I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 150 Initial Results

Qiao Qingyu had cultivated a total of three thousand catties of seeds, and this time she did not exchange any since there were not many radish seeds left in her space.

She directly gave these seeds to Old Xie.

Since the newly cultivated cabbages outside her wall had sprouted and showed no difference compared to those in her space,

Old Xie took people a whole month to till and prepare the land, borrowed a seeding machine from the provincial city, and along with manual labor, spent another month planting the autumn and winter type radishes.

Radishes are a good thing.

It’s said that eating radishes in winter and ginger in summer will keep the doctor away without prescriptions.

There are also many ways to eat radishes, which are one of the most important vegetables during winter.

The radishes planted this time could not be sold; they were all reserved for the staff at the base.

Ancient people always said, "When the troops have not moved, the grain and grass go first." Scientists are great, but they also need to eat food and vegetables.

And Qiao Qingyu just collected three thousand catties worth of seed money.

After all, she had bought six thousand catties, which was evident to everyone; she wasn’t making money, but she couldn’t afford a losing trade either.

Thus, Mr. Qi from the headquarters authorized a special fund payment to Qiao Qingyu.

Qiao Qingyu earned one thousand yuan.

But in the eyes of outsiders, she only made over one hundred yuan.

After all, although she was affiliated with the base, the base did not pay her a salary.

Now everyone knew that when the radishes were harvested in autumn, based on the lowest yield, that would save tens of thousands of yuan.

However, farming also carried risks, yet no one worried about the seeds not sprouting because in the lands of Xiaxi Commune affected by disaster, the cabbages and radishes grew vibrantly.

But the effort expended was also immense.

Farming is exhausting.

Qiao Qingyu understood He Xiuyu’s thorough intentions.

She just needed to manage the seeds well.

In early June, Qiao Qingyu planted five acres of potatoes on a wasteland outside the base’s wall; this area had previously been planted with wheat but the yield was not high. Later, when the villages under Xiaxi Commune were requisitioned by the family courtyard of the base, this nearby area turned into part of the base, and so the land lay fallow, with only sparse weeds and wild grass sprouting.

Nowadays, the idle lands were impoverished to a certain degree, and apart from planting barley grass and sea buckthorn, there were no better alternatives.

Thinking about grains was out of the question.

Even if the seeds from her Space Device were extraordinary, they still required suitable soil and environment.

Thus, the most consumed now were barley grass.

For example, high-yielding corn would only reach its maximum value when planted in the fertile lands of North City.

Here in Xichuan, the urgent matter was to improve the soil, to stop the sandstorms from advancing towards human settlements.

Thus, a large proportion of barley grass was transplanted to the seed station in Yushu County; the county immediately planted it near the sandy areas, and now they all survived and grew lush and green.

These grasses brought in one thousand eight hundred yuan, of which Qiao Qingyu took nine hundred, and the rest belonged to Xiaxi Commune.

Then, she also transplanted one thousand willow wood trees to the green belts of the base.

The saplings of the willow wood were fifteen centimeters tall, and honestly, no one had much experience with this big guy; currently, the entire Xichuan had no tree saplings for sale. In this era, the focus was on crops. Flower and tree saplings might be found in the Southern regions, and saplings like these were just a few cents each.

Even at two cents each, that would only be two hundred yuan.

Qiao Qingyu decided that the saplings would be used to support the construction planning of the base.

And given the surrounding land was even more barren than here, she also wanted to see if these one thousand saplings could survive.

Then, Lu Ye built connections, and Qiao Qingyu sold a batch of barley grass seeds and willow wood to the Xichuan Agricultural Station.

This time, Qiao Qingyu received twenty-eight thousand yuan.

This was her cost price.

It was essentially a fifty percent discount.

By now, her savings had grown to more than 30,000 yuan.

However, Qiao Qingyu dared not continue any further.

Because the seed stations and agricultural stations from the provincial city and Xichuan had all expressed their desire to visit her Zone 5 Breeding Laboratory.

This matter had not been directly linked to Qiao Qingyu, as they approached He Xiuyu, but He Xiuyu had rejected them outright.

The reason was fully justified; currently, the Tenghai Research Base was classified as a Top Secret Unit, and unless necessary, visiting groups were not allowed entrance.

Even an ordinary breeding laboratory was subjected to the same restrictions.

But Qiao Qingyu felt that she should stop, even if she wanted to sell seeds, she could no longer sell them in such large quantities.

For this reason, Qiao Qingyu tossed and turned for almost the entire night.

It seemed that during the winter she needed to go back to school, and then in July next year, she would take the university entrance exam; she wanted to apply to the Agricultural University.

There was no other way; she had to follow this path in life.

Because as her business grew larger, and she came into contact with more and more people, the chances of being exposed also increased. If it hadn’t been for He Xiuyu’s direct intervention this time, Qiao Qingyu’s laboratory would definitely have been found to have discrepancies.

Consequently, this place had become a warehouse and a garage.

Moreover, it was already early July, and the planting season was over.

But that was still enough to keep Qiao Qingyu extremely busy.

She had once joined Lu Ye on a drive to check on the growth of the barley grass.

Xichuan was a city surrounded by wind-blown sand belts, forming a semi-circle; they spent an entire day driving through a 200-li-long sand belt along with the county and Xichuan Agricultural Station.

At the end, the old station master cried.

He was born here, where long ago it was all just yellow sand; during spring when the heavy winds blew, opening the windows in the morning would reveal a thick layer of sand and dust both inside and outside.

The northwest also had fertile lands and green mountains and waters, but not their Xichuan.

The work of sand control had been ongoing since the founding of the nation.

After all, if the thousands of miles of sand belts could be controlled, not only would the climate change, but it would also support more people.

He had worked in this post for many years.

The poplar trees he planted by hand had survived, though the survival rate was not high, and the sparsely planted poplar trees were likewise.

They couldn’t form a green belt to resist the sand.

If the barley grass seeds had been available sooner, what would Xichuan look like by now, the old station master wondered tearily as he looked at the greenery spreading to the horizon.

The barley grass seeds were excellent, worthy of being cultivated by Tenghai Research Base. This barley grass, unlike the familiar rye grass and regular grass, had extremely developed root systems. It could be said that each root seemed like a tiny water storage channel; when heavy rain came, the roots of the barley grass automatically stored water, playing a crucial role during prolonged droughts, and because they rooted deeply, they also improved the soil.

The barley grass, planted over a month ago, was now over ten centimeters tall.

Over two hundred li of land, with its ups and downs, hillslopes, plains, and hilly areas, was now all planted with barley grass.

It was just a month, but what about in one or two years, or even ten years later...

The old station master cried and then laughed.

In his lifetime, he was sure to see this place transform into a landscape of lush greenery and clear waters.

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