I have been farming since I crossed over.

Yang Mingxi and Zheng Huairen sat by the stream for a long time. After they finished eating the whole chicken, Yang Mingxi clapped her hands and said, "Let's go. It's almost time. My third brother will be looking for me soon."

Zheng Huairen stood up and said, "I'll wait for you at the village entrance at the beginning of the morning hour tomorrow. I'll borrow the village chief's flatbed truck to take you there."

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "Let's go sell herbs. We'll use the ox cart. You don't have to push the flatbed cart. You can put the prey on the ox cart."

Zheng Huairen hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll go to the mountain again tonight and hunt a pheasant and roast it for you."

Yang Mingxi shook her head and said, "You don't have to work so hard. Your father will be well soon, and so will your brothers. They won't need medicine anymore. As long as they get enough nutrition, they will recover quickly. You must rest well and be careful. It's not safe to go up the mountain at night because your vision is blocked."

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Xier, can I call you that? Do you care about me?" Zheng Huairen said excitedly, holding Yang Mingxi's hand.

Yang Mingxi blushed, broke free and whispered, "My parents and brothers all call me Xier."

"Well, then I'll call you Xixi, the one and only, okay?" Zheng Huairen said.

Yang Mingxi nodded with a red face. It was just a name and Yang Mingxi didn't care.

The atmosphere between the two was somewhat ambiguous. Yang Mingxi felt dizzy and didn't know when Zheng Huairen had held her hand again.

With a loud thud, a heavy object fell into the stream, startling Yang Mingxi. She quickly retracted her hand and looked around, but there was nothing. Blushing, she walked towards Zheng's house.

The man in black in the thorns on the other side of the river shielded his eyes with his hands. He couldn't bear to watch. How could his master become like this? The young girl and the young man were obviously in love. Every time his master saw them, he would try to sabotage them.

After Yang Mingxi walked away, a tall, thin figure stood up from the thorns and stretched out his hand to the man in black, saying, "Give me the map. Does Qianhuang Mountain include where we are standing now?"

The man in black quickly handed his master a map. There were some mountains and rivers on it. The tall and thin figure pointed at the map and said with a smile: "This is also my territory. How is the construction progress inside? Speed up the progress. After the main courtyard and the small courtyards of each family are completed, arrange for people to come here and build three houses and a courtyard for me. I will need them when the time comes." After that, he stuffed the map into his arms, performed light skills and left.

When Yang Mingxi and Zheng Huairen returned to the Zheng family compound, Zheng Lao San and Zheng Lao Si had already finished their medicinal bath. Zheng Lao Dad stood in the yard and asked, "Did you see anyone when you went out?"

Yang Mingxi shook her head and said, "I didn't see anyone. Everything is fine here. Uncle Zheng, we'll leave first." Then she called Yang Mingyu to go home.

After leaving the Zheng family compound, Yang Mingxi pointed to the old Yang family house behind and said, "Come on, Third Brother, I'll take you to see our future home. It's really nice."

Yang Mingxi was walking in front, and Yang Mingyu was following behind. After climbing a gentle slope, they saw a large piece of wasteland. It was mostly weeds, with no thorny bushes. About ten meters away from the river, there were three dilapidated thatched houses, and next to the thatched houses was a wheat field.

Yang Mingxi looked at the thriving wheat fields and suddenly had an idea. She had no idea when to plant the rice seedlings. What should she do? She would go back and ask Mrs. Wu about it. Yang Mingxi bent down and grabbed a handful of soil. Just as she was about to check the soil quality, a voice came to her mind: "The wheat will mature in two months. The rice seedlings can be planted in half a month. You can harvest rice three times a year. Or wheat or corn three times a year." Yang Mingxi was a little confused. Could it be three crops a year? Where she used to live, it was only two crops a year. Farming like this could make you rich.

"Third brother, how many times a year do we harvest rice in our village?" Yang Mingxi asked Yang Mingyu.

Yang Mingyu looked at Yang Mingxi strangely and said, "Isn't it just one season of rice and one season of wheat? You mean you can plant more rice? Don't you have time for that?"

