Sister Han is good at farming

"There's nothing strange about it. The cold well water can slow down the spread of toxins. And the dandelion juice has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, eliminating carbuncles and dispersing nodules. The combination of these two can just detoxify the poison caused by wasp stings." Ruan Qingqing explained.

"I see!"

Everyone suddenly realized.

"Miss Ruan, why did you tell us not to run just now? Is there something going on inside?" Shi Anzhi asked curiously.

"Because the worker bees of a hornet colony have a range of alert of about five to eight feet from their nest. If you happen to be within their range, actions like running or waving will be regarded as hostile threats by the worker bees, who will then send out gathering signals, triggering the swarm's attack, and they can even chase you for more than thirty feet.

Also, wasps have eyes that are different from ours, so when they fly around and harass us, we usually just ignore them and nothing will happen. Even if they land on our heads or shoulders, we can just shake them off gently, and don’t slap them, otherwise they will swarm and attack us.”

"But seeing how aggressively they come, coupled with the annoying buzzing sound, it's hard not to be scared, and it's hard not to run."

Someone said in a muffled voice.

"Yes! When that large group of wasps rushed out at the beginning, I thought I would be eaten by them! Thinking about it now, I still can't help but feel scared."

Yan Yikuan stroked his chest and said with lingering fear.

"So we try not to provoke wasps. I'm more curious about how you provoked the wasps. Did you stir up a hornet's nest?"

Ruan Qingqing looked at him and asked, not missing a single change in his expression.

Yan Yikuan quickly glanced at Ruan Qingqing, then lowered his head and stammered, "I... I saw a lump of earth hanging on the small tree on the ridge, and out of curiosity I poked it with a hoe. Who knew... who knew it was actually a hornet's nest..."

"Your curiosity has caused us so much trouble!"

"I……"

"In that situation, if you don't handle it properly or Wushang doesn't rescue you in time, you might lose your life here. Don't be curious in the wild, or you may lose your life without knowing how."

Ruan Qingqing felt it necessary to give some advice to these ignorant young men.

Afterwards, Ruan Qingqing dealt with the hornet's nest and everyone dared to continue working.

After this incident, Yan Yikuan and others became more honest and obedient.

Seeing that they didn't cause any more trouble, Ruan Qingqing left the task of supervising their work to Wushang, and devoted herself to the planting and care of hybrid rice.

There were only 50 kilograms of hybrid rice seeds, and Ruan Qingqing planned to plant 50 mu. Not only did Liu Yi and ten other servants, as well as Ruan Wantie and others, join in the planting of hybrid rice, but the old house also joined in. Because it was the first time, it was uncertain whether the yield would be as high as expected, so Ruan Qingqing did not promote it, but only let the people in the old house try it together.

Knowing that seeds are hard to come by, everyone really takes care of them as if they were their own apples. The fields with the best fertilizer are selected, and the fertilizer is first used on the fields where hybrid rice will be planted.

Everyone strictly followed Ruan Qingqing's requirements. If it were in the past, Mr. Ruan would have quit first. Planting rice sparsely, wouldn't it be a waste of land? After so many years of experience, he still felt that trusting his granddaughter was more reliable.

As expected, when the rice tillering period came, the number of tillers per hybrid rice plant was three times that of ordinary rice. Mr. Ruan was relieved immediately. No wonder they planted so sparsely.

When the grains were filling, Mr. Ruan couldn't help crying with joy when he saw the heavy rice ears and plump rice grains.

"I have been growing rice for most of my life, but I have never grown so many rice ears and rice seedlings with so many plump rice grains. Even in my dreams, I dare not think of doing this!"

After the joy, he felt uneasy. He even wanted to build a house beside the field and sleep next to it, as if the field was planted not with rice but with golden gold.

"What if the rice with such high yield is targeted by someone with bad intentions? How can we feel at ease if we don't keep an eye on it all the time? No way! Big brother, third brother, from now on, all adults in our family will be divided into three groups and take turns to guard the fields, especially at night, and those who are on guard must be more alert!"

"Okay, Dad!" Ruan Wanjin and others did not dare to be careless. They immediately divided people into groups and took turns watching the rice fields.

Ruan Wantie was not much better. "Daya, the yield of our rice fields is too scary. We need to send people to guard them. In my opinion, you should call Wushang back to guard the rice fields for us! The rice is about to ripen. What if it is stolen?"

Before Ruan Qingqing had the chance to call Wushang back, the Ruan family's patriarch and Village Chief Li came to her door together.

"Fourth brother! I estimate that the rice yield of your family is twice that of everyone else's. Such an amazing yield per mu of rice must be protected, and you can't be careless! This is what the clan thinks. You have a lot of fields, and the clan will assign ten strong men to help you patrol the fields every day. No matter what, we will help you get through this autumn harvest smoothly first." The old patriarch of the Ruan family said solemnly.

Village Chief Li then spoke up, "Fourth Brother, the village has decided to assign young and strong people to help you and your father take care of the high-yield fields. We are happy for you, but also worried about you. We are happy that you have developed new high-yield varieties, but we are also worried that the Qingrong disaster will happen again."

"Chief, Village Chief Li, we have enough manpower in our family, so we don't need them for now. I will tell the chief and village chief when we need them." Ruan Wantie refused without thinking.

"Other matters are easy to deal with. The affairs of your farm are no longer your family's affairs, but the affairs of our entire Ruan family. You don't have to bear the wages and meals of the inspectors, as these are all paid by the clan. But we must ensure that the rice can be harvested safely without any problems."

The old patriarch banged his cane on the ground, making it snap.

"My opinion is the same as Uncle Ruan's. We don't need your reward or gratitude. We just hope that everyone can have a safe autumn harvest this time. Your rice is our hope! Why did people always starve to death in the past? It was because the yield per mu in the fields was too low, and we had no power to resist natural disasters."

Village Chief Li said emotionally.

Having said that, Ruan Wantie felt embarrassed to refuse.

When it was almost time for harvest, Fu Yuanhao and a group of officials moved into Zaoziling.

"Doctor Ruan, we came here on time. I heard that the rice you grow is amazing and has a very high yield. So we came here early to take care of you!"

Fu Yuanhao smiled brightly.

"No, my family just grows rice. How come you guys who are far away in the capital know about this?" Ruan Qingqing was really surprised.

"Not only do we know, Zhou Zheng knows it too. Well, the emperor should know it too. Who knows, after the autumn harvest, the emperor may send a general to guard Zaoziling."