The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 73 - 71 Buying Land
Chapter 73: Chapter 71 Buying Land
Chapter 73 -71 Buying Land
Ruo Xuan listened to the village chief’s words and explained in a childish voice, “I’ll buy the wasteland too, but the barren hills are even cheaper, buy one acre and get one free. Plus, I’m thinking of planting medicinal herbs and fruit trees on the barren hills.”
The wasteland in Shaxi County is mostly too low-lying, and many medicinal plants and fruits are not suitable to be grown in such damp soil, so it is better to buy the barren hills.
The village chief was surprised, “Planting medicinal herbs, fruit trees? Both are not easy to cultivate! If you can grow medicinal plants, that’s great, and they will be easy to sell. But fruit trees take many years to grow, and if you’re unlucky, the fruit they produce can be sour and no one will buy them, and the harvest can be unstable, with good and bad years. Often it’s a full tree of fruit one year, and sparse the next, not easy to grow!”
“I’ve seen someone plant sweet oranges, it took several years for the trees to grow up and bear fruit. But after a few years, they were hit by pests, and the entire orchard got sick and couldn’t be used! And that plot of land couldn’t be used to plant oranges again. Big loss! And they still had to pay the land tax every year, really not worth it.”
The village chief had lived for decades and had seen many who ended up losing a lot through fruit tree cultivation, so he was sincerely advising them.
Ruo Xuan knew that the village chief was kindly reminding her, and she smiled and said, “Thank you, village chief, I know! It’s okay, if we can’t grow medicinal herbs and fruit trees on the barren hills, we can still plant other things. Planting trees, raising chickens is also possible. But rest assured, our family will definitely be able to successfully grow fruit trees and medicinal plants! If the village chief wants to plant too, you can also buy some barren land and hills, and I’ll teach you how to plant them when the time comes.”
If a fruit tree is grown from a seed, of course it takes many years to bear fruit.
But Ruo Xuan knew how to cultivate saplings and how to make fruit trees grow faster and better, and at best, they could bear fruit within a year of planting.
Of course, which trees will bear sweet fruit and which will bear sour ones, the trees probably won’t know as well as Ruo Xuan does.
Ruo Xuan would definitely choose those trees that bore fruit that were big, sweet, and plentiful.
Xuanbao talked too much, and Granny Lei, out of a desire to protect her granddaughter, added, “Village chief, don’t worry, my fifth son said he knows how to plant some medicinal herbs and fruit trees, that’s why we’re planning to buy the wasteland to plant them.”
It turns out Ruo Shan understood, so once the village chief heard this, he didn’t persuade further.
As Ruo Shan worked as an attendant in a medical clinic, perhaps he really had learned the skill of planting medicinal herbs, and the chief was happy for the Ruo Family too.
In these days, finding a way to make money is truly difficult, and planting medicinal herbs is really profitable!
The village chief happily said, “That’s the case; you should buy more. The barren hills are indeed cheap, one tael of silver per acre, buy one get one free. Wasteland goes for two taels per acre, truly the hills are more economical.”
Shaxi County is close to the sea, but Xishui Village is inside the mountains, where there’s no shortage of hills.
Hence, the village chief took the two to see several barren hills nearby the village.
Ruo Xuan liked two hills that were not too tall and had steeper slopes, with water sources close by at the foot of the hills. There was also a stretch of sandy land there, very suitable for planting crops with tuberous roots like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and watermelons.
She was very satisfied and said, “Village chief, I want these two barren hills, and also the sandy land at the base of the mountains.”
Granny Lei was also very satisfied, “These two are indeed good, not too tall, with more areas that can be cultivated, and convenient to manage.”
The village chief was startled again, buying so much, both hills?
Even with a buy one get one free offer, that would almost cost two hundred taels!
He had thought they were planning to buy a small hill with just a few dozen acres.
Indeed, everyone in the Ruo Family had skills, and they were bound to rise sooner or later.
