Chapter 413 Each Has Its Own Plan
Old Zhou felt that the Qian family was simply unreasonable. This was their Bai family's business. What did the Bai family's surprise have to do with their Zhou family?
It would be fine if Manbao got involved, because she has a good relationship with the young master. Why would the two adults bother with so much effort?
But Old Zhou was too timid to speak.
Manbao had not yet told Old Zhou the final price until Bai Shanbao told her that their grain was about to arrive in Luojiang County. Only then did Manbao happily go to find her father and tell him that the Bai family was willing to exchange one catty and two taels for one catty.
Old Zhou, who had been somewhat lazy, immediately perked up and asked with shining eyes, "Really?"
Manbao nodded.
"Did they say how many pounds it would take?"
"We want everything grown from our wheat seeds, but Dad, they should keep some seeds for themselves, right?"
"Not only that, this seed is good. They not only kept enough for themselves, but also left some for their relatives. They plan to send them to others after they finish this work." But Old Zhou didn't care. It is common for relatives to exchange seeds that are well grown.
Old Zhou decided to visit Qian's house when he had time to see if his winter wheat harvest this year was any better and whether he should get some more seeds from him.
Old Zhou planned it out. He figured the second son and his friends would have to go to Yue's family as well, so he had to save more wheat seeds. After doing some calculations, he said, "Manbao, how about we exchange sixty bags and keep nine?"
Manbao was stunned. "Do we have to change it too?"
"Of course I will exchange it. One catty and two ounces for one catty. This price was negotiated between my father and me." If he didn't take advantage of such a great deal, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Manbao: ...She needs to have a good talk with her mother and ask her to look after her father and not to exchange the wheat at home.
Old Zhoutou went out happily and told the good news to the whole village.
Last year, except for a few families, most households in Qili Village exchanged their own wheat for wheat seeds with the Zhou family.
Originally, the winter wheat harvest this spring of those who changed their wheat seeds was generally much higher than that of those who did not. Now that there is a one-pound-two-ounce exchange for one-pound deal, those families who did not change their wheat seeds before are regretting it very much.
Laizi's family didn't change it.
Lai Zi thought it was troublesome, and his family's wheat seeds last year were carefully selected, and he felt that they were no worse than the wheat harvested by Lao Zhou's family.
Yes, the Zhou family’s wheat harvest last year was better than everyone else’s, but no matter how good it was, the wheat certainly wouldn’t have as full grains as the one they carefully selected, right?
Who would have thought that those who changed their crops last year would have a good harvest.
Laizi was a little depressed.
His father squatted on the threshold, and after a while he said in a muffled voice: "Let's exchange some wheat seeds with Uncle Jin's family this year. I think the wheat seeds they have are really good."
"If you knew it was so good, why didn't you change it last year?" Laizi couldn't help but yell, "Now it's a year too late, not to mention that you can't even make any money."
The beggar's father sat on the doorstep without saying a word.
The beggar got angry and then walked away kicking and tumbling.
There are several families in the village who feel the same regret as Laizi's family, but they cannot affect Lao Zhou's family, let alone the joy of the whole village.
Even the village chief was so happy that he asked someone to go to the market to cut a piece of meat and invited Old Zhou to stay for dinner.
One catty can produce two taels of grain, so if it's one thousand catties, it's equivalent to two hundred catties more. Just thinking about it makes the village chief so happy that he can eat a whole pot of meat.
The village chief also invited several elderly elders from the village. Since they couldn't afford to drink, everyone just ate steamed buns. One of them asked Old Zhou, "When are they going to come and exchange them?"
"Manbao said it would only take two or three days, and everyone's wheat would probably be almost done drying."
An old man said to the village chief, "You have to keep an eye on them. Let the wheat dry out in the sun and let it air out. Don't let the half-dried wheat or the empty wheat husks be packed in."
He said, "Mr. Bai is from Qili Village too. We are all from the same village. It would be embarrassing if we started a quarrel."
"Yes, if we want to live a good life in the future, we will have to rely on Master Bai. We can't ruin our relationship for such a small matter."
Old Zhou nodded repeatedly. His family still owed Mr. Bai several favors. Although they raised the price for business reasons, they still had to do a good job of ensuring quality and quantity.
Mr. Bai had no idea that he was being used as a tiger skin. After talking to the three children, he kept an eye on their movements.
It turned out that the three children went to and from school as usual every day, and occasionally went to the mountains together to destroy weeds and wild flowers. Well, it was said that they went to the mountains to look for wild mushrooms and had a picnic.
He lit a fire in the garden of Bai's house, strung some mushrooms he found on it and was about to roast them, but he almost burned the flowers in the garden, which earned him a good lesson from Zheng.
When Mr. Bai was wondering if they had forgotten their important matters, he sent someone to pick up his son and bring him back to live with them. However, his son said nervously that he would not betray his friends.
Well, Mr. Bai knew that they did not forget their important matters, but he didn’t know what they did.
But seeing that Bai Er lives with Bai Shanbao, not only can he go to and from school normally every day, but his homework has also been praised twice by Mr. Zhuang. It is said that he now reads books after class.
Mr. Bai was so excited that he almost cried, and then he waited for their next step calmly without any hurry.
However, he was indeed interested in the seeds of the Zhou family.
In the past few days, he not only talked to Old Zhou, but also talked to the village chief of Qili Village. Only then did he confirm that the seeds of Old Zhou's family were indeed kept by themselves, but they changed after the flood last year.
I don’t know if it was because of the flood or if it was really the blessing of Laozi, but their wheat had changed.
Other than that, Old Zhou's wheat-growing method was the same as everyone else's. He had more sons, so he plowed the field twice, and his daughter-in-law broke up the clods a little more. He also applied more fertilizer, and planted the wheat two days earlier than everyone else.
In short, after analysis, Mr. Bai concluded that the root cause lies in the seeds.
So he really wanted to buy seeds.
The water and soil in Qili Village have been verified, and these wheat seeds should be adapted to the water and soil in Qili Village. The water and soil in Dali Village are similar to those here, so there is no problem.
Therefore, new wheat seeds can be planted in these places after the autumn harvest. As for other places, he plans to select ten to twenty acres of land to try it out.
If these wheat seeds are not suitable for the local soil and water, then the loss in one place will only be about ten or twenty acres of land, and he can afford the loss.
Mr. Bai had a good plan. He planned to buy a batch from the three children at a "low price" first, and then go to the village to buy from others if it was not enough.
However, he still prefers to buy from the Zhou family, because it is said that their wheat is the best in the village this year, so the wheat seeds produced by their family should also be the best.
(End of this chapter)
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