I have been farming since I crossed over.

The two returned to the house. On the wasteland in front of the temporary thatched house, there were more than ten tables, and on each table were six wooden basins filled with vegetables.

After Lu Jintang's last discussion, Gu Laosan had been delivering Lu Jintang's dishes. He heard that the Lu family was having a beam raising ceremony today, so Gu Laosan had arranged for Chinese cabbage, tofu, potatoes, and green beans to be delivered to the house. He also brought Yang Mingyun and the children to Lu Jintang's house for a small gathering.

The women of the Yang family and the three daughters-in-law of the village chief helped prepare six dishes: braised roe deer meat, boiled fish fillets, pheasant stewed with potatoes, pork stewed with green beans, mapo tofu and cabbage soup.

It would take a cup of tea for the people who were working to arrive. Lu Jintang took Yang Mingxi for a walk and then prepared to go find Tang Jiahang.

In a thatched hut next door, there was a table with six dishes served in large bowls on it, the same as those outside.

Tang Jiahang sat at the table, lost in thought. Lu Jintang approached the table and asked, "Are you here for dinner? Why are you sitting here so early?"

Tang Jiahang looked up and said, "Your thatched hut is a bit cheap. Now that the house is built, you should renovate this side! Just build a row of ordinary brick houses. Make the area in the middle a little bigger. We are all used to training here, so we need room to move around."

"Don't worry about that. I'll turn this place into a large kitchen for those who don't want to cook or don't want to cook. I've prepared a training ground. It's halfway up the mountain behind here. It's spacious and has a good view. It's already being renovated."

Yang Mingxi looked at the two people talking, then went back to the kitchen and prepared two dishes and brought them over: one stir-fried pork and one stir-fried chicken with chili peppers.

There was a noisy sound of talking outside. Yang Mingxi knew that the workers had come to eat, so she said hello to Lu Jintang and prepared to go out.

Lu Jintang stood up and said, "Come on, I'll go out with you. You go find your mother and the others for dinner, and I'll go pick up the people who are working today."

Yang Mingxi nodded, walked out the door and headed towards the kitchen.

Lu Jintang said, "Lu Er, please invite Uncle Wu, the three foremen, Village Chief Zhang, and Old Man Yang to come here for dinner."

Yang Mingxi, who had walked away, listened to Lu Jintang's arrangements, smiled knowingly, and went into the kitchen to find her elder sister and mother.

The women who came to help set a table in the kitchen and sat down to eat. Yang Mingxi and Yang Mingyun ate and whispered to each other while Wu took the little nephew to feed him.

Yang Mingyun pulled Yang Mingxi aside and said, "Thank you, Third Sister, for taking care of our business. We are doing well now."

Yang Mingxi said, "Don't worry about it. This is only temporary. When they grow their own vegetables, they might not want yours anymore. What are you going to do?"

"It's okay, just do it like before and go to the market to sell it." Yang Mingyun said with a smile.

"Yeah, that's right. Oh, big sister, second sister is pregnant."

"Ah, so soon! I haven't seen her in ages. How is she doing? How old is the baby?"

"It's been a little over two months now. My second sister is doing well. I'll go see her when I have time."

"Yeah, okay, as long as you live well."

"Sister, don't worry. Although it's a bit hard for you now, things will get better and better in the future." Yang Mingxi comforted her.

"Xier, big sister is living a good life now. Don't worry, we will make a good life." Yang Mingyun also smiled.

The two sisters chatted for a while, and those who had finished their meal outside rested for a while and prepared to go back to work. Yang Mingxi was afraid that Lu Jintang would come looking for her, so she quickly cleaned up the dishes, said goodbye to Yang Mingyun, and was about to go out.

Yang Mingyun grabbed Yang Mingxi and said, "Xi'er, what's going on between you and the Lu family's young master? He's obviously from a wealthy family. If he has three wives and four concubines, what will you do?"

Yang Mingxi was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't worry, big sister. We are just partners now. I will handle the future matters myself."

Yang Mingyun nodded. This younger sister had been retarded and incompetent when she was little, so she had taken care of her until she was just over five years old. Then she went out with her master and came back very capable, like a completely different person. But she preferred the current third sister. The previous retarded third sister had suffered so much, so she never dared to dwell on this matter.

Yang Mingxi looked at Yang Mingyun who was lost in his own thoughts, said nothing, and walked out.

Outside in the wasteland, Lu Jintang walked aimlessly, looking back at the kitchen from time to time.

