Seeing that her brother was staring at her without saying anything, Xu Zhi asked, "Brother, is it not okay?"
Xu Di said, "Xiao Jiu, farming isn't something girls do. Let's do something else." Even if it's just learning to do some business, we can open a few shops in the future and earn some pocket money.
Xu Zhi said, "But don't all the older women in the village go to work in the fields? If those older women can do it, so can I."
Zhang Zhaoci was just coming out of the courtyard when she heard Xu Zhi's words and said, "What is Xiao Jiu saying? What do you mean that if the older sisters can do it, you can do it too?"
When Xu Zhi saw Zhang Zhaoci arrive, she happily said, "Mother, come quickly! I was telling my brother that I want to learn farming from him in the future."
Zhang Zhaoci found it amusing. After sitting down next to Xu Zhi, she pulled Xu Zhi into her arms and said, "Come on, tell your mother, why did you decide to learn farming from your brother?"
Xu Zhi said, "Farming is good. Once we harvest the grain, we won't go hungry."
Is this the difference between people in ancient times and people today?
Zhang Zhaoci had some doubts. One of her former colleagues came from a remote rural area. His child didn't study hard, and the couple couldn't manage it anymore. So they took their ten-year-old child back to their hometown and told the child that it was okay if he didn't want to study, so they could come back and farm. It happened to be harvest time, and the child went to the field to pick corn. After only one day of work, the child couldn't take it anymore and cried and begged to go home and study properly. After that, the child's studies never caused his parents much worry.
But my well-behaved and adorable daughter actually asked to go with her brother to learn how to farm. She has seen firsthand how tiring farming is these past few days.
Zhang Zhaoci said, "Xiao Jiu, you're still young. You might not even know what you want to do. When we have time, we can help you with whatever work you can do. When you're a little older, if you still want to learn farming from your brother, then we'll go back to the capital and buy a farm in the suburbs for you to farm, okay?"
Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Mother, okay. After I finish planting the crops, I will harvest food for you, Father, Brother, and Granny Lu."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhaoci laughed heartily, kissed Xu Zhi's cheek, and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for our Xiao Jiu to bring me food."
After Xu Zhi fell asleep that night, Xu Di said to Zhang Zhaoci, "Xiao Jiu's studies still need to be improved. What girl is like her, having to learn to farm?"
Zhang Zhaoci laughed and said, "Children's ideas change every day, how can you be sure of them? When you were little, you said you wanted to be an astronaut and go to space, but I've never seen you become an astronaut and go to space."
Xu Di said, "How can that be the same? What kind of era is this? What kind of era was this back then? This era is so unfriendly to girls. I wouldn't dare let my Xiao Jiu go out without educating her to be fully armored."
Zhang Zhaoci laughed and said, "You're overthinking it. It's not as serious as you think. Our Xiao Jiu can do whatever she wants. With me, you, and your father here, right?"
Xu Di sighed upon hearing this. Looking at his younger sister, who was sleeping soundly on the kang with her rosy cheeks, he realized that he still needed to study hard. If he studied well, he could take the imperial examination. Girls could do whatever they wanted at home, but once they got married, their maternal family would be their strong support. With a strong maternal family, their husband's family wouldn't dare to bully them.
After the summer harvest, two thorough rains fell, and the corn in the fields grew well, while the various vegetables that had already been planted were also thriving.
Xu Di inspected his territory and felt happy about everything he saw, especially the chili peppers. The chili pepper seedlings were planted in rows and rows, and the fertilizer was sufficient. The rows of green plants looked exceptionally robust.
These chili peppers are the capital I have for cooperating with the Wei family.
Wei Lang has already told his family, and they have sent his eldest sister to open a hot pot restaurant with Zhang Zhaoci.
Therefore, at the beginning of spring, Wei Lang's eldest sister had already come to Hexi. Zhang Zhaoci didn't say anything. After a hot pot meal, Wei Lang's eldest sister went back to prepare for opening the shop. The Wei family has shops in the capital, and also a restaurant in the best location. The Wei family plans to use this restaurant as the premises for the hot pot restaurant. They just need to go back and renovate it properly.
Since they were going to open a shop, they wanted to do it well. The Xu family of three discussed the decoration of the hot pot restaurant for a long time. After Wei Lang's eldest sister arrived, the two sides sat down and discussed some details. The Wei family would start the decoration on a chosen date, while the Xu family would wait for the first batch of chilies to ripen, make them into hot pot base, and send them over.
Xu Di looked at the large patch of chili peppers and sighed deeply. These weren't just chili peppers; they were money! His future expenses would all come from these.
With motivation, things went much more smoothly. Coupled with favorable weather, the crops in the fields grew well, and the vegetables in the garden also thrived. Xu Di was full of energy every day.
Xu Di was busy with things in the fields. Because of his business dealings with the Wei family's hotpot restaurant, he decided to stay at the manor. Zhang Zhaoci took Xu Zhi back to Hexi County. Xu Rao, on the other hand, was busy exchanging goods with the tribes on the grasslands. The wool he got was sent to the General's Mansion to be processed into wool yarn and cashmere yarn.
The woolen fabric woven from wool and cashmere yarn was extremely valuable, worth one or two hundred gold coins per bolt. Wei Lang secretly signed a contract with the Zhang family, through which the woven fabric was sold to the capital and various cities. Because of this, Wei Lang and Xu Rao had made a lot of money. Wei Lang used the money for the army, while Xu Rao used it for the construction of Hexi County.
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