in2ebook Chapter 247 Incubation
Chapter 247 Incubation
After the well became bustling for a while, everyone started to get busy again.
The house has been built, and the next step is to farm.
The land here has never been cultivated and is mostly sandy, so it is quite troublesome to farm for the first time.
Fortunately, they had a tractor, and Ning Gang drew a plowing tool that followed the car. When the time came, it could be hung behind the front of the car and used directly to plow the land.
Within a few days, they had cleared more than ten acres of land along the river.
Then Old Man Zhou and his friends started planting cotton, wheat, vegetables and other crops in the fields.
They plan to wait until they have planted this crop of rice before trying again to see if they can grow it.
In the room, Huo Yun and Ning Jing gathered around a few bamboo baskets. As they watched Ning Yan put chicken and duck eggs in them, they asked, "Dad, can these really produce chicks and ducklings?"
Ning Yan had bought chicken and duck eggs in Guangfeng Mansion before, and had kept them in the space without eating them. He thought that if there was no meat to eat in the future, they could hatch chicks and ducklings themselves.
Now, hearing his son's question, he said, "As long as the temperature is right, they will hatch naturally."
What's more, the weather is so hot now, there will definitely be no problem hatching chicks and ducklings.
"How long will it take?" Ning Jing asked.
"About 21 days."
After hearing this, Ning Jing counted on his fingers and said, "That will take a long time."
I can’t count them on one hand.
Ning Yan did not answer his youngest son. After placing the eggs, he covered them with a thin quilt and then found a dark place to put them there. It would not be long before chicks and ducklings would hatch.
Suifeng is helping water the plants outside. They have already planted the seeds, and watering them will help them germinate.
Everyone was busy when they suddenly saw a few people standing next to the land, looking curiously at their place.
The clothes on several people were not clean and were a bit torn. Although their hair looked like it had been combed, it felt a bit frizzy.
His face looked malnourished and his body looked thin.
Suifeng recognized two of them at a glance. They were the two people they saw catching rabbits in the wasteland that day.
Seeing this, he walked forward and asked in a rather unceremonious manner, "What do you do?"
After hearing this, one of them asked, "Brother, are you also from Donglin Country?"
"Is there something wrong?" Suifeng asked.
Upon hearing this, the man said, "We are also from Donglin Country. My name is Yang Mingshuan, and I was a soldier from the imperial court stationed in the northwest. Why are you here?"
After hearing his words, Suifeng became more cautious, because these people were Nian Wude's subordinates.
So he asked, "Why are you here?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Mingshuan sighed and said, "A while ago, the northwest suffered a natural disaster, resulting in the loss of many lives, which caused us to be separated from the general.
Later, in order to survive, we stayed in the desert for quite a while. We wandered around and came to a place nearby. We felt that this place was better than the desert, so we stayed here temporarily.
Hearing this, Suifeng asked again, "Then what are you doing here?"
"Are you preparing to plant the crops?" Yang Mingshuan looked at Old Man Zhou and the others working in the fields, then looked in the direction of the tractor and asked, "Is that a car?"
Suifeng looked at him with his arms folded, but didn't reply. He didn't need to answer this man before he understood his purpose.
Yang Mingshuan couldn't help but chuckle at this, then said, "We just watched you farming and wondered if we could come and help. When the time comes, just provide us with food."
"Yes, we are all from Donglin Country. We don't eat for free. We can help you with work." Another person also quickly agreed.
"We are not hiring here." Suifeng said bluntly.
After hearing this, Yang Mingshuan and the others looked at each other, not knowing how to continue the conversation.
But Suifeng changed the subject and said, "But you can find a way to grow it yourself."
Goff told him that if anyone wanted to farm, he could sell them seeds and let them farm it themselves.
The reason why Ning Yan did this was to improve the level of the space. If they only relied on them, it would be too slow because they had to carry water for farming now, and there were too many fields for them to manage.
So it is better to sell some grain seeds to others and let them grow them themselves, which can also save time.
Upon hearing this, Yang Mingshuan said with a bitter face, "We don't even have any seeds, so we can't plant anything."
"I can sell you some grain seeds. You can buy them with money or exchange them for things." Suifeng said.
"Is it expensive?" one of them asked.
Everyone knew what the situation was. He was afraid that the man in front of him would ask for an exorbitant price, and then they wouldn't be able to afford it.
We had no money to begin with, and we had to find food in the mountains.
"It's 50% higher than the usual price of grain." Suifeng said.
After that, he added, "Our seeds are better. Under rare circumstances, we can harvest in just over a month. Sometimes we can harvest in as little as half a month."
After hearing this, the man looked at Yang Mingshuan and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yang, shall we buy it?"
The price is not expensive at all, and if it can really grow to maturity in such a short time, it will be even cheaper.
Yang Mingshuan thought for a moment and said, "We'll come back and change in a few days."
After that, he asked again: "Brother, can you lend me your car?"
He saw that the car plowed the land very quickly and with great labor-saving efficiency. It could plow more than ten acres of land in just two days, which saved much more time than manual labor.
"No." Suifeng shook his head and refused.
This cart is not like an ox-drawn cart. If you lose an ox, you can buy another one, but there is no substitute for this thing. Moreover, it is the most chaotic time for fleeing famine. If this cart is lent out, you can't say whether you will see it again in the future.
What's more, as Goff said, gasoline is not cheap either, so it would be unprofitable for them to lend it out.
After hearing this, Yang Mingshuan didn't say anything more, but said goodbye and left with them.
Suifeng also turned around and went back to work.
On the way back, the man who had just spoken asked Yang Mingshuan: "Brother Yang, what can we use to exchange for grain seeds?"
They didn't have much money. Ordinary soldiers in Donglin Kingdom usually received 150 kilograms of food per month, plus a living allowance of 500 coins.
People with certain official positions received 150 to 200 kilograms of grain and 500 wen to 1 tael of silver.
There is also the reward based on merit. In addition to distributing food and silver, a certain amount of fertile land will also be rewarded.
The conditions in the northwest are difficult. Since the beginning of this year, they have not received much food and wages from the court, and the silver is even less. They are living off their previous savings.
Now that several disasters have passed, they have nothing left. The food they have now is not even enough to fill their stomachs, so how can they exchange food with these people?