The villagers get up very early every day. Once the crops are planted in the fields, there's always work to be done.

Fertilizer, weeding, and watering are all necessary to ensure good crops grow.

All twenty people hired by Zhao Tingzhang to work at the chicken farm have started their jobs. Villagers usually raise chickens by going up the mountain to cut weeds or catch insects.

Each of them carried a sickle and a basket, heading up the mountain to dig wild vegetables to feed the chickens.

Zhao Xiaocao was the only young one among them, so the basket she was assigned was naturally much smaller.

He Tiantian doesn't actually advocate feeding chickens on wild vegetables, as it slows down their growth and provides little nutrition.

So the corn kernels and corn husks that were previously fed to the chickens were all stockpiled in advance.

All you need to do is chop up the wild vegetables you dug up, mix them in, and then feed them to the chickens.

It saves costs and allows for healthier chicken farming.

When He Tiantian and Hong Erniang reached the foot of the mountain, they saw all the women from the chicken farm going up the mountain together.

Many of the people here were acquaintances of He Tiantian. Walking ahead were Dazhuang's wife, Qian Shuishui, as well as Wan Cunhua, Han Xiu, and others.

The next few seem to include Sister-in-law Wang and Madam Tian. Madam Tian is a hardworking and reliable person, a point He Tiantian greatly agrees with.

Hong Erniang couldn't help but say, "Look at this large group digging for wild vegetables, they really look like they're doing something special."

“If we’re going to do it, we should do it well. Once these chickens are grown up and start laying eggs, we’ll send Shi Tou and the others to the city to sell the eggs.”

Hong Erniang thought of He Shitou's honest and simple nature, his perpetually good temper, and his constant cheerfulness at home.

He really is a good kid.

Sometimes she envied He Tiantian, at least her parents were still alive and she had a hardworking younger brother.

Unlike her, who is all alone.

Hong Erniang sighed inwardly, but when she spoke again, she put on her usual smile.

"Of course! Once your chickens start laying eggs, I'll help you make connections in the city."

He Tiantian knew that Hong Erniang was not joking, and she was very grateful.

"That's wonderful, Sister Hong. I don't know how to thank you enough."

"Don't mention thank you, we're best friends, aren't we!"

The two chatted as they arrived at Hong Erniang's cotton field. When He Tiantian came for the second time, the place had changed drastically.

I remember the last time I came here, the ground was covered with weeds, and you couldn't tell it was a natural landscape at all.

But now, the black soil has been turned up from underground to the surface of those plots of land that have been plowed and leveled.

Those rows of tender cotton seedlings were planted and swayed gently in the mountain breeze.

Hong Erniang hired a group of people to help her plant cotton, and everyone worked very hard.

Hong Erniang was very pleased and sighed, "Sister, you have no idea how tiring it is to grow this stuff. It was even busier the other day. Nobody knew how to do it, so we had to teach everyone one by one."

Fortunately, everyone has learned it now.

Hong Erniang finally stopped using her irritable teaching style, and her heart calmed down a bit.

He Tiantian looked at the cotton seedlings and felt very happy.

"It's because you have talent, Second Aunt; otherwise, most people really couldn't do it."

Hong Erniang was delighted by the praise. "This cotton is prone to insects, so I'll have to keep a close eye on it from now on. If it really succeeds, I'll be the first in Changning County to do it!"

That's true. No matter how much the cotton is priced at the time, it will be more cost-effective than imported cotton.

After finishing talking about Hong Erniang, the two then discussed He Tiantian's wheat seedling field.

Hong Erniang didn't find planting wheat anything special; she just thought it was quite interesting. It was the first time she'd ever seen it grown locally.

When she traveled before, she saw that many people in various places grew this thing.

During the autumn harvest, the golden wheat ears are a joy to behold. The threshed wheat grains smell wonderful.

If we could still eat wheat flour made from seasonal grains, that would be even better.

"Young lady, your good fortune is yet to come," Hong Erniang couldn't help but praise.

In one morning, He Tiantian also helped Hong Erniang plant a lot of cotton.

She genuinely felt that farming was hard work, and that it should have some amazing effects on weight loss.

After all, those in the village who worked hard were all very thin.

He Tiantian's family also owns a lot of land. The only thing she is most grateful for is that she made her fortune through the system after she transmigrated.

Although the original owner's conditions weren't great, she didn't suffer much hardship.

In terms of farming, I haven't had to work too hard or worry too much.

The two of them were busy until midday before they thought about going home, and their stomachs were already growling with hunger.