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With Lu Shishen's support, Yang Niannian felt relieved. Haicheng's development was better than Ancheng's. There were many small vendors selling goods at stalls in the city. She paid special attention to it the last time she went to the city. Doing small business here would definitely not be a bad idea.

It depends on what kind of small business you are running.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Niannian felt a little dispirited. Others who traveled through time and space all had golden fingers, but why was she like a girl raised by a stepmother, without any golden fingers at all?

She couldn't think of any good ideas staying at home, so she wanted to go and talk to Wang Fengjiao. As she just walked out of the door, she happened to meet Wang Fengjiao carrying a hoe and coming to her.

"Niannian, the army has allocated you a vegetable plot, do you want to grow some vegetables or something?"

"Vegetable plots?" Yang Niannian's eyes lit up. "The army also distributed land to us?"

"Of course there are." Wang Fengjiao explained with a smile, "Every resident in the family compound has a small vegetable garden. They don't have to go to the city to buy vegetables. They can just grow them in the vegetable garden. This can save a lot of money on buying vegetables in a year."

Yang Niannian was overjoyed. "That's great, Sister Wang, please take me to see it right away."

It is indeed not very convenient for the staff quarters to go to the city to buy groceries. Not only is it too far, but if you miss the shopping bus, it will be a hassle to go out and come back.

Wang Fengjiao led the way while saying, "If you just want to buy oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc., you don't have to go to the city. There is a small town nearby. If you are fast, you can get there in 20 minutes."

Hearing Wang Fengjiao's tone that twenty minutes was not a long distance, Yang Niannian was speechless.

Alas! In an age of inconvenient transportation, getting around is indeed the biggest problem.

The vegetable plot allocated to Yang Niannian is not in a good location. It is close to the wall and there is no sunlight for most of the day. Fortunately, crops are not grown here, so it will not affect growing vegetables and radishes.

When she arrived at the vegetable plot, Yang Niannian was stunned. Looking at the vegetable plot that was only one meter wide, she asked in surprise, "Sister Wang, other people's vegetable plots are so big, why is mine so small?"

On this piece of land, only half a bag of rapeseed is left. The vegetable field next to it is several times larger than hers. If the difference was just a little bit, Yang Niannian would not care, but the difference is too big.

Wang Fengjiao usually didn't pay attention to this side, so she was a little surprised when she saw this scene. It was obvious that Yang Niannian's land was occupied nearby.

"Niannian, don't worry. Maybe Ye Meijing saw that this piece of land has been empty, so she started planting vegetables first. I will go talk to her and ask her to vacate the vegetable plot for you."

Yang Niannian saw that the green vegetables in the vegetable field had just sprouted, and her eyes sparkled, "Sister Wang, please tell her that I will give her the money for the vegetable seeds, and the green vegetables grown on my vegetable field will be mine."

Wang Fengjiao thought this was a good idea. The vegetables would not be edible until ten days or half a month later, and it would take at least one or two months to finish them. It would be a pity to pull them out. Yang Niannian gave the money for the vegetable seeds to Ye Meijing, so that Ye Meijing would not lose out and Yang Niannian would also have vegetables to eat.

"Niannian, go back and wait for my news. I'll go find Ye Meijing now."

Wang Fengjiao walked around the staff quarters for several times before she found Ye Meijing at Yu Hongli's house. The two were sitting together knitting sweaters and chatting about gossip. When Ye Meijing heard that Wang Fengjiao was here to help Yang Niannian get a vegetable plot, she immediately got furious.

She threw the half-knitted sweater to the ground and asked with a sullen face, "Why does she eat the vegetables I worked so hard to grow? If she wants to eat, can't she grow them herself?"

Wang Fengjiao didn't like Ye Meijing in the first place, and she didn't indulge her at this moment. "That vegetable plot was allocated to Nian Nian by the army. If you plant her vegetable plot, she can eat as much vegetables as she wants even if she doesn't pay you back for the vegetable seeds."

Ye Meijing's eyes were wide open as she shouted at Wang Fengjiao, "If she dares, I will complain to the political commissar if she dares to eat my food. Don't think I'm afraid of her just because her husband is the head of the regiment."

"It's not a big deal. Is it necessary to take it to the political commissar?" Seeing that the two were about to quarrel in her house, Yu Hongli quickly played the role of peacemaker and nudged Ye Meijing with her elbow, "Meijing, calm down. It was wrong for you to occupy someone's vegetable garden. You didn't respond to the political commissar."

Ye Meijing stared at Wang Fengjiao without saying a word. She had worked so hard that her hands were worn out just to plant the rapeseed in the field. It would take only ten days or half a month for the rapeseed to be ready to eat. Why did Yang Niannian do everything for her just to eat her vegetables?

She would rather pull them all out and feed them to the pigs.

"I've informed you. Do you want to report this to the political commissar or whatever? It's up to you. Even if you don't want the money for the rapeseed seeds, Nian Nian can still eat the vegetables when they grow up." Wang Fengjiao left after saying a few words, carrying the hoe at the door.

I originally planned to weed the fields, but I walked around with the hoe for a few rounds and didn't even go to the vegetable field.

Ye Meijing's face was stinkier than a cesspool, and she spat at Wang Fengjiao's back, "Bah, what a joke, you think you're great just by currying favor with the head of the regiment's wife?"

Yu Hongli picked up the sweater that Ye Meijing had thrown on the ground and added fuel to the fire, "Why are you arguing with Wang Fengjiao? She is just a lackey. This piece of land was allocated to Yang Niannian by the army. If you really bring it to the political commissar, you will not be able to get any justice. If it were you, I would just destroy all the vegetables. Yang Niannian wants to eat for free without working. She can only dream about it."

Ye Meijing was awakened by Yu Hongli. Without saying a word, she went straight to the vegetable garden under the scorching sun. She was sweating profusely from the heat and did not even cook lunch. She spent half a day weeding all the green vegetables in the garden, which was cleaner than weeding the weeds.

Yang Niannian and Wang Fengjiao, who had received the news, came to the vegetable field and saw the bare land. Wang Fengjiao was furious, "Ye Meijing is so mean. Such good vegetables can be eaten in ten days or half a month, but she ruined them all."

Wang Fengjiao's family was poor, and she had never had enough food or warm clothes since she was a child. She hated to see people wasting things, and she felt heartbroken when she saw the vegetable sprouts being wasted.

Yang Niannian smiled and comforted, "Sister Wang, don't be angry, this is also good. I don't even have to turn the soil when growing vegetables, which saves a lot of trouble."

I had guessed that Ye Meijing would not agree, but I didn't expect her to be so efficient and clear all the vegetable sprouts in the vegetable garden in just half a day.

Seeing Yang Niannian's good attitude, Wang Fengjiao was no longer angry. "Niannian, you are lucky to have a good attitude. Even though there are not many people living in the family compound, there are a lot of things going on. You will understand after you live there for a long time."

Yang Niannian blinked, "Sister Wang, I don't like to interact with them. I just like chatting with you."

Wang Fengjiao was so happy that her mouth almost reached the roots of her ears. She held Yang Niannian's hand and said affectionately, "When I saw you for the first time, I felt that we were compatible. You felt like my own sister."

Yang Niannian flattered Wang Fengjiao a few times, making her mouth never shut. The two of them walked back arm in arm and happened to meet Lu Shishen and Zhou Bingxing coming back.