I'M THE FARMGIRL YOU CAN'T MESS WITH

Chapter 231: Reciprocity

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Even if Liu Ting had the intention to repair the water conservancy facilities, it wouldn’t be done in a short period of time. Hence, he still brought people over during the day to help the Mu family build a house. At night, he would go back and think of a way to convince everyone.

First were the people from Liu clan, then the entire West Village, and finally the people from the two neighboring villages.

Madam Liu-Zhao took her sons, Liu Lang, and Liu Lun over to help plow the land. Mu Yangling pulled a plow in front while they took turns to support the plow behind. As Madam Liu-Zhao paid attention to the ground under her feet, she said, “Our family has also decided to plant about 20 acres of winter wheat. We’ll see how it goes this time. If the results are good, we’ll plant it like this next year.”

“Then after plowing my family’s land, I’ll help you plow your land.” Mu Yangling said, “Uncle and the others also have a lot of work to do. Wouldn’t it be nice if every family had an oxen? That way, it will be much easier on everyone.”

Smiling, Madam Liu-Zhao said, “That’s what rich families think. It’s already not bad for our five families to share one oxen. Who can afford it when one oxen costs eight taels of silver?”

Mu Yangling wanted to buy one. She thought that after the new house was built, she would build a row of small houses on the left side of the courtyard to store oxen.

“Aunt, since there’s no cattle farm in this county, where can we buy oxen from?”

“That depends on luck,” Madam Liu-Zhao said. “Those calves are all sold after the cows give birth. Only those in urgent need will sell adult cows. It’s because cows are rare that they’re expensive.”

“No one specializes in raising cows to sell?”

With a smile, Madam Liu-Zhao said, “I’ve only heard of people specializing in raising horses to sell. I’ve never heard of anyone specializing in raising cows to sell. Rich people don’t care for this, and only rich people can afford to raise them.”

Mu Yangling could not help but have an idea. At present, almost everyone relied on manpower to farm their land. Because of the war, labor was already in short supply. If they could ensure the supply of plowing oxen, the development of agriculture would definitely speed up.

In the first season, her experiments had already yielded results. For the planting of wheat on the high-grade land, when seeds were more densely planted and the double-sided rake was used, yield was 28 catties higher. That was when compared to planting the fields more sparsely and when covering the seeds with soil using one’s feet. For medium-grade land, the difference was 16 catties.

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