Reborn in the Seventies: Pampered Wife, Owning some Farmland
Chapter 788 - Chapter 788 Chapter 789 Ten Dollars a Pound for Grain Seeds_1

Chapter 788: Chapter 789: Ten Dollars a Pound for Grain Seeds?_1 Chapter 788: Chapter 789: Ten Dollars a Pound for Grain Seeds?_1 Others don’t have Meng Yunhan’s drought-resistant crop varieties, making the harvest difficult.

Take Yun Hai and Yun Lei’s families for example.

Zhang Cuihua and Zhao Fang wear worried expressions every day.

“Shitou, what are we going to do? The rice is drying up. If only we hadn’t signed up for the family-based production responsibility system, we wouldn’t be dealing with all this,” Zhao Fang complained to Yun Lei.

“Who could’ve predicted such a drought this year?” He has been farming the landlord’s land for many years and knows all too well that they’re at the mercy of the weather.

“If famine really strikes, I’ll go look for a job,” Yun Lei asserted, confident that if his younger siblings could find work, he could too.

Zhao Fang frowned, “Jobs aren’t that easy to come by these days.”

Yun Lei had heard that Meng Yunhan was making fifty yuan a month in Kyoto last year. He couldn’t believe that he would fail to find a good job.

“If my younger siblings could find work, so can I.”

Zhao Fang didn’t know what to say anymore. She couldn’t possibly join Shitou in job hunting, she had two children to take care of at home.

If they offended their in-laws again, no one would look after their children.

As days passed, each visit to their field revealing the grainless plants, the worry on Yun Lei’s face deepened.

“Big brother, what are you doing here?”

Yun Hai looked into the distance, “Second brother, look at that field over there. How’s the rice doing?”

Yun Lei followed Yun Hai’s pointing finger, “Isn’t that our parents’ field? It’s only been a few days since our last visit, but it looks like the stalks are about to snap under the weight of the grain.”

He stepped closer and was immediately stunned as soon as he held the heavy panicle in his hand.

He had never seen such a bountiful harvest in all the years he had been farming.

Could it be that their traditional methods were outdated?

The seeds were different. And the rice they yield was different, too.

“This plot of land could produce at least five to six hundred jin of rice,” he guessed.

If they had to pay two hundred jin of rice, they would still have over three hundred jin remaining, enough to produce somewhat two hundred jin of rice grains.

But that was just an estimate.

The panicle felt heavy and full in his hands.

When harvest began and others saw the rice, some began to feel envious and wanted to know what type of rice the elder Yuns were growing that turned out better than theirs.

The village chief decided to pay the Yuns a visit.

“Mr. Yun, your field has become quite the popular spot in the village.”

The village chief’s remark left Elder Yun stunned. He had visited the field a few days ago and the rice wasn’t ripe yet. It would probably take another week or so before they could start harvesting.

“Mr. Yun, I won’t beat around the bush. This rice variety- it’s from your youngest son’s wife in Kyoto, right?”

Yun’s wife glanced at her husband, not expecting him to share this information with the village chief.

“Yes, it was sent by Ahao’s wife in Kyoto. She bought the seeds there and shipped them to us. They cost ten yuan per jin. Buying these seeds took up two months of Ahao’s wife’s salary.”

Ten yuan per jin?

“So expensive?”

“Yes, these seeds are somewhat drought-resistant and high-yielding, so they’re a bit pricey. But in situations like this year, when there’s been no rain for more than a month and water is scarce, the yield in the fields is low.”

Even though that was the explanation, the village chief found the seeds absurdly expensive.

After seeing off the village chief, Yun’s wife quietly asked her husband, “Old man, are the seeds really that expensive?”

Elder Yun looked at his wife, “Well, they’re not that expensive, but they aren’t cheap either. I checked the field–we’ll have at least six hundred jin from that plot of land this year.”

Yun’s wife had not been to the field. When she heard what her husband said, she was surprised, “That much?”

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