Chapter 219 Visiting the Farm

There are also some messy words that are offensive to the ears.

He felt that Jiang Wan was his nemesis. Both of the women he had his eyes on were related to Jiang Wan, but he couldn't get them.

In short, he is a crazy person.

"Don't worry, Xiao Wan. He Mingkui has been imprisoned. This time he will be in prison for more than ten years."

Qin Zhen led Jiang Wan to the workshop, and when they passed Fengweilou, they both stopped at the same time.

At this moment, the sign of Fengweilou was being taken down, and a man who looked familiar to Jiang Wan was supervising and giving instructions.

He seems to be the shopkeeper Sun of Fengweilou.

"Fengweilou was previously closed down, and now I heard that it has been bought by Dongfuju."

Jiang Wan couldn't help but sigh.

Just two months ago, Fengweilou was still a big food restaurant on par with Dongfuju. After launching new dishes, it has even surpassed the other restaurants to become the most popular one.

As a result, in such a short time, a spendthrift ruined it.

Looking back to when she and A Niang first went to the city to sell fish, she thought that Dong Fu Ju would not last long and Feng Wei Lou had more potential.

Look, it’s only been a few months, and the results are really unexpected.

But since the location of Fengweilou has been bought by Dongfuju, why would the person who took down the sign be Sun?

Perhaps he felt the gazes of the two people, and Manager Sun looked back subconsciously and was immediately startled.

"Master Qin! Miss Jiang!"

My goodness, these two are distinguished guests that he must entertain seriously.

Shopkeeper Sun immediately greeted him with a bright smile.

"Master Qin, would you two like to have dinner?"

Qin Zhen shook his head.

"We are just passing by, please do as you please, shopkeeper."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper Sun heaved a sigh of relief. After all, the room had not been cleaned up yet and the chef had not come over yet.

If Lord Qin really wants to go in for dinner, that would be worrying.

"Manager Sun, are you working at Dongfuju again?"

"Ha ha……"

The shopkeeper Sun smiled awkwardly.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh, Miss Jiang. I was recovering from my injury, but I didn't expect that my boss would go bankrupt as soon as I recovered. Fortunately, a new boss took over and is willing to let me continue to be the manager, so I will naturally continue to do it."

Jiang Wan knew that there must be some twists and turns in this, but it was none of her business and she didn't want to know too much.

The two chatted with the shopkeeper Sun for a while and then left.

When Jiang Wan went home to eat dinner at night, she couldn't help but talk about Fengweilou at the table, and her mother was also very emotional. Only Anan stood outside and suddenly said something.

"Xiao Wan, I think the restaurants in the city are not that good. The dishes you cook are the best. Last time when Lord Qin had dinner with us, he praised you several times."

This kind of praise is not false praise, but real praise.

And their family members felt it more deeply, Jiang Wan's cooking skills were just very good. Anan and Baozhu had never eaten such delicious side dishes.

Jiang Wan's heart was slightly moved. Her cooking skills were not outstanding. It was just that she knew many dishes, and with some rich ingredients, the taste was unique.

In modern times, it’s actually nothing, at most she’s just a girl who can cook a little.

Putting it in ancient times feels a bit like cheating.

Almost all the dishes she knows how to cook are seafood-related, which are perfect for a coastal town.

If she really opens a restaurant, she can guarantee that there will be new dishes every month, and the dishes will be fresh and different every month.

Jiang Wan was very tempted, but she was afraid of the trouble. Running a restaurant is not that easy. You have to greet people all day long with a smile. Or you have to work in the kitchen from morning till night.

Neither of these is the life she wants.

Now she is not short of money, and the family has income every day, so why bother to be a cook? When she thought about having to stay in the kitchen and cook in such a hot day, Jiang Wan was very reluctant.

It is better to invest in the business with recipes, let your partners take care of everything else, and then just wait to get paid.

This is a good idea.

Who should I look for as this partner?

Lord Qin? Dongfuju?

Jiang Wan ate while thinking, and he couldn't find a suitable person among the people he knew.

Lord Qin already has a business, so it would be too conspicuous if he opened a restaurant.

Dongfuju was opened by two brothers as a partnership. What would it be like for me to get involved?

It’s not that those bosses are bad, but they are not suitable.

She herself couldn't explain this feeling.

At night, when the mother and daughter were lying in bed, Jiang Wan mentioned this idea to her mother, wanting her to give her some advice.

"Wanwan, are you short of money recently?"

"No, I haven't touched the money I saved."