“Previously, someone from the Governor’s Office measured them, I remember one was over one hundred sixty acres, the other was over one hundred thirty acres. Together, they were just over three hundred acres in total, which is like buy one get one free. That sandy land should be about forty acres, and it could be even cheaper, I’ll go to the Governor’s Office and ask.”
Ruo Xuan sweetly said, “Thank you, village chief, later when I have harvested fruits and raised chickens, I will send some to village chief.”
The village chief laughed heartily at her words, “Haha… good, then I’ll wait to eat the fruits and chickens that Xuanbao grows.”
Once they had confirmed which wasteland and barren hills the Ruo Family wanted to buy, the three of them walked back to the village.
The village chief was very pleased, “I’ll go to the Governor’s Office this afternoon and help you buy those two hills and the wasteland. At the same time, I’ll buy some rice seeds to bring back, and tonight I’ll start to cultivate seedlings. To try planting three-season rice.”
Xuanbao handed over the silver note worth two hundred taels to the village chief and said, “Grandpa Chief, there’s no need to buy rice seeds. When the time comes, just take some from my home, I guarantee high yield.”
Plants understand plants, and Xuanbao could tell at a glance which species of rice would be high-yielding.
In the previous years, the Ruo Family’s fields had been plagued by evil spirits. Under the oppression of an imbalance between the yin and the yang, many of the rice plants had become male-sterile year after year. Since rice plants are self-pollinating, if the male part is sterile, they can only crossbreed. Therefore, the rice harvested this season, which was mostly crossbred rice grains, had been nourished and improved by spiritual energy, the Five-Colored Divine Stone, and the soil from the Nine Heavens, making it an excellent high-yield grain for seeding!
The village chief thought of how the Ruo Family’s rice had come from behind to take the lead this year, maturing quickly, with every grain plump and a high yield per acre of over five hundred jin. He didn’t hesitate any longer and nodded, “Alright! Then I won’t be polite.”
After returning to the village, the village chief drove a real ox cart into the city.
When Xuanbao got home, she said she wanted to select the grain seeds.
Granny Lei asked Ruo Hai to help carry two bags of rice grains and pour them onto a bamboo-woven mat.
Madam Liu saw it and said, “Are you picking out the grain seeds so soon?”
Madam Jiang also said, “There’s no need to rush!”
Granny Lei explained, “Xuanbao said that our climate here can support three rice harvests a year. We should select some grain seeds and start cultivating the seedlings.”
Upon hearing this, the entire family was stunned.
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Madam Jiang: “But there’s hardly any rain in autumn and winter, and rice requires lots of water. It doesn’t seem suitable, does it?”
Being a local of Shaxi County, she had never seen anyone grow rice for three seasons.
Granny Lei smiled and replied, “It doesn’t hurt to try.”
Hearing this, Madam Jiang didn’t say anything more.
Ruo Hai was originally teaching some kids martial arts, but as soon as they heard that seeds were being selected, they all sneakily ran over to help, wanting to dodge the hard work.
Training in martial arts was too exhausting!
Their uncle was too strict!
Their legs trembled from holding the horse stance.
Only Ruo Zhou continued to persist. He was preparing for the competition at Dengfeng Martial Arts Academy, and he couldn’t afford to complain about being tired or in pain.
“Sister, how do we select these? To me, every grain looks the same,” Ruo Xian said, examining two seeds but failing to spot any differences.
“Right! Where’s the difference?” Ruo Hang scratched his head; he couldn’t see it either.
Ruo Bo was still comparing, trying to discern any slight differences.
Xuanbao picked out two plump, golden, slightly pointed grains with clear lines and showed them, explaining gently, “….See? These tend to yield more!”
Three little heads shook in unison: “Can’t see it!”
Xuanbao: “…”
Forget it, she might as well do it herself!
In the evening, the village chief returned from the city, hurriedly jumping off the ox cart and rushing into the Ruo Family’s yard:
“Sister-in-law, Xuanbao, I have great news!”
