At night, Shang Ruoyi came to the circle.
She touched the soil under her feet. There was no nutrition at all. With such soil, it would be difficult for grass to survive, let alone food crops.
While there was nothing below, she placed her hand on the soil, and the spiritual spring water flowed through her palm into the soil. The soil seemed to have been dry for too long. When Wen Xi injected the spiritual spring water into the soil, she seemed to hear the sound of "gurgling" drinking water.
When all the spiritual spring water in the space was taken and injected into the soil, nutrients continued to accumulate in the soil, and the quality of the entire piece of soil underwent a drastic change.
Until dawn, Shang Ruoyi had irrigated all the land.
She stood up and suddenly felt dizzy. She barely managed to keep her balance and a drop of cold sweat dripped from her forehead.
The quality of this body is really too poor. I am so tired after just one night of sleep and rest.
If you touch the soil again now, you can clearly see that there are more or less nutrients in it.
After irrigating it several times in this way, the land can be used to grow crops.
During breakfast, He Zhiyuan looked at Shang Ruoyi several times, hesitant to speak.
After a long while, he really couldn't help but said calmly: "Ruoyi, Third Uncle knows about farming, but Third Uncle knows everything about taxes. Our family has such a large piece of land. As criminals, we are less able to grow crops than other people. The land is poorer, and the taxes we pay are 20% higher. If we pay taxes, we can use silver, silk, etc. to offset the taxes. Besides, let's not talk about taxes, let's just talk about farming. How can our family farm?"
As He Zhiyuan finished speaking, everyone in the He family looked at her.
"Ruoyi, logically speaking, your mother-in-law gave you the power of housekeeper, and your third aunt should inquire about it, but we must not be careless about such a small matter as taxation!" Lin Yu was also a little worried.
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I know that my uncle and aunt are worried. I know a little about farming. We can't rely on ourselves to grow crops on such a large piece of land. I'm thinking of hiring someone to grow crops."
"Hire?" Qiao Yanxin, who was standing nearby and far away, called out softly.
"What's wrong?" The old princess glanced at her and asked, "Does Yan Xin know how to farm?"
Qiao Yanxin smiled and said, "Grandma, my maternal grandfather lives in a few farms outside the capital. I went there to play when I was a child and asked the farmers about some farming knowledge."
Shang Ruoyi's lips curled slightly. Where was her maternal grandfather's manor? Her maternal grandfather was only a housekeeper for the employer on that farm. Her mother married the high-ranking official Qiao Daru and bewitched him so much that he had to marry her. Qiao Daru had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket to buy several farms for Qiao Yanxin's mother and transfer them to her name in order to avoid being laughed at by other families. Of course, these were only superficial achievements. The Qiao family married a farmer's daughter, and the whole capital knew about it. This was why Zhang Yu always had his eyes on her as his daughter-in-law.
Of course, she heard all these gossips from the maids in Shang Yufu's yard.
Originally, it was thought that Shang Yufu would marry into the Dingguo Palace, so the eldest brother investigated every person in the Dingguo Palace clearly. When talking about Qiao Yanxin, Shang Yufu was extremely disgusted and mocked her for being a farm girl and shamelessly climbing into the bed of the prince.
The old princess glanced at her and said to Aunt Li beside her, "Add another set of bowls and chopsticks."
He Yunyi paused while eating, looked at the old princess and said, "Grandma, are Qiao Xiao and Brother Jing coming to our house for dinner?" She looked at Shang Ruoyi's optimistic expression and whispered, "When can we eat at the same table with the master?"
Qin Xiao looked at the old princess's increasingly ugly expression, and gently patted He Yunyi's hand, signaling her not to talk too much.
The old princess put down her bowl and chopsticks, wiped the corners of her lips, and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about divorce? Without my approval, who dares to mention divorce?"
"But if they hadn't divorced, why would Qiao Yu stay in our house? Haven't we separated from my second uncle's family?" He Yunyi had never had a good impression of Qiao Yu. When she was still in the palace, Qiao Yu always looked pitiful, as if the He family owed her something after she married into the prince's mansion.
He Yunyi's words made Qiao Yanxin embarrassed. She glared at her secretly, but pretended to be humble and said, "Grandma, I'll just stand here. You don't have to quarrel over me. It's worth it."
The old princess looked at He Yunyi with great pleasure.
Shang Ruoyi put down her bowl and chopsticks, looked at Qiao Yanxin, smiled and said, "Since you said you know everything about farming, then tell me about it!"
"What?"
"Tell me what you think is wrong with what I did?"
Qiao Yanxin looked at Shang Ruoyi with the look of a master talking to her subordinate, and she hated herself so much that she wanted to slap her twice. How dare a concubine's daughter act like a master to her.
He obviously knows everything about farming, but he is so greedy that he wants to own such a large piece of land. He is afraid that he will die of overeating.
"This soil is so poor that it is not suitable for planting."
Shang Ruoyi sneered: "Do you only know about this kind of thing that the whole Qingzhou knows about? Besides, who told you that something can be grown on this soil?"
What?
Do you still want to grow food in this situation?
It's just a dream!
"It seems that your grandparents didn't teach you anything really useful."
When she finished speaking, Qiao Yanxin was stunned for a moment, and then her face suddenly turned ugly.
The old princess looked at Shang Ruoyi and said in a slightly slower tone: "Ruoyi, do you think this soil can grow anything?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "I took a look at the soil, it's not as poor as they said. I happen to know a way to add fertilizer to the soil. In a few days we can try to grow some vegetables."
"Grow vegetables?" Qiao Yanxin sneered, "Sister-in-law, it's already autumn, it's not the season for growing vegetables, this is common sense."
"We can weave some dry grass into a mat and cover it to keep it warm. I'm planning to build a greenhouse here."
Greenhouse?
What is that?
The public has never even heard of it.
Qiao Yan curled her lips in disdain. There was such a large piece of land in the Land of Exile. How could she have fenced off all the nutrients in the soil?
She thought that Shang Ruoyi was clearly trying to find excuses for her wrong decision, and she was just waiting for the day when she would make a fool of herself.
For several days in a row, Shang Ruoyi went to the field to check the condition of the soil whenever she had time, and sometimes used spiritual spring water to water it.
One day, she suddenly discovered that some weeds had grown in the field. It seemed that the nutrients in the soil were sufficient.
Shang Ruoyi took out some seeds from the space and planted them in the bed, then covered them with a layer of straw to keep them warm. She then waited quietly for the seeds to germinate.
Seeing her busy in the fields, Qiao Yu sneered. With this kind of soil, anything she did would be useless. She would have the chance to laugh at her when she grew something.
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