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

After telling the Gu family the secret of holding the space, Tong Huaqiong felt much more relaxed.

No more sneaking Man'er into the space to get ice cream, potato chips, nuts and other delicacies and then eating them like a thief.

Now she can openly take things out of the space without having to rack her brains to deal with her family.

That evening, Tong Huaqiong had Man'er enter the space and take out various flavors of ice cream and all kinds of cookies and snacks that she had bought from the refrigerator for everyone to taste.

Tong Huaqiong peeled open her favorite chocolate and vanilla ice cream, took a bite, and smiled contentedly.

Gu Jingzhe asked, "Mother, were all those pastry recipes you came up with based on the flavors of these things?"

Tong Huaqiong said with a smile, "That's right."

It seems that no matter how clever Gu Jingzhe is, he couldn't tell that she wasn't the original Tong Dajiao.

Liu Yue'e opened a package of biscuits and handed it to Chen Sufen, and the two sisters-in-law ate them together.

Liu Yue'e said, "I must say, these cookies are even tastier than those from our Peach Blossom Dessert Shop."

Gu Dashu chimed in, "That's right, several of these dishes taste better than what we have in our shop."

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, "Of course! The modern food industry embodies the hard work of countless researchers, and its taste has been tested by countless people. How could it not be delicious?"
After slowly finishing a cookie, Chen Sufeng said, "This cookie tastes good, but it's not difficult to make."

Tong Huaqiong knew that Chen Sufeng had a great talent for baking.

At first, after learning to make pastries from Tong Huaqiong twice, I was able to operate completely independently. Now, I am becoming more and more daring and able to come up with new recipes based on the ingredients.

And you know what? Her recipe was very popular as soon as it was released.

Tong Huaqiong felt that Chen Sufeng was more skilled in baking than herself, since the recipes Chen Sufeng developed were ones she had eaten or seen in her previous life, which was essentially cheating.

Chen Su-fen can figure out delicious pastries entirely by feeling.

Tong Huaqiong plans to leverage Chen Sufeng's talents and skills, and has already put her in charge of the research and development of peach blossom desserts and pastries.

At first, Chen Su-fen refused, fearing she couldn't shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

Later, with Tong Huaqiong's encouragement and even her anger, she was able to accept it.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Sufeng, you can focus on figuring out more pastry recipes. Have Man'er bring out the pastries from your space, taste them, and then work on new recipes."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "You take Xiuxiu with you and figure it out together, and bring Xiuxiu out with you."

Chen Sufeng said, "Don't worry, Mother, Xiuxiu will definitely be able to get out."

After several months of training at Peach Blossom Dessert Bakery, Tong Huaqiong discovered that Liu Xiuxiu had the same talent for baking as Chen Sufen.

Tong Huaqiong hoped that Chen Sufen would bring Liu Xiuxiu out.

Not only Liu Xiuxiu, but Tong Huaqiong also plans to recruit more skillful girls to work in the baking room.

Girls in this era are not lacking in talent or ability, but they lack opportunities, which is why they are often confined to their homes.

Tong Huaqiong is willing to give those skillful girls a chance.

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Since arriving in Yanguan Town, He Chao has escaped the troubles of his reputation and gained Tong Huaqiong's trust. He has begun to put his skills to good use and has managed the two shops very well.

Tong Huaqiong no longer needs to go to Yanguan Town every day; she can control the overall operation of Taohua Desserts simply by looking at the account books brought by Gu Taohua.

Now, Tong Huaqiong focuses more on her own land and pig farm.

After autumn arrives, the corn begins to fill out with grains.

Last time, Tong Huaqiong noticed pink and blackish-gray mold spots on the tips of some corn ears in her own cornfield. Gu Dahan said that this happens every year, not only in his own cornfield, but in the cornfields of most people in Qinghewan.

Because Tong Huaqiong was in a hurry to go to Pingchuan County to invite He Chao to oversee the Peach Blossom Dessert Shop, she did not take care of the cornfield in time.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't care about her own cornfield.

Besides the corn ears in the village showing signs of mold, several acres of the newly purchased land at the foot of Xishan Mountain also had the same problem with the corn.

Tong Huaqiong felt that this must be a common problem in the cornfields of Qinghewan. Just like the lack of nitrogen in her own wheat field caused the wheat to wither and turn yellow, perhaps the soil was also lacking some element that made the corn sick.

After searching the space for several days, Tong Huaqiong finally figured it out: the pink or grayish-black mold spots on the corn ears were caused by corn ear rot. This pathogen not only affects the yield of corn, but also affects humans and livestock.

She thought of aflatoxin, a carcinogen found in food during her time, which was essentially the same.

Corn was an important staple food in this era. The Gu family not only ate corn porridge and corn noodles, but also used corn milk in pastries. Even the Gu family's pig feed was mainly made of corn.

Even for her own health and for the development and expansion of her pig farming business, Tong Huaqiong had to solve the corn ear rot disease.

This time, she not only wants to solve her own family's problem, but is also willing to share the solution with the villagers.

There's no other reason than that if the diseases affecting other people's corn aren't dealt with, it will affect ours.

First, pathogens will be blown into the soil by the wind, and then pathogens from other people's cornfields will become a source of pollution for your own cornfield along with the wind.

Secondly, the pig feed they buy is all corn from the village, and the mold on the corn can affect their pigs.

Having witnessed the power of aflatoxin in her previous life, Tong Huaqiong specifically instructed Gu Dahan to ensure quality control when purchasing corn from the village, rejecting any that were moldy or had mildew.

If the corn ear rot disease in the village cannot be eradicated, it will worsen the condition year after year. If the yield is reduced to a certain extent, they will have to buy corn from outside, which will greatly increase their costs.

Therefore, for the sake of her own health and the healthy growth of the pigs, Tong Huaqiong decided to be selfless.

Actually, corn ear rot is not difficult to treat; prevention and soil maintenance are sufficient.

If it were her previous life, choosing superior seeds resistant to ear rot could solve the problem at its source. However, her own corn was almost ready for harvest, and even if she used her special ability to buy high-quality seeds, she would have to wait until next year.

Surely they won't neglect the cornfields this year.

Therefore, the only treatment for ear rot on our own corn is now fungicide.

Tong Huaqiong bought carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl, and had Man'er take them out of her space to disinfect her own cornfield first.

Now Tong Huaqiong no longer needs to rack her brains to explain the origin of these disinfectants to her family, and she doesn't need to lie to officials from the Ministry of Agriculture.

She told her family directly that the disinfectant was found in the space.

Gu Dahan, as the person in charge of farming and raising pigs in his family, was initially skeptical of these disinfectants. He was worried that if they didn't work well, they might ruin the intact corn ears, which would be disastrous.

However, Tong Huaqiong said that her corn ears have been showing mold spots every year for so many years, so instead of waiting for the mold spots to disappear on their own, she might as well take a chance and give it a try.

Once Tong Huaqiong spoke, Gu Dahan dared not refute her, after all, the reason why this year's wheat harvest was so good was largely due to the fertilizer that Tong Huaqiong took out from her space.

In addition to removing mold, Tong Huaqiong also noticed bollworms on some corn ears. She took out a bollworm insecticide and planned to deal with it as well.

The specific application of fertilizers and pesticides is controlled by Gu Dahan.

Gu Dahan didn't trust others, so he personally disinfected and killed pests in the fields.

Of course, just to be on the safe side, he chose an acre of land for the experiment.

As Tong Huaqiong had predicted, the fungicide had taken effect on the acre of land that had been sprayed just three days later. (End of Chapter)