Chunxiao gave up in the end. She was just curious, not stupid.
After the snow stopped, it was cloudy for two days before the sun finally came out. The heavy snow took six or seven days to melt. As early as the first day of the snow, they had agreed with the restaurant that they would not be able to deliver the goods if the snow was heavy. Now that the snow has melted, they will start delivering the goods.
Zhou came over, her shoes were soaked before she even entered the house. Chunxiao hurriedly gave her a change of shoes and pulled her to sit by the fire. "Mom, is there something wrong at home?"
"Shu Wen went to deliver the goods. Everything is fine at home. It's snowed for so many days, so I came to see how you are."
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Seeing Zhou's worried face, "Are you worried about Dad and the others?"
"Yes, with such heavy snow, things will definitely be delayed. I don't know how they are doing, and there's no certainty when they'll be back. I went to see your second sister-in-law and her family, and she's very worried too."
"There's nothing we can do. We can only hope they get better. I think we shouldn't be impatient. The later it is, the later it is. We must wait until the road is clear before returning, otherwise it will be more dangerous on the road."
"Ah," Zhou sighed, "I was hoping they'd come back soon, but now I'm hoping they won't have to rush back. What a contradiction. By the way, many families in the farm who planted winter soybeans have had their soybeans crushed to death. Didn't you plant quite a lot of soybeans on your farm? I wonder how it's doing now."
Yes, with such heavy snow, I'm afraid many people will be crushed to death or frozen to death. "I'll go to the village to take a look when the road is clear."
Seeing that she had nothing to do, Zhou sat for a while and then left.
The farmhands had been on holiday since the snow began, and they all came to work today. It was wet outside and there was nothing to do, so Chunxiao asked them to go back, saying that they didn't need to come until the ground dried up, but their wages would still be paid.
Everyone was happy. It was indeed a lucky thing to work for Chunxiao. In fact, the family had earned a lot of money this year, so they didn't have to work so hard to earn this money. However, everyone felt that the wages were well earned, and the family didn't need two people like them, so they all tacitly chose to continue.
Early in the morning on the 24th, someone suddenly came to Yan Ershui's house in the village and invited Chunxiao to their home for a pig-killing dinner. This was the first time in two years that someone had invited her to a pig-killing dinner. She wanted to refuse, but the other person's wife was too enthusiastic, so she had no choice but to go. As a result, when she arrived, she found that Zhou was there too. Fortunately, it was not so embarrassing.
"We're also going to slaughter a pig in the next two days, but you guys got there first." Someone from the same village came up to them and said, "Mrs. Zhou, Chunxiao, we'd like to invite you to our house for a meal in a couple of days."
"That's a coincidence, that's what we meant."
Zhou was amused. "We're all from the same village, why are we being so polite? We're also slaughtering a pig this afternoon, so why should we invite everyone here? We understand everyone's kindness and appreciate it."
"That won't do. Since your Ershui family is here, our family must also go and sit with us."
"Why hasn't the butcher come yet? The pig has been waiting for a long time."
"Butchers are very busy these days, visiting several butchers a day. Why are you in such a hurry? Let's sit down and talk for a while."
Yan Ershui's daughter-in-law lit a fire in the main room and said, "Everyone, come and sit down and chat." She pulled Chunxiao and Zhou to sit next to her.
"Why don't I see Brother Bingfa and Dashan and the others?"
"They went to the county town for a walk. They left before the snow. I'm afraid they were blocked on the road."
"Your family is very powerful now. We were the same a few years ago. Look at the difference now. What are the brothers Bingfa and the others doing in the county town?"
Zhou rubbed her hands and said, "Chunxiao's farm is short of cattle. Let's go to the county town and buy some."
"I heard last time that there's a farm in Chunxiaolu Village that's bigger than the ones in Zhoujia Village. We Chunxiao are the ones who can do big things." Several men looked at the girl with admiration, and Chunxiao didn't know how to respond. "It was very difficult in the early days, but luckily I had some luck and got through it."
"Chunxiao, there's something I want to discuss with you while I have some free time. Your cotton-growing technology is truly amazing. Every family has made money this year, all thanks to you. I won't say much about this. My in-laws recently asked me about this and wanted to grow cotton with us. I didn't answer them. I just wanted to ask you, is it okay for me to grow cotton with my daughter instead of my in-laws? My daughter has had a hard life since she got married, and I've always wanted to help her. I didn't have a way before, but now that I can grow cotton, I want to give it a try."
"Yes, yes, yes. Our in-laws are in Zhoujia Village and have been asking about this recently. I can't just refuse it outright. I need your definite answer. If you say no, then I can reply to them."
Speaking of this, it seems that every family has this plan.
"It's not that I want to hide it. I'm actually doing this so that everyone can earn more money for two years. Think about it, if everyone knows this method and cotton sells well, then everyone will go to grow cotton, and the price will definitely fall. In the future, you won't be able to make much money from growing cotton."
"That's right." Everyone nodded.
"Actually, there's no problem on a small scale. How about this: if your daughter or your in-laws also want to plant, the conditions are the same. Come and sign a deed, and your family members can act as guarantors for them. That's fine too. You've all harvested cotton this year, so you'll have plenty of seeds, so you don't have to come to me for them. By the way, you have to pick the seeds before planting. Pick the ones with plump grains. I picked all the seeds I gave you last year."
The people sitting around were overjoyed. "Oh, that's great! This is a great help! I'll tell them the good news when I get back."
"I knew Chunxiao was kind-hearted, and there was no getting away from it."
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