"Then why are you always thinking about making money? We already have oyster sauce and squid at home, and now you want to open a restaurant. You are so busy every day, and Mom can't help at all. I feel very sad."

Yin Huaixi felt frustrated, especially when she needed some expensive medicinal herbs and the money she saved was not enough so she had to ask her daughter for money.

Sometimes she wondered if her pharmacy was putting pressure on her daughter.

"Mother, we are mother and daughter. My money is yours and your money is mine. You are happy every day, which makes me feel better. And you can take care of my body, isn't that helping me?"

Jiang Wan rubbed his head against A Niang.

Yin Huaixi, who was originally very troubled, was soon amused by her daughter and forgot about it.

Because she couldn't find a suitable partner at the moment, Jiang Wan's restaurant plan was temporarily put on hold. She ended up staying in the city for two days before returning to the village.

After teaching an apprentice in the city for a few days and wandering around the city in her spare time, she realized that she didn't like city life very much.

It’s still better in the small fishing village.

Jiang Wan went home and had a good sleep, and got up very early the next day.

Lian Yue had invited her several times, wanting her to see if there was anything wrong with the oyster farm, but she was invited by Lord Qin. She left early in the morning and came back in the evening, so she had no chance to go and take a look.

After no longer going to the city, Jiang Wan made an appointment with Lian Yue to go to the farm together the next day.

Although Jiang Wan had never properly cultivated oysters, she knew a lot about the theory. If she went to the island to see it with her own eyes, she might be able to find out what was wrong.

When she passed by her cousin's house, she saw that the gate was not closed. She wondered whether she should ask her cousin to go with her, so she went straight into the yard.

When I went in, I didn't see my cousin, but I saw a familiar little girl.

She seems to be Lianqiao's sister. What's her name?

Jiang Wan recalled carefully, it seemed that his name was Xiaoyu.

So early...

Oh, yes. Today I made an appointment with Lian Yue to go see the oyster farming area, and Lian Qiao will also go with us.

He must have gone out earlier than me, so it's normal for his sister to come out with him.

But how did this little fish end up in my cousin’s house?

Jiang Wan was about to call for help when she saw her cousin coming out smiling, holding the string of wind chimes that she had given her.

"Xiao Yu... Hey, cousin, when did you come?"

Yin Ning was very happy to see Jiang Wan. Recently, everyone was busy with their own things and they hadn't sat together to have a good chat.

"Cousin, I just got here. By the way, what are you doing with the wind chime?"

"I showed it to Xiaoyu. She wanted to make one too."

Yin Ning turned around and handed the wind chime to Xiaoyu, speaking in a very familiar tone.

"Xiao Yu, your sister is talking about this wind chime. It's not difficult to make. First, collect the shells, string them together, and finally make a frame to support it."

Among the students she recently taught, there was a girl who was Xiaoyu's sister. The two got along very well, and Xiaoyu would occasionally come over to accompany her sister, so they naturally became familiar with each other.

Xiaoyu was so happy that tears welled up on her lips.

"Thank you, Sister Aning~"

She didn't take it home to read, but just sat on the stool and studied the wind chime.

In fact, when she first heard her elder sister talking about wind chimes, she wanted to take a closer look to see if they were the shells that Lian Yue had given her.

But later, after hearing her sister talk about how beautiful wind chimes were and how nice their sounds were, her thoughts gradually changed.

She also secretly collected shells bit by bit on the beach, waiting to get more familiar with Yin Ning so that she could talk to her and take a closer look at her wind chimes.

Young girls like beautiful and exquisite things. Unfortunately, the people in the village are poor, and some girls may not be able to wear jewelry until they get married.

Xiaoyu had been thinking about Fengling for a long time, and finally asked her elder sister to help talk to her yesterday, so she came here early in the morning.

The little girl watched carefully from the side while Yin Ning pulled Jiang Wan to the kitchen.

The egg custard she steamed in the morning was already cooked, and it smelled very good after adding a little soy sauce. Even though Jiang Wan had already had breakfast, she couldn't help swallowing when she saw the tender egg custard.

Yin Ning wanted to give her half, but Jiang Wan quickly refused.

"Cousin, I've already eaten before I left. Just eat your food and leave me alone. I came here to ask if you want to go out with me."

"Out? Where to?"

"Today, Brother Lian Yue asked me to go out and see the island where oysters are grown. It's quite a distance from the village, and it's a rare opportunity to go out, so I came to ask if you want to go with us."

