The princess is farming with her baby, daddy, come find me soon
Chapter 8: Tasks
At night, Gu Manzhu soaked in the bathtub, splashing water while putting her consciousness into the medicine bracelet. It was already mid-August, and half a month had passed since she planted the medicinal seeds in the medicine field.
As soon as I entered the medicine bracelet, I smelled a very fresh and rich medicinal fragrance, and then I took a closer look.
Wow, the seedlings in the medicinal field have already borne fruit. It’s no wonder she worked so hard to apply fertilizer and turn the soil.
Gu Manzhu was checking the results of the medicinal field, wondering how many fields she could plant with the seeds she produced.
Previously, we planted eight acres of medicinal seeds. According to the current harvest situation, one acre can be used to plant five acres of land. This batch of harvest can be used to plant forty acres of land.
There are sixty-five acres of land for growing medicinal herbs, but this is not enough.
Fortunately, the medicinal seeds in the bracelet will mature in half a month. Now it is mid-August, so if we plant another batch, we can harvest it in early September.
Gu Manzhu thought about it and realized that the tenants were still planting crops on the fields and the harvest would not be ready until mid-September. By then, she could wait until the tenants had harvested all the crops before planting medicinal herbs, which would be exactly the end of September.
"The timing is just right. By then, the medicinal seeds will be just enough to plant 80 acres of land. After removing some that fail to germinate, some will be left for the pharmacy. That's about enough," Gu Manzhu murmured to herself.
Looking at the medicinal field full of fruits in front of her, her head suddenly began to hurt. How long would it take to harvest them? She would be exhausted to death, with eight acres of land.
Gu Manzhu’s eyes went dark and she almost fainted. She had already anticipated that her hands would no longer be her own.
"Humph, it's just eight acres of land, I can do it!"
He found the bamboo basket and sickle in the medicine house, and with a step forward he went into the medicine field.
What a beautiful picture of autumn harvest, what a pity no one sees it!
By the time Gu Manzhu had harvested most of the herbs and came out of the bracelet, the water in the bathtub was no longer hot. Fortunately, it didn't become completely cold, otherwise she would have to stay in bed and unable to get up tomorrow.
He took the towel on the screen, wiped Miaoman's body dry, and put on her pajamas.
She stretched, yawned, and walked on tiptoe to the bed while drying her hair.
He sat down on the bed, threw the towel on the table, and rolled over like a carp, burying himself in the quilt.
"Well, it's really too tiring. Farm work is simply not something that humans can do. Ah, half of it has not been harvested yet, ah ah ah ah." Gu Manzhu wished she were a squid so she would have a few more hands to help her harvest.
She messed up her undried hair and covered her face with the quilt. She would deal with the rest tomorrow and go to sleep to save her life.
The morning light shone through the clouds, passed through the window paper, and shone on the bed curtains.
"Knock knock knock..."
"Miss Manzhu, are you awake?"
"Miss Manju?"
Gu Manzhu, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, groaned, stretched out her snow-white arms and pulled the clothes beside the bed into the quilt.
"Creaky——" the door opened.
Gu Manzhu yawned and blinked away her tearful eyes.
"It's dawn so soon?"
"Yes, Miss Manzhu, you asked me yesterday to wake you up this morning."
The two buns that Xiao Liu tied were swaying slightly as she spoke.
Gu Manzhu chuckled and raised her hand to straighten Xiao Liu's hair.
"Don't worry, it's still early. Look at your little bun. It's not tied tightly."
"Oh, Miss Manzhu, please go to the front hall and have breakfast!" Xiao Liu's face was as red as a monkey's butt.
After breakfast, Gu Manzhu called all the people that Uncle Xu had bought a few days ago to the front hall, and Xiao Chu was also there.
Gu Manzhu sat on the main seat, Xu Bo and Xiao Liu stood on both sides, and everyone else stood below.
