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Chapter 559: Medicinal Herbs Cost More Than Grain

Chapter 559: Chapter 559: Medicinal Herbs Cost More Than Grain

"Some people just won’t listen to Uncle," Zhao Xinxin wasn’t just making an empty statement; there were indeed some who were not willing to listen to Captain Zhao.

"Let them be. We’ve made a suggestion. Those who want to plant medicinal herbs can do so; those who don’t want to don’t have to. Now that fields have been allocated to households, we can’t force them. When they become envious of others earning money first in a year, that’s their own fault," Zhao Tianlei would not take all of this on himself.

Whether they listened or not had nothing to do with him.

After having breakfast, Zhao Tianlei went to send a telegram.

Yun Xiaoxiao took a bus to the biggest library in Capital City to look for books on planting medicinal herbs.

Could they also plant tea?

Camellia tea, to be precise, which actually has a nice taste.

After searching for a long time, she finally found a book on medicinal herbs but didn’t find anything about planting them, so she had to buy some information online.

To plant medicinal herbs, one must first know how to do it.

Captain Zhao received the telegram and found it somewhat strange.

But when he saw the words on the telegram, he was momentarily stunned.

Planting medicinal herbs?

And it stated that medicinal herbs are now more valuable than grains.

Unable to sit still, Captain Zhao first gathered some of the team leaders to discuss whether to plant grains or medicinal herbs.

"Team leader, can these medicinal herbs really be planted?"

"Are these herbs truly worth more than grains?"

"Are these herbs easy to cultivate?"

They had no idea how to plant medicinal herbs.

After decades of planting grains, suddenly switching to medicinal herbs was indeed an unknown.

"We could also choose to plant fruit."

"Fruit?"

What about the seedlings?

"Team leader, if we plant medicinal herbs, where can we buy the seeds?"

Without seeds, everything was just talk.

Captain Zhao watched them discussing and answered their questions one by one.

"My brother Laosan sent me the telegram, mentioning the matter of medicinal herbs. If there are people in our team willing to grow them, he will help get the seeds. He also said that there is a high demand for medicinal herbs now, and if we delay further, the prices won’t be as good," Captain Zhao explained.

Laosan?

The team leader’s wife also went to Capital City.

"We’ll plant in the fields, not in the rice paddies, right?"

If they didn’t have to plant in the rice paddies, they were willing to give it a try.

After all, fields had been allocated to households, and the output of their own patches could still feed a family.

Moreover, if they were medicinal herbs and grew well, they could indeed sell for more than grains.

"We’ll plant in the fields," he confirmed.

After discussing for half a day, most of the team leaders agreed.

A few still had some doubts.

"We should call a general meeting about this and register which families are willing to plant medicinal herbs," it was decided.

After dinner, the team-level villagers met at the threshing ground to discuss the matter.

Many people started whispering to one another about the topic instantly.

"After the meeting, any family that’s willing to plant medicinal herbs should come and register."

Sister-in-law Zhao looked at Brother Zhao and asked, "Xiao Mao’s father, should we grow medicinal herbs in our family?"

The corn harvest had been good this year, but if they planted medicinal herbs, there would be no output from the fields.

However, they had several children who needed to attend school and would soon enter junior high, which required a considerable amount of money.

He didn’t want Laosan and his wife to be the only ones working hard in Capital City and taking care of Xiao He and Xinxin as well.

Now that restrictions were relaxed, the price of eggs hadn’t risen, and people were fussy about buying them.

"We’ll plant," he decided.

He could only work in the fields and sell his labor.

Quite a few families were willing to plant medicinal herbs, and some were not.

Now that fields had been allocated to households, Captain Zhao wouldn’t force them.

Many queued up to register. Who wouldn’t want to earn money? Whether planting grains or medicinal herbs, planting was necessary, and medicinal herbs could fetch a much higher price than grains.

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