollars, and the tenants are relieved of their worries. Now that the land has arrived, they can prepare the land and start sowing.
Huang Dafu was grateful to Song Qiu Dian for giving him five acres of land. He was a simple and honest man. When he saw Song Qiu standing not far away from him, looking at the land, he went over and said, "Song Xiaodong, please keep these five acres of land."
You also want to plant corn, right? I have a lot of family members, if you need anything, just say hello to me!"
He also thought that Song Xiaodong's family would definitely not be able to farm. He knew from Zhuangzi that there were only four servants, and the five acres of land would definitely be too busy. He thanked Song Xiaodong's family. Anyway, his sons were all good at farming.
, so I am willing to come over and help with farming.
Song Qiu accepted his kindness and said, "I don't want to plant corn on these five acres of land. I plan to plant all the peppers."
Seeing that everyone was listening with stunned ears, she continued: "Last year I collected red peppers for a penny per catty, and your village sold them to me. This year it's still the same. I collect as much as I can."
There are several families in Huangjia Village who specialize in growing and selling vegetables. I had heard about them when they sold red peppers to her last year.
With Song Qiu's approval now, this year we will still charge one penny per catty, and we will collect as much as we can, and soon the news spread throughout Huangjia Village.
Huang Sangui and his family, who specialize in growing and selling vegetables, have reorganized their vegetable plot and plan to plant more peppers and less other vegetables.
Other families also plan to grow more peppers in their own gardens to sell.
The peppers still bear fruit after being picked. Can you sell green peppers for money, and can you sell red peppers for money? How cost-effective it is?
However, everyone was still surprised by Song Qiu's generosity in using five acres of land to grow peppers.
Old Yuan was also shocked. Finally, the family had land. It was okay for them to go out to collect rent, but how could they use it to grow peppers?
Chili peppers are grown in vegetable fields. Isn’t it too wasteful to use crop land specifically to grow chili peppers?
Song Qiu also had his own thoughts on this.
She has twenty acres of paddy field in Niujiabang, and the rent she collects is enough for her family. The rent of corn harvested from the fifty-five acres of land in Lishugou is sold and bought back as rice, which is enough for an inn.
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Only five acres of land were allocated to grow peppers.
Calculating the lowest yield of peppers, one acre of land can yield at least 2,780 to 3,000 kilograms.
Five acres of land, even if it weighs ten thousand catties, is enough for her to make as much bean paste and red oil, and sell it for how much money.
This is not something that Baogu with five acres of land can afford.
It was only five acres of land. She didn't plant all sixty acres of peppers because she was afraid that the crop would scold her for ruining the land.
Think about it and forget it.
But if you really plant them all, you will be told what you are told, and you will never lose money on the red pepper.
Let’s just say Fang Hui’s place. He has the recipe and is waiting to harvest red peppers this year.
If you don't use it all, you can sell it to him.
So, she just used five acres of land to grow peppers.
At first glance, this is surprising.
Year after year, everyone got used to her planting peppers every year, and then it didn't matter anymore.