The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

At night, Shang Ruoyi came to the fenced field.

She touched the soil under her feet and found no nutrients at all. With such soil, even grass would be difficult to grow, let alone food crops.

While there was no one around, she placed her hand on the ground, and the spiritual spring water flowed into the ground through her palm. The land seemed to have been dry for too long. When Wen Xi injected the spiritual spring water into the ground, she seemed to hear the sound of "gulping" drinking water.

The spiritual spring water in the space is inexhaustible. When it is injected into the land, nutrients are continuously accumulated in the soil, and the quality of the entire land has undergone earth-shaking changes.

It was not until dawn that Shang Ruoyi had irrigated all the land.

She stood up and suddenly felt dizzy. She barely managed to keep her balance and a drop of cold sweat dripped from her forehead.

The quality of this body is really poor. It's so tired after just one sleepless night.

If you touch the soil now, you can clearly see that it contains a lot more nutrients.

After a few more irrigations in this way, the land can be used to grow crops.

During breakfast, He Zhiyuan looked at Shang Ruoyi several times, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

After a long while, he couldn't help but said calmly, "Ruoyi, Third Uncle doesn't understand farming, but he knows a lot about taxes. Our family has acquired such a large piece of land. As criminals, our land is not only poorer than that of other people, but the taxes we pay are also 20% higher. If we can't pay the taxes, we can use silver, silk and other things to offset the taxes. Let's not talk about taxes, just talking about farming, where in our family is there anyone who knows how to farm?"

As He Zhiyuan finished speaking, the eyes of the He family fell on her.

"Ruoyi, logically speaking, your mother-in-law has given you the power of housekeeper, and your third aunt shouldn't interfere. But these land and taxes are not trivial matters, and we must not be careless!" Lin was also a little worried.

Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I know about the concerns of my third uncle and aunt. I know a little about farming. We can't just rely on ourselves to farm such a large piece of land. I'm thinking of hiring people to farm it."

"Hire someone?" Qiao Yanxin, who was standing not far away, called out softly.

"What's the matter?" The old princess glanced at her and asked, "Does Yan Xin know how to farm?"

Qiao Yanxin smiled and said, "Grandma, my maternal grandfather has several farms outside the capital. I went there to play when I was a child and asked the woman who farmed there about some farming tips."

Shang Ruoyi's lips curled slightly. Where did her maternal grandfather have a farm? Her maternal grandfather was just a housekeeper for the owner of the farm. Her mother married the fifth-rank official, Mr. Qiao, and he was so fascinated that he had to marry her. Old Madam Qiao had no choice but to pay out of her own pocket to buy several farms for Qiao Yanxin's mother and transfer them to her name in order not to be laughed at by other noble families. Of course, these were just superficial efforts. The Qiao family married a farmer's daughter, and everyone in the capital knew about it. This was also the reason why Zhang always looked down on her as a daughter-in-law.

Of course, she heard all these gossips from the maids in Shang Yufu's yard.

It was originally thought that Shang Yufu would marry into the Dingguo Palace, so the eldest lady investigated everyone in the Dingguo Palace thoroughly. When talking about Qiao Yanxin, Shang Yufu was extremely disgusted and mocked her for being a peasant girl and shamelessly climbing into the bed of the prince's son.

The old princess glanced at her and said to Aunt Li next to her, "Add another set of bowls and chopsticks."

He Yunyi paused while eating, looked at the old princess and said, "Grandma, didn't Qiao come to our house to be a servant because she divorced Brother Jinghe?" She glanced at Shang Ruoyi's unhappy expression and whispered, "When can servants eat at the same table with the master?"

Qin looked at the old princess' increasingly ugly expression and gently patted He Yunyi's hand, signaling her not to say anything more.

The old princess put down her bowl and chopsticks, wiped the corners of her lips, and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about divorce? Without my approval, who dares to mention divorce?"

"But if there is no divorce, why would Qiao stay in our house? Haven't we already separated from my second uncle's family?" He Yunyi has always had no good feelings towards Qiao. When she was still in the prince's mansion, Qiao always looked pitiful, as if the He family owed her for marrying into the prince's mansion.

He Yunyi's words made Qiao Yanxin feel very embarrassed. She glared at her secretly, but pretended to be humble and said, "Grandma, I'll just stand here. You don't have to quarrel over me. It's not worth it."

The old princess looked at He Yunyi with great displeasure.

Shang Ruoyi put down her bowl and chopsticks, looked at Qiao Yanxin, smiled and said, "Since you said you know everything about farming, then tell me about it!"

"what?"

"Tell me what you think is wrong with what I did?"

Qiao Yanxin looked at Shang Ruoyi, who looked like a master talking to a servant, and she wanted to slap her twice. A concubine's daughter dared to act like a master to her.

He clearly knows nothing about farming, yet he is so greedy that he wants such a large piece of land, isn't he afraid of starving himself to death?

"This land is so poor that it is not suitable for cultivation at all."

Shang Ruoyi sneered: "Is this the only thing you know that everyone in Qingzhou knows? Besides, who told you that nothing can be grown on this land?"

what?

Do you want to grow food in a place like this?

It’s just a ridiculous dream!

"It seems that your grandfather didn't teach you anything really useful."

When she finished speaking, Qiao Yanxin was stunned at first, and then his face suddenly turned ugly.

The old princess looked at Shang Ruoyi and said in a slightly slower tone: "Ruoyi, do you think this land can grow anything?"

Shang Ruoyi nodded: "I took a look at the land, it's not as barren as they said. I just happen to know a way to add fertilizer to the land. In a few days we can try to grow some vegetables."

"Grow vegetables?" Qiao Yanxin sneered, "Sister-in-law, it's autumn now, it's not the season to grow vegetables at all. This is common sense."

"We can weave some dry grass into a mat and cover it to keep it warm. I'm planning to build a greenhouse here."

Greenhouse?

What it is?

No one had even heard of it.

Qiao Yanxin curled her lips in disdain. How could it be possible that the soil in such a large area of ​​land in the Exile Land was the only one with nutrients?

She thought that Shang Ruoyi was clearly making excuses for her own wrong decision, and she was just waiting for the day when she would make a fool of herself.

For several days in a row, Shang Ruoyi went to the fields to check the condition of the soil whenever she had time, and irrigated them with spiritual spring water from time to time.

One day, she suddenly discovered that some weeds had grown in the field, and it seemed that the nutrients in the soil were sufficient.

Shang Ruoyi took out some seeds from the space and planted them in the ground. She covered them with a layer of straw to keep them warm, and then she just waited quietly for the seeds to germinate.

Seeing her busy in the fields, Mrs. Qiao sneered. With that kind of soil, anything she did would be futile. When she couldn't grow anything, there would be plenty of opportunities to laugh at her.