Jiang Yimian thought for a while before saying, "Getting everyone in the village to reclaim wasteland isn't difficult; the challenge is ensuring the subsequent grain production."
Li Yishi was taken aback, and immediately deflated, "That's true, I didn't think it through."
If you want to get a good grain yield after clearing wasteland, fertilization is essential. Farmyard manure is mostly animal excrement, and you can't get enough fertilizer for a hundred acres of land in a short time.
Moreover, it requires regular care, including fertilizing, watering, and catching pests. There are many follow-up tasks, and the yield cannot be guaranteed, so it is indeed not an easy task.
At most, he can only guarantee that a portion of people will listen to him and start clearing the land temporarily; how to allocate the tasks that need to be done afterward is also a problem.
Seeing Li Yishi's mood instantly drop and the joy on his face disappear, Jiang Yimian hesitated for a moment.
Although she didn't deliberately try to find out about the situation in the village, she could tell from her daily observations that most of the villagers were not doing very well.
She didn't consider herself a great philanthropist, but seeing the villagers eat their fill and not starve was still a great achievement.
She has always enjoyed the challenge of finding a sense of accomplishment.
"If we don't grow grains, we could consider growing some suitable medicinal herbs," Jiang Yimian said.
Li Yishi's eyes widened immediately, and after a while he smiled bitterly: "Jiang girl, not to mention whether the villagers know how to grow medicinal herbs, even if you send them to the pharmacy to sell, the price will be lowered, and it's not even clear whether the pharmacy will accept them."
The pharmacies in those towns generally have fixed suppliers of medicinal herbs and do not change them easily.
We only accept medicinal herbs from farmers when they are occasionally not delivered on time.
Moreover, there is no one in their village who knows how to grow medicinal herbs, so it would probably be even more difficult for them.
Jiang Yimian just smiled and said, "Don't worry, village chief, I know about medicinal herbs. Let me ask Huichuntang. If they need the village to grow medicinal herbs, we can talk in detail."
Li Yishi nodded. Although he didn't have much hope, he still thanked her. At least the Jiang family girl hadn't made him rush into calling on the villagers to clear the land. It was a good thing that he calmed down and thought about it carefully.
Lunch was again eaten in those few thatched huts, with a group of people sitting around a large table, having a lively time.
While eating the sliced roast suckling pig on the plate, Zhao Dashu smiled and said, "The roast suckling pig is really delicious. Although it's not as crispy and tender as it was when it was freshly roasted yesterday, the taste is still superb."
Gou Sheng and Xiao Ye, along with the other children, nodded repeatedly, their eyes sparkling, their mouths greasy from eating.
Wang Xiaohei tilted his head back and said, "Of course it's delicious, without even considering who made it."
Zhao Dashu glanced at him and said irritably, "Who did it? Of course it was Sister Mian. You only watched the fire, and Sister Mian was constantly reminding you. What are you so smug about?"
Wang Xiaohei snorted, but didn't argue anymore, only muttering to himself, "Well, I should have contributed too, right?"
He spent the whole afternoon yesterday watching the heat. Although the last one almost burned because Mianjie didn't remind him, it was still a success.
Jiang Yimian just smiled, and seeing that Lu Cijian and Zhang Xiucai were not there, she asked curiously, "Where are A-Jian and Zhang Xiucai?"
Wang Fengqin said with a smile, "A relative of Cijian's came to visit, so it wasn't appropriate for him to come for a meal, and I didn't insist."
As for Zhang Xiucai, by the time Gousheng went to call for help, he was already eating.
Jiang Yimian nodded, not paying attention to Zhang Xiucai. After all, these days, besides teaching Xiao Ye and the others, Zhang Xiucai would go to the threshing ground every night to teach the other children in the village.
To express their gratitude, someone has been bringing meals to Zhang Xiucai every day for the past few days. Today it's the Sun family, tomorrow it's the Li family, so they don't need to worry about him.
Instead, she became somewhat curious about Lu Cijian, as this was the first time she had ever heard of his relatives.
Zhao Dashu ate a few more mouthfuls of rice, and after swallowing, he looked at Jiang Yimian with some hesitation, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
Jiang Yimian glanced at him and said indifferently, "Say what you want to say."
Zhao Dashu and Zhao Ershu exchanged a glance, and Zhao Dashu mustered his courage and said, “Sister Mian, how about we open a shop and specialize in selling unusual foods, like the milk tea you made last time, the roast suckling pig this time, and the fairy tofu jelly? I can make all of these things.”
More importantly, the last time he heard the waiter at Fu Man Lou say that a serving of spicy konjac cost ten coins, and that was only a very small serving.
That's enough to make three small plates of konjac, which they usually eat for three coins a day.
They sell for three coins, but the restaurant can sell for thirty coins. How could he not be envious?
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zhao Dashu with some surprise. She hadn't originally planned to continue supplying the restaurant; she was indeed thinking of opening a shop. She hadn't expected Zhao Dashu to bring it up first.
She nodded and said, "I'll look at shops when I have time, and if there's a suitable one, I'll take it over."
Upon hearing this, the three Zhao brothers were immediately filled with excitement and agreement, knowing that Sister Mian would definitely agree.
Wang Fengqin asked curiously, "What about the konjac business?"
Zhao Dashu chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. Zhang and the others are already skilled at making it. It's no problem to leave it to them. Besides, the remaining konjac can only be used for two or three months at most. We should think about other businesses soon."
Otherwise, if the konjac powder runs out before the konjac in the mountains matures, it will cut off the way to make money.
Seeing this, Wang Fengqin didn't say anything more. She believed in Mianmian and also believed in Dashu and the others.
She certainly doesn't know as much about business as they do. Since they've all figured it out, all she needs to do is offer her support and help out occasionally.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Yimian was about to go to Lu Cijian's house when the three Zhao brothers came over and handed her their money bags.
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow, asking curiously, "What?"
Zhao Dashu scratched his head and said with a smile, "Sister Mian, didn't you want to open a shop? It must cost a lot of money. Recently, the family has been building workshops and houses, so they must have spent almost all their money."
This is all the wages you gave us three brothers; it adds up to five or six taels. It's not much, but it's a token of our appreciation.
Sister Mian truly treats them like family, so naturally they won't hesitate to treat Sister Mian well.
They don't need much money on a regular basis, so it's better to use it to let Sister Mian buy shops and make a lot of money.
Jiang Yimian found it both funny and touching. "Alright, I have money. You all deserve it. Keep it to yourselves. I don't want it."
However, the three of them did remind her of something.
She doesn't have much money right now. She spent most of it building the house, and then there's the workshop, and the daily expenses for purchasing soap ingredients—all of which are huge costs.
If Lin Yan'an doesn't reimburse her for the cost of the soap soon, her savings will be depleted.
I wonder when this guy will come to Qinghe Town.
Just then, a voice, tinged with joy and excitement, came from behind.
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