Chapter 1354 Contract
"Of course, if you are short of money, you can pay on credit for now, and we will deduct the cost of the seeds after the sunflowers are planted."
After Shu Yu finished speaking, the villagers began to talk quietly.
In the end, three companies decided to buy on credit, while the rest paid for the goods.
Shu Yu was not surprised and quickly found out the area they wanted to plant.
Since it was probably the first time they were planting, half of the people were only planting one or two acres. Shu Yu didn't care, since she bought the crops based on weight and quality.
Of the remaining half, the smallest, like Aunt Liang, cultivated only three mu (approximately 0.2 acres).
The most common one was the young man named Daqiang, whom Aunt Liang had mentioned. His family had ten acres of land, and they actually planned to plant sunflowers on all of it, leaving only six-tenths of an acre for vegetables.
Shu Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Da Qiang, "Are you sure?"
Daqiang nodded, "I'm sure."
The soil on his land wasn't very good. When his family had fertile fields before, they were forcibly taken away by a wealthy landlord because of their good location.
So, starting with his grandfather's generation, they could only cultivate inferior land, and their lives became worse day by day.
In his generation, although the family owned a lot of land, the harvest was poor, which meant that neither he nor his elder brother were able to get married even though they were both over twenty.
The eldest brother went to the prefectural city to find work, and he also wanted to go out and look for work, but unfortunately, he had elderly parents and a twelve-year-old sister at home, so he couldn't leave.
Therefore, he couldn't go to the workshop to work, but he felt really stifled guarding these ten acres of land.
He was the first person to consider planting sunflowers. Since he wasn't familiar with the Lu family, he asked his neighbor, Aunt Liang, for information, since Uncle Liang had always worked for Lu Erbai.
As a result, Aunt Liang was also persuaded, and so the word spread from one household to another, and now twelve households want to plant sunflowers.
But Shuyu was very happy; she was deeply impressed by Daqiang.
“If everyone is okay with it, I’ll start writing the contract. Once Da Niu brings the seeds over, you can ask him any questions you have. But he’ll only stay in Shangshi Village at first; he’ll be going back to the manor soon. After that, if you have any questions, just ask my uncle.”
"Okay." Daqiang nodded first.
Shu Yu then asked Ying Xi to fetch the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from the carriage, and began writing the contract in front of everyone.
Write down all the key points, and then fill in the number of acres that everyone wants to plant.
Finally, press your handprint.
Shu Yu put away the contract, and seeing that it was getting late, she stood up and said, "Alright, the matter is settled. After you go back, level the land first, and I hope everyone will have a good harvest."
After everyone signed the contract, they were a little nervous and excited. When they left the Lu family's house, they were also a little confused, wondering if their decision today was right or wrong.
However, after they planted one crop and received their first payment, which was twice as much as what they earned from growing grain, everyone began to rejoice at their decision.
Later, more and more people started planting sunflowers, and gradually the entire Shangshi Village and even the neighboring villages were covered in a golden color. Sunflowers slowly became a specialty of Jiangyuan County.
Shu Yu took the contract back to Lu Dasong's house. By then, everyone had rested enough and was discussing going back.
Even the old lady seemed much more energetic, but Zhou's father, whose alcohol tolerance was really not good, was still dizzy after taking a nap.
He was clearly in no condition to catch the carriage, but Zhou Lao Er didn't know how either.
Ultimately, the Zhou family decided to set off with Shu Yu and her group, since they would have to pass through their village to get back to the county town anyway.
(End of this chapter)
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