The best old woman is too fierce, stepping on her ex-husband and beating up her traitorous son!

Chapter 46: I have given too much and I don’t know how to repay you!

"Who is this late at night?" Li Changfu stood up and strode over to open the door.

Li Xiaoyue also stared outside with doubts in her eyes.

Li Changfu opened the door and saw the person coming outside, with a look of surprise on his face, "Brother Da Zhuang, are you back from the county seat? Have you eaten?"

Niu Dazhuang handed over the thing in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Changfu, I have already eaten. This is what the military advisor asked me to send here. I have something else to do, so I'll say goodbye first!"

Before Li Changfu could react, Niu Dazhuang had already run away.

It was dark, and Li Changfu couldn't see clearly what the piece of paper in his hand was, so he took it back to the house.

He took a closer look, his eyes showing surprise, "Mom, look, this is the land deed."

"We agreed to rent the shop in the county town, but we can't ask for Gongsun's shop." Li Xiaoyue put down her chopsticks and stood up. Mr. Gongsun gave her too much, and she didn't have anything in return, and she felt bad.

"Mom, this is not the land deed for a shop in the county town." Li Changfu handed the land deed to his mother, "This is thousands of acres of wasteland around Dongshan."

Li Xiaoyue was stunned and looked puzzled, "Why did Mr. Gongsun give us these wastelands? These lands are worthless. After two years, the tax amount will be huge."

Li Changfu couldn't understand, "Mom, how about I ask Niu Dazhuang now? Or ask Mr. Gongsun?"

Li Xiaoyue waved her hand, "It's dark now, the military camp has a curfew, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Leave the land deed with me for now, and I will ask you again tomorrow when I have the opportunity."

Li Xiaoyue ate this meal so much that she didn't know how to taste it. She was always thinking about what Mr. Gongsun wanted.

Early the next morning, the two daughters-in-law were cooking at home, and Li Xiaoyue walked out of the house carrying a pickaxe.

Looking up, the land in sight now belongs to her, Li Xiaoyue.

When Li Changfu saw his mother going out, he followed her out with a shovel.

"Mom, what are you going to do?"

Li Xiaoyue was digging here and there, "Your grandfather bought thirty acres of land around the Shi Nie waste mine before. Half a meter below the surface, there is still Shi Nie mine, but the quality is not very good, and most of it is finely crushed. .”

"Then a large shine mine can supply the entire Lanshan County and can last for three to four years. If there are still shine mines in other places, even if they are not large, they will be enough for us to sell briquettes for at least ten years."

Li Changfu scratched his head and said, "Mom, I don't think such a good thing will happen to us. When someone started mining here, they must have checked around. If there had been, they wouldn't have abandoned it so easily."

Li Xiaoyue nodded, "Everyone thinks so, even me. But I also believe that Mr. Gongsun will not send this land deed for no reason."

After running through two or three pits in a row, no Shi Nie mine was found.

Finally, when I dug the sixth pit, I dug half a meter down, and sure enough, I found another fine vein of Shi Nie.

"Mom, your guess is right. There are also tiny stone nirvana mines underground. Just like here, it's only three meters wide!"

Li Xiaoyue smiled, "Sure enough, in the next ten years, we can all sell briquettes!"

Li Changfu also beamed, "Mom, then our family is rich! The top layer of soil can be used to make briquettes after being sifted."

Li Xiaoyue squinted her eyes and looked at the place where the loess was dug, "At this stage, continue digging the big hole over there."

Li Changfu was puzzled, "This is closer to home, so there is no need to sacrifice the distance for the sake of distance! Although there are a lot of stones in this land, they can be sifted out and used to build houses or pave roads."

Li Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Of course I know, but it's just low-lying over there. If we dig it bigger and bring water from the river, we can raise fish."

Li Changfu's eyes lit up, "Yes, that land is also included in the title deed. It cannot be used for farming, but it can be used to raise fish, and it can also be profitable in the long run." However, while Li Changfu was happy to see Li Xiaoyue, he was also a little worried. "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Li Xiaoyue sighed, "This land deed is very valuable and worth hundreds of taels of silver. I'm thinking, how can I repay Mr. Gongsun?"

When Li Changfu heard this, he patted his head and said, "Yes, grandpa keeps saying that he will not be rewarded for his efforts! We have received such great benefits from the Gongsun family, and I won't feel at ease if we don't return them!"

"Mom, I have an idea here. Is it okay?"

Li Xiaoyue turned to look at Li Changfu, also wanting to hear his son's thoughts, "One person is the enemy, and two people are the enemy. Regardless of whether your idea works or not, maybe you can give me some inspiration by saying it!"

Hearing his mother's encouragement, Li Changfu smiled and said, "Mom, you bought Baidiezi seeds from the market before. I heard the boss said that the cloth weaved by Baidiezi is very good and is a tribute."

"Mom has some ingenuity and will definitely be able to successfully plant it. When the time comes, wouldn't it be a return of favor if I give it to Mr. Gongsun?"

Li Xiaoyue listened and nodded with a smile, "Changfu, you are right! The Gongsun family is not short of money, and they are only interested in my ingenuity. I will use my brain more in the future."

"Your wife has probably cooked dinner. Let's go home for dinner. Later, you will have to take people to deliver the goods. Don't be impulsive when you go out. When encountering something, be calm. If you can't make a decision, don't come here blindly. It's your fault. Uncle said."

Li Changfu responded, "Yes, mother."

When we go home for dinner, the village's ox carts, horse-drawn carriages, and donkey carts are rented to pull stoves and briquettes.

For 500 yuan of briquettes, you pay ten cents for one trip. If you make four trips a day, you can earn forty cents.

People in the village are very happy to come to pick up goods. Li Changfu is responsible for delivering goods to the county, and Li Changlu is responsible for loading goods at home.

Leave these things to your two sons. Seeing that they are doing well, let them do it.

Seeing that the weather was getting warmer, Li Xiaoyue focused on planting Baidiezi.

Baidiezi seeds can be planted only after they are soaked in boiling water and mixed with plant ash.

This will not only accelerate germination, but also remove insect eggs and germs from the seeds.

The tools for making cotton nutrition bowls are also ready, and I will use them today.

Li Xiaoyue called her third son, Li Changshou, who was good at farming.

Next to the vegetable garden, he dug a pit three meters long, two meters wide and about ten centimeters deep.

Sprinkle some water on the soil and stir evenly, then use a cotton nutrient bowl tool to make nutrient bowls and place them neatly in the pit one by one.

This tool is actually somewhat similar to the briquette tool, except that some perforation devices are removed. There is a small hole above the nutrient bowl, which can just be used to put the seeds of Baidiezi into it, and cover it with nutrient soil.

One and a half pounds of Baidiezi seeds contains about seven to eight thousand seeds.

The nutritional bowl was small, but Li Changshou was very strong and a good worker, and he was very fast.

Li Xiaoyue placed the cotton seeds that had been soaked and mixed with plant ash on the cotton bowl, and covered them with a layer of loose nutrient soil.

Mr. Gongsun passed by Lihua Village and originally wanted to go directly to Dongshan Military Camp, but he drove his horse to Lihua Village unconsciously.

After learning that Li Xiaoyue planted Baidiezi, Mr. Gongsun was curious, "Ms. Li, can Baidiezi really be successfully planted?"

(End of this chapter)