selling chili peppers in chronology

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After the Lantern Festival, the village began to resume work and production. The snow that fell last year has already melted away. Although there are still some frozen mud in the field, hardworking rural people have already plowed the ground with hoes.

Chen Chen took this opportunity to discuss this year's farming with his family.

Last year he mentioned that he wanted to plant less land, but was rejected by Chen Jianye.

It's a cliché now, but Chen Jianye fell silent after hearing it, Chen Chen couldn't help but sink in his heart, guessing it didn't make sense.

"Actually, you can do it by gritting your teeth." Chen Jianye said so.

Chen Chen said, "It's okay when planting, but it's very tiring when harvesting in autumn. Dad, our family is not short of this kind of food now. There is really no need to make ourselves so hard."

Chen Jianye was silent for a while, and asked, "If we don't plant, the land will be barren?"

"No." Chen Chen said: "You can go to the village and ask if there are other people who are willing to plant and let them. We can keep the dry land for our own planting, but we can let a few acres of paddy fields go out, and the grain will be handed over after the grain is harvested. The farmer is responsible for the payment, and we also need [-]% of the local grain tax, which I think is about the same. Dad, you can consider whether it is feasible."

Chen Jianye didn't expect that Chen Chen would even consider this. It can be seen that he is determined not to plant so much land.

The paddy field is indeed the most labor-intensive work every year. From raising seedlings to harvesting rice, it is a labor-intensive job. There must be no mistakes in the middle, otherwise it will affect the harvest.

What's more, Chen Bei and Zhou Ping'an had to study and go to school, so they lost two manpower. In addition, they also had to be busy with the chili business. It was indeed a lot harder than ordinary people.

It will be much easier if you take out a few acres of paddy fields for others to plant.If you ask for [-]% of the grain after the harvest, you won't have nothing at all.

Chen Jianye thought about it, looked at Chen Chen's expectant expression, and thought about the fact that his family was so thin and tired after a busy year last year, and Chen Chen was even sick. Can't make up my mind for a while.

"I'll think about it more carefully."

Seeing that people softened, Chen Chen didn't insist, "Okay, Dad, you should think about it first."

Chen Jianye thought about it for several days.

He discussed it with Liu Dongxue halfway, and Liu Dongxue agreed to the proposal. After all, this farm work is really tiring.If it was those years when there was no enough food and no money, it would be fine. If you have land, you have to grit your teeth. After all, you have to find a way to survive, but she knows how much money the family has now, and she feels that there is really no need to work so hard.Last year, although Chen Chen was the only one who was seriously ill and was hospitalized, in fact, the others also took some medicines. The medicines were not cheap, and they hurt their bodies and money, so it was really not worth it.

Chen Jianye had heard Liu Dongxue's suggestion, and had discussed it with Chen Xiangwu, Chen Jiandang, and Chen Jianjun. All three of them were shocked, but when they heard that it was Chen Chen's suggestion and the reason for the proposal, they understood it from the bottom of their hearts.

Chen Xiangwu even asked: "Xiaochen didn't say whether he should take a few acres of dry land for others to plant?"

Chen Jianye replied: "No."

Chen Xiangwu pondered for a while before suggesting: "Go and ask your uncle and the others. If they want to plant it, let them plant it. If they don't plant it, then ask the villagers."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jianye knew that Chen Xiangwu supported them.

Not only Chen Xiangwu supported it, but also Chen Jiandang and Chen Jianjun.But they didn't say it too clearly, they only said that the body is more important than the food.

After hearing this opinion, Chen Jianye couldn't help thinking: Could it be that he really valued that place too much?

Thinking of this in his heart, Chen Jianye naturally lost his original insistence. He felt that since everyone said so, it would be pointless for him to stick to that point, so he agreed to the proposal.

Chen Chen was not surprised when he heard the answer, because he already knew what Chen Jianye had done in the past few days, and he also knew what others had persuaded.No matter how fancy the place is, it is still important to be healthy, and Chen Jianye will definitely not be in vain.

"How many acres of paddy fields will be taken out?" Chen Jianye asked.

Chen Chen said, "Half."

Chen Jianye hesitated, "Will it be too much?"

Chen Chen asked: "Then dad, how many acres are you thinking of?"

Chen Jianye didn't dare to cut too much, "Sixteen acres of paddy fields, let's take out six acres of land, and we will plant ten acres by ourselves."

"It's okay." Chen Chen thought about it and said, "The family has a total of 32 acres of land, and ten acres of dry land were used to grow peppers. Now the total is added up, and there is still half of the land that needs to be planted by ourselves. Half of the people and half of the land are about the same. .”

Chen Jianye was overwhelmed by Chen Chen's sense of crisis, but the words were all out of his mouth, and he couldn't go back on his words, so he could only comfort himself by saying that his family had money.

Chen Chen saw the worry in Chen Jianye's heart, so he said: "I happen to be going to the county in two days to withdraw money and come back to collect the soy sauce. I will drive there, and then I will buy some rice and put it away."

Chen Jianye knew that Chen Chen did this to reassure himself, but he thought about the rice harvested last year, and he still refused, "There is still food at home, so there is no need to buy it now, or it will become old food if it is left unattended. eat."

