The sixty taels are used to buy land, so you can buy ordinary ones, four taels per mu, or you can buy fifteen mu, and all of them can be used to grow cotton! Although it was quite different from her original idea, but this is the only way for now!
Next year, the whole family will work harder, and I believe the year after will be much better.
When Lian Fangzhou said that he would spend all his money—even charcoal money that had not yet been burned—to buy land to grow cotton, the whole family was stunned.
The third aunt was the first to refuse, and said angrily and urgently: "Fangzhou, don't be stupid! Everyone has been discussing this matter for the past two days, wishing to stay away as far away as possible, no one will take the initiative to go up! It's a good thing. The government has already given it to those big landlords and squires. Can you think of us little people? I heard that, hmph, those rich and rich landlords have discussed it with the county government. Some plan to spend money to buy seeds and throw them away, and they will pay the tax when the time comes, and some don’t even bother to buy seeds! Hmph, the government just bullies us little people, who told us that we have no money and no way out! You buy land It’s a good idea, but you can’t plant those fancy flowers, which can be worn as clothes, it’s a shame those people can say it! People are fools!”
"Sister, what Grandma Sangu said makes sense, why did you think of planting this cotton?" Lian Ze also asked.
Lian Che and Lian Fangqing were still young, they only listened but didn't talk.
Lian Fangzhou said: "I just want to try. I think the government will not deceive people! This is not a trivial matter! With so many people involved, are they not afraid of making trouble? Moreover, cotton can make Clothes, even if you want to make up such a lie, you can’t make it up? I think it’s true! Gema can spin yarn and weave cloth. Just looking at the Gema growing in the field, can you imagine that it is related to cloth? Let’s try it Try it! Anyway, I bought it back, if I am fooled next year, the big deal is not to plant it in the next year! Even next year, we may have to live a little harder!"
Lian Ze always listened to Lian Fangzhou, so he nodded and said, "I think what my sister said makes sense, there's nothing wrong with giving it a try! And when the weather gets warmer next year, we can go to Xianteng Mountain to pick mushrooms and sell them for money! I can still hunt! Brother Ah Jian also said that there is no time to burn charcoal now, and I will be free after a while, so take me to Xianteng Mountain!"
Ah Jian smiled faintly and said: "I heard that Xianteng Mountain is a good place, I want to see it!" As for the matter of growing cotton, he is not from this family, so he will not express his opinion.
"Who said that!" Grandma Sangu persuaded Lian Fangzhou anxiously and earnestly, but Lian Fangzhou was not willing to change her mind after making up her mind, and Lian Ze also supported her. Grandma Sangu was anxious and said, "Even if you really want to plant so many What about the seeds? There are not so many seeds!"
"It's not easy! Find Li Zheng to buy it, anyway, many people don't want to plant it!" Lian Che said, "And my sister sent charcoal to Uncle Li Zheng, and Uncle Li Zheng will definitely help with this!"
"Ah! You child!" The third aunt's grandmother glared at Lian Che when she heard the words.
Lian Fangzhou's eyes flashed, and he quickly asked, "How do you know that I sent charcoal to Li Zheng's family?"
Although she brought the two little ones to pack the charcoal that day, she didn't tell them about delivering charcoal to Niu Shi. She just needs Niu to remember her kindness, there is no need to publicize it.
Moreover, it is not beautiful to spread the word, after all, my family is a home for orphans!
"I know! I know!" Lian Fangqing hurriedly said, "Zhang Yan told someone!"
Zhang Yan? Li Zheng's daughter? Lian Fangzhou was stunned for a moment, then there was nothing he could do!
She thought for a while, then said: "Qing'er, Che'er, later you pick up another basket of charcoal and send it to uncle, aunt and the like!"
"Why? I don't want it!" Lian Fangqing curled her lips. Even Che disagreed.
"Okay, our family has picked up so much charcoal, it's enough for the whole winter, it's nothing to give them! Obedient!" Lian Fangzhou laughed.
"Understood, sister! Wait for me and Fourth Sister to pretend!" Lian Che said quickly.
Lian Fangqing pouted and said nothing more.
"You are quite generous!" The third aunt gave Lian Fangzhou a blank look, and was about to say something along the way, when she suddenly wondered if Lian Fangzhou ordered this on purpose to change the subject? Then he dismissed the idea, and continued to mutter: "Fangzhou, you really can't get ahead with that kind of cotton! If one fails, you will waste the land and money, and you will be laughed at! Why don't you try planting cotton next year? If the share that should be taken is good, it will be fine to have more varieties in the next year!"
This makes sense. Lian Ze looked at Lian Fangzhou. However, if Lian Fangzhou insisted on his own opinion, he would also support it.
"Grandma Sangu, this is settled!" Lian Fangzhou sighed: "What do you think I have been doing these two days? I wanted to borrow money to buy more land, but unfortunately I couldn't! So I had to go first We have planted more than ten acres!"
When she said this, several people were taken aback.
"You are really—" Third Gu's grandmother suddenly felt moved, and said, "Did you really borrow money?"
"Yes!" Lian Fangzhou nodded, answering the question she asked later.
The third aunt said: "Look, no one else is willing to borrow money, which means that this matter is unreliable! But you have to be obsessed with it! There is a family that you can try. If they are not willing to borrow money, then Explain that this matter really cannot be done, so you can dispel this idea, how about it?"
Lian Fangzhou didn't pay attention to the third aunt's persuasion, just grabbed the front part, and hurriedly asked: "I wonder which family the third aunt is talking about?" Maybe I can give it a try! As long as there is a glimmer of hope, she will do her best to fight for it.
Grandma Sangu said, "You don't remember? You also have a cousin named Fang Qing, who married the Su family in neighboring Shuangliu County four years ago as a daughter-in-law! The Su family is a wealthy family, and there are only your cousin's husband, a son and her husband in the family." A daughter! There are countless fertile fields and countless shops, and she is so rich! Her mother and your mother are cousins, and your grandmother and her grandmother are real sisters!"
Lian Ze showed a dazed expression when he heard this, and said, "Mother seems to have told us before that our cousin lived with her mother at my grandmother's house for a while when she was young, and she is the closest to her! She died of illness a few years ago! Cousin has only one daughter, cousin Fang Qing, her mother used to help her, and then their family moved away. I heard that she married a rich family in Shuangliu County. No more contact!"
Lian Fangzhou was a little confused, but he understood two things. One is that the two families are related, but they haven't moved around for a long time; the other is that the two families are not far away...
It is quite difficult to borrow money from a distant relative who has not been around for a long time, even though he has some connections with the previous generation.
However, Lian Fangzhou decided to give it a try—maybe, just in case, it would work