bookrebus Chapter 745 Salt-alkali Land
Chapter 745 Salt-alkali Land
Li Lai said: "Why is it so yellow? Aren't all children white and chubby?"
Zhou Su explained to him, "It's not time yet. In a few months they will be white and fat. Newborn babies don't look good."
Not saying it's ugly is already very polite.
Zhou Mai said: "It looks good now, and it will look even better in the future."
Their little sister Zhou Xing died on the road, and now they have this little niece, everyone loves her very much.
Mrs. Xu kept following the baby wherever he went without blinking.
Seeing this, Zhou Guo handed the baby over and said, "Aunt, this is your first granddaughter. Her name is Xiaohua. Do you want to hold her?"
Li hurriedly stopped her, "What are you doing to her? Xiaohua is still so young. If she falls or gets hurt, you will regret it too late."
Zhou Guo said: "Mom, it's okay, I'm watching you, and look at her, her eyes don't move, let her hold you."
As soon as Mrs. Xu saw the child handed to her, she stretched out her arms and held the child carefully in her arms.
He moved very lightly, as if he was holding a piece of fragile tofu, not daring to even breathe.
Looking at the child's face, a smile slowly appeared on his face.
Everyone was relieved to see that she didn't drop the baby, and then they were surprised to see her smile, wondering if she was going to be okay.
Can you recognize people now?
After waiting for a long time, we found that she just smiled at the child and had no other reaction. We were very disappointed.
Zhou Mi said: "Forget it, it's good for her to be like this. If she wakes up one day and thinks about what happened on the road, she will be so sad."
Which mother can accept that she has killed her own child? She would wish she could die in her child's place.
Now that the Zhou family had the next generation, Li found a job and no longer made a fuss about going to the mountains. Having a child to hold was more gratifying than anything else.
Zhou Xing only came to see him once.
As the months went by, the weather became colder and the roads became harder to travel on. The Zhao family was afraid of any accidents, so they watched the situation more closely than anything else.
Zhou Guo visited her several times, and each time he told her how her little niece had become and what interesting things had happened.
Zhou Xing's eyes were red, and she wiped away her tears and said, "My little sister died on the road. Now the first grandchild in the family is a little girl. Maybe it's fate."
Zhou Guo wiped her tears and said, "You are too pregnant to go out. When you give birth, I will take you home to live with you for a while. The two babies will have a companion."
Zhou Xing cried and laughed at the same time, "What are you talking about? What kind of companion does such a little kid need? How can we play together when he can't even speak?"
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "They have been together since they were young, so they will naturally be able to play together when they grow up."
During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Guo picked a basket of juicy ground berries and brought it to Zhou Xing.
The Zhao family was very surprised. "Where did this come from in the middle of winter?"
Zhou Xing said: "I guess Guo'er planted it in the house. Only she can grow it."
She also planted some in the house this year, but unfortunately, not a single one survived and all died.
Later, Mrs. Zhao thought it was unlucky and had a bad connotation, so she stopped allowing the trees to be planted.
Looking at these bright red and juicy ground berries at this moment, how can you not love them? They are so festive!
Old Master Zhao sighed, "Zhou's little girl is really capable. How can she do things that others can't do?"
It is estimated that the Zhou family is now richer than his Zhao family.
How many years has it taken him to make his fortune, while how many years has it only taken the Zhou family to rise?
Looking at his son and grandson, he felt that none of them was useful, and it would be difficult to maintain the status quo. Fortunately, he was smart and found a good in-law. At least his grandson and great-grandson will have no worries in their lives.
By the time Zhou Xing's child was born, the weather had gradually become warmer.
That day, the whole family was in the house, and heard the old woman beside Zhou Xing come to announce the good news, saying that Zhou Xing had given birth to a boy for the Zhao family last night, weighing seven kilograms, a big fat boy!
Everyone in the Zhou family was delighted.
Li was overjoyed and said, "That's good. With this child, Zhou Xing will have a firm foothold in the Zhao family. Zhao Yang will never be allowed to take a concubine, let alone a maid."
Zhou Xing's good days are coming.
Zhou Guo was also very happy. Although she felt that even if the baby was a girl, her sister's good life would not change, it was still a happy occasion for the Zhao family.
When the baby was one month old, the Zhao family held a grand banquet for their guests, which lasted for three days.
Zhou Xing and his wife are still so young, they will definitely have a lot of children in the future. The days of their Zhao family's single-line inheritance for generations are finally over, and their family is going to prosper!
Zhou Guo joined in the fun for three days, and then he was free.
This year she plans to sell fertilizer to the 23 counties under the prefecture.
However, the other counties were far away from them, so they decided to build a village in another county as well. In the future, there would be two Feizhuangs, which would save effort and increase efficiency.
When the weather got warmer, she sent people to various counties and finally selected a central county, Song County, which was about the same distance from all the counties.
There just happened to be space available for purchase.
Of course, these lands are extremely barren and cannot be cultivated at all. No one wants large pieces of them, so they are just perfect for building a farm.
When Zhou Guo heard what Wu Jiang said, he immediately asked him to go over and build the manor, ensuring that it would be put into use after the spring.
She sent people like Quanzi, Erpang and Laizitou out to the villages under various counties to sell fertilizer with drums and gongs.
This year has been much smoother than last year. With the accumulation of last year's experience, people in other counties have more or less heard of this thing, even if they don't know the exact details, they have vaguely heard of it.
At least it didn't happen like last year, where I was treated as a liar and kicked out of the village.
Qian Duo and Zhou Gu asked her to be sent out to collect ashes and night incense, not only in her own county, but also in counties close to them.
After all, this year is a grand event, with farmers from dozens of counties and night-blooming incense from two counties, the ashes are definitely not enough.
Do we need to build another one?
Qian Duo said: "Boss, there is no need to build any more. The land over there is very big. We can build a few manors. There are no people living nearby anyway. We can build whatever we want. It is enough."
Zhou Guo nodded, "You said it's so big, when should I go and take a look? It's so big, is it really impossible to farm it?"
Qian Duo shook his head, "No, this place is weird, very weird."
Zhou Guo was curious, "What do you mean by weird?"
Qian Duo said, "The land is salty! The ground is all white, it's all salt. No grass can grow. Nothing can grow. It's useless."
"Salt-alkali land?!" Zhou Guo stood up and asked solemnly, "How big is that land?"
Qian Duo said: "It's very big, you can't see the end of it, hundreds of hectares. Because it's so large and can't be used, Song County is the poorest among all the counties, and has the fewest people."
She stood up and paced back and forth excitedly, "Are there many salty places like this in the twenty-three counties?"
Seeing her like this, Qian Duo couldn't help but get excited, "A lot, ten of the counties have such salty land, the smallest is fifty or sixty hectares. There are also ten counties with more or less, but not that large."