Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Xiao Lan thought about it and said, "Don't worry about this. Let's leave it like this for now. After a few days, when the master and the mistress are free, we can go to the manor to take a look and then decide."

"Yes." The village head replied respectfully. If the farm had more greenhouses, it would also be a benefit to him. Because with more greenhouses, the income would naturally increase, and when the time came to reward the merits, he would naturally benefit as well.

"Go and ask the master and the mistress for any instructions." After saying this, Xiao Lan waved her hand and asked him to leave.

At about noon, Sheng Xuan and Xiao Wen came back from outside. Xiao Lan ordered the meal to be served. The table was full of simple home-cooked dishes, but they were all the family's favorites.

The main course for dinner is noodles, with tender green rapeseed on top. There is also a dish of spinach and tofu in the cold dishes. The tender green color makes people hungry. There are also many vegetarian dishes in the hot dishes, and there is also the lotus root and pork ribs soup that everyone in the family loves.

This table of food, although simple in appearance, is indeed very delicious, especially in the winter in Liaodong Prefecture, which is really rare.

"I feel sick of eating other things, but these small green vegetables are pleasing to the eye and make people happy." Zhang said after the meal. Because the food was delicious, Zhang even had half a bowl of noodles tonight.

"But, I'm afraid that in our entire city, no one has this on the dinner table..." Sheng Xuan said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhang smiled and said to Xiao Lan, "I heard from your father that you plan to supply these vegetables to our restaurant as well?"

Xiao Lan nodded, "Yes, I have such a plan." Now, only some of the vegetables grown in the greenhouse will be eaten by their family. If there are any more, Zhang will give them away. However, things are valuable because they are scarce. Although the amount of vegetables supplied to the restaurant is not enough, it is enough to attract customers.

"Let's go to the farm in a couple of days to see if we should add two more greenhouses. With more vegetables, we can sell some and bring more income to the family." Xiao Lan said.

"Building a greenhouse costs a lot, you guys can discuss it," said Zhang.

"Yes," Xiao Lan nodded. She never fought a battle without confidence. Since she decided to build a greenhouse, she naturally had to calculate the cost and benefit first.

After washing her hands, Xiao Lan took out her needle and thread, and Xiao Qing turned on the light to make it brighter. Ever since Shen Liu proposed marriage, sewing became Xiao Lan's homework every night.

In this era, there are some requirements for women. Regardless of these, especially in ancient times, even if you marry into a noble family, you should make your own clothes and those of your husband. After all, being diligent is a virtue, and having talents does not suppress others. Therefore, Xiao Lan would do some needlework every day except when she was really too busy. Some was for her own use, some was for Sheng Xuan, Zhang, Xiao Wen, and even Xiao Ting and Xiaomiao.

It was a fine day, and the family had nothing to do, so they took a horse-drawn carriage to a farm outside the suburbs. Xiaolan's family's first greenhouse was built here.

The head of the manor had already received the news that the master family was coming, so he came out to greet them early and welcomed Xiao Lan and others into the manor. The family came to see the greenhouse today. After sitting in the front hall for a while, they came to the field.

The cost of building a greenhouse in ancient times was very expensive, and because of the limited production conditions, it required very careful care. When they arrived at the greenhouse, Xiaolan, Shengxuan and Xiaowen were fine, because they had been here twice when it was built. It was Zhang's first time here, and she was amazed again and again... Although she had heard Shengxuan and the two children mention the greenhouse on weekdays, hearing about it was not as good as seeing it in person.

The entire greenhouse occupies an area of ​​about fifty vegetable plots, surrounded by earth walls, and on the top is a large piece of colored glaze. Next to the colored glaze is a straw curtain. Every evening, the colored glaze window will be closed tightly and the straw curtain will be lowered to keep the vegetables warm at night. As for now at noon, of course, the colored glaze window must be opened for ventilation, because the temperature in the greenhouse is very high. If there is no ventilation, the vegetables inside cannot withstand the high temperature.

Connected to the greenhouse is a small house, which is used to store sundries. At night, there are also servants living in it to look after the greenhouse. After passing through this house, you will enter the greenhouse.

As soon as I entered the greenhouse, I saw a green scene in front of me. The small green vegetables on the ground were growing quite pleasingly. Xiao Lan walked inside and saw cucumbers. The cucumbers were just beginning to grow vines, but small yellow flowers on the vines could be seen everywhere. Although the cucumbers have not yet begun to bear fruit, it is very happy to see the cucumber seedlings blooming in this season.

Sheng Xuan and Zhang were both honest farmers, so they were naturally happier when they saw the crops in the field.

Although this greenhouse is expensive, Xiao Lan feels that it is well worth the money. Now, there are two or three fresh vegetables on their table for every meal. This was unimaginable at this time of year in the past. Even now, most families in Liaodong Prefecture cannot do this.

Now that the family is not short of money, Xiao Lan feels that it is necessary to enrich their material life. Moreover, the restaurant under their family's name has also begun to use fresh vegetables from the greenhouse. Vegetables that are very common in other seasons become extremely precious in this season. These fresh and tender vegetables have really boosted the business of the entire restaurant.

The restaurant's business was booming these days, which could be seen from the account books the shopkeeper gave her. Moreover, the restaurant's shopkeeper and the waiters were also very motivated, and with money pouring in, who wouldn't be happy?

Zhuang Tou suggested to Sheng Xuan, Xiao Wen and Xiao Lan several times that they should build two more greenhouses in order to produce more vegetables. Not only could they supply their own family and the restaurant, but they could also be sold in the market. Because there were many officials and wealthy businessmen in the city, as well as many wealthy families, there would be no trouble selling these fresh side dishes.

Today, when the village head saw the boss coming, he once again proposed this suggestion. Xiaolan knew clearly what the village head was thinking, but after discussing it with the family, Xiaolan still rejected the village head's proposal.

In ancient times, productivity was low, there were no fertilizers or pesticides, so the yield of greenhouse vegetables was not high, but the cost was very high. These vegetables were expensive, so their audience was only a small number of people, because most people could not afford or were reluctant to eat them.