A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

Chapter 151 To hell with your sibling affection!!

Tian Tian entered Qian Fulai's private room. "Still eating?"

Qian Fulai had a freshly made crescent-shaped steamed dumpling stuffed in his mouth; the skin was thin, the filling plentiful, and the gravy overflowing...

"Ugh... ugh..." He turned his head away awkwardly, swallowed a few times to make sure he had swallowed everything in his mouth, then cleared his throat, wiped his mouth, and turned back around.

"What do you want to do?" Qian Fulai forced out what he thought was a very handsome smile.

“Let’s go to the fields,” Tian Tian replied, but her gaze fell on the food on the table.

He ordered eight or nine dim sum dishes, but only ate two or three of them.

"Don't order so much if you can't finish it, it's such a waste!"

She turned around and called over the waiter outside, "Pack my brother's things up."

Qian Fulai stood there awkwardly...

The waiter brought over a brown paper bag, put the remaining food items into it one by one, labeled it, and handed it to Qian Fulai.

Qian Fulai took it...

"Steam it again when we get home tonight, the taste won't change much." Tian Tian was determined not to let him waste it.

"Such a waste... If your godparents find out, they'll beat you up again..."

Qian Fulai took a deep breath and stammered, "Can't you remember anything good..."

Why do I only remember his embarrassing and awkward moments...?

"Where?"

"Didn't I just say we were going to the fields? Are you hard of hearing or just forgetful?!"

Qian Fulai: "..."

Poisonous, extremely poisonous!

This girl, she'd be poisoned if she licked her own lips, wouldn't she?

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The farmers from Qianjiazhuang also went to fetch horse manure, soybean fertilizer, and shrimp shell and fish bone fertilizer.

Fertilizer should be applied to potatoes and sweet potatoes after hilling and ridging...

Qian Fulai followed Tian Tian...

Suddenly, "Tian Er, you suggested to Lord Li that he set up parking spaces outside the county town just to collect horse manure?"

That happened before the new year...

"Ah."

It takes time for horse manure to ferment into fertilizer.

We started collecting and fermenting it last year, and it's ready to use this year.

When the traveling merchants first came... she started thinking about it as soon as she saw the horse manure all over the town.

Having lived through that era, she simply couldn't stand the filth that filled the city.

Ironically, she could use this filth for her own purposes.

Although she had to pay the workers' wages every month, the money she received in return—so much horse manure—made it a very worthwhile deal for her.

Qian Fulai glanced at her sideways...

Is she really only sixteen years old?

Are you this thorough in your work?!

Qian Fulai thought about himself. He was a few years older than her, but he still needed his parents to protect him when he did things.

Looking at it this way, actually...

He doesn't deserve her.

Qian Fulai lowered his eyes, heartbroken...

Even if he hadn't shown up when his parents came to propose that day, she would still have refused, right?

Qian Fulai scratched his head in frustration.

"What are you doing?" Tian Tian frowned...

"Huh?" Qian Fulai asked, puzzled.

Tian Tian had no choice but to repeat, "These sweet potato leaves are also edible."

"After a while, we can pick the tender leaves and eat them."

After regaining his senses, Qian Fulai's mind was still quite sharp. "I plucked a leaf..."

"If you cut off the leaves of this sweet potato plant, will it still grow?"

This question wasn't asked by Qian Fulai.

But...

Ling Yao rushed over.

He rode in on horseback, stopped the horse outside the manor, and then galloped in.

"Why are you everywhere?" Qian Fulai turned around in annoyance.

Ling Yao looked at him with a puzzled expression, then went to Tian Tian's other side and waited for her answer.

Tian Tian felt like a teacher, with two people in front of her: one a diligent and good student, and the other a lazy and irresponsible student.

She simply couldn't control herself... and felt a bit biased towards Ling Yao.

"Removing the leaves won't affect the sweet potatoes below."

"On the contrary, because the leaves are pinched off, the nutrients will no longer flow to the leaves, but will return to the ground, and the sweet potatoes underground will have enough nutrients to grow bigger."

"Of course, the leaves must be pinched off when the sweet potatoes begin to grow underground, usually starting in the third month after planting and continuing for one to two months..."

"Pinching off the leaves at this time is helping it."

Ling Yao took out his charcoal pencil and began to take careful notes.

Seeing this, Qian Fulai looked disdainful, but secretly resolved to bring charcoal pencils and a notebook tomorrow as well...

Isn't it just writing down what Tian Er said? Anyone can do that.

"So, sweet potatoes mature later than potatoes? A few months later?"

Qian Fulai raised an eyebrow. Huh? Why did he say that? What did Tian Er just say? How could he come to this conclusion?

Tian Tian looked at Ling Yao approvingly, "That's good. Potatoes can be harvested in just three or four months, while sweet potatoes take six or seven months."

Qian Fulai casually suggested, "Then why don't we plant potatoes everywhere?"

Potatoes take only three or four months to grow, while sweet potatoes take six or seven months, almost twice as long as potatoes.

If that's the case, why plant them separately?

Tian Tian rolled her eyes at him. "Potatoes taste like potatoes, and sweet potatoes taste like sweet potatoes. How can they be the same?"

Qian Fulai was stunned... Uh, uh, uh, she's right.

"Moreover!" Tian Tian emphasized, "Potatoes can yield more than 3,000 jin per mu, and sweet potatoes can yield more than 6,000 jin per mu, which is no worse than potatoes."

"After the potatoes are harvested, we can plant more potatoes one or two months later."

"After the sweet potatoes are harvested, we can continue to plant winter vegetables."

"The land will never be empty."

Speaking of which...

Tian Tian frowned; there were too many things to do and too little time.

The potato and sweet potato seedlings have been planted for over a month. In another month or two at most, the potatoes will be ready for harvest.

She should start setting up a small workshop to make potato starch now.

besides...

There are so many delicious dishes that can be made with potatoes, and she should start organizing the potato-related recipes in her mind.

"Big brother." She looked up and stared at Qian Fulai.

"Ah?! I'm here." Qian Fulai answered with considerable pride, holding his head high.

"Go and hire people to build a small workshop on your estate..."

"Hire another twenty women; I'll have a great use for them after the potato harvest."

Qian Fulai's mind went blank for a moment, "A workshop?"

"Just do as I say." Tian Tian slapped him on the shoulder. "Big brother, in just over a month, you'll see... Fulai Restaurant becomes even more prosperous."

Ling Yao looked at the two of them, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Miss Tian and this young master Qian are sworn siblings. According to her cousin, they have even signed a cooperation agreement.

So, Miss Tian Er planted so many strange and unusual vegetables in order to make the Qian family's Fulai Restaurant bigger and stronger.

I really envy them. Although they are sworn siblings, their relationship is very close.

You always have someone to accompany you in everything you do.

And he... was his parents' only child.

Within the clan, he was only close to his cousin Li Huaiyuan...

"I really envy the deep bond between you siblings..." Ling Yao said with emotion.

Who knows...

Qian Fulai's face immediately darkened!

Forget about our sibling affection!