Ru Hua smiled and said, "This Xiao Wu also said that Madam is a lucky star! It is said that she came with the general to teach the people of the border town how to farm."

"Farming?" Yu Hanyan was slightly taken aback. "She's a farmer?"

Ruhua nodded. "She was the general's wife six years ago. The general also came from an ordinary family. Have you forgotten, young lady?"

“Indeed, it’s hard to imagine the background of someone as exceptionally talented as the general,” Yu Hanyan said with a smile.

Lu Yanzheng himself is an identity in itself; as long as he stands there, it's hard for anyone to ignore him.

Ruhua said happily, "With your talent, beauty and character, you will surely win the general's favor!"

If the girl is doing well, her life will naturally be better too.

Yu Hanyan smiled, a sweet feeling welling up in her heart as she thought of Lu Yanzheng.

Although he was indifferent to her, the fact that he was willing to let her live in the general's mansion showed that he wasn't completely indifferent to her.

He is usually busy with official duties, but now that there is no war and the border town is stable, he will definitely return home often. When they spend more time together, he will naturally find that a woman like himself is more suitable for him than a peasant woman like his wife.

...

Jiang Qinyu didn't have the leisure of Yu Hanyan; she needed to hurry up and grow more hydroponically grown sweet potatoes.

The next morning, Lu Yanzheng went to the army camp, while Jiang Qinyu asked Uncle Chen to help her find a large pile of branches and sticks.

"What does Madam need these for?" Uncle Chen asked curiously.

While selecting suitable items, Jiang Qinyu replied, "For sweet potato breeding."

"Huh? Do we need these for breeding?" Xiao Wu looked at her actions in surprise.

Jiang Qinyu smiled and said, "Don't underestimate these branches and sticks; we can use them a lot of times!"

She remembered seeing videos where wood ear and silver ear mushrooms were grown on tree branches.

Jiang Qinyu found that using wooden boards to secure the sweet potatoes yesterday was too cumbersome and the raw materials were difficult to prepare, so she came up with a new method.

Place two long sticks horizontally, then tie short sticks about 20 centimeters long to the long sticks. The two short sticks can hold one sweet potato. By doing this, you can cultivate about ten sweet potato seeds on the two long sticks.

As for the sink, there's not much that can be done. You either have to use another container or make a new one, but wooden sinks are relatively easy to make.

Seeing Jiang Qinyu's movements becoming faster and faster, Uncle Chen couldn't help but admire her. He stepped forward and said, "Madam, shall this old servant help you too?"

There are several large bags of sweet potatoes in the mansion now; it would be too slow for the lady to cook them all by herself.

"Me too, me too! Madam, can I help you too?" Xiao Wu shouted eagerly.

Old Wang, Old Li, and Old Zhao all expressed their willingness to help.

"Great! Then I'll thank you all." Jiang Qinyu was happy to have someone help her and accepted the offer with a smile.

After all these people joined the breeding team, Jiang Qinyu pondered, resting her chin on her hand. Making a water tank takes time. Since they are currently using sticks as a frame, why not dig a ditch for breeding?

Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Qinyu immediately asked Xiao Wu to find a hoe.

"Uh, Madam, we don't have any hoes in our household," Uncle Chen said awkwardly.

Xiao Wu clapped his hands, stood up, and said with a grin, "Uncle Chen, Miss Yu has one, have you forgotten? She wanted to grow flowers herself, so she specially bought a small hoe. I think it would be quite suitable for Madam."

"Alright, then I'll trouble Xiao Wu to go and borrow Miss Yu for me," Jiang Qinyu said casually.

Xiao Wu responded and ran off.

Uncle Chen shook his head and said, "This kid, I'm afraid he's taken a fancy to that girl Ruhua, isn't he?"

"And who is Ruhua?" Jiang Qinyu asked curiously.

Well, speaking of which, she seems to be quite incompetent as the nominal mistress of the general's mansion, as she doesn't even know who lives in the mansion.

“Reporting to Madam, Ruhua is Miss Yu’s maid.” Uncle Chen cleared up her doubts. “I heard that she has been by Miss Yu’s side since she was a child, and even… in short, no matter how difficult the situation, she never left Miss Yu.”

Jiang Qinyu understood the pause Chen Bo made; it must be the shameful past that Lu Yanzheng had mentioned about Miss Yu.

The maid named Ruhua must be a person of good character to have stayed by her side through that situation.

Just then, Xiao Wu returned, but he brought back not only a hoe, but also Yu Hanyan and Ruhua.

"Hanyan greets Madam." Yu Hanyan gave Jiang Qinyu a deep bow so quickly that Jiang Qinyu didn't even have time to react.

Jiang Qinyu was suddenly struck by the sight of Yu Hanyan's graceful figure kneeling before her. She was momentarily stunned, and after a few moments of hesitation, she quickly said, "Miss Yu, please rise. There's no need for such formalities."

Ru Hua immediately helped Yu Hanyan up and glanced at Jiang Qinyu out of the corner of her eye.

At this moment, Yu Hanyan was finally able to openly look Jiang Qinyu in the eye and carefully examine her.

Although the general's wife came from a peasant family, her appearance was impeccable. She wasn't the kind of woman who was exceptionally beautiful and delicate, and her individual features weren't particularly outstanding, but together they gave people a bright and dignified feeling.

Especially when she laughs, her laughter is both hearty and graceful, with a gentle and dignified air that is bright yet not seductive, and she exudes a natural, understated elegance.

"I heard that Madam is farming, so I wanted to come and take a look. I hope I won't disturb Madam." Yu Hanyan looked at Jiang Qinyu with expectant eyes.

Jiang Qinyu chuckled inwardly. You're already here, why are you talking about disturbing me? Anyway, she couldn't possibly kick you out, so she smiled and said, "No disturbance at all, Miss Yu, please feel free to look around."

After saying that, she picked up a small hoe and began digging a ditch on the land where Uncle Chen had originally planned to plant vegetables in the mansion.

To be honest, Yu Hanyan's little hoe is quite useful and very suitable for women. Jiang Qinyu dug a ditch about three meters long and fifteen centimeters wide in no time.

“Alright,” Jiang Qinyu wiped the thin layer of sweat from her forehead, “I’ll trouble Uncle Chen to fetch some water and fill this ditch.”

Xiao Wu immediately volunteered, "I'll go, I'll go, please wait a moment, Madam!"

He ran away before he could finish speaking.

Uncle Chen and the others shook their heads and chuckled, then continued with their work.

Jiang Qinyu could tell that Xiao Wu was an unreliable person, but he was warm-hearted, righteous, and reliable.

"The water's here!" Before long, Xiao Wu came carrying water, saying as he walked, "It's really strange! Did Heaven know that there were more people in our household and that our water consumption was greater? There's so much more water in the well today!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu smiled but remained silent.

Nonsense, she found an opportunity last night to embed the plastic hose into the well. How could there not be a lot of water in the well?

Yu Hanyan suddenly laughed and said, "I think the drought is almost over. The river has water again these past two days, and our mansion's wells have more water."

Everyone glanced at the sky instinctively, completely oblivious to the fact that it was going to rain anytime soon.

Jiang Qinyu glanced at Yu Hanyan, and she couldn't help but feel that this Miss Yu was implying something when she said that.