"Meng girl, I heard Zhizhou say that you found him a job in Qiyun County?" Zhang asked worriedly, "Is it reliable? Zhizhou just graduated from the academy, is there anyone willing to let him work as an accountant?"
Yu Jiao put her things away and replied, "There is a patient who wants to see me. His family runs a grain store. He said the store is short of an accountant. Third brother is at home with nothing to do anyway, so why not go over and give it a try?"
"What you said makes sense, but your uncle and I are a little worried. Third brother has never left our side since he was a child."
Zhang muttered a few words, and Yu Zhizhou said, "Mother, I am already this old, and sister Yu Jiao is not even an adult yet. She is a little girl, but she dares to go out to see patients. What should I, a man of seven feet tall, be afraid of?"
Zhang sighed softly, "Mother is not trying to stop you. Your father has agreed. If you want to go, go ahead."
Yu Zhizhou smiled and said, "Sister Yu Jiao, I'll go pack my luggage and go to Qiyun County with you."
Yu Jiao responded with a smile.
After Yu Zhizhou left, Zhang looked at Yu Jiao hesitantly and whispered, "Meng girl, you are a person with your own ideas. Although Zhizhou is a man, he is not as trustworthy as you. He is going with you this time, so you should give him more advice."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, auntie. Third brother has a steady personality. Auntie is just not used to him not being around. It's good for men to go out more often. First, they can gain more experience and learn some skills. Second, they can help support the family in the future."
"Hearing you say that, it's true." Zhang's mood became better and her expression relaxed. "I'll go help Zhizhou pack his luggage. Meng girl, if Zhizhou's mission is safe, don't forget to send a message home."
Yu Jiao responded, and after Zhang left, she glanced at the food box that Yang Jiyan brought on the table, poured out all the snacks in it, and threw it away.
Yu Jiao and Yu Zhizhou had to wait until Yu Qiaoshan sent Yu Qizhe back from the city by car before they could set out. Thinking how long they would have to wait, Yu Jiao was busy. She found a pen and paper and wrote down a dozen kinds of herbs that were easy to plant and had a short growth cycle, and also wrote some experiences on transplantation and cultivation.
Chuanwu, Bupleurum, Adenophora, Menthus, Lycium barbarum, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Gastrodia elata are some of the herbs that are more suitable for planting in autumn and winter. Yu Jiao specially marked them on a piece of paper, and the village can try to cultivate and plant these herbs this year.
Growing medicinal herbs requires a lot of energy and patience. In fact, Yu Jiao doesn’t think that the villagers can really develop the artificial cultivation of medicinal herbs this year. Anyway, the fields are flooded and they will be left idle anyway, so it might not be a bad idea to give it a try.
After Yu Jiao finished writing, she took the paper to show Yu Mengshan. Yu Mengshan went up the mountain to collect herbs all year round and was very familiar with them. He agreed with the herbs that Yu Jiao had selected that were suitable for planting in autumn and winter.
After the two talked about herb cultivation for a while, Yu Jiao said, "Uncle Mengshan, Aunt Song, I bought some land in Qixun County and want to grow some crops. I may stay in Qixun County for a while."
In order to grow hucai in the future, Yu Jiao was afraid that she would have to stay in Xixun County for a long time. She didn't want to make Song and Yu Mengshan worry, so she simply confessed the matter of buying the land. Originally, she didn't intend to hide this from Yu Mengshan and his wife, but she just didn't want Yu Ruhai to know about it, so as to avoid Mr. Yu from causing trouble.
"Buy land? Aren't all the fields in Xixun County flooded? Girl Meng, why did you buy land there? I heard that the flooding there was severe, and I'm afraid it will take a year or two for the land to recover." Yu Mengshan asked doubtfully.
Yu Jiao said, "The water has receded, but the fields are very wet, so the price of the fields is cheap, so I bought some."
"Since you've already bought it, don't say these useless words." Song looked at Yu Jiao and asked, "Meng, how many acres did you buy? When the spring ploughing next year, your uncle Mengshan and I will go over and plant it for you."
Yu Jiao was grateful for Song's thoughtfulness and said, "I bought a lot, so I asked someone to help me plant it. The wetland can be used to plant hucai, so it doesn't need to be left idle this winter. I also want to give it a try to see if I can grow it."
"Growing hucai?" Yu Mengshan looked at Yu Jiao, not knowing what to say for a moment. Most people just planted a patch of hucai in the vegetable garden for their own consumption. No one would buy a field specifically to grow hucai.
Yu Jiao explained, "Hucai is not grown for eating. The seeds can produce oil, and if it is grown, it can be used to open an oil press."
Yu Mengshan and the Song family had never heard that radish seeds could be used to make oil. Radish was originally brought over from the Hu people, and ordinary people like them only ate it as a vegetable. No one had ever used radish seeds to make oil.
The two knew that they were not as knowledgeable as the others, but Yu Jiao was a person with ideas and insights. Since she had already bought the land, she must have thought the matter through in her mind.
"Meng girl, you have been busy buying land in Xixun County these days, not treating patients?" Yu Mengshan said.
Yu Jiao nodded and said apologetically, "It's not that I wanted to hide it from you two. I just finished buying the land before I came back this time. There are many people in the family who are gossipy. If I mentioned the matter of my buying the land, the old man would inevitably ask about it, so I never mentioned it."
Yu Mengshan and Song smiled and said, "It's okay."
The two also knew that Yu Ruhai had always treated Yu Jiao as an outsider. If he knew that she had bought land privately, he would probably try to take the land deed away from Yu Jiao.
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