"Dad, there's no need to dig it up completely. Think about it, how long do our vegetable seeds take to mature after we plant them? If we dig them up completely, do you think we can turn the seeds into watermelons in just half a month? If people tell anyone about that, won't our whole family be burned to death as evil spirits? Therefore, our melons must be similar to normal ones. In other words, if we plant them in early April, it wouldn't be that abnormal to have them bear fruit in July or even June."
"That way, we can dig up some of the mud from the vegetable patch, mix it with the mud from the wasteland, and spread it on the ground. Then, wouldn't the melons that used to grow poorly be able to grow well with just this little bit of mud?"
"Or, we could use a large bucket to soak some mud from the vegetable patch. That way, the water could get into the mud and then pour it into the wasteland. Maybe that would work!"
"Another point is that my second brother spent thirty taels on these three bags of seeds. Even if we can't grow melons, we'll just spend some effort and mud from the vegetable garden. The wasteland will always be ours and can be used for other things in the future, right?"
Cheng Yue analyzed every detail to Cheng Shun.
This is the best explanation she has come up with so far, because her family believes that the vegetable patch in the yard is blessed by their ancestors because of the mud.
What moved Cheng Shun was the third point.
Yes, you can give the seeds you bought for thirty taels a try. After planting them once, even if nothing grows, the land will no longer be a wasteland. If you take good care of it, it can become a normal land.
If their family's 200 acres of wasteland were to be used for farming, they would have to clean up the land.
Might as well do this.
Thirty taels of silver?
Well, the Cheng family can afford the money now.
"Old man, I think what Fatty said is right. That's how it is. Just think of it as going to open up new land."
Jiang said.
"Shanshui, how much wasteland do you plan to buy?"
Cheng Shun thought for a moment, then looked at Shanshui and asked.
Cheng Yue silently gave Shanshui a five.
"Five hundred acres."
Mountains and rivers.
"Okay, let's plant it. It's from the eldest brother's house. The second brother is planning to use his private property to buy some land to plant it. Do you want to buy some too?"
Cheng Shun's eyes lit up. Hey, this son-in-law is not bad. He has land, a house, money, and even more skills. Cheng Shun, in a good mood, looked at Gu Xuelan again and asked.
"Dad, I won't buy it. I already have an embroidery shop here. If Dad wants to buy more land, I agree."
Gu Xuelan thought about it and quickly understood what Cheng Wu meant. After all, she didn't know how to farm, and she didn't have as many channels as Cheng Wu in terms of getting seeds and selling them. She might as well run the embroidery shop well.
"That's fine. I won't buy any land for now. I'll just keep these 200 acres. I'll use the money from our family to help Awen and Pangya open a tavern. When we make some money, we'll buy more land!"
Cheng Shun nodded.
"Shanshui, it's a good idea to buy land. Farmers like us need land. Only with land can we have food to eat. In the future, our wives and children won't go hungry. You and I, Shunbo, raised our family with just a few dozen acres of land. If these melons sell well and you make money, you can buy some good farmland."
Cheng Shun sighed at the mountains and rivers.
Except for Cheng Yue, everyone in the Cheng family thought that Shanshui only had 500 taels of silver, and they didn't know that Shanshui was a wealthy man with 10,000 taels of silver.
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