freenovelworld Chapter 776 Going to the countryside
Chapter 776 Going to the countryside
She was not in a hurry. When she saw beautiful flowers, she would dismount from her horse to pick a bunch. When she came across a river, she would take off her shoes and socks, roll up her trouser legs, and go fishing and catching shrimps, then throw them onto the shore.
After playing enough, he went ashore, made a fire, and slowly cooked himself a meal of grilled fish and shrimp. While eating grilled fish and drinking water, enjoying the spring in the mountains, Zhou Guo felt that such a day was simply like a god's. After eating and drinking, he simply lay down under a big tree and took a nap.
When I woke up, it was already evening.
As the sunset appeared on the horizon, she got up and thought about staying here for a night. She went down to the river to catch a few big fish, roasted them all, took out some dry food, and slowly ate the roasted fish until she was full.
It was still a little chilly at this time of night, so she built a fire. She didn't even build a shelter from the wind, but just spread some leaves and grass on the ground.
Just lie on the grass and look at the stars, the sky is full of twinkling stars.
It reminded her of the time when she was fleeing. At first she could still find some hay and leaves to lie down on every day, but later she was so tired that she could hardly open her eyes. She didn't care about the hay and leaves. She would just sleep wherever she lay down and couldn't even get up.
When life gets better, I occasionally recall the hardships I went through back then. It’s still incredible when I think about it now, that they actually made it through.
As I was thinking about it, I fell asleep peacefully.
I woke up the next day, ate some dry food and then set off.
Although the spring plowing season has passed, many people still come to buy fertilizer every day in several prefectures.
Huzi, Quanzi, Laizi, and Qianduo each managed a farm. They were all delighted to see her coming. It was not an easy task for such a big farm to bear the financial burden of the entire city.
What's more, so many wealthy families' fertilizers are included here. Each time they ask for thousands of stones, if there is any mistake in the middle, it will offend people.
Several people have trouble sleeping every day. They are woken up just as they fall asleep. There is something wrong here or there. It’s not going well. Something has happened…
If they don't find help, they will sooner or later become ill from overwork, run out of energy and finally die.
Zhou Guo laughed, "Okay, okay, I get it. I'll assign a few people to you. In fact, when I'm not here, you can train your own people. Choose a deputy manager, who can do a lot of work. You won't have to work so hard, and you can take charge of everything."
The few of them finally got together just to ask Zhou Guo to find helpers. Now they were very happy to hear that they could choose their own people.
"Master, are you really letting us make the decision on this matter ourselves?"
Zhou Guo nodded, "I don't have that much time to find people for you. Besides, didn't I assign half of Zhuangzi's experts to you? I just want them to help you. You have to handle everything by yourself, so of course it's tiring."
After having a meal with a few people, she went to the countryside.
Hu Zi followed her and left the matters on the farm to Niu Si. He was still worried about Zhou Guo going around alone. No matter how powerful she was, she was still a little girl.
Zhou Guo was left to him.
She walked through the fields of each village, observing their wheat seedlings, their growth, and the fertilization conditions.
At this time, there were people everywhere in the fields. When they saw the two of them and saw how they were dressed, they politely asked, "Where are you from?"
Zhou Guo said: "Old man, we are from Feizhuang. We came down to see how your wheat seedlings are growing."
When they heard that it was Fei Zhuang's, people from all over the place stopped what they were doing and gathered around.
"Are you really a fertilizer dealer? The fertilizer you sell is really good. I just spread it a short time ago, but I can already see the growth. It's better than in previous years. As long as the weather is good this year, we will definitely have a good harvest."
Everyone nodded happily. Who wouldn’t be happy about a good harvest?
I feel lucky that they listened to my advice, otherwise we wouldn't have had such a good thing happen to us this year.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "That's good, that's good. Did you buy the seeds you used or did you keep them yourself?"
"Of course I kept it for myself. Who has the spare money to buy seeds? The seeds in the grain store are much more expensive. We can't afford them. I kept them for myself if I could."
Zhou Guo asked again: "How is the harvest of the seeds I saved?"
"Although I don't know the quality of the grain in the shop, the grain I keep for myself doesn't cost any money."
Zhou Guo understood, "Then if you can afford to buy seeds later, will you go to the grain store to buy seeds?"
Others thought she was joking, "How can we possibly afford to buy seeds?"
Zhou Guo said: "How is it impossible? If you can collect extra grains during the autumn harvest and sell the extra grains, wouldn't you have money to buy seeds? The yield of this kind is better than what you keep for yourself.
When the harvest comes next autumn, you will harvest a lot more grain than this year, and you will earn back the money by then. If the harvest is high, you can not only make money, but also have enough food to eat. "
The existing wheat grains are small and short, and not many grains can be produced on one ear.
In recent years, she has visited the fields in the village during the autumn harvest every year. If she comes across an ear of rice that is particularly strong with many large grains, she will keep it and mix it with other crops. She has planted two or three times, and now it is the third generation.
It can be mass-produced and sold in shops next year.
After hearing what she said, everyone thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true. If they really had that much grain after the autumn harvest this year, they could really sell it.
Others waved their hands and said, "It's useless. When the grain harvest is good, it's worthless. Those grain merchants take advantage of this opportunity to lower the price. We can't sell it for any money at all."
Everyone felt sympathetic and said that they had been suffering this loss.
Zhou Guo said, "I own a few grain shops. When the harvest comes, if you want to sell grain, you can sell it to us. The price we offer is definitely higher than other grain merchants. Of course, I won't force you to sell. You can sell it to whoever you want. If there are people who offer a higher price than me, just go ahead and sell it. I'll be happier than you."
"Really? Your offer will be higher than others. How much higher?"
Everyone looked at her, wanting to know how much more it was.
Zhou Guo smiled, "Grain prices are not always fixed. We won't know what the price will be until after the autumn harvest. How can I be sure now?"
Although they didn't get the exact price, everyone felt more at ease after hearing her words.
After autumn, some of the surplus grain is sold to buy some things for the family, and also grain seeds are needed...grain seeds?
Someone reacted and asked Zhou Guo, "Manager, do you have any good grains for sale in your grain shop?"
Zhou Guo said, "Yes, there are some, but our family has little land, and each city has a share, so I guess there won't be much left. If you want to buy some, you have to go early. If you go too late, it may be gone."
After saying that, he remembered something and added, "Grain seeds are different from fertilizers. We don't accept orders in advance. You can only go to the store to buy them when they are in stock. As for whether you can buy them, it all depends on your luck."