Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

The three of them returned to the yard and sat down.

Meng Xiyue explained all the knowledge about seedling cultivation that she knew.

Following the sowing method she mentioned, which is to first raise the seedlings and then transplant the rice seedlings.

Dashida's eyes also changed from disdain at the beginning to shock and joy.

Then he slapped his forehead and said, "How stupid! I have been studying rice for so long but never thought of working on the seeds."

"Miss, could you please tell me in more detail what are the requirements for raising seedlings and what should I pay attention to when transplanting rice?"

Dashitian's eyes were full of admiration, and he listened to his teacher's teachings like a child who was just learning calligraphy.

But Meng Xiyue smiled awkwardly, "I have never farmed before, I just saw this method in a book, as for how to do it specifically, I don't know."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Dashitian's eyes, but he still said, "This method sounds good. I'll study it."

After saying that, Dashitian ignored the two of them and ran to the experimental field to tinker with it.

"With your method, Third Uncle will surely be able to succeed in his research."

Xie Junyi looked at the rice fields and sighed.

These crops are the foundation of the country. If the yield can be increased, Yuanqing Kingdom will be able to move to a higher level.

"I don't know if it will work or not. If it doesn't work, don't blame me for making things worse."

Meng Xiyue really has no confidence in farming.

"No one will blame you."

Xie Junyi laughed. How could he blame her? If he really failed, he might even feel relieved.

I thought I had picked up a pretentious kitten, but it turned out to be a treasure.

But the more she radiated, the more he feared he would not be able to catch her, and sometimes he really wanted to hide her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I just think that my Yue'er is really amazing and knows a lot."

"Is it much?"

Meng Xiyue lowered her eyes, but her mother in her previous life always felt that she had not learned anything well, and forced her to learn different things every day.

"That's enough. So much so that I feel I am not worthy of you anymore."

Xie Junyi didn't know whether it was right or wrong to imprison such a beautiful woman by his side, but it was impossible for him to let her go.

"You don't need to learn anything from now on. Just stay by my side."

……

When they returned to the villa, Xiao Cui had already learned how to make sour jujube cake.

Although she was young, she had a high level of comprehension. After making it three or four times, the taste was almost the same as that of Meng Xiyue's.

"Xiao Cui, come here, I will teach you how to count."

Seeing that it was still early, Meng Xiyue wanted to teach her how to do the accounting. If you don’t know how to do the accounting when doing business, you won’t even know when you’ve been cheated.

Although Xiao Cui's face was yellow, her eyes were very bright. She squatted down and watched Meng Xiyue drawing numbers on the ground seriously.

"This is 1. 1 is as thin and long as a stick, and 2 is like a duck swimming in the water..."

Listening to her teaching which sounded like a nursery rhyme, Xie Junyi couldn't help but lean in closer to listen.

Only after hearing it did he realize the secret. This method of calculation was something he had never heard of before, but it was faster and more accurate than using an abacus.

Before he knew it, he was also fascinated by the story.

"Okay, today I will teach you the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of ten numbers. Go back and review them a few more times. I will teach you again tomorrow."

"Thank you, miss."

"I'll take you out." After saying that, Meng Xiyue took Xiao Cui out of the courtyard. She stopped the people who were working and said.

"Fellow villagers, everyone has eaten the sour jujube cake for lunch today. How does it taste?"

"Miss, your cooking skills are great. We have never eaten such delicious dim sum."

"Yeah, it's so delicious."

"It's just too small. I can't taste anything."

Many villagers praised it generously.

But some bold women couldn't help but say sourly, "Miss, we all like the sour date cake you make, but why did you teach it to Xiao Cui?"

"Yes, miss, we want to learn too."

Seeing that they were getting more and more demanding, Xie Junyi frowned and glared at them.

The villagers who felt the gazes quickly lowered their heads and dared not speak anymore.

Just because the princes don't put on airs doesn't mean they can do whatever they want.

Meng Xiyue chuckled, "I will only be here for two days, so I don't have time to teach you one by one. But Xiao Cui is from your village, and she has learned it. If you want to learn, you can go and ask her."

Everyone's eyes lit up and they hurriedly thanked him. After all, everyone knew that these pastries could make money.

"Xiao Cui, you must teach everyone seriously."

"Yes."

Xiao Cui nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, these sour dates have a use. We can no longer let the villagers pick and eat them at will. After all, these can be exchanged for silver."

Meng Xiyue changed the subject and talked about the sour jujubes on the mountain.

This mountain belongs to Xie Junyi, and naturally everything on the mountain belongs to him as well.

"This king doesn't care about these small amounts of money."

Before the villagers could be happy, he continued, "But it's really hard for Xiao Cui's family to teach you how to make cakes. Why don't you give all these sour dates to her? You can go up the mountain to pick them for a little money."

"That's a good idea, Xiao Cui. Whoever gave the money, you should tell the housekeeper so that they can pick the sour jujubes."

"Xiao Cui remembers it."

She looked at Meng Xiyue with gratitude, understanding that she did this in order to get the support of the palace. With the palace around, the villagers would not dare not give them the money.

By teaching the villagers how to make pastries, she can also improve her status in the village.

Finally, the price of sour jujube was decided to be one cent per pound, which was not expensive and the villagers accepted it.

In this way, the whole village can earn money and everyone is very happy.

On the second day, Meng Xiyue taught Xiao Cui how to make sour jujube sauce to preserve the sour jujubes.

After all, the sour dates will be gone in less than a month, so we have to find a way to preserve them so that the business can last longer.

"You can make so many things out of a sour date."

On the carriage back to the city, Xie Junyi sighed.

"This is called making the best use of things. It would be a waste to let the sour dates rot on the mountain. It would be better to let the villagers earn some money."

In modern times, everything that can be eaten has been dug up, unlike in ancient times, when many good things have not been discovered.

"From now on, the sour dates will no longer rot on the trees."

"Let's go to the mountains next time to see if there are any other good things. I heard that there are many treasures in such deep mountains."

It's such a big mountain, but Meng Xiyue only visited a small part of it, and that was in an area that had been cleared, so he really didn't have enough fun.

"Okay, next time, I'll bring some people over and we'll go inside."

There were wild animals in the deep mountains, and Xie Junyi himself could not guarantee her feelings, so he did not let her go up.

"Okay, we'll come together next time."

Meng Xiyue was beaming with joy after receiving the promise.

Soon, the carriage returned to Prince Qi's Mansion. As soon as I got off the carriage, Nanny Ji came to greet me.

"Your Majesty, Prince Song and the Princess are here."