As a mother, she is really pleased that her son is so well-behaved.
"Let's go into the house and talk." Shen retracted her gaze and said to Shen Shuangshuang.
He turned around and prepared to walk towards the room.
"Don't go into the house." Shen Shuangshuang quickly stopped the person.
Shen turned around, looking confused.
"Go to the west courtyard and talk." Shen Shuangshuang said.
Only then did Mrs. Shen remember that yesterday she asked her daughter-in-law to go to the West Courtyard to dry medicinal materials.
"Yes." Shen responded, turning around and walking toward the courtyard gate.
Shen Shuangshuang followed.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked for a while and soon entered the west courtyard.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, Mrs. Shen saw the medicinal materials that Shen Shuangshuang was drying.
There were actually six mats and four bamboo plaques laid out in the courtyard. The mats and bamboo plaques were all covered with medicinal materials.
After being exposed to the sun for half a day, most of the medicinal materials have become wilted, and some are even half-dried.
Mrs. Shen looked delighted and walked quickly towards one of the mats where medicinal herbs were drying.
He squatted down and picked up a medicinal plant to check the situation.
After looking at it for a while, I checked another medicinal material.
After checking the types of medicinal materials dried in the courtyard, Mrs. Shen stood up to talk to Shen Shuangshuang.
"Just dry it like this. I'll take a look at it every day when I come back. If it's ready for use, you can help me pack it up and send it to Huichun Hall."
"Yeah." Shen Shuangshuang agreed.
Shen's eyes swept over the medicinal materials in the hospital, and his eyes were a little amazed.
"You have grown so many medicinal materials in such a short period of time. Your space is really a treasure."
Shen Shuangshuang nodded in agreement.
"I think it would be more cost-effective to use the red soil in my space to grow medicinal materials."
"Mom, how about you help me get more medicinal seeds, and I will continue to plant medicinal materials in the red soil from now on."
"You can plant them when winter comes, and store them in the space immediately after planting. When summer comes next year, you can use them to dry them together."
“The sun is strong after summer, so I might be able to dry the medicinal materials in one day!”
Mrs. Shen looked at the medicinal materials in the yard again, feeling a little moved.
The prince is leading troops at the border and needs a large amount of patent medicine every month.
The daughter-in-law must be able to provide her with a sufficient amount of medicinal materials. Just by supplying them to the prince, their family can make a lot of money.
What's more, not only the prince needs patent medicines and medicinal materials, Huichun Hall also consumes a lot of medicinal materials every month.
If you can use the medicinal materials supplied by yourself, you can make more money.
"Then...chili..." asked Shen.
Shen Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment.
"Let's allocate half of the land to plant peppers. When the peppers are produced in Zhuangzi next year, we can all plant medicinal materials instead."
Even if there is only ten square meters of red land, it is enough for her to grow a large amount of medicinal materials.
Shen Shuangshuang looked at Mr. Shen.
"I just wanted to tell you about this."
"Mom, I made an appointment with the third brother and third sister-in-law of the Su family to buy the Mengjiazhuang in advance."
Shen was a little surprised.
Thinking of the banknote he gave to his daughter-in-law earlier, it became clear again.
"Just buy it. If you buy it earlier, you can make arrangements earlier."
Thinking of something, Shen said: "Didn't my family collect a lot of cabbage seeds last year? Why not go to Zhuangzi to plant some more this year?"
"Vegetables are expensive in winter. Last year, Zuixianlou already made a name for its braised vegetables. This year's braised vegetables will definitely sell well."
Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
"The most seeds I have on hand right now are cowhide. When Mengjiazhuang gets it, I'm going to plant it."
"When the time comes, I not only want the market in Shangyang Town, but also the markets in several surrounding towns, and even the markets further away." When he said this, Shen Shuang's eyes lit up.
Shen's eyes moved.
"you mean--"
Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
"The Yin family's merchant ships go down the river and dock at many docks. Mr. Yin should be willing to take some cowskin vegetables to distant towns to earn the difference."
"Vegetables are easier to keep fresh in winter, and cowhide vegetables are very moist. If you keep them longer, the vegetables won't go bad."
Shen's eyes moved.
"How many are you going to plant?" he asked.
The corners of Shen Shuang's lips raised.
"It should be at least a hundred acres."
Ignoring Shen's shocked expression, Shen Shuangshuang continued: "There are more than 600 acres of land in total. The remaining land is divided into 20 acres to grow potatoes and about 100 acres to grow sweet potatoes. As for peppers, plant them together with the sweet potatoes. "
"By the way, the fields in Mengjiazhuang seem to be about a hundred acres. As for the fields, I want to grow rice. In addition, I also want to grow some wheat." After saying this, Shen Shuangshuang looked at Shen, with a hint of something in his eyes. Inquiring look.
Shen frowned.
"That's it for cabbage. For other things, you'd better not plant them in bulk. Especially high-yielding rice and wheat."
At that time, my sister was amazingly talented and mentioned some high-yielding crops in the 21st century.
The emperor and some people in the court knew about it.
It was a good thing that those things didn't appear. If they knew that they appeared, she was afraid that her daughter-in-law would be in danger.
Shen Shuangshuang was silent for a while.
The reason why she mentioned this matter to her mother-in-law was actually to seek her mother-in-law's opinion.
As a result, her mother-in-law really didn’t want her to grow those crops.
"I will plant less rice and wheat, and then plant some local rice and wheat seeds around them."
"Even if the rice and wheat yields are high, everyone will just think it is a coincidence."
"Besides, Mengjiazhuang is remote and the people in the village almost never leave the village. Even if someone notices something is wrong, the news will not leak out."
There are many long-term workers in Mengjiazhuang, and the surrounding tenant farmers rarely go out.
In ancient times, inconvenient transportation was a bad thing, but in the case of Mengjiazhuang, it was a good thing.
If transportation is inconvenient, people will not like to go out or communicate with the people around them, and the information will be even more blocked.
Shen thought for a while and nodded.
"Then sweet potatoes and potatoes—"
"I have to grow these two crops." Shen Shuangshuang said directly.
"Potatoes can be used as a staple food or used in cooking, and they can be stored for a long time."
"Whether it's a maocai restaurant or a hot pot restaurant, I'm going to arrange this ingredient in the future."
"As for sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes can coexist with peppers. I must plant peppers. If I don't plant additional sweet potatoes, it would be a waste of land."
"Furthermore, sweet potato vines and sweet potato tubers can be used to feed pigs. This is the best pig food. With sweet potatoes, pigs can be raised on Zhuangzi."
"At that time, not only will Zhuangzi be able to produce some pork, but it will also be able to get enough farm manure to fertilize the land."
"In addition, sweet potatoes can be processed into meat tenderizer, vermicelli, and even made into snacks."
"Anyway, you will be happy when the sweet potatoes are harvested next year."
Mr. Shen was a little moved by what he said.
"Then make arrangements as you want."
"However, we must set rules with the people in the village in advance. They are not allowed to reveal the affairs of the village to the outside world. They are not allowed to take the things in the village out of the village." Shen said.
"Yeah." Shen Shuangshuang agreed.
She was actually not that worried about this aspect.
She had visited Mengjiazhuang before. The place was vast and sparsely populated, and the mobility of people was extremely low.
Needless to say, the servants of the village almost always live in the village.
