inspire-indiana Chapter 1257: The Earth is Still Good
Chapter 1257: The Earth is Still Good
Zhou Dacai was getting more and more proud, and he was so proud in his heart, "Brother, look at what you said, how could they brag in front of us? Have you forgotten what Guoguo's mother said when she was a child, when she took her to the temple, that she would have great fortune in the future, but it's not true. But when she was a child, everyone said she was a little fool, but these people were not fools, what happened?"
Zhou Dafu smiled and said, "I see. Your daughter is the best, okay?"
The group hurried along the way, braving the wind and snow, and finally arrived at Nanhe.
Passing by an endless field of lush green wheat, the two brothers were envious. "Whose wheat is this? It's growing so well. The field is so big. How much grain can be harvested next year? The grain harvested in a year will take several lifetimes for the whole family to eat, right?"
There was desire in both of their eyes.
Xiaoshu smiled and said, "My two masters, this land belongs to us. The master bought it a few years ago. The crops on this land also belong to us. The grain we harvest next year will all be ours."
The two people were dumbfounded.
Zhou Dafu was dumbfounded. "This, this, this, it's so wide and so big, is it all ours?"
"Stop, stop, stop, I want to go down and take a look!" Zhou Dacai shouted to stop. Since it was his family's, he had to go down and take a look. Such a large piece of land was also bought by his daughter. It was incredible that his daughter was so capable that she bought such a large piece of land for the family.
After all, the two are authentic farmers. All a farmer wants in his life is to have enough food to eat and have his own land.
No matter how many beautiful mansions and shops in good locations there were, they were not as shocking as the endless land. This was what truly made a family rich.
Xiaoshu looked at the expressions of the two men and admired Zhou Guo's foresight. As expected, the two masters still liked the land more.
When they had seen enough, Xiaoshu said again: "My two masters, our family has many pieces of land like this, and there are also many in the north. When you return home, you can go around and look."
The two of them looked at the crops in the field happily, without any reaction, as if they didn't hear anything.
Zhou Dafu said to Zhou Dacai, "Before, Dacang said that the family had bought some land, and Guoguo only said that there were a few pieces here and there, but he didn't say that the land was this big. Brother, since I was a child, I never dared to dream of owning such a large piece of land. Guoguo is really capable and is a person who brings honor to our family!"
Once you acquire land, it can be passed down from generation to generation. The grain harvested from the land every year is what everyone relies on for survival. After all, even the emperor has to eat three meals a day.
Without food, you will still starve to death.
Without land, you have nothing. With land, even in troubled times, a family’s hope of survival will be greater.
This is what the two people thought. A few hundred hectares of land just sounds like a number, and we don’t really know how big it is exactly.
After traveling for such a long time, the two men now had the same idea, which was to see how big the land was, get in the carriage, and let the driver drive along the road.
But after walking for an hour, the land still had not reached its end, and looking ahead, it was still endless.
Zhou Dafu couldn't help but say, "This 200 hectares of land is really huge!"
In the past, two hundred hectares was just a number that couldn’t be any bigger in their mouths, and they had no idea what it meant. But now they have some understanding of it.
Zhou Dacai asked, "With such a large piece of land, how many people are needed to grow and harvest crops every year?"
Zhou Dafu pointed to another village and said, "Look at this house. We have seen several along the way. There are several places for eating. I wonder how many people are needed."
Xiaoshu said, "Yes, there are many, but our family harvests a lot of grain every year, and we have many shops, so we can afford to hire so many people to work."
Although the wages are the same as everyone else, their family receives subsidies and the food is also good.
No matter where they are from, they all like to work for the Zhou family because they are paid generously, are not scolded, eat well, and can get things. They have to rely on robbing every year.
After all, the two brothers did not finish walking across the hundreds of hectares of land, so they turned back.
"If we keep walking like this, we don't know how long we'll get there. Let's come back next time. We should hurry up."
The closer they got to the north, the thicker the ice and snow became. The two had to wear mink coats. Looking at the icy and snowy outside, Zhou Dafu said, "If it weren't for Guoguo and Da Cang Zhongyong, we wouldn't know if we could survive the winter every year living in a place like this."
It’s colder than Beijing.
I am so lucky that there are two capable people in the family, otherwise I don’t know what kind of life our family would have lived.
Zhou Dacai nodded.
At this time, the person who went to report the news also arrived at Cangshan Village.
"What did you say? They're back?" Li was surprised and happy. She stood up quickly and touched her body and head. "Where are they? Go pick them up!"
The man said, "Madam, I am here to tell you something. It will probably take another ten days for the two masters to arrive."
Nevertheless, it is enough to make the whole family happy.
The old man said, "Zhou Gu is in Chengding. We have to write to that kid and ask him to go home early."
Zhou Guo was not around, and even Hu Zi and Dapang had gone south. Zhou Gu had no choice but to take on the responsibility himself. He felt that his brain was not as good as his sister's, so he must be diligent.
In previous years, Zhou Guo would go out when it was time, even if there was a heavy snowstorm, and he couldn't fall behind.
Therefore, since Zhou Guo left, he has been outside all day and rarely comes back.
Wu Ya was holding her youngest son. He was the first boy among the Zhou family's grandchildren. As the eldest son and grandson, he would definitely be liked by his grandfather.
Li said, "That boy is just like Guo, he never comes back for Chinese New Year. My son is already so grown up, but I haven't seen him many times. He will come back this time, right?"
Speaking of this, she got angry. Why not learn from Zhou Guo instead of going home for the New Year?
Besides, the reason why Zhou Guo didn't go home was because he was thousands of miles away and couldn't get back in a short time. It was outrageous that he didn't even come back from the north.
Zhou Su said happily: "Dad is coming back, and uncle is coming back too."
He suddenly remembered something, "Mom, Dad and uncle are back, where are they living?"
The room was silent. Yes, where would they live?
Now one of the main rooms is given to Zhou Guo, and the other is occupied by Li and Xu, so there is no main room anymore.
Li said, "I've thought about it a long time ago. It's hard to start construction in winter. If they want to come back, we can only let them live in the front yard. When spring comes, we can build a yard next to it and open a moon gate on the wall of the yard for entry and exit. That'll solve the problem."
It doesn't need to be too big, a small courtyard will do.
They don't have many servants at home now, so it's enough for them to live in.
Everyone nodded. This was a good idea. In fact, the current house was big enough for them to live in. Zhou Mai and the others had moved to the front yard, leaving a lot of empty rooms.