Zhao Lizheng smiled with satisfaction: "Of course it has to be Lian'er. Lian'er managed to get it from a foreign merchant. Let's try it out here first. If it works, we'll promote it to the whole village. Everyone can buy it to grow vegetables and plant two crops of rice."

Yes, it is still possible to plant a second crop of rice. Those people requisitioned 70% of the grain. Many families have more than ten or even twenty people. The remaining grain is not enough to eat. They suffer from thin porridge every day. Some villagers plan to loosen the soil in the fields and plant another crop.

Even knowing there will be frost in winter, we should still take the gamble. The hope is slim, but it's better than having no hope at all.

Now that we've seen such a wonderful thing, something that can withstand severe cold and frost, there's great hope for planting a second crop of rice, and the yield might even be quite high.

The villagers were very excited and shared the good news with each other. The news spread throughout the entire village by the end of the morning.

Many people also arrived at the Qiao family's door to inquire about Qiao Lian'er's situation.

"Don't worry, everyone. I still need to go get the goods. What you need to do now is to loosen the soil in the fields, bring in the water, go up the mountain to cut bamboo, cut it into thin strips, bend it into an arch shape to support it in the fields, and then use ropes to tie the horizontal bamboo strips together to form a stable greenhouse frame. Once the greenhouse cloth arrives, we'll put the greenhouse cloth on top."

"If you still don't understand how it's done, go and take a look at Zhao Lizheng's house. Zhao Lizheng's house has a small-scale greenhouse frame, but it's pretty much the same."

Although the temperature is just right now and can still meet the conditions for planting, several days will have passed by the time the villagers finish their work, and the temperature will start to cool down.

With greenhouses, breeding will go much more smoothly; otherwise, the plants will develop slowly.

Everyone started to move around, and someone asked, "Little Lian'er, is this expensive?"

Qiao Lian'er had already decided on the price. She said, "It's not expensive. I'll only charge 100 wen for tarpaulins per mu. These things can be used for seven years, and everyone can use them in winter. It's a small investment with huge profits."

The price she charged was slightly lower than the price of this type of high-strength reinforced membrane in the world she came from.

Considering its rarity, this price is relatively low.

One hundred coins per mu is acceptable to everyone, but the thought of spending one ounce on ten mu of land still makes people feel a little heartache, since most people don't have much money on hand right now.

"Little girl, could you reduce the amount of ten mu of land a bit? You know the current situation; everyone is struggling," a villager pleaded.

“Okay, then we’ll charge 900 cash for the ten mu of land, which will be considered as a free mu.”

The villagers left, expressing their deepest gratitude.

Grandma Qiao only then learned about this: "That's great! We've loosened the soil in the fields and planted rice too."

"Grandma, we have plenty of food, there's no need to work so hard," Qiao Lian'er said. "The weather is getting cooler, everyone should rest."

“Where can you get the money? And you can grow it in the fields, wouldn’t that be even better?” Old Mrs. Qiao suddenly thought of something, and her eyes lit up.

“Let’s plant the Jade Needle Incense and the Tooth Incense, six mu of one and seven mu of the other. We’ll also set up trellises and cover the vegetable gardens on the mountain with this kind of cloth. Oh my, we’ll have fresh vegetables to eat in winter. Before, the vegetables in the fields would wither and die as soon as winter came.”

"Winter wheat needs to be planted soon. It's cold-resistant, but it can still be affected by frost, which can reduce yield. Let's also set up greenhouses."

Thinking of the thriving crops in the fields during winter, Grandma Qiao's steps became lighter, and she looked very happy.

Qiao Lian'er originally wanted to say that she had all these things, but seeing how happy Old Madam Qiao was and how eager the Qiao family was to go up the mountain and down to the fields, she didn't say anything.

For the people of Middle-earth, growing crops is something ingrained in their genes. Even if they possess the ability, they are still captivated by the feeling of planting crops with their own hands in the fields. The joy of that harvest is irreplaceable.

So she'll keep the gold coins in her inventory to sell; the grain crops grown on one acre of land can fetch quite a few gold coins.

Today, Dayong stayed at home, while Dacheng and Dameng went to the camp.

Everyone else has left, leaving only Dayong and Qiao Lian'er in the courtyard.

Da Yong waited for news, glancing at the door every now and then.