Peasant Woman s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1037: Chapter 1034: Confirming the Message

“Speaking of which, this rice was handled by Donor Chu’s family and my young disciple,” said the master.

“The Chu family… Lord Chu Heng’s family?” County Magistrate Xu responded swiftly. If there was one family that had developed the fastest in the past two years, it was undoubtedly the Chu family.

Nowadays, the Chu family’s bookstore had almost become a sacred learning site for people from other areas.

Besides that, the business of the Chu family’s shops was getting better and better, and Chu Heng had also passed the imperial examination and become an official of the capital responsible for major affairs like flood control. He even envisioned a future where the Chu family would prosper tremendously.

Luckily, he had never offended them in the past.

“Indeed, I also wish to visit the Chu family’s village to inquire about this year’s rice harvest,” Master Sanhai added, revealing his second purpose for visiting.

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Xu nodded immediately and agreed.

He arranged for staff right away.

They boarded the carriage, and a group of people went first to find Chu Lin.

Chu Lin and Madam Zhang currently opened their shop in the county every day, while Chu Cai and his wife ran a carpenter’s shop in an alley, providing wooden boxes for the rouge shop. He had already recruited three apprentices and was busy making the boxes, which were always in short supply. The other carpentry work was usually handed over to the apprentices, keeping him quite busy as well.

Only Madam Wang took time from her busy schedule to go back to the village and check the land.

The land had already been handed over to family members to cultivate.

County Magistrate Xu found him in Chu Lin’s family’s shop.

Chu Lin was organizing goods in the shop with Madam Zhang.

When he saw County Magistrate Xu coming, he was somewhat slow to react.

“County Magistrate?” Chu Lin quickly put down the cloth in his hand, straightened his clothes, and went out to greet him.

Seeing him, County Magistrate Xu approached with a smile, “Chu Lin, I came here to ask about something. Don’t overthink it; this is Master Sanhai, whom you know.”

Chu Lin naturally recognized Master Sanhai. There wasn’t a villager in Nanchang County who didn’t know him.

“Greetings, Master Sanhai,” Chu Lin and Madam Zhang, who had just come out, said hastily.

Master Sanhai replied with an “Amitabha”: “Donor Chu, has your family had a good harvest of rice this year?”

“Ah, yes, there has,” Chu Lin knew exactly about this matter since he had returned home for the significant event of harvesting the rice.

At that moment, his eyes sparkled with excitement. Without waiting for the others to ask, he immediately began explaining on his own, “This year’s rice yield was exceptionally good for some reason. I thought it was due to the good weather, but the rice in other people’s fields in the village seemed similar to previous years.”

County Magistrate Xu restrained his excitement and quickly asked, “How much per acre?”

“Easily over four hundred kilograms,” Chu Lin grinned, unable to contain his smile: “I guess I was just lucky.”

“Donor Chu, this isn’t just a matter of luck,” Master Sanhai stroked the Buddha beads in his hand and shook his head with a smile: “The rice seeds in your family, were they acquired from Lord Chu’s estate?”

“Eh, Master Sanhai, how did you know?” Madam Zhang asked in surprise.

After the initial excitement, Chu Lin heard this and had a thought, asking cautiously: “Could it be because the rice seeds Third Brother gave had something special?”

He had not actually thought this before, as each year they used seeds from the best-growing rice in the field to ensure the yield.

Getting good-growing rice was a matter of luck, involving both the right timing and location, and the rice that grew well was rare, which made seeds insufficient; hence, the seeds each year were mixed with some of lesser quality.

Even if the rice that grew well had a good yield one year, it would be enough to use as seeds for the whole year.