”If the village wants more, the village chief can come forward to negotiate the price. This price should be lower. I don’t know the exact amount. I’ll leave it to the village chief to decide.”

　　”I calculated based on my ten mu of paddy fields. One bag of stone powder can cover two to three mu of fields. I only need to buy four bags for my ten mu of land. It won’t be too thin to have any effect, nor too much to burn the crops.”

　　As soon as Gu Zhao finished speaking, the people below couldn’t stop thinking about it and started to calculate.

　　My family has twelve mu of paddy fields, so should I buy five bags? Five bags cost two hundred coins each, so five bags would cost one tael of silver. No, no, it’s too expensive…

　　I also thought about buying one bag and trying it on three acres of land. If the effect is good, we will try it next year.

　　I don’t want to spend even a bag of money. Who knows if something that has no clue will work? Let’s wait and see next year.

　　Gu Zhao said the solution, and the village chief rang the gong and said loudly: “I’ll give you two days to think it over. As I said just now, if you want to do it this year, please come to me to register. Hurry up in two days. The crops won’t wait for you. On the third day, I will take people to Dazao Village to buy stone powder. I won’t charge you any money. If you are worried, come with me.”

　　The village chief obviously knows the little thoughts of each family in the village. He doesn’t touch money. When the time comes, the price is what is agreed upon. It’s up to them to buy or not, and to do or not.

　　Gu Zhao repeated the method of fertilizing dry fields: burn wheat stubble, but be careful not to burn other people’s houses, otherwise water would leak out. Save the wheat straw for the winter and burn the ash as fertilizer in the next spring.

　　”It’s done, let’s disperse.” The village chief struck the gong.

　　After the serious business was over, no one left. Everyone gathered together to chat, asking if your family would like to make it. It’s so expensive, more than 200 coins per bag, but one bag can cover three acres of land, right?

　　Of course, compared with the free dry land fertilizer method, more than two hundred coins is still expensive.

　　Some were excited, some were hesitant, and asked one after another. Xing Ge’er found Li Zhouzhou, and while he was talking, a group of uncles and aunts gathered around him unknowingly.

　　”Zhou Zhou, how much do you make from your ten mu of paddy fields?” Xing Ge’er asked. His mother-in-law and father-in-law knew that he had a good relationship with Zhou Zhou, so they asked him to ask more questions and tell them the truth about whether the harvest was good or not.

　　Li Zhouzhou: “I apply fertilizer to all ten acres of land.”

　　”Go after them all? Aren’t you afraid? Do you know it can work?” Xing Ge’er was also anxious and spoke frankly, “You know it can turn into a double?”

　　The other aunts and uncles listened nervously. Li Zhouzhou shook his head. “No, this is the first time for my family to do this. We are from the same village. If we add fertilizer, it will make such a big noise that every one will see it. I believe my husband. If he says yes, then we will give it a try. If it turns out to be too thin, at worst we can’t sell the rice this year and keep it for our family to eat.”

　　Li Zhouzhou also thought of the worst, but he could still endure it. There was millet, beans, noodles, and sweet potatoes at home, so he could always have enough to eat and not go hungry.

　　Xing Ge’er: …

　　I didn’t really believe it at first, but when I thought about how much Li Zhouzhou loved his husband and would really do this for his husband’s words, it seemed there was nothing wrong to believe it.

　　It’s still the same thing after all, there’s no guarantee, so think about it for yourself.

　　Two days later, the first question the villagers asked when they met was no longer “Have you eaten?” or “What are you doing?” Instead, they asked “Do you want to buy?” or “How many bags do you want to buy?” Uncle Wang at the entrance of the village did not have this worry. Uncle Wang had no paddy fields, only dry land, and now he was using a free method to fertilize the land.

　　But I was still struggling. Two days passed quickly. Most of the villagers tried to buy one or two bags of rice from their three or five mu of paddy fields. Every household has a wheelbarrow, so we pushed it.

　　Aunt Wang was reluctant to pay for the medicine these days. It cost more than 200 wen per bag, and she didn’t know if it would work. Besides, could Li Zhouzhou be so kind? But she was reluctant. The husband and the eldest son still made most of the decisions on the family’s farmland. Finally, she said she would buy two bags and try.

　　Aunt Wang’s family has 20 mu of paddy fields. Last year, she had a grandson and got five mu of paddy fields and five mu of dry fields.

　　Two bags cost more than 200 coins. Aunt Wang felt pained when she gave money to the man.

　　Early in the morning, before dawn, the village chief was counting the people at the entrance of the village.

　　Over 70 households registered in the past two days, but three households still didn’t come today, probably because they changed their minds at the last minute. However, Li Er was also there with his ox cart, and he planned to buy two bags of five mu of paddy field to try.

　　Most of the villages are like this. At about the same time, the village chief shouts and leaves without waiting.