The first thing Yang Mingxi saw when she walked out of the kitchen was Lu Jintang's gaze. Remembering what her elder sister had said, Yang Mingxi looked away and walked towards Lu Jintang. "Have you finished eating? Then let's go check on the rice seedlings. It should be time to remove the tarpaulin." With that, she headed towards the rice seedling field.

In the rice seedling field, a tall but thin old man was directing a dozen men to remove the tarpaulin.

Looking at Yang Mingxi and Lu Jintang heading towards the rice seedling field, the old man stepped forward and said hello, "The Thirteenth Master is here."

Then he looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "Miss Yang is here, please help me take a look. It should be okay to remove the tarpaulin now!"

Yang Mingxi looked at the seedlings after the tarpaulin had been removed and said, "Old man, you're amazing! The timing is perfect! You've taken such good care of these seedlings. Thank you for your hard work."

The old man looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "Call me Uncle Lu. I used to help Thirteenth Master farm on a farm, so I know some of these things." He glanced at Lu Jintang and said, "I was later sold. I was lucky enough to meet Thirteenth Master again and was bought back."

Yang Mingxi said, "It's hard for Mr. Lu, but everything will be fine in the future."

Old Man Lu said, "Looking at Thirteenth Master's current state, the Lu family has not fallen, and I will not have any more troubles in the future. Everything is fine."

Seeing Mr. Lu's sad face, Yang Mingxi quickly changed the subject and said, "Mr. Lu, I heard that half of the land for the bitter melon seedlings has been prepared. When will the rest be completed? We'll be planting the bitter melon seedlings soon."

Uncle Lu said, "Let's transport the humus soil from the mountain down today, and transfer some people over tomorrow. We'll have no problem finishing it the day after tomorrow."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Yes, that's fine. Once it's done, we'll transplant it. It'll be like this in three or four days."

Mr. Lu said, "Okay, no problem. I'll arrange for someone to come and help you plant the crops on the first day and learn some techniques."

Yang Mingxi said, "Okay, you can arrange for someone to come over in three days. My family will start transplanting in three days."

Mr. Lu nodded to indicate that he understood, and then talked about the rice fields.

"We can now reclaim 100 mu of wasteland every day, and 2000 mu will be enough to reclaim it all. By then, we'll have to plant all the rice seedling fields, including the current ones, and then reclaim the rest. That way, we might not have enough rice seedlings!"

Yang Mingxi glanced at the rice seedling field and was about to use her mind to enter the space to see how many rice seedlings had been planted when she heard a voice: "225 units of rice seedlings were used, which can transplant 2250 acres of paddy fields."

Yang Mingxi said, "It should be enough. I remember I made some extra at the time. Let's just stick to the current plan and speed up the process. If it doesn't work, we can make another batch later."

Mr. Lu nodded in agreement. Seeing that there was nothing to do here, Yang Mingxi walked around with Lu Jintang.

As the sun set in the evening, all of Lu Jintang's houses were covered with tiles, and the work was completed perfectly.

Yang Mingxi and her second aunt also lived in a temporary shed because the thatched house was demolished on the first day after the beam raising ceremony at Lu Jintang's house. Lu Jintang sent people to rebuild Yang Mingxi's house in three days, including the courtyard wall, and waited for the beam raising ceremony on March 8th.

The free time was just right for Yang Mingxi to transplant the bitter melon seedlings.

On the second day of March, all the members of the Yang family and those sent by Lu Jintang gathered at the bitter melon seedlings and began transplanting them under the guidance of Yang Mingxi.

The villagers of Changshan Village seemed to have gotten used to the fact that whenever the entire Yang family went out, it must be a big event. The whole village came to watch. Knowing that it was a rare thing, they all followed and learned, and helped with the work. They were very enthusiastic.

Yang Mingxi's family had nearly 500 mu of gently sloping land, and within a single day, they had all been planted with bitter melon seedlings. Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "We should have some extra seedlings. After the Lu family finishes planting tomorrow, the remaining ones will be divided equally among those who helped today. So when the time comes, listen for the notice and come get your bitter melon seedlings."

Everyone shouted, "There's nothing to do right now. The corn won't be planted for more than half a month. Let's go and help the Lu family plant it. It's a good opportunity to get familiar with it. We can also plant it later, okay?"

Yang Mingxi glanced at Lu Jintang, and Lu Jintang quickly said, "Okay, everyone is welcome to come to Qianhuang Mountain to help tomorrow. Meals will be provided tomorrow. Thank you everyone."