Chapter 144: Even more uneasy
Just to see a doctor and take medicine for Mrs. Gu, buy clothes and accessories for everyone in the family, buy furniture ornaments for the faΓ§ade and tea and fruits necessary for hospitality, and buy a popular means of transportation in Fuxing County-mule cart, Mrs. Gu has spent most of the money since Gu Zhixian took office.
In addition, they still owe a sum of money to Gu Zhixian's classmates, and Mrs. Gu doesn't have to live a budget-conscious life.
"Can you buy me a batch of rice seeds? I want to try to grow some rice this year. β
Mingyue didn't say that she wanted to lend money to the Gu family, and the Gu family was able to accept the medicinal materials and official swallows they brought, because Gu Zhixian really regarded them as a good family, and he didn't see them too much.
Of course, there is another reason that Gu Zhixian is very filial, and he can't bear to let his old mother be so entangled. Mian is sick, and she can make up for her body without violating her own principles, this kind of good thing is difficult for Gu Zhixian to refuse.
As for using other people's money to make money for his own family, this kind of thing has undoubtedly touched the bottom line of Gu Zhixian's way of being in the world, and he doesn't need to ask Mingyue to know that Gu Zhixian will definitely not agree.
But Mingyue will not give up helping the Gu family improve their living conditions in order to avoid suspicion.
Gu Zhixian has been doing her best to teach Yu Jiayan and the Mingxu brothers, if Mingyue doesn't do something for their family, she feels that she can't get over her conscience.
This idea of hers also represents Yu Jiayan and everyone in the Ming family, and no one wants to accept Gu Zhixian's teachings in vain.
As for the fact that they saved Gu Zhixian, in the words of Mrs. Ming, are the rescued people not grateful and do not repay their gratitude, how can they still see death and not save them?
Since they didn't expect anything in return from the beginning, they couldn't always keep it in their hearts and consider themselves to be other people's benefactors.
In this way, they naturally can't enjoy the kindness released by others because Gu Zhixian is a person who knows how to repay his kindness.
It is precisely because they both think of each other's good to themselves, but they never care about what they pay for each other, that they can cross the gap in identity in just a few months and become the best of each other's hearts.
Mrs. Gu was obviously surprised that Mingyue would think of planting rice in Fuxing County, she was stunned for a while before nodding slightly, "Rice planting is about the same in our hometown, but Fuxing County is hundreds of miles away from us after all, and whether the climate here can grow rice is a matter of two words." β
"It's only a few hundred miles, and I think even if the yield is not as high as over there, it should still be able to be planted. But don't worry, I'm not going to start with a lot of acres. Mingyue explained to her with a smile, "I just think that if we can introduce rice seeds to Fuxing County, then the people of Fuxing County will be able to eat rice produced in their hometown in the future, which is much more convenient than going all the way to the south to transport it back." And in this way, the price of rice in Fuxing County should also come down. β
Mrs. Gu couldn't help but feel a little moved when she heard this.
If this thing can really be done, then her husband will undoubtedly be able to make more achievements in the year-end evaluation.
Didn't the magistrate of Fuxing County get the promotion opportunity because he introduced a lot of novel crops to the people under his rule during his tenure?
Mrs. Gu, who had already been moved by Mingyue's words, didn't know at this time that the little daughter-in-law who was sitting in front of her and lobbying her was because of the light of the previous county magistrate who vigorously introduced fresh crops, so she was able to take her family out of poverty and become rich in just a few years.
As the first batch of people to eat crabs, Mingyue and the Ming family did not rely on the word "rare" to make a lot of money.
"Then I'll write a letter to my brother later, and ask him to send you a batch of rice seeds before spring ploughing." Mrs. Gu is a cheerful person, once she made up her mind, she immediately took the initiative to help Mingyue calculate, "How many acres of rice do you want to plant?" Let me help you estimate the number of rice seeds you need. β
"One hundred acres."
As soon as Mingyue said this, Mrs. Gu couldn't help but widen her eyes, "So many?!" β
"Too little to scale." Mingyue explained to her in detail the rice planting plan of herself and Yu Jiayan, and Mrs. Gu knew that Mingyue also planned to raise fish in the fifty acres of rice fields at the same time.
She felt that Mingyue was simply whimsical, not to mention Fuxing County, that is, she and Gu Zhi County, who were planting rice every year, had never tried to raise fish in the rice fields.
Mingyue knew that Mrs. Gu must not be able to understand her thoughts, which seemed very strange to the ancients, but fortunately, she did not try to convince Mrs. Gu to believe in herself.
She also promised to pay for the transportation and horse expenses of Mrs. Gu's mother's brother and teach them how to plant rice.
To put it simply and crudely, she is willing to contribute money and effort to the field, even if Mrs. Gu thinks she is messing around, it will not hinder the overall situation.
Sure enough, after Mrs. Gu was speechless for a while, she still chose to respect Mingyue, "Then, then I'll let my brother come over earlier." It is very troublesome to change from dry land to paddy field. And then there's... If something goes wrong, you'll have plenty of time to fix it. β
Her so-called "remedy" is to replant other things, after all, if the rice really can't be planted, then Mingyue can't just let her own 100 acres of fertile land be vacant.
Mingyue thanked Mrs. Gu again and again, and finally told her that if there were other crops in their hometown that were not available in Fuxing County, she also wanted some seedlings or seeds.
Mrs. Gu agreed to help her get more crops, but she waved her hand again and again, "Don't thank me yet, I don't have a word of it." To be honest, I'm pretty empty right now. β
Mingyue couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, I started to do this after I was mentally prepared for the loss of all my money in this hundred acres of land." β
Mrs. Gu: ......
What's going on with her being even more uneasy?
Anyway, this little girl is so young, why is she so scary when she speaks...
That's a hundred acres of land! And it's all good land! Sure enough, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if I don't care about home.
Mrs. Gu, who was in pain, wrote a letter while continuing to persuade Cheng Yue:
"It's not a trivial matter, why don't you think about it again?"
"It's okay, you can go back on it at any time."
Mingyue was amused and moved, but Mrs. Gu felt deeply regretful that until she wrote the letter to her mother's brother, Mingyue did not show even the slightest hint of regret.
Mrs. Gu had no choice but to grit her teeth and let people send the letter she had written.
A stone fell to the ground in Mingyue's heart, and she turned to talk to Mrs. Gu about other topics, "Madame hasn't been to my Zhuangzi yet, when you have time another day, I'll take you to see my Zhuangzi." β