Chapter 351 Agree
Old Zhou opened his mouth wide, obviously not expecting that children nowadays are so old when playing games, and they can just use a hundred acres of land to play.
You know, the permanent farmland owned by their family of five, including father and sons, is only one hundred acres.
Qian asked her daughter, "So?"
Manbao said, "I think we can't just let them provide the land and money. I have to contribute something as well."
Manbao was looking at her father when she said this.
Old Zhou squatted down to smoke, and after a while he said, "How can our family compare with those two families?"
"Dad, we can only benefit if we contribute, and we will suffer if we don't." Manbao vaguely sensed something but couldn't say it. She asked Keke again in her heart and found that Keke still didn't answer, but she suddenly saw the teaching room for some reason.
Manbao wondered, did Koko ask her to ask Teacher Mo?
So Manbao took advantage of his father's time to think and sent an email to Teacher Mo.
Old Zhou didn't want to get involved. He said, "Just play along with them. We don't have much land and no money. How can we get involved in this?"
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Sanlang nodded repeatedly.
Zhou Erlang subconsciously looked at his mother.
Qian asked Manbao, "How do you calculate the harvest from your farming?"
"Each family contributed differently, so we haven't discussed this yet. But I think Grandma Liu wants us to split it evenly."
So if she wants to gain something, she also has to pay something.
Qian was very curious, "Is your farming method different from ours?"
"It's different. Even the farm tools are different, and the methods are somewhat different. He also asked us to raise more chickens and ducks to fertilize the land. In his words, it's called ecological cycle." Man Bao said, "One hundred acres of land is the minimum. In fact, the larger the land, the better the ecological cycle, and the better the harvest."
The Zhou family understood the first half of what Manbao said, but not the second half, at least they didn't understand what ecological cycle meant.
Old Zhou said, "We have chickens and geese at home. If you want to play with them, just use the ones at home."
"But our land is scattered here and there, and it can't be connected."
"Oh my ancestor, do you really want to give up the land to play with them?" Old Zhou glared at her.
Manbao nodded and beckoned him, "Dad, if this succeeds, I can get a lot of food and money. What's mine is yours!"
Zhou Silang immediately said, "Dad, I think we can give it a try. The main thing is that Manbao is smart and has read a lot of books. Since it is written in the book, it should be correct."
Old Zhou: "How do you know it's correct?"
"Can the wrong things be written in the book?"
"That's not necessarily true," Manbao said. "Books are just a record of one person or a group of people's understanding of knowledge. Some are right, and of course some are wrong."
Old Zhou looked at the fourth brother proudly and said, "Look!"
Zhou Silang looked at Manbao with a look of disappointment, "I'm speaking for you. We are the same team!"
"That's wrong too. Just because we're in the same group doesn't mean I should turn a blind eye to your mistakes."
Zhou Silang turned his head and ignored her.
Qian pondered for a long time and then asked, "We have a lot of land at home, but not much either. Which ones do you want?"
Old Zhou turned his head and looked at his wife. "You, you are just kidding! How can you let a child play with the land? How old is she?"
Land is Old Zhou's lifeblood.
Qian said, "Don't forget, our daughter is the reincarnation of a fairy. Maybe this is the reward given to her by Master Tianzun?"
Old Zhou fell into deep thought.
Manbao opened his mouth wide. How did this have to do with Master Tianzun?
Zhou Sanlang, who originally disagreed, nodded repeatedly and expressed his opinion, "Dad, I think what Mom said makes sense. Since Manbao is a fairy under the Lord Tianzun's seat, she can't always follow us through hardship, right? Maybe we can dig up treasure this time?"
Zhou Dalang looked around and felt that it was a little unreliable, so he looked at the second brother.
Zhou Erlang pondered, "The main thing is, if we only contribute a portion of the land, then the cost isn't that great. The young master's family contributes people and seeds and things like that. After all, it's farming, so even if things don't go well, there's always going to be some harvest. We can just watch from the sidelines, so we won't lose too much."
Old Zhou said, "We suffered a disaster this year, and I want to plant more land next year. I was originally complaining that there wasn't enough land to plant, so how can I give it up again?"
Zhou Erlang disagreed. "Dad, we have quite a bit of land. If we plow it once and then plant it, we won't get much harvest. It would be better to put in the extra effort twice and plant more carefully. Don't you find that the harvest is better if you plow the land twice?"
Zhou Dalang also nodded. He understood this very well. "Only one acre of land doesn't seem significant, but the total amount of twenty or thirty acres can be much more."
"That's right. When we only had 80 mu of permanent farmland, it was enough to eat. Now we have an additional share for the fourth child... If it weren't for the disaster this year, we should be able to sell a lot of grain during the autumn harvest."
"But how can we compare now with the past?" Old Zhou said, "The third daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and the fourth daughter-in-law will also have a baby next year. Suddenly, there are three more people in the family, and one less laborer. If we don't plant more, what will happen if the family granary is empty?"
There is a new member named Fang in the family this year. Mrs. He will give birth at the end of the year, and Fang will also give birth next year. From pregnancy to childbirth, a woman will be required to do semi-labor for at least two years.
Old Zhou was very disappointed with his sons. "Have you forgotten the time when you were hungry? Why were you hungry then? It was because we had no food at home!"
Qian ignored him and turned to look at Manbao, "Have you decided which lands you want?"
Manbao said shyly, "I want Fourth Brother's mountain."
Old Zhou immediately agreed, "That's great. Is the fourth brother's mountain enough? If not, I'll give you the third brother's mountain as well."
Everyone: ...
"And those plots of land near Si Ge Mountain? I remember most of them belonged to Mr. Bai's family. Several of them are even adjacent to theirs."
Old Zhou refused. "Those plots of land are at least 13 or 14 mu. We're planting beans and rice this year, and we'll have to plant them next year too. So no."
Manbao said, "Dad, we plan to plant fruit trees and raise chickens on the mountain. The fruit trees and chickens will be provided by Shanbao's family. The eggs will be divided among the three of us. If our family doesn't participate, then they will share. Do you want to eat eggs and chicken?"
"Then let's go out..."
Qian asked, "Do you think that cloud in the sky will turn into a pie and fall down?"
Old Zhou: ...
"So don't think about yourself all the good things. First, you have to give things out. The more you give, the more you get. There's no such thing as just sitting back and having a pie fall on you. Your daughter is the reincarnation of a fairy, but she's not a fairy yet."
Old Zhou fell silent, puffing harder on his pipe. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Manbao became happy and said, "Dad, please trade a few more acres of land with others to make up the twenty acres for me."
Old Zhou: ...
(End of this chapter)
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