Jiang Tangtang glanced at the two serious-looking little ones with amusement, then kissed her soft and adorable eldest son. "Alright, go to sleep!"

Lu Chenyan shook his head, indicating that he wanted to hear more.

What's even funnier is that the two little creatures also sided with their little master. The wolf cub, which had no wolfish dignity whatsoever, even rubbed against Jiang Tangtang's foot in an ingratiating way.

Jiang Tangtang: "..."

These little devils.

Helpless, she told another story.

After the story was finished, the clock on the system pointed to 9:30.

This time, her tone was gentle, but her attitude was firm: "Alright, story time is over for today. You should get some sleep, and I'll tell you another story tomorrow night when I'm free."

Lu Chenyan was overjoyed. He hugged Jiang Tangtang, kissed her cheek with his soft little mouth, and made a promise to her: "I'll listen to Brother Monkey's story again."

Before transmigrating, Jiang Tangtang had never raised a child, nor had she ever thought of raising one.

She never knew that being kissed by a child could be so incredibly heart-melting. It made her feel like she wanted to pluck the stars from the sky to make her happy.

At that moment, she felt as if she had eaten something soft and sweet, her heart filled with tenderness and joy.

She smiled, gently patted the little guy's head, and pinched his cheek. She just couldn't stop thinking how adorable he was.

She kissed him on the cheek again and replied, "Okay, I'll tell you the Monkey King story again tomorrow. Go to sleep!"

Lu Chenyan nodded obediently, then said to the wolf and the eagle, "White Cloud, Black Cloud, let's go to sleep!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two creatures nimbly jumped onto the bed and then skillfully assumed sleeping positions.

The wolf cub buried its head to Lu Chenyan's left, while the young eagle quickly found a spot on his right, lay down, and closed its eyes.

Jiang Tangtang stared in disbelief at the three little ones on the bed, swallowed hard, and asked, "So, we're all sleeping together tonight?"

Lu Chenyan looked at Jiang Tangtang and hummed twice, saying, "They are very well-behaved."

Is it a matter of whether they're well-behaved or not? These two little ones run around all day long, I don't know how dirty they are. And yet, I sleep with them all the time...

Looking at her son holding the baby eagle and the wolf cubs, using them as blankets, Jiang Tangtang suddenly felt that her grown-up son wasn't so cute anymore.

But when faced with the child's loving and affectionate gaze, she couldn't bring herself to say no.

Jiang Tangtang organized her thoughts and tried to speak gently, "This bed is too small. It's too crowded for so many of us. How about I make a small bed for them tonight and let them sleep in it for now?"

"So, once we get a bigger bed, can they sleep with us?"

Looking into her son's adorable eyes, Jiang Tangtang cruelly told him in her heart that even changing to a bigger bed wouldn't work.

She allows all sorts of animal plush toys to sleep in her bed, but she absolutely will not sleep in the same bed as her pets.

However, considering that she, as his adoptive mother, didn't really take care of him much on a daily basis, her son probably only felt less lonely because of the two little ones keeping him company.

She should avoid hurting his young heart.

She organized her thoughts and said, "If they don't bathe, they'll get lice, so it's best if they don't sleep with us. But we can talk about that later. How about I set up a small bed for them next to us?"

Lu Chenyan looked at Jiang Tangtang thoughtfully, then obediently agreed.

Having just moved into the new house, everything in it has its own purpose.

For a time, Jiang Tangtang couldn't find anything suitable at home to make beds for the baby eagle and the wolf cub.

Fortunately, she still had room.

She picked out the most inconspicuous wooden box from the space, took it out, and then put a burlap sack inside.

Jiang Tangtang consciously chose the most inconspicuous wooden box, but it came from the secret treasury of the Prince of Duan, so how could it be inferior?

Even though the room was dimly lit by the pine oil lamp, Lu Chenyan was still drawn to the box.

He asked curiously, "Mom, where did you find the little box?"

Jiang Tangtang said casually, "I found this outside before. It's for them to use temporarily. After I make their little beds, I'll give you this box to pack your things. Okay, their little beds are ready now. You can let them sleep back in their own little beds!"

Lu Chenyan liked his two friends very much, but he also liked the gentle mother in front of him very much.

He called over the eagle and the wolf, and had them sleep in the small box that Jiang Tangtang had just prepared.

He also told them to take good care of his little box and not to pee or poop in it.

Watching her son earnestly instructing the two eagles and wolves, and the harmonious scene of them nodding in agreement, Jiang Tangtang wanted to laugh again.

These two things are really sentient.

After her son finished explaining things to the eagle and the wolf and fell asleep, Jiang Tangtang finally had time to think about hiring workers.

A pine oil lamp is fine for illuminating a room, but it's not suitable for writing under such a dim light.

She called the system and asked if she could redeem an electronic notebook using her points.

The system's response was the same as usual: "Host, you can try using your points to draw a prize."

Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes and asked her to open the blind box again.

Oh well, I might as well open some blind boxes! I'm used to it anyway.

After all, most of the time, she was quite happy with the blind box business at the beginning.

Now that she has more points, she's not as stingy with them as she was at the beginning.

Jiang Tangtang spent a whopping 300 points on this blind box opening. And what she got certainly didn't disappoint her.

Not only did they provide her with the electronic notebook she desperately needed, but they also provided her with a complete guide to the sugar industry.

She flipped through it casually and found that the book not only described sugarcane and sugar beets, common plants used for making sugar, but also recorded many things that Jiang Tangtang was not familiar with.

Besides sugar palm, Virginia creeper rhizomes, Elaeagnus angustifolia, and birch sap, there was another plant that caught Jiang Tangtang's attention.

This plant looks like bamboo and its scientific name is Cannabis sativa.

The book records that brown sugar made from sugarcane can not only relieve hangovers, treat irregular menstruation and stomach cold, but also cure children's anorexia and postpartum weakness. Its nutritional value is far higher than that of ordinary cane sugar.

Most importantly, this kind of sugarcane grows wild in the valley.

Jiang Tangtang had seen it often before, but because she didn't recognize the plant, she always thought it was useless thatch.

Jiang Tangtang excitedly looked at the method of boiling sugarcane recorded in the book, then took a deep breath to calm herself down.

First, we need to resolve the issue of hiring villagers to sew military uniforms. Once that's settled, we can then tackle the sugar-making process.

Jiang Tangtang told herself not to rush, to take it one step at a time.

She put aside her thoughts and first studied how to use the electronic notebook, intending to write a plan.

This single use made her instantly forget about being elegant and exclaim in her heart, "Awesome!"

(Note: The sugarcane mentioned in this chapter was inspired by a local specialty of Leping, Jiangxi. The setting in the story is fictional, so please don't try to pinpoint the location. Love you all!)