Li Damei shook her head: "This is not easy to do. It is impossible to cover the greenhouse with a blanket at night."

"You are absolutely right. Cover yourself with a quilt at night and roll it up during the day. I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to see if there are any thick felt or straw curtains."

Li Damei was stunned. She didn't expect that her casual suggestion would be accepted.

In the next few days, Liu Xialian was busy with the greenhouse, and added two more fire dragons to the greenhouse. A thick layer of felt was added to the outside of the plastic sheet, which was covered at night or when the weather was bad.

The supply and marketing cooperatives also sell straw mats, but unfortunately they are too expensive. If they were used in greenhouses at this price, the vegetables grown would be nothing but golden vegetables.

When he returned to the village, he asked Xu Shiba, "Who in our village knows how to make straw curtains?"

"Yes, Liu Xuan's family makes straw mats. They should have quite a few at home. I often see him selling them at the market."

"Okay, I'll go ask."

Liu Xialian brought Li Damei and Erya to Liu Xuan's home in the west of the village. This family also came here to work in the countryside. It is said that they came from Hebei. The man was in his thirties and was very good at making straw curtains. Rural people use straw curtains to make beds in spring and summer. There are two types of straw curtains: rice straw curtains and wheat straw curtains.

"Brother Liu Xuan, is Brother Liu Xuan at home?"

A woman opened the door and said, "I'm home. Come in and tell me what's going on."

There was a wave of heat in the house. The living room was like a weaving factory. Liu Xuan and his wife were weaving straw mats.

"My greenhouse needs straw curtains to protect it from the cold. Do you have any that are four meters long and two meters wide?"

Liu Xuansheng had big ears and hands that reached below his knees, just like Liu Xuande of the Three Kingdoms period. He was very polite in his words and deeds.

"We don't have this size in stock now, but I modified it and made it into a two-meter by four-meter straw curtain. The straw is soft and warmer."

Liu Xia Lian took a look at the goods. They were all hand-woven, very soft and delicate, and the workmanship seemed better than those from the supply and marketing cooperative.

"What's the price? One hundred."

"For a size this big, I'll sell it for at least $1.50. You want a lot, and we're good neighbors, so $1.10 is enough for me to earn my hard-earned money."

"Okay, make a hundred first, and Damei will pay."

Although they are familiar with each other, business is still business. Li Damei gave fifty yuan first and agreed to pay the balance when the goods were delivered three days later. The problem of greenhouse insulation was also solved. The felt and straw curtains have a great insulation effect.

Liu Xialian went out, and Liu Xuan's wife complained to Liu Xuan: "Everyone in the village says that Liu Xialian is rich, a real tycoon. On the first day of the new year, she gave away dozens of kilograms of meat dumplings. Why don't you ask for more money?"

Liu Xuan looked like he was disappointed with his friend: "They are rich, not stupid. Good deeds are good deeds, and business is business. The cost of a straw mat is about 80 cents, and the extra 30 cents is profit. It is enough to make a few dozen yuan in a few days. If you are greedy for more, they will go find someone else. Which village doesn't make straw mats? It's not a rare thing."

Liu Xuan's wife suddenly realized what was going on and laughed: "My husband is right. I am superficial."

At this moment, weeds had grown in the greenhouse. Liu Xia Lian brought a big black mule into the greenhouse to plow the soil, deep plowing to loosen the soil and adding fertilizer, and manually plowing the corners. It only took one day to plow the soil in the greenhouse.

In the evening, Chunlan and Shuiqin were very excited. They thought Liu Xialian was just trying to make them happy by hiring them to grow vegetables, but they didn't expect it to be true. Especially Shuiqin, she had the hardest life, raising a six-year-old child alone, and her parents-in-law didn't like her very much.

"Sister Xia Lian, what are you going to grow in this shed?"

"I'll mainly plant peppers, and then some watermelons, cucumbers and the like. If they grow well, I'll immediately build a dozen more greenhouses and cover my 20 acres of land with greenhouses."

The two of them went home happily after get off work. When they came to work happily the next morning, they suddenly found that there were pepper seedlings more than a foot tall in the greenhouse, and some of them were blooming. Liu Xialian was watering them one by one with a bucket.

Chun Lan was so surprised that she could fit a tea egg into her mouth: "What's going on? How can it grow so fast?"

"Yesterday evening, Daya, Erya and I planted the large seedlings that we brought from the ground. The water temperature is too low, so we can't water them with large amounts of water. We watered them one by one with a water scoop, and then straightened the crooked ones."

Both of them knew how to grow vegetables; the gene for growing vegetables was in their blood. They quickly got the hang of it, and after a few clicks of work, they had arranged over 3,000 green pepper seedlings neatly in the whole morning.

Liu Xialian wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Growing vegetables is more tiring than fighting a bear."

Sister Shuiqin said, "Sister Xia Lian, just be a good boss. Let us do the work of growing vegetables."

"Okay, that's what I mean. Sister Chunlan, you will be the owner of the shed, and Sister Shuiqin, you will be the deputy owner. You will be responsible for watering, pest control, fertilizing, and picking. Do not use pesticides on the fruits unless it is absolutely necessary. If you must use them, tell me and I will go to the agricultural supply company to buy low-toxic pesticides. Any pesticides are strictly prohibited during the picking period. If poisoning occurs, the owner of the shed will be held responsible."

Chun Lan was shocked. As expected, no money was easy to take. She nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, I know the importance of this. You can use a small amount during the flowering period, try not to use it during the fruiting period, and it is strictly forbidden to use it during the picking period."

"Yes, that's what I mean. We want to create safe and healthy food. This is what the restaurant uses to make Linyi fried chicken."

As we were talking, more people came into the shed: Mom, Dad, and cousin came in, followed by the family's two new hounds.

The three of them took off their coats and hung them at the door as soon as they came in. They couldn't wear them as it was too hot in there.

Mother scratched her head, "No, Xia Lian, what's wrong with you? There was no miracle when I gave birth to you. How come you know so many things? It's freezing outside, but it's as hot as summer inside. The chili seedlings are already blooming. It looks like they can be grown, but how are you going to sell them? Normally green chilies are 30 or 40 cents a pound, and if they're grown in a greenhouse, they'll be 70 or 80 cents a pound. How many people in the village can afford them?"

Liu Jun was delighted: "Give me some to try after you grow them. I haven't had stir-fried pork with green peppers for a long time."

Liu Fugang, the cook behind, naturally understood the market: "As long as we can grow these peppers, we will have no problem selling them. It's not a problem if they are twice as expensive as usual, because this dish is not for ordinary people to eat, just like fine wine and cigarettes, how many ordinary people can afford them. But I feel that this green pepper is missing something, can we grow some coriander?"

Liu Xia Lian nodded: "It can be grown, but the coriander grown in the greenhouse is not as fragrant as usual. Now it's good, the problem of green peppers has been solved. Tomorrow we will go to the county town to start decorating the restaurant and prepare to open the fried chicken shop."

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