The first month of the year has passed, but the weather is still cold, the ice and snow have not melted, and the land is barren and no crops can be planted. After a long winter, people want to eat fresh meat and vegetables after eating pickled meat for so long. If they can grow vegetables to sell in early spring, they will definitely sell well. Anyway, there is nothing to do at home, so Cao Xiangnan, a half-baked farmer, started to grow vegetables.

Although it is not snowing outside at this time, it is still cold. The germination of seeds requires temperature, so it is definitely not possible to grow vegetables outside. But it is not possible outside, so why not try to grow it inside?

As a modern person, Cao Xiangnan has seen various ways of growing vegetables. Vegetables are sold in the market all year round, and vegetables are not rare even in winter. But in this era, being able to grow vegetables at this time is definitely a rare thing.

Under limited conditions, we struggled. If we could grow vegetables, we would grow them. If we couldn’t grow vegetables, we would just waste the seeds and our efforts.

This early spring season is still much better than the severe cold. Thinking of the current method of growing vegetables, Cao Xiangnan tried it. He first put soil in a dustpan, buried the seeds in it, and then put it on the warm pit, and then spread a layer of dry grass on it. In the next few days, he paid attention to controlling the temperature and humidity. The seeds planted in this way sprouted in a few days.

When he saw the seeds sprouting one after another, he knew he had succeeded.

"I never thought it was possible to grow vegetables this way!" Seeing these green sprouts, Liu Guizhong couldn't hide his surprise. He had lived for most of his life and didn't know that vegetables could be grown this way. He immediately admired their master endlessly.

If there was a tail on the butt, Cao Xiangnan's tail would be raised. He pointed to his head and said shamelessly, "If you use your brain more, you will find a way."

The two boys of the Liu family stood aside, looking at their master with bright eyes.

"Are they grown?" Qi Wanfeng walked over and was not surprised to see the small seedlings. Anyway, no matter what his husband did, he was used to believing that his husband could do it.

"Yeah." Cao Xiangnan looked like you're going to compliment me, I'm so awesome, he was just waiting for his wife to compliment him.

"Husband, you are really amazing." When Qi Wanfeng met her husband's puppy-like eyes, she couldn't help but laugh. She knew what her husband was thinking, and praised him as he wished.

Right, right? I knew I was the best! Cao Xiangnan wagged his tail.

The little treasure who could walk on his two legs had sharp eyes and wanted to touch anything he saw. When he saw something fun, his eyes lit up, and he ran forward quickly on his two short legs, giggling.

If it were an ordinary person, seeing such a cute child laughing happily would make him lose his mind, but the people in this room knew that he was going to do something bad when they heard the little treasure's laughter.

"Hey, hey!" Qi Wanfeng stretched out his long arms and picked up the little treasure and held it in his arms. If you don't pay attention, everything in the house will be destroyed by this little troublemaker. He told the little troublemaker, "This is not fun."

The little treasure didn't understand these, and wanted to go to the ground, saying, "I want, I want."

After a winter, the little treasure spoke clearly. Although he didn't say much, he could basically understand what the adults said and express his own meaning. The most common words he said were "I want, I want".

The child who was happy all day didn't know that he had a little brother. His mother was not this mother, and his father was not this mother. In his eyes, this is his home, his mother is his mother, his father is his father, and there are many brothers who love and like him, but his favorite is still Lele.

"Those are vegetable seedlings, you can eat them after growing them, not for you to play with." Qi Wanfeng said with a look of no room for negotiation, you can't play with them, shaking his head.

Xiaobao, pout.

It's no use pouting, Qi Wanfeng glared.

Cao Ruile, who was following his mother, was very honest, and he didn't intend to touch the vegetables planted by his father. There are two children in the family, one is sensible like a little adult, and the other is naughty and troublesome. They are all children raised in the same way, why are there such big differences? Qi Wanfeng couldn't figure it out.

Knowing that her husband was busy, they would not only be unable to help but would even make matters worse if they stayed here. After saying goodbye to her husband, Qi Wanfeng took the two children outside.

"Okay, let's move these outside to plant them." Seeing Wanfeng leave, Cao Xiangnan also started to work.

He instructed Liu Guizhong and his two children to move the sprouted seedlings outside to plant them, and to cover them with a layer of licorice in the same way. Later, he told Liu Guizhong the method and asked him to plant them with his two children. Soon, Liu Guizhong told him that the seedlings had grown.

This method is different from growing vegetables in greenhouses in winter. In this era of insufficient conditions, the cost of growing vegetables in greenhouses in winter is too high. Even if the vegetables are grown, they are too expensive and not affordable for ordinary people to buy land. But in this case, the cost is greatly reduced, just a little bit of thought.

