Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Everyone nodded.

The crowd slowly dispersed. The owner had already kept the accounts. They just had to go back and wait, as there was still work to do in the fields.

After everyone left, Zhou Guo went to the village to rent a car.

Ten cars can still be rented, and everyone is happy to do so for ten cents a day. After all, it's better to just leave them at home and not have to herd cattle. How nice!

Since then, more than 20 vehicles have been going in and out of Zhoujiazhuangzi day and night.

Truckloads of fertilizer were transported to nearby villages, and then returned empty and went out full again.

The villagers were amazed.

"It's really amazing. I've never seen so many fat people. The Zhou family is really amazing."

"The Zhou family is going to be rich, Zhou Guo is amazing. When she was buried in the backyard to ferment, who among us was optimistic? We all said it was impossible. Now that she has really fermented, although we have to charge money, it can be regarded as a benefit to the village. You see, everyone in this area will respect their family from now on, and no one will be able to bully them."

It’s really enviable to talk about it. Not only can you make money, but you can also get the support of your fellow villagers.

In the evening, Zhou Xing set up the table in the yard and the family had dinner there.

I had been huddled on the kang to eat all winter, but now I was eating in the yard, and I felt so comfortable all over.

Li smiled and said, "Today I went to the market, and many people greeted me as I walked along the road. They stuffed steamed buns and eggs into my hands, and people I knew and didn't know came around me."

He said to Zhou Guo, "Thanks to you, my mother is now a celebrity in the surrounding area. I think there will be more people coming later. During this market, I'm afraid that every village will know that our family is selling fertilizer. Hasn't the existing fertilizer in the fertilizer market been sold out in the past few days? Is there anyone coming today?"

Zhou Guo took a piece of bracken with chopsticks and nodded, "Yes, more than ten people came today. They are from several nearby villages who had not come before. Seeing that the villagers really took the manure back, they also wanted to come. I asked them to come again next month. There is no extra manure on the farm."

Zhou Xingxi said happily: "Before, I saw the fertilizer piled up more and more, but I didn't see you selling it. I was worried that if you couldn't sell it, you would have nowhere to put it. Now, it's good. It's only been a few days and it's all sold out."

Zhou Mi said, "Sister, that's fertilizer, how can it not be sold? Who doesn't need fertilizer? If I were them, I would also bring several truckloads home, anyway, it doesn't cost money."

Everyone else is right, who doesn’t like fat? Every family never has enough. Now you have to be lucky to have land to buy it, but in the past you didn’t even have land to buy it.

After dinner, Zhou Guo went to Zhou Mai's study and took out an enlightenment book. He then went to Zhou Sulu's room to pick up some paper. He was still practicing calligraphy at the moment, so the paper he used was not very good. He also picked up a few pens for practice and filled a basket with ink and inkstone.

Li asked, "What are you doing? What are you doing with these?"

Zhou Guo said, "I'll send it to Wu Jiang and his men. The business will grow bigger in the future. How can they survive if they can't read a single word? They can't even read the documents. They won't even know they've been sold."

Having said that, he left, telling them to slowly learn some words during their free time. If they learn a few words a day, they will be able to recognize more in a year.

The Zhou family looked at her back, shook their heads and sighed.

Zhou Xing sighed: "It's great that they can all recognize words. Many families in the village want to learn to read but don't have the opportunity."

Zhou Mai said: "We have flower mushrooms and goat mushrooms to sell in the back, and pine mushrooms to sell in the back, and there is also a steady supply of fat to sell. We can't wait for her to come and talk to people and sign documents for all these things. Even if we want to help, we don't have time. It's urgent to raise Wu Jiang and the others."

Zhou Mi nodded, "That's right, she is only one person and can't split herself."

On this side, Zhou Guo came to the village but did not go in.

When Wu Jiang saw her coming at this time, he thought she had something to tell him. Just as he was about to ask, he saw Zhou Guo taking something out of the basket.

Paper, books, inkstone, ink, and pen are all placed on the table.

Wu Jiang was stunned.

After Zhou Guo finished taking out the things, he said to him, "Go, tell someone to call Hu Zi's group, and also call Big Fatty and Second Fatty."

Wait until everyone has arrived.

Zhou Guocai said, "Starting from tonight, everyone should take one or two hours every night to read and learn Chinese characters. I will teach you. At first, learn five characters a day, and then slowly increase the number later."

Everyone stared at her blankly; even Wu Jiang and Hu Zi didn't say anything.

Zhou Guo raised an eyebrow, "Why? You don't want to learn?"

"No...no...no, I...we are not...the boss...the master..." Wu Jiang spoke incoherently, his voice trembling slightly, and he didn't know what he wanted to say.

After a long while, he finally managed to put his words in order, "Master, can we...really be literate?"

Her eyes were slightly red and her voice was slightly choked.

Hu Zi's hands were shaking with excitement.

The others wanted to speak excitedly, but after looking at Wu Jiang and Hu Zi, they restrained themselves.

Zhou Guo nodded, "Of course, you are my chief steward now. You also know that our business will grow bigger and bigger in the future. Even if it doesn't grow bigger, you still have to learn to read. There are so many shops in various cities. When we have more sheep mushrooms, flower mushrooms and food at home, we will definitely take back some shops and run our own business."

She looked at the group of young men and women with a smile, "These shops need shopkeepers, accountants, and clerks!"

At this point, she saw the eyes of the group of people light up, and continued: "And these shopkeepers, assistants, and accountants must be selected from among you. This is a decent job. I can't let someone who can't read a word be a shopkeeper or an accountant. From now on, I will teach you personally. How much you can learn depends on your personal ability. At that time, I will choose the best ones among you to be shopkeepers, accountants, and manage several shops in the prefecture and county towns."

At this moment, everyone's eyes were as bright as if they were filled with stars.

They couldn't suppress their joy and it burst out. Although they didn't say a word, Zhou Guo could feel the excitement, happiness and disbelief coming from them.

This is a rare opportunity for them!

Wu Jiang couldn't hide his excitement and said, "Master, we will definitely study hard, and I will keep a close eye on them and won't let them slack off."

Everyone shouted in unison, "Yes, we will definitely not be lazy!!"

There were little ones who couldn't wait and asked, "Boss, when do we start learning?"

Zhou Guo smiled, "I've brought everything, so of course we'll start now."

All the children in the village were here. Six lamps were lit in the room. The children looked up at her, their eyes full of longing.

Zhou Guo took the charcoal, turned around and wrote four words on the wooden board behind him.