The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 213 - 209: Panic Buying

Chapter 213: Chapter 209: Panic Buying

Too many people were clamoring for rice seeds, and the scene was extremely chaotic. In the midst of the commotion, shoving and jostling could easily lead to accidents, and Ruo Shui, fearing trouble, hurriedly soothed everyone loudly, "Everybody, don’t rush. All our rice has been turned over to the Imperial Court. The Governor’s Office will distribute it in due time. After the autumn harvest, you can just go to the Governor’s Office to buy it. This time, the official fields also planted the third crop of rice, so everyone needn’t worry about there being no seeds for sale. Moreover, the seeds for this third crop were selected from the late rice. If there isn’t enough this time, there will be another batch after the autumn harvest. We absolutely won’t run out of seeds."

County Magistrate Zhang also quickly added his voice, "That’s right, I guarantee that the third crop rice seeds from our Shaxi County will be more than sufficient for all the villagers to plant. So there’s no need to rush to buy rice seeds. Let the Ruo Family first weigh out this harvest. And the seeds must be carefully selected."

Still, some people were not at ease, thinking that buying early would set their minds at rest. They stubbornly pleaded with the Ruo Family’s people to agree to sell them a few kilograms first, fearing they wouldn’t be able to buy them later.

"There’s no need to pick, I just want to use the rice from that plot which yielded one thousand six hundred and thirty-six kilograms per acre as seed! Ruo Shui, Uncle Niu once carried you down the mountain. Sell me a few dozen kilograms of seeds. Won’t you grant your uncle this favor?"

"Me too, Ruo Shui, sell me thirty kilograms. I’ve seen your family’s grains passing through the winnowing machine and not a single grain was shriveled! I’ve checked, each and every grain is plump, suitable for seed. Auntie held you when you were little and gave you a piece of sugar cane, haven’t you forgotten? Sell Auntie thirty kilograms first!"

"Granny Lei, your sixth child was delivered by my own hands..."

One by one, they began to invoke relationships in their eagerness to secure some seeds, bringing up anything and everything. Others who had been reassured by the County Magistrate’s promise and were not initially worried also dared not give up, and they followed suit, pestering the Ruo Family’s people.

If they didn’t, they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to buy any later, or that prices would be too high and they wouldn’t be able to afford it.

After all, the news of a yield of a thousand kilograms per acre would likely attract people from other counties to come and buy.

There were only so many seeds, and with silver to be made, if someone was willing to pay a high price, they couldn’t believe that the Ruo Family and the Governor’s Office wouldn’t sell to them instead. How could it be their turn, these ordinary people, to buy?

Just as with grain in a year of disaster, which was exorbitantly priced, they wanted to buy but couldn’t.

Seeing this, Ruo Xuan realized that if she didn’t agree to these people’s requests, it would be difficult to continue weighing the rice. There were still many more bushels of rice waiting to be weighed and tallied.

This was the power of numbers: things got done quickly, but too many people also meant trouble.

Ruo Xuan, taking Xuanyuan Que by the hand, made her way to a table.

This table had been brought out earlier to record the yields. It was extra and now served perfectly for registering those interested in purchasing seeds.

There were also extra pen, ink, paper, and inkstone readily available.

Ruo Xuan stood in front of the table and called out loudly, "Any uncles, aunts, brothers or sisters who wish to buy seeds, come here and register with me. Once the seeds are selected, you all can come and buy. As long as you’re registered, we will certainly reserve some for you."

Ruo Xuan used her Spiritual Power to amplify her voice, catching everyone’s attention.

Upon hearing this, the villagers quickly surrounded the table in front of her.

Ruo Xuan handed Xuanyuan Que a writing brush and said, "Brother Xuanyuan, let’s register together!"

Little Xuanhua was increasingly adept at commanding the Divine Monarch, not giving a second thought to whether he would refuse or not.

After all, he had never refused her before, so she had grown accustomed to expecting his agreement.

County Magistrate Zhang felt that Xuanbao was truly very clever. She had quickly come up with a solution for such a large gathering. This shrewdness was just too endearing.

