Having acquired a name, Tang Qiqi spent her days eating and sleeping. Although she possessed a wealth of agricultural knowledge, she could only babble incoherently. After several attempts, Tang Qiqi recognized reality and gave up trying.

Fortunately, although the family consisted of the elderly, women, and children, Grandma Wang was shrewish and capable, and Mother Xu Lanzhi, though seemingly timid, was very decisive and able to plan the family's life well.

From what to eat for three meals a day to all the big and small things at home, she can offer her own opinions.

Moreover, she always managed to get her mother-in-law, Wang, to agree in a tone of utmost trepidation.

Tang Qiqi finally understood. Her mother was a smart woman. She knew that her mother-in-law had been strong-willed all her life, and now that her son's life was uncertain, she was feeling uneasy.

Xu Lanzhi always kept a low profile and tried to please her mother-in-law to put her mind at ease.

As for her six older sisters, Tang Qiqi spent a lot of effort to recognize them all.

The eldest sister, Zhao Di, is twelve years old. She is honest and quiet. As the eldest child in the family, she is the most hardworking and resilient!

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The second sister, Yindi, was a little over ten years old. She was intelligent and quick-witted, and she and the eldest sister were the main breadwinners in the family.

The third sister, Jiedi, was nine and a half years old. She was straightforward and enthusiastic, and very outspoken. Wang both loved and hated her, and often helped her two older sisters with farm work.

Fourth Sister Sidi, seven years old, is the little manager of the household, mainly responsible for looking after Fifth Sister Niandi, five years old, and Sixth Sister Pandi, three years old. Now, these three girls have an important job—going out to the fields every day to catch earthworms to feed Dahei, the black hen that Wang Shi picked up. They also have to pull weeds to feed Tang Qiqi's dairy cows.

Tang Qiqi kept repeating in her heart, "Attract, receive, think, yearn, hope," which shows how much her grandmother, Wang, longed for a grandson!

Tang Qiqi felt somewhat guilty. If she hadn't been curious about the ancient well and hadn't come to this place, Lanzhi might not have been able to give birth to a son.

But now that things had come to this, Tang Qiqi was secretly glad that Madam Wang had finally let go of her obsession and hadn't given her any "Di" in her name!

Since she couldn't help for the time being, Tang Qiqi was content to be a quiet parasite, or rather, a baby parasite, hoping to learn to speak soon and lead her family to prosperity.

That evening, after the family had dinner, Grandma Wang and Xu Lanzhi chatted while mending clothes for the children.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was in a good mood, Xu Lanzhi tentatively whispered, "Mother, tomorrow I'll send a message to my husband's older sister and ask them to take the wheat seeds. Or we can tell them that Dongsheng brought these things, otherwise we won't be able to explain it clearly!"

Wang hesitated for a moment and said, "Can they believe it? And those cows are so big, we can't collect them for more than a few days!"

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“Mother, I’ve thought it over. Let’s say that Dongsheng made a fortune outside and won’t be back for a while, so he hired someone to deliver these things. Let’s stick to that story, and no one will be able to disbelieve us.”

Firstly, by making these things clear, it avoids any ambiguity. Secondly, this also lets others know that Dongsheng is doing well, thus deterring them from having any inappropriate thoughts!

Xu Lanzhi's next words struck a chord with Wang Shi, and with that, those who had designs on Xu Lanzhi would have to back down.

Wang also instructed the children to say the same thing, so that they wouldn't let it slip and cause trouble for Qiqi later.

After much deliberation, Wang felt that planting only wheat was too monotonous and the harvest was not guaranteed, so she decided to get some other seeds.

But the family didn't have the money to buy seeds. However, the wheat seeds they had were of good quality and had large grains. In the end, she made up her mind to give some of the wheat seeds that were meant for her three daughters and sell them at the market.

The next day, Xu Lanzhi went to the village head's house to borrow an oxcart, and Wang Shi took Zhaodi and Yindi out the door.

She first went to the home of her third daughter, Tang Qiumei, which lived closer to her own.

Qiu Mei's mother-in-law frowned as soon as she saw Wang Shi, thinking that Wang Shi had come to freeload again.

Qiu Mei ushered Wang Shi into the house and was about to prepare breakfast when her mother-in-law, Old Lady Qiu, said with a smile, "My dear in-law, what brings you here? I was just thinking of borrowing some grain from your house. We're so broke at home that we can't cook anything to entertain you!"

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Madam Wang sneered and said, "Mother-in-law, don't bother. My husband Dongsheng hired someone to deliver some new varieties of wheat to us. I'm thinking of having Qiumei and the others plant some too!"

After saying that, he handed the wheat seeds to Qiu Mei, and said sarcastically, "Qiu Mei, these are top-quality seeds. Don't be greedy and eat them. Be sure to plant them well!"

This time, instead of lending grain, Wang sent grain instead. Old Mrs. Qiu was overjoyed and changed her previous disdainful attitude, hurriedly saying, "It's kind of you that you still remember us!"

Although Wang didn't like Old Lady Qiu, she didn't want to make things difficult for her daughter, so she politely replied, "It's only right, don't you often help us out too?"

When Tang Qiumei heard that there was news about Dongsheng, she was so happy that she burst into tears and held Wang's hand, asking her many questions.

Wang briefly mentioned the matter, gave Tang Qiumei a few instructions, and told her to give the remaining two portions of seeds to her two older sisters before taking Zhaodi and Yindi to the street.

As Wang was wondering where to buy wheat seeds, Yindi said, "Grandma, you and Mother both said these wheat seeds are better than ordinary ones. Why don't we go to the seed shop and see if the owner will buy them? Maybe we can exchange them for some seeds we need!"

Wang thought the idea was good, so she went directly to the seed shop.

They explained their purpose, and the shop owner looked at the wheat seed and found it to be quite different from ordinary wheat; the grains were twice the size of ordinary wheat grains.

The shop owner immediately became interested: "Sister-in-law, where did this wheat come from, and what price do you want to sell it for!"

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Yindi quickly chimed in, "Uncle, these seeds were brought from afar by someone my dad asked. There's only a little of them; you can't find them anywhere else. They're definitely more expensive than regular wheat seeds!"

The shopkeeper couldn't help but laugh when he saw Yindi's serious expression: "You're quite the quick-witted girl. What you've described sounds rare, but there are only so many of them. Even if I bought them, they wouldn't be easy to sell. However, since they've come all this way and are a new variety, I'll give you one tael of silver!"

Wang happily agreed and bought some corn, soybeans, and other vegetable seeds from the shop, leaving her with more than 800 coins.

After receiving the money, Wang thought that Tang Qiqi didn't have a single decent piece of clothing, so she gritted her teeth, tore off a foot of red cloth, and prepared to make a dress for Tang Qiqi.

After finishing their business, Wang and her granddaughter prepared to return home, but they overheard people talking about how Sun the rich man's grandson had already had five wet nurses, and the child just wouldn't accept being nursed. Now, Sun the rich man was offering a reward of ten taels of silver to find a wet nurse for his young master.

Wang thought for a moment, maybe this is an opportunity!