The land in Guanzhou is planted one season a year.
Most of the grain on the market was harvested last year, including rice, sorghum, soybeans...
Newly harvested wheat also appeared sporadically.
Although the imperial court had long begun to promote corn cultivation, Guanzhou did not accept it very well.
Because corn is affected by the weather, the yield in Guanzhou, which is colder, is far less than that in Dafu in the south.
But this year is an exception. This year, Qishan and other major cities are experiencing severe drought and extremely hot weather. However, for Guanzhou, it is a rare good weather.
The surface temperature is higher than in previous years, and all crops are growing at an unprecedented pace.
Long-time farmers have long recognized that this year will be a prosperous year.
During spring sowing, we sow as much ground as we can.
Although it is not yet the official day of harvest, it can be seen from the earliest mature wheat harvest that there will be a bumper harvest this year.
Li Xuemei and his wife bought food together and listened to the conversation at the market.
Almost everyone is talking about this year's harvest, and everyone's face is filled with joy about the upcoming harvest.
Yan Yu said happily: "Mom, there will be a bumper harvest this year, so we can collect the grain nearby. Even if it is a little different, it will not be too different, and we can just buy it elsewhere."
"Yeah! Tell your father to go back and run more to the surrounding villages, and spread the word. After the autumn harvest, they pay the grain, and if they want to sell the leftovers, they will come to us." Li Xuemei was also happy to hear this.
"There's no need to run too much. Hey, when uncle and the others go to the countryside to collect taxes, just ask dad to go with them."
Yan Yu winked, which made Li Xuemei laugh.
"You've got your uncle's reputation? You're not afraid of others gossiping," Li Xuemei said angrily.
Yan Yu shouted that she was wronged, turned around and grabbed Sister Da Ya's arm and shook her: "Sister Da Ya, do you think we can just do this? We also gave a lot of money, it must be more than what the grain store gave us for collecting grain. Besides,
We won't force you to buy or sell. We just go and say hello. It's up to you whether you want to sell or how much you want to sell. If anyone can gossip about our family, we will take care of them wherever they go."
Da Ya nodded firmly: "What the waiter said makes sense. Auntie, we want to buy grain. If they want to sell it, I'll give them a good price. It's better than selling it to those grain dealers. They have evil intentions and will suppress it every time."
Quite a few, our family has suffered losses in previous years!"
Li Xuemei shut up. When it came to past years, they lacked confidence, had no memory, and had no right to speak.
But it can be judged from Daya's words that history is always surprisingly similar. Whether in or out of books, there are always profiteers squeezing people's hard-earned money.
The three of us bought a lot along the way and met many people from the same village.
It's all an idea, buy as much as you can.
People from Xiaoan Village raided the market and prospered the economy of the entire market.
They either use copper plates or broken silver, and their purchasing power is amazing.
Many people in the village regretted not bringing more because they sold short what they brought.
The coins in my pockets were bumping around, and I was in a good mood. I was reluctant to spend money on weekdays, so I would always buy some home-cooked things during the monthly shopping mall, and try something new by the way.
There are more and more people at the food stalls in Xiaoan Village.
When Li Xuemei and the others returned to the village where they set up their stalls, they had a full harvest.
It was shocking to find that Yan Laoer's stone-grilled fish was in short supply.
The braised fish and tofu takes a long time to come out of the pot, and it is snatched away when it is cooked.
Li Xuemei and Daya went to put things away, and Yan Yu stood next to Liang Fengnian, who was collecting the accounts.
Their braised egg business is gone.
The tofu was monopolized, and all the collected eggs were stewed into large and small stomachs. Although the team looking for quail eggs made some gains, they couldn't handle the quail eggs because they were too small. They came one bite at a time and they were sold out after a while.
The lady selling tofu brought me two more plates of tofu.
Yan Yu's eyes lit up when he saw her.
"My name is Yan Xiaoer, but I'm waiting for you. Your father told you to collect these two slabs of tofu and take them back to share. The slabs will be collected when I deliver the tofu to your house on the morning of the 15th. You can help me."
I'll remind you and ask your dad to put it away."
"My father ordered tofu? How much did he order?" Yan Yu was not surprised at all. On the 15th, the village was going to hold a running banquet. This tofu is a good thing and can be made into so many delicacies. How could her father let it go?
"Three plates of tofu, two buckets of tofu brains, two buckets of pulp, and dried tofu... Oh, as expected of a scholar, she is so generous!" The tofu lady laughed so hard that she couldn't even close her mouth.
Except for Daji, her family has never sold so much tofu.
And that syrup, apart from drinking it at home, no one really buys it.
These two buckets of pulp are just free money, how can you not make people happy?
"Our village has a big banquet on the 15th." Yan Yu explained, causing people to misunderstand that it was not good for the Yan family in Xiao'an Village to be so capable.
"I know, I heard it from Mrs. Cui of your village. My husband's family and Master Lu are from the same village. If you want to eat tofu in the future, just come to my house."
Lady Tofu is also one of Lady Cui’s new acquaintances.
"I heard Madam Cui say that you are the second in line in your family, the grilled fish seller is your father, and the steamed bun seller is your mother, so the person who was next to you just now...could it be Yan Xiucai's eldest daughter?"
The tofu lady figured out the relationship, and her eyes lit up.
The gaze he looked at Da Ya was as burning as a light bulb.
Yan Yu subconsciously blocked her gaze.
"Aunt, has my father paid?"
"Why don't you give me money? That dumb lady is married." Her eyes couldn't help but roll around on Daya, and she asked her in a low voice: "Second servant, tell your aunt, your eldest sister
Are there many people who don’t?”
Yan Yu was sure of everything: "My uncle is in charge of my eldest sister's marriage, so I don't know."
The tofu lady showed a little unwillingness and muttered: "Tell me what's wrong. If you haven't decided yet, maybe I can introduce a good one to your eldest sister."
Yan Yu randomly found an excuse to send this tofu lady away.
Lady Cui walked over in a hurry.
"Waiter, what did the tofu seller say to you? Are you asking about Da Ya? Tell me, there's something wrong with the way I looked at her just now."
Yan Yu was very capable of distinguishing between the inside and the outside, and said immediately: "No, please ask me if my eldest sister is Xu. I said I don't know. My uncle has the final say."
Mrs. Cui praised: "That's right! Let's put it this way, these old ladies are thinking about other people's marriages every day. It would be great if they could introduce a lot of amazing things. But what they say is all about their parents' families.
My nephew and nephew from my husband’s family.”
Mrs. Cui said angrily: "Bah! Why do you think so? Our family is so blind that we have fallen in love with them! They all have a hard life digging in the soil. We can't find someone like that. No matter what, we have to be a landlord."
If you have a long-term worker at home, you won't be tired and can live a comfortable life."
Yan Yu:……
Auntie, you can mention this request to my uncle and see if he gets it?!