northernbook Chapter 253 Facing this tremendous achievement
Chapter 253 Facing this tremendous achievement
Chapter 253 Facing this tremendous achievement
The next day—
Xia Mo went to the fields to check on the rice, and Gao Lizheng sent his youngest son along so that Xia Mo could meet with Gao Laowu.
Gao Li had already told Gao Laowu what he was here for, and upon seeing Xia Mo, the little girl he considered his younger sister, he felt embarrassed for the first time.
Xia Mo called out confidently, "Fifth Brother Gao."
Gao Laowu nodded sheepishly.
"Brother Gao Wu, I've heard everything from my parents. You've been helping to check on the fields. It's wonderful that everyone in the village is united," Xia Mo said sincerely.
Gao Laowu nodded shyly, then secretly glanced at Xia Mo, wanting to see if Xia Mo would blush with excitement.
Xia Mo feigned surprise and said, "Brother Gao Wu, why are you being so hesitant? It's so strange."
Gao Laowu was taken aback, puzzled, and wondered: Didn't Uncle Xia tell Xia Xiaomei that they were on a blind date?
"Uh... Momo, did Aunt Xia say anything to you?" Gao Laowu, feeling uneasy, spoke in increasingly soft voices, as if afraid that Xia Mo would hear him.
Summer feigned confusion and asked, "What does Mother want to tell me?"
Gao Laowu swallowed again, unable to speak.
He's too embarrassed to say it!
"Brother Gao Wu, do you know about the outside world?" Xia Mo asked, looking at her family's rice paddies with admiration.
"What?" Gao Laowu, who was nervous, seemed to have thought of something. His face turned a little ugly, but he still maintained his smile.
"I've been to Lingzhou Prefecture and seen its grand docks; I've been to Haozhou Prefecture and seen the finest double-sided embroidery; I've been to the capital..."
Xia Mo said in an admiring tone.
Hearing Xia Mo say these things, Gao Laowu, who was already feeling anxious, became even more nervous and confused. He couldn't understand why Xia Mo was telling him all this.
"Brother Gao Wu, have you ever thought about going out and seeing the world while you're still young and haven't started a family yet?" Xia Mo turned her head and looked sincerely at Gao Laowu.
Gao Laowu roughly understood what "late summer" meant.
He was unsure whether to laugh or cry, staring blankly into Xia Mo's clear and bright gaze.
"You know my father wanted me to meet you... right?" Gao Laowu's voice was trembling with sobs; he was truly on the verge of tears.
Xia Mo nodded generously and whispered, "Brother Gao Wu, I have a little secret to tell you, but you have to keep it a secret for me."
“…Alright,” Gao Laowu felt a pang of pain in his heart. What else could he say? He naturally agreed.
"I have a lover outside, and he said he will wait until I turn eighteen before proposing to me," Xia Mo whispered.
Gao Laowu was taken aback at first, then looked sadly at Xia Mo and asked in a low voice, "Xia Xiaomei, don't you... have any feelings for me at all?"
Xia Mo exclaimed in surprise, "You're my fifth brother Gao!"
She replied that way on purpose; she still couldn't develop much affection for the people in this village.
Gao Laowu lowered his head in frustration and said, "I understand."
Xia Mo smiled and waved happily to Gao Laowu as he left.
When Gao Laowu got home, he told Xia Mo about her lack of interest in him, but he didn't mention that Xia Mo already had a lover outside.
Gao Laowu remembered that Xia Mo had told him that this was a secret between them, so he couldn't tell her and couldn't betray the trust Xia Mo had placed in him.
When Gao Lizheng heard that Xia Mo didn't mean it that way, he didn't press the matter and nodded, thus letting the matter drop.
* * *
Xia Mo said she would go to the capital soon, but in reality, she didn't go so soon.
As October draws to a close—
The Xia family's second rice harvest has been bountiful!
People from Anjia Village, nearby villages, and even Anping County came to watch.
Meanwhile, other families had already turned over the soil and planted vegetables in their rice paddies. The onlookers ignored the vegetables and stepped directly into other people's fields, just to watch the Xia family's second rice harvest.
Together with Gao Lizheng, Xia's father and the villagers of Anjia Village worked together to protect the eight acres of farmland and prevent outsiders from getting close.
Brother Xia, Second Brother Xia, Mother Xia, and the people from Anjia Village were harvesting quickly in the fields.
The rice paddies on the eight acres of land were not mixed together, but kept separate.
There were people harvesting rice, and others immediately helping to thresh the grains and put them into bags; the division of labor was clear.
Eight acres of rice paddies were harvested and the rice was sorted out in just one day.
Country folk are frugal and afraid of wasting food, so they pick up even the grains that fall in the fields.
Next, the rice will be weighed.
People inside and outside the area held their breath, watching the large scale hook up the bags of millet, lift them up, and weigh them.
"This bag contains fifty catties of millet."
"Fifty catties and two ounces..."
One mu of land yielded a full twelve bags of millet, each weighing fifty jin!
"His-"
"My goodness, one acre yielded 600 catties of millet!"
"Did you miscalculate?! No, you have to add it again!"
"My fields only yield 380 catties per mu, but the Xia family's rice is going to be a miracle!"
"I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
"..."
The moment the yield of over 600 jin of rice from one mu of land was announced, everyone present was excited, and heavy breathing could be heard.
"Hahaha……"
After a moment of stunned silence, Xia's father and the others burst into laughter.
"Here, this is a record book of the new rice cultivation method!" Xia Erge had already copied twenty copies of the book on the new rice cultivation method and immediately distributed them to the farmers who were watching.
Those who were lucky enough to receive a copy held it in their arms like a precious treasure, extremely excited.
"I gave you this booklet not so you could keep it all to yourself. We studied this planting method so that everyone could grow a bumper rice harvest! I hope you won't let us down and will share this planting method with others!" Brother Xia shouted at the top of his lungs.
Xia Mo used his divine sense to amplify Xia Erge's voice.
People who were several circles around the arena all heard Brother Xia's shout.
Those who didn't receive a rice planting booklet were initially stunned, but then they also became overjoyed.
"Thank you, Xia family! Thank you, Second Young Master Xia! Thank you, thank you..."
Those who came from the county town to watch, even though they didn't own any land, all showed expressions of envy.
That is, at this moment...
"Make way! Make way, the magistrate is here!"
With these shouts, the people surrounding the area made way for Magistrate Feng, who was dressed in official robes and had only taken office this year, to walk to the center of the encirclement.
Magistrate Feng went to the center of the city and asked his advisor to confirm again.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The conclusion made Magistrate Feng laugh heartily. Faced with this enormous achievement, Magistrate Feng was torn between reason and greed. In the end, Magistrate Feng's reason was taken over by greed.
If he could claim this tremendous credit for himself, he could be promoted to prefect, or even go to the capital to become an official! That would be like soaring to the top!
When Magistrate Feng thought of that situation, his hands trembled with excitement.
Magistrate Feng loudly proclaimed, "I have governed effectively, and my fields have yielded a grain yield of 600 jin per mu!"
Xia Mo also used his divine sense to amplify Magistrate Feng's voice, so that the thousands of people present could clearly hear what Magistrate Feng was saying.
Of course, she did this not to please Magistrate Feng.
A cold laugh echoed as summer drew to a close.
She wants to claim credit for her family's work too?!