Chapter 488 This Year is Different



There are few idle people in the countryside in April. After finishing sericulture, they start planting in the fields.

April is destined to be a busy season. However, the villagers of Laohu Town found that this April is completely different from the past!

In previous years, the spring plowing mobilization meetings were always led by the Qiao family, but this year no one from the Qiao family showed up!

In previous years, the high-quality seeds could be exchanged for free at the Qiao family using one’s own grain at a ratio of three to one, but this year it costs money!

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Sun came back from working in the fields early in the morning. When she passed the wheat field, she found that the bulletin board was crowded with people.

She was standing too far away to see what was written on the paper, so she had to pull over an old lady who was there to join in the fun and ask her.

The original residents of Laohu Town, regardless of gender or age, could not write beautiful articles after Qiao Xin's repeated literacy education, but reading an official announcement or a deed was no longer a problem for them.

"Ma'am, what does it say?"

"Hey, Madam Wang, it's you. Didn't the Qiao family issue a notice that they won't be changing seeds this year? You have to buy them yourself. They said the quantity is limited, and there is a limit on the purchase, first come first served.

However, you are considered an employee of the Qiao family, so we will give priority to satisfying you, and the surplus will be sold to the outside world!"

Sun was shocked: "Ah, you're not going to change it?"

"Yes, the Qiao family won't exchange. It seems that the new seeds from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences can be exchanged, but I heard that they have been reserved a long time ago. How can it be our turn? The Qiao family doesn't care how they distribute it this year."

"Why?"

"It's written here. It says that the original contract with the Agricultural College has expired. From now on, the Agricultural College can sell its seeds to whoever it wants. The Qiao family no longer has the final say!"

An old man nearby leaned over and asked, "Did they have a falling out? No way, the experimental fields of the Agricultural College were all built by the Qiao family!"

The other said, "Who knows? Times have changed. The Agricultural College is no longer what it used to be. Dean Liang has retired this year. I heard that the court has sent a new person to take over. It's hard to say whether this person will be the same as before!"

The old lady continued, "That's true, but we can't worry about that. Let's get in line and buy seeds. Compared to the Agricultural College, I still think the Qiao family is more reliable!"

Sun couldn't sit still any longer. Her family now had seventy or eighty acres of land. After the wheat was harvested, half of the land would be used to plant rice, and another part would be used to plant cotton and beans.

Her family had exchanged seeds from the Qiao family in previous years, so why is it not working this year?

She was still envious of the various vegetables in the Qiao family's field. There were more than a dozen kinds of green vegetables alone, such as Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and spinach... many of which she had never seen before.

I had originally planned to go to Manager Cao to ask if some of the money could be given to them, but now it seems that’s hard to say!

Sun returned to her homestay worriedly. Before she even entered the house, she saw her mother-in-law standing at the door with a cane, waving at her, with an anxious look on her face.

"Daughter-in-law, why did you come back just now? Someone from the Qiao family came to inform you that you want seeds. Today is the limited purchase time for insiders. If you miss today, you can only wait until next year!"

"Ah, can we go now?" The surprise came so suddenly that Sun was stunned!

"What nonsense are you talking about? Our Da Kui is still with the young prince, and Fu Sheng is still serving the eldest son. The old lady doesn't care about other people in the village, but she won't ignore us, her close friends!"

Sun nodded in approval: "Yes, we have worked diligently over the years and have not dared to make any mistakes. Isn't it just to seek the protection of the old lady at the critical moment? The old lady is unwilling to take care of those who are not satisfied!"

"If I were to say, those people deserved it. They were not satisfied with having enough food and drink, and even dared to covet the master's things. The moment they stretched out their hands, they did not take the master seriously. Now that something has happened, don't blame the master for not remembering the past kindness!"

Sun looked at her mother-in-law in surprise. Ever since the old lady started to rectify the family tradition, there has been constant gossip.

But the majority of people complain and are dissatisfied, while the rest, like Mayor Li, neither support nor oppose. It seems neutral, but it is also an attitude!

But few people are like her mother-in-law, who clearly supports the old lady's approach!

Sun helped her mother-in-law into the house, asked the clerk at the counter to look after her for a while, went into the house to get the silver, and drove the ox cart to Qiao's grain store.

The newly opened grain store was already crowded with people, and the traffic was so overwhelming that even ox carts couldn't get to the door!

Sun had no choice but to get off the car and squeeze forward alone!

They all lived in the same town, and they saw each other every day, so the shop assistants naturally knew who she was!

Seeing her come in, he quickly welcomed her in.

Sun was Wang Da Kui's wife, and she was an official's wife after all. There were not many people in Lao Hu Town who dared to look down on her!

But Sun was not willing to stay with Wang Da Kui. She was devoted to running her own homestay in Laohu Town, serving her mother-in-law, and going to the Qiao family to help from time to time. She was very low-key!

There were several other women like Sun who relied on their husbands to work for the masters of the Qiao family and earned official positions from being commoners.

The servant of Qiao's house was not smart and was very polite to Sun at this moment!

"Manager Cao has already given instructions. Your family can purchase 200 kilograms of rice seeds, 100 kilograms of cotton seeds, and 50 kilograms of bean seeds at the highest level. You can only choose five kinds of vegetable seeds, one ounce each. No more!"

"The highest level? How many are there?"

"Not many, only about 20 families, those who have been rated as excellent employees for consecutive years. Below that are the preferred level, the ordinary level, and the blacklist! This year, there are only 10,000 kilograms of grain seeds for sale, and once they are sold, they are gone! It is impossible to exchange as much as you want like in previous years!"

"What about the families that can't be exchanged?"

"I don't know. The old lady didn't tell me. There are only a few situations. Either we use our own seeds, or we buy them from somewhere else.

Someone with some skills might be able to get seeds from the Agricultural College! It’s impossible to help outsiders exchange seeds from the Qiao family like in previous years! "

In previous years, many villagers in Laohu Town not only exchanged grain seeds themselves, but also helped outsiders to exchange them and collected a large amount of kickbacks from them.

Many people have made a fortune from this.

The policy change this year is equivalent to cutting off the other party's path to wealth, so naturally there are many people who complain.

But what does this have to do with the Qiao family? Qiao Xin can sell her own things if she wants to, and no one can interfere if she doesn’t want to!

Ah Qiu curled his lips and said: "If you ask me, isn't this normal? The Qiao family is not their father, nor their mother, so how can they control them for the rest of their lives?

You can't keep taking advantage of others. Besides, even if the old lady takes care of it, I haven't seen many people sincerely thank her!"

It’s time for some people to take a good look at whether they can still have everything go smoothly without the Qiao family’s platform!

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