The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 118: One rat droppings ruined a pot of porridge

The sweet potatoes grown in this sandy soil are not only large in size but also very sweet, and most importantly, easy to dig.

"Okay, this land is definitely suitable for growing sweet potatoes, let's buy this one."

Su Wanwan responded.

Shen Yuan nodded immediately:

"Listen to my wife."

Su Wanwan looked at these wastelands again. Although they were a bit barren, they were still suitable for growing crops. Why were they left barren? Shen Yuan said that wasteland was very cheap. Wouldn't it be better to grow more crops?

Shen Yuan seemed to see what she was thinking, and suddenly explained:

"Here we distribute land according to male adulthood. The land we distribute is good farmland, and we need to pay taxes. The rest of the land can be bought by ourselves. Although the wasteland is cheap, there is a shortage of labor. Every household cannot finish planting all the good farmland every year, let alone planting wasteland."

Su Wanwan understood immediately.

In ancient times, agricultural technology was backward, and everything from tilling the land to sowing and harvesting relied entirely on manpower.

However, oxen are very expensive and not every household can afford one, so farming relies on human labor.

These are all coolies. How much land can a strong laborer dig in a day?

Each family has only a few strong laborers, and when it is time to harvest, they have to collect the crops by hand a little at a time and carry them home a little at a time.

There really aren't that many laborers available to cultivate wasteland.

What's more, not everyone can afford to buy wasteland.

After working hard on those fertile fields for a year, half of the tax has to be paid, and some is left for seeds, which is only enough to barely provide enough food. For families with few able-bodied laborers and many elderly and children, I'm afraid there won't be enough food at all.

Where is the money to buy land?

“Life is so hard for farmers.”

Su Wanwan sighed.

Shen Yuan didn't say anything. Not only the farmers had a hard life, but the soldiers on the border also had a hard life. The lower-class people in the towns who had no land had no money to buy food and were also hungry.

The root cause was that grain production was too low and large tracts of land were occupied by princes and nobles.

If sweet potatoes can really be grown, it would be a great deed.

"It'll be fine. Come on, let's get the tub."

A few people climbed onto the ox cart and headed towards the village in a mighty procession.

Meanwhile, the old house.

Shen Su had already roasted the sweet potatoes and gave each person a piece.

The sweet potatoes smelled so good that everyone started eating them.

When they took a bite, they were amazed by the soft, glutinous and sweet taste.

Especially the children in the family, they ate with gusto and were reluctant to finish it so quickly, so they nibbled it slowly, bit by bit.

Shen Songqing's turbid eyes were filled with light at this moment.

If what Shen Yuan said is true, the sweet potato yield will be so large that no one will go hungry anymore.

This is a big deal, a huge deal!

"Shen Yuan is so stingy. He only gave us these few sweet potatoes. We have a big family and there is not enough for one for each person."

The second daughter-in-law, Sun Ye Zi, finished the roasted sweet potato in no time, licked her lips, still not satisfied. She looked back at the unfinished portion in her daughter's hand and reached out to grab it.

"You stupid girl, why are you eating so much? Give it to me."

The sweet potato in Shen Erni's hand suddenly disappeared, and she was so angry that tears were about to flow.

"Eat, eat, eat. Why wouldn't you eat yourself to death? How can you snatch food from your own daughter? You damned bastard!"

This made Zhang Cuihua very angry. She snatched the sweet potato and stuffed it into Shen Erni's hands.

Erni was the least timid. Holding the sweet potato and looking at her mother's dark face, she didn't know whether to eat it or not.

"Fengshou, take your brothers and sisters out to play."

Zhang Cuihua sighed and ordered her eldest grandson to take the other children out.

Shen Fengshou looked at the atmosphere at the table and immediately took his brothers and sisters out.

"Mom, why does a little girl like her eat so much? You scold me. You are so good to Brother Shen Yuan, but I have never seen him give her more sweet potatoes. He dug these sweet potatoes in the mountains and he didn't pay for them."

Sun Ye Zi still didn't accept it.

"No, Brother Shen Yuan used to be quite generous. It must be that his new wife is stingy and won't allow any gifts."

Sun Ye Zi kept talking.

Zhang Cuihua was so furious that she slammed the table and suddenly stood up.

"My second son's wife, get out of here! If you dare to say anything more, I'll smack your mouth!"

Zhang Cuihua's aura really intimidated Sun Ye Zi.

"You are biased. We are your biological son and daughter-in-law!"

Sun Ye Zi roared and rushed out the door, and the world finally became quiet.

Shen Heng remained silent, as if the person who just left was not his wife, which made Zhang Cuihua so angry that she glared at him fiercely.

"One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. I was wrong about it at the beginning."

Zhang Cuihua sighed.

"Mom, let's not talk about my second sister-in-law, let's talk about the sweet potatoes. Brother Yuan is not a stingy person. He said that the sweet potatoes should be saved for seeds and we dare not eat too much. My beautiful sister-in-law is not a stingy person either. She gave us a good meal at noon. Moreover, the food my sister-in-law cooked is much more delicious than that cooked by my mother."

Although he knew that his parents were not the type of people his second sister-in-law was, Shen Su still couldn't help but speak well of Shen Yuan and his wife.

"Alright, look at your achievements, how could I not know who Shen Yuan is?"

Zhang Cuihua was also happy to see that the brothers had a good relationship, and she was not angry when her son criticized her cooking skills.

What cooking skills do rural people have? All they need is to be able to cook the food.

However, Shen Yuan's wife is really good. She can even cook.

"Hehe, my mom is the best, with sharp eyes and golden pupils."

Shen Su chuckled and looked at his father.

Shen Songqing stood up immediately.

"Let's go, we've got the vegetables in the garden, let's start with the sweet potatoes!"

He made the decision right away.

There are few seeds, so they can plant less at first.

It is also in the vegetable garden, and others cannot see it. When it is really successful, we will see if we can continue to save seeds for development. This will accumulate merits.

Everyone thought it was feasible and went to tidy up the vegetable garden.

Besides, Sun Ye Zi came out of the house. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, so he ran to the village head's house to find Liu Chunmei.

Liu Chunmei has been a little panicked recently because her father has found a matchmaker to find a husband for her and he doesn't allow her to go out.

He even threatened that if she was not married within a month, he would kick her out of the house and force her to return to her original in-laws' home or sleep on the streets.

She didn't want to go back. It turned out that her husband's family only had a blind old lady. Her father was asking her to jump into the fire pit.

"Ye Zi, why are you here?"

Liu Chunmei had been holding it in for so many days, so she was naturally happy to see someone coming to see her.

"It's because I was angry with my mother-in-law at home. My mother-in-law is so biased and has no eyes."

Sun Ye Zi and Liu Chunmei were familiar with each other, and they were not unfamiliar with each other. They entered the room and sat down at the head of the bed to talk.

"By the way, do you know that my cousin Shen Yuan actually got a wife from an official media outlet? She's so stingy that not only my mother-in-law but also my brother-in-law speak well of her. Do you think she's a vixen?"

When Sun Ye Zi mentioned this, she became so angry that her teeth itched.

A new daughter-in-law, who hasn't even officially gotten married, has already started maintaining her.