I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 171 Spring Ploughing and Delivery 1

After the first month of the lunar year, the weather gradually showed signs of warming up. Before the spring ploughing began, the Gu family found someone to help repair the house.

Originally they only planned to find a few close relatives, after all, it was just repairs, but after the villagers heard about it, almost every family sent someone to help.

The number of people far exceeded expectations, and the progress of the project was naturally much faster than the Gu family had expected.

Except for the first day when the Gu family was a little flustered because of the sudden increase in the number of people who needed to be fed, the renovation work on their house went very smoothly afterwards.

They were willing to provide good food and those who came to help were also willing to put in a lot of effort. Both sides showed their utmost sincerity, and even though they were very tired, everyone was in a good and happy mood.

After repairing their old house at an unexpected speed, the Gu family, like other families in the village, began to prepare for spring ploughing.

This year their family has a lot of fields to work on. In addition to those in the village that they need to do themselves, they also have to check on those on the farm from time to time.

In addition, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were still thinking about the cotton seeds and lotus seeds they ordered from Mu Hanzhi.

Mu Hanzhi has already told them through the owner of Mu's Restaurant that the cotton seeds and lotus seeds will be transported to the two farms designated by Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou soon.

They have already told the village head that once the goods are delivered, he should come to Baijia Village immediately to deliver the message to them.

In addition to preparing for spring plowing, the two men also took the opportunity to take people to visit bandit dens in the surrounding counties several times.

Recently, the situation outside Qingshan County has become increasingly chaotic, and it is difficult for the people to survive. However, bandits, vagrants and other scoundrels from all over the country have become more and more rampant.

Bai Jingzhou was well-informed. Whenever he heard someone say there was a murderer or robber, as long as the investigation proved the crime to be true and they could deal with him, he would add the person to his little notebook.

When they are able to free up their hands, Gu Wenxuan will organize people and everyone will go together to slaughter the fat sheep.

In Gu Wenxuan's words, it's no wonder that people say "killing people and setting fires will earn you a golden belt". These guys who do business without any capital do have more financial resources than ordinary businessmen.

As before, every time they wiped out a bandit den, they would change their appearance to sell the stolen goods, hide valuables in a small valley, and then return to the village to see their families.

At the beginning, the Gu family and the Bai family who knew what they were doing were inevitably worried. Later, as they went more often, everyone's ability to withstand pressure was trained. In addition, they did come back safely every time as Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou said, so everyone gradually became less uneasy.

It was not until Mu Hanzhi's caravan delivered the cotton seeds and lotus seeds that Bai Jingzhou had ordered from him that the two of them stopped running to the bandit's lair.

Mu Hanzhi's caravan sent them 300 kilograms of cotton seeds and more than 500 kilograms of lotus root seeds. According to the caravan manager, Mu Hanzhi had actually reserved a total of 600 kilograms of lotus root seeds for them, but losses were inevitable during the storage and transportation periods.

Bai Jingzhou nodded to show his understanding. He was already very satisfied to have a weight of 500 kilograms.

Three hundred kilograms of cotton seeds and more than five hundred kilograms of lotus root seeds are enough for him and Gu Wenxuan to plant all over Dongbaizhuang, Beiyangzhuang and Nanyangzhuang, which are closest to Baijia Village.

The two of them personally led people to inspect the goods, and then personally led people to properly put the cotton seeds and lotus root seeds into the warehouse. Finally, they wrote back to Mu Hanzhi and entertained the caravan that came to deliver the goods.

I don't know if the caravan manager had received Mu Hanzhi's instructions in advance, but when facing Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan, he was both enthusiastic and respectful. Bai Jingzhou offered to arrange accommodation for them and to welcome them, but the caravan manager declined all of them.

He told Bai Jingzhou that their Mu family had their own fixed residences in the town and the county, which were equipped with cooks and servants. They also had other things to do in the afternoon, so they had to hurry back to the county.

Gu Wenxuan didn't want to force him, so she took out a large bag of copper coins and two silver dimes and gave them to Bai Jingzhou.

Bai Jingzhou took it and stuffed it to the manager of the caravan without saying anything, "Give the brothers a cup of hot tea. If you refuse, you will look down on me."

He had said so much, and what he gave was not much, so Mu Hanzhi would not blame them even if he knew about it. The caravan manager also accepted it with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Bai."

After seeing off the caravan, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan began to teach everyone how to grow cotton and lotus roots.

Gu Wenxuan had already learned the theoretical knowledge in advance. After following Bai Jingzhou's practical operation for half a day, she was successfully promoted to a master who could independently guide a group of farmers.

The two men led a team respectively and watched the farmers plant cotton with their own eyes.

There is strength in numbers. In addition, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had prepared enough fertilizers, livestock and farm tools in advance, so the subsequent cotton planting work was completed quickly without any problems.

The same went for the lotus roots. Everyone worked together and planted them quickly. However, Bai Jingzhou did not let Gu Wenxuan participate this time. He felt that although Gu Wenxuan was strong, she was a girl after all, and it would be too painful for her to go into the water in this kind of weather.

As for the farmers who went into the water with him, Bai Jingzhou not only selected young and strong men, but also immediately arranged for people to prepare spicy and sweet brown sugar ginger water for them.

In addition, he also gave everyone some extra money as a reward, and after everyone had dinner, he gave each of them a large bowl of bitter medicine soup to prevent colds.

Although the farmers felt that Bai Jingzhou was making a fuss over nothing, they really liked this kind of fuss. After all, it represented Bai Jingzhou's attention and concern for them.

Hearing Bai Jingzhou's worried reminder, "If anyone feels unwell, remember to come see me as soon as possible. I won't charge you," everyone responded with a smile.

Bai Jingzhou called all the farmers who had received plots of land and ponds to his presence in batches and explained in detail all the necessary precautions to take in the future.

After making sure that they had remembered everything, Bai Jingzhou went to take care of the mare they had gotten from the bandit's lair.

The mare was about to give birth, and to be on the safe side, Bai Jingzhou decided to deliver the baby himself.

They stayed at the farm for three days. Under Bai Jingzhou's full monitoring, the mare successfully gave birth to a mule whose coat color was roughly the same as the mare's, but whose tail, back and calves were all black like the donkey's.

The survivor of the bandit camp who was previously responsible for taking care of the mare has been following Bai Jingzhou, learning from him how to deliver a baby, how to provide postpartum care for a mare, and how to take care of a newborn mule.

The postpartum care of mares is somewhat complicated. Bai Jingzhou not only explained it verbally and demonstrated it in person, but also wrote down all the precautions and gave them to the survivors of the bandit camp who were responsible for taking care of the mares.