Chapter 1192 Zhuangzi's Situation
Da Niu calmed himself down and patted his chest. "Yes, yes, it's fake."
However, he was still shocked when he said, "Even if it's fake, he was still raised as the son of a high-ranking official for more than ten years."
He shook his head as he spoke, "No wonder. I knew that his demeanor, his knowledge, his speech, and his martial arts skills meant he was definitely not from an ordinary family."
He was quite moved. Just as Shu Yu was about to speak, he heard him say, "That Young Master Meng is quite remarkable. At the age of ten, he already knew how to endure humiliation and hide by the side of his mother's killer. If it were me, I would have been terrified to death if I encountered such a thing at the age of ten. Young Master Meng is like that."
He gave a thumbs up, and Shu Yu laughed, "When he comes later, you can talk to him yourself."
Da Niu scratched his head and chuckled dryly, "So, what are Young Master Meng's plans next? Will you be opening a security escort agency with Uncle Meng?"
Shu Yu shook his head. "In order to avoid attracting Gong Qiu's attention, he pretended to be a dullard, but in fact he is very knowledgeable and well-informed. Now that his wish has been fulfilled, he plans to take the imperial examination at the beginning of next year and obtain official rank."
Da Niu's eyes lit up. "Great! Young Master Meng is truly ambitious. When he becomes a high-ranking official, you'll become his wife."
Shu Yu coughed lightly, not wanting to say that neither of them had their sights set on this.
But at this point, Meng Yunzheng hasn't even taken the preliminary examination for the imperial examinations, so it's too early to talk about these things.
Seeing Da Niu's excited expression, as if he had already foreseen her future, she was afraid that if he continued talking, she would not be able to handle it, so she quickly changed the subject and asked about the situation in the fields.
Speaking of this, Da Niu was equally energetic. "Look, as you can see, all 100 acres of our land have been planted with sunflowers. The alfalfa from our original 80 acres has been harvested three times already, all by the Wu family. The Wu brothers even said that the alfalfa we grow is the best, even better than the one from their ranch, and that the livestock love it. They even asked if we could continue planting it."
Shu Yu thought, "Of course, the crops grown here are good. This land is saline-alkali land."
However, if she planted alfalfa on so much land, she would lose a fortune. Not to mention the taxes she would have to pay for all that land, she would also have to hire so many people to work on it. She wouldn't even be able to pay their wages by selling alfalfa, let alone get rich.
"I see that the land is all fenced off, what's going on?"
Da Niu sighed, "When we were planting alfalfa before, horses and cattle would come and graze there when no one was looking. Luckily, there were patrols in the field, but we were outnumbered, and the alfalfa was so lush that several patches were eaten. Especially a few old farmers who herded cattle, who would specifically drive their cattle this way. When we confronted them, they would argue that the cattle came by themselves and they weren't paying attention. We can't just slaughter their cattle, can we?"
"Later, it was your sister-in-law who told those old farmers that this land belonged to Lord Lu, and that the alfalfa was planted to sell for money. If the cattle were allowed to run here and eat it again, it would be an infringement on other people's property, and we would report it to the authorities. Those old farmers thought that the land was rented out as before, but when they heard that it all belonged to Lord Lu, they became scared and stopped coming over after that day."
“But now that we’ve replanted the sunflowers, the sprouts are still small. If horses, cattle, or donkeys come and take over this huge field, wouldn’t that be a waste? So I’ve decided to build a fence.”
Shu Yu nodded. "It's fine."
(End of this chapter)
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