Chapter 1354: Full-level Boss Dressed As a Peasant Girl
Chapter 1354: Signing the Agreement
"Of course, if you're tight on money, you can borrow for now. Once the sunflowers are grown, you can deduct the seed money from the payment."
After Shu Yu finished speaking, the villagers began to whisper to each other.
In the end, three families decided to borrow, while the rest chose to pay upfront.
Shu Yu wasn't surprised and quickly asked them about the area they wanted to plant.
For those who were planting sunflowers for the first time, about half of them were only planting one or two mu of land. Shu Yu didn't mind, as she would purchase the sunflowers based on weight and quality.
Among the remaining half, the smallest area was three mu, like what Liang's wife wanted to plant.
The largest area was planned by the young man named Da Qiang, as mentioned earlier. He had ten mu of land and intended to plant sunflowers on all of it, leaving only six fen for growing vegetables.
Shu Yu was a bit surprised and looked at Da Qiang, asking, "Are you sure?"
Da Qiang nodded, "I'm sure."
The soil on his family's land was not good at all. In the past, their fertile land had been forcibly exchanged by a wealthy landlord due to its advantageous location.
As a result, starting from his grandfather's generation, they could only cultivate inferior land, and life became worse with each passing day.
By the time of his generation, although his family had more land, the harvests weren't good, leading him and his elder brother to remain unmarried even in their twenties.
His elder brother had gone to the prefectural city to find work, and he also wanted to leave, but he couldn't because there were elderly parents and a twelve-year-old sister at home, and he couldn't leave them.
As a result, he couldn't even go to the workshops for employment. However, he felt suffocated staying on these ten mu's of land.
He was the first one to think about planting sunflowers, and since he wasn't familiar with the Lu family, he asked his neighbor, Liang's wife, for information. After all, uncle Liang had been working with Lu Erbai for some time.
As a result, Liang's wife was also convinced, and the news spread from one person to another. Currently, twelve households were planning to plant sunflowers.
Shu Yu was very pleased; she had a strong impression of Da Qiang.
"If everyone is okay with it, I will start writing the agreement. When Da Niu brings the seeds, you can ask him if you have any questions. However, he will only stay in Shishi Village initially and will return to his village afterward. If you have any questions later, you can ask my uncle."
"Alright," Da Qiang was the first to nod.
Shu Yu asked Ying Xi to bring the writing tools from the carriage and began writing the agreement in front of everyone.
She wrote down all the details and then filled in the area each person wanted to plant.
Finally, they pressed their handprints.
Shu Yu collected the agreements and saw that it was getting late, so she stood up and said, "Alright, everything is done. When you go back, prepare the land first. I hope everyone will have a good harvest."
After signing the agreements, the villagers were a little nervous and excited. When they left Lu's house, they were somewhat bewildered and didn't know if their decision today was right or wrong.
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However, after they planted the sunflowers and received twice the money they would have earned from growing crops, they began to feel fortunate about their decision.
As time went on, more and more people started planting sunflowers. Gradually, not only Shishi Village but also the neighboring villages were filled with shimmering golden colors as sunflowers became a local specialty of Jiangyuan County.
Shu Yu took the signed agreements back to Lu Dasong's house. By this time, everyone had rested enough, and they were discussing their plan to return.
Even Grandma Lu seemed much more energetic. However, Zhou Qiao's father wasn't good with alcohol and was still a bit groggy after taking a nap.
It seemed that he couldn't drive the carriage, but Zhou Qiao's second uncle didn't know how to drive.
In the end, the Zhou family decided to leave with Shu Yu's group since they had to pass through their village on the way back to the county.
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