Two days passed like this, and early this morning Li Yan checked the germination of the pepper seeds as usual.
When they lifted the gauze, they saw that all the pepper seeds had sprouted tender white buds. Li Yan cheered happily. Hearing the noise, Mrs. Lin ran to her daughter's room and saw her jumping and dancing with joy.
It was rare for Lin to see her daughter display such a childish side. She had initially thought something was wrong, but her expression softened and she asked with a smile, "Have all your seeds sprouted?"
Li Yan nodded excitedly and shook her mother's arm for her to see.
"Then plant them quickly while it's still early and the sun isn't too scorching!" Lin reminded.
Reminded by her mother, Li Yan could no longer stay and said, "I'll go find that person right now!" After that, the person disappeared in the blink of an eye!
Lin shook his head helplessly and laughed. After all, he was still a child.
Of course, Lin had no idea what Li Yan was so excited about. This winter, Li Yan was counting on these peppers of hers to make a fortune. How could she not be excited?
Although she owned two shops, she could only make a little money. Although soy sauce and fermented bean curd were very popular, they were traffic-generating products. Li Yan's profit margin was not high, and she had to pay dividends to Qin Yue at the end of the year, so there was not much money left in her hands.
Now she is looking forward to these peppers opening up the market for her so that she can make a fortune. Isn't she counting on these things?
Soon, the Li family's yard was filled with grandparents, aunt, Zhao family father and son from the mountain, and Guo family's two daughters-in-law.
Li Yan took the seeds and led people to the backyard. At this time, seedling pots were placed on the open space and corners of the backyard, and the pots were all covered with soil.
Li Yan was the first to walk to a smaller seedling pot, and spread the seeds evenly in rows on the seedling tray. Then she gently covered them with a layer of fine soil, and finally sprinkled some water. The seedlings were then planted.
Seeing his granddaughter's rough movements, Mr. Li frowned doubtfully and asked, "So, is it done?"
Li Yan nodded. "Don't worry, Grandpa. These pepper seeds are easy to grow. This will do. However, you still need to water them properly every day!"
Several of them are used to doing farm work, and they can do it as long as they have hands. They can even do it more delicately than Li Yan.
It is good to have more people. However, it took two hours to finish planting the seedling pots in the backyard. In order to avoid the hottest time after noon, after finishing the seedling pots in the backyard, several people hurried down the mountain without taking a break.
What Li Yan didn't expect was that because the land was backed by a mountain and was at the foot of the mountain, it could avoid the scorching sun.
Several people divided the work and cooperated with each other. Some sowed, some covered the soil, and some watered the land. They planted most of the fields in a hurry.
Li Yan looked at the sun rising higher and higher, patted the soil in her hands and said to the crowd, "Let's plant the rest in the evening!"
Mr. Li nodded and said, "Alright, the sun is too scorching and it's not suitable for sowing, so let's leave it this way for now."
Before leaving, Li Yan turned around and told the Zhao family father and son and the two aunts from the Guo family, "Come to our house for dinner later!"
"No, girl. We have children at home waiting for us to go back!" Zhao Da declined.
"Then take the children with you. It's not right to finish the work and not have food to eat!" Mr. Li advised.
Seeing that they just smiled and didn't agree, Li Yan didn't force them. She decided to wait until she got back to see what food her mother had prepared and then send it to them. This way they would feel more comfortable!
Li Yan told her grandfather her thoughts.
Mr. Li nodded, "If that's the case, fine!"
When they returned home, they smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen. Li Yan was the first to walk into the kitchen.
Mrs. Lin was busy packing food in a lunch box. Seeing her daughter come back, she smiled and said, "You came back because of the smell, right? I was just about to bring you lunch! You're back!"
"It has to be sent. One should be sent to my aunt and Uncle Zhao down the mountain. What did mother do today?" After saying that, he came in front of his mother.
"I was worried that I couldn't take care of it all by myself, so I only made tofu stewed with meat, and the staple food was steamed buns!"
Li Yan smiled and said, "It's both meat and vegetables, that's all." After that, she took the food box from her mother, filled it with two portions of food, and sent it down the mountain.
The two families felt a little embarrassed when they received the food that Li Yan personally delivered to them.
Seeing that they were about to start some polite conversation, Li Yan quickly changed the subject and said, "After these seeds are planted, I'll need you to take care of them in the future. If there are any problems, please notify me immediately!"
Several people hurriedly agreed.
Li Yan was busy growing peppers, while Qin Yue was sitting in his study reading letters from the capital.
At this moment, he looked at the contents of the letter with a relaxed brow. He knew that this method of making ice could make him rich. Now, in the capital, whether it was the royal relatives, the ministers in the court, or even the palace, everyone was flocking to his ice.
Qin Yue finished reading the letter with a slight smile on his face. It was obvious that he was in a good mood at the moment.
In this way, the money earned from selling ice and noodles this summer will not only be enough to pay for the food and fodder purchased this time, but will also be enough to pay for the food and fodder purchased during the autumn harvest!
Qin Yue picked up the account book at hand and glanced at it briefly. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart. These people who always cried about being poor in the court were actually very generous when it came to enjoying themselves. They could buy carts of ice and take them to the government office without blinking an eye, but they were not willing to donate a penny when it came to helping refugees.
These termites really know how to enjoy themselves!
Qin Yue's eyes flashed with coldness. It was because of these parasites that his father had such a hard time. If his father had not found another way to support these soldiers, how could these people have a good life? But these people thought they were extremely smart and only pushed the mess onto others.
Qin Yue set his eyes on the map in the study. There were not many people in the entire dynasty like his father who invested his entire family fortune in order to ensure that the soldiers would not go hungry.
How could such a barren land as the Northwest attract so many merchants over the years? His father had put a lot of effort into this. As far as he knew, the Qian family's original power was only limited to the south of the Yangtze River.
The Qian family’s ability to gain a foothold in the northwest so quickly in recent years was naturally inseparable from the protection of the military.
This is also a last resort.
The imperial court was reluctant to distribute food and fodder to the Northwest Army, or only gave my father some silver and sent him away. With that little military pay, not to mention feeding 300,000 troops, even half of them would starve to death. Just imagine, the soldiers would starve to death if they didn't have enough to eat. It would be good if they didn't rebel, so how could they be loyal to the emperor and the country?
Fortunately, thanks to my father's constant mediation, these soldiers no longer have to guard the territory with empty stomachs!
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