Without Madam Liang bothering her, Song Anxin returned to her usual busy yet carefree life. In the morning, she practiced martial arts with everyone and rode a horse, feeling extremely refreshed.
"Whoa~"
Song Anxin dismounted. Since Tao Hua's difficult childbirth, she had been so busy with this matter that she forgot about learning to ride a horse. During this time, she would practice riding a horse after finishing her morning training. Fortunately, riding a horse is not difficult, and now her skills are quite good. She has even fallen in love with the feeling of galloping on horseback.
And those who also fell in love...
"Giddy up! Giddy up! Whoa..."
"Second Aunt, why aren't you riding anymore? It's still early," Lin Erxi said from horseback, exuding a chivalrous air.
Song Anxin led the horse into the backyard and waved her hand: "That's enough for today. Your second aunt is going to check on the factory after breakfast. Remember to feed the horse some water grass when you bring it back after you've ridden enough."
Lin Erxi readily agreed, "I know, Auntie. This horse is my precious treasure now. I wouldn't let it go hungry! I'm going to take another ride." With that, he turned the horse around and galloped away with a "Giddy up!"
Song Anxin shook her head. Erxi was much crazier than her. It's good to be young!
Her sister-in-law looked even more worried, constantly nagging her about how no young man would be interested in Erxi, who was so wild and unruly, and how she would ever get married.
Erxi retorted, "Mom, what are you worrying about? Didn't you see how the village lads looked at me with such admiration when I was riding on horseback? I didn't even look at them. They want me to marry them? Dream on!"
As a result, Lin Erxi got screwed over by her own sister-in-law again, and Song Anxin still can't help but chuckle when she thinks about it now.
She couldn't see any of the young men in the village's feelings of admiration for Lin Er on horseback; it was more like worship than anything else—it was just a deep brotherly affection.
After breakfast, while the weather was still relatively cool, she went for a walk around the Dafeng factory.
The duck egg workshop in the factory is still operating smoothly under the leadership of Song Mei and her sister-in-law. Of course, Mei is currently pregnant and only comes to the workshop to check on things every day, while her sister-in-law manages it more.
Under Fengshou's leadership, the distillery has become more and more established, with Anlu becoming the deputy manager and each type of work having its own team leader and team leader.
Then there's Lin Fengnian's mushroom cultivation workshop. The mushroom cultivation technology is already quite mature, so there's no need to worry. The mushroom buds for planting silver ear fungus have already entered the ear canal, and small buds sprouted last month; they're currently in the ear-forming stage. Just maintain humidity and improve ventilation, and harvesting can begin at the end of this month.
And the end of this month is also the harvest season.
Song Anxin went all the way to the last incubation room, where Lin Fengnian was spraying water on the ear-shaped fungus inoculated with Anfu and Anshou. When they saw Song Anxin, Anfu and Anshou called out in unison:
"Madam".
Song Anxin nodded, and Lin Fengnian immediately turned around and came to greet her.
"Mother, you've arrived. I was just about to go and look for you."
Song An asked, "What happened?"
Lin Fengnian nodded and led Song Anxin to the ear stick. Then he carefully pried open the silver ear, and inside the hole were two wriggling worms.
Lin Fengnian looked somewhat uneasy and said, "Yesterday I discovered these long, thread-like worms in a certain type of hole. After I removed them, I found these worms in several more silver ear fungus holes today."
Looking at the long nematode, Song Anxin thought it was quite a coincidence. In her previous life, she had encountered this situation during her research, and some farmers had told her about alternatives to pesticides, which she had carefully noted down.
So she said, "It's not a big problem. In a good year, you can go up the mountain later and pick some Vitex negundo leaves, Litsea cubeba leaves, and lemongrass leaves... Soak them in water and spray the juice on them."
Lin Fengnian nodded: "Then Anfu, Anshou, and I will go after we finish spraying this water."
Song Anxin stood up: "Then Mother will go and take a look over at the potato field."
The sun was slowly rising, and Song Anxin was already slightly sweaty when she walked into the potato field.
Green hills and gentle breeze... Anji and Angui were weeding in the potato field when they saw Song Anxin and called out to her. Song Anxin nodded, picked up a small hoe, and started digging under the potato stems and leaves.
"Wow, ma'am, so many potatoes have grown!"
Angie leaned closer and stared at the dug-out potatoes. Underneath a stem in the soil, there were seven or eight round potato buds.
An Gui also came over to look and said, "It just seems a little small."
Looking at the potatoes that had grown, Song Anxin felt relieved. She smiled and said, "Of course they're still small and not fully mature yet. These potatoes are growing well; one plant can produce so many potatoes. It looks like we're going to have a bumper harvest!"
“My lady, I didn’t believe you before when you said that these potatoes could yield a thousand catties per mu, but now I believe you. One plant can produce so many potatoes. If they grow a little bigger, this mu will surely yield more than two thousand catties.”
Angie exclaimed excitedly, "It feels so good to grow my own food!"
Qingshan came over and said, "Madam, you said before that potatoes can be used as a staple food, and their satiety is no worse than that of rice. Potatoes also have such a high yield. If the people plant them in the future, wouldn't they no longer have to go hungry?"
Qingfeng chimed in, "Not only that, the lady said that potatoes can be planted for two seasons. Throughout history, let alone such a high yield of grain, being able to grow two seasons is absolutely unique. The people are truly blessed."
Anji Angui, green mountains and clear winds... The group felt immense admiration for the lady. From the moment they arrived in Linjia Village, from soaking the seeds to transplanting the seedlings and planting the seedbeds, to the high-yield potatoes, and the earthen pit waterwheel she had made before, everything she had done was beneficial to the people's livelihood. She truly was a lady who brought blessings to the people!
Angie asked anxiously, "My lady, when will these potatoes be fully grown and ready to be harvested?"
Song Anxin smiled and said, "Soon, we can harvest all these potatoes after the autumn harvest."
Then she can give all the potato yield from this method to Magistrate Yan and have him hand it over, which can be considered as his contribution to the people of this era.
Suddenly, Qingshan turned his head and looked into the distant mountains and forests.
Qingfeng asked, "Qingshan, what's wrong?"
Qingshan shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's probably just a wild animal in the mountains."
In the mountains and forests, a dark shadow flashed by quickly, leaving Linjia Village and heading straight for a mansion in the suburbs.
Inside the Liang residence, a man dressed in black knelt on the ground, recounting everything he had heard.
"What did you say? These potatoes can actually yield a thousand catties per mu! And they can be grown for two seasons!"
Lord Liang held a round potato covered in dirt in his hand, his face showing great shock!
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