Chen Chen just laughed, "Okay, then when the rice is almost finished, I'll go to the county to buy it. I'm sure our family won't have no food to eat."

Chen Jianye was upset, he answered indiscriminately and went out with a hoe on his shoulder.

Who was planting this land, Chen Chen didn't intervene, it was all done by Chen Jianye himself.

He listened to Chen Xiangwu's suggestion, and first went to ask Chen Xiangwen, who was closest to him, and was surprised when he heard it. They promised to plant two acres, because they will raise chickens this year, and the two acres of paddy fields are almost the limit; Chen Jianye does not need to go to the village to ask for the remaining four acres of land. Many people came to ask, and Chen Jianye selected two well-grown lands, and promised two acres for each.

As for the request for farming, the three families naturally agreed.

This matter was a bit of a commotion in the village, and the villagers discussed it for a few days.

"The Chen family is really developed, they don't even want to plant land anymore."

"I don't know how much money I made."

"That must be a lot. Then a small can of chili costs [-] yuan a can. Think about how many chili peppers they have to take away every year."

"Don't you want to give money to build Yongping Road? Excluding the road builders, there shouldn't be a lot of money, right?"

"There are also big houses, all three of which are three or four storeys high, and the concrete dams, I am envious just looking at them!"

"If they don't have a lot of money, they won't even grow the land?"

"Didn't Chen Chen go to the hospital because of exhaustion last year? Chen Bei and Zhou Ping'an have to study again, and they can't count on the two of them for the work in the field. The rest have to work on the chili business, and the field probably won't be able to handle it."

"This calculation is really true. It is estimated that Chen Chen went to the hospital and scared the Chen family, so he is not willing to plant so much land this year."

"Where is Chen Chen? I heard that last year the Chen family took a lot of medicine because they were tired."

"seriously?"

"I ran into it before and asked what kind of medicine they were taking. They said it was for nourishing the body. Can it be fake?"

"..."

Previously, the villagers only knew that Chen Chen was exhausted and went to the hospital, but they really didn't know that the rest of the Chen family also took some medicine because of this. Now that they heard the news again, they couldn't help but feel sad.

The Chen family is both farming and busy with the chili business. They are exhausted from earning money, and people really don't know what to say.

Because of this belated news, the discussion in the village became even more intense, but the views on the Chen family's "giving land to the villagers for planting" were much better, and even the original jealousy of the Chen family's money was slightly subdued.

People are alive, no matter how much money they earn, they have to spend their lives!

Amid all these discussions in the village, the Chen family began to collect fermented soybeans in the village.

The news about fermented soy beans was released last year, because the Chen family had almost used up the beans they harvested last year, and only the remaining part was reserved for seeding and grinding tofu. It can be collected in the village.

When the villagers heard the news, they immediately moved.It's a job that every household knows, but I didn't expect it to be sold for money now!

Then this money must be earned! !

Chen Chen doesn't need to worry about this matter himself, all he has to do is go to the county to take out the money, and then the other members of the Chen family will do the weighing of the money, and he only needs to return it to the account at the end.

It's really easier than before.

When harvesting fermented soybeans, the villagers will inevitably ask about the situation of raising pigs. After all, the new year is over, and those who sell piglets will rush to sell the piglets. They have to ask in advance what the situation is before making a decision. Do you want to buy it and raise it!

To this, Chen Chen's answer was: "We will talk about this issue after a while after we kill the pigs we raised last year, let's not talk about it for now."

The villagers were disappointed.

But this disappointment is only a little bit. Now that they have money in their hands, even if the Chen family doesn't buy the pigs, they still have to raise them for themselves.

Meat, who doesn’t love it? !

In the past, if you didn’t have money and couldn’t afford to buy piglets, it’s fine, but this year you must buy them!Wait until they grow up and kill the whole family to eat meat!

I have to say that the people of Pingba Village are really confident now.After having money in hand, everything in terms of food and clothing has been renewed. Not only has my mental outlook improved, but I have gained a few pounds of flesh on my body, and I no longer look dry and thin.

With the money, they not only paid attention to buying pigs, but some even raised chickens and ducks.Chickens are for their own food, while ducks are raised to lay duck eggs.Someone chatted with Chen Chen during the Chinese New Year. From Chen Chen's casual remarks, he thought salted duck eggs were good, so he wanted to keep them and try to make them. If they could be sold for money, it would be good for the family. It is also a progress.

But I was afraid that I would lose money if I couldn't do it, so I didn't dare to raise too many ducks at first, only a dozen or so. I thought I would try the water, and if I couldn't sell it, I would eat it at home. no.

In fact, Chen Chen was quite optimistic about this matter, but after all, it was not his own business, so he didn't say anything too absolute, and let others try it.

Buying pigs and raising chickens and ducks, Chen Jianye's longing for cattle finally got news.

It was a calf from a cow produced in the next village. Hearing that Chen Jianye wanted to buy a cow, the village head approached him. After the two parties had seen the calf, they negotiated a price, and then signed the contract in front of the villagers of the two villages. Zhang, after paying the money, Chen Jianye finally had his cow!

For this reason, Chen Jianye still has some regrets, "If I had known that this cow could be bought this year, those lands would not be handed over to the villagers for farming."

Chen Chen thought to himself, luckily I acted fast enough!

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