Chapter 17 Cotton Seeds
The boss, who was called Duan Shi, changed his expression and shouted sharply: "Why do you search our house?"
"It's okay if you don't search." Xu Miaomiao pulled off the rabbit tail pendant and threw it on the ground: "Let's report to the police and say that something went wrong because I took something from his house."
Duan Shi immediately organized: "No, you can't report it to the police. It was me who did it. I deliberately put the itching powder in his house. I admit it."
Xu Miaomiao curled her lips and smiled: She was sure that Duan Shi would not dare to report to the police because his things were mixed with fakes made of dog hair!
When everyone saw him admit it, they sighed for a while and dropped what they were holding and left.
Xu Miaomiao approached Duan Shi and whispered, "People should do business honestly and avoid taking crooked paths."
Duan Shi was shocked and didn't dare to look Xu Miaomiao in the eye. He knew that the woman had discovered that he was using the dog hair to make up the numbers.
Xu Miaomiao didn't want to take things too far, so she warned him and left.
"Thank you for today, young lady."
Xu Miaomiao accompanied the silk shop owner to clean up the shop, and said to her: "I don't know your name, my lady, but I really have no way to repay you for your kindness today."
"My name is Xu Miaomiao."
The boss clasped his hands together and said, "I am Wan Fuquan. I have no way of repaying you for saving me today. If you need anything, please let me know."
Xu Miaomiao remained silent and looked around the room.
After a long time, he said, "I want to run this silk shop with Wan Laban."
"Oh?" The man looked at her in confusion: "What do you mean, madam?"
"I want to buy a stake in this store."
"Okay!" The man stared at Xu Miaomiao with shining eyes and said, "If my wife can get involved, we will definitely make the store bigger!"
Xu Miaomiao smiled and said goodbye.
After making an appointment with Wu Zhuang, Xu Miaomiao was waiting for him at the market entrance early.
Seeing that she had nothing in her hands, Wu Zhuang asked curiously, "Madam Song, didn't you buy anything?"
Xu Miaomiao stared at the pile of things in his car in confusion: "Why did Mr. Wu buy so many things?"
Wu Zhuang, driving the ox cart, said awkwardly: "In the future, when the weather gets colder and there is heavy snow, it will be difficult to go out, and the land here can't grow food, so we need to prepare more."
Xu Miaomiao nodded. She had checked the soil in the village and found it was indeed not good and it was difficult to grow crops.
After returning to the village, Xu Miaomiao said goodbye to Wu Zhuang and went home.
Xiaobao and Erbao were playing football in the yard. Xu Miaomiao was counting the days until spring came, when it would be time to send them to school.
Maybe because it’s in the south, the winter is not long.
Every household is staying at home, preparing to survive the harsh winter.
Xiaobao pulled Xu Miaomiao and gestured: Mom, what is this? It smells bad.
Xu Miaomiao was a little surprised, because this golden lotus was the one she had picked a long time ago to use for Song Wushao's treatment. Because it was still a small flower bud, even she couldn't smell it, but Xiaobao could actually ask about it.
"Xiaobao smelled it?"
The child nodded solemnly and gestured: The smell is not obvious, but it can be smelled.
Xu Miaomiao was delighted and pulled Xiaobao to ask, "Xiaobao, do you want to study medicine?"
Xiao Bao thought for a moment and nodded happily. Xu Miaomiao also breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that her medical skills had finally been inherited by someone.
Winter came and went quickly, and the family soon welcomed spring around the fire.
Xu Miaomiao counted the inventory and decided to go to the market to buy some things and visit the silk shop.
Spring is gradually approaching, and the willow catkins floating in the air caught Xu Miaomiao's attention.
She observed that there were no willow catkins nearby, so where did the little catkins floating in the air come from?
His intuition told him that it was not a simple matter, so he looked around.
Xu Miaomiao saw a small cotton plant swaying in the wind, its leaves a little yellow.
Xu Miaomiao was very happy. If the village could grow cotton, every household would not have to worry about risking their lives hunting.
After loosening the surrounding soil, Xu Miaomiao picked up the soil and carefully knocked on the door of Village Chief Wang's house.
"What's wrong?"
When Village Chief Wang saw that it was Xu Miaomiao, he felt a little annoyed.
Xu Miaomiao held the cotton in front of Village Chief Wang and said, "Although the land in the village cannot produce food, it may be suitable for growing cotton."
Since the lives of everyone in the village were concerned, Village Chief Wang did not hesitate and quickly invited Xu Miaomiao into the house.
He said with some doubt in his tone: "Ms. Song, you can't talk nonsense. We have tried to grow wheat and rice in the village without success. Now no one wants to invest in this."
Xu Miaomiao nodded and said, "The soil in the village is dry, and there is no good water source, so we can't grow food, but cotton will definitely work!"
The village chief thought about it again and again, and called a few young people in the village to start discussing.
One group supports Xu Miaomiao, led by Wu Zhuang.
Some people in Song also doubted the feasibility of this matter and were afraid that it would be in vain.
Seeing that they were hesitant, Xu Miaomiao said, "I will pay for all the seeds. If there is a loss, it will be mine. If there is a profit, we will share it with everyone."
As soon as these words were spoken, those who still wanted to object suddenly lost their opinions.
"But I have one condition."
Xu Miaomiao suddenly spoke, and everyone stared at her anxiously, "Madam Song, tell me."
"When the cotton comes down, I want 30% of it, and you can share the remaining 70%."
"As long as they can grow it, we will give you 50%, not to mention 30%."
Everyone discussed it and started talking. Xu Miaomiao smiled slightly and went to the market immediately.
But I searched the whole market but didn't see any cotton seeds.
"Ms. Xu, what's wrong?" Wan Fuquan looked at the woman with a frown and couldn't help but speak.
Xu Miaomiao waved her hand: "Hey, why don't we buy cotton seeds here?"
"We don't have anyone who grows cotton here, so naturally we can't find these seeds." Wan Fuquan patted his chest and said to Xu Miaomiao, "If Madam Song really needs them, I have a friend who is engaged in these seed business and can help you find out something."
"Thank you, Boss Wan."
Just two days later, Wan Fuquan came to the village to find her and said that the cotton seeds had been found.
Xu Miaomiao happily followed him to the market and found large and small bags of seeds on a caravan's carriage, including quite a few cotton seeds.
Xu Miaomiao made a prompt decision and bought all the seeds.
Seeing how happy she was, the caravan helped transport the goods to her home.
As soon as they got the seeds, the villagers came rushing in.
Xu Miaomiao distributed the seeds to everyone, and the village chief planned out a piece of land specifically for growing cotton.
Planting cotton was a new thing, and everyone was eager to get started. They would visit the cotton fields every now and then.
But after a long time, no new sprouts appeared in the cotton fields, and people gradually lost hope.
As luck would have it, a spring rain fell and the cotton seeds naturally sprouted.
Upon seeing this, Wu Zhuang immediately went to Xu Miaomiao's home to report the good news. Upon hearing the news, Xu Miaomiao hurried to the field to check, and was overjoyed when she saw the cotton plants sprouting.
The villagers had many doubts before, and she also didn’t believe whether cotton could be grown in this land. Now they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
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