Yuanbao and Tongtong's household registrations are in Songjia'ao, and they are also villagers of Songjia'ao. However, the brothers and sisters are not members of the Song clan. Song Wufu will not call them in meetings, and girls in the clan do not have the benefit of being exempted from schooling. Tongtong’s share.
Tongtong was not surprised and shouted at Yuanbao: "I don't want to study!"
Yuan Bao ignored her and continued to wait for Song Xixi's answer.
Tongtong refused to give up, threw down his backpack and shouted at Yuanbao: "I don't want to study, and I don't want to collect herbs in the future. If you can't see me and you want to make trouble for me, just say so. There's no need for this!"
Yuan Bao was aroused, and he lowered his face and shouted at her: "If you don't want to go, you have to go. I am your brother, and you have to listen to me! If you don't listen, don't recognize me as your brother, and I don't want you like this." younger sister!"
The effect of these cruel words was amazing. Tongtong stared at Yuanbao, but did not shout out words saying "I don't recognize him."
Yuan Bao calmed down his anger and begged Song Xixi again: "Sister Xixi, is it okay?"
Song Xixi glanced at Tongtong, who was biting his lips, and told Yuanbao honestly: "The school will accept girls who are not from the same clan, but the amount of training they should pay has not yet been determined. You have to ask my grandfather about this."
After that, she reminded: "Master is very strict and will not be merciful to students who do not study well. For students who are disobedient to discipline, they may be kicked out of the school and not allowed to study."
Yuan Bao understood the implication of Song Xixi's words and said excitedly: "As long as you know how to accept it, just accept it! If my sister doesn't read it well, I will be beaten and scolded by the master. I will never hold a grudge for this!"
Song Xixi thought to herself: You don't know how to hold grudges, but it's hard to say that about the one next to you.
Fortunately, Master Xu is not a vegetarian and is not afraid of Tongtong's thorns.
Back home, Song Xixi said to Song Wufu jokingly: "Grandpa, our Song's girls' school is famous far and wide. It won't be long before many students come here because of its reputation."
Song Wufu thought she knew something and said in surprise: "Really?"
Song Xixi spoke with certainty: "I don't know if there is a girls' school in the entire Huai'an Prefecture, but we are the only one in Hongfeng Town. Those families who want their girls to become literate but cannot afford a wife will naturally not miss it."
Song Wufu happily stroked his beard: "Yes, yes, it's true! From now on, when people from the village go to town, we have to let them spread the word, and try to open another class next year, with ten or eight students."
With these ten or eight, wouldn't it be possible to save more than half of the money needed to pay for repairs? The old lady will be very happy then!
Song Xixi did not break the old man's beautiful fantasy, but she also thought that the time had come to add a technical course to the school and invite some skilled masters to teach so that the students could master the skills to make a living by their craftsmanship.
There are many skills that are suitable for the current environment, such as embroidery, straw weaving, and sculpture, but it is difficult to find masters who are willing to teach real skills, so she needs to pay attention.
As we enter May, the weather gets hotter and hotter, and it’s time to harvest potatoes.
Worried that it would be too early to dig, Song Wufu deliberately picked an auspicious day and went to the potato field to dig out one.
I don’t know if this one is particularly impressive, or if all the potatoes are growing well, but I actually dug out eight potatoes. Three of them were as big as an adult’s fist, three were slightly smaller, and the remaining two were only as big as the palm of my hand. size.
Compared with the potatoes that grew "wild" last year, could not loosen the soil, and had most of their nutrients taken away by weeds, this one is particularly outstanding in terms of quantity and size.
The Song family was so happy that they held the potatoes as if they were holding golden bumps: "Hey, the planting is done~ If every one of them is so successful, the yield per mu will be far more than we expected!"
Song Xixi was also surprised. She touched the round potatoes and asked 001: "Is the data you gave me wrong? I don't think the yield per mu is less than 1,500, right?"
001: [Different climates and different soil quality will lead to different yields. The biggest advantage of the potatoes exchanged by the host is that the taste is far superior to other varieties. If the yield is not taken into account, it will naturally fail~]
Song Xixi said in surprise: "There are different types of potatoes?"
When 001 heard this, he almost rolled his eyes: [Dogs are divided into breeds, why can’t potatoes be divided into different breeds?]
Song Xixi had nothing to say, so she opened the [Giant Panda Mall] and used the search function to find all potato varieties.
If you count carefully, there are as many as seven types.
Among them, the one with the lowest yield was the one she exchanged, with an average yield of 1,500 jins per mu; the highest yield was a white potato, with an average yield of 15,000 jins per mu.
According to 001, the texture and taste of this kind of potato are similar to the current sweet potatoes, and they are mainly used as feed to feed livestock.
Of course, to support such high yields, the demand for soil fertility is also very high, which was not suitable for the Jin Dynasty without chemical fertilizers.
The low-yield and high-quality potatoes exchanged by Songxixi are just suitable for the current planting environment, and there is nothing wrong with the exchange.
On the official day of digging potatoes, not only did the Song family carry hoes to the fields, but the villagers who had been waiting for months also left their own work and came to help with farm tools:
"Village chief, we don't want wages. When all the potatoes are dug out, let us take some home to try!"
Song Wufu waved his hand: "Sure, dig it carefully and try not to break it. Broken potatoes will rot easily and affect germination... Let's continue planting at the end of the year and try to plant more than half of the village's fields!"
The villagers were very excited: "They are all veterans of farming, so they will definitely dig well!"
The village chief has spoken and asked them to plant together at the end of the year.
This high-yielding crop, even if it doesn't taste as good as sweet potatoes, can still be stored and eaten as food.
If they harvest enough potatoes, they can catch two piglets and raise them like the village chief's family. When they sell them, they can get back several taels of silver, and the government's debt can be completely paid off.
Having experience in digging sweet potatoes, the villagers dug potatoes more skillfully than the other.
With more people and greater strength, all the potatoes in the four acres of land were dug in less than one morning.
Song Wufu kept his word and gave each person five potatoes as a thank you.
The villagers also sensed this and took away the potatoes that were accidentally dug up. Finally, the damaged potatoes were sorted out, and the rest of the land was full of good potatoes that could be planted.
Baskets of potatoes were transported to the Song family. It was not enough to dry all the rooms, so they had to borrow the Niu family's room to dry the remaining small portion.