Chapter 967 Who is Ayou?

Lu Sanzhu observed them carefully for a moment, his doubts deepening. "Good stuff? These plants are not only short, but their flower heads are also small. What's so good about them?"

"But this can be pressed for oil." Shu Yu's eyes lit up as she picked out a seed. Although the seed was small, it was plump, thin-skinned, and had a high oil content.

Lu Sanzhu's eyes widened. "You...you're saying this can be used to extract oil?"

Oil, that's oil.

Nowadays, both vegetable oil and lard are very expensive. In the past, when our family was poor, we would only use two drops when cooking, and there was really only two drops, with no oil at all.

Life is better now, but oil is still expensive.

Now Ayu is saying these things can be used to extract oil? Aren't they supposed to be only for stir-frying?

He reached out and eagerly picked two off, wondering, "How much oil can be extracted from this whole plate?"

Shu Yu didn't know; she'd only know after she'd squeezed him dry.

When she first received the sunflower seeds, she noticed that the seeds varied in size, with the smaller ones being oil sunflowers, which have a high oil content and will be the main source of profit when grown.

Later, when Da Niu tried planting, he was asked to plant a little bit of edible sunflower and a little bit of oil sunflower. Now both kinds have grown up and are even growing very well. How could Shu Yu not be happy?

"Alright, let's cut the flower pots first." Shu Yu suppressed her excitement and quickly got to work.

While Lu Sanzhu was dawdling and slacking off, Da Niu had already harvested several.

The yard wasn't very big, so the number of sunflowers planted was limited, and they were all harvested in no time.

I don't know if the sunflower seeds were selected or if it was because of Da Niu's careful care, but despite the unfavorable weather when they were sown, the flower heads were all very large and the seeds were plentiful and plump, which was very pleasing.

After the three of them cut off the flower head, they picked out all the seeds and put them in a basket.

Two different kinds of sunflowers, each filling more than half a basket.

After shelling, you still need to sort through them; some shells are empty inside and therefore unusable.

Fortunately, there aren't many of these. After weeding out the bad ones, the rest can be used for sowing.

"Brother Da Niu, take a look. If we plant all of these, how many acres of land could we cultivate?"

"Less than twenty mu."

There aren't many, but there's nothing we can do; that's all the seeds we have.

We'll plant twenty mu first. The climate is suitable now, and they'll be ripe in about three months. Then we'll plant another batch. It will still be early autumn then, and the temperature in Jiangyuan County won't be too cold, so planting shouldn't be a big problem.

If it gets really cold, try building a greenhouse.

Shu Yu calculated in his mind that he would leave all the seeds to Da Niu and entrust him with the affairs of the estate in the future.

Just then, I heard voices coming from outside the shop.

Da Niu listened intently and thought, "It sounds like Qiao Qiao is back."

Not only Zhou Qiao, but also Daya, who has now changed her name to Lu Shuyou, is there.

The two men entered the backyard while talking, and were taken aback when they saw the three people covered in dust and dirt. "What happened to you?"

The three of them had been working for most of the day and were covered in dirt. Shuyou quickly went over to brush the dust off Shuyu.

Zhou Qiao stared blankly at the somewhat unfamiliar courtyard. "You cut down all the flower pots?"

"They've all been cut, and the estate has been found so it can be planted soon." Shu Yu went over to wash her face before asking the two, "Why did you two come here?"

Zhou Qiao said, "The shop has been closed for a few days, and it's time to open. I was thinking of having Ayou come over first to check the accounts, and then I'll have to hand over the management of the shop to her."

Lu Sanzhu looked completely bewildered. "Ayou, who is Ayou?"

(End of this chapter)