Chapter 232 Can you sell me some?
"You mean the first two times? I bought a small plot of land, which is quite remote, outside the city. I plan to grow wheat on it."
Song Chunxue bought a shop, but she is not good at business and has not yet decided what to do.
If the fourth brother finds out, he might cause trouble.
When starting a business, it's inevitable to spend money at the beginning. Whether you'll make a profit later and whether you can recover your initial investment are all uncertain.
The fourth brother is somewhat intelligent, but he spent more than ten years working outside before accumulating experience and connections.
Letting him start a business from the very beginning is like playing with her life savings.
Once the fourth brother has made his own money, he can do whatever he wants.
Having learned her lesson the hard way, Song Chunxue was determined to protect her life savings.
The fourth brother seemed to understand her thoughts and didn't press her further.
"Mother, I'll go talk to my classmates tomorrow. They're already in the county and said they'll be leaving in the next few days."
Song Chunxue thought of Yao Man's words and still had some doubts.
"Have you thought this through? Bring plenty of self-defense items. I'll ask Yao Man again. If she finds a better way, will you consider it?"
The fourth brother was determined to go with his classmates, but his mother was also concerned about him, so he nodded casually, "Alright."
That night, lying on the warm wooden kang (heated brick bed), Song Chunxue felt lost and dejected.
Fortunately, she can quickly cheer herself up now, and there's nothing she can't overcome.
Her senior brother had been so good to her lately, making her feel like she was back in her childhood, with her second brother protecting her.
She couldn't slack off; when her senior brother returned next time, she would definitely impress him.
She opened the character recognition booklet again, reviewed what she had learned before, and then had Sanwa teach her five new characters.
After writing a page of crooked and messy calligraphy with a brush in hand, she practiced drawing talismans.
Drawing a lucky charm is not actually difficult; the challenge lies in completing it in one go.
She hadn't asked her senior brother; what she really wanted to learn was how to sever unwanted romantic ties.
Ever since Song Chunxue heard the word "peach blossom" so often, it has become her most annoying word.
She wanted to personally cut off her own romantic entanglements.
But she doesn't have that ability right now.
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The next day, she was awakened by the sound of a rooster crowing.
She didn't react when she opened her eyes and saw the bed curtains above her head.
"Squeak~"
She heard the sound of the door to the east room opening; it was Sanwa getting up.
Song Chunxue quickly put on her clothes and went to make soup.
Wait, no, she prepared the dough last night, thinking she'd make steamed buns this morning.
In the morning, city dwellers either eat steamed buns or mantou (steamed bread), and the street stalls sell them steaming hot.
She also wants to get up early in the morning to cook hot meals and eat different kinds of food.
She didn't try to imitate others in everything, like making steamed buns or buying fresh meat.
In the past, she would make steamed buns with pork cracklings, shredded radish, and a few chopped scallions. This was already a delicacy for her, and she would only make them a few times a year.
After she finished steaming the buns, Sanwa came to the kitchen.
"Is Mom making steamed buns?" Sanwa leaned closer to the steamer. "They smell so good! Are we eating like city people?"
"Yes, we can't make soup every morning, we'll get tired of it eventually."
Sanwa shook his head, "No, no, the egg drop soup is already very good."
He went to the fourth brother's room and called him over for breakfast.
The fourth child was reluctant and kept saying he wanted to sleep a little longer.
Smelling the aroma of the steamed buns, he took a bite and nodded repeatedly, "Mmm, delicious, delicious. Our family hasn't had steamed buns in a long time."
Song Chunxue didn't say anything, and in the blink of an eye, she had already eaten three steamed buns.
After eating three and finishing the soup, Sanwa got up to leave.
"Why go so early? Stay a little longer."
The fourth brother saw that the third brother looked just right in the light blue long gown that the board had on. It was the school's official robe, which made him look even more energetic and full of vitality.
Sanwa slung his schoolbag over his shoulder. "I've forgotten a lot of yesterday's lessons. I can review them early and also take a look at what I need to learn today."
Song Chunxue couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you just go to the backyard to read?"
Sanwa scratched the back of his head. "Others have read many books. Although the teacher praised me highly, I am still not as good as others. I want to read more and try to catch up with them."
"Then go early, don't force yourself. It's okay to be a little late, you'll make it eventually," Song Chunxue said gently. "Pushing yourself too hard will make you sad."
Sanwa nodded and ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye.
The fourth brother took a sip of soup and mumbled, "The third brother might have already cried in desperation, so he's desperately trying to catch up with the others. I was asleep last night when I vaguely heard someone reading aloud, and I thought I misheard."
Song Chunxue thought to herself, "Sanwa has always been competitive, and now he's even more competitive and ambitious."
This hard-won opportunity was a great joy for him. Even if he cried, he would quickly wipe away his tears and grit his teeth to move forward.
As his mother, asking too many questions would only make him feel worse.
Let him be.
Today she's going to check out the land she just bought, to see if anyone in the area is willing to farm it for her.
By the time she finished cleaning up the kitchen, the fourth brother had already gone to find his classmate.
Song Chunxue then locked the door and went to the newly purchased land.
The newly purchased land was all fertile, and people were plowing the fields around it, holding donkey whips and urging their donkeys or mules, "Crack, tai!"
Mules are the offspring of donkeys and horses. They are infertile, stronger, better-tempered, larger, and better-looking than donkeys.
People who can't afford horses prefer to raise mules.
Except for the tail, which droops like a donkey's, a mule is almost identical to a horse.
If we were to discuss in detail where mules are inferior to horses, mules are, after all, donkeys, and lack the innate arrogance and nobility of fine horses, making them easy to tame.
"Hey, Auntie, is this land yours?"
The man plowing the field nearby saw Song Chunxue standing in the wasteland, staring intently at his mule, and couldn't help but stop and ask a question, bending down to pick up some wild grass roots.
“Yes,” Song Chunxue asked in return, “Brother, do you know anyone around here who farms for others and earns wages?”
The tanned man tapped the plow with his donkey whip. "I am the one. You need someone to farm?"
Song Chunxue was overjoyed. "I wonder how you planted them, brother. These three adjacent plots of land are about ten acres in size. I'd like to plant wheat on them all."
"Ten mu," the man pondered for a moment as he looked at the land before him, "the same as everyone else's, sixty coins per mu, I'll provide the livestock, you provide the seeds, how about that?"
"This price is fair. Did you grow crops from someone else's field, brother?"
The man took off his cloth shoes and rubbed the dirt off them. His thin face was expressionless. The short shirt he was wearing was many years old, the back of which was washed white and had many small holes. It looked like it could be torn apart if he used too much force when washing it.
"Yes, our ancestors didn't own much land, but they raised a lot of donkeys and mules. Besides trading livestock, they made a living by farming for others."
He couldn't help but ask curiously, "I heard that this land was sold by the government. I have no way to buy it even if I want to. I wonder how you managed to buy it, young lady? Could you sell me some?"
"Judging from your personal inquiry and your attire, there shouldn't be any men in your household, right?"
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I am so sorry I am late today.
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