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Chapter 252 Calling for planting potatoes and sweet potatoes

Niu Xianhua felt even more uncomfortable when she heard this. What was wrong with wanting to be someone's concubine? As long as she ate well, dressed well, and could hold her husband's heart, then that would be a good life.

Xiao Dalu was still hitting the tree with a branch, saying, "It's not good to be a concubine! A concubine should bring footbath water to the mistress! Sister Xianhua, you can't bring footbath water for me, or I won't call you sister anymore! I don't want to be a concubine's sister!"

Niu Xianhua's face turned stern and she said, "Who said I want to be someone's concubine?! If you say that again, I'll beat you up! If anyone hears this, how can I face you? Really!"

Niu Xianhua was talking about Xiao Dalu, but in fact she was talking about the Xiao couple. She wondered why they had nothing to do but mention their cousin. Even if her cousin became a concubine, it didn't mean that she would become a concubine. Why did they blame her for nothing? Their daughter married a scholar, why didn't they think about her marrying a scholar? Instead, they wanted to marry her to the man who opened a small shop in their village. It sounded nice to say that he opened a shop, but in fact, he was just selling groceries!

Is Niu Xianhua worse than Xiao Ping'er? !

Niu Xianhua was very unhappy, thinking that Xiao Ping'er was far inferior to her. Even she could marry a talented and handsome man like Shen Ziju as his principal wife and become an official's wife in the future. Why was she, who looked like a flower, only worthy of being married to a country boy who looked average and could only sell groceries?

'Humph, since you look down on me so much, don't blame me for being rude! We'll see whether your son-in-law, who will become a high-ranking official in the future, will marry your daughter or me!'

Niu Xianhua had already made up her mind to snatch her cousin's fiancé, and now she was even more determined to do so. She wanted to let this family see if she had married well?!

The people of the Xiao family never thought that because they were doing good for Niu Xianhua, they would be hated by Niu Xianhua, and even the good son-in-law they had their eyes on was targeted.

When the Xiao family saw that Niu Xianhua seemed unhappy, they stopped talking. They cared about this straightforward and hot-tempered niece, but when they saw that she was unhappy, they stopped talking. After all, she was not their own child, and they could not control her. It was not worth damaging the relationship for this.

Xiao Ping'er walked up to Niu Xianhua and whispered to her, "Cousin, you will definitely find a good husband in the future."

"Yes, I will definitely find a good husband in [Wangshu Pavilion]."

Niu Xianhua said to Xiao Ping'er with a smile. She thought to herself, if someone like you can find a good husband, why can't I? Your future husband is my husband. If you want him, then you can be a concubine. But I'm afraid your parents won't let you be a concubine. Doesn't your family look down on concubines? !

Shen Zian and Su Zhi took the children back home, cooked dinner, and then went to bed early. They were very tired after the day.

At night, Shen Zian and Su Zhi lay on the kang. As the weather was not so cold anymore, they covered themselves with a thin quilt and hugged each other.

Shen Zian asked Su Zhi who Yang Guo was.

Su Zhi laughed, thinking that Shen Zian still remembered this. She told Shen Zian the story she knew, and Shen Zian liked it very much.

"I will love you as much as Yang Guo did, but I won't let you get hurt like that, and I won't let you leave me."

Shen Zian hugged Su Zhi and said firmly that he had heard too many stories from Su Zhi. Now he didn't find it strange to hear Su Zhi tell this story. He just thought that his wife was too smart and learned these things from others. He had already accepted such a smart wife. He found that the smarter his wife was, the more he loved her, and the more worried he was about losing her. After hearing her tell this story, he was really afraid that he would lose his wife like the person in the story.

"Wife, please never leave me."

Shen Zian said in Su Zhi's ear that his voice was very pleasant, especially when he said such touching love words, it was a little hoarse than usual, and particularly sexy. Su Zhi felt a little soft when she heard it, and coupled with the hot air coming out of his mouth, she felt a tingling sensation crawling up from her limbs.

