Zhou Yidong was anxious, "What should I do then?"

"We have at most ten greenhouses for watermelon, and the rest are used to grow vegetables. Only grain and vegetables are indispensable for every meal, especially vegetables during the Chinese New Year. You can live without watermelon, but you absolutely cannot live without vegetables."

Zhou Yidong thought about it calmly and nodded, "You're right. Watermelon is a fruit, dispensable. I could just go to the big city and make some money before the New Year. It's safer to always have vegetables. How about this? Let's leave the watermelons for the village to grow collectively, and everyone can share the profits. Let's pass on the greenhouse vegetables to everyone."

Zhou Xiang nodded, "Your behavior is neither good nor bad. Everyone is waiting to share the money, so who would be willing to work?"

Zhou Yidong nodded, "Then tell me the rules."

"If you just want to make a small profit at the end of each year, then we can split up into gangs and draw lots. Two families can work on one greenhouse, up to ten greenhouses. Whether you do well or not, and how much you earn, depends entirely on your ability. Three or four families can also work together. You can calculate based on the approximate income of one greenhouse.

Each household is only allowed to build one vegetable greenhouse, and they are not allowed to grow the same variety of vegetables. Otherwise, if there are too many vegetables, they won’t be able to sell them all.”

"Okay, okay! What you said is good. The lazy ones earn less than the diligent ones, and he can only watch. Moreover, he has to wait for several years before he can plant again. If he cries, he won't be able to find a place to cry."

"Well! You also have to be careful of those who are unwilling to do so and secretly grow it in their own greenhouse."

"Didn't you say that you can't save your own seeds?"

"Third cousin, you're too kind. If they've grown some, can't you just put it in your watermelon? Or even just exchange it for your watermelon? If something like this happens, what will you do, Master Zhou? Even if you exchange the watermelon for the customer, will your credibility still be there? And can you be sure that the watermelon you exchanged for the customer is the improved variety?"

After a series of questions, Zhou Yidong felt a cold sweat on his back. Yes! If something like this happened again, Zhoujia Village would never be able to sell watermelons again, and the village's reputation would be ruined.

Perhaps, the person who did this was just trying to make a small profit or felt unfair, but the consequence was that Zhoujia Village returned to its starting point.

"Think about it. Give me a pen and paper. I'll write down everything you told me, including the final precautions, and discuss them with your great-grandfather and the others. Thank goodness you reminded us. Otherwise, if we hadn't, we would have arbitrarily expanded the planting area and ended up losing money. We were blinded by our victory!"

Zhou Xiang took out a pen and paper and wrote it out for him himself. "Here! Everything you need to do and take precautions against is here. Don't get carried away. Take steady steps."

"Okay! Thank you, Xiang Xiang! Here's 16,000 yuan, I'll pay you back in one lump sum."

Zhou Xiang took it. Just when he needed money, all parties gave him money!

Tiedan ran back with his little face flushed from playing. Zhou Xiang pulled him over and put his hand into his clothes from behind, which were all wet.

"Tiedan, you have to change your clothes. Your inner clothes are wet and you will catch a cold."

"I didn't bring any clothes."

Zhou Xiang could only rummage through his own clothes and alter them for him on the sewing machine.

Tiedan stood at the right-hand wheel of the sewing machine, staring at the high-speed rotating handwheel, "Fifth Aunt, it's spinning so fast!"

"Well! This is called a sewing machine. I only know how to use it. Don't ask me anything else."

Zhou Xiang is most afraid of children asking "why".

"Oh!" Tiedan's question was stuck.

"You can keep it in mind and think about it yourself when you study later."

Tiedan nodded, "Okay! My great-great-grandfather told my dad to send me to school, and I'll be able to go to school in the second half of the year."

"Very good, you must study hard."

Tiedan nodded vigorously, "Yes! I want to be like you, Fifth Aunt, nothing can stop me!"

Zhou Xiang coughed dryly, "I'm not omnipotent either. There are many things I don't understand."

"No! You understand! You know a lot, and everyone in the village listens to you."

"Okay, okay! You should learn from me!"

"Hmmmm!"

Zhou Xiang didn't want to break his first idol. If the idol's image was shattered, it would ruin his life values.

After his clothes were altered, he was asked to change on the kang. He happily took off his dirty outer clothes and climbed onto the kang.

"Oh! This bed is so warm! It's like a shed in the village."

"Yeah! Almost there, hurry up and change your clothes."

After he changed his clothes, he was not allowed to come down and was told to stay in the bed to warm up for a while.

Zhou Niao took out the cards and played with him on the kang.

When he left in the afternoon, Zhou Yidong took away five kilograms of watermelon seeds and left behind ten thousand yuan.

Tiedan took several red envelopes and left, and also took away a few toys that Zhou Niao gave him.

Zhou Xiang looked at his eldest uncle who was protecting his eldest aunt as they walked, and he didn't know how to express his feelings.

Has the uncle finally come to his senses? But he's been lost for too long, hasn't he?

Mother Zhou sighed, "Your great uncle has changed, but I always feel that it's too late. It's not worth it for your great aunt's wife!"

"That's right, don't forgive him! He's changed. Forgive him! There's always a sense of injustice."

"Your aunt said that we should just live like this. We were supposed to live together until we grow old. If he can change, then we can live peacefully."

Yes! Live peacefully.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Xiaosong personally came to the Zhou family to express his gratitude. "Zhou Xiang, I'm going to the capital. You're right. I want to take back everything I have, even if it's just an empty title. I have to take it back so that I can live as I please."

"Where's Doctor Cao?"

"My dad is going with me. I still need to take medicine, so he should go out for a walk. For the past 30 years, he has only lived for me and revolved around me. He should go out and see the beautiful scenery!"

"I wish you a safe journey!"

"Thank you! You are my lifesaver. I will never forget you."

"Hey! Why are you being so sentimental? Remember to bring me some gifts when you come back!"

Cao Xiaosong smiled, "Okay!"

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Ma Gua came with his two brothers and said, "Sister, I heard you have another design drawing. We are here to take the job."

Zhou wanted to call Zhu Hang to join him and talk to Ma Gua, "I won't let you work for nothing this time. I'll pay you."

"Sister, that's a bit untrue. Just feed yourself."

Zhou Xiang shook his head, "No matter what you eat, I'll pay you, and you guys can take care of your own food!"

"Okay! Okay! Let's not argue about this. Let's take a look at the blueprint first."

After reading the blueprint, Ma Gua looked at Zhou Xiang with shining eyes, "Sister, what's with your brain? How can you be so creative? Every time I see your blueprint, it always makes my eyes light up, like a new world has opened up."

"Master Ma Gua, I haven't seen you for nearly a year. Your speaking skills have improved!"

“You’re welcome!”

Zhou Xiang chuckled, "My head! It's not an ordinary head. It belongs to Zhou Xiang. It's useless if it's on someone else's shoulders. Only when it's on my shoulders can it be called an extraordinary head."