The reason why saline-alkali land is not suitable for planting is because its water condition is poor and the salinity is too high. The salt content in the soil can be reduced by draining and washing salt, and the soil composition can be improved by deep plowing and filling soil to accelerate salt leaching. It can also be chemically improved by applying modifiers.
Alternatively, directly plant salt-tolerant crops.
The project of improving the soil is too big and consumes a lot of financial and material resources. Qiao Wei is poor and can't afford the money. It is better to choose the simplest and feasible one - planting sweet sorghum.
Sweet sorghum is more resistant to salt and alkali than corn, and it is also resistant to drought, waterlogging, and barrenness. It can be said to be a very delicate baby crop.
Such a large piece of saline-alkali land, if it is really planted with sweet sorghum, what a huge income it will be, it is exciting to think about it!
Can't wait any longer, she wants to buy seeds quickly!
Qiao Wei took the child and returned to the mountain excitedly.
However, when she opened the shriveled purse and poured out a lone copper coin from it, she discovered a very serious problem—she spent all her belongings during this visit, let alone buying seeds. I can't even afford a steamed bun.
Yung Kee's business starts after the fifteenth year. When she earns enough money to buy seeds, it will be a year of the monkey.
At the beginning, Aunt Luo joked, what should I do if I see her spend all the money
She never thought that there would be such a day, and jokingly said, if it really costs you all, you can lend me it.
A joke, who knew it became true.
But now everyone is avoiding her, she can't borrow money anymore, she has to find a way by herself.
Qiao Wei opened the box and took out a locked box from the bottom floor, and there was another box inside the box, which showed how precious she was.
After living two lifetimes, this is the first time that such a handsome man gave her a gift. She originally wanted to keep it as a souvenir, but now it seems that it is impossible.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Qiao Wei took her hairpin and went to the town with the children. She wanted to hire Shuanzi's father's carriage, but now almost everyone in the village avoided her, and Shuanzi's father was no exception. Helpless, she had to walk with the children.
As soon as they walked out of the village, Qiao Wei faintly felt that someone was following them, so she secretly kept an eye out and held the dagger in her sleeve.
After walking another mile, the Taoist suddenly caught up to him on the deserted path! It was too late and then too soon, Qiao Wei turned around, raised her dagger and cut the opponent's throat!
"Sister! It's me!" Luo Yongnian exclaimed!
Qiao Wei quickly retracted the dagger: "Yongnian? What are you doing with me?"
Luo Yongnian broke out in a cold sweat from Qiao Wei's shock. He had never seen that girl so fast. If he hadn't yelled, he might have been stabbed right now. It was terrible.
He said with lingering fear: "I'm afraid that I'm not safe alone, so I want to go to the town with you?"
It turned out that he was not as good as her.
what a shame.
Qiao Wei glanced at Luo Yongnian in surprise, and said, "You are interested, thank you. I'm fine. You can go back. It's not good for people to know that you are with me."
"I'm in charge of them!" Luo Yongnian said stubbornly, carrying Jing Yun on his back. After walking a few steps, Qiao Wei and Wang Shu didn't catch up, and said helplessly, "I'll send you to the town and come back. No one will know, okay?"
Qiao Wei hesitated: "Yongnian, you don't need to do this."
"Can I be happy?" Luo Yongnian snorted, turned around and started walking.
How stubborn.
Qiao Wei shook her head, said no more, hugged Wang Shu, and followed quickly.
Along the way, the two had nothing to say.
Luo Yongnian really sent them to the town before leaving.
The town is much more lively than Qiao Wei expected. Many shops are open, some are cleaning, and some are already in normal business. Dafangzhai is doing cleaning, and the guys are setting up ladders, carrying wooden basins and barrels in the store Busy work outside.
Carefully avoiding them, Qiao Wei came to the counter, and the person who received her was the guy from last time, named Xiao Zhuang.
