Chapter 334 Potato Doggerel

I don’t know why, but the two villagers were digging potatoes and humming songs they learned from somewhere.

"Potatoes can be dug anywhere. Potatoes can be dug in the fields or in the mountains. One dug fills a basket or a sack."

"Potatoes can be dug anywhere. Potatoes can be dug in the fields. Potatoes can be dug on the slopes. One dug fills a basket. One dug fills a truck."

This rumor originated from Taohua Village, but it was not said by Bai Tao, but by the big guy.

When he was picking potatoes with the villagers, he suddenly started shouting. Because it was easy to pronounce and the tones were high and low, the villagers learned it after listening two or three times.

The rumor was fresh in Taohua Village for a few days, and then when people in the upper and lower villages started digging potatoes, it was spread by the children in the school.

By the time Bai Tao found out, the rumor had already spread throughout Junji Town along with the potatoes.

No matter if it was a potato vendor or someone eating potato chips in the town, when they heard others singing this catchy rhyme, they couldn't help but join in.

In less than a month, potatoes spread throughout Dongzhou, not to mention border countries and forces such as Liang and Qi, which were close to Junji Town.

However, this is all a matter later.

It was late June at this time.

After digging potatoes for three or four days, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming could not help but ask Bai Dazhi for advice. To be precise, they came to inquire on behalf of the villagers.

"Master Bai, since the young master said that crops should be planted twice a year, we naturally dare not delay. I just don't know how much the seeds will cost."

They did not forget that Taohua Village provided this high-yield grain seed for free.

Although they were busy turning the soil and harvesting potatoes these days, they did not forget this crop.

Even if the yield per mu is 600 kilograms, if 30% is given to Taohua Village, they can feed their families for a year, let alone if the yield per mu exceeds 1,000 kilograms.

Now people from the upper and lower villages are not afraid that Taohua Village will not collect money, but they are afraid that there will be no high-yield grain seeds.

Because of the special climate caused by the geographical location of Junji Mountain, the late rice seedlings will be grown in the next few days, so Bai Dazhi was not surprised at all about the two people's inquiries.

"We are currently planting rice seedlings, and three to four kilograms of seeds are enough for one mu of general grain."

Bai Dazhi: "A pound of rice seeds costs 500 coins. You can buy as much as you want based on the number of acres you plant. You can calculate the amount and report it to us."

Is it expensive to buy grain at five hundred coins per pound? Of course it is expensive.

In the past, those grain seeds only cost a hundred coins, but they could produce a thousand kilograms per mu, so they were not expensive when calculated this way.

After growing high-yield crops, they would be unwilling to go back to growing the ordinary, low-yield crops they used to grow.

Not to mention five hundred coins per catty, even if it was eight or nine hundred coins per catty, everyone would be willing to pay.

"Our aunt said that if we plant two crops of rice this year, we will plant wheat next year."

"Or you can change the late rice to winter wheat. But there is still more than a month before wheat planting, and it would be a pity to leave the fields uncultivated."

When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately said, "Let's plant rice first this year. We just harvested one season, and everyone is just getting started. Planting one more season will give us more experience."

Since Mr. Bai did not directly order the planting of wheat, it is up to everyone to choose. Naturally, the high-yield rice is more popular at the moment.

Bai Dazhi nodded: "That's fine."

"This wheat, our aunt chose a new high-yield variety. Even in sandy conditions, it can produce 1,000 kilograms per mu."

One thousand catties per mu?

It was still sandy land. Although they had seen the valuable rice before, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming were still shocked to hear that wheat could produce 1,000 kilograms per mu.

Bai Dazhi seemed not to notice the two people's astonishment and continued, "Now that you have confirmed it, just report it."

When Kong Daming heard this, he immediately said, "Let's plant another crop of rice, and wait until next year for wheat."

Zhou Yang also nodded in agreement.

Although wheat also produces 1,000 kilograms per mu, as long as rice is planted for a year, everyone will have food in their hands, and if anything happens next year, no one will starve.

Although the possibility of this happening is not high, everyone is in the mood for rice right now.

Bai Dazhi: "Okay. Then you can register and prepare the money in the next two days, and then you can pick up the grain seeds according to the list."

"Thank you. I'll trouble you, Master Bai."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Master Bai."

As for preparing money, it’s just a brief notice.

Every household in Shangcun and Xiacun uses the bank card of Baijiabao Caravan, and everyone is now accustomed to using bank cards for transactions.

Bai Dazhi continued flipping through the notebook while saying, "After the potatoes are harvested, it's time to start raising seedlings, and then harvest the sweet potatoes. After the sweet potatoes are dug, it's time to plant rice seedlings."

"It is indeed the busy farming season these days. You two should pay more attention to the villagers and prevent them from getting too tired."

Zhou Yang and Kong Daming thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Master Bai, for your concern."

Bai Dazhi: “You’re welcome.” He thought to himself, you can’t get too tired, otherwise, who will farm the fields?

Kong Daming remembered and said hurriedly: "By the way, Master Bai, we also hired a tiller."

"Yes, yes, yes, we have to hire him. We have to hire him." Zhou Yang also spoke quickly.

Using a tillage machine saves a lot of time and effort. Otherwise, how could anyone bear the busy work without touching the ground during this period of time?

Bai Dazhi: "Okay, I'll register."

"By the way, how are the pigs in your two villages doing?"

Zhou Yang smiled: "Very good."

Kong Daming: "Master Bai, don't you guys grow a lot of sweet potatoes? In addition to cutting grass for the pigs, you also cut some sweet potato vines from time to time and chop them up to feed the pigs. The pigs are doing very well."

"Yes." Zhou Yang: "Let's not talk about this. I almost forgot. My wife said that the pig feed at home is almost gone, and asked me to buy two bags to take back."

Zhou Yang's family raised six pigs at once, so naturally they needed some pig concentrate feed.

Because they are fed with concentrated feed and pig grass, the pigs have grown a lot of meat and now weigh over 100 kilograms.

In the past, it might take at least a year to raise a pig and then slaughter it. But according to this situation, it will probably be ready for slaughter in about four months, and by then it will weigh at least 200 kilograms.

After hearing this, Bai Dazhi smiled and said, "Two hundred kilograms is nothing. Our aunt said that if the coarse and fine feeds are well matched, it is not difficult to get two hundred and thirty or forty kilograms per head."

In fact, this is an understatement. These pig breeds were improved by the mall by mating the white jade pigs from the cultivation world according to Bai Tao's requirements. Not only do they have good meat quality, but they can also grow to 280 to 300 kilograms.

Kong Daming's family has many people, and his younger brother used to be a butcher, so the family raised six pigs at first. Two months later, five more were added, and now there are eleven pigs in total.

Zhou Yang and Kong Daming were very happy to hear Bai Dazhi say this.

If we kill such a big pig during the Chinese New Year, we can have a lot of meat to eat.