Generals take care of their children: The master mother leads the system to farm

Lushui Village, Li County.

On the fork in the road at the entrance of the village, Wang Dahu drove a ox cart pulling a cart out of the village.

It snowed again yesterday, so this time Wang Erniu followed them out, walking ahead with a shovel. When he came to a place where the snow was piled up, he could shovel a few times to prevent the bamboo basket on the cart from falling off.

The first batch of vegetables ordered had been delivered to the county restaurant two days ago. Because Wang Dahu had to go back to Lushui Village every day, Liping asked him to drive the ox cart back to Lushui Village after work on the day when he could harvest the vegetables, and then drive the vegetables back to the restaurant the next day.

The money was paid in cash and asked Wang Dahu to take it back to Li Changle.

Li Changle was happy to hear it.

This is the second time I have ordered vegetables. In addition to spinach, cabbage, green garlic, potatoes, and cucumbers, there is also a new variety, Chinese chrysanthemum.

This time, when the greenhouse was built, a piece of land was separated from the first greenhouse for planting.

The woodshed was really small and the greenhouse was also her land, so she left some for growing vegetables.

In the tight greenhouse in the Li family courtyard, there is an area half the size of the greenhouse, and a small door is opened on the side to facilitate daily entry and exit to pick vegetables.

Wang Dahu delivered a truckload of vegetables to the restaurant today, and the remaining vegetables in the fields can be delivered in several batches.

The vacant space on one side of her yard was also reserved for building two more houses in the spring.

As for the woodshed...

Li Changle planted fruit on three small plots of land.

Two apple trees, a few grape bushes, and a small plot of strawberries.

The grapes were planted under the bamboo racks where cucumbers were grown, and they were already hanging with bunches of unripe purple-green fruits.

The apples are also full of fruits, pink and mouth-watering.

These two types can be picked in two days.

The strawberries were amazing. They were ripe yesterday. We ate them once and our mouths were filled with the fruity aroma.

Fruits mature more slowly than vegetables, taking six days. However, strawberries are different from fruit trees in that they mature at the same speed as vegetables. They produce large fruits with high moisture content, which are loved by fish.

Today, on the cart that Wang Dahu used to deliver food to the restaurant, there was a basket of strawberries padded with two layers of hay.

Liping knows how to behave, but she can't be too independent.

Eat a meal for someone and give him a basket of fruit in return.

Being able to eat fruit in the middle of winter is a privilege only available to wealthy families, and they have to eat it sparingly.

What she didn't know was that this basket of strawberries helped Li Ping make a huge profit of 30 taels of silver today!

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In the greenhouse next to the Li family courtyard, Ouyang Siyuan was wandering among the sweet potato plots in a panic.

There are two and a half large greenhouses, each of which is planted with several rows of sweet potato seedlings.

Ouyang Siyuan was busy watering them.

Wufeng was ordered by him to fetch water from the well and water the plants himself.

I've been behaving very poorly these past two days and almost put the little girl's life in danger. Now I have to behave myself.

He was a noble prince who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He had never done any physical work since he was a child. When he ate a fruit, the palace maids would peel it, remove the core, and bring it to his mouth.

This time he had to go back and forth to fetch water from the well to the greenhouse to water the sweet potato seedlings, which almost exhausted him to death.

"It's really not easy to be a farmer..." He slumped down on a wooden chair beside the well.

"Now you understand how difficult it is to be a farmer. I can do what you do, but when it comes to rolling up my sleeves and working in the fields, I am not as good as others."

Ouyang Siyuan straightened up and looked at Li Changle eagerly, "Sister-in-law, the sweet potato seedlings in the three sheds will be watered soon."

Even Wufeng, who was standing aside, couldn't bear to watch that gesture of begging for forgiveness.

After all, he was the crown prince and was very close to the two children, so she couldn't keep being rude to them.

Li Changle gave him a way out and carried out the time-limited task of leading the prince to farm more thoroughly. "I don't know much about farming either. Why don't we find someone in the village who is good at this and ask for advice?"

Ouyang Siyuan barely thought about it and said, "Just listen to my sister-in-law. We don't understand anything, so we should find someone who knows."

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.

The three people at the well looked over together and saw the village chief Hu Dexian and his son Hu Chunshan standing outside the door.

"Madam Li, the old man is here to disturb you again."

Li Changle's eyes flashed. She knew that someone from the village would come to see her, and most of them would be the leader, Muramasa.

But she didn't expect it to come so soon.

She said that it would take at least ten days or half a month for the sweet potatoes to grow to a beautiful size. By then, even if Muramasa didn't come, other villagers would come to inquire about the news.

Hu Dexian did not leave a bad impression on Li Changle. He was an upright village official who would think about providing small benefits to the villagers.

Li Changle invited everyone to sit down in the straw shed, went into the kitchen and brought out two cups of hot water for the two of them. Ouyang Siyuan had already gone to the shed with a bucket.

"Muramasa came at the perfect time. Changle was talking to... Ouyang about finding an experienced farmer in the village to come over and help look after the things in the shed. You just happened to come, so I didn't have to make a special trip."

Hu Dexian was a little excited. "Madam Li, are you talking about taking care of those...sweet potato seedlings in the shed?"

After the greenhouse was built, Li Changle paid each worker 30 wen per day as agreed before. The greenhouse was built for four days, and each worker received 4 wen, plus a daily sweet potato snack.

Sweet potato porridge, sweet potato soup, steamed sweet potatoes, sweet potato buns steamed with coarse flour...

As the village chief, he took advantage of Hu Chunshan's job as a helper and received a bowl of rice every day as a gift from Hu Chunshan.

He became more shocked and excited day by day.

The taste and texture of this thing is much better than wild vegetable pancakes.

After eating half a bowl, I feel full.

The other half bowl was naturally given to my wife.

Farmers have a natural and sensitive sense of smell for food.

The greenhouse hasn't been set up yet, but Hu Dexian has already set his sights on this thing.

"Yes, this is the first time we plant this, and we're afraid that if we don't take good care of it, we'll waste so many seedlings..."

Li Changle sounded worried, as if he was really afraid that the seedlings would fall into his hands.

Even if the seedlings produced by the system are ordinary, they are more tenacious than the real ordinary seedlings.

Li Changle believed that the system's mission was to let the prince of Dayan know the sufferings of the people and experience the hardships of the farmers in spring ploughing and autumn harvest.

If you ask her, this is just the beginning. There is still a difference between growing vegetables in a greenhouse and really working in the fields.

What's more, her seedlings can survive no matter how she plants them, it's just that the waiting time is slower than the 48-hour harvest.

But other people don’t know about this. When Hu Dexian heard this, he couldn’t sit still anymore. Madam Li, do you think the old man is okay?

The old man has been taking care of the local crops for most of his life. He is not an expert, but he is half an expert. Sweet potatoes are a good thing. The seedlings are precious. We can’t let them spoil the vegetables…”

Li Changle doesn’t care who comes, just don’t act like a troublemaker, as long as you know how to farm.

Muramasa is coming?

That’s good too, no one dares to cause trouble anymore.