PUGPF – Chapter 104

Chapter 104 Inquiry (1)

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TN: Wives and aunts in this chapter refer to married women of the same generation and married women of the older generation, respectively.

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Lian Fang Zhou had just washed her face and rinsed her mouth with water when all the wives and aunts of the village came to her house.

Secretly, Lian Fang Zhou wondered at this and didn’t understand why these people had come. She didn’t remember having anything in common with them?

There was no reason to be unreasonable when people came to visit, however.

After a few words, Lian Fang Zhou learned that they were here to ask about the cotton seeds.

By now, Zhang Li Zheng should have already made her announcement. These people had come to ask her whey she had bought so many cotton seeds, what her plans were, and where she was going to plant them as she did not have that much land.

She wanted to buy so many cotton seeds at once, it was no wonder that people wanted to know more. Who wouldn’t be curious!

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t intend to hide it but, of course, it was impossible to tell them everything.

Don’t mention how she, a young country girl, knew the various benefits of cotton. How could anyone expect her to explain? Even if she did tell them, people would likely not believe it. At most, they would only believe a little!

If a family was convinced by her and followed her lead but didn’t know anything about growing cotton, resulting in poor quality crops, wouldn’t they come bother her?

Also, it was enough for her to take care of her own land. Where did she have the time and energy to take care of other people’s land? And even if she did give advice, she would need to be trusted first!

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Naturally, Lian Fang Zhou would not do this kind of thankless thing that was likely to cause grudges.

She had thought about how to answer if someone came to ask her about the matter but she hadn’t expected them to come so quickly.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled blandly, her mouth vague with half-vomited, muddy words, telling them that she had gone to Shuangliu County with Lian Ze and Ah Jian, only quietly staying two days.

Everyone exchanged glances and suddenly realized, secretly guessing that the cotton would be grown by the Su family in Shuangliu County!

Thinking of this, everyone was relieved.

This made sense! Otherwise, where would Lian Fang Zhou have such a big hand?

Satisfied, the wives and aunts left to go back to their families and share this new information.

Since the Su family was involved in this matter, it should be feasible, right? So, should they also grow some?

There were many people who had this kind of idea, but only a few households actually decided to do it. Even those few households only needed two or three catties of seeds, and were happy sell the surplus.

After all, no one had heard of this important cotton crop before, let alone planted it. Who knew what the results would be? If the field was ruined, it would be whole year’s worth of livelihood.

As long as there was a better option, no one would be willing to take this risk!

Therefore, almost all the families chose to sell their seeds to Lian Fang Zhou.

However, the family heads had a close eye on this matter, waiting to see the results clearly when the cotton was harvested. If there was a real benefit, then next year would be a different case.

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Originally, Lian Fang Zhou planned to go to Uncle Zheng’s house after dinner but now that everyone was worked up, she decided to go early. When she arrived, she told them of what she had been up to the last few days.

Zhang Li Zheng showed her the document that had the people’s fingerprints and smiled: “At first, the family heads did not believe it but later they knew it was genuine. Almost everything has been sold! It’s about a thousand catties and I may collect more tomorrow. There should be a total of 1,500 catties!”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and thanked him, saying that she would come again the day after tomorrow to transport the seeds and then asked if the money she had given was enough?

As soon as she had returned from Sanchakou yesterday, she had brought Zhang Li Zheng more money.

Zhang Li Zheng smiled and assured her it was enough, letting her go after a chatting for a while.

Before it could be confirmed, even Fang Zhou couldn’t say how many seeds she would need. Now everything was basically settled.

She intended to plant about three to four thousand seedlings on an acre and, naturally, these seedlings needed to be cultivated first. Going by this, an acre of land would need about two and a half catties of seeds— after the seedlings were ready, they would pick the sturdiest to transplant. This would result in some losses during the process.

Adding the other land to the 1,500 acres that Liu Jia prepared, there would be a total of 2,800 acres, so she would need about 7,000 jin of seeds.

But Lian Fang Zhou was not in a hurry. Just like the Dafang villagers who were not willing to plant it, other villages would also be easy to buy from! She planned on asking Liu Jia for help in this matter. Now, she only needed to focus on the land reclamation!

This was fundamental. If the land was not well organized, it would be useless to plant seeds.

Liang Fang Zhou walked home while considering this issue in her mind. When she arrived, Third Aunt had already finished preparing the food and the family sat together for a meal.

Casual discussions were essential at the dinner table. The three of them were asked many questions by Third Aunt which Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze answered. However, Lian Fang Zhou knew that Third Aunt had a big mouth so she did not elaborate on everything, just answering vaguely.

Third Aunt quickly grew bored and stopped asking.

After dinner, Third Aunt cleaned the table and said, “I see you will still be busy tomorrow so go to bed early! I will finish the chores!”

Lian Fang Zhou agreed with a smile but who knew that Lian Li and Madam Qiao would appear before the water could be drawn.

Seeing the couple, except for Ah Jian, the family’s expressions were not pretty.

Lian Fang Wing glared at Madam Qiao secretly. Madam Qiao actually sold her sister, of course she found her annoying. Not scolding her was already considered very good.

“There are no rules, neither for the older or the younger! Seeing us here, they don’t even say hello or invite us to sit down!” Seeing that the siblings and Third Aunt were silent, Lian Li couldn’t help but shout.

Third Aunt was the first to say ‘oh’ and said, “Where did this come from? You are worthy of rules and politeness? Why don’t you tell me quickly, who do you want to sell now?”

When Lian Ze, Lian Che, and Lian Fang Qing heard this, they all stared at Madam Qiao, full of hostility. Ah Jian’s eyes flashed and even Fang Zhou’s face sank.

Madam Qiao hadn’t expected to be exposed by Third Aunt openly and her face flushed immediately. The eyes of the siblings and Lian Fang Zhou’s expression made her feel like she was being pricked by needles.

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Madam Qiao was so angry, she was speechless so Lian Li coughed and said: “Okay! Don’t mention this rotten matter! Give me a break and don’t make trouble for me!”

Lian Li sat down without urgency and said, “Fang Zhou, we have something to ask you.”

Qiao snorted and sat down beside Lian Li, her face sullen, her eyes scorching Lian Fang Zhou’s face.

Lian Fang Zhou saw Lian Li behave like her elders. Obviously, when she had spoken of the family matters in front of Uncle Zheng before, Lian Li hadn’t taken it seriously!

She couldn’t help but rejoice. How wise it had been to insist on having black and white evidence!

It didn’t matter if he didn’t take it seriously, she hadn’t forgotten!