The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

The carriage was moving slowly on the road and pedestrians were actively avoiding it.

When they arrived at the seed shop, Bai Tian and the two little beggars guarded the carriage outside while Lan Ning and Meng Anran went in to buy seeds.

This is a relatively small store. There is nothing inside except a cabinet used by the shopkeeper to collect money.

There are many baskets placed against the wall, which should contain seeds.

When he saw a customer coming in, the shopkeeper still sat at the counter and did not come forward to greet him.

He is the only seed shop in the town, and he has many customers every day. He is not afraid of customers running away.

Lan Ning had come across this kind of hospitality in his previous life, and had no idea that the shopkeeper was taking advantage of the situation. He just thought that he had selected the seeds and then took them to the shopkeeper to pay.

Without paying any attention to the shopkeeper, she and Meng Anran went to the baskets to look at the seeds.

There are many types of seeds, and Lan Ning doesn't recognize many of them.

But fortunately, Meng Anran was used to doing farm work, and she recognized most of these seeds.

But after looking around, he couldn't find the seeds that Lan Ning wanted.

"Shopkeeper, may I ask if you have any rare seeds?"

The shopkeeper raised his eyelids and glanced at the little girl who was speaking.

"Little girl, are you buying anything? Just come here to pick out seeds."

Lan Ning refused to accept.

"Why wouldn't I buy it? Of course I would buy it, shopkeeper uncle, just tell me if you have any rare seeds?"

The shopkeeper sneered and did not answer him, but instead looked at Meng Anran behind her.

"What do you two little girls want to buy?"

"Didn't my sister tell you about the rare seeds? Do you have any?"

The shopkeeper just stood up at this moment and stretched lazily.

They walked slowly towards the house behind them. Lan Ning and the other man were not in a hurry and stood there waiting patiently.

After a while the shopkeeper came out with a basket in his hand.

The basket was handed to Meng Anran, and she reached out to take it.

"It's inside. An old man tricked me into giving it to me. It's been two years and no one has bought it. There's something written on it. Take a look for yourself."

The shopkeeper spoke in a very lazy voice, as if he had not woken up yet.

Meng Anran couldn't read, so he picked up the note from the basket and handed it to Lan Ning.

Lan Ning took it and looked at it, and found that it was really difficult to recognize the traditional Chinese characters. Alas, reading and recognizing characters is urgent, especially for Sister An Ran, who is almost ten years old, and doesn’t know a single character, and can’t count. This is not good.

She picked up the seeds again. Hey, some of them were familiar to her. They were small round bumps. If these weren't her favorite potatoes, then what else could they be?

The long and thin thing inside seems to be a sweet potato, but why is it so thin? It's only about the thickness of a thumb.

These small black seeds look like watermelon.

Just these three, she didn't recognize the others.

"Boss, besides these three kinds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and watermelons, what else are there?"

Seeing that this little guy could actually name these things, his attitude improved a little.

In fact, he didn't remember what kind of seeds were inside.

He reached out and took the basket from Meng Anran.

"Let me see."

He looked down at the note in the basket and his face suddenly turned gloomy.

"Where are those things you mentioned? There are potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter melons, and tomatoes in here. But the tomato seeds have gone bad. I didn't notice them because they were left there for too long."

"Then I'll take everything except the tomato seeds."

When the shopkeeper heard Lan Ning say this, he did not immediately start to happily pack seeds for her. Instead, he took the basket and placed it against the wall.

"You asked your parents to buy it. You are so young, who knows if you are using your family's money to buy it. I won't sell it to you."

Lanning's eyes widened.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? You have business but you don't want to do it. It's not like I won't give you money. My grandma is old, so she asked me to come and buy it."

"Shopkeeper, my sister is the boss of my family, and she will definitely give you enough money."

Meng Anran also spoke up for Sister Lan.

Compared with the small one, the shopkeeper is more willing to trust the big one.

"Give me thirty cents together. These seeds have been there for two years. But I don't know how to plant them. Don't come to me if they don't survive."

"Don't worry, I won't look for you."

He took out thirty coins from his bag and gave them to the shopkeeper, took the seeds and put them back into his bag, then immediately turned around and left. He didn't want to stay here even for a moment.

But after walking a few steps, he remembered that his was the only seed shop in the county. He took a deep breath, put on a smile, turned around and walked back.

"Uncle shopkeeper, if you have these rare seeds again, please keep them for me."

The shopkeeper sat back down at the counter and waved his hand when he heard the little fellow's words.

"I know, I know. Next time, ask your grandma to bring you here to buy. If you come alone, I definitely won't sell it to you."

"Okay, uncle."

When he turned around, that smile looked like gnashing of teeth.

Among these seeds, only potatoes can be planted together with pepper seedlings. Sweet potatoes have to wait until late March, as this season is still a bit cold for them.

Grandma Lan was very reluctant to let her granddaughter plant these strange things. She had finally got the land back and she must plant some food. It was not certain whether these things she planted would be edible or not, and she didn't know whether they could survive.

"Nannan, let's put it this way. The land in the yard will be left for you to farm, and we will use the two acres of land outside to grow food."

Grandma Lan was reluctant when her granddaughter wanted to grow these little things, but she still supported her.

After all, she is so young and works so hard to earn money every day, so she should be allowed to have some hobbies she likes.

Lan Ning sighed and thought, forget it, the land in the yard would be the land in the yard. Seeing that her grandmother was so reluctant to let go, she couldn't bear it either, and insisted on using the two acres of land to plant what she wanted.

I will buy some more when I have the chance. For these country farmers, land is their life and only with land can they have confidence.

It was impossible for Lan Ning to turn the soil, so Meng Anran helped her do all these tasks. Lan Ning was responsible for growing sprouts for the potatoes.

Lan Ning found a bucket and prepared some water and flour. He sprinkled some water in the bucket, put a layer of potatoes in and sprinkled a layer of flour on top. He sprinkled some water again, put in another layer of potatoes and sprinkled a layer of flour, and so on. Finally, he put all the potatoes in and sealed the bucket.

Under humid conditions, the potato seedlings quickly grew tender sprouts in just a few days.

Meng Anran has planted the chili seeds that she asked Ye Dongjia to buy for her according to the planting method Lan Ning told her.

The tender green pepper seedlings create a special scene in this beautifully decorated courtyard.

Each small potato sprouted a few sprouts. I cut it in half and planted them in the soil at a distance.

"Okay, it's done. Now we just have to wait for it to sprout and bear fruit."