HCB Chapter 265 Planting Corn
Chapter 265 Planting Corn
Before leaving, Shen Wanning thought about the conditioner again and asked, "Boss Zhao, do you sell aloe vera?"
"Aloe vera? Yes, but not many people buy it, so we don't have much aloe vera." Boss Zhao replied.
"How much aloe vera can Mr. Zhao provide?" Shen Wanning asked again.
"Well, if you include the surrounding states and counties, I estimate it to be just over 10,000 at most." Boss Zhao thought for a moment and replied.
"Then I'll take as many as you have! Please trouble Boss Zhao to adjust the goods during this period of time." Shen Wanning said.
"This is what Mr. Zhao should do. Since the county lady has already paid the deposit for the fruit trees, let's just wait until the aloe vera is delivered and then settle the balance together!" said Boss Zhao.
"Okay, no problem. I'll still deliver the aloe vera to Daqing Village. I'll come and settle the bill with Boss Zhao after all the trees are delivered."
"Doing business with the county lord is straightforward, so it's settled then." Boss Zhao said with a smile.
Shen Wanning stood up and said, "Since the deal has been settled, I won't disturb Boss Zhao from doing business."
Boss Zhao bowed and stood up to see them out.
After going out, Shen Wanning said to the village head, "Uncle Lizheng, you guys go back to the village first. I have some things to do in the county town, I will go back after I finish my work."
The village head thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll go back in the next few days and calculate how much each family spent on the trees. When you return to the village, we'll give you the money."
"These are all small matters. I'll have to trouble Uncle Lizheng with the village affairs. I'll go back when I'm done. I estimate I'll be able to go back the day after tomorrow afternoon at the latest." Shen Wanning said.
"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I'll go home with them." The village head and Shen Wanning waved their hands and took the others back to the village.
After parting with the village head, Shen Wanning prepared to go to the village. Suddenly, she remembered that she hadn't been to the village since the Chinese New Year, and she hadn't planted anything there yet.
When they were almost at the farm, Shen Wanning got off the carriage first. Seeing that no one was around, she took out a large bag of corn seeds from the delivery station and dragged the corn seeds to the farm.
Mrs. Xu was milking the cows. When she saw Shen Wanning, she immediately came over and asked, "Wanning, why are you here at this time? I was thinking it was the beginning of spring and time to plant something on the farm. I was going to ask you if you wanted to plant something when Dashun came to the shop to deliver milk! He Zhao and the others come here every day to ask what they want to do."
Shen Wanning put a bag of corn on the ground and said with a smile, "I came here today for this matter. A few days ago, I found something called golden rice in Fuzhou. However, those people didn't know what it was and didn't know it was edible, so I bought it all."
"Golden rice? Is it golden rice?" Mrs. Xu asked curiously.
Shen Wanning shook her head. "That's not the case. I just remember that book calling it corn. But I think golden rice is a more suitable crop than corn."
After saying that, Shen Wanning opened the bag, revealing the corn kernels inside.
"Oh, it's really golden, just like gold. But it's much bigger than rice." Mrs. Xu grabbed a few grains and took a look.
"Mrs. Xu, don't underestimate these golden rices. If you plant them, the yield in the future will be much higher than that of rice!" Shen Wanning said.
"Will the yield of these golden rice be as much as that of sweet potatoes?" asked Mrs. Xu.
Shen Wanning shook her head and explained, "That's not the case, but the output is not low either."
"This golden rice must be a precious thing! Tell me how to plant this golden rice. Tomorrow I will let Dashun, He Zhao and others plant it together." Mrs. Xu said again.
"Golden rice is very simple to plant. Sister-in-law, soak the golden rice overnight. Tomorrow, just dig a hole, plant the seeds and cover them. There has been a lot of rain these days, so you don't need to water it for the time being. You can fertilize it later." Shen Wanning said according to the corn planting method shared by netizens.
"Okay, I'll let Dashun, He Zhao and others plant it tomorrow. But these golden rice can only be planted on half of the land at most. What should we plant on the other half of the land?" Mrs. Xu asked.
Shen Wanning thought for a moment and said, "Let's plant roses and jasmine! Flower trees are different from fruit trees. Flower trees are more difficult to care for. Let them be more careful when taking care of them."
"Okay, let's plant the golden rice tomorrow. When the flower seedlings come back, I'll ask them to help take care of the garden." Mrs. Xu replied.
Shen Wanning nodded, thinking she'd have to go to the tree shop again and talk to Boss Zhao about buying some jasmine and rose seedlings.
After leaving the corn, Shen Wanning saw that it was almost lunchtime, so she left the farm and returned to the house to have lunch and rest.
On the morning of the second day, I went to see Boss Zhao again and ordered some jasmine and rose seedlings.
Fortunately, these two flowers are quite common and popular, so Qinghe County has a relatively large supply of seedlings of both. Boss Zhao promised that the seedlings could be delivered to the farm within three days at the latest.
After paying the money, perhaps because he saw that Shen Wanning was straightforward and was an old customer, Boss Zhao agreed to send a flower farmer to the farm to teach them how to grow flowers and care for the seedlings.
After doing all this, when Mingyue Tower closed in the afternoon, Shen Wanning followed Lin Jingcheng back to Daqing Village.
During dinner, Shen Wanning thought for a moment and said, "Mom, I think we should expand the workshop on the vacant land. While the weather is not too hot, I want them to build ten more. What do you think, Mom and Dad?"
"Ten rooms? That's too many!" Aunt Zhang put down her chopsticks and looked at Shen Wanning in surprise.
"Zhuangzi in Fuzhou can't just sell soaps and essential oils all the time, we need some new products. Right now, I plan to make a batch of conditioner first and see how it sells. In addition, we'll also have to make shampoo and so on. All of these require a workshop, so we might as well do them all at once to avoid the weather getting hot later and making it uncomfortable for everyone to work." Shen Wanning explained.
"Okay, I'll tell everyone in the village. I'm sure they'll be willing to do it. Since those new villagers came, there are more people in our village, and we work faster." Aunt Zhang nodded in response.
In the past few days, Shen Wanning has been staying in Daqing Village, watching the saplings being delivered one after another, and the people in their village planted the saplings one by one.
After the aloe vera was delivered, Shen Wanning hired villagers to help plant the aloe vera, and based on the information provided by netizens, told them how to care for the aloe vera.
There were also some men helping out in the workshop, and all of a sudden the whole Daqing Village became busy.
Even though they were so busy, they always had smiles on their faces while working. For them, they wished the Lin family would give them more work so that they could earn more money.
It took about half a month to complete the workshop and all the saplings were planted.