Juhua listened and nodded. "Brother Huai Zi is right. We should buy one mu."
'I could actually afford to buy a bit more,' she calculated, 'but I don't want to. As long as we buy this one mu, no one else can interfere. Later, when things get better, we can develop it slowly.'
Zheng Changhe and Mrs. Yang also came over to discuss it, and the group mulled it over for a long while.
Juhua said, "Dad! Brother! Buying this land won't be a waste. There are so many things we can plant. We can grow fruit trees, or bamboo, or some vegetables. Didn't Manager Mao come by last time and say he wanted more spicy pickled cabbage next year? That's why I've already planted a lot of chili peppers. Brother Huai Zi, you should also plant more cabbage this fall."
Zhang Huai asked hesitantly, "But that stuff is everywhere. Would people really buy it specifically from us? It's so far—it wouldn't even be cost-effective for him to ship it to Qinghui by boat!"
