Chapter 426: Let’s just farm the land honestly~

"You are in such good health, how come you are old? Why can't you go to the city when you are old? Now the city is open.

"What's wrong with being old? You can go out and see the world. Don't you want to see our capital, Tiananmen Square, and the land where great men once stood?

You are in good health, you should go out and see the world." Su Mei really wanted to take her grandpa and parents to see the outside world.

My parents are still young, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, but at my grandpa’s age, we only see each other once, and that’s the least we can do.

Speaking of the capital and Tiananmen Square, Su Xuanhu also yearns for it, but he has his own doubts: "Leaves fall and return to their roots; people should return to where they came from in this life.

At my age, I can’t tell when I will die. If I follow you to such a far place, I won’t be able to come back if I die. Besides, it’s not easy for you to work hard out there, so how can I go there and cause you trouble? "

"You won't cause me any trouble!" This is what Su Meidao thought in her heart, and it is also the truth. "With your medical skills of bringing the dead back to life, you are popular wherever you go. You following me will only bring me more glory.

You were not very curious about what kind of person my master is before. Now that you have gone to Yanjing, you can have long conversations with him and exchange your life-long learnings. In this small mountain village, you will have few opportunities to meet a soulmate in your lifetime!"

"Meeting a soulmate in the mountains and rivers? I'm just an old country guy. How can I have that kind of interest?" Although he said this, Su Xuanhu's gaze looking into the distance still betrayed his yearning in his heart.

People with ideas are eager to communicate.

In this small mountain village, Su Xuanju is respected and lives a happy life.

But he had no friends, lacked effective communication and interaction, and his soul and mind could not be happily settled.

Su Mei thought that grandpa would surely figure it out on his own and willingly follow her to see the outside world.

It's no use trying to persuade him so forcefully now.

At first, Su Mei had never thought about taking her grandfather to Yanjing.

It was after she saw her grandfather and discovered his strong longing and hope that she felt so sad that she came up with the idea of ​​taking her grandfather out to see the world.

Elderly people are obsessed with the place where they grew up. It will take time to persuade grandpa to see the outside world at this age. It is not something that can be done in a short time.

"Forget it, let's talk about going to Yanjing later." Su Mei changed the subject and began to ask Su Xuanbo about farming. "I haven't asked you yet, why don't you stay at home and take a good rest, but come to work in the fields?

You can’t do this at your age, what if something goes wrong?”

If Su Mei hadn't known that her parents were too restless at their age, she wouldn't even have let her parents out to work, let alone her elderly grandfather.

"Our family has land for four people. Mine, your fifth brother's, and your parents'... If your parents have to work on the land for four people, they will be exhausted. I just do what I can and it's not tiring." Su Xuanhu felt that there was no problem for him to go to the fields. He thought that his son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters were making a fuss when they didn't let him go to the fields.

Bai Xiaofang heard the conversation between the grandfather and grandson in the field and raised her head helplessly: "We didn't let your grandfather come, but he insisted on coming. If we hadn't stopped him, he would have wanted to bring a dung bucket from home to farm."

"Doesn't that mean there is no choice?" Su Xuanhu didn't know why he felt guilty. He just didn't dare to look into Su Mei's eyes.

It is really hard for two people to work on the land for four people.

Xiaogang Village is relatively large, with more land to be divided equally, so Su Mei can understand Su Xuanhu's concerns.

But no matter how much work you do in the fields, it is only enough to keep you fed. Work in the fields is dirty, tiring and unprofitable.

If this land were not used to grow crops, and was used to grow something else, it might be worth a lot more.

"Grandpa, how much land is left to be planted at home?" Su Mei suddenly asked.

Su Xuanhu thought for a moment and replied, "We can still grow ten bunches of potatoes! We don't even have enough at home, and your parents said we'd go to the market to buy some in a couple of days."

"Ten baskets of potatoes?" Su Mei didn't know how big the area was, so she asked, "Can you just tell me how big the area is?"

"You, a country boy, are acting just like city dwellers. Three baskets of potatoes cover one mu of land, and ten baskets of potatoes is about three mu of land!" Su Xuanhu calculated for Su Mei.

"Three acres of land is not much, but it is not less either... Grandpa, we won't plant potatoes on the remaining land!" Su Mei decided to plant something useful instead.

After hearing what Su Mei said, Su Xuanhu naturally asked, "What else should we grow if not potatoes? Sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes are not in season yet!"

"No, we don't grow crops anymore. We'll grow medicinal herbs instead... We'll turn the remaining land into medicinal fields." Su Mei said excitedly.

It takes at least a year for the medicinal herbs to be ready. During this year, parents just need to take care of them and let them grow healthily.

Next year we will make a lot of money if we dig up the herbs, and we won't have to worry about the sales of the herbs. Su Mei has a large number of patients in Yanjing, and they have no place to get the herbs for treatment!

Planting medicinal herbs? Su Xuanhu had never heard that private individuals could plant medicinal herbs, so he was a little hesitant: "Is this possible?"

"Of course we can. The country doesn't care what we plant in the fields... As long as we can pay the agricultural taxes and public grain, we can plant whatever we want on our land... I treat patients in Yanjing, and often I can't give them the best treatment because I don't have medicinal materials!" Su Mei really thought this was a good idea.

If this matter is settled, I can let my brothers grow herbs as well, and even the whole Xiaogang Village grow herbs.

When the time comes, we can turn the village into a medicinal material base, making money and saving effort.

It is absolutely true that farming medicinal products makes much more money than growing crops.

As a doctor, Su Xuanhu naturally knew the value of medicinal materials.

He was very confident in growing medicinal herbs. When he was young and Chinese medicine practitioners were allowed to open pharmacies, Su Xuanbu also grew medicinal herbs. What Su Xuanbu was more worried about was:

"Is your open policy stable? Will you change your mind from day to day? Will you arrest people who secretly grow medicinal herbs or practice medicine in a few days?"

The incident of being arrested for practicing medicine left a huge shadow on Su Xuanhu.

From Su Mei's letter, he learned that he was very worried about Su Mei opening a store.

Now that he knew that Su Mei was also a doctor and had a large number of patients in Yanjing, he was really worried that Su Mei would get himself into trouble again.

He was worried, and without waiting for Su Mei's answer, he continued:

"Forget it, let's just farm honestly!"