Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 132 Earn a Year's Money in One Day

After dinner, Hou Xiaoge did not stay in the space for long. He brushed his teeth with the toothbrush he made, put a bag of large pears and dates into his cross-body bag, and left the space.

Now Hou Xiaoge no longer carries a backpack when he goes out. Instead, he carries a military canvas bag seized from a bandit’s lair, which he slants across his body like a primary school student.

When I walked into the house, everyone had finished their meal and were sitting in the yard chatting, with laughter coming from time to time.

"What are you talking about! You look so happy." Hou Xiaoge greeted with a smile after entering the room.

"Nothing, just joking!" the eldest cousin continued with a smile.

“Hmph! You’re saying bad things about me. I gave the good stuff to Xuemei and Lanlan.” Hou Xiaoge had just heard these people talking about the embarrassing things that happened to him when he was a child.

"What delicious food do you have? Bring it to me and let me see it. If you don't give it to me, I will snatch it away."

When eldest cousin Hou Chunhua heard that there was something delicious, her eyes lit up. Then she saw that Hou Xiaoge's bag was bulging, and she winked at her younger cousin. The two of them stood up and attacked Hou Xiaoge from the left and right.

"Damn, a female bandit!"

When Hou Xiaoge saw his eldest cousin and younger sister-in-law each grabbing one of his arms and snatching his bag away, he shouted loudly, and the others around him also laughed.

"Wow! Heiwa, where did you get such big pears and some dates? They are so huge." The two opened their backpacks on the table and were shocked when they saw the pears as big as an adult's fist and the winter dates as big as small eggs.

“Don’t worry about where it comes from, just eat it.” Hou Xiaoge didn’t want to say more.

Seeing that Hou Xiaoge didn't say anything, everyone stopped asking.

There were only ten large pears, and they couldn't be cut into pieces, so the adults didn't eat them, so they shared them with the children. But since they had just finished their meal, the pears were definitely not edible, so the adults put them away.

The adults are calculating! A large crisp pear weighs at least half a pound. It would be a waste to eat it now. Tomorrow morning, each person can eat one less cake for breakfast.

There were three or four pounds of dates. Each person got two and can eat them now.

After dividing them, there was still half left. Looking at the wolf-like eyes around him, Wang Maimiao quickly hid all the remaining dates.

“Don’t throw away the date pits after you’ve eaten them. Throw them all into this basin, and then give them a chance to germinate and plant them. In two years, you’ll have countless dates to eat.” Hou Xiaoge said quickly when he saw a group of little ones playing with the date pits after eating the dates.

"Oh! I forgot that these dates are so big. They will definitely be good if they are grown. We can sell them for a lot of money in the future!" Wang Maimiao and her sister-in-law also said with joy.

"Yeah! That's what I thought. Our land is on a slope. Although the stinky ditch in front of our house has been filled with soil, other people around us haven't finished filling it yet. It's not good to grow crops here, so it's better to plant trees!

Besides, the slope above our cave house has not been leveled yet. When it is leveled, we can still have half an acre of land. This kind of slope is not suitable for growing crops, but it is definitely good for growing sweet dates. "Hou Xiaoge nodded with a smile.

"It's true! Jujube trees are a good crop. It doesn't matter what you grow. They will bear fruit in two or three years. We live close to the city, so we can set up a stall to sell them. They are definitely not worse than grain." The more the adults talked, the brighter their eyes became.

In fact, this is also Hou Xiaoge's idea. It takes a lot of effort to grow crops on the dozens of acres of land in the village. It takes three to four years of hard work and five to six years of intensive cultivation to grow good crops. It is better to plant fruit trees!

There are fruit seeds for the first time in the space provided by yourself. Although the quality of the fruits produced later is lower than those in the space, they are definitely better than the fruits from the outside world.

When the future commune era arrives, people who plant fruit trees on this slope will definitely live better than farmers who grow crops on the land.

While the adults were discussing excitedly, the little kids next to them were also very excited. They didn't expect that the date pits in their hands could grow into fruit trees.

They put the date pits they were playing with into the pots, and then stared at the pots, wishing that fruit trees would grow there immediately.

"Heiwa, we have never planted this fruit tree before. Can soaking it in warm water really make it sprout? If not, just plant it directly in the soil. In case it is soaked to death." The young aunt looked at the date pits floating in the warm water in confusion.

"Don't worry, little aunt! I've read in a book that germination is much better than planting directly in the field.

Besides, we still have half of the dates! If they can’t be soaked, we can plant them in the soil.” Hou Xiaoge’s family used to grow cotton in their previous life, so the planting methods of date pits and cotton seeds should be similar.

"Okay! We used to plant crops directly into the soil. We had never experienced germination and didn't understand it." When the adults heard that they had seen it in a book, they believed it a little.

Germination and sowing has many advantages over direct sowing and is very common in later generations. However, due to the lack of information and culture, most people in this era did not know how to use, did not understand, and even rejected excellent technology.

After resting for two hours at home, everyone set out again with the braised meat and offal.

As it approached evening, all the braised meat and offal brought in the afternoon were sold out. This was because many people wanted to buy some meat to bring back for their families after get off work in the evening, and Hou Xiaoge's family also returned with a good harvest.

When they returned home in the evening, they drove a group of little kids into a room, and Hou Xiaoge and several adults began to count money.

The young girl opened the two coin boxes and poured all the small change in them onto the kang. Everyone started counting the money excitedly.

"Here are my five dollars!"

"Three dollars and twenty-five cents!"

"Two dollars and sixty cents for me!"

"I'll give you four!"

"The big bills add up to twenty-eight dollars."

……

"Wow, except for the three dollars in change, the total is almost thirty-eight dollars. It's so much money, I've made a fortune today." The aunt Hou Cuiping's eyes were full of stars.

"Heiwa, his uncle, please calculate how much you have invested and earned today." Wang Maimiao also looked excited.

"Fourteen dollars!" said Hou Xiaoge.

"Heiwa, it's thirteen dollars! You also paid one dollar in tax after you left at noon." Hou Yangmin said.

Hou Xiaoge didn't know that the tax was thirteen dollars.

"Oh my God! We earned thirteen dollars a day. I dare not even think about it. I'm afraid we will get rich in the future." The aunt exclaimed.

Women are in charge of household chores and value money the most. When the younger sister-in-law and stepmother heard this, they were so happy that their eyes filled with tears and they jumped up in the cave.

Looking at the two people who were ecstatic in the cave, the uncle, the uncle-in-law, and the cousin also grinned.

"Come on, Xinmin, have a smoke and satisfy your craving." Hou Yangmin, who hadn't smoked for almost a year, took out a Chang'an brand cigarette used to entertain government officials from his pocket and handed it to his uncle-in-law.

"Hit it!"

"wipe!"

Seeing so much money, the uncle was very happy. He took the cigarette with a smile and then took the unburned match from Hou Yangmin's hand and lit it.

"Whew! This cigarette is so addictive."

"Yes! In the past, I couldn't earn more than four dollars a year.

I didn't expect to become rich after coming to Qin Province. I earned more money in one day than I could have earned in a year before. I dare not think about it, it's like a dream." Hou Yangmin took a puff of cigarette and smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"Haha! Uncle, there is nothing to be afraid of. Setting up a stall at the train station today means that we are officially on the right track. As long as we work hard in the future, our lives will get better and better." Hou Xiaoge was also very happy.

"Yes, things will get better and better in the future."

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!"

……

It was late at night when hearty laughter rang out from Hou Xiaoge's cave dwelling. Fortunately, there were uncle's and aunt's farms on both sides and no one heard it, otherwise he would have been scolded.