The road to wealth of a peasant widow

"Does your family really want to cultivate three acres of land?" Chen Cui was even a little excited.

She originally thought that it was good enough that Liu Youcai could set aside one acre of land for trial planting, but she didn't expect that he would be willing to set aside three acres of land at once to plant this kind of grain that he had never seen before.

No one else has such courage!

Liu Youcai has calmed down now. Last night and this morning, he had thought about the issue of growing new crops many times, even thinking of the worst consequences, before finally making the decision.

"Well, the three acres of land near the mountain are too poor. The harvest is poor every year. It is far from the river and it is not convenient to irrigate the land. I might as well plant all three acres. It will be easier to manage later."

"Aren't you afraid that the crops won't grow or the harvest will be poor?" Chen Cui asked.

"You are a woman who has the courage to try planting crops. What should I be afraid of? Besides, I have more than ten acres of land at home. I am only using three acres of land for the experiment. Even if something goes wrong, I can afford the loss. But if it is really a high-yield crop as you said, the profit will be beyond your imagination!"

After all, Liu Youcai has one foot in the public service and often deals with officials. His views and thoughts are more profound than those of ordinary people.

Since Liu Eryong died last year, this niece-in-law seemed to be different from before. She started to follow her brothers from her mother's side and took her children to burn charcoal. She should have earned some money.

But these were just things a woman had to do in order to support her family, and what really made him look at Chen differently was another thing.

At the beginning of this spring, Chen bought 300 iron oak saplings and paid someone to plant them on the mountain.

Liu Youcai only found out about this when the saplings were transported to the village. He didn't expect Chen to be able to do this.

Years ago, she had mentioned that she wanted to plant more trees, and he thought she was just saying it casually. After all, she only cut branches to make charcoal, and the trees were still alive and well, and there was no fundamental damage to the trees on the mountain.

Unexpectedly, the woman actually bought saplings for 20 cents a day, hired villagers to carry them to the mountain and plant them.

Liu Youcai was originally worried about the drought this year and was afraid that the trees he planted would not survive. Unexpectedly, when he went to the mountain to check after a while, he found that they were all alive.

Now, those people in the village who had previously accused Chen of cutting down trees indiscriminately on the mountain have completely shut up.

Liu Youcai didn't know that the reason these trees were able to survive was because Chen Cui took the time to go up the mountain and water them all.

However, Chen Cui's move also triggered discussions about how much money she actually earned. After all, everyone speculated that if she could spend so much money to buy and plant trees, she must have earned a lot of money.

It was through this incident that Liu Youcai discovered that Chen was a trustworthy, trustworthy and knowledgeable person, and thus completely separated her from other ordinary village women.

Regarding the matter of new grain seeds, Liu Youcai actually trusted Chen more. He felt that she would not act without a purpose and would be more or less sure before bringing the grain seeds to him.

Just as he said, he had fourteen acres of land, and he only used three acres for the experiment. Even if there was no harvest, it would only be a loss of some crops. But if the crops could really be grown and the yield was high, then it would be a great achievement!

Therefore, this so-called corn is worth his risk!

"Then I'll go back and get you some seeds and tell you how to plant them. It's actually very simple. You should understand once I tell you."

Chen Cui was so happy that she was about to go home to get the corn.

"Wait, how much is one pound of these seeds? I'll calculate the price for you~!" Liu Youliang said.

"I bought this seed very cheaply, and I don't know if it can be grown now. You can pay me for the seed when the crops are harvested in the fall!"

After Chen Cui finished speaking, she turned and left.

Liu Youliang was a little puzzled. This Chen, she took great pains to come to my house to try planting, but she refused to even accept the money for the seeds. What was she trying to achieve?

After Chen Cui brought the corn and explained how to plant it, Liu Youliang raised his questions.

"To be honest, I only wanted to grow it for myself at first, but later I felt that I was being too selfish. If this grain is really so productive, I hope that the villagers in Liujiaping can grow it and harvest more grain. Even in a bad year, no one will go hungry."

Liu Youcai was silent. He didn't expect that this woman had such a broad mind. When something happened, she didn't just think about her own family, but also the villagers in the village.

Especially when the villagers were not actually very kind to their family.

Because of the attitudes of Liu Youliang and Liu Wende, father and son, most people now don't have much contact with Chen's mother and son. This situation became even worse after Chen bought a mule cart and sent her children to school.

Most people "hate others for having, laugh at others for not having, despise others for being poor, and resent others for being rich."

Chen, a widow with several children, actually lived a better life than when her husband was alive, which made many people jealous.

If most of the villagers were not from the Liu clan, his words as the clan leader would carry a lot of weight, and if he had not been cracking down on people in the village openly and covertly, someone would have come to bully him long ago.

Chen is a smart person, it is impossible for her not to know these situations, but she still cares about her clansmen and wants everyone to have more harvests. This thought is truly admirable!

Chen Cui: I am not that great. I just can't bear to see a high-yield grain crop being buried. The reason I want more people to plant it is because I don't want to attract too much attention. Everyone is poor, and I am the only one who has money and grain. I will be too eye-catching!

However, Chen Cui also has some compassion for the world.

At this time, farmers who depended on the land for their living had a very difficult life. They were busy all year round, and if they had some surplus they had to thank God. It was very difficult to save some money. Once someone in the family got sick or an accident happened, they would fall back into poverty overnight, and even have to sell their land.

Liu Eryong's friend Wang Chunsheng sold all his land to pay for his mother's medical treatment because his mother was ill. In the end, he lost both his life and his land. He could not survive in the village and had to go out to make a living. His life or death is still unknown.

If crops like corn can be promoted, at least farmers will have some surplus food and more ability to withstand risks, and fewer people will starve to death during famines.

The reason why the village only found Muramasa's family was because she knew that even if she gave the seeds to others, they would not plant them, and they did not dare to take the risk.

Chen Cui estimated that she had enough seeds for three acres of land and told Liu Youcai, Liu Daqiang and Chen Meihua the planting methods.

They were all used to doing farm work, so they understood it as soon as they heard it and nodded quickly.

There is no problem with Muramasa, but I don’t know what’s going on with Chenjiagou. Will my dad agree to grow corn?