Qiao Wei looks younger than her actual age, and she doesn't like to comb women's hair buns. Xiao Zhuang always thought she was a little girl, but when she saw her holding two little dolls, one of them looked like her, he didn't think twice He said calmly, "Would you like to take your younger siblings out?"
Qiao Wei was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile, "My son and daughter."
Xiao Zhuang was dumbfounded.
Qiao Wei took out the topaz plum blossom hairpin and put it in front of him, and asked heartbrokenly, "Can this be returned?"
Xiao Zhuang asked suspiciously: "Isn't this the plum blossom hairpin that the young master bought for you? Why do you want to return it?"
Qiao Wei said with an inscrutable look: "The reason... It's not convenient for me to say, you just tell me if you can withdraw!"
Xiao Zhuang picked up the plum blossom hairpin and checked it. It was well preserved without any signs of damage: "It is good, madam."
"I haven't worn it once. Of course it's good. Tell me whether you're going to retreat or not." Qiao Wei squeezed the narrow sleeve.
Xiao Zhuang sneered: "Once the jewelry in this store is sold, it will not be returned."
Qiao Wei raised her eyes and said willfully: "It seems that you don't want me to introduce you to business anymore. Forget it, next time a nobleman comes to me to ask about jewelry, I will take it to the door opposite you."
"Hey don't don't! Can't I refund you?" Qiao Wei brought such a big benefactor last time, Xiao Zhuang didn't want to offend Qiao Wei at all, "But... I definitely can't give you the original price, I have to accept it Pay for the depreciation fee. Don't worry, it will definitely be more cost-effective than going to the pawn shop!"
"How much?" Qiao Wei asked casually.
Xiao Zhuang said: "I will give you fifty taels at most."
Qiao Wei slapped the counter: "Fifty taels? I might as well go to the pawn shop!"
Xiao Zhuang wondered: "But you are second-hand, we can't sell it at the original price."
Qiao Wei said: "I didn't wear it, you don't tell me, I don't tell you, who knew it was sold once?"
"We can't do business with conscience..."
"Aren't you acting against your conscience by cutting me so much money?"
Xiao Zhuang was choked speechless, and after a while, he said again: "Since you are a regular customer, sixty taels, no more."
Qiao Wei pulled out a long tone: "Eighty."
Xiao Zhuang said distressedly: "I can't do it, madam, it's against the regulations to return the goods to you. If I pay such a high price, the boss will drive me away."
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "Seventy, no less."
"sixty-five."
"Seventy." Qiao Wei flashed the dagger in her sleeve without any trace, and narrowed her eyes fiercely.
Xiao Zhuang was startled for a while: "Seven... seventy is seventy, I... I... I'll get you the silver right away, you... just wait."
After saying that, he went into the account room with a pale face.
Jing Yun and Wang Shu watched in a daze as their mother stuffed the dagger back into her sleeve.
Qiao Wei touched the exquisite plum blossom hairpin, and sighed helplessly. She should have guessed that she was not worthy of having such a good thing, even if she got it by luck, she couldn't keep it.
Goodbye, Bai Yueguang.
"Are you here too?"
A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him, it was low and magnetic, so sweet that it could make people's ears pregnant.
Qiao Wei's heart was shocked, she turned her head quickly, and saw Ji Mingxiu walking slowly from the door, he was wearing a light blue robe, wide shoulders and narrow waist, strong and slender, with a half mask on his face, There was a faint aura of abstinence.
Qiao Wei didn't expect to meet him here at all, and she was stunned.
"Ma'am, I have prepared the silver. Look at it, there are seventy taels in total." Xiaozhuang walked out of the account room and put a bag of silver on the counter.
Qiao Wei clicked, closed the box, glared at Xiao Zhuang and said, "What are you doing? I told you I won't sell it!"
Xiao Zhuang was taken aback.
Qiao Wei was "filled with righteous indignation" and said: "How can you do this? Just because the price offered by others is high, you want to force me to give up the jewelry! Let me tell you, you can't do business like this!"