Chapter 177 Chapter 176: Whoever does it will benefit
The old man said cheerfully, "The second brother's family will start firing bricks tomorrow, and once the bricks are fired we will start building the brick house!"
"We're going to build a big tiled house, we should be happy!"
"Then I'll treat you to some Shangliang wine!"
“Yes, yes!”
When Zhou Huaian and his grandfather got home, Zhou's mother and Yang Chunyan had already prepared the meal.
Zhou Huaian took out a mango, peeled it and handed it to the old man, "Grandpa, try it, the fruit sent by Dr. Wang's family tastes great! There is also watermelon, we will cut it up and eat it when the old man and his family come back."
The old man took it and took a bite, "Not bad, soft, sticky and sweet."
"Doctor Xiao Wang said that the fruit cores can be used to save seeds. I counted them and there are more than 20 of them. We will bury the cores and plant the wasteland."
"Okay!" The old man agreed readily.
When Zhou's father and Liu the potter came back, Zhou Huaian took a watermelon and cut it open, "Master Liu, Brother Liu, try all the gifts given by others."
"Watermelon!" Potter Liu took the watermelon handed over by Zhou's father, "People in the city like to eat this. I heard it's not cheap."
The old man said cheerfully, "The youngest son's friend in the city gave it to him."
Liu the potter said with a smile: "Grandpa, your youngest son has become successful now. Look, he even bought a bicycle."
The old man smiled with wrinkles all over his face: "I get up before dawn every day and push the chicken bus to deliver eels. It takes six or seven hours to go back and forth. So I asked a friend to help me buy a second-hand car from the post office so that I can walk less."
Potter Liu nodded and said, "It's a good thing to be able to endure hardships. Only by being able to endure hardships can you have a good life."
Outside the main hall, Yang Chunyan saw several children almost eating the melon rinds, and said to them, "Pick up the melon seeds and save them for grandma. When you plant them in the back hills next year, you'll have watermelons to eat."
"Okay!" Zhou Jiaming and his friends hurriedly picked up the watermelon seeds on the ground, and said to Zhou Huairong who was sweeping the floor, "Old man, don't throw away the watermelon seeds. Save them for next year's planting."
"You little brat, you're more eager than anyone else to get something delicious." Zhou Huairong said with disdain, but he still rolled all the melon seeds on the table into a dustpan and gave it to Zhou Jiaming, "Give it to your grandma to plant seeds."
As usual, Yang Chunyan and Zhou's mother set up a table in the main room and on the steps respectively. The adults sat in the main room and chatted while eating.
The children on the steps were eating with their mouths full of grease, such as braised pork intestines with bamboo shoots, pork heads, and big buns cut in half. What a good life!
The kiln still needed to be loaded in the afternoon, so no one drank any alcohol. After dinner, Liu's father and son went home to take a nap.
Yang Chunyan divided the money from selling herbs in the morning among the three older ones. The three of them took more than 100 yuan and were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Zhou Huaijun looked at the big unity in his hand with a money-grubbing face, "Third brother, it's better to sell Magnolia officinalis to make money faster!"
Zhou Huaian looked at him proudly, "We were able to sell so much this time, thanks to Chunyan finding a few pieces of special-grade Paris polyphylla in the mountains. Four pieces sold for two hundred yuan, and with the addition of the magnolia officinalis, we made a lot more."
The three brothers finally understood, "No wonder it sold for so much money."
Yang Chunyan said to Zhou Huaian, "Sister-in-law and the others may be back soon, so let's go back to the house and pack up and get ready to go up the mountain."
“Yes!”
The two returned to the room. Zhou Huaian thought of the wasteland and said to Yang Chunyan, "Grandpa said that the old man asked Secretary Xu, and he said that the wasteland... When do you want to go to the village to discuss the land reclamation?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "My sister-in-law and the others have already gone up the mountain to harvest Magnolia officinalis. It's okay for us to go up the mountain a little later. Let's go and ask the old man what Secretary Xu said. If it's appropriate, we can implement it to avoid being preempted by others."
"Okay! Then let's go and ask together."
The two men carried the things they had brought up the mountain and went to the main room, where they saw the old man leaning on a recliner smoking tobacco leaves, with Zhou's father sitting beside him wrapping tobacco leaves.
Zhou Huaian stepped forward with a smile, "Old man, Grandpa, are you almost done with the leaf tobacco?"
Father Zhou glanced at him and said, "There are still some left. Don't buy more after you finish smoking them. The tobacco leaves in the fields can be harvested after a while."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan sat on the straw bench, "Old man, did Secretary Xu tell us what the village's requirements are for land reclamation?"
Father Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Secretary Xu said that there are policies to encourage everyone to reclaim wasteland, and that whoever does so will benefit."
Zhou Huaian glanced at Yang Chunyan and said, "Yan'er, what do you think?"
Yang Chunyan thought it would be best to take action right after the policy was released. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Old man, did Secretary Xu say that after the wasteland is opened up, can we plant whatever we want, or should we plant according to their requirements?"
Father Zhou frowned and thought for a while, "No, that's not the case! They just said they need to report to the higher authorities for approval. If they approve, they will issue a title confirmation certificate. After getting the certificate, whoever opened up the wasteland will have permanent use of it."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan finally understood why those households in the team had reclaimed hundreds of acres of wasteland. She felt that this was a rare opportunity and said, "Old man, how about you and Huai'an go to Secretary Xu's house and submit the application for the land reclamation?"
After hearing this, the old man said, "Second brother, you are an idiot. The country has already said that whoever opens up the land will own it forever, but you are still standing here doing nothing. By the time others know about it, it will be too late. Hurry up and submit the application!"
"I'll go right away." Father Zhou put down his tobacco and stood up. "Call your brother and the others, and go together to write the application."
Yang Chunyan hurriedly said, "Huaian, go and deliver that jar of pollen and wild honey to Secretary Xu's home."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Go get it, I'll go call my brothers."
Yang Chunyan went back to the house, took out the pollen and honey, put them in her bag, and gave them to Zhou Huaian: "Tell Aunt Xu about the use of the pollen."
"I understand." Zhou Huaian took it and went out with his father and brother towards Secretary Xu's house.
The Xu family lived not far from Xu Erchun's house, in a large tiled house with three rooms and two turns. When they got there, they saw that the gate was open, but there was no one in the yard.
Father Zhou stood at the door and asked, "Is Secretary Xu here?"
Secretary Xu's wife came out of the main room and saw the Zhou family father and son. She smiled politely and said, "Here! Come in and sit down!"
"Sorry for bothering you!" Father Zhou brought his sons into the yard and sat down in the main room.
Zhou Huaian took out the jar from his bag and handed it to her, "Aunt Xu, inside are the old honey and pollen I found on the mountain the other day. Doctor Wang from Deshengtang said that pollen is good for women to drink with water."
Aunt Xu smiled and said, "It's not easy for you to find honey. It would be great if you could sell it for money!"
Zhou Huaian: "You can sell them anytime. I know where those wild bees live in the mountains. I can find them next time if I want to sell them."
"Okay, then I won't be polite." Aunt Xu looked at Zhou's father with a smile, "The Xiong family's cow was worth the compensation. Look how sensible your youngest child is now!"
Father Zhou smiled and nodded, "It's much better now, much better."
At this time, Secretary Xu came out of the room, saw the father and son and said with a smile: "Hey! You are all here! Is there something important?"
The Zhou family father and son stood up, and waited until he sat down before saying, "The brothers wanted to ask about the land reclamation, so I brought them here."
(End of this chapter)
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