I'M THE FARMGIRL YOU CAN'T MESS WITH

Chapter 314: Seed Selection

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Mu Yangling rubbed the seeds in her hands as she looked at Great-aunt. Great-aunt nodded slightly at her, and the shopkeeper said with a smile, “Miss Mu, don’t worry. The seeds here are all top-notch. Not to mention anything else, I guarantee that they are all first-generation. The most supple wheat seeds have been chosen and have been fully basked in the sun. You can take them back and hang them on the beam. It won’t be a problem for you to keep them for two winters.”

“If we plan to keep the seeds for two winters, we wouldn’t be buying it at this time.” Great-aunt said unhappily, “Your seeds are fine, but the price is too expensive.”

“Geez, Madam, it’s not expensive at all. Why don’t you take a look at the price of grains this year? Considering the price of grains has increased day by day ever since April, the price of my seeds is not high.” The shopkeeper complained. “If not for Miss Mu, I wouldn’t even have offered this price.”

Great-aunt sighed. This year’s grain prices were indeed very high. She thought for a moment before saying to Mu Yangling, “Ah Ling, let’s plant wheat next year. I know you like to eat rice, but rice is not easy to grow. Look at our ten acres of rice fields this year. We only collected a total of 108 catties. One acre only yielded slightly more than a catty of grains. And that’s even before grinding them into rice…”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he smiled and said, “Gosh, that’s considered a huge harvest. My family planted rice on more than eight acres and only harvested a total of three catties.”

Embarrassed, Mu Yangling asked, “Did your family harvest all the grains?”

“Who has the time to do that?” The shopkeeper said, “We took a scythe and walked in the fields, then only cut off the grains with ears. Who has the time to cut them all? Later, we just let an ox into the fields and let it eat all the rice without ears. When I harvested the grains, my wife even said that I was wasting my time.”

“You can’t say that. Three catties of grains can fill our stomachs for a day. Although we have food now, we can’t waste it.”

“My sentiments exactly. Look at those refugees outside. They can even kill someone for 0.2 catties of rice, let alone three catties of grains. Moreover, I don’t dare to say that every single one of these three catties of grains are supple, but they’re all puffed up. It just makes me feel bad to look at them. Back then, I planted more than three catties of seeds.”

Mu Yangling was originally listening with interest at the side, but when she heard this, she could not help but be surprised. She asked, “Shopkeeper, have you eaten the three catties of grains?”

“Nope. My family is used to eating noodles. Moreover, how can we eat three catties of grains? I plan to grind them together the next time I buy grains.”

Mu Yangling’s eyes lit up. “Then can you sell it to me?”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment before he replied with a smile, “Miss Mu, are you joking with me? What’s the use of these three catties of grains? If you want to buy them, I have plenty here. I can give you a good price for it.”

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