Chapter 240 Improving Per-acre Yield
"That's right. Let me tell you, just wait and see. In two years, our village may not be worse than yours." Feng Lan's eyes were full of anticipation, sparkling, which made her look very beautiful.
Feng Yue smiled and said, "That's great! I can't wait for you to have a good life. From what you said, the Gu family is really good. Unlike the Li family in our village, let me tell you, their life is nothing, far worse than that of ordinary people like us."
She glanced at the copper coin wrapped in the handkerchief and said, "Here, take it. My husband knows. He said we are sisters and it's only natural for us to help each other."
Feng Yue shook her head. "No, it will be better after this year. This year, thanks to the few hundred coins I got from beating the bandits, I didn't spend it. I'm keeping it."
"Nephew, don't you want to study? It's good to know a few words."
"It's free." Feng Lan said with a smile.
"No money? The Gu family is teaching for nothing?" Feng Yue asked excitedly, her voice cracking. "What are the Gu family thinking? Besides, even if studying doesn't cost money, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone must cost money, right? I don't know how much it will cost, so you can just accept it."
"Those don't cost money, they're given by the Gu family."
Feng Yue's eyes widened. "Oh my god, the Gu family is really a living Bodhisattva. Do they only want children from your village, or are they okay with children from other villages? Sister, how about... sending my kid to you too? Hehe, I just don't know if it will work."
Feng Lan nodded, but did not agree immediately. "Then come with me and ask the eldest sister-in-law of the Gu family. Don't be upset if you are rejected."
"That's impossible. I'm not that person."
"Their family is good, and you've helped them this time."
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have accepted this benefit." Feng Yue slapped her thigh. Her son's future was much more valuable than this little ounce of silver.
"It's okay. Don't just focus on your boy. Ask the girl too. Many of the girls in our village have gone to school. It's only been a short time, but I can see that they are all different. The little ones with dirty faces before have become pretty now. Studying really nourishes people."
"Really? Girls can also study?" Feng Yue said excitedly: "It's just that the family is missing a laborer."
"Your idea is wrong. The women in our village work with Miss Lan'er and don't make money. It's just that I'm clumsy and can't do such delicate work. I heard that the Gu family's shop is hiring, so I plan to go over and try my luck."
The more Feng Yue listened, the more excited she became. She wished she could move to this village as there were so many benefits.
The two sisters couldn't wait any longer and went straight to Gu's house.
Zhang Yi was teaching the children to read. Feng Yue didn't understand what he was saying, but she thought it was good. She grinned and thought about the scene of her daughter and son being in this school.
Someone reminded Zhang Yi that there was someone standing outside.
"It's my mother and second aunt." Xu Wang said.
"Read the poem I just taught you a few times, and I will check your recitation later." After Zhang Yi said this, he opened the door and walked towards the two of them.
Feng Yue looked at her and found that not only was she beautiful, but also the way she walked was beautiful.
She tried to learn it secretly, then burst out laughing. She really couldn't learn it.
"Is there something wrong?" Zhang Yi asked softly.
Feng Yue nodded and shook her head. Feng Lan, however, was already familiar with the Gu family, so she said bluntly, "Sister-in-law Gu, my sister is from Qingshui Village. She has two children, a boy and a girl, about the same age as my son Xu Wang. She heard that you are a teacher and was thinking... thinking..."
Feng Lan nudged her sister with her elbow and said, "You can speak for yourself."
"I just want to ask you if I can let my two kids come here too."
Zhang Yi pondered for a moment. "It's certainly possible for them to come, but can the children endure the hardship? Coming from your village, they have to walk several miles round trip every day. It's very dangerous in windy and snowy weather."
"No need, you can live in my house with Xu Wang." Feng Lan looked at Zhang Yi expectantly.
Feng Yue was so nervous that she didn't dare to breathe.
"Of course you can. There's still room in the academy, so come on."
"You agree now?" Feng Yue excitedly spoke out her true feelings.
Zhang Yi chuckled, "What else?"
"No, that's not what I meant. As for money..."
"Just like them." Zhang Yi said softly.
"But we are not from this village." Feng Yue asked.
She was not stupid, so it was better for her to explain things clearly, so that the children would not be kicked out.
"That's fine, all the kids are the same. But I do have one request: since you're here, you have to study hard and take it seriously. You can't give up halfway."
"Absolutely not, I swear." Feng Yue said excitedly: "You are such a good person."
Zhang Yi smiled. She gave people a cold feeling, but the fact that she moved out made people feel warm inside.
"Mrs. Gu, please go ahead and do your work. Let's go find Mumu..."
Zhang Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Go ahead."
The school was only a few steps away from Gu's house, but Feng Yue kept talking excitedly.
Feng Landu laughed at her and said she was like a child.
Li Mumu was looking at the seeds purchased by her uncles. Others had kept seeds for their own families, but the Gu family had never farmed before, so they had no seeds, and they wanted more than just grain seeds.
Li Mumu also wanted to plant something different.
"Mumu, you're at home. Are you cold?" Feng Lan walked in with a smile.
"Aunt Xu." Li Mumu greeted everyone in a baby voice. When she saw Feng Yue, she also called her Aunt Feng obediently.
"This child is so well behaved."
Li Mumu knew what was going on when she saw the sisters coming, "Is it done?"
"It's done!" Feng Yue said, and took out the one or two taels of silver. "Mumu, I can't accept this money."
"Why?"
"I just met Mrs. Gu. My two children can study here for free. I... I am very grateful. I can't accept this money."
"This money is for your hard-earned money. Please keep it. Studying has nothing to do with me." Li Mumu said with a smile.
That’s right, she wanted to cut off Li Yuan and Li Zhaozhao’s escape route.
She told Feng Lan about this. If she didn't know the characters of the two sisters, she wouldn't have asked them to do things for her.
"This...this is so embarrassing. I just said a few words, how can it be worth so much money?"
"It's worth it." Li Mumu said with a smile.
Feng Lan looked at the seeds that the Gu family had just bought and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, these corn seeds are not very good."
"My family's crops are not good either. The yield per mu is too low, only 300 kilograms. The land is not good either."
Feng Yue also sighed, "Aren't all seeds like this? No one's seeds are high. It's just that the land in our village is better and more abundant. You think 300 kilograms is not enough? You want 1,000 kilograms?"
Li Mumu's eyes lit up. A yield of one thousand kilograms per mu, this is a very common thing in modern times, right?
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