“What?” Liu Chunsheng took it curiously and found that there was money inside. He counted it, and there were twenty thousand yuan: “Where did this money come from? Didn’t you say you had no money?”
He turned to Liu Yifeng and asked.
“This is Tongtong’s money. Didn’t you see his name on the savings passbook?” Liu Yifeng reminded.
As expected, it was indeed Tongtong’s name. Liu Chunsheng became even more uneasy. How could a child have so much money?
“Did the child’s mother give him this money?” he asked.
Liu Yifeng shook his head: “Dad, you might not believe me, but this money was earned by Tongtong himself.”
“Earned it himself? How is that possible?” Liu Chunsheng would never believe that Tongtong could earn so much money.
“I knew you wouldn’t believe me, but Tongtong really earned it by opening an online store. Remember when I took Tongtong to buy painting supplies yesterday?
He sold his paintings online. If someone bought them, he would paint and mail them. So, your grandson is not only good at math but also very good at making money,” Liu Yifeng explained.
Liu Chunsheng’s head went blank at first, and then he still found it hard to believe: “You’re not lying to me, are you?”
“Why would I lie to you? If you still don’t believe me, I can show you Tongtong’s online store right now. There are still quite a few orders coming in!
It’s just that Tongtong hasn’t been opening the online store for long, otherwise, he would have earned even more.”
“Forget it, I wouldn’t understand that stuff even if you showed me.
But painting and farming are completely different things, aren’t they?” He still felt that farming was unreliable.
Nowadays, how many people can get rich by farming? Unless they are large-scale farmers, but what use are these six or seven mu of land?
“Dad, just trust your grandson. He’s not an ordinary child. He can even tell if the soil is fertile. What else is impossible?”
“Alas, alright. The land has already been rented out. It’s a done deal. It’s impossible to get the rent back from Zhao Hehua, so when do you plan to start planting?”
“Let’s plow the land first. Zhao Dama’s land is full of weeds. I’ll hire someone to help me plow it then,” Liu Yifeng said.
“Won’t hiring people cost money and require cooking for them?
Let me do it. There’s nothing much to do in the fields now anyway,” Liu Chunsheng was more economical and reluctant to waste money on others.
Liu Yifeng quickly said: “Dad, you should rest at home. With so much land, how long will it take you alone?
Besides, I also found the village chief today and asked him to talk to the villagers about agreeing to let me plant watermelons on the empty land behind the mountain. That area also needs to be plowed.”
“How is that possible? Who in the village would agree? It’s everyone’s land,” Liu Chunsheng thought this was impossible as soon as he heard it.
“I’ve already discussed it with the village chief. As long as they agree, I’ll give each household two big watermelons when the watermelons are ripe. The land is empty anyway. If they let me plant, they can also eat watermelons. Why not?”
“Are you out of your mind? Giving each household two watermelons? There are hundreds of households in our village. You’ll have to give at least seven or eight hundred watermelons. It’s questionable whether you can even grow that many watermelons.” Liu Chunsheng really didn’t know what his son’s brain was made of. Nothing he did was reliable.
“Dad, don’t worry. We bought two thousand seeds, and each one should produce at least four or five watermelons, right? That adds up to over ten thousand watermelons. And the watermelons grown on that land will definitely be better than those from other places.”
The reason Liu Yifeng was so confident was that when he was young, he often went to the back of the mountain with his friends to catch earthworms. The more earthworms there were, the more fertile the soil was. Wasn’t that natural fertilizer?
This was also taught to him by Tongtong. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have known that the presence of many earthworms indicated good soil.
“Since you say so, can I, as your father, stop you? But I’m saying this upfront, if this doesn’t work out, you’ll honestly go to the city to work, do you hear me?”
Liu Yifeng smiled apologetically: “Okay, I understand. It’s almost noon, I’ll cook, and in the afternoon, I’ll find someone to plow the land. Tomorrow, we’ll have the banquet, and the day after tomorrow, we can start sowing.”
“The weather is too dry. Even if the soil is good, the crops might dry up. There’s also no water source nearby, so watering will be a hassle,” Liu Chunsheng said with a worried expression.
“Grandpa, you don’t need to worry. It will rain in a couple of days,” Tongtong’s voice sounded again.
“Hmm, Tongtong, you even know when it’s going to rain?” Liu Yifeng’s eyebrows almost flew up, his face full of disbelief.
He could see the weather forecast for the next week on his phone, which showed sunny days with temperatures reaching thirty-seven degrees Celsius.
Tongtong pointed to the sky: “Look at the white clouds in the sky. The clouds and water vapor are slowly descending. And in the morning, there was fog. This indicates that it will rain in the next few days.”
Liu Yifeng and Liu Chunsheng looked up in unison, but after looking for a long time, they couldn’t see anything. The white clouds were still hanging in the air, and the sun was so big that it didn’t look like it was going to rain at all.
“Tongtong, you can also read the sky?” Liu Yifeng didn’t know what language to use to describe his current feelings.
“Yes, an old grandfather taught me. When I used to go to the park with the servants of our family, that old grandfather would teach me how to read the sky,” Tongtong nodded.
“My dear grandson is amazing. Not only can he farm, but he can also read the sky. He’s a hundred times better than his father,” Liu Chunsheng said with an ulterior motive.
However, this was also the truth. Liu Yifeng felt that he was indeed not as good as his son. He sheepishly touched his nose and did not retort.
Liu Chunsheng, who was originally not optimistic, suddenly gained great confidence.
He happily went to cook, planning to make a signature dish for his grandson.
After lunch, Liu Chunsheng went to buy groceries. He had to do some preparations in the evening, otherwise, he wouldn’t be ready for tomorrow.
Liu Yifeng hired a few women from the village to help plow the land, paying each of them one hundred yuan.
At this time, everyone was idle at home. When they heard that plowing the land would earn them a hundred yuan, they eagerly went to work.
Six mu of land were plowed by three women in an afternoon. Their efficiency was extraordinary.
Liu Yifeng also paid them one hundred yuan as promised and invited them to stay for dinner.
However, these women had families and children to take care of and had to go back to cook and bathe their children, so they didn’t eat.
Therefore, Liu Yifeng gave each of them an extra twenty yuan, which made them even happier. They praised Liu Yifeng for being a good person.
It was precisely because of his actions that the next day, when the village chief said that Liu Yifeng wanted to use the empty land behind the mountain to plant watermelons, and some people opposed it, these women were the first to stand up and agree.
Later, everyone agreed. After all, the land was empty anyway, and if they let Liu Yifeng plant watermelons, they would also get two big watermelons for free.
Moreover, many people felt that the empty land had never been used for cultivation before, and planting watermelons there rashly might not even yield any results. So they let him go and make a fool of himself.