Besides, everyone knows the soil in Northeast China is good.”

She turned and pointed to the several wooden troughs used for seedling cultivation.

"The soil inside was all dug from here, and it's growing quite well there."

The chives I planted in winter—look, those three troughs by the side, I mean the chive roots—grew really well. I ate them several times that winter.

"It's the same soil; there's no reason why something that grows well in a trough shouldn't fail here."

That's true. Except for the leek roots, which were brought over from the space—no, they were moved out of the space—everything else is truly local: local water, local soil, and local troughs.

Ah, not entirely. Some of those vegetable seeds seem to be from her farm's stock.

Moreover, her space didn't have any of the legendary spiritual springs or spiritual energy. Although she could grow things there, in her heart, it was still just the base from her previous life, plus a mobile warehouse in this life.

There's no mystery to it.

"You even cooked chives?"

“We need to keep the house warm in winter anyway, so I planted some chive roots that I brought with me when I moved. It’s nice to harvest them occasionally for a meal.”

"You've planted quite a complete variety,"

Professor Wei gave her a deep look. This was his profession, so he could naturally tell at a glance what kind of seedlings were in the garden. He then strode over to the leek trough.

Planting scallions indoors during winter is indeed a common custom in many rural areas, especially on New Year's Eve. Planting a few scallions symbolizes intelligence, diligence, and prosperity, representing the people's good wishes.

But planting other kinds is really rare.

However, I really didn't realize that this little girl was someone who knew how to settle down and live a practical life.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. These seedlings of yours are..."

"Ah, I miscalculated this place. I planted too many seedlings. These are the ones that weren't used. And these are the seeds that Sister Wang sowed, they didn't germinate well. I didn't have anywhere to plant these, so I thought if she could use them, I'd let her take them."

After saying that, he tentatively asked another question.

"This isn't allowed either?"

Probably not, since it doesn't involve money.

Professor Wei waved his hand.

"I don't care about that, I want to ask,"

He looked at Sister-in-law Wang.

"How many do you want? Or, can you give me a few of each?"

I'll go back and do some research too. I really don't have any experience planting in such extremely cold conditions. There's definitely not much time left for seedling cultivation. I'll take a look.

Sister-in-law Wang had never seen a scholar like this before, and immediately nodded repeatedly.

"You go first, I'll take the rest back. They're all better than what I grow."

This was also what she was thinking; she wasn't deliberately saying nice things.

Professor Wei noticed her discomfort, but didn't say anything more. He squatted down, picked out seven or eight plants, put them in a small basket, made sure he hadn't forgotten anything, and then left.

Sister-in-law Wang breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.

"Oh my, I was so nervous! This learned person speaks so kindly, and he doesn't look down on people like those educated youth."

Even the simple things made him laugh.

"Sister-in-law, they're all the same, one nose and two eyes, why are you so nervous? He's not going to eat you."

“Oh, I’m not afraid of cannibals. We’ve had educated youth come to our village before. You didn’t see it. They complained that there was cow dung and chicken droppings everywhere in the countryside, that the children’s hands were dirty and touched their clothes, that the toilets were dirty, that we used manure as fertilizer, and so on. In their mouths, there was not a single good place in our village.”

To be honest, she finds some things simple and dirty, but she respects other people's living habits and lifestyles and doesn't offer any opinions.

They simply changed the subject.

"Sister-in-law, take a look and see which ones you want, just pick them."

"You don't want any of it?"

The rest were all growing well, but they were a little smaller than those that were simply transplanted. Sister Wang was envious of them and couldn't bear to throw any of them away.

When we were raising seedlings, we did the same thing in the space at the same time, thinking that if the ones outside didn't work, we could replace the ones inside.

Since she didn't need it, she naturally had no use for the remaining amount.

"Sister-in-law, as you can see, most of the garden is planted with them. I've already sown sugarcane seeds on the two rows near the west side. My two younger brothers and sister love to eat them, so I planted a bit more."

Over there are newly planted bok choy, radishes, and carrots; over there are scallions, cilantro, and lettuce; those rows are also filled with leafy greens; and over there are potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The area around the base of the wall is planted with sticky corn, and I scattered some sunflower seeds along the base of the south wall. In the corners and edges, I planted several clumps of pumpkins and such. Look, is there any empty space left?

There were also a few rows of watermelons and a row of melons, which were also favorites of the family. However, the seedlings were completely moved from the space, so she didn't mention it.

I simply gestured to her to explain that it was a few rows of land, but the yard was quite large. Even after deducting the area where the land was tilled and included as part of the yard, it was still quite spacious.

However, she didn't leave it idle. Between the garden and the house, she partitioned off a section and planted a few blueberry bushes on the west side of the row of sweet stalks.

She had specifically looked up information about this thing, and it could survive very well here. Moreover, there were no other houses to the west of her house; in front of her was an open space, and beyond that, the foot of the mountain, where the sunlight was plentiful.

Next to the blueberry bushes was the grape trellis she had been longing for. A few days ago, Cheng Chao and a few others had taken the time to set up the trellis. The grape seedlings were simply Sapphire grapes dug up from her space. They were also a cold-resistant variety, and more importantly, she liked to eat them.

She also wants to put some stone tables and benches under the grape trellis, but hasn't found suitable ones yet.

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