Chapter 82: Points are Rich (Yunqi Recommendation Vote 25,000 plus more)
The Bai family selected a site, booked materials in the county town, and started work on an auspicious day.
This was a particularly lively event in the village. Because the Bai family offered high wages, villagers from several nearby villages came to apply.
Old Zhou went there himself.
The Bai family selected and hired some people. The house was going to be quite large, so it would require a lot of wood, stones, etc., all of which needed people to do.
The whole village became lively, and the children especially liked to run to watch the fun. Manbao also ran around to watch with great interest. When they returned home in the evening, the Zhou family was also talking about this.
Among the people from the Zhou family who went, only Zhou Dalang and Zhou Silang were selected. Zhou Erlang was not selected, and Zhou Sanlang did not go because he needed to rest to cope with the labor.
Because the winter solstice was approaching, there were many things to prepare at home, so Qian took out the money at home and counted it. Of course, this matter could not be hidden from Manbao, who lived with her.
Manbao even volunteered to keep accounts for her.
Qian glanced at Manbao and agreed.
In fact, they made a lot of money during this period, but they also kept spending money. Thinking that the third child was going to serve in the army and it was winter, she set aside some money to buy some cotton for him to fill his clothes. Clothes needed to be filled, so cloth was definitely needed.
Qian allocated another part, which allowed Manbao to remember the remaining money.
Manbao asked, "Mom, is our family rich now?"
"Not at all. This little money isn't even enough for the New Year. We still have a lot to live on after the spring." Qian sighed, "Your flower basket business is gone too. Otherwise, the family would still have some income."
Manbao said, "We can sell yams."
"Where can we look for it?" Qian said, "We dare not go into the deep mountains, and we are afraid that even if we search the shallow places, we won't be able to find it."
"Then we'll grow our own."
"How do we grow this? We've never heard of it before, so we don't dare to plant it randomly. Besides, where can we get the seeds?"
Manbao was in deep thought. Now the entry for yam had not come out yet, and the points had not been collected, but she felt that yam could be planted, because Keke had said that although yam was extinct in its time, it was a very common thing before, in the Earth Era, and people ate it like eating cabbage.
Since it is as common as cabbage, it means it can be grown.
Manbao asked Keke.
The system silently searched out some information and showed it to Manbao, using its own privileges to confiscate her points.
Manbao read most of the information and the next day he found Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang and said, "Fifth brother, Sixth brother, I have already thought about what to plant on Fourth brother's land."
"What to plant?" Zhou Wulang asked, "What else can he plant on that wasteland besides beans? Dad said he'd give him two pounds of bean seeds next year and he'd have to return them after the summer harvest."
"What's the point of growing beans? If we want to grow something, we should grow yams!"
Zhou Wulang's eyes rolled and he asked, "Do you know how to plant it?"
Manbao said confidently, "I almost know."
"What do you mean by almost knowing? If you know, you know. If you don't know, you don't know."
"I've never planted yams before, but haven't I seen them before? Fifth brother, we all watched them when we went to dig them. We can just plant them the way they grow. I see they have vines, so we can give them a frame to climb up. Then we can go to the mountains and dig up some more soil, put it back there, and water it more often, and that'll be enough."
Zhou Liulang asked, "Why do we need to dig?"
"It likes to grow there because it must like to eat the soil there. We dig up the soil and spread it on our land. After we plant it, of course it likes to grow there."
The two brothers always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't tell what it was.
Manbao encouraged them, "When the yams are grown, we will also have a share. The money earned must be shared with us by Fourth Brother."
Manbao said that she would talk to her fourth brother about this.
Zhou Wulang wasn't worried that his fourth brother wouldn't agree, but he just asked, "Where can we get yam seeds? No, does yam have seeds?"
Manbao said, "Didn't several pieces of yam break off and lie in the soil when we dug them last time? Let's dig them back."
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang opened their mouths wide, "Then, can that be planted?"
Koko had said that tubers could be used as seeds, so she nodded confidently, "Of course."
"What if you dig it up?"
"Let's dig it back first." Although Manbao now has some clues, he is not very sure. But, never mind, just take it one step at a time.
Because Manbao is the only educated person in the family, and a lot of the money the family has earned recently is due to her ideas, Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang subconsciously listened to her opinions without realizing it.
Not only Zhou Wulang, but Zhou Erlang now listens to Manbao's opinions.
Manbao pestered him to go into the mountains to look for yams, saying, "Don't pull them out. Bring them back with the vines. Maybe the vines can be used as seeds."
Zhou Erlang thought what she said made sense. What better way to grow something in the mountains than to grow it yourself?
Maybe next year they will really be able to harvest a batch of yams.
Manbao reminded him again: "Second brother, if you see any plants in the mountains that I haven't seen before, you must pull them back for me."
Zhou Erlang agreed as usual, but this time he was more serious and asked Manbao, "What plants have you seen?"
Manbao drew a big circle and said, "I've seen everything in the village. Second brother, just look for things that aren't in the village or on that mountain, and bring some back to me."
Zhou Erlang smiled and touched her head, saying, "Good!"
"Host, the points for Ligustrum lucidum and Chinese yam have arrived together." Koko suddenly spoke. Manbao's eyes lit up and he ran back to the room and hid in his quilt to check the points.
When the system saw Manbao's consciousness coming in, it opened the page for her to see. The reward points for Ligustrum lucidum were 5,000, and for Chinese yam were 2,500.
"These two plants have a very important place in history. They are not only valuable for the study of botany, but also for the study of the social and cultural aspects of the time. Therefore, the points reward is relatively high."
The system saved all the points and said, "The entries for the other plants that the host previously collected are also being produced and are expected to arrive in the next two days. Host, you have earned so many points, why don't you exchange them for something to reward yourself?"
He took out the beautiful bag again and showed it to Manbao.
Manbao looked and looked, and when he had seen enough, he said, "No, I want my sister-in-law to do it for me. Please let me take another look at my mother's medicine."
Koko could only prepare the medicine and show it to her.
Manbao admired the green potion and said contentedly, "Keke, don't worry, I will definitely include many, many plants. Maybe next year I can collect enough points to buy medicine for my mother."
Koko couldn't bear to hit her, but still couldn't help but say, "It's difficult, host. Consider buying something else, something inexpensive and cheap will do. You have a lot of points now, and buying candy at a rate of one point a day is such a waste of points."
Manbao poked at the merchandise in the mall and said, "I don't know what else to sell besides candy."
(End of this chapter)
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