"I didn't expect the price of cotton to fall like this year, last year there were 80 a load (100 catties), this year it was only 50 a load, cut off seeds, fertilizer, labor money, each load will earn a few dollars, can't be drawn.

I think next year, I will plant a little bit and keep it at home to make a quilt, and the rest of the land will be planted with soybeans and sesame seeds. ”

Chen Wei sat down, dipped his palms in some water, and continued to discuss with Li Qingxia while rubbing the straw rope in his hand.

Li Qingxia's face was full of depression and nodded: "When I came back today, I met the eldest uncle and the third uncle on the way, which is also the same statement. We are still good, only five or six acres of land are planted, at most we don't make money or lose money. Your second brother and they are probably about to vomit and bleed now.

Your second brother and brother-in-law are so fine, there are times when they look away, probably looking at the market last year, the highest was sold to 100 a load, and they were so big for a while that they actually rented land, planted more than 30 acres, and specially invited someone to work to help take care of it, and it is estimated that they can't even pay for it. ”

When Li Qingxia said this, Chen Yuezhi vaguely heard a hint of schadenfreude, and she immediately understood what was going on.

In the last life, Chen Yuezhi studied in Qingyang Middle School, and the tuition fee was not enough, Chen Wei went to the second uncle Chen Yong's house to borrow money, but instead of borrowing money, he was counted by the second aunt and was embarrassed.

And the second aunt was even more bizarre, saying bitterly that she had no money, so she turned around and helped her mother's sister buy a sewing machine.

Since that fight, no matter how hard and poor the family is, Li Qingxia has gritted her teeth, even if she eats bran and wild vegetables, she will not open her mouth to the second uncle's family.

Fu Guihua walked out of the stove house and said: "That's not the reason, the price of cotton was high the year before last, and the cotton seeds were expensive last year." I see you, I have to thank Ah Yue. ”

When Chen Yuezhi heard the word cotton, she always felt that something flashed in her mind, she was trying to recall, and suddenly heard her grandmother say this, and couldn't help but raise her head in confusion: "Thank me, why?" ”

Li Qingxia listened to Fu Guihua's words, thought about it carefully, and immediately smiled, speaking of which, she really has to thank Chen Yuezhi, otherwise their family will face such a desperate situation of losing money this year.

Fu Guihua had sold enough guanzi, and when she saw her granddaughter's eager look, she suddenly laughed and asked Li Qingxia to tell her quickly.

"When I was planting cotton last year, your second uncle was really interesting, knowing that our family was already poor and couldn't open the pot, he actually lobbied and wanted to take your father to rent land to grow cotton. He also said that he helped our family get rich and make a fortune, and after saving it, he always reached out and asked others for money.

But I don't think he has a good heart at all, I guess he wants your dad to be a free labor force for him?

Do you think, if our family has also contracted to rent land and is next to their family, then when hoeing weeds and spraying pesticides, with your father's honest personality, isn't it at the mercy of your second uncle? ”

Li Qingxia said that, she glared at Chen Wei with some hatred, and Chen Wei smiled at his wife flatteringly, scratched his head and said: "The second child is busy with their family, sometimes they can't be busy, we are a family, and it is also appropriate to take a hand." ”

"Family, cut!" When Li Qingxia heard these three words, her face was full of disdain, she no longer paid attention to Chen Wei, and continued to take care of herself: "But Yue girl, you go to Qingyang Middle School, the tuition is expensive, and our family owes a lot of debt after paying the tuition, and we really can't afford to rent land to buy cotton seeds, so this matter is over."

Even if our family doesn't rent land, every time it's time to apply fertilizer, pesticides and hoe weeds, doesn't your second aunt still call your dad to work?

When others go to work, they have good food, good food, good cigarettes, and get paid, but your father goes to work, and he has nothing, he even has to bring his own saliva, and he is not even allowed to enter the door.

Are they thieves? How many times have I said that your dad should not be so easy to talk to, but he doesn't listen, and I don't care about him, anyway, it is he who suffers. ”

Although Li Qingxia said this, Chen Yuezhi knew that she felt sorry for her father, so she was angry.

"At that time, your second aunt still laughed at your father's lack of interest and courage, and said that when their cotton made money this year, our family would cry." After Li Qingxia said this, a sarcastic smile appeared on her face, and her tone was also very brisk.

There are indeed people crying, but it is the second uncle himself!

Chen Yuezhi smiled, buried himself in reading again, but continued to recall in his mind, in his previous life, at this time, what kind of major events happened about cotton.

Suddenly, Fu Guihua's muttering words made Chen Yuezhi suddenly brightened, and he suddenly remembered what had flashed in his mind just now.

Fu Guihua said: "The rain is quite abundant this year, and the harvest of late rice should be good." ”

Rainwater!

By the way, she remembered.

The reason why the price of cotton rose last year was because there was too little rain in the cotton production base and the cotton was dry, so the output was small, so it had to be purchased sporadically from other places, so that the price of cotton rose.

However, this year's rain is very even, the cotton-producing land is harvested, and the demand for foreign purchases is less, so the cotton price will naturally fall.

Next year......

Chen Yuezhi thought of something, and his breath was a little rough, next year's cotton price?

Chen Yuezhi stood up suddenly, his face full of excitement.

She seems to have suddenly found a good way to get the Chen family out of the plight of the middle peasants.

"Ah Yue, what's wrong?" Chen Wei and Li Qingxia looked at Chen Yuezhi suspiciously at the same time, she quickly smiled, shook her head and said nothing, for fear that she would be too excited and reveal the real situation, and sat down to bury herself in reading again, but actually didn't read a word.

Next year, the price of cotton will rise to at least 200 yuan a load, and good quality will be at least 350 yuan a load.

One of the reasons is that because the price of cotton is too low this year, many people have lost their capital and money, and they must have become less courageous and gave up planting cotton, leading to a sharp decline in cotton production.

The second reason is that the cotton production base has suffered a flood, which has completely submerged the cotton base, not because there is less cotton, but because there is no cotton at all.

As the cotton supply base of the country's major textile industries, there is no cotton, so it is conceivable that the cotton planted sporadically in other places will become such a hot thing.

Chen Yuezhi thought about it carefully, next year's cotton price should be the highest cotton price she had ever seen in her first life.

At this time in Chen Yuezhi's first life, she happened to take the unified examination in Qingyang Middle School, and when she was nervous, she was introverted and had low self-esteem at that time, only living in her own small world, and didn't care about others at all.

I only occasionally heard Chen Wei complain a few regretfully, saying that the price of cotton had risen without planting it this year, and if he planted one or two acres of land, he could earn hundreds of yuan.

She had to find a way to convince Chen Wei to not only plant, but also plant in large quantities.