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

Chapter 104 It's Really Different [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Once in the field, the two carefully picked up the small stones and pulled out the newly grown weeds.

Stone, carrying a cloth bag in one hand and a handful of rapeseed in the other, said, "Sister, I'm scattering them."

Shang Wan nodded, watching as Shi Tou scattered handfuls of vegetable seeds into the ground.

After the seeds were sown, Shang Wan picked up a hoe and evenly covered them with a thin layer of soil.

She turned to the stone and asked, "And then what happens after you cover it with soil?"

"Water it." Stone recalled Old Liu's words, "Just make sure the soil is moist, too much water will ruin the seeds."

Shang Wan felt that the order seemed to be reversed. "Wouldn't the top layer of soil be washed away by the water? And the seeds would also be washed together."

Stone had never farmed before, and scratching his head, he said, "Should I go ask Uncle Liu again?"

Shang Wan waved her hand, "No need, go back and get a water ladle, let's splash the water gently."

Shi Tou quickly ran back to get the water ladle. After he disappeared from sight, Shang Wan used a twig to draw a half-meter long and half-meter wide square in the ground in front of her, and weighed it down with stones at the four corners.

She used the vegetable seeds in the box as a control group.

Shang Wan scooped a large handful of water from the bucket, and with a thought, added a drop of spiritual spring water, then gently sprinkled it onto the ground within the square.

When Shi Tou returned, Shang Wan had already watered the soil in the square.

Shi Tou didn't ask any questions, assuming that Shang Wan was just bored and playing around with water.

He used a wooden ladle to scoop water and splash it onto the ground; it didn't take much effort to cultivate an acre of land.

Once the seedlings sprout, transplant them to the adjacent plot of land.

Shang Wan said, "Don't touch these four stones. I added something to this small patch of land. I'll tell you what it is later."

The question that Stone wanted to ask was stuck in his throat.

Looking at the damp vegetable patch, he worriedly asked, "Sister, what if birds come and eat our seeds?"

That's certainly possible. Shang Wan thought that growing vegetables at the base would require covering them with a film, but there's no such thing as a plastic film in this world.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "Go ask Yuanyuan for help."

Stone:"……"

Seeing his strange expression, Shang Wan asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Stone: "Sis, is Yuanyuan going to attract another bunch of monsters to bite me?"

He's traumatized by the incident of being attacked by field mice!

Shang Wan replied decisively, "No."

Only then did Shi Tou feel relieved, and he eagerly went to find Yuan Yuan for help.

Shang Wan went for a walk in the village, and when she came back, she had a bunch of fresh, juicy bok choy produced by her space.

"Xiao Huan, make soup with these bok choy for lunch."

"Sister, did you buy these in the village?" Xiao Huan asked in surprise. "We still have quite a few wild vegetables left from what we picked yesterday."

“Wild vegetables can be eaten at night,” Shang Wan said. “I’d like to eat bok choy; you can make a soup or stir-fry it.”

Upon hearing that Shang Wan wanted to eat, Xiao Huan immediately agreed, "Let's make both. We need to cook meatballs for Yuan Yuan anyway, so we can chop them up and add them in. Yuan Yuan loves them too."

Speaking of meatballs, Shang Wan asked, "How much meat do you have left at home?"

This meat comes from a range of edible small animals, including wild boar, pheasant, rabbit, roe deer, and snake.

Xiao Huan said, "The wild boar meat is gone, but we still have more than half of the roe deer meat we hunted yesterday. That should last us a few days."

"Let's go into the mountains to get more after we've finished eating," Shang Wan said. "We can't store too much, it'll spoil easily." "Okay," Xiao Huan nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "Sister, maybe we shouldn't hunt wild boar anymore. Wild boars are never castrated, they taste too fishy and pungent, and we have to add a lot of seasonings every time we cook them, it's not worth it."

Although the spices bought from the Yuan family were cheaper than those from the pharmacy, the strong smell of wild boar made them a necessity to use more.

