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

Zhou Guo smiled and drove the ox cart out of the village.

We walked smoothly through two more villages, and it was almost dark by this time.

Fortunately, the harvest was good. We harvested more than a thousand duck eggs today.

Walking back with her harvest, she ate up the last bit of food in the lunch box, not a single grain was left.

Halfway through the journey, the sun had set.

We walked a little further, when it was getting completely dark, a deer suddenly jumped out on the road ahead.

Zhou Guo was delighted and was about to stand up, but then a second one jumped down from the trap.

Then the third one.

The last two are small and look like they were born not long ago.

She had no choice but to put her raised butt down again and waited quietly for the three deer to leave before she got the car back on and left.

When I got home, it was naturally dark.

There was no one to greet us at the gate.

She pulled the ox cart into the yard, and the family members came out of the house.

Li said, "You're finally back. You must be hungry. Come in and eat. The food has been heated up three times."

Several people in Zhou Gu were busy unloading trucks and feeding cows.

Zhou Guo walked into the room and saw the table on the kang was full of dishes. He was surprised and asked, "You haven't eaten yet?"

The old man said, "No one is here yet."

Zhou Su said, "Sister, how was it today? Did you collect the duck eggs smoothly? Did anyone bully you?"

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.

Zhou Xing said: "As for her, as long as she doesn't bully others, she's lucky. Who can bully her? She's not afraid of being beaten to death with one punch!"

Zhou Guo retorted: "I have never killed anyone with one punch, please don't wrongly accuse me."

He smiled at them, "But speaking of fun things, I actually encountered one today. I met an old lady. That girl was amazing. She was old enough to kill a bully with her own hands. You didn't see the scene. The bully peed his pants on the spot!"

Zhou Xing's eyes lit up, and she was very interested. "Really? Tell me in detail, which old lady is so powerful?"

Zhou Guo looked at the door and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk to them when they get here."

"What are you talking about?" Li walked in from outside.

Zhou Su said excitedly: "Mom, my sister went out today and saw the old lady beating up a bully. She beat the bully so hard that he was pissing and shitting."

The family sat on the kang and ate. Zhou Guo talked as they ate. When he mentioned the old lady chopping left and right with her knife, the family couldn't help but show admiration.

After she finished speaking, Li sighed and said, "You have to be strong as a person, otherwise you will suffer losses, and even the villagers will bully you."

Zhou Xing rested her chin on the chopsticks and said with a smile, "After the old lady showed off this skill, I guess the hammer will avoid her in the future. She's really amazing. The bully that the whole village is afraid of was beaten to the point of peeing his pants. I wish I were that amazing!"

Everyone at the table looked at her.

Zhou Gu said, "How powerful do you want to be? You are powerful enough. You usually have a stern face when you do things, which makes people in the village say that you are powerful. If someone marries you in the future, that man will definitely have an uncomfortable life."

Zhou Xing rolled her eyes. "Why? If I were a delicate and weak little girl who allowed others to bully me, I would be able to live a comfortable life? He is comfortable, but how can I be comfortable?"

Zhou Guo nodded several times.

She said, "That's right, sister. You just have to be tough. Which good family wants to marry a daughter-in-law to bully her? You can't marry such a family. They are not good people. If you marry, you have to find a way to divorce. Divorce is not an easy thing these days."

After thinking for a while, he asked Zhou Gu again, "Which family in the village said that?"

Zhou Gu mentioned a few names.

After hearing this, several people suddenly realized that it was no wonder. Those families were living in chaos and never had a peaceful day. It was not surprising that they could say such things.

……

Wu Jiang assigned two people to pickle more than a thousand eggs in one day.

Zhou Guo didn't go anywhere that day. After breakfast, she took out the strawberry buds she had grown and soaked them in warm water for a day and a night. Green buds had already sprouted from all of them.

Once you are happy, you can start sowing seeds.

I found a few small bowls and poked a small hole in them. It was quite easy to do.

I put some in a bowl, planning to plant them in the ground when they grow up.

The old man came over with his hands behind his back and took a look. He said, "Aren't they the same? The ones I sowed a few days ago have sprouted. I even took the trouble to dry them in the sun and soak them. What are you doing planting them in a bowl? Are you planting them as flower seeds?"

Zhou Guo said: "Although it takes more effort, mine will probably not die and will definitely grow up. The ones that are directly scattered may not grow later. So, I have an extra layer of protection."

The old man didn't understand either, he only knew how to grow vegetables, "Then why are you growing in the bowl?"

Zhou Guo said: "Breeding, these seeds are just like newborn babies, they need to be carefully cared for. If you put them directly in the ground, they will not adapt and will most likely not grow."

The old man shook his head, walked away with his hands behind his back, and muttered: Why are there so many particulars? Why don’t we breed seeds when growing vegetables? Don’t we just sow them on the ground?

Zhou Guo had sharp ears and immediately said, "Don't you see what this is? How can vegetable seeds compare to this? If I want those vegetable seeds, I can borrow a basket by walking around the village without having to buy them. How can this ground berry be used? Such a precious thing must be well taken care of. If it's gone, where can I find seeds? I can't borrow them."

The basket of strawberries sent by Manager Yang was eaten up in two days. They had them pick out all the seeds, put them in a big bag, washed them, dried them, and put them away.

If she could grow strawberries here, she would have more than enough to eat every summer. If she built a shed, she might also have fruits to eat in the winter.

Therefore, she took care of these seeds more carefully than anyone else.

A dozen bowls were placed in a row against the wall.

I clapped my hands and thought that if these plants could grow up, they would become bowls of lush green, bloom white flowers, and then produce bright red fruits hanging down from the edge of the bowls. Then I could tie them up with a few ropes and hang them under the eaves, and let them pass by. That would be so beautiful.

It’s just that this bowl is too small, and I need to find some clay pots suitable for growing flowers.

In addition, loquat cherry seeds also sprouted after being soaked for a few days. They were not soaked for long, just eight or nine. They were also planted in a small bowl and moved to the ground when they grew up.

When Li came back, she saw more than 30 bowls of various sizes placed at the foot of the wall. She was stunned and said, "Why are there so many bowls? You've used all the bowls here. What are we going to eat with?"

Zhou Guo said with a smile: "There are ten people eating in our family now, so it's enough. There are plates for serving dishes, and even a clay pot if that doesn't work."

Li shook her head, "There's not even a hole in this bowl, I don't know how you're going to plant it."

Zhou Guo said: "There are holes. I have already made holes."

Seeing Li frowning, she quickly said, "Well, I can't find a pottery jar to plant. Besides, these bowls are cheap, three cents each. These bowls cost more than a hundred cents. When fruits can really grow in them, I can earn back hundreds of bowls for you."