"Consider this money as money for purchasing things. If it's not enough, pay a deposit first and leave the balance unpaid. Use my Yan's Pastry Shop as an excuse. Don't worry, almost everyone in town who does business gives me this face. As for the land, we can't rush it. We must buy a good piece of land, preferably one with good privacy."

With a yield of 2,000 catties per mu, if bad people find out and report her to the government, saying that she is hiding high-quality rice seeds, what will she use to hand them over when the government forces her to do so?

Two thousand catties is not a matter of one time.

Four times as much.

It has absolutely nothing to do with farmland.

Wasn't food the most important thing in ancient times?

Therefore, it must be planted within Jiashu County, so that if something goes wrong, Magistrate Lu can protect it.

When it's time to plant, she'll have to hire a group of people to cultivate the seeds secretly.

It would be best to fence off that area as well, so that no one else can enter.

When it's harvest time, they bring their children and servants, close the shop for two or three days, and work hard to harvest the produce themselves.

Wouldn't that be a perfect way to deceive everyone?

After the second crop, the yield of 1,000 catties per mu will not be so exaggerated. At that time, we will hire people to plant and harvest the grain.

Since the system won't sell it to her.

So she put all the grain in the house and hid it.

It can last for 10 years.

She ate slowly.

What if we encounter another natural disaster or man-made calamity?

It can even save your life.

Once you sort things out, everything makes sense.

Her current tasks are to prepare two houses, one for living in and the other for storing grain, buy land, hire people to farm, preserve the remaining roses into rose jam, hire 10 servants to make cakes, negotiate prices with ice cream shops for long-term supply, and go to Jiangnan County every ten days to research new products and discuss cooperation, etc.

The daughter-in-law must move into the house before giving birth.

If we let her handle so many things by herself...

Yan Xia must be incredibly busy.

She could leave the house and land purchase to Jin Yu, which would make her life much easier.

The most important thing right now is money.

There's not much money left in the space, and the one-month deadline has passed in the blink of an eye.

The land must be purchased and the rice seeds planted within a month.

Fortunately, the pastry shop has revenue every day, and although the weather is getting warmer, the hot pot restaurant is still doing quite well, even if not as much as in winter.

It also makes more money than ordinary shops.

Hot pot will be officially discontinued in early June.

Business resumed in early October.

"Alright, that's it. Get off the carriage. Go back to your shop when you're done. I'll be back tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Xia Jie, be careful on your way."

Jin jumped off the carriage and watched Yan Xia leave.

He then went to work at a dental clinic.

Yan Xia drove the carriage back to Baihua Village alone.

She had previously estimated when the roses would bloom.

It doesn't necessarily mean there are five harvests.

She has to go up the mountain herself.

When I returned, I happened to see someone squatting in my own field.

"Sister Zhao, what are you doing?"

It turned out to be Zhao Xinrong. She was squatting by the field with a bamboo basket in her hand, and at a glance, the basket was full of weeds.

"Hey, Xia, you're back. I saw your land was empty and thought it was a waste. I had nothing else to do, so I planted some corn in it for you. Don't worry, you don't have to do anything. I'll help you with the harvest in the fall. Even though you mostly live in town, it's still a pity not to plant this land. I saw there were a lot of weeds in the field, so I pulled some weeds for you."

"Thank you so much, Sister Zhao. Are the flower growers up on the mountain? I'll go check on them."

"Yes, it's here. There's one last batch left. Once it's harvested, it'll be gone. Let's go, I'll go up the mountain with you."

Zhao Xinrong emptied the weeds from the bamboo basket.

Put the basket back in Yan Xia's storage room.

It originally belonged to Yan Xia's family as a bamboo basket.

She has been looking after the house all along.

Yan Xia parked the carriage in the backyard, fed it some hay, and then followed Zhao Xinrong to the mountain pass.

"Aunt Yan, you're here."

Zhao Zirong opened the mountain gate and greeted Yan Xia with a smile.

"Yes, go up the mountain and check on Rose. Keep a close eye on the gate."

"Yes, I know what I'm doing."

After the two went inside, Zhao Zirong closed the mountain gate.

I sat in the security room, opened the window, and stared intently ahead.

Even if there is no one within a hundred meters.

He would absolutely not let anyone in. The roses in the mountains were planted by Aunt Yan, and they were also the raw materials for her pastry shop's flower cakes. Many unscrupulous people in the village wanted to get close to him, ask him about the situation inside, and some even dared to go in and take a look.

I thought it was very safe inside, after all, the flower farmers went there every day and I never saw anyone get hurt.

Zhao Zirong refused to release any of them.

He was like a soldier guarding the city gate, strictly following Yan Xia's orders.

Yan Xia and Zhao Xinrong walked for a while before arriving at the rose plantation. If Yan Xia were alone, she probably would have arrived in ten minutes.

But she has to wait for Sister Zhao.

This took more than twice as long.

"Mrs. Yan, you've arrived. Look, the roses are almost all picked. This is the last batch. Is there anything else we need to do after we finish picking them?"

An elderly woman with graying hair looked at Yan Xia ingratiatingly.

"We can open it again in two months. During that time, you can come and water it every day and take care of it simply. There is little rain here, and although the soil is damp, it can't be left unwatered."

"Oh right, I haven't given you the money yet. I'm so sorry. Put down your baskets and line up to collect your money. We promised you a month and a half taels of silver, and you won't be shortchanged by a single coin."

None of the ten people received their wages even once, simply because Yan Xia was too busy.

I was so busy I forgot.

She saw a woman of similar age who wanted to talk to her, but then timidly retreated. This expression of wanting to ask for her wages but being embarrassed was very similar to how she looked when she was waiting for her salary in her previous life. Yan Xia suddenly realized.

What a sin!

"I'm too busy and might forget to pay you on a monthly basis. Consider the extra half tael as an advance payment. Work hard, and once this harvest is finished, things will be much easier for you starting tomorrow. The roses will go dormant in winter and won't need watering. From early October to early March each year, you'll have a break and won't be paid during that time."

There are five months of rest in a year.

If they can pay seven months' wages, that's three and a half taels of silver.

It's already much better than farming. Besides, there's hardly any work to do at the rose plantation. It's just weeding, watering, and picking flowers, which takes a few days of hard work.

It's like giving away money for free.

These women had no complaints.

Everyone was overjoyed to receive the silver.

"Oh dear, thank you so much, Xia Xia. With this extra money, my grandson can go to school this year. Thank you so much."

“........”

The group thanked them one after another.

"No need to be so polite. You've worked for me, so it's only right that I pay you. Once this batch is harvested, let's head down the mountain as soon as possible. I'm going into the mountains to take a look. Sister Zhao, you stay with them; you don't need to come with me."

"Okay, then be careful and don't go too far, it's very dangerous."

"Um."

Yan Xia responded absentmindedly to Sister Zhao. She thought she had just heard the cry of a wild animal. Could it be that a wild animal had come down from the mountain?