Chapter 359 Dispute
After watching him for a few days, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but say to Aunt Liu, "He's too honest. He hasn't changed at all after all these years."
Madam Liu smiled and said, "How about I go and give him a heads up, and ask him to teach the young master and the others more?"
"Forget it. We chose him because he's honest and obedient. If you give him some advice, he'll start to overthink it. Then when the three kids give him instructions, he'll come to me again, and I'll be the one getting annoyed." Mrs. Liu let out a breath, then said with a mixture of anger and laughter, "Forget it. Fortunately, Manbao has the entire Zhou family behind him, so we don't have to worry about them doing anything too wrong."
That’s right, behind Manbao stands the entire Zhou family’s think tank.
When it comes to farming, they dare not say that they are the best in Qili Village, but they can at least be ranked in the top three.
Although the twenty acres of land were given to Manbao to play with, it was impossible for Old Zhou not to ask about it.
Seeing that the New Year was approaching and spring would come after the New Year, Old Zhou asked Manbao, "How many acres of beans, wheat, and rice do you plan to plant? Have you prepared the seeds?"
Manbao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't families start preparing after the New Year?"
"Yes, but don't you have to go to school?" Old Zhou glanced at her and said, "You wouldn't leave such an important matter as seeds to the servants, would you?"
He said, "This is a big deal. Whether a year's harvest is good depends half on the weather and half on the seeds. This cannot be taken lightly. You are young and there are not many of you, so you should prepare early."
Manbao went to Bai Shanbao to discuss the seeds.
Bai Shanbao then remembered that they had to prepare the seeds themselves.
So the two of them went to find Liu.
Liu smiled and said, "You have to buy the seeds from the county town. Do you want to go buy them yourself or ask Bai Zhuangtou to do it?"
Bai Shanbao looked at Manbao.
Manbao had an idea. Should their seeds be kept in their original form or mixed with future elements?
Bai Shanbao and Manbao decided to discuss it, mainly because they had not yet calculated the total amount of seeds of various colors needed for the land.
In fact, this is not difficult, especially after having Baizhuangtou.
Bai Shanbao took out the data he had collected before, and asked Bai Zhuangtou to find the former farmhand to find out the situation.
There are very few crops in Qili Village. They are either rice, wheat, or beans. Well, there are all kinds of beans, with soybeans being the main one.
The two children decided to plant simple and crude things. This year, those who planted beans changed to wheat, and those who planted wheat changed to beans, and only rice could be planted in the fields.
With Bai Zhuangtou around, they quickly calculated the number of acres that could be planted for each crop. The number of seeds needed per acre was almost the same, and Manbao and the others figured it out with just a simple calculation on paper.
There was no problem with the quantity of wheat and rice. When it came to beans, Manbao felt that planting only beans was too boring, so she said, "You can also plant black beans, red beans, mung beans, kidney beans..."
Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly. "Didn't the plan you brought earlier say we were going to raise chickens at the foot of the mountain? We'd also have to set aside some land for growing vegetables, right? Do chickens eat vegetables?"
If Bai Shanbao hadn't mentioned Manbao, she would have almost forgotten about him. She perked up and said, "We also need to plant fruit trees on the mountain."
Bai Erlang, who was struggling to do his homework, couldn't continue and came over to ask, "What kind of fruit trees do you want to plant?"
Manbao said, "I like to eat pears."
This was the only fruit she could eat. It was a pear grown on a wild fruit tree in the mountains. It was a bit sour, but Manbao also thought it was delicious.
Every year, the Zhou brothers can go up the mountain and find it for her, free of charge.
Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang liked many things, so they counted on their fingers, "I like apples, peaches, and oranges..."
"I also like peaches, oranges, and cherries."
Manbao stared at them blankly, and after a while he said, "I've only eaten apples and peaches..."
That was what Zheng gave her to eat when she came to visit the Bai family, but since it was not her own home, she naturally couldn't eat as much as she wanted.
When Manbao thought about planting fruit trees on his farm and being able to eat as much as he wanted in the future, he couldn't help but get excited. "Can you find some fruit tree seedlings?"
Bai Shanbao said, "You'll have to ask Grandmother."
Bai Erlang: "You can even ask my dad. My dad is really awesome."
So they went to ask the adults.
When Master Bai heard about their massive initiative, claiming they were planning to clear the entire 40 mu of land on the mountain and plant fruit trees, he became a little worried. "Do you know how much manpower and resources it takes to clear the mountain? We have to cut down the trees and weeds first, clear away the rocks, and then dig holes to plant the trees. It might take three or two years for them to bear fruit. With that time, I can buy you ten years' worth of fruit."
It’s enough to deal with the 120 acres of land, but they actually want to deal with the mountain. How foolish!
But the three children who had just discussed fruit were clearly unwilling to compromise and said, "We want to plant fruit trees."
Manbao was more tactful, mainly because she knew how expensive money was, so she said, "We can plant some at the foot of the mountain first. Okay, let's plant twenty trees!"
Bai Shanbao despised, "It's so little."
Bai Erlang was worried, "What if he doesn't survive?"
"Then plant more," Bai Shanbao said, "Let's plant forty trees, ten peach trees, ten apple trees, and ten orange trees."
They are all my favorite foods.
Bai Erlang was unhappy, "There are also cherries, I want to plant ten of them too."
Manbao scratched his head and asked, "Do you want to plant a pear tree?"
It seems that you can just pick it on the mountain.
Koko spoke up, "Host, there's a difference between wild and cultivated fruit trees. Most wild fruits don't taste as good as cultivated ones. The pear branches I collected previously have been cultivated for two generations. If you're interested, you can buy them back at the encyclopedia. As a collector, you'll get discounts on products within five generations."
Manbao's eyes sparkled as he asked himself, "If I collect apples and peaches and then buy back the new varieties they cultivate, will there also be discounts?"
"In the future, these two types of fruits will be very common. If a research institute takes over the research and cultivation after the host acquires them, that would be fine."
For fear that no one would study it, after the target object is dropped off at the encyclopedia, it will be handed over to the logistics department to find a random place to plant it, and then some points will be given to Manbao as an encouragement. Well, it's just like the crops she had collected before that will not be in short supply in the future.
Manbao understood as soon as she heard it. Although she was a little disappointed, she quickly argued with her two friends, "We still have to plant some pear trees."
So, forty fruit trees weren't enough to share, so Bai Shanbao waved his hand and wanted to expand the scale. Before he could say anything, Master Bai said, "Just plant forty trees. There's no more. You can discuss what trees to plant."
Then the three children's eyes met, and Manbao said, "I only plant pear trees!"
So Bai Shanbao went to glare at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang wasn't afraid of him and glared back, "I must plant cherries!"
"Well, then we'll split it up equally. There are forty trees between the three of us, so each of us can have thirteen fruit trees. We can plant whatever we want."
Manbao thought this was fair and agreed first.
Bai Erlang thought about it and had no objection. He just asked, "What about the remaining tree?"
Without thinking, Bai Shanbao pointed at Manbao and said, "Manbao is the youngest and a girl, let her choose!"
(End of this chapter)
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