Nongmen Shuxiangzhi returns to ancient writing books

Chapter 188 The Shit Stirring Stick (1 more)
The scene was quiet, and everyone looked dignified. This was something no one expected.

The fact of grafting is really unimaginable. Everyone has never heard of it before, and they have never seen it before. No one knows the specific situation.

Just now when they saw the emerald green seedlings, and Chu Chu said that she had succeeded, everyone subconsciously agreed with Chu Chu's words.

I think the matter of grafting is feasible.

But now, hearing Mrs. Chu's doubts, this aroused doubts in my heart. The seedlings are alive, but who can guarantee that this is really a watermelon seedling?

The bottom is a pumpkin seedling, and the top is a watermelon leaf. Although it is alive, no one can be sure what will grow in the end.

In fact, no matter what is produced, everyone is very happy. As long as it is not so barren, as long as there is some result, it is not considered a failure, and they will have a way to survive.

However, what everyone is worried about now is that if the combination of pumpkin and watermelon can't produce anything, then they are so busy, isn't it a waste of work in the end?
The people who were still in the clouds just now felt that they had fallen into the abyss.

They all looked at Chu Chu quietly, hoping to get some answers from her that would keep them from despairing.

However, Chu Chu just smiled lightly, with a calm expression, "What you said is very reasonable. Although I said it is a watermelon, I really have no way to prove that it can produce watermelons."

The old lady Chu was proud, and her face was even more sarcasm, "Everyone has heard that the old woman has been planting the land all her life, but she has never heard of it. Putting two kinds of crops together can become another kind of crop. , I don’t think everyone has heard of this, have they?”

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, silent, this is a fact.

The old lady Chu continued: "I advise you not to be fooled. Chu Chu is not as kind as you think. How can someone who can separate the family and not support the elders be kind?"

When everyone heard it, most of the people who came were very old, and the most taboo thing was unfilial children in the family. At this moment, they hesitated when they heard Mrs. Chu's words.

The joy just now is like someone pouring a basin of cold water on the head, which makes the person's heart feel cold.

Chu Chu is still calm.

The old lady Chu was so excited. During this period of time, the resentment in her heart finally had a way to vent, and the effect was quite good.

"Everyone should know that the seeds allocated by the imperial court are limited. Although there are watermelon seeds in the county government warehouse, there are so many people in Yunshui Town, and every household is in disaster. Even if all the seeds are taken out, It’s also not enough. If you can’t get enough seeds, you can only buy them yourself.”

While the old lady Chu was talking, she kept her gaze on Chu Chu's body, the smile on her face was even more complacent, and her words were full of hints.

"Chu Chu is a good hand in business. I'm afraid she has already hoarded a large number of watermelon seeds, just waiting for you ignorant people to spend a lot of money to buy them!"

Everyone's faces became more and more ugly, what should we do now?
Do you believe in Chu Chu, or believe in the words of this old lady who came out?
Seeing that everyone was silent and hesitant, Li Hong saw the right moment and said, "The county government's warehouse does not have too many watermelon seeds. After all, watermelon is not like rice. .”

Everyone's attention was attracted by Li Hong, and they heard him continue, "Although few people received it before, there were still people who received it. The ones left in the warehouse are not enough."

Another bad news, everyone is really desperate this time.

Now, there are only two choices in front of them. One is, believe in Chu Chu, get the seeds distributed by the Yamen, and pay money to make up for it if it is not enough.

The second is not to believe in Chu Chu, just watching the pumpkins in the field completely barren, doing nothing, waiting for the harvest to fail, but this way they don't need to waste the only money they have to buy seeds.

silence.

The terrible silence.

Although the matter is in front of us like this, when it comes time to make a decision, not everyone can be so decisive.

"Buying seeds is better than starving the whole family to death." The old man was the first to speak, and he still believed in Chu Chu, or rather, he had to believe, because this was his only hope.

But this time, they were not followed by everyone like before, only some of them were as courageous as the old man, and decided to fight.

But more is that they don't want to make the situation worse. The situation is already very bad. If they have the money to buy seeds, they might as well buy some rice noodles, and they may persist for a longer time.

The gazes of the people looking at Xianchu are no longer as hot as before.

