newbobooks Chapter 787 Visitors
Chapter 787 Visitors
Li said, "I see that you eat a lot at every meal. It has nothing to do with your strength. After all, your brothers also eat a lot. I often worry that the rice grown in those fields is not enough to eat. There is always a meal of noodles every day. If there are so many rice fields next year, it will be okay to eat noodles every day."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, even if there is enough rice, we don't have to eat it three times a day. I am used to eating pasta in the morning, such as steamed buns, steamed buns, flower rolls, fried dough sticks, dumplings, wontons, and pancakes. I don't have an appetite for breakfast."
Li nodded. "So you're not going to eat the rice this year? Are you going to eat steamed buns every day?"
Zhou Guo waved her hand and said, "Go buy some. Although there aren't many rice fields in the north, there are still people growing them. The big grain shops sell rice. The price of grain has also dropped in the past two years. It's a good deal if you buy more at a time."
It's not like I need that little money anyway.
Li knew it.
Zhou Guo kept his word and the next day he asked people to bring five ox carts to the provincial capital and brought back four carts of rice, one of which was white rice.
The old men were puzzled. They looked at the bags of rice being unloaded in the yard and asked, "Where did this come from?"
Zhou Guo said: "I bought it."
"…Don't we have rice at home? The rice in the field can be harvested soon. Why buy these? Are these rice tastier?"
If you think about it carefully, this is something Zhou Guo can do. He will buy anything delicious to try.
Zhou Guo said: "No, I want to save the rice at home as seeds for next year. I can't eat it anymore. I can only eat these next time."
The family looked at each other.
Zhou Su said happily: "Is there any progress in Song County? Can we plant crops next year?"
The whole family is paying close attention to this matter. There is so much land. If they can cultivate it, they will be truly wealthy from now on.
Li rushed to say, "No, there are some farms outside that have land, which have been converted into fertile fields and can be planted next year."
No one except Zhou Guo knew about this, so everyone looked at Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu waved his hands and said, "I don't know either. I haven't been out of Yunzhou in the past six months, so how would I know?"
Zhou Guo said: "Move these into the granary. We will eat them until the grain comes out next year."
Everyone rushed forward to carry the food. They were all young and old, and they could still carry a bag of food.
Even though it’s not the food we grow ourselves, it’s still the same food, isn’t it?
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Several government offices were also delighted when looking at this year's tax revenue. Their help was not in vain. Look at the tax revenue, it is more than half more than in previous years. How come the Zhou family produced such a great figure?
Please be more polite next time.
The general, who was in his 50s or 60s, held this year's tax report, smiled, and said to his left and right: "Look, I told you that little girl is capable. She alone raised the tax revenue in the north by such a large amount. The food is enough for my army to eat for another four to five months."
He sighed, "In previous years, I begged everyone for this little bit of food. I searched all the wealthy families in the north, but I couldn't get much. This year, you see, they contributed a lot. Haha, this little girl really has a temper with me! She's capable!"
A big man with a square face said, "General, people are saying that she is your illegitimate child. What will happen if the general's wife finds out?"
"She is an illegitimate daughter, and she is your daughter! Doesn't Madam like your daughter the most?" said the round-faced man.
General Xu laughed and said, "If this is really my illegitimate daughter, my lady will be very happy. Such a capable girl can defeat my army of 100,000 by herself! What's wrong with me accepting her as my daughter? Maybe I will benefit from it. Hahaha..."
A group of people immediately congratulated with laughter.
Zhou Guo didn't know that her identity as an illegitimate child, which had been rumored in the wealthy family, had already been made public. She just felt extremely upset.
Because there are more and more people coming to my door recently.
The big families were not bad, especially the small and medium-sized families. Luxurious horse-drawn carriages came in from the village entrance, seven or eight at a time, so the Zhou family was easy to find.
Find the right one.
These days, there is a constant stream of people visiting our home.
The entrance was lined with carriages.
The villagers were filled with awe and envy.
"Did you see that? That's the Liu family's carriage. Mr. Liu, the one with eyes on top of his head, whose family owns more land than Mr. Zhao's, has also come to the Zhou family!"
"Just look at these carriages. Those coming and going are either rich or noble. What do you think is going on? The Zhou family is rich. They have been rich for more than just one year. They have been rich for the past two years. Why are there suddenly so many rich families coming to visit us now?"
How could the villagers know? No one could tell what would happen.
However, the Zhao family next door got the news, and Old Master Zhao came with his family.
Thinking that the Zhou family had no dealings with such families and didn't know a lot of things, they came to help. Of course, the most important thing was to let their children and grandchildren meet some human beings.
Mrs. Li was also in a state of panic. After all, as a peasant woman, the richest people she had ever met in her life were Mr. Zhao's family. Now so many rich and powerful people suddenly came, and she didn't know how to entertain them. She was even more afraid of saying something wrong and messing up her daughter's business.
Wu Ya had no choice but to entertain them.
Fortunately, these people came to curry favor with others instead of making enemies. Even if the Zhou family only gave them a bowl of plain water, they would say it was sweet.
Zhou Su and others were in school. Every day after school, these people would leave and they rarely met.
Zhou Gu was busy with things outside and rarely came back.
The only people sitting and chatting at home were Zhou Guo and the old man.
After sitting for a few days, the old man became impatient and simply went out after breakfast early in the morning and never came home.
As a result, Zhou Guo was the only one left at home.
She was really annoyed and wanted to kick them out, but these people were her clients, big clients at that.
She also had to sell fertilizer to them. These people accounted for at least 200,000 shi of grain harvested this year!
I had to be patient and talk to them.
The elders chatted with them about tea, military and national affairs, history, and even farming.
The middle-aged men talked about business transactions.
The young girl chatted about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although she was not very knowledgeable, she went ahead and talked about it. She said she knew nothing about it, but these people didn't believe her and always pulled her along to join the chat and asked her to share her opinions.
She is the host and can't let the place be deserted. Fortunately, she doesn't know how to play the piano or chess, but she has made some progress in calligraphy in recent years. Although she can't paint, she still has some appreciation skills.
Young people talk about leisure, entertainment and food.
Whoever comes can talk to whom.
She felt that her life was miserable and even more tiring than running back and forth outside for a month to work. She got up every day with a feeling of despair, greeted people with a smile, talked for a day, and then sent them off in a nice tone.
Little did they know that everyone who came was so surprised that they secretly acted as if they had seen a ghost.
"How did the Zhou family raise this boy and girl? Can a farmer's family raise such a person? How does she know everything??!! How old is she??! She talks to everyone she meets. Although she is not good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is not weak in other aspects. She doesn't look like a girl at all. She is more capable than the average son!"