Chapter 702 Making Wedding Dresses for Others
"This is a good thing!"
Wan Qiqi smiled.
She originally wanted to get the villagers to grow vegetables together and turn Lianhua Village into a vegetable planting base.
The vegetables I grew myself were only novel at first.
Once it integrates into everyone's lives, it will become special!
But what she wanted was not novelty or uniqueness, but for the public to know and accept these new things.
Why were famines so common in ancient times?
Because rice yields were low in ancient times, there were few things that could be used as a staple food.
At the same time, there are fewer vegetables available for people to eat.
If foods like sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, which can fill stomachs, become well-known and widely cultivated, famine can be alleviated.
Therefore, Wan Qiqi really likes people who help promote her!
As for why this person encouraged the villagers to grow vegetables on such a large scale, that's not important.
I've already reaped the benefits of the new dishes, so now I just need to maintain the consistent quality of the food!
“Sister-in-law, I don’t think this is a good thing! Someone is eyeing your new dish, which will affect the restaurant’s business!” Chen Yongxing said, disagreeing.
“You’re wrong! That’s not how it is!” Wan Qiqi told Chen Yongxing what she was thinking.
Chen Yongxing was stunned. "Sister-in-law, your ambition is truly lofty!"
But he felt that what his sister-in-law said made a lot of sense.
The more people know about and accept these dishes, the more people will eat them.
When more people eat it, they become more picky about their tastes.
To date, he has never tasted a new dish cooked better than his sister-in-law's!
He felt a craving for his sister-in-law's cooking.
After waiting for a long time, it was finally time to eat.
Chen Yongxing quickly prepared the food, and seeing his mother, elder brother, and sister-in-law start eating for a while, he quickly started eating as well.
A perfectly good meal was devoured in no time.
Wan Qiqi watched as Chen Yongxing poured the rice into the dish with the remaining oil and water.
The rice "washed" the plate clean.
She was stunned for a moment.
Those who know the food know it's delicious, but those who don't might think these people eat very poorly at home.
Wan Qiqi reluctantly put down her chopsticks and quietly watched the people in the room eat.
She felt a sense of peace and tranquility in this.
If it weren't for all that mess in Yunhe County, living like this would actually be pretty good.
Unfortunately, this peace was only fleeting.
After finishing their meal, Li Chongniang and Wang Zhi went to wash the dishes.
Chen Yunqian, Chen Yunxi, and Chen Siyu were playing on the side.
The remaining three sat and chatted.
As we chatted, we returned to the topic from that evening.
"Yongxing, reclaiming wasteland for farming is a good thing, but it's also extremely dangerous. You spend a lot of time in the village, so please warn everyone!"
Wan Qiqi felt that she was lucky to be able to successfully cultivate this wasteland and plant vegetables.
If any problems arise, all we'll face is losses!
Clearing land is no easy task. No matter how many wastelands there were in ancient times, why didn't anyone exploit them?
It requires not only labor, but also a certain amount of financial support.
“Okay, I’ll be careful!” Chen Yongxing replied.
Then he asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you worried about?"
“Your sister-in-law is worried that someone will take advantage of the villagers’ land reclamation and then seize the land, making everyone’s efforts go to waste!” Chen Yongnian blurted out.
While reviewing the files, he occasionally came across some events from the past few decades.
In the past, some common people were unwilling to work for wealthy families, so they went to the government to buy wasteland and wanted to cultivate it themselves.
Unexpectedly, the wasteland yielded low output, resulting not only in no profit but also in losses, ultimately forcing them to resort to manual labor to pay off debts owed to the government.
The land that man had cultivated was also taken over by the government, and after some adjustments, it became fertile farmland again.
This man essentially gave the government free land reclamation and spent his entire life paying off the debt.
This is why people are unwilling to cultivate wasteland.
Even if there are successful examples, they are very few and far between.
Fearing that Chen Yongxing wouldn't understand, Chen Yongnian repeated what he had seen in the dossier.
Chen Yongxing was stunned. "This person is really pitiful! Luckily, we're alright!"
He suddenly felt a little fortunate that he hadn't experienced this when he was reclaiming wasteland, otherwise he would have been really finished!
"Just because we're okay doesn't mean everyone else is okay, so you need to make everyone vigilant and not let others benefit from our misfortune!"
After Wan Qiqi finished speaking, she looked at Chen Yongnian and said, "You've seen quite a few case files in the government office!"
Chen Yongnian awkwardly scratched his head. "Mr. Cao asked me to look at it, saying it would be helpful to me."
Wan Qiqi nodded in agreement, then looked at Chen Yongxing, "There are still some things to do!"
She briefly shared the current situation with Chen Yongxing.
Of course, she didn't mention that Xie Xing and the Tang family were going to target her.
It's just that the government is in turmoil. If a new county magistrate is appointed, it will have an impact on all aspects.
And with the return of the Tang family patriarch, who had previously schemed against Tang Qiwen, there was a possibility of retaliation.
She remained silent about Chen Yongnian's plan to resign as a government clerk.
Wan Qiqi suspects that Tang Bingfeng is the mastermind behind getting the villagers to cultivate wasteland and grow vegetables.
So she briefly told Chen Yongxing about the Tang family's situation, so that he could be mentally prepared.
Even so, Chen Yongxing felt a chill run down his spine.
In the past, he wouldn't even know what powerful and influential people looked like, let alone have any grudges against them.
Now, hearing that the other party is going to deal with him, he is still fearful and afraid that he will not be able to defeat them.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to the martial arts school and ask them to keep an eye on things and send a few people over to help!" Chen Yongnian said.
Chen Yongxing nodded.
Remembering some of the questions the villagers had asked, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother, sister-in-law, Lord Fang... what exactly happened?"
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