freenovelworld Chapter 929: This is what I want
Chapter 929: This is what I want
Mr. Wu thought so too. The land was not given for free. It was exchanged for grain seeds, so he did not suffer any loss.
Zhou Guo picked up a few scattered wheat ears from the ground and handed them to Master Wu. "Take a look. Can the wheat from your other fields compare to this?"
Mr. Wu counted very seriously, and then compared them with his little finger very seriously.
After that, he said to Zhou Guo embarrassedly: "Don't laugh at me. I have never farmed before. When I came here, I also looked at the wheat in my own field. It looks like this is indeed growing better than the wheat in my field. A wheat plant has several more grains. Such a large field is amazing. No wonder everyone wants this new grain."
When he thought about being able to plant his own wheat, which was also a new crop, in this field next year, he couldn't help but smile. In this day and age, who would complain about having too much food?
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Are you satisfied with this kind of grain?"
Mr. Wu nodded repeatedly, "Satisfied, satisfied."
Suddenly, an idea came to him: "How about you take the crops here and I will take my one thousand acres of grain seeds back with me, so you won't have to worry about it."
Zhou Guo was stunned. "Why don't you wait until I have harvested all the grain? No matter how anxious you are, you can't rush at this moment. Besides, wet wheat is not the same as dry wheat."
The wheat seeds in this field are not the same kind as the ones she has. Although the difference is not huge, it is still a little different. She feels that it is not fair to give him the seeds from this field.
But when Mr. Wu heard her refusal, he thought that Zhou Guo was not willing to give it to him. In order to avoid any more trouble, he said: "It's okay, I'll wait until the wheat is dry. To be honest, I plan to plant the new grains on this land next year. When the wheat is dry, we can put it directly into the granary. It won't be troublesome to move it back and forth."
Now that things have come to this, Zhou Guo couldn't refuse anymore, otherwise it would make people suspicious.
She looked at him and said, "Do you think the wheat in this field is growing well? Is it the new grain you want? Don't say I lied to you later!"
It sounds meaningful, but Mr. Wu only wants wheat at the moment, so why would he pay attention to these things?
He laughed out loud and said, "How could that be? I have personally seen this wheat. To be honest, I have also visited villages that grow new crops and have seen that they all look almost the same. You don't want to give it to me, do you?"
Zhou Guo was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, when the wheat is dried, I will give you the 1,000 mu of grain seeds I promised you right away, and we'll settle the deal then."
Mr. Wu's eyes narrowed with joy. A thousand acres! He was probably the second family in the north to have such wheat, except Zhou Guo. In a few years, all the land in his family would be covered with such wheat. Then he would sell the wheat to the south. He would be the first one to go there, and he would probably make a lot of money.
Zhou Guo ordered Erliuzi to dry the wheat and give him the 1,000 acres promised to Mr. Wu.
Erliuzi readily agreed. Based on the calculation that 30 kilograms of wheat seeds are produced per acre, 1,000 acres of land would produce 30,000 kilograms.
Mr. Wu stroked his beard with a smile and said that he must be there in person on the day of grain delivery. He said this unconsciously.
Zhou Guo apologized, "I'm sorry, Master Wu, I'm really busy. I don't think I can come on the day of grain delivery. But Hu Zi, who has been with me for many years, I'm sure you know him. He will take my place. You can ask him for anything when the time comes."
Mr. Wu was very satisfied with his food. He waved his hand and said, "I know. You can go and do your work. Huzi, right? I know that guy. He is a big shot around you. I see you always take him with you wherever you go."
He looked around and asked, "Why is he gone now?"
Zhou Guo said, "We are busy with the autumn harvest now. You can't have someone this capable always by my side. Wouldn't that be a waste of talent?"
"That's right, that's right." Mr. Wu agreed repeatedly. He couldn't take the housekeeper with him wherever he went.
Zhou Guo took him around the field. Master Wu was very satisfied. He pointed at the wheat and said, "Young Master, you are really good. But how did you find such a good thing?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It was a coincidence. We started planting wheat the second year after we moved to the north. We used the best wheat seeds from the purchased wheat. When we harvested the wheat in the autumn of the second year, I found that many of the wheat ears were different and larger than others. I collected these wheat seeds, and gradually, all the land in my family and all the land in our village began to be planted with this wheat."
Mr. Wu didn't quite understand. "In just a few years, this kind of wheat is everywhere in the north? Is farming that easy?"
Zhou Guo just smiled and said nothing. He couldn't tell everything, right?
Grandpa Wu was very tactful and laughed, "Mr. Zhou is the only one who has such ability. I have a lot of land, and I have many farmers who have been farming for so many years, but none of them has the insight of Mr. Zhou, who can grow such a small amount of wheat and turn it into a large area in just a few years."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Who was Zhou Guo? He actually compared her to the servants at home. She was so nervous that she stammered, "Sir, don't, don't mind it. I didn't mean that..."
Zhou Guo was a peasant, so he didn't care about what he said. He didn't understand why he suddenly stuttered nervously. He waved his hand and said, "What's the meaning? I have to thank Master Wu for renting me these two thousand acres of good land. You know that my family has little land. If Master Wu hadn't extended a helping hand, I really don't know who to ask for help."
Grandpa Wu didn't take it seriously. There were plenty of people in the north willing to do such business.
Zhou Guo took him to have lunch at the farm, sent Old Man Wu out of the farm, and then left with Erpang and the others.
Song County is still waiting for her to start harvesting, and the weather is good now, so there is no time to delay.
Several people rode at full speed to Song County. Several village heads had already prepared everything and just needed to go to the fields.
Although Song County is mostly rice, there is also some wheat. The rice is beginning to turn yellow. The scent of harvest blows over Song County, and everyone has a beaming look on their faces.
The village heads said, "Boss, we thought you couldn't catch up."
At this time, they are afraid of continuous rain, as the autumn harvest is a rush. If Zhou Guo had come two days later, they would have to start harvesting by themselves.
Zhou Guo took the sharpened sickle and cut the first handful of wheat from this salty and bitter land.
I looked at the wheat in my hand. After all, it was the first year of planting. Although the grains of wheat ears were almost the same, many of them were not filled with grain or even half-filled. Half of the wheat ears were empty husks. Some of them didn't even have many empty husks and there were not enough grains per ear.
It seems that if we want the food on this land to be as good as that on Mr. Wu’s, there is still a long way to go!