Cao Xiangnan didn't think about whether it would succeed at first. You have to try everything to know. Unexpectedly, he really worked it out. "Not bad, work hard! If you do it well, I'll sell it and you'll share the money." After checking it out, except for a few that didn't grow, most of them grew out. Cao Xiangnan patted the Liu boy's shoulder happily and said.

The father and son of the Liu family were all focused on this. They were most afraid that they would fail to do the job as instructed by the master and that the seedlings would die. Fortunately, they all grew and they were very happy.

"This, this is not possible. No, no, it is our duty to work for the master. This is not necessary." Seeing that the master wanted to give them money, Liu Guizhong hurriedly shook his hands and said no. They sold themselves to the master. How could they work for the master and get a share of the money? This was not possible. They were sold to

a good family. Not only could they have enough food and warm clothes, but their lives were better than before, and they also received wages and bonuses every month. Even though they had never grown vegetables to sell at that time, they knew that the price of vegetables must be very high at that time. If they could grow vegetables to sell, they would definitely make a lot of money.

However, this method was thought up by the master, and they also worked for the master. How could a slave work for the master and still get paid? Even if the master was kind, they couldn't do this!

This was the good thing about this era. Once you bought a slave, you owned everything about the slave, including his personal labor, and his descendants would all be slaves for generations. However, Cao Xiangnan was not really from this world. Slavery had been abolished thousands of years ago in their time, and he didn't quite understand the slave mentality.

Thinking of this, wouldn't it mean that all the children born to Liu Yuan and Liu Qiang in the future would be slaves of their family?

"..."Cao Xiangnan.

To be honest, he bought the people just to have more hands to do the work at home, but he didn't expect to own all the family he bought, including their descendants.

"Yes, master, this is not okay. It is our duty to work for the master." Liu Yuan's eldest son agreed with his father that he could not take the master's money.

Cao Xiangnan looked at the similar faces of the three Liu family members, and suddenly he didn't know what to say. He wanted to ask them if they should have saved some money this year, whether they wanted to redeem him, and he could return the indenture to them. They had agreed that if they saved enough money, they could redeem him.

He just didn't know if the three Liu family members would have wild thoughts if he mentioned this, so he didn't mention it for the time being, and would talk about it when he found a good opportunity in the future, and there was no rush.

He did have an idea after the vegetables were planted. It was February now, and they could only plant for one or two months at most. After March, the fields could be used to plant vegetables, and there would be more vegetables by then, so it would not be worth planting any more, so it was better to make a big profit at this time.

In the evening, he picked a plate of tender green cabbage and fried it, and then made three or four dishes together. There were not many varieties, but the quantity was sufficient. Knowing that the people who came to eat tonight had a big appetite, Cao Xiangnan prepared a lot of food.

He called Cao Gang, Wang Dahu, Liu Baishu and others to come to eat.

There was a small dish of tender green vegetables among the meat on the table. As soon as Liu Baishu came, he noticed the small green vegetables on the table and asked with a smile, "Xiangnan, how come you have this thing here at this time?" They haven't eaten this kind of small green vegetables for a long time. The most they eat is bean sprouts, but this is much better than life at the border.

After coming here, after a period of recuperation, some soldiers who were not in good health are now slowly recovering.

Cao Xiangnan showed a mysterious smile and said, "The mountain man has his own clever plan."

Clever plan? Liu Baishu nodded. He believed that Cao Xiangnan must have a good idea. Since they were invited, he must have a good idea.

Qi Wanfeng was already accustomed to her husband's conceited look. She knew that her husband would be so... true in front of his own people? He smiled. He really liked her like this. He was like their little An An. It turned out that when An An was happy, he was like his father?

Their family hadn't eaten this tender green vegetable for a long time. It made people happy to see it.

Cao Gang took a look at the pot of grass. He had no interest in eating grass, but it must be a good thing to know that Xiangnan was so happy.

"You are all coming to eat soon. If you don't come we will eat all the food." Qi Wanfeng called a few children over and carried little Bao'er onto his chair. Wang Dahu over there lifted Lele to the small chair and sat down.

"..." Cao Ruile was roughly lifted up.

"Amu, we are here."

"Amu, Amu..."

"Come for dinner."

There is a large pot of meat stewed on the table, and a large pot of braised meat. The most indispensable thing at home is meat. Cao Gang occasionally hunts at the foot of the mountain and will bring it to him. Wang Dahu and the other men never come empty-handed. They will all carry a rabbit, pheasant or something, so there is always a constant supply of meat at home.

The men still liked to eat meat the most, while Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian liked the green vegetables the most. He gave some to Xiaobao, but Xiaobao didn't like it either. He ate it and spit it out. Only the two boys liked it.

The portion of the dish was not large, so they finished it in a few chopsticks.

Liu Baishu tasted it. He hadn't eaten this kind of green vegetables in the whole winter. It was fresh and delicious. The taste was still good.