Chapter 94: Persuading Younger Uncle
The concept of profit and risk naturally came from Grandpa Bai. But Zhao Zhitong thought it made perfect sense.
When Sun Youcai realized he had been lectured by his little niece, he looked at her curiously. "Hey, you little girl, who did you hear all this from? Your arguments are quite well-reasoned."
Zhao Zhitong pouted and said proudly, "I read it in a book. Younger Uncle, you don’t like reading, so of course you wouldn’t know."
At this point, Sun Youcai fell into deep thought. To be honest, Zhao Zhitong’s long-winded reasoning had really touched him.
He thought for a moment and said, "This profit and risk thing you’re talking about... although it sounds reasonable, think about it: none of us in the family knows how to cultivate flower seeds. This is clearly all risk and no profit."
Seeing her Younger Uncle was somewhat persuaded, Zhao Zhitong immediately got off his lap and said excitedly, "Younger Uncle, you can’t just back down because you don’t know how! It doesn’t matter if we don’t know; we can learn! No one is born knowing everything. I have a book on cultivating flower seeds; we can just follow the book and learn step by step."
That book was actually Grandpa Bai’s. He had let Zhao Zhitong read it, and she automatically assumed he had given it to her, which made Grandpa Bai so angry his beard trembled.
Zhao Zhitong continued to persuade her Younger Uncle, "The book says that peonies can be propagated asexually. We can grow many, many more from just one plant..."
By the end of the conversation, she even invited her Younger Uncle back to her house to see the peonies in her courtyard. They were so beautiful, and everyone loves beautiful things, so they would definitely be able to sell them.
Sun Youcai was silent for a moment; the idea had really taken root in his heart. But reclaiming wasteland is a big undertaking, and I need to discuss it with my family, he thought.
So he told Zhao Zhitong, "Reclaiming wasteland isn’t out of the question, but I need to discuss it thoroughly with your grandfather and your father first."
"Okay, okay!"