Chapter 517: Winter wheat harvest (1)
A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 517: Winter wheat harvest (1)
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A few days ago, she had promised Xu Zhengyong to prepare medicinal materials for him. But in reality, aside from the herbs produced from the medicinal field she managed together with Xie Yingying in Xingshan County, she had no other sources.
Moreover, the field she and Xie Yingying ran only grew four relatively scarce base ingredients for wound medicine and they were the easier ones to cultivate.
Xiumei nodded. “That’s exactly what Guard Jing said. He also mentioned they’ve already stocked some medicinal materials there for you, Miss.”
“That’s wonderful!” Wei Ruo couldn’t hide her .
Xiumei was also delighted. “Second Young Master is really thoughtful. Even though he’s not in Taizhou Prefecture, it’s like he’s in perfect sync with you. He understands your difficulties and helps you out of urgent situations.”
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ruo said, “Later, ask Guard Jing if he can help deliver a letter to my second brother.”
“Alright, I’ll go find him right away!”
Without waiting, Xiumei immediately ran off.
Wei Ruo then sat at her desk, picked up a brush, and began to think about her reply to Wei Jinyi.
Xiumei returned shortly after with Jing Hu’s response, “Guard Jing said he can deliver the reply, but he can’t guarantee when it will reach Second Young Master.”
“As long as it can be delivered, that’s enough.”
Wei Ruo wasn’t in a hurry.
So she continued writing at her desk. Unlike Wei Jinyi, who was sparing with words, she wrote freely—filling three full pages in no time.
Most of it was about trivial, everyday matters, recounting what had happened recently, except for the incident where she had been slapped. That was something she didn’t want Wei Jinyi to know.
After sealing the letter in an envelope, she had Xiumei pass it to Jing Hu.
The winter wheat planted on Wei Ruo’s estate in the prefectural city had been sown a few days later than that in Xingshan County, so the harvest also came a bit later.
Once harvesting began, everyone on the estate became busy.
For several consecutive days, they worked from dawn till dusk. The previously empty granaries were quickly filled to the brim with wheat.
The joy of harvest spread across everyone in the estate.
Wei Ruo was naturally very happy as well, she loved the feeling of seeing the granaries filled with grain.
No matter how this year’s rice harvest would turn out, with this batch of wheat alone, her estate would not lack food by year’s end.
Steward Yu excitedly reported to her, “Miss, our wheat yield has reached 1,000 jin per mu! I can hardly believe it, it’s actually real! One mu of land yielding 1,000 jin of wheat!”
In previous years, although their estate mainly grew rice, they would still allocate a small portion of land for wheat. The yield was usually around 300 to 500 jin per mu. Reaching 500 jin per mu was already considered a bumper harvest.
“But now the yield per mu has actually reached 1,000 jin! The people on the estate were all stunned.
In fact, even before the harvest, when everyone saw the wheat ears—full, large, and heavy—they already had a feeling that this year’s crop would be very good. But no one expected it to reach a yield of 1,000 jin per mu*.
These were seeds produced from her own space, so their quality was naturally far beyond that of the local varieties.
Moreover, the field she and Xie Yingying ran only grew four relatively scarce base ingredients for wound medicine and they were the easier ones to cultivate.
Xiumei nodded. “That’s exactly what Guard Jing said. He also mentioned they’ve already stocked some medicinal materials there for you, Miss.”
“That’s wonderful!” Wei Ruo couldn’t hide her .
Xiumei was also delighted. “Second Young Master is really thoughtful. Even though he’s not in Taizhou Prefecture, it’s like he’s in perfect sync with you. He understands your difficulties and helps you out of urgent situations.”
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ruo said, “Later, ask Guard Jing if he can help deliver a letter to my second brother.”
“Alright, I’ll go find him right away!”
Without waiting, Xiumei immediately ran off.
Wei Ruo then sat at her desk, picked up a brush, and began to think about her reply to Wei Jinyi.
Xiumei returned shortly after with Jing Hu’s response, “Guard Jing said he can deliver the reply, but he can’t guarantee when it will reach Second Young Master.”
“As long as it can be delivered, that’s enough.”
Wei Ruo wasn’t in a hurry.
So she continued writing at her desk. Unlike Wei Jinyi, who was sparing with words, she wrote freely—filling three full pages in no time.
Most of it was about trivial, everyday matters, recounting what had happened recently, except for the incident where she had been slapped. That was something she didn’t want Wei Jinyi to know.
After sealing the letter in an envelope, she had Xiumei pass it to Jing Hu.
The winter wheat planted on Wei Ruo’s estate in the prefectural city had been sown a few days later than that in Xingshan County, so the harvest also came a bit later.
-winter wheat
Once harvesting began, everyone on the estate became busy.
For several consecutive days, they worked from dawn till dusk. The previously empty granaries were quickly filled to the brim with wheat.
The joy of harvest spread across everyone in the estate.
Wei Ruo was naturally very happy as well, she loved the feeling of seeing the granaries filled with grain.
No matter how this year’s rice harvest would turn out, with this batch of wheat alone, her estate would not lack food by year’s end.
Steward Yu excitedly reported to her, “Miss, our wheat yield has reached 1,000 jin per mu! I can hardly believe it, it’s actually real! One mu of land yielding 1,000 jin of wheat!”
In previous years, although their estate mainly grew rice, they would still allocate a small portion of land for wheat. The yield was usually around 300 to 500 jin per mu. Reaching 500 jin per mu was already considered a bumper harvest.
“But now the yield per mu has actually reached 1,000 jin! The people on the estate were all stunned.
In fact, even before the harvest, when everyone saw the wheat ears—full, large, and heavy—they already had a feeling that this year’s crop would be very good. But no one expected it to reach a yield of 1,000 jin per mu*.
Wei Ruo smiled. “The wheat seeds we used are carefully cultivated and refined, so the yield is naturally much higher than what you’ve planted before.”*It means the field produces about 500 kg of wheat from a plot the size of a small field (1 mu), which is considered a very high yield.
These were seeds produced from her own space, so their quality was naturally far beyond that of the local varieties.
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