"So when do you plant and harvest?" Yang Mingxi asked in a different way.

"Generally, rice is planted before Qingming Festival and harvested during the Mid-Autumn Festival. After harvesting rice, wheat is planted in mid-September and harvested in early February, and then the cycle repeats. The rice in the field can be replaced with corn and potatoes, and wheat is still planted in the second half of the year." Yang Mingyu thought for a moment and replied.

Yang Mingxi asked again, "So the fields are empty for almost a month before planting rice, and empty again for a month after harvesting, right? How do you plant rice?"

Yang Mingyu thought for a moment and said, "If we take into account the time for harvesting and sowing, then yes. Isn't rice the same as wheat? Why are you asking this?"

Yang Mingxi squatted on the ground, drawing with a branch, and said, "I've seen other places where they plant seedlings first and then transplant them, just like they do with cabbage. This way they can have an extra month and a half to grow. Third brother, do you think we can plant an extra crop of rice this way?"

Yang Mingyu thought about it, then suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, "It seems possible in theory, but the growth of crops follows the seasons. Will it work?"

Yang Mingxi thought for a moment and said, "I've seen other places where you can harvest three crops a year. They plant, harvest, and then plant again, and the cycle continues."

Yang Mingyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back and ask my parents, but this is land we own. We can't grow rice here. The riverbed is much lower than our land, so we can't divert water."

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "We can do this by using bamboo to lead the water down from the pool above." As she spoke, she took Yang Mingyu to see it again.

After reading it, Yang Mingyu nodded and said, "It looks feasible. We can give it a try." Then he looked at the wheat and said, "The wheat will mature in two months. Based on what you said, should we prepare to plant the seedlings now?"

Yang Mingxi looked at Yang Mingyu and smiled, "Third brother, you're really smart. It's almost like this. We can start preparing the land and sow the rice seeds before the New Year."

The brother and sister circled the thatched house and wheat field a few more times and decided to clear a patch of wasteland at the back of the house, near the wheat field, to plant rice seedlings first. They would then slowly work their way toward the wheat field, planting rice a month and a half later. The area near the river would be reserved for building the house later. Yang Mingxi measured the distance from the river to the wheat field, which was about 35 meters. And the distance from the wasteland to the foot of the mountain was at least 60 meters. It seemed that the wasteland from the wheat field to the river was exactly the site where the Yang family had purchased their old house.

The brother and sister walked home while discussing how to open up the land. Yang Mingyu walked across the wasteland and said, "This wasteland must be about 200 acres, just right from the beginning to the end of the village."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Yes, the wasteland below is probably about 500 mu, and there is also the slope above, and the slope below the wasteland. I estimate that if it is reclaimed in total, it will be about mu."

When we got home, it was time for dinner. We discussed the topic again at the dinner table and finally decided to cultivate the rice seedling land towards the wasteland near the wheat field, and keep the land near the river from the wheat field for building houses. We would wait until Uncle Wu came to attend Yang Laoqi's wedding banquet to see the details and then make a decision.

As for personnel arrangements, tomorrow Yang Mingxi and Yang Mingyu will go to sell herbs and buy a plowshare; Yang Minghu will go to his grandmother's house to see if he can ask his uncle to make a plowshare to be used for clearing the wasteland. The rest of the people will come to clear the wasteland and first create a firebreak so that when they use fire to burn the weeds, it will not cause a large-scale fire.

Yang Mingxi also asked Wu to take Yang Minghao, Yang Mingqian and Yang Mingze to the mountain above the slope of the wasteland to shovel the humus soil under the trees, transport it down and dump it on the wasteland. When it was time to reclaim the land, they would turn it into the soil and use it as fertilizer.

Yang Mingxi said that she would buy the rice seeds herself. She knew someone and would give them to Cui Haoya first and then bring them back.

After the discussion, everyone went to bed. Yang Mingxi lay on the bed, went back into the space, packed up the soybeans, and then fell into a deep sleep.