The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

"From now on, I will entrust these fifty acres of land to Dahan for management," Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Dahan as she put away the land deed.

Gu Dahan was extremely excited when he heard this.

He likes farming and is passionate about it.

He doesn't like doing business, and he feels awkward serving customers at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop.

Now that his stepmother has handed over all the land in the house to him, he feels both a great responsibility and a sense of being valued.

"Don't worry, Mother, I will definitely manage these lands well," Gu Dahan said.

"Let's grow grain on all this land," Tong Huaqiong said.

"Our granaries will definitely be full next year," Gu Dahan said happily.

Gu Dahan is now full of energy.

Tong Huaqiong not only put him in charge of the family's land, but also put him in charge of the pig farm.

The Gu family previously owned only five mu of land, but now they have bought fifty mu, bringing their total to fifty-five mu.

We'll plant grain on these 55 mu of land first, since grain is of paramount importance in any era.

Whether it's famine or war, having food means you can survive.

She will consider developing cash crops once she has more land at home.

She had already carefully searched the information in the space and found that cotton was the most suitable cash crop to grow in this area.

If she buys more, she plans to grow cotton.

She discovered that most people in this era wore linen clothes, and only wealthy families like Master Huang could afford cotton.

The main reason was that cotton production was low during that era, coupled with inadequate cotton textile technology, which made cotton cloth rare and expensive.

Tong Huaqiong rummaged through Tong Dajiao's winter clothes and found that she had very few cotton-padded coats, and most of her padded jackets were lined with cattail fluff.

Winter is such a tough time!

If she were to develop her own cotton planting industry and improve cotton textile efficiency, wouldn't her career reach new heights?

Becoming a business queen is not impossible.

She could no longer get involved in salt and iron; her path to becoming a business queen began with discovering new business opportunities.

Of course, there is also the readily available pig farming business right now.

After finishing her meal, Tong Huaqiong went to the pig farm.

Watching the pigs rooting around in their troughs and eating, Tong Huaqiong felt a surge of joy.

They ate to their hearts' content. These pigs were not only money, but also a variety of delicacies such as braised pork, stewed ribs, braised pork hock with rock sugar, and stir-fried pork intestines.

Tong Huaqiong was craving these delicacies.

The more than twenty pigs were raised to be fat and strong, and the one that Gu Dahan bought was ready for market around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The twenty pigs that Lu Zhaoyang gave us can be ready for market by the end of the year.

Pigs from other families take more than a year to reach market weight, but pigs from Tong Huaqiong's family reach market weight much faster.

In this era, pigs were mostly fed grass, and even straw was not given to them; it was used as firewood.

Not to mention feeding pigs corn, beans, or other grains; that would get you scolded for being wasteful.

After all, in this era, most people ate millet without hulling it in order to save food.

Tong Huaqiong was the first person in Qinghewan to raise pigs and feed them corn and beans.

This move drew gasps of admiration from the villagers.

Since his pig farm was set up in the temple, villagers have been coming to see it.

Gu Dahan strictly followed Tong Huaqiong's instructions, feeding the pigs fresh grass and mixing corn and beans into the chopped straw in the trough.

Corn and beans really did fatten the pigs; the twenty-odd pigs grew like they were being blown up. The two pigs that were taken from Granny Yan's house to pay off the debt were noticeably larger than the ones they had at Granny Yan's.

In addition to corn and beans, Tong Huaqiong also bought pig feed such as blood and bone meal and fish meal in her space, and had Man'er carry them out of the space. She gave them to Gu Dahan to mix and feed the pigs every day.

Fortunately, Gu Dahan listened to her and trusted her. She told Gu Dahan to feed the pigs however she wanted.

With the help of modern technology, our pigs have grown fatter and stronger.

Tong Huaqiong inspected the pigsty and was extremely satisfied with the growth of her pigs.

"Sister-in-law Tong".

Tong Huaqiong encountered Gu Guangkui on her way home after leaving the pig farm.

