Chapter 269 The Village Master’s Grand Plan
Gong Xiu couldn't describe what kind of change this was. She just felt as if her heart was gently tickled by a feather.
She decided to provide Cui Qingyi with all the help she could.
"If you want to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, you have to go out and buy mulberry seedlings from now on. I'm afraid the people in Luhua Town don't know how to raise silkworms and spin silk. Spinning is not a difficult task, I can teach you.
But raising silkworms is a skill, and I’m afraid no one would be willing to give it up.”
Gong Xiu only had to think about it briefly and felt that this matter was full of difficulties.
Cui Qingyi smiled faintly: "There's no rush for this matter. It's not too late to think about it after the trees are actually planted.
I was thinking that the silk we use nowadays is basically bought all the way from Jiangdu. Not to mention the long journey, the price has remained high for many years. If we can raise silkworms and reel silk by ourselves, and then unite with merchants in Qinghe County, we may be able to achieve something.
With Qinghe County as the center, we have girls' schools, embroiderers, embroidery shops, cloth shops, mulberry gardens, silkworm farms, and embroidery shopkeepers. In this vast world, we women can also achieve great things.
I only have a rough idea now, and I invited you here just to hear your opinion."
When Gong Xiu heard that Cui Qingyi was going to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms in Luhua Town, all she could think of was that Cui Qingyi wanted to find something for the people of Luhua Town to do, but she didn't expect that her ambitions were so far-reaching.
Awakening!
"You are trying to steal business from Jiangdu!" Gong Xiu was shocked.
Cui Qingyi waved her hand: "Luhua Town is not that big. Even if it is successfully planted, it will only be a small workshop. It can't be said that it is stealing business."
Gong Xiu has been doing business for so many years. Before Cui Qingyi showed up, she could only stay at Jinxiu Zhuang. With the emergence of the girls' school, the embroidery business in Dongping County became lively, and she dared to make up her mind to go out. But how long has it been since then, and she has to get involved in such a big thing?
But Gong Xiu did not hesitate for long, because she was an ambitious person who was good at seizing every opportunity.
"Village Master, I think this is feasible. Let's plan it carefully."
The Lord of Dongping Township is now famous, which in itself is an opportunity.
After realizing this, Gong Xiu suddenly became excited. If Luhua Town could really produce silk, then she, Gong Xiu, might also go down in history!
At this time, Qinghe City
Nong Qi was extremely excited when he saw the green potato seedlings in the field blooming white and purple flowers.
After being busy and worried for so long, I finally see hope. The closer it gets to the critical period of potato growth, the more Nong Qi dares not to delegate the work to others.
The letter sent from Dongping County went around the post station before it reached Nong Qi.
Seeing Cui Qingyi's name on the envelope, Nong Qi took it without caring about the dirt on his hands.
Nong Qi felt a little guilty towards Cui Qingyi. After all, she had gone to Yao's house to take risks, and she had vowed to resolve all the problems. However, in the end, she almost hurt Wangcai because of a mistake. This made Nong Qi always feel that something was missing when facing Cui Qingyi.
After reading the letter quickly, Xiaoliu anxiously asked, "Sir, what did the village chief say in the letter? Did he invite us to visit Dongping County?"
Xiaoliu still has some childishness in his heart. Because he used to get along well with Cui Qingyi and Wangcai, he misses them a little after not seeing them for a long time.
Nong Qi smiled and said, "The village chief said he wanted to borrow someone from our family who is familiar with farming to help out. Unfortunately, I have to look after the potatoes now, otherwise I would have gone there myself."
Nong Qi really wanted to go by himself. Besides wanting to help, he always felt that if he followed the Dongping Township Master, there might be some unexpected surprises.
The Lord of Dongping Township was a friend that Nong Qi acknowledged from the bottom of his heart. Now that his friend had something to ask of him, Nong Qi immediately started thinking about which of his brothers had been unemployed at home and could be ordered around.
It’s a pity that even after thinking about everyone in the family, from the eldest brother to the thirteenth brother, no one could go to Dongping County to help.
Among the older generation, his father and uncles all held official positions, and they had to have permission from the court to go out.
Perhaps noticing Nong Qi's dilemma, Xiao Liu's black eyes twitched as he cautiously suggested, "Eighth Miss is always clamoring to go out, so why not let me accompany her on a trip?"
Thinking of his noisy sister, Nong Qi frowned.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu hurriedly said, "Master, think about how pitiful Eighth Miss is. She is locked up at home by her mistress every day and can't go anywhere. She has been learning farming from the master since she was a child, but now she can only be locked up in the house doing needlework every day. How pitiful!"
The eighth daughter of a farming family was engaged to a family in the capital as soon as she came of age. Although the wedding was still more than two years away, the farmer's wife was afraid that the girl would run around outside and get tanned, and she was also afraid that she would not know needlework and would cause trouble for her husband's family in the future, so she kept her at home to learn from a master.
The little girl, who loved freedom by nature, was miserable. Every time she waited for her brother to come home, she would pull up her sleeves and cry.
Xiaoliu and Eighth Girl are of similar age. When they were young, Xiaoliu often followed Eighth Girl. Now that he has such an opportunity, he wants to fight for his own lady.
Although I can't change anything, it's okay to go out and relax.
Nong Qi frowned again, "Xiao Ba, can you do it? The village chief specially wrote to ask for someone, it must be a very important matter, Xiao Ba..."
Hearing this, Xiao Liu didn't care whether to interrupt his master or not. "Don't forget, our Eighth Miss is very capable. When you were a child, you copied her exam papers."
Having his secrets exposed unexpectedly, Nong Qi blushed and retorted to Fan: "I didn't have time to memorize it, otherwise..."
Xiaoliu looked at Nongqi with an expression that said, "Look, look at the vegetables, I can't even recognize them." Anyway, he felt that when it came to farming, the eighth girl was no worse than the young masters in the family.
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In the capital, Mrs. Nong was puzzled when she received her son's letter: "Why did he think of taking Xiao Ba to relax? This kid is really unpredictable."
Nong Hui, the eighth girl from the farming family, didn't know why her seventh brother suddenly wanted to take her out to play, but as long as she didn't stay at home to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, knitting or needlework, she would go anywhere.
She snuggled into her mother's arms and said, "This is the first time my brother has left home alone to do business. It will be several months before he comes back. I guess he misses my parents and me.
Mom, I miss my brother a little too. Since he wrote to ask me to go, why don’t I go and stay with him for a while, and then we can come back together after he finishes his work.
Oh, my brother doesn't care about anything else once he gets to the fields. I don't know if he's gotten thinner or darker. It really makes me worried."
Mrs. Nong gave birth to a son and a daughter, both of whom were the apple of her eye. A mother worries about her child even when he is far away, and when Nong Qi was away for a few months, Mrs. Nong was worried sick.
After hearing what Nong Hui said, she became even more anxious. Yes, that child is just like his father and uncles. When he encounters something happening in the fields, he doesn't care about himself and I don't know if he has eaten on time every day.
But Mrs. Nong was even more worried about letting Nong Hui run so far to see it.
It's okay for a boy to go out, but for a girl to go so far away, it would really make her mother anxious.
"No, your mother will be worried if you, a girl, go to such a far place."
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