The little ancestor of the family

Seeing Ye Xinran personally taking the lead, the village head hurriedly said, "Just let the eldest lady give the order, and let me do it."

Ye Xinran did not insist, and stepped aside and said, "Try it yourself, I want to see how well you can master it."

Several people divided the work and started working in groups of two.

One is responsible for digging the hole, and the other is responsible for placing the seeds and covering the soil.

After all, these people were farmers, so they learned quickly and worked quickly. It didn't take long before they reached the end of the five ridges.

The village head had been watching Ye Xinran's face, and seeing that she showed no disdain, he quickly took credit: "Miss, are you satisfied with the people I found? They are the most efficient people in our village.

If the lady doesn't like it, then I will have to do it myself."

Ye Xinran didn't believe how powerful he could be if he went into battle himself.

However, she did not expose him, but said: "For such a small matter, there is no need for the village head to personally take action. You just need to help me keep an eye on it."

The village head nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Miss, as long as you give me the order, I will do it clearly.

I just don’t know what we should do after we plant these seeds.”

“No need to do anything for now.”

Ye Xinran looked at the people working in the fields and said, "After the seeds are planted, they will germinate in about 10 days. We must ensure that there are no livestock trampling on the fields in the future."

"That's it!" The village head pointed to the distance, "We have prepared a fence over there. After we finish planting, I will have people build fences around the land.

Besides that, I will have people patrol the fields every day to prevent any animals or even birds from entering.”

"That's fine..."

Ye Xinran wanted to say that it was not necessary, but then she changed her mind and realized that corn was indeed a rare species in this era, so she changed her words and said, "Then let's do it this way."

"I'll come back and see it when the corn is all grown."

She also gave Zhuangtou a reassurance.

As long as Ye Xinran comes, the head of the village will have less responsibilities.

"Miss," the village head saw that Ye Xinran was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to say, "We have some interesting animals on our farm, such as long-eared rabbits and short-legged horses. If you are interested, how about I take you to see them?"

“And these good things?”

Ye Xinran had never heard Leng Qingyu mention it.

"Yes, these are the ones that the young ladies and gentlemen in the capital specifically requested. If you like, feel free to choose from them."

Ye Xinran really had no resistance to small animals. She turned around and looked at Xiao Huaian, "Let's go take a look?"

Xiao Huaian smiled and nodded.

A few people walked around a pavilion and found that this was indeed a different world.

There were several large bamboo cages that were kept clean, and each contained a dozen rabbits.

These rabbits are different from the wild rabbits in the mountains. Not only do they have pure fur color, but they also have big ears that hang down to the sides of their heads.

"Lop-eared rabbit?"

Ye Xinran uttered a questioning voice.

She remembered that in the era when she used to live, weren't lop-eared rabbits imported from abroad? How come there are lop-eared rabbits here?

"Lop-eared rabbit?"

The village head repeated the name Ye Xinran called, and said happily: "This name is good, this name is good. We were originally called Long-eared Rabbit, but the name given by the eldest lady is obviously better."

"Is this a rabbit produced in Beijing?" Ye Xinran asked.

“It’s not from the capital,” the village head answered honestly, “My father once went out and saw a woman holding a rabbit like this in her arms, with very big ears.

My father found it curious, so he negotiated with the woman and spent one or two taels of silver to buy the rabbit.

Originally, I was going to give it to Mrs. Leng as a new toy, but after seeing it, Mrs. Leng not only liked it very much, but also instructed my father to use this rabbit to breed and cultivate a batch of this kind of rabbits.

"That's something my mother can do."

Ye Xinran nodded.

She had discovered during this period of time that no matter what new things Leng Qingyu saw, the first thing he thought of was whether he could make money from it.

Zhao Zhuangtou continued, "But it is difficult to breed the same type of rabbit.

My father also spent a lot of effort to stabilize the breed of rabbits.

But it is difficult for rabbits to give birth. After so many years, there are only less than 30 rabbits in our farm."

Ye Xinran looked at the rabbits jumping around in the cages. There was one cage with almost all white ones, one with almost all black ones, and the rest with mixed fur were in another cage.

Every color looks great.

Especially the white rabbit, there is a black circle around its eyes, as if it had eyeliner drawn on.

Ye Xinran could hardly believe that such a beautiful variety was a product of this dynasty.

She asked unwillingly, "Zhao Zhuangtou, did your father ask that woman where the rabbit came from?"

When Zhao Zhuangtou saw Ye Xinran asking, he quickly replied, "We did ask, but the woman said that her daughter-in-law brought her here, and that daughter-in-law was bought from a human trafficker.

She is pretty, but not very smart. She keeps saying that this is not her home and she wants to go home. But when asked where her home is, she can't explain it clearly.

The rabbit was the one she brought from home.

In the end, I still don’t know where it came from.”

"That's it!"

Ye Xinran pondered for a moment.

She had a very bold guess in her mind that perhaps this girl did not belong to this dynasty either.

She wanted to ask the girl in person, but Zhuangtou said that her father did not ask for the woman's address at that time and never met her again.

Then there is no way to verify this matter.

"Forget it. If we are destined to meet, we may meet again in the future."

Ye Xinran was a little disappointed, but she picked a white rabbit from the cage. The little rabbit was well-behaved and cute, which quickly dispelled her disappointment.

On the way home, Ye Xinran was holding the rabbit and suddenly thought of the situation in Northern Xinjiang. "I don't know when they can start sowing in Northern Xinjiang. Can they still remember what I gave them before?"

Xiao Huaian comforted her, "They will definitely remember such a big thing. If they dare to neglect even this matter, I think Zhao Yun should just give up.

If you are worried, I will go to Northern Xinjiang to help you supervise it later."

"Are you going to Northern Xinjiang?"

Ye Xinran had never heard Xiao Huaian mention it.

Xiao Huaian said: "I was just about to tell you about this. Now that the overall situation has stabilized, it's time to mine the iron ore that was discovered in the northern border last time.

We are short of ironware in Daliang, but I think the iron mine is quite large, and it should be enough for us to use for many years."