Upon hearing Lian Yue's name, Yin Ning was stunned.

It seems like I haven't seen that person for a long time.

"No, I have someone coming to learn embroidery later."

"It's okay to take a day off occasionally. Embroidering at home every day is bad for your eyes and will make your neck sore."

Yin Ning still shook her head, so Jiang Wan stopped trying to persuade her. This time she had an appointment and couldn't refuse, so next time she could just talk to her cousin in advance.

From my cousin's house to the beach, Lian Yue Lian Bridge had been waiting for a while.

"Brother Lian Yue, why do I feel like you've become darker and thinner after not seeing you for a few days?"

"No, no?"

Lian Yue subconsciously touched his face and felt a small patch of sunburned skin. Just thinking about it, he knew that he would not look good now.

Fortunately, she didn't come along.

"He doesn't believe me when I tell him. He's been out in the sun all day on the island. He thinks it's a nuisance when I ask him to wear something to block the sun."

Lian Qiao couldn't help but complain.

"He was so busy that he seemed to be willing to die. Not only did he expose himself to the sun, he also didn't like to eat. His soul seemed to be taken away by those oysters. He forgot to drink water and eat all day. He stayed on the island and worked non-stop. He was more diligent than a cow."

Jiang Wan chuckled. Lian Qiao's resentful tone made her want to laugh.

"Brother Lian Yue, skipping meals is not recommended. You are young now and it is okay to hold out for a while, but if you do this for a long time, you will easily get seriously ill. You should eat something before going to work."

If stomach problems really come to you, it’s no longer a trivial matter.

Jiang Wan herself had never had stomach problems, but she had seen patients who came to her mother for treatment. When they felt the pain, their faces turned pale and they curled up on the hospital bed like boiled shrimps.

The pain was so severe that I couldn't even speak, and it felt like I was going to die in the next second.

This is just a stomach disease. If you don't pay attention, it will develop into stomach cancer and that will be the end of you.

In modern times, stomach cancer can be treated slowly, but in ancient times, unless a miracle doctor who could cure all diseases appeared, the patient would suffer and die.

Jiang Wan briefly talked about the dangers of not eating on time. Lian Yue and Lian Qiao couldn't help but hold their stomachs while listening.

Wow, it turns out that not eating can cause such serious harm.

Lian Yue took these words to heart and decided to eat on time from now on.

He has an old man and a young child behind him, both of whom rely on him, so he absolutely cannot fall.

As the three of them were talking, they soon arrived at the small deserted island that Lian Yue had rented.

This small deserted island is really small. Now it is low tide, and the exposed area is only about half the size of a football field.

To put it simply, it is actually a larger group of reefs.

At a glance, half of the place was lined with racks, and many of them were hung with strings of oysters.

Oysters are irregular in shape and can be easily tied up with that kind of fine hemp rope. Jiang Wan looked at each string carefully and then compared it with the oysters raised by the oyster farmers in her mind.

"Brother Lian Yue, you tied these oysters too sparsely. You can tie them more densely."

There is plenty of food for oysters in the sea, and the tides come and go every day, so you can't eat them all. If you tie the oysters too sparsely, the oysters will be easily carried away by the waves, and the harvest will be a little less.

Lian Yue quickly wrote it down and prepared to start refilling the oyster skewers after Jiang Wan left.

Jiang Wan took a walk in the oyster forest. In addition to discovering that the oyster clusters were relatively sparse, she also pointed out the oysters' natural enemies.

Although oyster shells are very hard, even the strongest creatures in nature will have their nemesis.

For example, some conchs and starfish can easily open the oyster shells and eat the oyster meat inside. The big claws of the blue crab can also easily crack the oyster shells. After eating, there will be a pile of empty shells left on the rope to take up space.

"Every day when the tide goes out, you must remember to clean up the conches and starfish in the reefs on the island. As for the blue crabs, you can also take them out if you can. Oysters are their food. If conches and starfish enter in large numbers, the production of oysters will also be affected."

"Once you have set up the oysters, you don't have to worry about keeping them. The main thing is to protect them and try to clear away all the small creatures that feed on them."

As long as protection is done well, the production will definitely increase dramatically based on the number of oyster eggs produced.

Lian Yue and Lian Qiao nodded vigorously, wishing they could engrave Jiang Wan's words in their minds.

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(I felt uncomfortable yesterday because I ate frozen watermelon that had been stored for a long time. I had to go on an IV drip today. I will only update once. I will make up for it when I get better. Good night, my little cuties!)