The little girl from a farm family has a big wish to make a fortune by farming and picking mushrooms

"It's OK. Let's take them and try tomorrow. Maybe they can be cleaner than the ones we hoe."

"Okay, I'll listen to you and give it a try, but won't they peck at the crops?"

"I don't know either. Let's see tomorrow."

The meal was quickly finished and everyone started to clean up the house and get ready for bed.

Early the next morning, Old Mrs. Zhou took a flock of ducks to the fields.

The villagers of Lianglin Village carried their hoes and went to the fields to weed early in the morning.

As they watched Old Mrs. Zhou leading a group of ducks to the fields, their eyes were filled with confusion and puzzlement.

What are you doing taking the ducks out to the fields so early in the morning?

Old Mrs. Zhou didn't care about that. She took the ducks to her corn field and told them to peck at the grass.

Unexpectedly, these ducks were so powerful that they ate a large piece in a short time.

With Old Lady Zhou watching nearby, they didn't dare peck at the corn seedlings. In short, the effect was very significant.

In this way, there is no need to carry a hoe to the fields anymore.

I lead the ducks for a few laps in the fields every day. They are full, there is no grass on the fields, and I don’t feel tired. It is really easy.

Old Mrs. Zhou suddenly felt that these dozen ducks were not enough, and she should have bought a few more.

After the ducks had eaten their fill, Old Mrs. Zhou took them home.

Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan were weeding at home. When they saw Grandma Zhou coming back with a group of ducks with a bright smile on her face, they knew that the ducks were useful.

"Mom, is this duck useful?" Zhou Laosan asked in a loud voice.

"It works. I ate a large piece this morning."

Instead of taking the ducks home, Old Mrs. Zhou drove them directly into the vegetable field.

There is more grass here, and I occasionally see them eating it, but I didn't take it seriously. Now that I know how powerful they are, I should make better use of them.

"Afterwards, we can just take the ducks for a walk in the fields. It's much easier."

San Ya’s idea was really good. She wouldn’t have back pain from tiredness later on.

Time flies and more than a month has passed.

The first batch of soap made by Zhou Mingshu has been saponified.

She took the prepared oil paper bags, wrapped them one by one and put them in the basket.

This basket is worth about fifty yuan, which should be enough for Uncle Chen to sell for a while. After all, this thing is much more expensive than the mugwort paste.

Madam Xu opened a piece and took a look at it. She liked it very much.

"Mingshu, you did a great job. Just wait, I'll go around with the basket and shout."

Zhou Mingshu charges 200 wen for a bar of soap, and she doesn't care how much profit they want to make.

"Yeah, if it's hard to sell, I'll find another way."

Zhou Mingshu has a lot of ideas in his mind, but he doesn't know if they will come in handy.

It would be even better if it was of no use, she didn't want to worry about it.

There are many vegetables in the vegetable garden at home that are ready to eat.

The pepper and tomato seedlings planted earlier have also grown very tall. Looking around, the vegetable garden is full of different colors of green.

Cabbage, garlic sprouts, water spinach, cauliflower, onion, ginger...

When the weather gets cooler later, he will prepare to plant some winter vegetables, such as white radish, green radish, cabbage, coriander, lettuce, onion, chrysanthemum and the like... Everything Zhou Mingshu can think of is planted in the field.

The food on the table will be much richer later.

There are also some flowers and plants that are relatively hardy, such as the amaranth. The flower of the season is the chrysanthemum, which will be in full bloom in a month or two.

She also scattered some daisy seeds along the fence, which are now growing well.

Her family's vegetable garden is considered a wonder of Lianglin Village.

You can often see groups of children running here to play.

"Grandma, please don't make mung bean dregs pancakes anymore. Really, everyone in the family is tired of eating them. Even if you change more pickles, it's useless. If we eat more, we will really vomit."

Zhou Mingshu really had a headache. She felt nauseous when she saw this thing.

"What should I do? My neighbors won't want to take it even if I give it to them." Old Mrs. Zhou was also very distressed.

These mung bean dregs cannot be given away now. Many of them have become sour and smelly after being piled up aside.

"Didn't you want to raise sheep and pigs? Grandma, hurry up and take them home so they can eat."

Zhou Mingshu pulled Old Lady Zhou's arm and acted coquettishly in her arms.

Over the past month, the family received silver several times, and the business of mugwort paste was getting bigger and bigger. Zhou Mingshu also recruited several "distributors", so it was no longer difficult for him to come up with dozens or hundreds of silver coins.

So, just to buy a few piglets, even the pennies that slip through the cracks between your fingers would be enough.

"Okay, okay, I have the same idea. You don't need to buy lambs. If the ewes at your uncle's house give birth, they will send them to us. I have told them before. You can buy piglets in town and see if there are any suitable ones."

"Okay, I'll go tell uncle right away."

Zhou Mingshu was so happy that she felt the whole house was filled with the smell of mung beans these days, and even she was almost pickled and smelled.

Once they get the piglet home, they'll be free.

Zhou Laosan is not at home, only Zhou Laoda and Zhou Laoer are at home.

The two of them were busy reinforcing the donkey shed and were planning to build another one next to it.

Autumn is coming soon, and they have to prepare to store winter food for their livestock.

The rooms in the house are filled with things, and it is impossible to stack them in the house.

Fortunately, the backyard is large enough, so adding another straw hut is not a problem at all.

It will be very convenient to feed them grass in the future. You can just take it from here and feed it from there.

When Zhou Mingshu mentioned the purchase of piglets, both the eldest and second eldest Zhou were very happy.

In Lianglin Village, there is only one family that can afford to raise pigs, except the village chief's family.

They are the second one.

"Okay, then I'll go to the livestock market tomorrow."

The thatched hut was almost completed, and Zhou Mingshu helped to carry the thatch to speed up their pace.

Nowadays, the chores at home are probably clearly divided.

When it was busier, Zhu and Liu were busy making mung bean jelly, Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi were making soap and ointment, Old Lady Zhou and Feng were boiling lard and also taking care of the family's meals, Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan were busy with farm work in the fields, Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie were busy grinding mung beans, filtering out the residue, and fetching water for washing.

Zhou Mingshu is busy with everything, going wherever she is needed, but her main job is still these soaps and ointments.

Zhou Mingyuan took advantage of the situation and took Zhou Minghua to cut grass to feed the rabbits, and occasionally went to pick snails behind the house.

After all, making soap requires a lot of snail shells, and they also need to stock up enough for the winter.