Seeing that she had no further instructions, Liu Dashan could only leave with a feeling of unease.

The villagers were speechless when they heard that their landlord wanted to clear the gravelly land to plant flowers.

Although the other party did not interfere with their farming, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Who grows flowers on gravelly ground?

What kind of thing can you possibly grow from this?

"Dashan, why didn't you remind the landlord that gravelly land is not suitable for growing flowers? It would be a waste."

Everyone shook their heads, thinking that the mistress was indeed a noblewoman, only good at being cultured but not at all about farming.

Planting is not an easy thing.

Liu Dashan said, "The boss said that the flowers she wants to plant are perfect for sandy and gravelly land. They must be some special variety. Anyway, the boss is knowledgeable and has a plan. Everyone hurry up, whoever wants to join, come and sign up with me. Only twenty people are needed. The daily wage is 80 wen. I know the condition of the land. I know how many days it will take twenty people to finish. Don't try to cheat or slack off, or don't blame me for deducting your wages without mercy."

Liu Dashan made the unpleasant point clear upfront.

Many people were dissatisfied upon hearing this.

“Dashan, now that you’ve become the person in charge of the village, you’ve started to turn your back on us.”

Liu Dashan snorted, "It's already exceptionally generous of the boss not to touch our land. If anyone displeases the boss and she gets angry and wants to kick them out, just don't let it affect everyone else."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and they also felt that it made sense.

The older folks urged their young family members to work hard if they were hired, and not to slack off or cheat.

Twenty young men were quickly selected.

Liu Dashan led the team for three days and finally cleared and turned over all fifty acres of sandy and gravelly land.

Then she took the flower seeds given by her employer and, following her instructions, had them carefully planted.

They also hired five day laborers to look after the fields at a rate of 50 coins per day.

Yun Zhiyi is going to plant sunflowers this time.

The farm is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and is lush and green.

It was a bit too green, so she thought about adding some other colors.

Sunflowers were chosen because they are a resilient plant that can be grown in sandy or gravelly soil, without needing to occupy good land.

Secondly, the entire plant can be reused after it is grown.

She chose two kinds of sunflowers this time.

One variety of sunflower has three eyebrow-shaped leaves. This variety produces edible sunflower seeds, which can be roasted and eaten as a snack or sold.

She plans to plant 20 mu (approximately 3.3 hectares) of this.

Another type of sunflower also produces sunflower seeds, but it has an extremely high oil content, making it suitable for oil extraction.

The oil can be supplied to the restaurant.

Although the fields are not spiritual fields, the seeds planted are all brought from another world and contain energy.

The sunflower seeds grown from them will taste good too.

She will use her special abilities to stimulate growth every now and then, and the final product will be no less than that of the spirit field.

For the next few days, Yun Zhiyi stayed mostly in the manor's inner residence.

I occasionally go out for a walk and tend to the flowers and plants; it's quite a pleasant experience.

However, while she was enjoying herself, some people were having a terrible time these past few days.

Why did profits drop so much yesterday?

Manager Zhou slammed his hand on the ledger, his gloomy gaze sweeping over the group of managers and cooks in front of him.

Everyone flinched and lowered their heads.

With the sudden rise of Weimanzhai, during this period...

Not only Fukang Restaurant, but all other restaurants in the city were affected.

This is because Wei Man Zhai only allows 600 tables per day; otherwise, they would have even less business.

That's why Wei Man Zhai, a restaurant that its peers thought would eventually close down, truly caught their eye.

They even sent someone over for a meal, and the feedback was very positive.

Some people even went there in person, and their faces were particularly unpleasant after eating.

With such delicious dishes, it's only a matter of time before Wei Man Zhai steals all the customers away.

Therefore, during this period, all the major restaurants were adjusting their business operations while secretly sending people to find out where Wei Man Zhai's ingredients came from.

They have confirmed that Li Kui is still in charge of cooking at Wei Man Zhai, and the newly hired chefs are not particularly famous.

The fact that the taste of the food could suddenly improve so much is truly, as Wei Man Zhai said, due to the excellent ingredients.

Therefore, as long as we can secure the supply of ingredients, we can crush Weimanzhai.

They might even have a chance to stand out and dominate the market.

No matter how much they inquired, all they knew was that the ingredients were purchased and delivered by the owner of Wei Man Zhai.

However, during this period, the Yun family member never appeared.

It is said that they have been staying in their farm and not coming out, only sending people to deliver food every day.

Therefore, it is impossible to know where these ingredients were purchased and transported.

We can only try to find out something by waiting until she runs out of her ingredients and then having more sent from outside.

Therefore, the more pressing issue now is how to retain customers amidst the competition from Wei Man Zhai.

These days, almost every restaurant has launched a number of events.

It has indeed attracted many repeat customers back.

However, some restaurants are too arrogant and unwilling to make adjustments.

For example, Fukang Restaurant.

Fukang Restaurant is backed by the Marquis Zhong's residence, so its resources are unmatched by other restaurants.

The chefs alone are top-notch chefs carefully selected from the capital, so the dishes naturally attract guests from all over.

Given the background, some people also want to take this opportunity to build connections and then come to spend money.

Therefore, he never worries about the restaurant not having customers.

Even though they were initially impacted by Wei Man Zhai, they just thought it was something new and that people would eventually come back.

Who knew the guest would never return?

The few remaining guests were drawn to the activities at other restaurants.

This led to the once dominant Fukang Restaurant becoming almost deserted.

Manager Zhou was truly enraged at this moment.

However, he did not look for the problem within himself, but only thought it was the fault of others.

At this moment, he even harbored hatred for Weimanzhai.

It was just a pheasant that had mistakenly climbed onto a parasol tree, and now that it has been exposed for what it truly is, it still dares to act so arrogantly.

The managers remained silent for a moment before weakly pushing the blame onto someone.

"These days, most customers prefer to queue up and reserve a table at Wei Man Zhai. Why don't we send someone over there to take a look and serve some of the same dishes as Wei Man Zhai?"

Manager Zhou swept all the cups and saucers onto the floor.

"That's just an ordinary dish. How could it possibly compare to the dishes made by our renowned chefs?"

"But, but everyone says the food there is delicious, and they want to eat it again after just one visit..."

The manager slowly fell silent as he glared at him fiercely with red eyes.

Manager Zhou's chest heaved violently, and he almost bit his teeth off.

His gaze was fierce, and he gritted his teeth. "Want to eat it once and then want it again? Ha, even heavenly delicacies might not be enough. I think Wei Man Zhai must have used some kind of evil trick."

The group exchanged glances, their expressions subtly changing, their eyes flashing.

After all, Fukang Restaurant had also tampered with the food in order to keep customers, so putting myself in their shoes, I immediately thought of that possibility.

Manager Zhou took a deep breath and said viciously, "Since that bitch wants to make a name for herself, I'll let her make a name for herself to her heart's content. Come here."

He called a steward over and whispered a few instructions in his ear.