Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Once the contract is signed, each party keeps a copy.

Yun Kai carefully packed the contract in a brocade box and handed it to Wang Qing'er:

"Sister-in-law, where are you planning to plant the flowers?"

After careful consideration, Wang Qing'er slowly said, "I want to buy a farm in the suburbs to grow flowers, and I also want to grow some at home."

Soap and lip balm can be made directly in the county town, so it's more convenient to grow fresh flowers in the suburbs.

"Qing'er, there are a few suitable farms in the suburbs." Qin Miaomiao looked at several farms when she bought her own, but unfortunately, she didn't have enough money and could only buy the smallest one.

“Sister-in-law, if you want to buy a farm to grow flowers, I have one that is suitable for growing flowers. It has 300 acres of land, but it is quite large and is located in the suburbs.”

The Yun family owns a farm that used to grow flowers. Later, the Yun family felt that the farm was too small, so they moved to this larger farm to grow flowers.

"It is indeed quite large. I wonder how much it costs?" It is indeed quite large if it is used entirely for growing flowers, but she can use it to grow other crops, and she also needs to grow some aloe vera.

"Six thousand taels of silver, a small courtyard, and fifteen servants on the farm can all be left to my sister-in-law."

The servants on the farm not only know how to farm, but also how to grow flowers.

"Brother Yun, what crops are currently growing on the farm? Why are you selling it?" Wang Qing'er didn't understand why the Yun family would sell their perfectly good farm to her.

"The fields are planted with rice, and the wheat in the fields has just been harvested. The land is empty, which is perfect for planting flowers."

“This farm used to grow flowers. The soil is perfect for growing flowers. Farms suitable for growing grains are readily available, but farms suitable for growing flowers are hard to find. I’m willing to give it up to my sister-in-law.”

"Then thank you, Brother Yun. I'll buy it." Wang Qing'er naturally wouldn't take advantage of Yun Kai's kindness and readily agreed.

After everything was settled, lunch was served, and Yun Kai invited everyone to eat.

Today was a day the group had arranged to meet, and Yun Kai had his servants prepare the ingredients in advance, resulting in a very sumptuous lunch.

The chef was also arranged in advance, and his cooking skills were quite good.

However, this chef's cooking style is completely different from Wang Qing'er's; his dishes are on the sweeter side and very light.

Wang Qing'er usually likes spicy food, so her cooking style leans towards strong flavors.

After a busy morning, the group was quite hungry, so they ate heartily and thoroughly enjoyed their meal.

After finishing her meal, Qin Miaomiao let out a burp without any regard for her image, slumped into her chair, and lazily asked, "Where are we going this afternoon?"

"Let's go to the orchard."

"Brother Yun, what fruits are available to pick in the orchard right now?"

"Only peaches, plums, and mangoes are available."

"Senior brother, the variety of fruit in your orchard isn't as good as the variety in your sister-in-law's vegetable garden behind her house," Mu Zhicheng said with a look of disdain.

"It's good enough to have plums and mangoes." Wang Qing'er didn't expect there to be mangoes here. She had seen a few wild plum trees on the mountain, but she had never seen mangoes before.

Mu Zhicheng looked at her and asked, "Does your sister-in-law like mangoes?"

"I tried it once by chance, and I quite liked it." Wang Qing'er wasn't sure if mangoes were common here, so she could only say it half-truthfully.

Yun Kai said, "Then you've come to the right place today. We're picking mangoes these days, so we can pick a lot to take back."

"Are there many mangoes in the orchard?" If there are many mangoes, she can buy more to make dried mangoes, and sell dried fruit when she opens a pastry shop in the future.

There are more than twenty mango trees.

Wang Qing'er was somewhat disappointed when she heard that there were only twenty or so trees; that was far too few.

"The most abundant fruit trees in Brother Yun's orchard are apples, pears, peaches, oranges, and loquats. Other fruits are in short supply."

It seems that the variety of fruits here is indeed somewhat lacking. I must cultivate the few kinds of melons and fruits I have well, as they will definitely become sought-after commodities in the future.

However, having oranges is good too, as it means you can still have fruit to eat in winter. If the watermelons and cantaloupes you have can be grown in greenhouses, then you can have more varieties of fruit in winter.

Oh, I also have strawberries. Since I'm going to grow strawberries, I'll definitely need to build a greenhouse.

We need to study greenhouses more thoroughly.

The orchard was only a 15-minute walk from the flower nursery. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they slowly walked to the orchard.

These past few days, the orchard has been harvesting peaches, plums, and mangoes.

The servants bustled about in the orchard, with baskets of fruit neatly arranged.

Wang Qing'er had no interest in appreciating the scenery of the orchard; all she wanted to do was find the aloe vera in the orchard.

Mu Nan saw through his wife's thoughts, so he led her straight to the foot of the mountain covered with aloe vera.

Mu Nan had visited the Yun Family Orchard several times when she was studying at the academy, so she was very familiar with the orchard.

There are more aloe vera plants here than in the village, but they are not as large.

Looking at the aloe vera in front of her, Wang Qing'er was at a loss for what to do. Transplanting such a large area of ​​aloe vera would take a lot of effort.

"Qing'er, leave the aloe vera and seedling transplanting to me, you don't need to worry." Mu Nan saw through his wife's thoughts and quickly comforted her.

"Alright, then I'll leave everything to you." With her husband in charge, she no longer needed to worry about anything; she could just focus on making her scented soap and lip balm.

"Then let's go pick some fruit."

"it is good."

Mu Nan took his wife's hand and walked towards Mu Zhicheng and the others.

"Qing'er, come and pick peaches!" Qin Miaomiao called to her friend as she approached.

"Okay." Wang Qing'er walked over and picked a peach.

"Qing'er, the peaches from the Yun family are the best in the entire Eastern Liang Kingdom. Let's pick more to take back."

Where are these fruits going to be sold?

"Yes, peaches and plums are sold in the county town and surrounding prefectures, while mangoes are transported to the capital," Qin Miaomiao said while picking peaches.

Peaches and plums cannot be stored for long periods or transported over long distances, so they can only be sold locally.

The mangoes are picked fresh, so they have a long shelf life and are transported to the capital for sale. After all, only the Yun family in the entire Eastern Liang Kingdom has mangoes.

Wang Qing'er picked a basket of peaches and a basket of plums, and three baskets of mangoes, which she planned to take back and make into dried mangoes.

When the group returned to the county town, it was already dark. Two carriages were parked at the entrance of the alley, and the Yun family's servants helped carry the things into the courtyard.

Besides a few baskets of fruit, there were fresh flowers. In addition, she brought back 500 jin of beeswax this time, which is enough for her to make lip balm and skin cream in large quantities.

After a long day of running around, I went to bed early as night fell.

The next morning, Mu Nan went to buy a farm from Yun Kai by herself.

Wang Qing'er was thinking about those flowers, so she got up early to make scented soap and lip balm.

With the help of Zhou Shi, Mu Yan, and Zi Hao, the group worked all day and made more than two hundred bottles of lip balm and more than five hundred bars of scented soap.

The remaining flowers were all laid out to dry in the yard.