The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Throughout the whole night, Changping kept thinking about what his mother had said, which was to keep working hard and make himself stronger!

But how can we make ourselves stronger?

He went to ask his mother, and his mother told him to think about it himself and tell her when he was sure.

That night, both younger brothers were snoring, and Changping was tossing and turning in bed until very late.

After finally coaxing Sui Sui to sleep, Chen Cui quickly slipped into the space.

This little girl is too clingy. Before going to bed, she kept holding her arm and refused to let go. Chen Cui could not pull her hand away until she fell asleep.

Now there is another scene in the space.

Most of the corn seedlings have grown to more than one foot tall, with dark green leaves and strong plants.

The pepper seedlings in each nest have grown out and there is no need to restock.

She felt that her judgment was correct and that this piece of land must have a special effect on the growth of plants.

Because the germination and growth process of the corn and peppers was so smooth, only a very small number of them did not sprout, and most of them grew well.

You know, since planting it, she has only watered it regularly and has not used any fertilizer.

Chen Cui, who has a lot of planting experience, knows that this situation is almost impossible in the outside world.

Even if it is a selected high-quality variety, if you plant it yourself, a germination rate of around 90% is considered good.

According to the shop owner, these seeds are old and he is not sure whether they can be grown.

But after Chen Cui planted it, she found that the actual germination rate was almost 95%. This is such a high proportion that even the data of improved varieties in experimental fields in later generations would not be much higher than this.

Therefore, Chen Cui is convinced that although this land does not have any effect in accelerating plant growth, it still has a certain promoting effect on the germination and growth of plants.

She was even more grateful that she had taken the initiative to pull out those vegetables and plant peppers and corn instead.

At this time, the vegetables were still piled up next to them. Although they were very wilted, they were not dead yet.

Because there was still some soil on the roots when they were pulled out, and Chen Cui watered them from time to time, they have survived until now. However, she felt that these plants might not survive until spring, so she transplanted them to the backyard vegetable garden.

Forget it. If she really can't live to that time, she can't force it. After all, they are not as important as corn and peppers.

The next day was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Everyone in the village was preparing for the New Year, and Chen Cui also took the children to do the cleaning.

Although the house is usually kept relatively clean and tidy, if you really clean it carefully, you can still find a lot of things.

Especially when the house and yard are all land, the yellow soil can never be swept clean no matter how many times you want to.

Their main job is to organize the items in the house and sort out the debris in the yard, and then clean them carefully.

The old saying goes that a poor family is worth a fortune, and it is absolutely true.

When Chen Cui first arrived at this time and space, she felt that this family was extremely poor. There was no decent furniture at all. It was a typical example of a family with nothing but bare walls.

But after living here for a few months, I have bought a lot of household items. Although they are not big items, when I pack them up, there is still quite a lot of stuff.

The whole family worked together, washing what needed to be washed and brushing what needed to be brushed, and the yard was almost full of clothes hanging to dry.

Although the sun was not out and the temperature was low, it didn't look like it was going to snow. The wind was blowing and the soil was drying quickly.

There has not been a single snowfall since the beginning of winter this year, which will have some impact on next year's wheat harvest.

As for the extent of the impact, it depends on the rainfall after the beginning of spring and the weather when the wheat is harvested.

If everything goes well for the rest of the time, then the impact should not be significant. However, if something goes wrong later, a production cut will be inevitable.

In fact, Chen Cui could hardly imagine what would happen if the yield from one acre of land decreased, as it would only yield more than 200 kilograms in a good year.

The hard work of farming for farmers has been the same in ancient and modern times, but the farmers in ancient times were more miserable because they had no human rights.

This is also the reason why she has always encouraged her children to study and find ways to cross class boundaries.

After learning to read and write, even if you don't have the talent for taking exams and fail to obtain official status, at least you will have more choices in the future and won't be tied to the land forever.

You can work as a clerk in a shop like the father and son of the first wife, or you can be an accountant. If you can find a way, you can also work as a clerk in the government office.

In ancient times, the role of reading and writing was more important than the role of going to school in modern times.

After all, nine-year compulsory education has been popularized for a long time. Even if your academic performance is not good and you cannot pursue further studies, after nine years of study, daily reading and writing will not be a problem.

But in today's era, basically eight out of ten people are completely illiterate and do not know a single word. Among the remaining two, one may not be able to recognize all the words, and only one can be considered a cultured person who can read and write.

Moreover, this probability is higher in the city. In remote rural areas, it is considered good if there are three or two literate people in a village.

Just like in Liujiaping, only Liu Youcai and Liu Wende, father and son, could really read and write. Liu Youliang could barely recognize a few words, and Liu Daqiang was only a dabbler who could not read many words. The others were completely illiterate.

The characters that Liu Eryong knew were all pieced together, and he did not teach the children all of them, but they still scratched on the ground with twigs whenever they had free time.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that the children were writing with branches, Chen Cui brought up the idea of ​​sending them to school again.

"Changping, how about sending you to school after the New Year?"

Changping was a little hesitant. He really wanted to go to school, but if all three brothers went to school, what would happen to the housework?

And there are the five acres of land, which require a lot of daily work, and mother definitely cannot handle it all by herself.

There was also the matter of money. He knew that his mother had earned some money this winter by selling charcoal, but he was not very good at math and had no idea how much it was and whether it would be enough to support his brothers' school expenses.

He had heard from his grandfather before that going to school was very expensive and the family could only afford to support one person. His father was not as smart as his uncle, so the family could only send his uncle to school.

Among the later grandchildren, only Brother Changsheng was able to go to school, and no one else had this opportunity.

Changping knew that it was not because Brother Changsheng was the smartest, but because he was the oldest and his uncle had taught him a lot behind the scenes, so he stood out.

Chen Cui couldn't help laughing when she saw Changping's hesitant and conflicted expression.

This child, as he is the eldest brother in the family and considers himself as the eldest son in the family, always thinks a lot.

She thought about it and decided to reveal some of the family's financial situation to Changping so that he wouldn't be so cautious all the time.