With her father and brother banished, and her engagement to the marquisate broken, everyone eagerly awaited to see Xiao Jiuyue become a laughingstock.
Facing her frail grandmother, her beauti...
Chapter 166 Is the Third Prince’s leg healed?
"Miss Xiao, I will go apply top dressing fertilizer now." Shi Lizheng got the method of top dressing fertilizer from Xiao Jiuyue, and couldn't wait to try it. If top dressing fertilizer can make the ears of rice grow longer and fuller, then there will be more rice and more grain.
If there is more food, no one will be hungry.
Shi Li couldn't wait to go back and prepare to apply fertilizer.
Xiao Jiuyue watched him jogging along and said, "Li Zheng Shi is a village chief who does practical things for the villagers."
She had also heard from others about what was happening in other places. Many of them used the little power they had to make things as difficult for others as possible and to seize some money from the people who were already living a difficult life.
"Yes, I heard from the villagers that during the drought a few days ago, not much food was harvested from the fields. Fortunately, Shi Lizheng led everyone to plant sweet potatoes and encouraged everyone to help each other, so we managed to get through it."
Lianxin said that she often went to the workshop and occasionally heard people talking about the past. She still admired Shi Lizheng.
"Fu'an Village, who knows, may become a paradise in the future, a peaceful and happy village." Xiao Jiuyue looked around and saw the green rice fields and scattered houses, which was the pastoral life she dreamed of.
"Wherever the young lady is, there is the blessed land." Lianxin said with a smile.
"Lianxin, your mouth is as sweet as honey." Xiao Jiuyue said with emotion: "If this is true, I hope that all people in the world can have enough to eat and wear warm clothes."
"Miss, your wish will definitely come true!" Lianxin said sincerely. She was sold during the famine year, and she would always remember the feeling of hunger.
Xiao Jiuyue walked around the fields and returned home after making sure that the rice was growing well. She asked Lianxin to grind ink and began to record the growth of the rice!
Xiao Jiuyue was used to writing papers before, and she did not fall behind in this habit. She made records and wrote down everything, for example, how to raise seedlings, how to apply fertilizer, intercropping, crop rotation and relay cropping, etc. She recorded them all in detail.
She had already decided that after the autumn harvest, the land would not be wasted. She would plant cabbage and alfalfa, which could be eaten as vegetables and used as fertilizer for raising cattle and sheep. Most importantly, it could improve the soil and cultivate its fertility!
Xiao Jiuyue had seen it last year and there was still a lot of alfalfa. She had already made arrangements with Aunt He to save the seeds and plant the purple alfalfa after the autumn harvest.
Lianxin stood aside grinding ink, unable to understand what Xiao Jiuyue was writing. She only saw Xiao Jiuyue writing on each piece of paper.
The Xiao family did not hide the fact that they were applying fertilizer to the fields. Shi Li was telling everyone how to do it according to Xiao Jiuyue's instructions. As for whether or not to apply fertilizer to the fields, that was their business!
For a time, everyone in Fu'an Village was busy applying fertilizer to the fields, and several families did not believe it and were too lazy to bother.
Xiao Jiuyue is busy every day. The better the business of Zhiyunlou is, the more arrangements need to be made for the embroiderers. She will go to the provincial capital by early July at the latest, but she has not yet received the things from Lingnan.
Xiao Jiuyue has already started organizing people to catch snails, eels and loaches. These dishes may look ordinary, but if they are cooked well, the taste will be absolutely amazing!
There are many snails in the fields now. Buckets of them are sent to the Xiao family every day, and the Xiao family changes the water every day to keep them.
June 25th.
"Lianxin, is there still no news from Lingnan?" Xiao Jiuyue looked into the distance, silently calculating the time in his heart. Judging from his pace, Chu Ang and the others should be back by now.
"No news yet." Lian Xin shook her head and consoled him, "It's been raining a lot lately, maybe it's been delayed?"
"Well, wait a few more days." Xiao Jiuyue calmed down and continued to be busy. The canning workshop has been expanded, and the embroiderers recruited from the village are working in the Xiao family, making ready-made clothes one by one. Facts have proved that the assembly line operation is not only efficient, but the finished products are also good!
When the first batch of ready-made clothes was delivered, Zhiyunlou became popular again. The continuous orders directly set off a purple craze in the entire Lancang County.
Some young ladies and ladies were proud to have bought the purple fabric from Zhiyunlou.
There were many luxurious purple fabrics to choose from, ranging from light purple to dark purple, and with the lucky draw on the turntable, many people were attracted.
It's late at night.
"Miss, the Third Prince and his men have left the house in disguise." Steward Jin reported in a low voice.
Xiao Jiuyue sat up straight: "Is the Third Prince's leg healed?"
"It should be fine." Chief Steward Jin said with certainty, "I'm sure it's the Third Prince."
"Well, don't worry about it. Let's see if they come back tomorrow." After Xiao Jiuyue gave the order, she lay on the bed and thought for a long time. She placed her bet on the Third Prince, so she shouldn't make a mistake, right?
The next morning, Xiao Jiuyue heard Chief Steward Jin say, "Miss, at dawn, the Third Prince and his men returned."
"Yeah." Xiao Jiuyue yawned. He hadn't slept the whole night before because he was thinking about things. Now was a good time to catch up on some sleep.
No matter what the Third Prince did secretly, she pretended not to know.
"Miss, my brother is back." He Lian ran over excitedly. She went back today to deliver something to He's mother, and happened to see He Changqing coming back, so she hurried over to report the news.
"He Changqing?" Xiao Jiuyue paused as she wrote. Soon, the concierge's voice announced, "Miss, Master He and Master Chu are here."
"Let them go to the front hall." Xiao Jiuyue put down his pen and went to the front yard impatiently.
forecourt.
When Xiao Jiuyue saw He Changqing and Chu Ang, they looked like they had just escaped from disaster. Xiao Jiuyue said, "Lianxin, go to the kitchen and bring some food."
With the experience from last time, Xiao Jiuyue immediately gave instructions, had someone pour water, and asked, "Is everyone safe along the way?"
"Everyone is well, everyone is back." Chu Ang grinned eagerly, "Miss, we brought back a lot of stuff from Lingnan, enough for three carriages, right in front of the Xiao family's door."
Chu Ang said this and led Xiao Jiuyue to the door of the Xiao family.
Soon, Xiao Jiuyue saw the things in those carriages, all of which were sent back from Lingnan.
"This, this big jar is filled with..." Xiao Jiuyue looked at the big jar that was used to can the food and it was filled up again. Chu Ang said, "This jar is filled with powder, the same powder that was in the pottery jar last time."
"This, this is all in this jar?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the big jar, opened the lid, and saw that it was full of dried sea intestine powder. She silently calculated in her mind, how many kilograms of sea intestine would be needed to make so much sea intestine powder?