Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Not long after, Sheng Yuguai introduced two long-term workers. After Sheng Xuan's assessment, both of them were retained.

"Our land is virgin. When the seedlings grow, we will have to weed frequently. I don't think we will be able to do it all by then," Sheng Xuan said. "After two years, when the land on the farm is fully cultivated, it will be fine."

Spring is the farming season. The family hired long-term workers, and the work in the fields was done by two people and short-term workers. The two long-term workers were called Big Liu and Little Liu, and they were brothers.

After planting the vegetable patch, Xiao Lan remembered the grass seeds she had bought. She opened the sack, took out a handful of light brown seeds, and rubbed them with her hands, "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, these grass seeds need to be planted as well."

They were both good at growing crops, but this was the first time they had heard of growing grass. "How do you grow this? Can you just sow it?" asked Liu.

Xiao Lan thought about it seriously for a while and said, "We should just scatter this stuff around. It's grass after all, so it will grow back."

"Yes, grass can be found everywhere, and it can grow well even if it is trampled. I think it should be OK if we just scatter it randomly." Xiaoting said in agreement.

Big Liu and Little Liu had never planted grass before. When they heard the sisters say to spread it directly on the ground, they really spread it directly. Little Lan, Little Ting and Little Yan also helped. They spread a lot of grass on the 80 acres of land they bought, except for the rabbit shed and the place where people lived. Because this job was easy, they finished it all in one day.

After sowing the seeds, several people inspected the area again and kicked away the areas where the grass seeds were thick.

When they returned home in the evening and told their family about their work today, Shen was stunned and asked, "Are you planting grass or feeding birds?"

Xiao Lan opened her mouth wide, "Birds also eat grass seeds?"

As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure. Shen Shi was so old that she knew more than she did. Besides, she lived in Xishan Village before and had an orchard at home, so she naturally knew more than Xiaolan.

"Grandma, please help me think of a remedy. This is food for the rabbits." Xiao Lan said.

"Before it gets completely dark, make a few scarecrows and stick them in the fields tomorrow morning. Starting tomorrow, don't do anything else but chase the birds out of the fields," said Shen.

Xiao Lan thought about her family's nearly 80 acres of land, and stammered with a hopeful mentality, "Grandma, even if the birds eat the seeds, they shouldn't eat too much, we have such a large piece of land."

That night, it began to drizzle. People say spring rain is as precious as oil. This was the first spring rain of the year. Shen didn't care about cooking. Looking at the dense raindrops, she said happily, "This is God helping you. After this spring rain, the grass seeds you planted should be able to grow, and you won't have to worry about birds."

After hearing this, Xiao Lan immediately felt relieved.

The rain lasted on and off for two days. When the weather cleared up, Xiao Lan went to the fields again and saw that grass seeds had grown out of the ground.

The grass has grown, but there are no rabbits yet, Xiao Lan sighed.

Rabbits are different from poultry. You can just buy poultry chicks from the market, but in this era, there is no such thing as domesticated rabbits.

When he dozed off, someone came to hand him a pillow. When He Mingyu followed Xiaolan to Xingyuan Prefecture, he knew that Xiaolan planned to raise rabbits this year, and he helped her find the grass seeds.

When he had some free time in the spring, he would follow Shen Ada to Shengjia Village and learn some business tips. After all, a year had passed and he had spent most of the money he earned last time.

Xiao Lan led the two of them to her rabbit shed and looked at it. "I know that food is tight in your military region. I guess many people have gone to the mountains to catch wild rabbits recently." Xiao Lan looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "Let's discuss something. Bring me the rabbits you caught. I won't take advantage of you. When my first pen of rabbits is sold, I will return you double the amount. How about that?"

He Ming rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I have to go back and discuss this matter with General Shen."

"Go, go, don't make me wait too long." Xiao Lan said.

After seeing He Mingyu and Shen Ada off, Xiao Lan took out the money box and began to count the money.

"Hey, Xiaolan, you are so rich." Xiaoyan said happily as she looked at the silver and money Xiaolan had placed on the table.

Xiao Lan stroked the silver coins, feeling upset, "Soon these silver coins will not be mine anymore."

"Why?" Xiaoyan wondered.

"When He Mingyu comes to deliver rabbits in a few days, he will definitely not send me fodder or anything like that. The grass in our fields hasn't grown yet. If there are more rabbits, we will have to hire someone to take care of them and buy fodder. After all, our family is really overwhelmed and has no time to cut grass for the rabbits."

Xiaoyan knew that He Mingyu and Shen Ada came to visit Xiaolan at Sheng's house, but she didn't know that Xiaolan actually asked them to help catch rabbits. Considering that there were so many people in the army, even if each person caught one rabbit, the number would be considerable. If they sent thousands of rabbits in a few days, and the grass in the field would take some time to grow, they would probably have to hire people to help cut the grass before the grass grew.

Xiaoyan thought that the money would soon not belong to them, and said with some distress, "Xiaolan, give me the money, and I will cut grass for you."

Xiao Lan laughed after hearing this and said, "We are still young, we can't mess around in the mountains. Besides, our family is so busy, we have enough to do at home, how can we have time to cut grass." Xiao Lan looked at Xiao Yan's distressed look and comforted her, "Don't worry, cousin, we are only spending a small amount of money now. When the rabbits grow up, we will be able to make a lot of money. Sooner or later, we will earn back the money we spend."

As Xiaolan expected, Shen Liu had agreed to Xiaolan's proposal, and quickly arranged for He Ming to deliver the first batch of rabbits, and also arranged for several veterans to help her look after the rabbits.

The work was in full swing here. The land was originally in the osmanthus, and the villagers soon got the news. When the villagers found out that the rabbits were taken care of by people arranged by Shen Liu, they didn't know who spread the rumor that these rabbits were raised by Xiao Lan's family to help Shen Liu. The villagers who had originally had ideas about these rabbits had already stopped. Shen Liu was the general of the prefecture, and they couldn't afford to offend him, so they didn't dare to take these rabbits.