Li Shan secretly observed Rongguo Gong's expression. Hmm, very good. You hate me, don't you? The more you hate me, the more pain Li Muyan will suffer!
Li Shan increasingly felt that watching others suffer was a very beautiful thing.
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On the first day of the tenth lunar month, Li Muyan turned seventeen.
The Gu sisters left their home in the care of their grandmother, took the eggs they had saved for the month, boarded Lu Zheng's carriage, and headed towards the prefectural city.
Last time in town, Gu Nian didn't buy anything for Li Muyan, but instead bought a lucky charm with her sisters.
Gu Hui teased her, saying it was because she was shy. Gu Nian couldn't figure out if it was because she was shy or something else, but after pooling her money with everyone to buy gifts, she felt a little more relaxed.
She didn't know what to give as a gift, and she was afraid that if she didn't give one, Li Muyan would be unhappy.
This is really difficult for her, a dating novice who has been single for over twenty years.
The weather in October was neither too hot nor too cold. Gu Xin pulled Gu Si to sit outside together.
She asked Lu Zheng about farming: "Brother Yuanyuan, Uncle said that he's going to go with you to Grandpa Zhou's estate to plant potatoes in a few days, is that right?"
Lu Zheng nodded: "Yes, I'll ask my uncle for help. We planted some last winter too! I was thinking of planting them again so we'd have more seeds next year, so we can keep some for our family and send some to the capital."
Gu Xin's eyes darted around. She wasn't sure if the potatoes from last winter were damaged because she had used jade bead water when planting them, and she was unsure whether she should continue using jade bead water.
But her sister said no, because this potato was going to be promoted throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and she couldn't just run around the Great Zhou. Besides, if others knew she had such a magical thing, they would cut off her hand and steal it.
Seeing that Gu Xin didn't speak, Lu Zheng turned his head and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Gu Xin shook her head: "It's nothing. I'm just worried that it will be cold this winter, and it won't grow as well as it did last year. Hehe."
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Yes, we can. We could do it last year, and we definitely can this year. Besides, I won't plant them all; I'll leave some. If it really doesn't work out, we can plant more in the spring. It won't be a delay."
Gu Xin thought about it and smiled again: "Yes, yes. However, I still hope to have a lot of harvest. In the future, the people of our Great Zhou will not lack food. With a full harvest, the soldiers of our Great Zhou will be able to fight foreign enemies with full bellies."
Lu Zheng was taken aback. Yes, the soldiers of the Great Zhou.
There won't be any war for the next two years, and the soldiers guarding the border have their own military farms. Why not suggest to the Emperor that a batch of seeds be distributed to the soldiers guarding the border? Anyway, these things aren't difficult to cultivate. As Nian Nian said, none of these things are picky about the soil.
Gu Xin nudged Lu Zheng: "Yuanyuan, what are you thinking? There's a car ahead, be careful you don't get yelled at!"
Lu Zheng came to his senses and looked around. The car was far away, and even if he accelerated, he wouldn't be able to hit it. Xin Xin was really naughty.
Gu Si suddenly said, "By the way, didn't Huo Shentong say last time that he was going to bring his sister and his grandparents to our village in October?"
Gu Xin: "Huh? When?"
Gu Si: "It was last time, when I went to the prefectural city with Sister Niannian and you and your sister were resting at home. He told me about it when he went back with his grandfather. I had completely forgotten about it. I reckon we'll definitely run into them again when we go to the prefectural city this time."
Lu Zheng laughed: "Sisi, you and he really are on the same wavelength!"
Gu Si: "?"
Gu Xin looked in the direction of Lu Zheng's gaze and saw Huo Junhao sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage coming from the front.
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