A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

With strength in numbers, the sweet potatoes and potatoes were planted in just a short while.

Then Leng Su asked again how to plant the seeds in the oil paper bag, and Leng Yan answered.

"These seeds have to be grown into seedlings before they can be planted in the ground."

"How do you grow vegetable seeds? Is it like planting rice, soaking rice seeds in water overnight before sowing, and then sowing them in the fields the next day?"

"No."

Leng Yan shook his head, then came to his senses.

"Aunt, you just said that rice seedling cultivation means soaking rice seeds in water overnight and then sowing them in the fields?"

She remembered very clearly in her previous life that most of the rice grown in the south was raised as seedlings and then transplanted into paddy fields.

Even if there are dry fields in the north for growing rice, there is no need to raise seedlings and rice seeds can be directly sown for planting. However, those rice seeds have all been improved and hybridized, and have undergone many experiments, and only after they have been successfully verified can they be put into planting.

Therefore, even if rice is grown in dry fields, the yield is no lower than that grown in paddy fields.

But in this fictional dynasty, there are obviously no hybrid rice seeds, but the planting method is to sow rice seeds in paddy fields.

Thinking of this, she asked, "Aunt, what is the yield of rice per mu here?"

Although Leng Su didn't understand, she still answered, "Most of them weigh around 100 to 200 kilograms, and the better ones can weigh 250 or even 300 kilograms."

Leng Yan thought to himself that it was as expected, but on second thought it was also true.

Even if the current planting method can be the same as in the previous life, without the hybrid rice seeds of Grandpa Yuan, the yield per acre of land will not increase much.

But this is at least a direction to work towards. If we don't change our methods and remain complacent, production will definitely not increase.

Try raising seedlings and transplanting rice, and maybe you can increase the yield. Even if it's just a few dozen kilograms more per acre, it's still a big improvement.

After thinking all this through, Leng Yan made a decision. After the winter wheat was harvested, she would start trying the seedling-raising and rice-transplanting method to grow rice.

Thinking of the winter wheat in the fields, Leng Yan asked again, "Aunt, how many kilograms of wheat are produced per mu?"

"Mostly it's 300 to 400 kilograms, and there are also around 450 kilograms, but that's only possible with good weather and good farmland."

Upon hearing this, Leng Yan thought to himself, no wonder flour is much cheaper than rice in this era.

"What's wrong, Sister Yan, what does this have to do with vegetable seeds?"

Leng Su saw her nodding and then looking doubtful, and couldn't help but speak.

Leng Yan shook his head and said nothing,

“These seeds cannot be planted directly, otherwise they will not germinate.

Before planting, you need to fill a wooden basin with wheat straw residue, then pour water to let the straw absorb the water, then scatter various melon seeds in the basin and cover them with a layer of straw.

Then move them to a cool place and water them frequently. After more than ten days, when the seedlings have grown roots and sprouted, transplant them to the fields. This way, the crops you grow will produce more and bigger fruits.”

Leng Su seemed to understand what he heard, and saw Leng Yan find the basket where the silver sprouts were grown, fill it with wheat straw from the kitchen, water it, sow the seeds, cover it, and finally take it to a cool place to store it.

After Leng Su understood, she also came forward to help. After all the seeds were prepared, the two of them returned to the backyard vegetable garden and helped Zhang Cuiniang and the others continue planting vegetables.

There was a large open space in the backyard, and since Leng Yan wanted to plant a lot of vegetables, he asked Old Man Leng to open up more than two acres of land.

Now we are planting onions, ginger, garlic, taro, leeks, peppers, coriander, water cabbage, eggplant, beans, rapeseed, amaranth, etc., and we have planted a small piece of each kind.

She even planted a large area of ​​mustard greens, which were used to make sauerkraut in her previous life.

However, few families pickled sauerkraut in that era, and mustard greens tasted a bit bitter. In addition, people were reluctant to use oil and salt to cook them, so they mostly boiled them in water.

So the taste is not that good and most people don’t grow too much of it.

Therefore, when Zhang Cuiniang saw that she had to plant so much mustard greens at one time, she couldn't help but worry.

"Sister Yan, this mustard greens are not as delicious as taro and chives. Are you sure you want to plant so much?"

Leng Yan nodded firmly upon hearing this, but all he could think of were sauerkraut fish, sauerkraut fried pork, sauerkraut fried pork intestines, and sauerkraut pork ribs.

"Don't worry, mother. I will be useful to you. You will know when the time comes."

Seeing her confident expression, Zhang Cuiniang hesitated in her heart but could not bear to discourage her. After all, they were just some vegetables. If she planted too many and could not finish eating them, she could also feed the chickens, ducks and geese.

After figuring this out, she felt relieved and smiled, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

After that, the family began to sow seeds and plant seedlings. In the morning, Grandpa Leng had turned the land over, and now people are planting more quickly.

After they finished the work, it was still early. The little twins Leng Qi and Leng He were worried about their chickens, ducks and geese, so they took small baskets and went up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables like dandelions to feed the chickens, ducks and geese.

Leng Yan envied their energy, but felt tired and went back to her room, lying on the kang and humming.

Although she is very strong, it doesn't mean she won't get tired.

And although she had gained a lot of weight after a winter of nourishing her body, she was too thin before and it would take time to recover.

So while she lay there resting, her mind was racing with thoughts of ways to make money.

After the incident at Tianxiang Tower, Leng Yan truly realized that before one has the ability to protect oneself, one should not easily reveal one's uniqueness and mismatched talents.

It is too difficult to achieve success overnight, and if your foundation is unstable, it is easy for the first bird to stick out to be shot.

He climbed up step by step when he was in a humble position, slowly building up his own strength and becoming strong enough to not be vulnerable to a single blow.

Leng Yan's mind was wandering, and she was thinking about a lot of things, and she fell asleep unknowingly.

When she woke up again, the moon was already high in the sky outside.

Zhang Cuiniang in the kitchen had just finished preparing dinner and came into the room to call her to eat. When she saw that she had woken up, she smiled.

"Yan girl, wake up quickly, we will have dinner soon. We have steamed egg cakes tonight."

"Uh-huh."

Leng Yan rubbed his sleepy eyes, still feeling a little weak after waking up from a nap.

Early the next morning, Mr. Leng hired an ox cart at the entrance of the village.

Taking Leng Huai, Leng Yan and their two siblings, they boarded a ox cart with Aunt Liu's family and swayed all the way to the river transport terminal.

The river transport terminal is on the edge of Hulu Town. Because there are many ships coming and going, Hulu Town has also become prosperous.

"I heard that the river dock has been very busy recently. Cang'er, why didn't your mother and your aunt come?"

While chatting on the road, Aunt Liu couldn't help but ask.

Leng Cang was talking to Zhan Jiang about things that boys were interested in, and turned around to answer when he heard this.

"My mother and aunt said that they walked around the city for too long yesterday and were a little tired today, so they said they would go another day."

Aunt Liu nodded in understanding, and then chatted for a few more minutes. Before long, they arrived at Hulu Town.