Chapter 266 prepare together
These past few days, Zhao Yanli came over to help, and the Li siblings also came over. They started planting sweet potato seedlings.
To them, this kind of work is really nothing.
They finished it in two days, and every day, Shaoguang was responsible for unveiling the straw mats.
Next was the cotton seedlings, but they didn’t plant much. The three families discussed it and decided on three acres per family, enough for their own use.
However, within two days, Ma Changshun came over to inform them of a mandatory task from the local authorities: each household must submit three hundred jin of processed cotton by the end of the year. And the price offered was not low, at one yuan and eighty cents per jin.
The three families were still okay with it; Su Yuanyuan had cotton seeds, so they didn’t need to buy from the seed station. They started planting cotton seedlings again, with each family having enough for three acres.
"Yuanyuan, why is there a mandatory task?"
"In recent years, the grain gap has reduced by a lot, so focusing on cotton is normal," Li Hongxiang explained before Su Yuanyuan could speak.
He quite liked the cheerful girl. After all, everyone likes lively and studious girls. Whenever she had time, she would follow them to learn, never feeling embarrassed even when asking Shaoguang and Li Yun questions.
And she was particularly diligent when learning, a person like that is naturally well-liked.
"I think Mr. Li is right, that’s what I thought too."
After the cotton seedlings were planted, the two families began tidying up the courtyard.