Chapter 138 - 133 Problem
Lu Aiguo sent another letter back home.
Uncle Lu’s reply came very quickly.
As soon as she got home, Xia Yuan handed him the letter, "A letter from Uncle Lu, and he even sent it by registered mail."
Registered mail is more expensive than ordinary letters, but it’s more secure, and if it’s lost, there is a way to track it. Generally, people send important letters by registered mail.
Lu Aiguo received it with surprise and joy, tearing open the letter on the spot and starting to read.
Upon opening it, there were three full pages of writing. The letter said that many people in Maltose Village had started working, but planting potatoes wasn’t going so smoothly. The village still had obligations for delivering public grain, in addition to growing their own food. Many people thought potatoes weren’t worth much; although they yielded a high crop, precisely because of this high yield, they were worried that Lu Aiguo might not be able to purchase all of them, and they feared being left with surplus...
So, the hesitant ones were many, with only a part of the people resolutely deciding to plant.
There was also progress in finding help. Uncle Lu tentatively asked a few families, and in the end, four were confirmed—brother-in-law Xie Jiang, Lu Aiguo’s close friend Wu Tan, Lu Hongzhen’s fifth son who was also Lu Aiguo’s cousin Lin Weisheng, and Zhang Cai’s younger brother Zhang Ming.
Uncle Lu also mentioned in the letter, originally, Lu Aijiao wanted to come as well but her parents-in-law thought that if two from their family left, there would be fewer hands for work at home, and they would need to arrange for someone to take care of the children. It wasn’t even sure if Lu Aijiao going there would be helpful.
In the end, they decided that Lu Aijiao should stay and look after the children, and they would have Xie Jiang come over first to see how things were.