These three tigers probably haven't been beaten up before!
Lu Qiqi looked up at the sky and shouted, venting her anger.
After she finished venting, she still had to face the soil, bend over, and resignedly reorganize the land.
The soil in the space was of good quality, so Lu Qiqi didn't have to put in too much effort to prepare the land.
The seed shop owner gave her too many Chinese medicinal herb seeds, so Lu Qiqi could only choose some of each kind to plant.
After all, the land in the space is limited, and there is no room for waste; she must make reasonable use of it.
After planting the medicinal herbs, Lu Qiqi released all the remaining seeds into her spatial storage.
It was evening, after dinner.
Seeing several burlap sacks in the corner of the main room, Li was curious. She squatted down, opened the sacks, and asked, "What's inside?"
Lu Qiqi got up from the round table, walked behind Li Shi and said, "These are all medicinal herb seeds. I plan to plant medicinal herbs on the cleared land."
"Medicinal herbs?" After washing the dishes, Madam Lu came out of the kitchen and had just wiped the water off her hands with a dry cloth when she heard Lu Qiqi's words.
Li asked, "We've never grown these medicinal herb seeds before. Are they easy to grow? And how do we sell them once they're grown?"
When Li Qingshan and Lu Dahai heard that Lu Qiqi wanted to plant medicinal herbs, they also got up from the round table and came over.
Lu Qiqi said, "These medicinal herbs are easy to grow. After we process them, we can send them to pharmacies and we won't have to worry about where to sell them. In fact, we can make more money than growing grain."
Upon hearing that it was more profitable than grain, Madam Lu chuckled and immediately decided, "If it's more profitable than grain, then let's just grow all medicinal herbs!"
Li Qingshan disagreed, saying, "Grain is the foundation of farmers. We can't forget our roots. Besides, we've suffered enough from a lack of grain. If we can't find these medicinal herbs, are we supposed to have our whole family brew medicine for every meal?"
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about?" Madam Lu couldn't stand such unlucky words, so she patted Li Qingshan on the back and scolded him for daring to say anything out loud.
Lu Qiqi said, "Uncle is right. We need to grow crops. Right now, we are facing strong foreign enemies and are in a chaotic world. If we don't have any food, what will we do if something unexpected happens in the future?"
Lu Dahai thought for a moment and said, "Then let's plant them all. We don't make money from medicinal herbs, but we still have grain."
After saying that, Lu Dahai remembered something and said, "But we can't possibly cultivate all this land. Why don't we rent some out and collect rent?"
Li said, "Nowadays everyone is exempt from taxes when farming. Everyone has land to farm, so why would anyone need to rent land?"
What Mr. Li said wasn't without reason. The people of Lijia Village were busy enough farming their own land, so why would they need to rent land from others?
Madam Lu said, "With so much land, are we just going to leave it barren? That would be such a waste. We might as well save the money to find a husband for our seventh daughter."
Upon hearing Madam Lu's words, Lu Qiqi couldn't help but scoff and say, "Auntie, the land won't be left to lie fallow, and I'm not in a hurry to find a son-in-law."
We can hire workers to clear land and plant medicinal herbs, grains, and fruit trees. As long as we pay them on time, it will be fine, just like planting tea trees on the mountain today.
Besides, we have so many cows; that will definitely make things much easier.
Mrs. Lu was very frugal. When she received her wages today, seeing so much money being spent made her heartbroken.
She said, "What if we hire people to do all the work, but in the end we don't earn any money and instead end up paying out wages?"
What Lu said was not without reason, and Li Qingshan and Lu Dahai also had doubts about it.
Lu Qiqi said, "This means we need to cut costs; we need to do some accounting."
We know how much was spent on labor, how much on seeds, and how much the harvest was in a year.
After that, there are taxes to pay. How much will be left after paying the taxes?
We need to have a clear understanding of these factors to determine whether this kind of farming is profitable.
Li said, "So, does that mean that if we just manage the laborers, we don't have to work in the fields anymore, and can just wait for the harvest like the landlords?"
Lu Qiqi laughed and said, "Third Aunt, that's not wrong. It's just like when you were making charcoal cakes. As the team leader, you led your team to work together. When there were many people, you only needed to direct them to do the work."
Mrs. Lu clapped her hands and said excitedly, "That's great! Our lives will definitely get better and better from now on. We won't have to worry about not having enough food or books to read."
"Seventh girl, you're so smart and capable."
Lu Qiqi smiled and accepted all of Lu's flattery.
...
The next day.
The elders all went up the mountain to plant tea trees, and the Zhou brothers also went to help, leaving only Lu Qiqi and Xiao Xibao at home.
After breakfast, Lu Qiqi began taking care of the adorable baby.
"Sister Qiqi, let's go pick some red berries!" Little Xibao looked up at Lu Qiqi and said in a childish voice.
Red fruit?
Where can you find hawthorn berries now!
However, there are no hawthorns on the mountain. After such a long period of rain, there might be mushrooms or fungi on the mountain.
Lu Qiqi picked up Xiao Xibao and said, "There are no red fruits, how about Sister Qiqi takes you into the mountains to find mushrooms?"
Little Xi Bao thought for a moment, then replied crisply, "Okay!"
This made Lu Qiqi feel very affectionate, and she rubbed her nose against Xiao Xibao's chubby little belly.
The tickling made Xiaoxi Bao itch and she kept giggling and making a fuss.
After the two had played enough, Lu Qiqi took Xiao Xibao's hand and walked towards the foot of the rocky mountain.
Although it's a rocky mountain, there are quite a few connected earthen hills. There are many trees and shady, damp places there, making it the perfect spot to find mushrooms.
Little Xi Bao skipped and hopped away from Lu Qi Qi's little hand, running towards the foot of the mountain. The path at the foot of the mountain was flat, so she didn't stop her and let Little Xi Bao run around freely.
Anyway, nothing can go wrong under her nose.
As they approached the path leading up the stone mountain, Lu Qiqi discovered a purple-skinned dendrobium.
Purple Dendrobium is a wonderful thing; it can nourish the spleen and stomach, protect the liver and gallbladder, and nourish yin and clear heat. In my previous life, it was a protected plant.
Lu Qiqi called out to Xiao Xibao, "Xibao, I'm going to pick a herb. Play around here for a while, but don't go too far!"
Little Xibao obediently replied, "Okay!" and then skipped off to pick wildflowers.
Lu Qiqi took a hoe from her spatial storage. Xi Bao was too young to know when things appeared, so Lu Qiqi didn't guard against her and just took it out of her storage.
Then, the digging began. The roots of the purple-skinned dendrobium were brittle and easily broken, so Lu Qiqi could only carefully dig up its roots.
She focused intently on digging up the purple-skinned dendrobium until she had dug it out completely intact and put it into her space. Only then did she look up at Xibao.
However, the place where they used to pick wildflowers was now deserted, with no sign of Xibao.
Lu Qiqi's heart tightened suddenly, but she quickly calmed down. She hadn't heard any strange noises, so nothing could have happened!
"Sister Qiqi!" came a crisp, urgent yet timid voice.
It's Xi Bao's voice!
Lu Qiqi turned her head and saw Xibao running towards her with her short legs.
But what was behind Xi Bao made her expression change abruptly!
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