I have been farming since I crossed over.

Uncle Wu San brought his eldest son Wu Youwang and started to make bricks in batches every two days. Some of the remaining people in the Wu family went to the mountains to cut trees, while others made bricks. In their spare time, they helped Yang Mingxi's family to open up wasteland.

On the second day after producing bricks, Yang Mingxi spread bitter melon seedlings on more than two mu of land, used up all the bitter melon seeds he had grown, and covered them with oilcloth.

After Lu Jintang brought back the bricks made by Uncle Wu, the builder praised them for their quality and efficiency. He said one person could do the work of five people, which made them feel like they were running low on bricks. Fortunately, starting with the second kiln, Uncle Wu fired a full kiln, producing 15,000 bricks per kiln, enough to meet Lu Jintang's needs.

Lu Jintang said that he would give him ten kilns first, and the construction of the houses inside could be suspended for a while, and then they could start building the houses next to Changshan Village.

Many times, Yang Mingxi wanted to ask Lu Jintang what he was doing in Qianhuang Mountain. Why did he need so many bricks and build so many houses? In the end, Yang Mingxi held back. For some things, the less you know, the safer you are.

The day when the third kiln of bricks came out of the kiln happened to be the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head. It was also on that day that Yang Mingxi announced the planting of rice seedlings.

While Uncle Wu San was busy making bricks, water had already been diverted to the wasteland to start making rice fields. Because it was wasteland, Yang Mingxi took every step very solidly and perfectly.

On the day of the Dragon Raising its Head, the village chief, Grandpa Zhang, notified every household to send someone to follow Yang Mingxi to learn how to pull out the rice seedlings and then how to plant them.

With the exception of Uncle Wu San, everyone else in the Wu family came to help and learn. Yang Mingxi assigned thirty young men to pull the seedlings from the rice paddies, four to transport them, and everyone else, including the children (whoever could do the work), to plant them.

In the wasteland, there were about seven or eight hundred people planting rice seedlings. Lu Jintang transferred 10 brick-pulling mules from his family, plus the old cow from the village chief's family. There were 6 mules and two old cows used by Yang Mingyu and others before, a total of 19 animals working in the rice fields.

Because there were too many people, Yang Mingxi divided the group into 15 groups, each with 50 people. He asked the village chief to help divide the people and then selected a group leader. The group leader first followed Yang Mingxi to learn how to plant rice. Others could watch if they could, and wait for the group leader to come over and teach them if they couldn't see.

After about an hour, Yang Mingxi taught them how to plant rice seedlings. She explained how many plants to plant at a time, how far apart to plant each, and how much spacing to use between rows. Then, they returned to their groups to teach the others. Yang Mingxi assigned one person from each group to learn, rotating them around. By the first day, she had taught five people from each group. The others had also learned the ropes, and they had planted quite a few seedlings in the wasteland.

Starting from the next day, everyone became familiar with each other, and by the afternoon, all the wasteland in Yang Mingxi's house was planted with seedlings.

Yang Mingxi announced that the seedlings would be provided starting tomorrow, but one person from each household would be required to pull out their own seedlings, and all the seedlings would be planted within three days.

The remaining five uncles of the Wu family drove their own old cows and mules, as well as Yang Mingxi's old cow and the two mules borrowed by Lu Jintang, back to the rice fields the day after all the seedlings were planted in Yang Mingxi's family. Three days later, all the people of the Wu family, except Uncle Wu San, went back to plant the seedlings.

After Lu Jintang's mule finished tilling Yang Mingxi's fields, it went to help the other branches of the Yang family with their fields.

Because the other families didn't have many paddy fields, they finished planting all the seedlings in one day. The eldest family had more paddy fields, so the next day the entire Yang family went over to help, and it took only two days to finish.

In the past few days, the villagers have been busy planting rice seedlings. Even the Niu family, who always like to be lazy, can be seen sticking their butts out planting rice seedlings in the fields every day.