"No, I won't leave you. We will be together forever."

Su Zhi said softly, she thought that as soon as she came to this world, she was this man's wife. This man would never leave her, and she also fell in love with this man, so he would be her lifelong lover. She did not get this kind of love in her previous life, and as long as he did not let her down in this life, she would not let go.

No matter how wonderful the world outside is, this small and quiet garden is our eternal home.

After hearing Su Zhi's answer, Shen Zian hugged Su Zhi tightly again. He felt her body softening, and her voice was filled with a kind of charming tenderness that was hard to hear in the daytime. His heartbeat immediately quickened, and his lips fell on a soft spot in the darkness, and they embraced each other.

A night of passion has just begun.

The fact that Shen Ziju passed the imperial examination made Hebian Village excited for a few days, and then the village returned to its former peace. After all, it was someone else's happy event, not theirs. However, the fact that Shen Ziju and his two men and two women fell into the water together at that time was spread out in several different versions, and was passed around by people in the village. Although no one said it openly, they all knew it tacitly and talked about it when they met in private.

It was just because the Shen family had good relationships with people, and Shen Ziju passed the imperial examination and might become a Jinshi in the future. The people in the village also gave face to the Shen family and did not continue to make things more heated.

On the other hand, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, but there was still no rain, and the water level in the river was dropping more and more. Even people with the poorest eyesight could see that the water in the river was getting less.

The villagers were anxious when they saw the rice seedlings in the fields. If they planted the rice seedlings and it didn't rain, the water in the river would not be enough to supply everyone with rice for farming. The fields would still dry up. If they decided not to plant the paddy fields, they would have to give up the rice seedlings. That was money!

Even the old farmers who had been farming for many years didn't know what to do. This was not something that could be solved by just putting in more effort.

The village head was also anxious. There were many families with paddy fields in the village, and his family had five mu of paddy fields! Those were all top-quality paddy fields, and he could make a lot of money from the rice he harvested every year. He didn't want to give up. But if he didn't give up, he might lose more.

"Zi'an, how is the pond at your house? Has the water level dropped these days?"

The village head asked Shen Zian. He asked Shen Zian when he met him. In addition to hoping for rain, the villagers also pointed to the newly dug water hole at Shen Zian's house. If the water did not fall, it meant that the water in the water hole was sufficient, and it might be from another source, not from the same river. That would save the fields of the riverside village.

At this time, the village head and Shen Zian were standing under the big willow tree by the river, and there were many people standing beside them. When they heard what the village head said, they all looked at Shen Zian with hope in their eyes. They knew that Shen Zian and his wife were good people and would not stop them from fetching water. They were only worried that the water there would dry up.

Shen Zian said, "Village head, fellow villagers, the pond in our garden is still the same as before, the water has not fallen down. My wife said that if the villagers don't have enough water, as long as there is water there, they can go and fetch water."

The people around were immediately excited when they heard this. The river water had already dropped by half, but the pond at Shen Zian's house had not dropped at all. What did this mean? This meant that the pond was not connected to the river water! That meant there was hope, and Shen Zian and his wife had said that they could fetch water, which was simply too good to be true.

Everyone immediately started praising and thanking them, and some even expressed envy and jealousy towards Shen Zian's family for being able to dig such a non-dry pond.

The head of the village glared and said, "This is a blessing for Zi'an and his wife! If they were unlucky, would they have met a holy beast? Would they have received ginseng from the holy beast? Would they have had the money to buy that piece of land? Now they just dug there casually and found a pond. This is a blessing! You guys are too lazy to even pick up the stones inside!"

Li Qing also said, "That's right. That piece of land has always been unowned. No one went to open it up. But Brother An spent money to buy it. We can't compete with him just for this reason."

Liu Laoshi, who was standing by, said in a muffled voice: "You are right. This is a blessing. A lucky person can dig out a water hole. If it is given to an unlucky person, he will not be able to dig out water even if he goes to the river bank."

When everyone heard this, they all agreed with it.

