Chapter 18 Rice fields destroyed

"Uncle Zhang, please leave us alone and put out the fire first. This rice field is my wife's rice farming field. We must keep it!" Dazhu shouted with tears in his eyes. They usually value this field more than anything else, so at this time

He is putting out fires desperately.

Zhang Tang also knew that the most important thing was to put out the fire, but the safety of Xu Mingchen and the others was equally important, so he ordered two long-term workers to protect Xu Mingchen and the others. At this time, the drainage ditch had been dug and water was flowing in, and the drainage ditches around the rice fields were very effective.

The ground blocked the fire, and everyone desperately used various methods to extinguish the fire. Finally, there were no flames in the dark rice fields.

After struggling to put out the fire, everyone was exhausted. Although the fire was extinguished, many people looked sad when they saw the acres of autumn rice burned in front of them. Dazhu and his children were even more sad.

He cried out to the scorched farmland.

"Why are you crying? It's just a few acres of rice. I'll just pay you money!" Xu Minghao didn't understand why Dazhu and the others were crying so sadly. The field was destroyed and they will plant it again next year. It's not worth crying like this.

Unexpectedly, Xu Minghao's words angered Dazhu. He angrily stared at Xu Minghao with tears in his eyes and said: "You, the eldest young master in a wealthy family, don't understand anything at all. This is not an ordinary rice field! If you hadn't set the fire, this rice field would have been destroyed."

It won’t be burned down at all, it’s all your fault!”

"That's right, it's your fault!" Erzhu and the others also blamed Xu Minghao.

Xu Minghao felt a little guilty, and he didn't know how to defend himself when he opened his mouth. He could only snort coldly: "At worst, I will pay you a hundred taels of silver, which is enough to buy fifty acres of land!"

"Lao Qi, what is going on?" Lin Shuran heard the conversation between several people and wondered, could this fire be related to Xu Minghao?

"What's going on? One person does the work and the other takes responsibility. I lit the fire!" Xu Minghao didn't seem to be afraid that Lin Shuran would be angry at all. It was just a matter of whether the woman dared to hit him.

Lin Shuran was naturally very angry when she heard what he said. Just like Dazhu said, this rice field is really important. However, she did not scold Xu Minghao loudly. She just calmed herself down and ordered the children to go back to their respective homes first.

Find each mother to wash up and change clothes.

"Mother, seventh brother didn't do it on purpose!" Lin Shuran silently led Xu Mingchen and the others towards the farm. The depressing atmosphere made Xu Mingchen couldn't help but walk behind Lin Shuran and explain in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shuran turned around and gave him a comforting smile and said: "I understand that although he is very naughty and loves to cause trouble, he is also a kind-hearted child. What I am angry about is not that the rice fields were destroyed, but that you were put in danger.

It was my fault!"

"This has nothing to do with mother!" Xu Mingchen could feel that Lin Shuran had always been tolerant and friendly to them. In fact, she didn't have to worry so much about their stepsons. She would naturally not have troubles regardless of them, but deep down in his heart, he and

The younger brothers actually expected such a person to appear to discipline them.

"Ever since I married your father, everything you say and do has something to do with me!" Lin Shuran's tone became rare and solemn. Xu Mingchen and the Xu family brothers behind him both lowered their heads. Seeing this, Lin Shuran again

He comforted them and said, "Okay, it's okay now. You go back and wash up. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some meals later. If you want to go back to the house, I'll have someone take you back!"

Was Lin Shuran disappointed with them and disliked them? The brothers of the Xu family felt a little uncomfortable, and Xu Minghao felt even more unhappy.

After returning to the farm, servants brought a change of clothes and food to Xu Mingchen and the others. Not long after, Zhang Tang, the manager of the farm, came to tell them that a groom had already tied up the carriage outside. If they wanted to go back home,

You can go back now.

"Manager Zhang, won't mother come back with us?" The Xu family brothers didn't seem to be very interested in going back. They wanted to go back the day they first arrived, but now they feel like they were disgusted and driven away when they returned home.

Zhang Tang replied: "Miss will stay at the farm to deal with things. The burned rice field is the rice seed that Miss promised to leave for others for the coming year. Now that the rice seeds have been destroyed, Miss has to find other ways to replace the rice seeds."

"Manager Zhang, are those rice seeds important?" Xu Mingchen didn't expect that a lady like Lin Shuran would value the fields so much.

Zhang Tang nodded, sighed slightly and said: "Those rice seeds are all the hard work of the lady over the past three years. The young masters don't know that the maximum yield of rice grown in other people's best rice fields is only four hundred per acre."

Jin, the lady re-selected rice seeds and fertilized the rice fields in the first year she lived in the farm. That year, the farm produced 600 jins of rice per acre. In the second year, she continued to improve the rice seeds and soil quality, and the rice produced per acre was

We have harvested 800 jins. This is the third year. We have already harvested three acres of rice, and the yield has reached 1,000 jins.”

After that, Zhang Tang also told Xu Mingchen and others that the land in the southern suburbs of the capital was barren, and most of the people nearby were cultivating wasteland. Three years ago, Lin Shuran told the people in the surrounding mountains some methods of improving soil quality, and promised to give them some high-yielding methods.

Rice seeds, maybe the southern suburbs will be full of fragrant rice next year, but now that the rice seeds are gone, everyone is disappointed and sad.

Hearing what Zhang Tang said, the Xu brothers lowered their heads again. Xu Minghao also knew that he seemed to be in big trouble this time. Xu Mingxuan, who was puzzled, looked at Xu Mingfan, who always knew the most, and asked: "Fourth brother, what are you doing?"

Is one thousand kilograms of acres of land a lot?”

"A lot. According to the records in the book, the rice yield per mu in our country during the good years was usually three to four hundred kilograms. In the disaster years, some places even had no harvest. If what Manager Zhang said is true, the rice yield per mu can reach one thousand kilograms.

Then we in the Jin Dynasty will no longer have people starve to death!" Xu Mingfan's eyes showed shock. Is his "mother" so capable? She really doesn't look like a boudoir daughter from a scholarly family!

"Manager Zhang, please go back to your mother. We have no plans to leave the farm and go back home. We haven't finished what our mother punished us for, and the fire started because of us. We are willing to be punished!" Xu Mingchen

I don’t want to be a person who runs away when I make a mistake.

Zhang Tang had no choice but to report the decision of Xu Mingchen and others to Lin Shuran. After hearing this, Lin Shuran just nodded and said nothing more.

In her eyes, every child has a kind and innocent side. This time, the Xu family brothers did not choose to escape after making a mistake. In her opinion, it was a good start. Children can be taught, and she was naturally willing to guide them to stay away.

detour.

That night, except for the youngest three Lin Shuran, he called all the ten brothers of the Xu family to him. Looking at their guilty faces, he said: "Since you said you are willing to be punished, then starting from tomorrow, you and I will be punished."

Dazhu and Erzhu are the same. When they go into the mountains, you should follow them into the mountains. When they enter the school, you should also follow them into the school. Don't lose the integrity and face of your Xu family."

"Don't worry, mother, we won't disgrace the family tradition!" Xu Mingchen took the lead and promised, and the others also nodded. They will not lose to Dazhu and the others again.
Chapter completed!