Chapter 376： Yun's headache

Chapter 376 Yun's headache

Different from the joy of Wei Ruo and half of the people in Taizhou Prefecture's harvest, Yun's family can be said to be devastated.

The shop is not well managed, and the income of the two villages is not very good.

Although the rice seeds she planted were also the late rice seeds provided by Wei Ruo, and sweet potatoes were also planted in the mountains of Xingshan County, but because the soil in her two villages was relatively poor, especially the 500 mu of land purchased near Fucheng, Taizhou, The soil is a little hardened and lacks fertility.

In the early days, Yun asked Wei Ruo for advice, and Wei Ruo told her the improvement method, but because of cost considerations, Yun did not follow what Wei Ruo said to put in great effort and cost to topdress the fertilizer.

Later, due to the lack of silver on hand, the Yun family also sold several servants, resulting in a shortage of manpower to manage Zhuangzi.

Now it’s the harvest season, and the output of Zhuangzi at home is less than one-fifth of that of Wei Ruozhuangzi. Even the yield of sweet potatoes, which are relatively easy to grow, is far less than that of Weiruozhuangzi, only a thousand catties per mu.

This output is far lower than Yun's expectation. According to this output, it will not be enough for the government to use in the next year, let alone sell the surplus for silver.

Mr. Yun had a headache, and was so worried that she didn't eat much for several days.

"Ma'am, don't worry, it's not worth worrying about your body." Seeing this, Cuiping persuaded.

"How can I not worry?" Yun Shi rubbed his temples, his face extremely heavy.

"Madam, if you really can't think of a good solution, you can talk to the young lady. The young lady has a lot of ideas in this regard, maybe she has some ideas." Cuiping suggested.

Mr. Yun stopped, and murmured: "She does have a lot of ideas on these matters."

Cuiping continued: "Madam, in fact, the eldest lady is really nice. Although her style of acting is different from that of ordinary ladies, this is also her uniqueness."

Yun sneered slightly: "She is unique, but she can't get close to me. I am her mother, but she always treats me as an enemy. I think of her for her sake, but she always shows me face. Hey Maybe it's because I don't have a mother's fate with her, so I get angry if I can't say a few words."

Cuiping persuaded: "The disagreement between Miss and Madam is actually not a big problem. You are the biological mother and daughter, and blood is thicker than water. As long as Madam treats Miss well, Miss will sooner or later be influenced by Madam and get close to Madam." of."

Cuiping’s words did not agree with Yun’s, and he sighed: “Stop talking about it, go and call her over, there are indeed some things you can ask her.”

"Yes." Cuiping followed suit and went to Songyuan to invite Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo just had some free time these few days, cleaning up the melons, fruits and vegetables grown in the yard in Tingsong Garden.

Cuiping came to invite, Wei Ruo was not very surprised. She has been traveling for a few days and heard some news. She knew that the harvests of the two villages in Xiaowei's Mansion were not good.

I think Yun's sent Cuiping to invite me over at this time, probably because of this matter.

"Understood, I'll go right away." Wei Ruo got up to wash his hands.

Then follow Cuiping to Tingsongyuan.

On the way there, Cuiping rarely talked to Wei Ruo: "Miss, in fact, Madam treats you well, but Madam grew up in Beijing, and she has more rules. I always hope that you can be like Miss Jingzhong." Being dignified and gentle has created many conflicts with you."

"Did she ask you to say these words, or did you want to say them yourself?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It was said by the maidservant herself, not by Madam."

"My conflict with her is far from a difference of opinion, you don't have to waste your efforts."

"It is the servant who has usurped."

Cuiping dared not say any more.

Arrived at Cangyun Garden, Yun asked Wei Ruo to sit down, and then directly asked about the autumn harvest: "I heard that the Taizhou government has a good harvest recently?"

"About 40% has a good harvest, and 20% has a mediocre income, which is similar to ordinary years. Although the remaining 40% is not satisfactory, it is also slightly better than last year and the year before." Wei Ruo replied truthfully.

This year's action to ensure grain production did not involve all aspects. Only about 60% of the farmers were willing to follow the government's arrangement to replant Wei Ruo's late rice seeds and sweet potatoes.

Even among the 60%, some people did not fully follow the methods promoted by the government to carry out topdressing and other aspects of management, but followed their own way, so the final harvest was slightly worse, so only 40% had a good harvest.

"That's unfortunate, the harvest of the two Zhuangzi in Xiaowei's Mansion happens to be within the unsatisfactory 40% you said. Everyone knows what you did in Taizhou Mansion, and everyone knows that you are a great talent, but now My own farm has failed to grow any crops, and if it spreads, it will be a joke." Yun said.

Wei Ruo smiled slightly: "Mother, if I remember correctly, you asked me how to manage Zhuangzi and increase production, and I gave you an improvement method, but you didn't do what I suggested, and after that you Some slaves were also sold, resulting in insufficient manpower to work in the village and lack of management of the farmland."

"Don't you know the reason why I sold the servants in the village? How did the family situation allow me to do what you said?" Yun asked Wei Ruodao in turn.

In this year, the school captain's mansion was not rich in money, and Yun thought that she was a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice.

On the contrary, Wei Ruo, who has plenty of money, never thought of helping the family.

So when mentioning this matter, Yun couldn't help but express resentment towards Wei Ruo between the lines.

"But what does that have to do with me? I told you the way, but my mother didn't follow through, and it wasn't my fault. As for what outsiders think about this matter, I don't mind. If they think I don't have the ability, then it's fine. The work-for-relief land reclamation activities have already progressed to this point, and the people involved can only continue to trust me, and it is of no benefit to them to question my ability." Wei Ruo replied very calmly.

"You can see clearly." Yun's "praise" with a half-smile.

"Or does my mother think that I should care about these things? Or does my mother think that it is my fault that Zhuang Zi's poor harvest is my fault?" Wei Ruo asked Yun.

"How dare I blame you? I just called you here today to ask if there is any solution. I want to ask for something. How dare I blame you?" Yun said.

Although she did not dare to blame, her expression and tone clearly revealed her complaints about Wei Ruo's "inaction".

"The rice has been harvested, and the coffin has been settled. Now that my mother asks me if there is any solution, I'm afraid it's too embarrassing for me?" Wei Ruo replied.

"Isn't the land you opened up with work-for-work relief going to be planted with wheat soon? If you can get some more land for your family and harvest more when the wheat is harvested half a year later, won't the problem be solved?" Yun said. Dow.

(end of this chapter)