Chapter 408 Not a Porcelain Doll
What was happening now was not what Shen Qingqian had dreamed of, and she felt even more unsure.
But after waiting anxiously for three days, there was still no news from outside the pass.
Shen Qingqian had no choice but to suppress the uneasiness in her heart and concentrate on growing medicinal herbs.
Because of the ceasefire, there were no new casualties at the Military Medical Department, so Doctor Hu and his team could still barely cope. Therefore, they asked Shen Qingqian to come directly to the medicine field every day so that she no longer had to run back and forth.
Under the current weather conditions, it is definitely not possible to plant in the medicinal fields outdoors. Shen Qingqian directed the construction of a relatively standard greenhouse, and also built heat pipes between the ridges and buried them in the shallow soil layer. A stove similar to a fire pit was built in the field, connected to the heat pipes, so that when needed, the temperature can be increased by burning a fire.
"Sixth Miss, will this really work?" Xiao Sun looked at the built greenhouse and the prepared land uncertainly.
Shen Qingqian smiled and said, "You will know in a few days."
The two large areas served as control groups. One was grown using the secret recipe she told others, and the other was grown using methods from medical classics.
She had never used the method given by Yidian before, so she couldn't guarantee whether the seedlings would sprout in three days, but the secret recipe could make the seedlings sprout in one day.
However, Shen Qingqian didn't want to scare people too much, so she planned to wait two days for the seedlings to sprout.
In the past few days, Jingrentang also sent people to learn how to build greenhouses and lay geothermal pipes. Manager Yu seemed to have gone out to purchase goods and was unable to make it in time.
"Sixth sister, are we going to start sowing seeds tomorrow?" Shen Jun asked, raising his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Shen Qingqian nodded, "Yes, the sooner the better."
Who knows when those crazy people outside the pass will attack again? Of course, we have to grow the medicinal herbs as soon as possible.
"Then Xiao Sun and I will keep watch here tonight, and you and Ashan can go back and have a good rest." Shen Jun thought for a while and said.
They have limited manpower and have been doing hard labor these days. Shen Jun and Shen Shan have the easiest job. Xiao Sun also has it easier than others because he also has to go to the Military Medical Department.
He was worried about Shen Qingqian going back alone, so he would feel at ease if Shen Shan accompanied her, so he made this arrangement.
Shen Qingqian roughly understood what he was thinking, and did not refuse, but nodded in agreement.
When the brother and sister returned to Huanxiyuan, it was still early and Mrs. Wu and the others had not returned from the fields yet.
"I'm going to pick up my mother and aunt. Sixth sister, you wait at home." Seeing this, Shen Shan immediately went out again.
Because the Tuo Yu tribe withdrew their troops these days, the fugitives who went to help the army were temporarily released. Naturally, Wu and others had to take care of the fields. Everyone wanted to make money by growing vegetables.
Shen Qingqian called out to him, "Third brother, don't leave yet. Auntie and the others should be back soon. Help me and I'll make dinner."
Of course she could do it alone, but it would slow her down. With Shen Shan's help, Wu and the others would be able to have a hot meal when they returned.
Shen Shan thought for a moment and then stopped, heading towards the kitchen. "Then tell me what to do. I'll do it, and you take a rest."
Shen Qingqian said with a smile: "I'm really not tired, Third Brother, please don't make me look like a useless person."
"Ah" Shen Shan was stunned for a moment, then said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I didn't think before I spoke, I didn't mean that."
Shen Qingqian smiled and sighed, "You always treat me like a porcelain doll. How could I be so spoiled? Fifth sister is not much older than me. She has been busy in the kitchen for the past few months."
"You're right, we didn't think it through." Shen Shan smiled, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with the family doting on the sixth sister.
Wasn't it like this when Grandfather was still alive?
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