Looking at the people standing in a row in front of him, there were the Li couple and their two children, the shorter Feng Nan, the righteous Kong Su, and the expressionless Xiao Chu.
Gu Manzhu was thinking silently in her heart.
"I called you here today because I have something to assign to you. After spending the past few days with you, I feel that you are all reliable people. What I want is loyalty. I hope you won't let me down. You work hard and I won't treat you unfairly. If you are unfaithful once, you will never be used again. I hope you will consider this carefully!"
Mr. and Mrs. Li looked at each other, held the child next to them tightly to themselves, and spoke first: "We will definitely complete what Miss Manzhu ordered and will never betray!"
Secondly, Feng Nan and Kong Su also spoke up: "I will also be loyal to Miss Manzhu!"
Xiao Chu didn't say anything, but lowered his head silently.
Seeing them like this, Gu Manzhu felt relieved, hoping that they would not let her down.
She pulled at her wrinkled clothes, changed her sitting position, and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"You all should sit down. Don't stand all the time. We are not an official family. There are so many rules."
Gu Manzhu took a sip of tea to moisten her throat and continued.
"I plan to plant medicinal herbs in the fields around Qingshi Town. I need you to live there and manage it. This is the first year, so it will be hard. Once things get on track, it will be easier."
"Liuxi Village has 20 acres of land, which you two, Feng Nan and Kong Su, are in charge of. Liudong Village has 15 acres of land. Li Dong, is it okay for your family to manage it?"
Li Dong looked at Gu Manzhu in shock. 15 acres of land were just entrusted to their family.
He quickly stood up from his seat, the muscles on his face trembling with excitement.
"I will never betray your trust."
Chen also hurriedly stood beside her husband with her two children.
Feng Nan and Kong Su also stood up one after another: "We will definitely complete the tasks you have assigned us."
"Okay, come sit back down, I'll tell you about the next arrangements."
Gu Manzhu explained in detail that the tenant farmers would not be able to complete the grain harvest until mid-September and would start sowing medicinal herbs at the end of September.
"Well, after the tenant farmers have harvested their crops, we will start tilling the soil and applying fertilizer to make the land more fertile."
Chen was very confused when she heard that fertilizer had to be applied after turning the soil. Most people would turn the land over and start planting the next crop after harvesting the crops. No one would apply fertilizer.
She wanted to suppress her doubts in her heart, but it felt like a feather was tickling her.
Finally, she asked, "Miss Manzhu, why do we need to apply fertilizer after turning the soil? Generally, fertilizer is applied during the planting process."
After hearing Chen's question, Gu Manzhu smiled at her.
Chen's eyes flashed, as if a fairy floated by. Miss Manzhu was so beautiful. Although there was a birthmark on her forehead, it could not hinder her beauty.
"We want to grow medicinal herbs, which have high requirements for the land. We need to make all the preparations so that our herbs can be successfully planted. The soil in the field must be very poor in nutrients after rice is planted, so we need to apply fertilizer to increase the fertility of the soil."
Gu Manzhu slowly explained to them the reason for fertilizing.
"Most of the previous tenant farmers have stayed to grow medicinal herbs. You should supervise them well. Those who are lazy or have bad intentions should be fired directly."
After hearing this, Feng Nan and others looked at each other. This would make their job of managing the fields very easy, and they would definitely do their best.
Mr. and Mrs. Li took their child back to the room but still felt it was unreal.
Chen looked at the two children playing on the bed and whispered to her husband, "Brother Dong, I think Miss Manzhu is really a good person."
Li Dong heard his wife's words and replied with a sigh: "Yes, no one would have thought that she would actually hand over such an important matter to us. I thought our future life would not be much better than before, but who knew we would meet such a good family."
Chen leaned her head on Li Dong's shoulder and said, "Since Miss Manzhu trusts us so much, we must do our best to do what we should do."
"Okay!" Li Dong put his wife's shoulders into his arms and hugged her tightly.
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