Chapter 169: Backyard Vegetable Planting
After hanging the curtains and laying out the sheets, bedding, and tablecloths, Jiangyou began to tinker with the flowers and potted plants. All the decoration, furniture, and equipment of the main building of the brewing workshop were handled by the Troll Engineering Team, but these more lifelike arrangements had to be completed by Jiangyou himself.
Fortunately, Holly returned to Eston West this morning. The Haff botanist had completed his current work and returned with a team of Dresden knights, escorting sweet potatoes, rice, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and tomato sauce from the Lava Valley.
On the way, he even went back to the Axe mansion and brought two more carts of potted plants and vegetable seeds to Jiangyou.
It's late summer, and Huntington's scorching summer heat is coming to an end. Gone are the 25-40°C temperatures that persist until the early summer months of the following year. Autumn is about to begin, with daily highs dropping from 35°C to 17°C, and lows around 9°C.
During this season, if you want to grow vegetables in your backyard, you can only plant fast-growing, cool-loving and heat-averse lettuce and romaine lettuce, cold-resistant cherry radishes, cold-resistant spinach and bok choy that become sweeter after frost... Or you can directly plant "overwintering" vegetables to be harvested in winter and early spring, such as cold-resistant winter peas, kale, the king of winter vegetables, and garlic and onions to be harvested the following year.
Now that Jiangyou has a greenhouse restaurant, all plants that require temperature control have been moved into the dragon crystal greenhouse, eliminating the need for a separate greenhouse in the backyard. A bathroom and restroom have been newly built on the land, and the stables have been renovated. The remaining farmland has been plowed by the trolls to grow seasonal local vegetables.
Now that Andrei had become the lord of this place and Jiangyou had opened a food court, the two had their lieutenant, Angris, clear out a few spaces along the street for guests to park their carriages. This way, aside from Andrei's horse, Diego, and Jericho's mule, there was no need to reserve space in the backyard for other horses, allowing them to freely grow vegetables.
However, Jiangyou didn't know much about growing vegetables, and probably only understood the basic knowledge that was deeply rooted in his bones and blood: if you want to grow good vegetables, you need to provide suitable soil, apply good fertilizer, water according to the needs of the plants, and kill pests in time.
It sounds simple but it is not that easy to do. What's more, Jiangyou doesn't have the Internet at hand and can't look up information... Good news, she has a botanist partner!
Now her and Andre's status have risen sharply. A lich boss who controls countless sauces, ingredients and restaurant businesses and a lord who holds real power in the territory are no longer people that the Ax family can talk to on an equal footing; plus, Jiangyou introduced Holly to the Dresden family's lava valley planting research, providing the botanist with a steady stream of new topics. Relying on these studies, Holly was able to successfully obtain the title of scholar and publish papers for ten consecutive years, without worrying about finding scientific research topics!
To sum up, when Holly saw her, it was like seeing a combination of inspiration muse and god of wealth.
There was no need for Jiang You to speak. The Hafu botanist said attentively, "Boss You, I brought you a lot of potted plants and seeds! What kind of plants do you want to plant in your backyard and what kind of design effect you want? Just tell me everything!"
"You just need to give the order, and I'll take care of everything else! I guarantee you'll have a backyard with fresh vegetables and fruits to eat at any time, and a cottage filled with the fragrance of flowers!"
——This level of attentiveness is completely different from the new head of the Axe family who had just been released from prison two months ago and was still haggling with her, setting tests, and carefully bargaining.
Jiang You couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The treatment people receive after they gain status and the right to speak is really different..."
However, she didn't pay much attention to such matters. After all, she had sought cooperation with Holly because of his ability as a botanist, the Axe family's abundant supply of high-quality vegetables, fruits, magical plants and herbs, and the Axe family's considerable financial resources.
Business is business, and any collaboration must consider the true level and value of the partners involved. Nepotism is not an option. Even if you're close friends, like those you grew up with, if you don't have some real skills, doing business together will only bankrupt both parties and ultimately end up as nothing more than friends.
She had already heard about Holly and Axe's abilities from Aunt Wolf, so she knew Holly inside and out, but Holly was completely clueless about her abilities. The information gap between the two naturally led to different perspectives and attitudes.
Now Jianyou has become a rising star in the food industry. Not only Holly, but many people's attitudes have changed to some extent. They all look at her with admiration in their eyes, which makes Jianyou a little uncomfortable.
——Of course, she still felt a little proud in her heart.
So Jiangyou took Holly to the backyard and pointed out the fields that the trolls had tilled. "We don't need to plant too much in this small area. Just enough for our own food. The main thing is to just plant some for fun."
"Okay! Leave it all to me!" Holly rubbed his pangolin-like claws. His long cylindrical nails swished a few straight lines on the ground, and he muttered to himself, "Plant lettuce here, and lettuce next to it... Plant the fast-growing ones together, and plant the overwintering and perennial plants in the corners..."
Jiangyou let him do his work and went back to the house with Alexi, holding the pots of fresh flowers and plants, to hang the curtains.
Holly is very meticulous. Each pot is covered with a piece of waterproof paper, clearly indicating the plant's name, characteristics, uses, and maintenance methods such as fertilization and watering. Jiangyou only needs to place them in the appropriate place according to his preferences and the characteristics of the plants.
Flowers and plants that love sunlight are placed on the small balcony on the second floor, while those that prefer shade can be placed indoors. Plants that can purify the air and have pleasant fragrances are placed on the walkway of the backyard bathing hut. Small pots of herbs suitable for indoor cultivation are placed on the windowsill of the new kitchen, so they can be eaten, cut, and used as needed...
After cleaning up everything, Jiangyou looked at the warmer and more beautiful building with satisfaction, and finally felt that "this is home".
For her, this place is no longer the [initial refresh point] where she only needs a bed to find a place to sleep, nor is it the cage that Mi You hated and bound her for most of her life; she, a floating duckweed from another world, has finally taken root in this world.
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