Chapter 65 - Chapter 65: Chapter 60 Calling Qin Niu Brother with Every Wordi (1/2)

Chapter 65: Chapter 60 Calling Qin Niu Brother with Every Wordi

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“The two of us, we complement each other. You provide the technology, helping me grow top-quality tea leaves, and you’ve been honored as the Yan Family’s superior farmer, with an annual salary exceeding ten pieces of silver money. As for me, I’ve gained the lord’s appreciation, leaving Steward Yan Qi far behind, and my position has become even more secure. Master Hu, the yield and quality of the third batch of tea leaves entirely depend on you. You must put in all your effort to keep it stable. Naturally, it would be even better if we could take it to the next level,”

Steward Yan Er said with a smile.

“Rest assured, I will definitely do my best to repay your kindness in recognizing my talents. After being recognized as a superior farmer, my family has finally started to live comfortably; when I visit my father-in-law, I’m now greeted as a good son-in-law, which wasn’t the case before,”

Master Hu was very satisfied with his current life.

Free from past poverty, what he ate, wore, and used were all of quality. His wife no longer scorned him for being incompetent; instead, she worried he might divorce her to marry a younger woman.

Now, she attended to him in every way, greeted him with smiles, making him feel a glory and comfort he’d never experienced before as a man.

An ordinary farmer would earn just three pieces of silver money a year, and with all the benefits, they’d net three pieces and six coins. But a superior farmer could earn a high annual salary of ten pieces of silver money, earning more than double that of an ordinary farmer.

With several years of saving, one could even buy a house in the city.

Qin Niu, carrying fertilizer, arrived at the Yan Family’s second tea garden.

It was still a large slope that had been cleared and planted with tea trees.

It seemed to cover a smaller area than the first tea garden, and many of the tea tree leaves were yellowing, with the tips of their branches tangled and weak, like people who were poorly nourished.

In the distance among the tea trees, a farmer could be seen bending over tilling the soil and weeding.

“Big brother! May I ask where Steward Yan Qi is?”

Qin Niu shouted at the top of his lungs.

The farmer, hearing the voice, stood up straight and lifted the straw hat on his head a bit to look in the direction of the sound.

“It’s Qin Niu!”

When the farmer saw him, he immediately walked over to him.

At first, Qin Niu only felt the man looked somewhat familiar. The other party was wearing a bamboo hat, and his full face was not visible.

Upon hearing the other man’s voice, he recognized him at once.

“Yan, Steward Yan Qi, I never expected to see you personally laboring in the fields!”

Qin Niu was indeed exceedingly shocked.

“Haha, why can’t 1 work the fields? 1 started following the others to mow pig grass at the age of six, learned to herd cattle at seven, and by eight, 1 was learning tilling and weeding among other planting skills. By the age of ten, I could already independently grow millet or wheat. Although I was only entrusted with one acre of inferior land for practice, 1 still harvested over three hundred pounds of millet and more than two hundred pounds of wheat that year,”

Steward Yan Qi came over laughing.

And he introduced his childhood growth with great pride.

The Yan Family certainly wouldn’t raise servants for nothing; from a young age, they were taught various agricultural tasks.

Those with talents would also learn writing and arithmetic, and later handle the Yan Family’s business matters. For example, working as a clerk in the Yan Family’s city shops or staying with the family to oversee the labor of the workers.

“No wonder you understand so much about cultivation!”

Qin Niu felt this Steward Yan Qi was different from the other Yan Family stewards who only knew how to lord it over people.

Steward Yan Qi was not only amiable but also hardworking and down-to-earth, personally engaging in farm work, which was truly admirable.

Seeing the look of admiration on Qin Niu’s face, Steward Yan Qi couldn’t help but show a smug smile once again.

“Can this basket of compost be used for growing tea trees?”

“Absolutely no problem. About a bowl’s worth per plant. If you want to see quick results, it needs to be buried around the root area. It can help the tea trees grow fresh and tender new leaves, and it also has some effect on improving the yellowing of the leaves,”

Before preparing the compost, Qin Niu specifically enhanced the effects of the leaf fertilizer and reduced its impact on flowering and fruiting, while appropriately strengthening the root system’s growth effects.

“That’s great! Dump them here, and if the results are good, 1’11 buy more from you next time,”

Steward Yan Qi said, his face showing delight.

“No problem!”

Qin Niu dumped the compost into the designated fertilizer vat.

This was a pottery vat buried in the ground, excellent for preserving fertilizers.

After emptying the fertilizer, Qin Niu took a look around the slope.