Especially the pig offal, which had to be washed with flour and had to be removed with wine. Although the final product tasted good and everyone was satisfied with it, it was a real waste to make it, and she felt bad about using it.

"Pork is oily and satisfying." Shang Wan glanced at the three men and their apprentices working. "When doing hard labor, the food can't be without oil."

Xiao Huan understood this logic, but she still couldn't help but sigh.

"Alright, stop looking so sad. Your brother-in-law and I will take care of making money." Shang Wan patted her head. "Qiao Yu'an hired your brother-in-law to help with the accounts. He earns four taels a month. After deducting his expenses for writing materials, he can save one or two taels. Isn't that enough for you to buy spices?"

“But we also need to save money.” Xiao Huan counted on her fingers. “After my brother-in-law recovers from his injury, he will need to go to school, and that will be the biggest expense. Shi Tou is already sixteen, and he will need to get married in a couple of years, so we need to prepare a dowry. When there are too many people, we won’t have enough rooms, so we will need to build a new house. Besides the major expenses, we also need money for clothing and food.”

Xiao Huan couldn't sleep whenever she thought about these things.

"You're not that old, but you have a lot on your mind." Shang Wan thought Xiao Huan was just like a little housekeeper and couldn't help but tease her, "You're only thinking about saving up for Shi Tou's betrothal gifts, what about your dowry?"

Xiao Huan blushed and glared at Shang Wan shyly, "Sister!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore." Shang Wan bent down and picked up the wooden basin containing the bok choy. "I'll go wash the vegetables, alright?"

Xiao Huan rolled up her sleeves and came over to help, asking curiously, "Sister, have these vegetables already been washed? Why aren't they muddy at all?"

Shang Wan thought to herself, "If it didn't come from the ground, of course it wouldn't have any mud."

"Ah, I rinsed it in the river, so the mud on the roots should be washed away."

As she got closer, Xiao Huan smelled the fresh fragrance emanating from the bok choy, which seemed different from the usual bok choy.

She took a closer sniff and asked curiously, "Sister, whose dish is this? It smells different, and it's quite fragrant."

"Does it smell good?" Shang Wan didn't notice. "Don't all dishes taste like this?"

Xiao Huan: "..."

Don't doubt a cook's nose!

She held up the bok choy and brought it close to Shang Wan's nose. "Sister, smell it carefully, it really is different."

Shang Wan did as instructed and sniffed it. It did have a light fragrance, but aren't all dishes like that?

Xiao Huan insisted on a different approach. To prove her point, she stopped washing the vegetables and dragged Shang Wan to the nearest cabbage patch.

She pointed to a small bok choy by the ground and said, "Sister, smell it again."

Shang Wan reluctantly leaned closer and said, "Honestly, there's really not much difference."

However, seeing Xiao Huan's serious expression, she nodded, "It is indeed different."

Xiao Huan could tell that Shang Wan was just going along with her, and couldn't help but suspect that there was something wrong with Shang Wan's nose.

This cabbage patch belongs to the Li family. Li Xiaomei and Li Xiaoshan were squatting in the field pulling weeds when they saw Shang Wan and Li Xiaoshan sniffing a small cabbage. They asked in confusion, "Sister, Sister Xiaohuan, what are you doing?"

Xiao Huan said, "Xiao Shan, let me buy you some cabbages."

"Why would we need to buy a few vegetables?" Li Xiaoshan chuckled. "There are so many in the field, we can't possibly eat them all. Just pick as many as you like."

Before Xiao Huan could even make a move, Li Xiaomei deftly plucked about ten fresh, vibrant plants, tied them together with some wild grass stems, and handed them to Xiao Huan, saying, "Here you go."

The little girl was rather shy and spoke in a soft voice, completely different from Li Xiaoshan's loud voice.

Xiao Huan thanked her, and Shang Wan flicked her wrist, revealing two candies in her palm. She handed them to Li Xiaomei with a smile, saying, "One for you and one for your brother."

Li Xiaomei waved her hands repeatedly, refusing to accept the money.

It's just a few vegetables, why would I accept candy from people?
(End of this chapter)