294 Discussing New Seeds with the Villagers
When the other wives saw the village chief’s wife express her stance, they hurriedly expressed that they would follow suit.
“We’ve been neighbors for more than ten years. Even if we’re worried about others, we won’t be worried about you.” A woman chuckled and said, “We’ll follow the village chief’s wife’s instructions. Aunt, tell us the price. We won’t short change you.”
Old Madam w.a.n.g said sincerely, “You also know that the price of our new seeds are definitely different from ordinary grain seeds. Those seeds are also what I asked the children at home to search for painstakingly. Not only did it take a lot of time and effort, it also cost some money.”
Wasn’t it difficult for Ah Yu to choose from the grain and oil shop for half a day?
However, the others automatically a.s.sumed that the new seeds were sent by w.a.n.g Chuanman.
w.a.n.g Chuanman was now the errand manager of the Zhou family. He was in charge of the business of external harvesting. Every once in a while, he would return to Nanhe Town to make a trip. Occasionally, he would bring something for the village.
There were ten other young people in the village who were all running errands with w.a.n.g Chuanman. Most of them were left behind by w.a.n.g Chuanman to build their foundations in the Zhou family. Every time he came back, he would bring one or two back to visit his relatives.
Now, whenever anyone mentioned w.a.n.g Chuanman, they would give him a thumbs up.
He had brought up 10 people with good abilities, and they were all people who remembered favors. When they did well, they did not forget about the villagers.
“Chuanman is so busy, but he still has to search for grain seeds. He’s indeed too tired,” someone said. “It will take him a month to go back and forth. Not to mention the hard journey, the food, drinks, and accommodation all cost money. We know all of this. Auntie, just name a price.”
If they could afford it, they would invest in this opportunity. If they could not, it was fine too. It was up to each family to measure their situation.
Old Madam w.a.n.g was deliberately ambiguous in misleading them so that the others would think in this direction. In any case, w.a.n.g Chuanman was running around everywhere now and had been to many places.
After the seeds were planted, she would let Chuanman take the food to sell in other places. Once the information was mixed up, it would not be easy to find the source.
Moreover, County Magistrate Zhang Zhan had already taken up a post here. It would be a waste not to use this friendship.
Unless he did not want political achievements.
“There’s no hurry about the grain seeds. Let’s talk about it in two days. I’m just letting you guys know in advance today. When you get back, you can ask your family if you want to invest so that we can prepare. The new seeds are not cheap, and we didn’t dare to stock up too much,” Old Madam w.a.n.g said.
The others hurriedly said, “Of course, it’s only right. Auntie, just go and prepare.”
Only then did Old Madam w.a.n.g send them off.
On the other hand, Madam Feng listened carefully. After they left, she asked, “Mother, why did Fourth Brother look for so many new seeds? Are we going to stop planting the current grain seeds?”
Old Madam w.a.n.g said, “If you plant more, you can eat more. Even if you’re not tired of eating those same old things all day long, I’ll be tired of it.”
Madam Feng: “…” Was this still the same mother who had made everyone eat chaff dough and sweet potatoes for half a year?
At that time, everyone ate until their faces turned pale, but there was nothing else to eat. Occasionally, when the Chuanfu and Chuanman went out to hunt, the game that they carried back would be sold by Old Madam w.a.n.g and exchanged for more chaff dough and sweet potatoes.
If the children had a stomachache from eating too much of this stuff and could not take it anymore, Old Madam w.a.n.g would scold whoever was not eating, and no one dared to say a word. They could only bury their heads and eat.
It had only been two or three years since then, but Mother had already begun to talk like this.
It was indeed as her husband had said. No one could guess her mother’s thoughts. It was useless to guess. It was better to be obedient.
That day, Old Madam w.a.n.g called w.a.n.g Dalang over and asked him to drive the carriage to Yongding County.
As for Little Ah Yu, she asked her to stay in the village and nurture the new grain seeds in her spatial pocket.
It was so difficult for Ah Yu to obediently nurture the grain seeds, but she could not let others know. As her grandmother, she could only buy more good things to nourish her.
In any case, she had already saved the 2,000 taels of silver.