Chapter 595 The Origin of Shangyang Village
Lin Siyu had completely calmed down. Upon hearing this, she smiled gratefully and said, "How could I not accept this? Sixth Miss has allowed me to work part-time in the sugar factory to supplement the family income. This is already a great favor to our family."
This may sound insignificant at first, but upon closer inspection, something seems off.
Shen Qingqian knew it well, but pretended not to understand, with a relieved expression on her face, "I'm glad Miss Lin San can understand."
I originally thought that the Lin family was tactful, but now looking back, I am speechless.
In the afternoon after the recruitment ended, Shen Qingqian asked Shen Shan to accompany her to Shangyang Village again.
"Third Young Master, Sixth Young Lady, what's going on? If you have anything to say, please send a message and I'll come to find you." Village Chief Xu said as he led the people home.
Shen Shan called him, "Village Chief Xu, please take us to the fields. Sixth Sister has something to tell you."
Village Chief Xu was stunned at first, but then he immediately understood that Shen Qingqian was going to help them get to Yang Village!
"Okay, okay, let's go now. Sixth Miss, where do you want to go?" Village Chief Xu stared at Shen Qingqian with excitement.
"Let's walk towards the end of the village. I'll confirm the soil quality around your village." Shen Qingqian smiled slightly.
Village chief Xu said yes repeatedly and quickly led the two of them to the end of the village.
When he came here before, Shen Qingqian sat on a mule cart and only took a rough look at the soil around Shangyang Village. Today he came here to confirm whether this place is the most suitable for growing cotton.
Of course, even if the soil is not so suitable, the people of Shangyang Village can still get rich by growing cotton. However, this year she has limited cotton seeds and dare not use them in areas with low yields.
The three of them went to the end of the village and walked around Shangyang Village. Shen Qingqian had a general idea in his mind.
Before they even got home, Village Chief Xu couldn't help but ask, "Sixth Miss, how are you?"
"Your village is very suitable for growing cotton. Tomorrow I will..." Shen Qingqian was interrupted by Village Chief Xu before she could finish her words.
"What is cotton?" Village Chief Xu was a little confused.
To people of this era, cotton is an unfamiliar species, so Village Chief Xu’s reaction is normal.
When Shen Qingqian came out, she brought a small piece of cotton cloth and the quilted gloves she made for Shen Zhe last year. When she heard him ask this, she took them out and handed them over, "Look, these are all made of cotton."
Village Chief Xu took it and looked at it, and immediately became even more excited, "Can this thing be used to weave cloth and make cotton-padded clothes and quilts?"
There is no such thing as quilts in Dajin. He just said it casually based on cotton.
"Yes," Shen Qingqian nodded with a smile, "It's too cold in northern Hubei in the winter. If we had cotton-padded clothes and quilts, fewer people would die in the winter."
"This is really great!" Village Chief Xu held the cotton cloth and Shen Zhe's gloves in his arms, looked up at the sky and cried with joy, "Ancestors, do you see that our village can return to its original roots again!"
His words left Shen Shan and Shen Qingqian confused. Shen Shan asked, "May I ask Village Chief Xu, what did you do in the past?"
Village Chief Xu's voice was a little choked. "We are not from northern Hubei. Our hometown is Jiangzhou. We have made a living by weaving for generations. But you should have heard about the earth dragon turning over fifty years ago. Anyway, we came to northern Hubei fifty years ago."
There were some lawsuits involved, so he didn't tell the Shen brothers and sisters.
Shen Qingqian began to understand why he was so excited and why the entire Shangyang Village was so poor.
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