He immediately spoke out in support, "My fellow villagers, if you wish to purchase rice seeds, you may register over there with Xuanbao. When the time comes, bring your household registry and land titles to the Governor’s Office to buy. The amount is not for you to decide, as the Governor’s Office will distribute the seeds based on the number of people and the land they own. You heard that, so come over and line up. No cutting in line, no making trouble, or else you will lose the right to buy the seeds."

Upon hearing this, the villagers obediently queued up at the table in front of Ruo Xuan. Even those unruly women who liked to cut in line dared not do so after hearing the County Magistrate’s words. They went to the end of the line obediently.

County Magistrate Zhang then ordered two bailiffs to come and help maintain order.

Yan Huan, Yan Jiaojiao, Zhang Lian, and several other children saw this and ran over to help with the registration.

Having been punished to copy the Thousand Character Classic no less than a thousand times, and because most of the villagers’ names comprised common characters, they were capable of writing them.

Suddenly, the entire threshing ground was bustling and orderly again.

Once the yield per acre was determined for the Ruo Family, County Magistrate Zhang had no reason to stay long. He hurried back to check on the yield of the official fields and to draft a report on the matter to be submitted.

The issue was of great significance and had to be reported immediately.

Thus he excused himself from the Ruo Family after a brief word and departed.

The Ruo Family’s harvest from over a hundred mu of fertile land wasn’t finished being weighed until the end of 9 PM.

In total, they gathered over 170,000 catties of grain!

With just over a hundred mu of land, yielding more than 170,000 catties was absolutely unprecedented.

Figuring it out, each mu produced no less than 1,550 catties, nearly reaching 1,600.

The excitement and happiness of the Ruo Family members, of course, need not be mentioned.

These days, Granny Lei was so overjoyed she was practically laughing in her sleep.

Many villagers were unwilling to go home, simply wanting to know exactly how much grain the Ruo Family had collected this time. Upon hearing it was 170,000 catties, the villagers were stunned.

"One could never finish eating that in a lifetime, right?"

"Foolish, that’s not for eating, it’s for selling as grain seeds."

"Isn’t that a lot of silver?"

"Isn’t that obvious? Selling grain seeds is much more profitable than selling rice directly! And this is thousand-catties-per-mu rice we’re talking about. It’s ten to eight wen more expensive per catty than the usual seeds, people will be fighting to buy it!"

"The Ruo Family has really hit the jackpot this time!"

"Not just the Ruo Family, the village chief’s family and the Shusen family, they’ve all made a fortune!"

"How could I be so stupid at first, not to plant along with them?"

"It doesn’t matter, planting in the future works the same. If you can’t earn silver, at least you no longer have to worry about going hungry!"

"That’s true, a yield of 1,500 catties per mu! One mu is enough to eat! For those with a few mu of land at home, there’ll be quite a surplus by the end of the year!"

"Haha, I’ve got three mu of land! Planting three times a year, I’ll harvest over ten thousand catties of grain! I’m rich, I’m rich!"

.....

That night, in the entire village, aside from Ruo Xuan, not a single person could sleep, all too excited!

They all wished time would pass faster, so they could plant the thousand-catties-per-mu rice.

In the following two days, people kept coming to the Ruo Family’s place to buy rice seeds.

Poor Granny Lei didn’t have to do anything else, as she was busy dealing with these people.

Luckily, it rained after two days, and spring plowing formally began, with everyone busily plowing and transplanting rice seedlings. This meant fewer people came by.

Of course, some people were especially clever and came asking if the Ruo Family had any extra seedlings to sell, wanting to secure seedlings for themselves.

That way, they could plant the thousand-catties-per-mu rice earlier.

Apart from the Ruo Family, they also went to the village chief and several other households who had planted the third-season rice with the Ruo Family to buy.

However, even if there were extra seedlings, it wouldn’t be much, as seeds aren’t free of cost, so all were refused.

After another hectic ten days or so, the Ruo Family finally finished transplanting in all their fields, and the land that needed to be planted was planted.

The Ruo brothers, seizing the daylight before it darkened, immediately hurried back to the city.

Having not returned to the bookstore for several days, they didn’t know if the books had sold out, and they needed to urgently deliver the books they had copied at night over the past few days.

Upon returning to the bookstore, the shopkeeper said cheerfully, "Boss, I’ve just landed a big deal with an academy. They’ve ordered 10,000 books from our bookstore."

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