Adding chicken manure in this quantity will result in a larger pond and faster consumption of the manure.

This was the first time Cheng Qingyan had ever seen chicken manure being poured into a fishpond. After the chicken manure fell into the water, the fish began to thrash about, scrambling to eat it.

The scene was so spectacular that it reminded her that she still wanted to eat fish in the future...

She didn't want to have images of fish eating chicken droppings in her mind every time she ate fish in the future, as it would greatly affect her appetite.

"Well, Aji, Shaowen, try to avoid feeding chicken manure to people in the future."

If people knew she fed the fish chicken manure, the fish probably wouldn't sell so well.

Hu Feng stroked his beard and said with a smile, "My lord, you are overthinking it. Everyone knows about using chicken manure to raise fish. Some people used to raise ducks and geese in ponds, but the fish's consumption was also a problem, so they didn't implement it."

Cheng Qingyan thought of the ducks and geese she had put in the river, which she had almost completely ignored.

So they poop and the fish eat it, then they catch the fish and eat them, and then they poop again and poop for the fish...

Hu Feng's family rented a place in the town. There was an old lady and a fourteen-year-old daughter in the house.

At this age, she is considered to have had a daughter late in life.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Qingyan decided that if Hu Feng stayed to help raise fish and look after the fishpond, he could settle down at the fishpond or in the village and bring his wife and children over.

Anyway, she needs people in her fields and various farms. It would be good to have people here to raise fish with peace of mind and to mentor young people like Meng Aji and Cheng Shaowen.

After all, there is a lot of rain in the summer, and Cheng Shaowen and Meng Aji are not professional fish farmers. These days, they have been raising fish according to Cheng Qingyan's instructions, and they do not have any technical skills of their own.

If Hu Feng stays, he has been looking after the fishpond and feeding the fish for so many years, he will naturally have a lot of experience. If he can pass it on, Meng Aji and Cheng Shaowen will not have worked in vain.

After Cheng Qingyan told Hu Feng about this idea, Hu Feng was about to kneel down on the spot, but Cheng Qingyan helped him up.

And so the matter was settled.

As for Hu Feng's situation, Meng Aji and his men can handle the moving.

Cheng Qingyan was still very concerned about the injury on Cheng Shaowen's face.

No matter what, Cheng Shaowen called her "uncle," and the child was not bad; she couldn't let him beat her up for nothing.

On the way back, Cheng Qingyan called Cheng Shaowen to come home with her.

As Cheng Qingyan walked back, she asked Cheng Shaowen, "Now that no one's around, tell me, what happened to the injury on your face?"

Cheng Shaowen stammered, finally saying, "I was careless, I fell by myself..."

Cheng Qingyan gave him an annoyed look: "Try breaking one more for me?"

Cheng Shaowen remained silent, standing by the roadside.

Cheng Qingyan sighed: "Come on, are you sure you're not going to tell me how you got this injury?"

Cheng Shaowen only told her when they were almost at the village, "I was beaten up..."

"He hit you and you didn't fight back?"

Cheng Shaowen shook his head.

Cheng Qingyan was truly exasperated: "Why didn't you fight back? Is your hand crippled?"

Cheng Shaowen lowered his head, his face flushed: "I'm in love with his wife, and he caught me..."

Ah, this...

Just imagine, if it were Jiang Jiang who was seduced by a scoundrel, she might beat him even more severely than that pond owner.

However, this is not Jiang Jiang now. Although she can understand the old father's feelings, it is not good to hit someone like that without any explanation.

I stumbled upon another piece of gossip by accident.

Cheng Qingyan asked him, "If you're in love with that young lady, why don't you have your father take people to propose marriage? What's the point of doing it secretly?"

"You didn't hit me hard enough. If it were me, I would have broken your leg."

Even though it was just a thought in her head, she was still furious. What if Jiang Jiang got seduced by some scoundrel in the future? Wouldn't she beat him to death?

Don't think about it, you'll get so angry.

Cheng Shaowen's voice was dejected: "Her father doesn't approve of me and wants to find her another husband..."

She's also the one who breaks up couples, tsk~

"So, what's that young lady thinking?"

"She wants to elope with me!"

Pooh!

Cheng Qingyan really wanted to spit on him and kill him. He couldn't even support himself, yet he was eloping with someone else!

"You agreed?"

Cheng Shaowen shook his head: "I hadn't even agreed yet when her father suddenly rushed over and had me beaten up."

Cheng Qingyan raised an eyebrow and asked, "You mean if her father hadn't brought people to interrupt you, you would have eloped with her?"

Cheng Shaowen remained silent for a long time.

In that short moment, Cheng Qingyan almost couldn't resist kicking the person into the river.

Just when she felt she couldn't take it anymore, Cheng Shaowen spoke up: "I never thought that way. If I elope with her, she will have to hide with me from now on, starving and freezing, homeless. That won't do."

"I want her to wait for me for two years. I'll work hard to make money, and once I've made enough, I'll marry her right away."

That's more like it. When you can't even support yourself, don't think about eloping with someone. Are you going to elope to beg for food?

Cheng Qingyan began to inquire about the young woman's family: "Is the young woman you're talking about from a wealthy family? What kind of business do they do?"

Cheng Shaowen thought for a moment: "It seems to be someone who owns a furniture store, and his surname is Ji."

"Oh, by the way, her name is Ji Ziyue, isn't it a beautiful name?"

A furniture shop, and the owner's surname is Ji? Really?

Could it be Ji Ren? This is too much of a coincidence!

Cheng Qingyan asked Cheng Shaowen uncertainly, "The furniture shop you're talking about, it's not Ji Ren's, Manager Ji's shop, is it?"

"Could Ji Ziyue be Ji Ren's daughter?"

Cheng Shaowen's eyes widened in surprise as he looked at Cheng Qingyan: "Wow, Third Uncle, how did you know! It was Ji Ren who hit me!"

Cheng Qingyan couldn't bear to watch: "You didn't hit me hard enough. I should have had Ji Ren cripple you."

"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, do you know Manager Ji? Could you, could you..."

"cannot."

"Third Uncle~"

"Shut up!"

Cheng Shaowen successfully shut up and looked at Cheng Qingyan with a pitiful expression. Cheng Qingyan silently turned her head away, pretending not to see him.

If it were Ji Ren's daughter, it would be understandable that she would look down on Cheng Shaowen, who was poor and penniless.

They can't possibly let their pampered daughter marry Cheng Shaowen and then have to work in the fields, can they?

Let alone Ji Ren, no one would be willing to do it!

However, since it's Ji Ren, she might actually be able to help.

What I didn't expect was that Cheng Shaowen's trip to town to work was a pretense; his real purpose was to seduce other people's young women.

How did you meet?

As far as she knew, Ji Ren's home and shop were not together; they were quite a distance apart.

Cheng Shaowen said shyly, "I caught a glimpse of her when I was helping her clean her house, and I've been completely captivated ever since."

Cheng Qingyan was truly speechless. What's with this sullen act, you grown man?

Suppressing the urge to hit him, Cheng Qingyan continued, "You took a fancy to that young lady first? You fell in love at first sight?"