Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 109

Chapter 109: Planting Corn
After closing the woodshed door, Duan Yixin took out the corn seeds from the warehouse and put them into the bamboo basket. She carried the bamboo basket and returned to the front yard. When Chi Xinru saw her carrying a bamboo basket, she hurried to her side.

She took the bamboo basket off Duan Yixin’s back and said, “Xin Xin, with your current physical condition, you shouldn’t lift heavy objects. Let me carry this for you.”

Duan Yixin smiled at her and said sincerely, “Thank you, Xinru.”

Chi Xinru grinned at her, held her hand, and said, “Let’s go. My father and the workers are waiting for us.”

After saying that, Chi Xinru pulled Duan Yixin and hurriedly walked to the farmland. When they arrived, Chi Junheng and all the workers were there.

Seeing his daughter and Duan Yixin coming over, Chi Junheng said, “Xin Xin, these are the workers who will work for you from today onwards. They agreed to be paid ten copper coins a day without a meal.”

Duan Yixin turned to look at the workers and found that most of them were still very young. The oldest should be in his early twenties, and the youngest should be about fourteen years old. She looked at the workers for a while and nodded to them as a greeting.

She then looked at Chi Junheng and asked in a low voice, “Uncle Chi, is the money I gave you before enough?”

Chi Junheng nodded and said, “More than three hundred copper coins are still left. I hired five workers for you to work in the farmland. This money should be enough for a week.”

After speaking, Chi Junheng took out the money and said, “This is the remaining money. I told the workers that starting from today, they should get their daily wage from you. It would be more appropriate if you paid them on instead of me.”

Duan Yi thought for a while, took the money, and said, “I understand. Uncle Chi, thank you for your help these days. I will treat your family to dinner later.”

Chi Junheng smiled and said, “All right. Then uncle will wait for your invitation.”

After the two of them finished talking, Duan Yixin looked at the five workers and said, “I will teach you how to sow seeds first, and then you will do the rest. You only need to remember that the distance between the seeds should be according to my instructions. As for how to take care of the corn, I will tell you while I show you how to plant the seeds. Do you have any questions?”

The workers shook their heads and said in unison, “No.”

Seeing that they were honest and had no complaints, Duan Yixin was satisfied with these workers. She turned to look at Chi Xinru and said, “Xinru, please take out the seeds.”

Chi Xinru nodded, then put down the bamboo basket and took out bags of seeds. Seeing the large bags of seeds, Chi Junheng asked in surprise, “Did the government give these seeds to you?”

Duan Yixin nodded to him and replied, “Yes, Uncle Chi. Because I was the first person to register my name.”

Hearing her answer, Chi Junheng touched his chin and muttered, “It seems that because you are the only one who is willing to register your name, they had no choice but to give you more seeds.”

While Chi Junheng and the workers looked at the bags of seeds with interest, Duan Yixin grabbed a handful of corn kernels and showed them to others. She looked at their curious faces and said, “This is a new type of seed given to me by the government.”

When they saw the dried corn kernels, one of the workers asked, “Are these really seeds? It doesn’t look like other grains. Can these dried things really sprout and grow?”

Listening to his question, Duan Yixin nodded and said, “I have read about this plant in ancient records. This plant is called corn. I don’t know if this plant has other names, but that’s what it was called in ancient records.”

After she said that, the youngest worker asked curiously, “So, you also know the planting method of this plant?”

Duan Yixin nodded to him and replied, “Yes.”

After hearing her confident answer, the youngest worker looked at her with awe and envy. How great would it be to be able to read and learn all of this?

Although Duan Yixin did read about corn in ancient records, the records were from her original world. She didn’t know if there were any records about corn in this world, so she didn’t explain too much.

After answering a few more questions from the curious workers, Duan Yixin and the others headed to the first farmland area. In order to facilitate the control of workers and records of the plant’s growth, Duan Yixin divided the farmland into five plots of four acres each.

One worker is responsible for an area, and the worker with more harvest will be rewarded. Those who fail to meet the minimum harvest will be fired. When the workers heard about these regulations, they were excited and worried at the same time.

However, as long as they can reach the minimum harvest set by Duan Yixin, they will not be fired and can continue to work for her. As for the reward, the promise of five hundred copper coins was too good, so they thought it was Duan Yixin’s way of coaxing them to work harder and didn’t take it seriously.

An hour later, Duan Yixin looked at the workers and asked, “Have all of you learned how to plant and take care of the corn?”

The workers nodded, and she asked again, “Do any of you have any more questions?”

This time, the workers shook their heads. Seeing their excited and impatient expressions to try, Duan Yixin said, “Then the work will be left to you. Please do your best.”

“Yes, Miss Duan.” The workers said in unison.