Because Tong Huaqiong sent Xu Si to exile, Granny Yan's influence in the village was completely extinguished, and the situation of Gu Guangkui's family began to change.

Now that he has no worries, he has started taking on furniture-making jobs outside.

At this moment, Gu Guangkui was returning from working in another village.

"Uncle Guangkui is back from work." Tong Huaqiong assumed the two had simply run into each other and exchanged pleasantries.

Gu Guangkui nodded, clearly wanting to say something to Tong Huaqiong, who then stopped in her tracks.

“I’ve been working in Heilong Village these past few days and ran into your brother and sister-in-law. They asked me to pass on a message to you, sister-in-law, that they want you to have time to go back to your parents’ home for a visit,” Gu Guangkui said.

Getting from Qinghewan to Heilong Village is not easy; it requires crossing two mountains and walking dozens of miles of mountain road.

Therefore, Gu Guangkui has been staying at his employer's house while working in Heilong Village these past few days.

When Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law learned that he was a carpenter from Qinghewan, they asked him to pass on a message to Tong Huaqiong to return to Heilong Village.

Tong Dajiao's parents have both passed away. Her purpose in using her toes to ask her brother and sister-in-law to let her go back to her parents' home is not to ask them to visit, but to bleed her dry.

During the wheat harvest season, her brother and sister-in-law had already sent a message through someone, but Tong Huaqiong ignored it. Now they have asked Gu Guangkui to send a message.

Looks like you're still not giving up!

“With both parents dead, there’s no family left for us. There’s nothing to see here.” Tong Huaqiong sneered, then thought for a moment and asked Gu Guangkui, “Have they asked you about me?”

Gu Guangkui rubbed his hands together and said, "I asked around, of course I asked around."

I inquired whether Tong Huaqiong had started a business in town and whether she had made money.
In short, no one asked Tong Huaqiong how she was doing without a man.

They knew perfectly well that a widow had a hard life, but they didn't show any concern. Instead, they subtly inquired whether Tong Huaqiong had made any money.

In Gu Guangkui's eyes, such an elder brother and sister-in-law were devoid of human warmth, and he looked down on them.

“Aunt Tong, they asked about your business, and I didn’t know what to say, so I just said I didn’t know,” Gu Guangkui said.

He did not tell Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law, Tong Huaqiong, that he had opened a shop.

He knew Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law well; they knew that if Tong Dajiao had a shop, wouldn't they come to bleed her dry?

In Gu Guangkui's mind, Tong Dajiao was their family's benefactor for subduing Xu Si and hiring Gu Xiaocao, and he would never let his benefactor get entangled in his brother and sister-in-law's troubles.

“Uncle Guangkui, you did the right thing. My brother and sister-in-law’s family wanted to cheat me, and I didn’t want them to know that I opened a shop.” Tong Huaqiong agreed with Gu Guangkui’s approach.

Even though he knew that Tong Huaqiong's personality had changed, Gu Guangkui was still a little surprised by what she said.

In the past, Tong Dajiao was incredibly devoted to her family. Everyone in the village knew that she often sent Gu Dashu to Heilong Village to deliver things to her brother and sister-in-law.

When her in-laws still lived in the village, Tong Dajiao would argue with her mother-in-law every year because she was unhappy that Tong Dajiao was taking things from her parents' home.

Her nephew, Tong Zhijie, was raised by her for several years. She was even closer to Tong Zhijie than to Gu Dashu, and only Gu Jingzhe in the past could compare to her.

Tong Huaqiong marveled at the blood-soaking nature of Tong Dajiao towards her brother and sister-in-law.

If someone sucks blood from a blood pack for too long, they will definitely be very angry when the blood pack is removed.

Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law repeatedly asked Tong Huaqiong to go back home, but Tong Huaqiong didn't take it seriously. It's estimated that her brother and sister-in-law will come knocking on her door to demand an explanation soon.

Tong Huaqiong, full of energy, prepared to welcome the vampire's arrival. (End of Chapter)