Li Hong and Li Rui were very happy to see such a scene, they couldn't blame her, but they couldn't look at her like this either.

However, Chu Chu still didn't care.

She still didn't look at Mrs. Chu, but smiled lightly, "Actually, you don't need to be so troublesome. After all, no matter how many, the Yamen still has seeds for you. You can follow me to learn how to graft. Use the seeds you get."

When everyone heard it, it was indeed the truth, and they didn't have to buy seeds. They learned it first, and it didn't cost money anyway, so they were happy again this time.

Li Hong's face became ugly again, the seeds in the warehouse, in his eyes, were his money!

"Mrs. Chu, the seeds are in our Yunshui Town, but they are a scarce item, so we can't waste them like you. Since you can't prove that this crop can produce watermelons, I can't waste the seeds in the warehouse."

Everyone was shocked again, the situation reversed too quickly, in a short period of time, their emotions have been repeated continuously, floating between two extremes.

Everyone knelt and begged again, but this time, Li Hong's attitude was very firm, "It's not that I don't want to distribute the seeds to everyone, it's really a waste, once the grafted watermelon seedlings don't bear fruit, Aren't these seeds all ruined?"

Everyone no longer knows what to do.

On the one hand, there is the county magistrate, on the other hand, Chu Chu, who can be grafted with watermelons, the matter froze in an instant, and everyone seemed to have entered a dead end and could not get out of the immediate predicament.

Everyone was ashamed. They thought that things had turned for the better, that they could change the result of no harvest, but they didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

Chu Chu hates people like Li Hong who are trying to gain fame and make money. Originally, she didn't want to participate in these things, but Li Hong's expression really disgusted her!
Everyone saw her turn around and shout towards the house, with a very embarrassed attitude, "Old man, although the grafting was successful, the county magistrate withheld the seeds and refused to distribute them. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't reduce the losses of the affected farmers!"

Everyone was immediately puzzled, who is the old man?

Can an old man solve this obvious matter?

Not to mention the old man, the old man may not even be able to change the current situation and make the magistrate change his views!
Even Li Hong himself cast a contemptuous glance at Chu Chu, "I am the parent officer of Yunzhui Town, and this decision is for everyone. Do you think I will change my mind if you call an old man over?"

Chu Chu let him feel his presence here, without saying a word, but looked at him sympathetically.

I saw Li Hong continue to play the role of the county magistrate who puts the people first, "Since no matter whether it is the parents and officials of the people, they will put the interests of the people first, no matter who comes here today, I will not agree to open the warehouse and put the seeds , These seeds cannot be ruined just because of you!"

"Oh? Really?" Zhou Hai was helped out by Zhou Xin, his cloudy eyes stared at Li Hong tightly, and his sharp eyes fell on Li Hong like a sword's edge.

There was no complacent look on Li Hong's face. The moment he saw Zhou Hai, his face was horribly pale. He hurried forward, staggered, and almost fell directly.

"Old Ge, why are you here?" Li Hong had a flattering smile on his face.

Although Zhou Hai has been kind to his hometown and is not an official position, but Zhou Ge, the elder of the two dynasties, even the emperor is courteous, and his connections in the court are not comparable to ordinary people. Li Hong is just a small How dare the county magistrate offend such a big shot.

Before, she let her daughter Li Rui stay with Zhou Xin, let her please Zhou Xin, and narrowed the distance with Zhou's family. Hearing that Zhou Xin had a feud with Zhang Xuan, she even wanted to support Zhou Xin at the expense of making Li Rui offend Zhang Xuan.

It is conceivable how much Li Hong wanted to establish a relationship with the Zhou family, and how much he hoped that having the backing of the Zhou family would make his official career smoother.

But at this moment, Zhou Hai was standing in front of him like this, as if he had offended him just like that, how should he show his favor now?

If he had known that Zhou Hai was here, he would never have brought someone here to trouble Chuchu in the first place!
That's right, it was to trouble Chuchu.

For revenge!To vent!
But now, Li Hong really wished to turn back time, wishing that he had never been here before.This not only did not bring the relationship with the Zhou family closer, but left a bad impression, this time it is really going to die!

"Master Li, what's your opinion on distributing watermelon seeds in the warehouse?" Zhou Hai asked in a deep voice.

　early morning
　　
　
(End of this chapter)