"Not that much."

Jiang Yan was complaining in her heart. She didn't want Guan's eyes to keep on this matter. So she asked what she and her daughter had been thinking about recently, "Sister Guan, do you know what crops we are planting here this year?"

Guan Shi actually knew about this; the head of the household had told her when he returned from the Hundred Households Office a few days ago. "This year, we'll plant most of the land here with wheat, and the rest with millet."

Guan was afraid Jiang Yan didn't understand, so she continued, "You planted beans on this land last year, so if you plant wheat this year, I think you'll have a good harvest."

"Wheat?" Jiang Yan didn't know how to respond after hearing this. The reason was that she and her mother were used to eating rice. As for pasta, apart from making dumplings and occasionally baking a few pancakes, they really didn't know how to make other things.

Yichen feels a headache when she thinks about having to deal with all kinds of noodles every day. She doesn’t like to eat them. What should she do?

The little person's face was visibly drooping, and the heartbroken Guan's desire to have a daughter was about to burst out.

"Tell auntie what Chenchen likes to eat, and I'll get you some seeds."

"White rice." In order to protect her stomach, Yichen said it without any ambiguity.

"White rice?" The mention of this made Guan Shi furious. "In Black Rock City, only East Mountain Hundred Household can grow rice. But Hundred Household Xia is a notorious scoundrel, full of ulterior motives. No matter what we say, he refuses to teach us how to grow rice. Hundred Household Dong even complained and asked Captain Wei to mediate, but that old man just won't budge."

"..." Jiang Yan was speechless. "Growing food is a good thing. If we all grow food together, we'll naturally grow more food. Wouldn't that be even better?"

"A three-year-old knows it, but the old man won't budge."

"This one is really hard to deal with!!"

"What do you mean by scheming? That old man is really scheming. Sister, you don't know that the Dongshan Hundred Households Office relies on their rice farming skills to make a lot of money every year."

"So that's how it is. No wonder they don't want to teach us."

"Yes, our captain was so angry that he wanted to beat that old guy up. The old guy also knew that he had gone too far. In the past few years, he has avoided our captain whenever he saw him."

"However, this time, my sister has returned the favor of our West Mountain Captain."

Speaking of this, Guan became more cheerful. "Sister Jiang, my husband reported the new food you researched to the captain. He also likes the tofu, and his wife likes it even more."

After listening to Guan's words, Jiang Yan suddenly had an idea. "Sister Guan, we can set up a tofu shop in our garrison and sell the tofu we make in the city. This way, we can earn money and eat the leftovers and leftover tofu."

"Oh~" Guan woke up as if from a dream after hearing what Jiang Yan said, "Why can't I think of such a good idea." Guan didn't say anything to Jiang Yan, turned around and ran away. She had to find the head of the family. Sister Jiang had found a good way out for their Xishan Hundred Households.

Jiang Yan: I haven’t finished speaking yet. I still haven’t found any rice seeds. Why did Sister Guan run away?

Yi Chen was also thinking, "Mom, the people in Xishan Baihu Suo don't know how to grow rice, but you can definitely do it.

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Mom, when Aunt Guan comes back, tell her to help get some rice seeds."

"Ah."

But the mother and daughter waited until dark, but Guan still didn't come back.

It was not until the next afternoon that the mother and daughter saw Guan returning in a donkey cart with a tired look on her face.

When Guan saw the mother and daughter on the other side of the river, she jumped off the donkey cart and ran over in a hurry.

But before she could open her mouth, she heard Jiang Yan ask, "Sister Guan, can Master Xiaoqi get some rice seeds?"

"Sister Jiang knows how to grow rice?" Guan was not stupid. She immediately thought of something and happily forgot the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"I can try." Jiang Yan didn't say anything, but she had a plan in mind. As a wood-type ability user, she wouldn't dare make a broomstick bloom, but she could definitely make rice sprout.

When Guan saw Sister Jiang's bright eyes, she believed her 80% and immediately turned around and walked back quickly.

"Sister Guan, where are you going?"

"I'll go ask my boss for rice seeds." Thinking of having fragrant white rice to eat in the future, Guan was so excited that her eyes almost filled with tears.

Seeing Guan go out to look for rice seeds, Jiang Yan's heart also grew weary. She had no mood to work, so she sat on the tree stump nearby and thought about her things.

"Mom, it's time to wear spring clothes. Even my jacket is too hot."

Jiang Yan smiled awkwardly after hearing her daughter's words. "If Chenchen hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten."

"Mom, let's get up early tomorrow morning." Seeing her mother's questioning eyes, Yi Chen continued to talk about her plan: "This is too hard. Why don't we buy a small plowing machine, or a manual one, so that we can carry the people on the other side of the river to plow the land."

"Will they discover our secret?"

"Mom's aggressive behavior today has been discovered by Aunt Guan. This is good. Even if we do something inappropriate in the future, Aunt Guan will help us cover it up."

"It's a bit scary to plow all this land in just one night."

"Mom, what's wrong with scaring people? This is a military settlement. To keep the family fed and clothed, I don't know how many people have used their magical powers."

"Everyone show their magical powers?"

"Using these four words to describe them is flattering, but there's nothing I can do about it because I can't think of a more appropriate adjective." In order to show her helplessness, Yi Chen deliberately shrugged and spread out her hands.

Seeing her daughter's pretentious demeanor, Jiang Yan smiled and agreed. Since her daughter's words made sense, "Let's plow a field tomorrow morning."

When the Zhang couple drove the donkey cart over with two bags of rice seeds, they saw that the Jiang mother and daughter had already cultivated two acres of paddy fields in the area closest to the river.

"Oh my God! Sister Jiang, you do this job more manly than those strong men."

Jiang Yan frowned and smiled bitterly at Guan's words. "Sister Guan said I look like a man, so I accepted it. If I don't work, my mother and I will be left with nothing."

"Oh, it's my fault, please don't blame me." Guan knew that she was used to being careless and had no control over her tongue, so she would just blurt out things that she should and shouldn't say.

Jiang Yan didn't really care about these things. Seeing Guan's apologetic face, she just smiled and let it go.

Guan also changed the topic to rice seeds at the right time. "Don't underestimate these two bags of rice seeds. They almost caused a fight."

"So thrilling?"

"It wasn't thrilling at all. It was just that the old guy didn't want to give it to us, and even mocked us for wasting things in his words."

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