The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 100 Why don’t you go and grab it?
Shang Wan took it, put the grass core in her mouth and chewed it carefully, and surprisingly it really did have a sweet taste.

"When I was little, I would go into the mountains with my dad and eat these like candy." Xiao Huan looked nostalgic as she looked at the treasures in the bamboo basket, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Shang Wan spat out the chewed grass core and asked with a smile, "What kind of candy do you like?"

Xiao Huan shook her head, "I liked it when I was little, but I don't crave it anymore."

When I didn't have money to buy candy, I would dream about it, imagining its sweet taste, and when I woke up, my pillow would be soaked with drool.

After entering the Lu family mansion, eating sweets became commonplace for her, and she gradually stopped craving them.

"Let's go, down the mountain." Shang Wan took the bamboo basket, slung it over her shoulder, reached out and took Xiao Huan's arm, and started walking down the mountain.

Xiao Huan turned her head to look at the full bamboo basket. "Sister, there's a lot of stuff. I'll carry it."

“It’s not heavy. What kind of older sister lets her younger sister carry things while she’s idle?” Shang Wan dodged her hand. “Didn’t you want to find taro? Let’s take another route down the mountain. You can look carefully and see if there are any.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Huan had no choice but to give up and focus on looking around.

"Xiao Huan, how much do you remember about what happened at the rice shop?"

"I remember everything." Xiao Huan picked up a stick from the ground and tapped it against the grass.

Shang Wan asked, "When Ge Shunliang invited your brother-in-law to the backyard for tea, did he say anything to you and Shi Tou before he left?"

"Explanation?" Xiao Huan frowned and thought for a moment. "My brother-in-law only told me and Shi Tou to keep an eye on Yuan Yuan. He didn't say anything else."

Shang Wan said "Oh," reminding her to be careful of the thorns on the bushes.

Xiao Huan turned to look at her, puzzled, and asked, "It's all in the past, why are you still asking about it, sister? Is something wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, I was just asking." Shang Wan jumped over the stone, caught the bamboo shoot that was shaken out, and threw it back into the bamboo basket.

Xiao Huan felt that Shang Wan wasn't just asking casually, but seeing that Shang Wan's expression was normal, she didn't ask any more questions.

Perhaps they were in the wrong place, because the two of them couldn't find taro even after leaving the forest.

Xiao Huan felt it was a pity, but Shang Wan comforted her, "Perhaps they don't have them here. If you like, we can have Shi Tou plant one for you."

Xiao Huan really didn't have much hope for planting crops with stones.

Don't be fooled by how much attention Shi Tou has shown you these past few days. Once he gets tired of it, who knows if he'll even bother to go back to the field for a second.

Speaking of farming, she suddenly remembered something.

“Sister, I heard from my wife that we don’t need to go to the government to register the land reclamation. The county government sends people to inspect the fields in the village every two months to check on the crops. We can register them then.”

Shang Wan nodded, "That saves us a lot of trouble."

The two walked side by side, making a special detour to check out the two acres of land that Shi Tou had cleared.

The stones had been turned over, so he laid the hoe horizontally and sat on the handle to rest.

Ah Le sat on a rock not far away, holding a teacup and sharing the interesting things that had happened recently with the stone.

Stone was concerned about his brother-in-law's studies and deliberately asked A-Le about what was happening at the county school.

Ah Le thought for a moment and managed to come up with something new.

"A new teacher has arrived at the county school. His surname is Chu. He looks only a few years older than the young master, and he has quite the air about him."

Ah Le stood up, straightened his back, put one hand behind his back, and imitated Master Chu's walking posture, walking back and forth twice in a very proper manner, which made Shi Tou laugh.

“I’m so tired of studying.” Ah Le slumped his shoulders. “When I see Master Chu, I want to avoid him as much as possible, but the young master told me to be more respectful to him, saying that Master Chu is no ordinary person and will definitely not stay in the county school for long. The last person the young master praised like that was Young Master Lu.”

Shi Tou was proud. "That's right. My brother-in-law became a scholar at the age of thirteen. In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, how many people can pass the imperial examination at the age of thirteen?"

Ah Le pouted with envy and deliberately splashed cold water on the stone's head, saying, "There are quite a few promising young masters from those aristocratic families. Some even passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve."

Shi Tou grabbed some dirt from the ground and threw it at his clothes. "Hey! My new clothes!" Ale jumped up and hurriedly brushed the dirt off.

Fortunately, it didn't rain last night, so the soil was dry and didn't leave any marks on my clothes.

Ah Le was about to roll up his sleeves and cause trouble for Shi Tou when Shang Wan and Xiao Huan came over, and he quickly put his sleeves down.

"Sister!" Stone ran over excitedly, "What brings you here?"

Shang Wan smiled and said, "Let me come and see how your planting is progressing."

She walked around the two acres of land and said to Shi Tou, who was following behind, "Don't rush to plant anything on this land. I'll give you some vegetable seeds in a few days."

"Okay." Stone readily agreed before asking curiously, "Sis, what kind of vegetable is it?"

"Hmm..." Shang Wan thought of an explanation, "It's probably an improved variety of bok choy."

Stone asked in confusion, "Improvement?"

"It means better." Shang Wan remembered that the crop seeds produced by the spirit field, when planted in ordinary land, would yield more than before. If this effect applied to the bok choy, it would probably just mean it would grow bigger?
Even a complete novice in farming knows that the quality of the seed greatly determines how well the vegetables will grow.

"Sis, where did you get the vegetable seeds?"

Shang Wan: "..."

Xiao Huan wouldn't ask her that kind of question.

Meeting the inquisitive glint in Shi Tou's eyes, Shang Wan couldn't bear to fool him and simply said, "I'll tell you later."

Stone is easy to deal with; we'll see about it later. His sister will tell him anyway.

Ah Le watched coldly, feeling that this young mistress was like a completely different person.

It was clearly the same face and voice, but her actions and mannerisms were completely different from before.

He couldn't help but ask Xiao Huan, "Don't you feel like your young mistress is a completely different person?"

“That’s my sister.” Xiao Huan glanced at him sideways. “What my sister does is none of your business.”

Ah Le: ? ? ?
She shut him up the moment she opened her mouth. What had he done to offend this lady?

"I was just saying, I didn't mean anything by it," Ah Le explained, but seeing Xiao Huan's unfriendly expression, he had no choice but to shut up.

It was almost noon, and there was no work to be done in the fields, so the four of them went back together.

Shi Tou snatched the bamboo basket and carried it on his back, asking Xiao Huan what she wanted to eat for lunch as they walked.

Xiao Huan named a few dishes, and when she got home, she grabbed Shi Tou and A Le to help her in the kitchen, washing and chopping.

Shang Wan rolled up her sleeves to help, but Xiao Huan wouldn't let her get involved, telling her to rest.

Helpless, Shang Wan had no choice but to turn over the herbs drying on the stone slab.

Qiao Yu'an leaned over to lend a hand, and was wondering how to bring it up when Shang Wan asked, "Want to buy some ointment?"

Qiao Yu'an paused, then nodded honestly, "I want to."

"A good medicine is priceless," Shang Wan said, a smile curving her eyes. "How much silver are you prepared to offer?"

Qiao Yu'an figured that even if Shang Wan did it for Lu Chengjing's sake, she wouldn't cheat him, so he said, "Name your price."

"This number," Shang Wan said, holding up one finger and waving it. "Fixed price."

"A thousand taels?!" Qiao Yu'an's eyes widened. "Why don't you just rob someone?"

(End of this chapter)