Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 996: Chapter 996 Discontent_1 Chapter 996: Chapter 996 Discontent_1 Tong Dalang, who felt deeply wronged, brought up the issue during dinner with Tong Tiehu.

Today, he had encountered a bicycle and even rode it for a while. It was easy to learn; one leg on the pedal, the other pushing off the ground, and he managed to balance after just a couple of circles.

It was simple to learn and lightweight. He realized profoundly that if these were to be sold, it would cause quite a stir.

At the price of one tael silver per bicycle, this might be unaffordable for impoverished families, who wouldn’t be willing to buy one, but in Anping Village, this wasn’t a problem.

Previously, building a heated brick bed for someone outside of the village would earn at least ten taels silver, if not more.

The market of Huai’an County, including Bailu Town, was entirely theirs; the quick and clever ones even managed to earn nearly a hundred taels silver.

With so much silver, spending one tael to buy a bicycle was completely reasonable.

Moreover, precisely because they went to other places outside the village, they could understand just how convenient a bicycle really was.

Going to a neighboring village wasn’t far—ten or some tens of li, all relying on their legs. In their poverty, few owned livestock and walking had become second nature; they didn’t feel the distance was too great.

But for villages some tens of li away, it became difficult; one couldn’t spend the whole day on the road!

So, some rented livestock, and others pooled money for a cart, traveling to the county town or even farther villages.

But livestock was truly scarce. When nearly the entire village of Anping was mobilized, inevitably some couldn’t secure an ox cart or donkey cart. Without one, they had no choice but to rely on their own two legs.

In the dead of winter, with heavy snowfall, hunching their necks and clutching their winter clothes stuffed with all sorts of flock and straw, they trudged through the snowy landscape. The cloth shoes on their feet soaked through with melted snow—the taste of this experience, the bitter feelings, were known only to those who had endured it.

In such circumstances, the bicycle, this magical vehicle with two wheels, appeared.

Although it couldn’t compare with livestock for farm work, it was convenient for traveling; like running errands to town, visiting relatives in another village, or doing some fieldwork. Plus, it had a stand at the back for carrying things.

Such convenience was vastly superior to the previous reliance on nothing but their legs.

He couldn’t guarantee other villages, but in Anping Village, almost every household would buy one, with some families owning more than one.

Such a large market—if left to him, Tong Dalang, he could definitely make a tidy profit.

Not to mention the entire market of Huai’an County. This market was so vast that if this business were solely conducted by the Tong Family, based on this alone, they could not only recover but certainly far exceed their past prosperity.

As of now, his father Tong Xingda and his second brother were locked up in the old house, the business belonged entirely to him.

Alone!

The entire market was his alone!

But now, what was happening?

To let everyone in the village share this piece of the pie, was it really necessary?

Were they so begrudging to see their own family do well?

“Grandfather, I truly don’t understand. Our village is much wealthier than before and doesn’t need your help. Why would you still want to involve others in this business?”

“Look at Xiaoxing and Xiaoyue. Even if you don’t think for yourself, you should consider them—they are your great-grandchildren.”

“Sanlang’s life is good now, and our family’s life improves along with his—is that so hard?”