Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All-Chapter 512 - 316: Busy (Part 2)

After exerting considerable effort, I finally managed to cut a bunch of rice, only to look up and see that my handful wasn’t even half of what others had!

Not only that, but in less than half an hour, my waist started aching and my back hurt, not to mention the burning sensation on my face, and it seemed like I couldn’t even hold the sickle anymore.

I wanted to tough it out and continue, but Jiang Hu noticed and found an excuse to send me back, and I didn’t dare to come out again.

However, after this experience, it was obvious that Liu Qingfeng seemed to have undergone a noticeable change.

Compared to before, Liu Qingfeng appeared more composed; his gestures seemed more mature, and even his words carried more weight than before.

It was as if he had grown considerably overnight, bearing a bit of his father Liu Hongwen’s temperament.

But these changes didn’t catch too many people’s notice, except for Liu Ze, who slightly sensed his elder brother’s transformation.

Shortly after the rice harvest, the tax collectors arrived. This bountiful yield didn’t seem to surprise the constables anymore; at most, they were astonished by how much land the Jiang family actually had.

After paying the grain tax, there was still a considerable amount left, which was directly apportioned to provide the Liu family with a year’s worth of grain, as usual. The Liu family’s steward would come to collect it later.

Of course, this was bought by the Liu family, and the price was by no means cheaper than from the grain stores.

Initially, the price wasn’t this high, but after discovering that the Jiang family’s grain was not only delicious but also made people feel comfortable after eating it, the Liu family raised the price themselves.

Besides rice, they bought plenty of sorghum and corn, along with soybeans and mung beans harvested this summer.

Then there was the one thousand catties of rice requested by Xie Fuya, along with some other grains.

Xie Fuya bought it at the Liu family’s price; she was well-off, with a substantial dowry, plus her own shops and farms.

Having recently married, her family still sent her some good stuff during the holidays, so Xie Fuya didn’t lack Silver Coin, buying this amount of grain was a mere trifle to her, and it naturally wouldn’t stir any opposition from her in-laws.

Even Liu Qingfeng didn’t say much, only asking if she needed him to find someone to deliver the grain, considering that Xie Fuya’s belly was growing day by day. Now even her regular trips back to the city to pay respects every few days were blocked by her in-laws, who wanted her to rest well in the village to nurture her pregnancy.

Not only that, as Xie Fuya’s pregnancy advanced, Mrs. Liu directly arranged for a midwife to come live with them, residing in the outer court where Xie Fuya was staying.

It’s said that this midwife was not only experienced in childbirth but also had some medical knowledge. With the fetus only seven months old, Mrs. Liu had already sent over loads of items, one carriage after another.

This being the Liu family’s eldest grandson, how could it not be given the utmost attention?

So much so that because Xie Fuya’s mood was unstable while staying in the city, they preferred to let her stay in the countryside to rest and nurture the pregnancy, rather than forcing her back to the city just to show others, demonstrating Mrs. Liu’s regard for this eldest grandson.

As autumn faded into winter, mid-October arrived; the fish pond, from which the weeds had just been cleared, was once again left idle as everyone began to tend to their land, preparing to plant canola seedlings.

After the canola seedlings were planted, it was time to dig up sweet potatoes. The sweet potato vines were chopped up and dried, and any extra pig grass that couldn’t be used up by those in the village was brought directly to Jiang’s place.

And Jiang Hu also promised that when everyone needed to use manure, they could come directly to his place to get it, provided that no single household took it all; everyone should be mindful of mixing it with their manure, leaving some for others.

When everyone was busy, there weren’t as many people who could work at Jiang’s place. Jiang Hu went to the city, did a round, and simply hired a few long-term workers, also finding an unused house in the village.

Even though the house was quite rundown, with a bit of simple tidying up, it was still habitable.

Generally, villagers with land would rather work as short-term laborers than long-term ones, as during the busy farming seasons, everyone needed to go home to harvest.

Therefore, these long-term workers were all poor city folks without land or skills, only able to work as laborers. Working as long-term workers at Jiang’s, at least they received daily wages, enough to support their families.

Recently, the paddy field fish in Xiangmu Village have become quite popular, and the Jiang family’s name increasingly spread among ordinary folks.

Having ties with them invariably meant getting some insider information, like the fact that the Jiang family was the rich household of Xiangmu Village, known for their generosity and prompt wage payments.

This led to many people coming on their own upon hearing that the Jiang family was hiring, and Jiang Hu personally selected a few after inquiries.

The main work involved farming tasks, weeding and sowing, managing the crops in the field, and primarily looking for experienced individuals.

However, at the beginning, Jiang Hu still had to guide them, often visiting the fields to check, ensuring it wasn’t entirely left to those long-term workers.

The crops in the fields were proceeding in an orderly manner, while on the other side, the fish pond was fervently being dug. Jiang Hu also mentioned that once the pond was dug, he would ready two acres of paddies specifically for planting lotus roots.

Such a continuous series of tasks would take at least several months to complete!

Thus, the workers’ enthusiasm rose, not for anything else, but for the sake of their wages!

In addition to people from Xiangmu Village, folks from other villages also came, especially with Yang Shulin also bringing his brother-in-law to help dig the fish pond, giving his brother-in-law some business as well.

Besides digging the fish pond, Jiang Hu found a few others to relocate the chicken coops and rabbit pens.

After nearly a year of raising chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits, the enclosed area previously set aside had seen all the weeds trampled flat; the ground was bare of any vegetation.

Any weeds that had just started growing were eaten or trampled to death.

With many hands available, they took down the fences, sectioned off a nearby wasteland anew, and drove the chickens and ducks over.

From the area previously flattened, the chicken droppings were collected and mixed with cow dung to ferment before plowing the ground and scattering collected goose grass seeds over it. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Growing grass to feed chickens—it seemed the Jiang family was the first to try this approach.