Originally everyone said that Shen Zian's wife was an unlucky star, but later they all said that she was a lucky star. After seeing all these things, they found that Su Zhi was really a lucky person. No matter what she did, she could do it smoothly. Look, she has a holy beast chasing her home, building a big house and living in the yard, and digging a water hole. She is also a good person. She is polite to everyone she meets. She is not a soft persimmon and will not let others bully her. Because she is smart, she cooks well, has dexterity, and can treat diseases. Now she is not as ugly as before. She can be said to be one of the most beautiful daughters-in-law in the village. If such a person is not lucky and is not called a lucky star, no one in their Hebian Village can object.

When everyone thought this way, they all felt that Shen Zian was very lucky to have such a wife. They were all envious of him for living a good life. They thought that good people will be rewarded. He did not divorce his wife and treated her so well, so he got such a good result.

After Shen Zian returned, he told Su Zhi about this. Su Zhi naturally had no objection. She had long told Shen Zian that if anyone came here to ask for water, then give it to them. There was a drought, and how could she stop others from using water at this time? She had the spiritual spring in her hands and was not afraid. She thought it would be better to let those people use the water as they pleased, just as she was accumulating good reputation.

"There may be a severe drought on this day this year. We must be prepared."

Shen Zian said, frowning slightly, "It's already this late and it still hasn't rained, it's already a minor drought, if it doesn't rain in another two months, it will be a major drought. This is not a good thing."

Su Zhi nodded. She knew that if there was a severe drought, many people would go hungry. She also heard from Shen Zian that people had starved to death in droughts before. She really didn't want to see that happen. Especially since she knew that the drought this time seemed to be very widespread. Shen Ziju said that it had not rained in many places. If the drought was widespread, it might attract other victims, and it might be dangerous.

Su Zhi felt a chill in her heart when she thought of the disaster years she had seen in TV novels.

"We have enough food, enough for our family to eat for a year, so there is no need to worry. But what about the villagers? If the water in our garden pond dries up, what will happen to their land? And we can't use our small pond to irrigate all the paddy fields and dry fields in the riverside village, right? If it's not enough, the half-planted land will still be lost."

Shen Zian also nodded and said, "I have also told the village head about this possibility, and they will think about it again."

Su Zhi said: "Let's find a way to get them to grow sweet potatoes or potatoes instead! We need sweet potatoes and potatoes to make vermicelli!"

Shen Zian also thought this made sense when he heard it. Nowadays, not many people grow sweet potatoes. There are people who grow potatoes, but they grow them as vegetables. Since they planned to make vermicelli, they did not ask the villagers to plant more sweet potatoes and potatoes. Because they already planted a lot of them in their fields and gardens, and most of Li Shi’s fields were also planted with these. They thought that they could harvest some when the time comes, and that would be enough. After all, if the villagers were asked to do so without knowing what they wanted to do with these things, they probably wouldn’t listen to them and plant them. Moreover, they didn’t plan to pay the price of growing rice for sweet potatoes and potatoes, which would be too much of a loss.

But the situation is different now. Seeing that everyone is facing drought, it is best to convince everyone to switch to growing sweet potatoes and potatoes that do not require much water. They can harvest them then. Even if they don’t harvest them, the villagers will not starve to death by eating sweet potatoes and potatoes. It is better than not being able to harvest any food at all!

"Vermicelli is easy to preserve anyway, and it won't go bad if you make too much. Besides, vermicelli is delicious, and it's not available here. It will definitely sell quickly, maybe even all over Liangguo. We can collect as many potatoes and sweet potatoes as we can. Come with us, folks."

Su Zhi said that she had originally thought that when the demand for potatoes increased and they had money in their hands, they could increase the money for buying potatoes and sweet potatoes, and then let the villagers grow them. However, she did not expect that God would let her advance this plan. rq!!! Please remember: (), Wangshuge strives to provide the most refreshing reading experience! [三打不六点更G好H看K点康母:农妇灵泉有点田最新在三打不流点更G好H看K点康畤]