Chapter 233 - 222 Hard Work
Old Zhou also thought the same, since this business could be continued, it naturally would be better to do it for a longer period. Although the vegetable garden at home was large, the amount of vegetables inside was limited. Vegetables like bitter greens or water spinach could grow again after being harvested, but the family also needed to eat. It wasn’t possible to sell everything, so planting another patch was indeed a good idea.
However, he didn’t expect his old wife’s actions to be so big. He hesitated and said, "That field is over an acre, isn’t it? If we plant so much, can we really sell it all?"
He glanced at Manbao, who was leaning against Ms.Qian, and asked, "Manbao, was it your idea to give this to your mother?"
Manbao just hid in her mother’s embrace, only her eyes peeking out to stealthily look at him.
Ms.Qian hugged her and said, "Alright, stop scaring the child. I wanted to plant more vegetables from the start. Since the rice in that field was almost completely washed away, it’s useless to leave it be. Better to clear it and plant vegetables."
She originally only intended to clear half of it, after all, they might not be able to sell that much.
But just as Manbao said, if they couldn’t sell them, they could still turn them into pickled vegetables to eat in the winter.
And besides, if they planted more and couldn’t sell it all, they could sell it cheaply to the vegetable farmers, saving themselves a lot of effort.
In fact, Ms.Qian had another plan in mind: if the harvest really wasn’t good this year, the family would definitely have to tighten their belts.
Without enough grain, they wouldn’t die of starvation by eating vegetables, and even if they were really hungry, they could just eat vegetables more often.
Old Zhou then asked, stroking his tobacco pipe, "What about the seeds, do we have so many vegetable seeds at home?"