kingnovel Chapter 949 Traveling far away
Chapter 949 Traveling far away
The good news about not feeling well was fake, but he really wanted his daughter to take the things back home. The Wu family has had a lot of trouble in the past few years.
Zhou Guo nodded and took another crab roe bun. "It's okay. After all, it's my sister-in-law's family. Don't you always say that even if you break a bone, you still have tendons? If they want money, just give some of it away. The kids on the farm can earn 600 to 700 coins a month. Let my sister-in-law make her own decisions. It's not appropriate for me to ask. After all, you are only half a mother-in-law, not a real one."
Mrs. Li was amused and angry at the same time. "I said I want to make the decision? I just can't stand how they bully your sister-in-law. They didn't treat the children well when she was at home. Now that she's married and has a good life at home, they won't let her live a peaceful life and still order her around like this."
Zhou Guo swallowed the bun in his mouth and said, "Do you think everyone can be as decisive as you? You gave birth to my brother as your first child. Your sister-in-law doesn't have a son now. You'll see when she has a son in the future. Will her family still be able to suck her blood?"
Although she didn't want to admit it, at this time, having a son in the family was indeed the confidence she had, and the more sons she had, the more confident she would be.
Wu Ya just felt that she had not given birth to a son for the Zhou family for so many years, and she felt guilty and weak. In addition, her family had been getting better and better over the years, and her status was getting higher and higher. She was afraid that Zhou Gu would divorce her or take a concubine, so even though her family was in such a mess, she was reluctant to give up.
Li thought about it and felt that it made sense. She sat next to Zhou Guo and looked at her without saying anything.
Zhou Guo could feel the burning gaze from the corner of her eyes, which made her feel creepy. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Li said, "You are still young, not married yet, and haven't even started talking about marriage yet, how do you know so much?"
Zhou Guo ate a sour bean and said, "Even if you haven't eaten pork, have you seen pigs run? I have been around men for so many years, can't I see through this? In fact, mother, don't take it to heart. As long as our family is harmonious, everything is fine. Sister-in-law can't take much home. If she takes too much, she will feel more distressed than you."
"I'm not doing this for that little thing." Li retorted. She just felt the same way and thought of herself.
Zhou Guo said: "No matter what your reason is, I don't recommend that you pay so much attention to your sister-in-law's family. She is so old and she knows what she will do. As long as she doesn't do anything bad to our family, you should turn a blind eye. After all, she is not your child, you can't control her."
Li looked at her and said, "I gave birth to you and raised you. How can I control you? Do you listen to me?"
"Hehe, sure. Don't I listen to you in everything?" Zhou Guo grinned.
Li was amused. "Why didn't you listen to me when I told you not to go out in the middle of winter? Did you listen?"
Zhou Guo shook his head. "That won't work. I have reasons to go out. I have to make money to support my family."
Li glared at her and said, "What the hell are you talking about!"
Zhou Guo finished his meal slowly, wiped his mouth, and said to Li: "Mom, I'm going on a long journey this time."
"You can go if you want." Li replied subconsciously: "Didn't you say that it would only take more than ten days to reach Nanhe? When I have time, I will go with you to take a look."
Although she knew it was unlikely.
Winter is a busy time for them. The fungi in the mountains are growing, so they have to be extra careful. If they are not watched and one of them freezes to death, the loss will be huge.
Zhou Guo pursed his lips and said, "I'm going on a long trip this time, and I may not be able to make it back during the New Year."
Li opened her mouth wide, "Why can't you come back? Where are you going? There are still several months before the New Year. You can make a round trip even if you run to the capital!"
Zhou Guo did not intend to hide it from her, and told her her plan in detail, "According to Lord Cheng Ding, Xu's army is now unstoppable. Wherever they go, the people line the streets to cheer and shout to the sky. With such a foundation, I estimate that it will not take a few years for the world to be settled. I have to buy some of these things while I still have some money and they are relatively cheap."
Li was stunned for a while, then said, "We have so much land and so many shops now, and we can make so much money every year. We don't need to buy more, right? Mother has not been educated for many days, but I always feel that it is not good for this business to be too big. It is good as it is now."
Zhou Guo held her arm and said with a smile, "Don't worry, this time I will not do the same as before, buying hundreds of hectares of land at once, that is, buying a few farms with thousands of acres of land, and then buying a few shops, so that it will be easier to sell fertilizer in the future. Fertilizer is a good thing, and I think no one will refuse it."
Li touched her head and sighed, "I don't know how such a big thing can be contained in your heart. You haven't even met those people, and you don't know them. Aren't you tired of carrying them on your small shoulders? It's better to leave such a thing to the court, okay?"
To ensure that everyone in the world has enough food to eat is something that even the emperor cannot do, let alone a small person like Zhou Guo. There are so many capable people in such a big court but no one can do it. How many people does Zhou Guo have under his command?
You can't do it even if you work yourself to death, right?
Zhou Guo rubbed his head against her neck and said, "Don't worry, mother. I won't force you. I just want to do my part. I sell the fertilizer to them. Even if it's not very useful, at least they can get a few more buckets of grain from their fields. At a critical moment, a handful of rice can save lives. You see, when we were heading north, so many people starved to death along the way. I still find it shocking when I think of that tragic scene now."
Mrs. Li didn't say anything. Her daughter was thoughtful and couldn't bear to see others suffer. She was not that noble and just wanted her family to live a good life.
My daughter's personality is inherited from her father. The father and son are the same.
She stood up and said, "Since you'll be gone for a long time, I'll go pack your luggage for you."
This time Zhou Guo did not stop them, nor did he say that he would pack up himself. He just ran to the study and started packing the books, and asked Dashu and Xiaoshu to start packing their luggage.
Hu Zi got up from the bed and asked, "Master, you are going on a long journey. Can I go with you this time?"
Zhou Guo was packing books, and he didn't plan to pack too many, so he just packed about ten books that he didn't have time to read on weekdays.
Hearing this, she turned around and saw that he had just gotten up from the bed in a hurry. She said, "No need. I'll take Erpang with me. I won't be back for a short time this time. Wu Jiang is in Nanhe, and the entire Northland is unattended. You have to guard it and don't let anyone take advantage of it."
Hu Zi said, "Why don't you call Lai Zi Tou or Qian Er Dang Jia along? You need to bring more people with you. Otherwise, you will buy a shop and a farm, but you will have no one to use them for a while, and no one will be able to take care of the shop and the farm."
Zhou Guo nodded, "I know this. You should take a good rest. When you are well rested, go to Chengding Yunzhou to guard it. I will write to you from time to time."