Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Uncle Chen Jiu took a breath, calmed his excitement, and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads silently.

"Think about it!" Uncle Chen Jiu sighed gloomily, "Everyone is dying of thirst. Even if we get some mud, we have to calculate how many days it will take to eat it.

"If you suddenly discovered a water source, could you dig a well first, deepen the pool, and then ask the villagers to come and fetch water?

"Are you planning to guard the water source and have people bring you food in exchange?"

Everyone looked at each other again, and everyone felt their face burning.

"Think about it again!" Uncle Chen Jiu said coldly, "If you had found a way to grow mushrooms on your own, you would have blistered your feet and scratched your hands, lost your appetite and sleep, and carried basket after basket of soil down the mountain.

"I also had to figure out how to prevent it from getting worms and how to make it grow longer. I tried it at least eighty times, if not a hundred, before I succeeded.

"Would you be willing to share this mushroom-growing method you've worked so hard to figure out with someone else?"

Those with shallow eye sockets began to wipe away tears.

Uncle Chen Jiu didn't intend to let them go, and continued, "You all know that the four members of the Zhao family are lucky, but have you ever thought about why they are so lucky?

"While you were all sound asleep, others were groping for food up the mountain in the dark. They've already explored the entire mountain thoroughly!

"If you found something to eat, would you share it with others?

"Who doesn't know that one more bite of food can save another bite of grain? Are you the only ones who are smart and everyone else is stupid?"

Uncle Chen Jiu was so thirsty from talking that he paused to take a few sips of water. He squinted at them and said, "Have you taken all this to heart?"

A woman came out sniffing, her head hanging, and said, "Uncle Jiu, we've taken everything you said to heart.

"We were foolish and heartless! We will never do such a dirty thing again! Don't worry!"

Uncle Chen Jiu glanced at the others, and they also expressed their opinions.

Uncle Chen Jiu then slowly nodded: "I hope you guys are not bullshitting! Okay, get out of here! No work to do at home, right?"

Only then did everyone disperse.

Since they all lived not far from each other, Aunt Zhao soon found out about what happened here, and she felt so happy.

He smiled and said to Qin Ying: "Thank goodness that you, Master Jiu, are sensible. Otherwise, wouldn't we orphans and widows be waiting to suffer?"

"We won't suffer any loss," Qin Ying said firmly, "On the surface, they may have gained an advantage, but in the long run, they will still suffer a loss.

"From now on, when we eat meat, they can only watch with envy!"

She glanced at the next room and lowered her voice to Aunt Zhao, "Mom, even if it was Mr. Zhang, he wouldn't stand idly by.

"He is a scholar, a very sensible person, and he works under Lord Zhou. Seeing such an injustice happening right under his nose, how could he just ignore it?

"It's just that now that Master Chen Jiu has stepped forward to settle the matter, he won't step forward anymore."

Aunt Zhao thought about it carefully and felt that it made perfect sense. "You really see things clearly!"

Qin Ying just smiled with her lips pursed.

The days that followed were much calmer. When Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying went to the fields, neighbors often came to help. The two of them tried to refuse, but others just didn't listen.

A few days passed in a flash. The corn planted earlier had already swelled up, while the newly planted seedlings were only an inch long.

Because they had seen the results of Aunt Zhao and her daughter's land reclamation and farming, Tongshutun also adopted the intercropping method when concentrated farming, sowing soybeans at the same time in the corn field.

The spring-sown potatoes are also growing well, but they still need to be weeded constantly.

The vegetables in the vegetable garden are distributed after each harvest. As for whether to keep the vegetables for themselves or give them to relatives, it is each family’s own business and no one interferes.

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying blanched most of the vegetables they were given, dried them, and stored them away. They were to be eaten in the winter and were great for stewing, making buns, or dumplings.

It’s only July, and the corn and soybeans in the wasteland can be harvested.

The mother and daughter got up early and worked late to pick the corn and carry it home. Then they cut the corn stalks and piled them at the edge of the field, and then they were busy harvesting beans.

The crops on the adjacent plots of land were also ready for harvest, and many neighbors came to help, so the three acres of land were harvested in three days, and the land was also turned and leveled. Some people even asked if they wanted to help plant vegetables.

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying discussed it and decided that it was too early to plant wheat now, and it was not appropriate to plant anything else, so they decided to plant cabbage.

A folk proverb says, "Radishes are grown in the first ten days of summer, and vegetables are grown in the second ten days of summer." This is the right time to plant cabbage.

But someone else advised: "Sister Zhao, you don't pick your cabbages to sell, so why plant so many old ones? I traded some beans and cucumber seeds with relatives. If you don't mind, I'll give you some. You can plant a little of everything. It won't delay anything."

Someone else said: "If you ask me, you can grow some gourds. The young gourds can be eaten. When they grow up and are dried, they can be used to store water or split into pieces to make water ladles.

"Hey, even if it's just for vegetable seeds, it would be great!"

Aunt Zhao listened to people's advice and ignored the corn piled in the yard. She went to plow the soil with Qin Ying.

There were also people who came to help with turning the soil. In addition to the villagers, Zhang Jinzhi also called two people over.

First, dig up all the corn roots in the ground. They will dry out in almost a day, burn them, and then turn the soil over.

After turning the soil and making ridges, carry water and water along the ridges. After all the water has seeped in, start sowing seeds and covering the soil.

After finishing, Qin Ying and Aunt Zhao began to spread chopped grass on the ground. The hay was everywhere and easily accessible because it had dried up so much that it could be chopped into pieces without much effort.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Zhao, what are you doing?"

"This is to preserve moisture!" Aunt Zhao said calmly, "Otherwise, with the sun so scorching and the ground unprotected, it will dry out in a day, and we'll have to work hard to fetch water for it.

"Although my mother and I are not afraid of hard work, there are still so many old corns piled up in the yard. We got them with great difficulty. If mice eat them, it will be so sad!"

Zhang Jinzhi nodded continuously: "This is a good idea! Others can use it in the future."

"This is what Yingzi came up with!" Aunt Zhao said proudly. "Speaking of which, we have to thank Mr. Zhang for lending her the book. Yingzi is getting smarter and smarter!"

Immediately, a villager came running up to Zhang Jinzhi and asked, "Mr. Zhang, our boy isn't too old, he's only fifteen. Do you think he can study?"

"Of course!" Zhang Jinzhi answered confidently, "Even if you're in your seventies or eighties, as long as you want to learn, you can learn!"

The man didn't dare to tell Qin Ying about Zhang Jinzhi's teachings, and instead said to Qin Ying, "Yingzi, your brother Dashuan is not stupid either. Can he study with you?

"We don't ask him to be very successful, just to learn a few more words and not be a blind man with open eyes!"