The villagers of Xi Ling Village would often go down to the foot of the mountain to watch from time to time.
They were very law-abiding, knowing that piece of mountain had already been bought by the Mo Family, and would not rashly go up.
They just wanted to see what flowers could bloom in this season.
At the same time, they would also gather in groups of three or two, saying that the Mo Family was not in vain as nobles from the Capital city, spending so much silver to buy a piece of mountain, and it turned out to be for planting trees.
After all, they did not recognize these fruit trees, thinking they were just some special trees that could bloom...
He Zhiran did not care about the thoughts of those villagers. She and Mo Jiuye had already started preparing for the spring plowing.
Of course, she could only make suggestions and move her mouth now.
Mo Jiuye was always around her, not allowing her to have too much movement.
The neglected land had been cleared once before the frozen soil, and now it only needed to be plowed to plant.
The rabbits raised at home were increasing day by day. In addition to being busy making cold rabbit dishes every day to supply Tang Mingrui, the sisters-in-law were making doll pendants.
Lan Er and Yu Er also quickly integrated into the Mo Family's life.
They competed with each other to do housework every day, and in their spare time they would go to help Mo Hanyue take care of those pet rabbits.
There was a lot of work, and the Mo Family women couldn't keep up. They would give some of it to the women of the Xie Family and Fang Family to do together, still paying them wages according to their work, just like when making dolls.
Therefore, they really couldn't help with the farm work.
Eighth Brother had to go to the yamen every day, and Third Older Brother took Liang Hao and the others to the western border and had not returned yet.
Although Seventh Elder Brother's health had improved a lot, his strength was still not as good as that of his other brothers.
According to He Zhiran's intention, he had to recuperate for at least a few more months.
Sixth elder brother's body was basically free of impediments, and he followed Mo Jiuye and Fifth Elder Brother every day, busy with odd jobs, completely living the life of a farmer.
Such a life was not unfamiliar to the Mo family at all.
Doing things with their own hands and having adequate food and clothing every day, although it was more tiring, being together as a family made them feel more fulfilled.
The laborers Meng Huaining helped find in Yun City came in handy after finishing planting the fruit trees.
Although they were not as familiar with farming as those countrymen, who would begrudge the daily wage of thirty wen, in order not to displease their employer, they worked very hard.
He Zhiran, with her big belly, was not allowed by Mo Jiuye to work hard, so she could only tell him some methods and let him direct those people to do it.
The spring ploughing on the Mo Family's side went on vigorously.
When those indigenous villagers of Xi Ling Village saw them planting some crops they had never seen before, some kind people came to advise Mo Jiuye.
For example, the new Village Chief Zhao.
He pulled Mo Jiuye and earnestly said, "Ninth Brother, at worst I have been farming for half my life. Our land in the northwest is barren, and the climate is bad too. Not everything planted will be productive.
I can see that the Mo Family is not lacking in silver, but with so much land under cultivation, there should at least be some harvest in the autumn."
Mo Jiuye knew that Village Chief Zhao meant well for his own family.
"Village Chief Zhao, don't worry. My wife and I have asked carefully about these seeds, there is no problem planting them here at all.
Moreover, these seeds are high-yielding seeds, and the yield will definitely be considerable in the autumn harvest."
When they first came to Xi Ling Village, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran felt that the Zhou family and Zhao family were pretty good. Since they lived in the same village, they naturally wouldn't hide any good seeds they had.
But if people didn't recognize stuff, they didn't have to be eager to recommend it.
Whether it was good or bad had to be proven by the facts and yield.
Seeing that his words were completely unheeded, Village Chief Zhao could only sigh and say, "If that's the case, just try it!"
What else could he say? It was others' land, they could plant whatever they wanted, he was just giving a kind reminder, and there was nothing he could do if they didn't listen.
After Village Chief Zhao left, Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou came together by appointment.
In order to make a living, the two found a private school in Yun City to work as teachers, so they rarely appeared in the village on weekdays.
If it wasn't the spring ploughing season when the private school gave them a few days off, they wouldn't have come to find Mo Jiuye at this time either.
From their understanding of Mo Jiuye, they were very clear in their hearts that the Mo Family would never do anything without certainty.
Just like the problem Village Chief Zhao was worried about just now.
In Fang Chuanzhou and Xie Tianhai's view, no matter how rare the things planted by the Mo Family were, there would be no problems.
Just as they said themselves, they were all high-yielding crops, and the yield would be very high.
Therefore, the reason Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou came to find Mo Jiuye today was that they wanted to ask for some seeds.
Xie Tianhai was a relative of the Mo Family, so it was easier for him to speak up.
"Ninth Brother, we were thinking of buying some of these high-yielding seeds from you, what do you think?"
Xie Tianhai had also followed the local customs, calling Mo Jiuye "Ninth Brother" like the villagers.
He didn't hold back with the villagers, let alone the Xie Family and Fang Family.
"No problem, my wife said that currently the high-yielding seeds available are corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes. Which do you plan to plant?"
Anyway, his wife's space-produced seeds were not picky about seasons, and could be planted together without any problem.
Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou had tasted all three items at the Mo Family.
In their hearts, these were all good things, especially potatoes, the stir-fried dishes tasted extremely good.
"If possible, I'd like to buy some seeds of all three from you."
As for the price, Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou didn't think too much about it.
Now both their families had income, and it was no longer the time when they lacked silver. They had heard that the Mo Family's seeds were all obtained from foreigners, so the price would naturally not be too low.
It didn't matter if the seed prices were a little higher. If the yield went up, what was there to worry about losing money?
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran thought the same way, they could help people who had good relations with their family, but they couldn't help without a bottom line.
For example, these seeds basically cost them nothing, but they couldn't give them away for free.
The price was also discussed in advance between him and his wife.
"Uncles, we still have surplus seeds at home. The price of corn seeds is 50 wen per jin.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are 25 wen per jin."
Hearing the prices Mo Jiuye quoted, Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou both felt a little embarrassed.
Even if they didn't understand business, they knew that things bought from foreigners would not be cheap.
The prices the other party quoted now were probably at the expense of their own profits to take care of them.
"Ninth Brother, you selling us seeds is good enough already, don't lose money to accommodate us!"
The seed prices Mo Jiuye reported were indeed not high, but they were still much higher than the cost price. He smiled and explained, "I bought a lot at the time, so the price is cheaper without losing money. Uncles can go home and get whatever you need."
