Chapter 193. Follow the village chief
In this way, the newly acquired grain seeds and cotton seeds bought from the village chief’s home were all sown in the wasteland.
Everything was developing in a positive direction, and everyone was filled with hope for the future. However, as the days went by, only Hua Chengtian furrowed his brows more tightly, and his body, which had finally gained a little weight, returned to its original state.
Although the weather was normal, how could it be normal to transition directly from wearing cotton clothes to single-layer clothes?
Some of the more calculative folks in the village saw that the weather seemed to be returning to normal and thought they might have overthought it, planning to sell their stored grain at home. But how could their schemes get past Hua Chengtian? With his constant reminders and repeated emphasis on giving him face as the village chief, these households finally gave up on the idea.
The main reason was still because they earned a lot during the winter, so even if they didn’t sell the grain, they wouldn’t worry about not having enough to eat.
As time went by and April arrived, the weather felt more like May or June, which made Hua Chengtian even more convinced of his granddaughter’s dream.
A sense of urgency weighed on Hua Chengtian’s mind. Even though he knew his son and granddaughter’s storage space had plenty of grain, he still urged his son to go to town to buy grains, daily necessities, medicines, fabrics, and so on.
Together with his granddaughter, they coaxed his wife and daughter-in-law into making more food and storing everything in the son and granddaughter’s space.
He even encouraged his wife and daughter-in-law to make thicker cotton clothes and bedding whenever they had time. Last autumn, they harvested over a thousand catties of cotton from two acres, not to mention what was in the granddaughter’s space, which was enough for their family and to be used by the daughter’s family.
How could Hua Chengtian’s unusual behavior go unnoticed by his wife and Qi Shi?