Qiao Xin realized that this was not her biological son, and her actions were a little too intimate. She touched her nose awkwardly and changed the subject: "There is a Taoist temple on the West Mountain of Weizhou Prefecture. Let's go and worship Wenchang Jun and ask for a talisman to bless you to pass the exam!"
Qiao Yunqing quickly agreed and talked about the progress of the land reclamation at home.
When he heard that Qiao Xin had opened up nearly a thousand acres of land with his men in two months, bought up three areas of wasteland in Laohu Town and became a veritable landlord in Laohu Town, he was so shocked that he could hardly hold the tea bowl in his hand.
"So many? How is that possible? That's wasteland, not fertile farmland!"
"I bought some new farm tools, which have improved my efficiency. As for manpower, I have to thank Heng Wen for sending me so many people. The young men are very energetic and capable. In addition to the more than 20 people I recruited, there are also people from the village who help.
After so many visits, we have opened so many." Qiao Xin said with a smile.
If the few hundred acres in the south were not left to other villagers, all the wasteland in Laohu Town would belong to our family. I came here today to find the chief clerk to register the deed with us." Qiao Xin calmly talked about her experience in the past two months: "With these lands, plus the 100 acres of good farmland in the south of the city, our family can be considered to have a small asset."
Everyone was a little puzzled, "Why would the villagers help?"
"I lent them my extra farm tools and didn't charge them money or grain. I just asked them to cultivate five acres of land and they had to cultivate one acre for me as payment."
Win-win cooperation will keep you up-to-date wherever you go!
Qiao Yunqing was a little worried: "Mom, we have to plant so much land, we definitely won't be able to take care of it all!"
"Don't worry, I've thought about it. I'll plant cotton, beans, and hemp. I'll plant grains on the fertile land. The most important thing this year is to cultivate the land. I won't worry about the harvest for now."
With the grain seeds exchanged by the system, the harvest will not be too bad no matter how bad it is.
There is no need to tell them this!
"Cotton seeds are hard to find. They are not very useful and basically no one wants to grow them. Rich people only grow one or two as ornamental plants, but no one grows them on a large scale. The cloth they make is not as soft as silk, and the yield is not as high as linen!"
"I know more about its uses, so I planted it on a large scale. Don't worry."
Qiao Xin took out a large stack of blueprints from her pocket and handed them to him, saying, "Brother Niu Dabao, you two will be busy for half a year with the work you have on hand. They won't be able to finish these things in time. See if you can hire someone else to do it. I'll split each part into separate parts, and find a few more carpenters to do them separately, so they won't be able to tell the style of the finished product."
The drawings Qiao Xin gave him were none other than the model drawings of the hand-cranked spinning wheel, the bobbin winder, the warp and weft wheel, the big gate wheel, the flower loom, and the water-powered large spinning wheel, as well as the drawings of the cotton-picking tools.
"So many?" Qiao Yunqing looked at her in shock. Where did Qiao Xin get these precious things? They were enough to buy a lifetime of wealth and glory.
"This is just a preliminary map. Basically all places in Jiangnan that produce silk can make it, but it's rare here! I just don't want to go through the trouble of paying a high price to buy it from there." Qiao Xin said.
"Then keep an eye out, son! I'll send the person over to you when the time comes!"
Qiao Xin was just happy that she could finally be a hands-off boss, but it seems that her plan didn't work...
The next morning, the Qiao family, young and old, sat in two ox carts and headed straight to the Taoist temple from the west mountain. In the spring, the Taoist temple was full of incense and people. There were people praying for a better future, seeking children and marriage, seeking wealth, and also praying for a safe home and good health. There were countless people.
Qiao Xin and his party first visited the God of Wenchang and spent one or two taels of silver in the Wenchang Temple to ask for a high school talisman to help Qiao Yunqing get a good start! In the past, the Qiao family would definitely not be so generous. Now Qiao Xin is also a person with a small fortune, so he will not care about these things.
In order to be fair, they asked for a peace amulet for each of Qiao Yunxin and Qiao Yunting, and would give it to them the next time they brought a letter home.
When they passed by the Guanyin Temple, Xu and Zhang were eager to go, and Qiao Xin did not want to spoil their fun. She waved her hand and let Ming Tou go to pay homage, while she took her grandchildren to the peach blossom forest in the side hall to appreciate the flowers.
"Cry, cry, cry, you just know how to cry. Our Zhou family has been unlucky for eight generations. You are such an unlucky star. You have been married for four years and you can't even give birth to a child. You can only give birth to money-losing children!"
As soon as Qiao Xin entered the peach forest, she heard a sarcastic voice, and there were bursts of crying accompanied by sweet words.
Qiao Dalang and his siblings looked at each other and looked at Qiao Xin, not knowing whether they should continue to move forward! Qiao Xin suddenly wanted to go to the back mountain to enjoy the flowers. She raised her index finger at them and prepared to lead people to leave quietly. Since it involved the privacy of the inner courtyard, she was not interested in eating melons.
But the voice on the other end was getting more and more shrill: "Why are you crying? You're so unlucky! Why don't you clean yourself up and go to the Goddess of Fertility, or you'll end up giving birth to another money-losing baby."
"Grandma, what's the matter with you? You're a money-loser. Is Sanniang also a money-loser?" Little Sanniang is at the age of having a strong desire for knowledge. She doesn't even know what it means not to look at or say anything inappropriate. There are a hundred thousand whys waiting to be asked to you every day!
Looking at this group of eager little faces, Qiao Xin had no choice but to give a live teaching.
"Loss of money means that the things you bought are not worth the money you spent. Sanniang is a person, not a commodity. You and your brother and sister are your parents' darlings. Don't say anything about money loss or not in front of the Goddess of Childbirth. The Goddess will be unhappy."
"Why?" This time, Sanniang and the other children pricked up their ears.
"Da Lang, do you think the Goddess of Childbirth is a man or a woman?"
"The empress in the opera is of course a woman! The same goes for the fertility goddess, only women can give birth to children." Qiao Dalang didn't understand but still answered honestly.
Qiao Xin raised her voice and said, "Yes, you keep saying that daughters are money-losing goods. The Goddess of Childbirth is also a woman. You said that when she heard people scolding women in person as money-losing goods, isn't that also scolding the Goddess of Childbirth herself?
The gods are not without temper, why should they make your wish come true? You must be crazy! "
No one expected there to be such a saying, but when you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense!
The cursing and crying behind the rockery stopped abruptly like a duck with its neck pinched!
"Don't believe that women are worthless. All people in the world are born of women. They are the most respectable people. Don't torture yourself or belittle yourself." After saying that, he said to his grandson, "You too, since you have read and understood, and know how to be filial to your mother and respect your grandmother, then you should treat the mother of your future children well. Don't say that it is a man's responsibility to carry on the family line, as if women have nothing to do with it. Yin alone cannot produce, Yang alone cannot grow, all things bear Yin and embrace Yang, and the harmony of Yin and Yang is the right way."
"Sanniang doesn't understand!"
Qiao Xin: Uh~~~~
Nanny Qin and Qiao Yunqing lowered their heads, shook their shoulders, and covered their mouths to control their voices!
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