After five or six days of busy work, all the seedlings that Yang Mingxi had planted were transplanted.

Uncle Wu San was diligently working on the bricks, and every time he made a brick, Lu Jintang would take it all away. He lived almost every day at the brick kiln. Despite the hard work, he felt very satisfied because the color of his bricks was getting better and better.

That day, Yang Mingxi stood on the edge of the field, looking at the vibrant scene before her, feeling a sense of accomplishment. She knew that these seedlings would thrive in the coming months and eventually yield a bountiful harvest of rice.

Just then, a familiar voice came: "Miss Yang, have you planted all the rice seedlings?"

It turned out to be Master Qin, who had helped measure the land last time. Yang Mingxi smiled and replied, "Yes, Master Qin, hello. Our rice seedlings have been planted and we are just waiting for them to grow."

Master Qin smiled and said, "I just came back from outside. I heard that your rice seedlings are ready to be planted, so I wanted to come and take a look. I didn't expect that they are already planted. It's amazing!"

Yang Mingxi smiled modestly: "It's all thanks to everyone's help. Our family just provided some seedlings."

Master Qin said, "If you raise the seedlings first and then transplant them, you can probably harvest an extra season of rice! This is Lord Tang, the magistrate of Qingshui County. He wants to come and see how your rice planting is going."

Tang Jiahang, who was being introduced, nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. It looks like these transplanted seedlings have all survived. The next step is to fertilize and weed. It looks like we're going to have a good harvest."

Yang Mingxi said, "Yes, as long as we take good care of these seedlings, and the weather is good, we should have no problem getting a good harvest."

The group walked and chatted for a while, looking at all the green seedlings in Yang Mingxi's house, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Tang Jiahang observed for a while and said that he would go back to write a report. He also told Yang Mingxi to take good care of the rice fields. If there were any problems, he could come to the county government office to find him and he would help in any way he could. When it was time to harvest, he would notify him and he would bring people to help with the harvest. Then he left with Master Qin and his party.

Looking at Tang Jiahang's departing back, Yang Mingxi was filled with doubts. This person was too familiar. She felt like she had seen him somewhere before.

At this moment, Lu Jintang came over and saw Master Qin and Tang Jiahang. He greeted them with a smile and invited Master Qin and Tang Jiahang and their group to see the house he had built.

Yang Mingxi suddenly understood. Tang Jiahang looked too much like Lu Jintang. They must be related because they had different surnames. They must be cousins.

Yang Mingxi fell behind by a few steps, and as he watched them heading towards Qianhuang Mountain, he suddenly felt a little lost.

"What's wrong with Miss Yang? Can't you walk anymore? Come on, I'll take you to see how Qianhuang Village is built and give you some advice." Lu Jintang shouted from five meters away.

Yang Mingxi's mood suddenly brightened up, and she said with a smile, "I'm thinking about something, and I'm walking a little slowly. You guys go first, I'll follow."

Lu Jintang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll wait for you, let's go together."

Yang Mingxi hurriedly took a few steps to catch up with Lu Jintang. Lu Jintang walked side by side with her, introducing the situation of Qianhuang Mountain as they walked.

The distance from Changshan Village to Qianhuang Village is about three miles, and Qianhuang Mountain only shares the same exit with Changshan Village. There is a small river separating the two exits. In addition, the ground near Qianhuang Mountain is generally higher than that of Changshan Village, and the other side of the river is covered with thorns. So if you don’t look carefully, you really can’t find Qianhuang Mountain, and you might think that the other side of the river is all mountains and forests?

In fact, Qianhuang Mountain and Changshan Village are like two adjacent petals of a blooming peach blossom, and the exit is right at the pistil.

Lu Jintang calls the village he is building Qianhuang Village. Nine three-story courtyards have been built, and the others are still under construction.

Yang Mingxi looked at it and thought this design was really good. The three-story courtyard was in the front, and the courtyards behind it were all two-story courtyards, and there were also small quadrangles. It looked like some kind of pattern.