Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

She really wanted to buy the whole field of Polygonum multiflorum and the whole mountain where the tremella was harvested. "If I buy so much at once, will Grandma and the others disagree?"

"No, even without that money, the money we make selling braised meat every day is enough for our family to live comfortably. Besides, the business deal you discussed with Shang Congjian the other day is almost certain to go through."

Wang Qing'er asked, somewhat puzzled, "How can you be so sure?"

"Yes, judging by the taste of your braised meat, they'll definitely agree. But Qing'er, I don't want you to work so hard every day. Enough money is enough. I just want you to be happy every day and do what you love." Now that the family's debts have been paid off, he doesn't want his wife to work so hard.

“Brother Mu Nan, it’s not hard for me. I’m just doing what I love. My parents are handling the braised meat business. If we can reach an agreement on the revenue sharing with the restaurant’s menu, we can earn money without much effort. I’m not stupid to not make money when I can.”

Mu Nan affectionately kissed her forehead, "How could my smart wife be a fool?"

"So, with the food business stable and a steady income at home, I can focus on doing what I love. Regardless of whether those soaps can make money or not, I don't have to worry about not having food, and Brother Mu Nan will have time to accompany me up the mountain to find what I need."

"And then there are the potatoes and vegetable seeds I bought. Once they're grown, that will be another business for our family. Especially the chili peppers, I plan to sow some more seeds, enough for about ten acres. And those potatoes, I don't know if we have enough land at home!"

The most important thing right now is the cultivation of potatoes and peppers. As for rapeseed, it will have to wait until autumn to be planted. At that time, the rice in the fields and the potatoes and peppers in the ground will be harvested, and many fields will be freed up to plant rapeseed.

She hasn't told her family yet that rapeseed can be pressed for oil. If it really grows successfully, it might become the most profitable thing for the family in the future.

Mu Nan asked, "There are more than ten acres of mountain land that have been cleared out, and the land has been fattened up. Can we plant potatoes and peppers there?"

"You mean those plots of land on the slope outside the wall?" Wang Qing'er wasn't quite sure where her family's fields were located; it seemed she needed to familiarize herself with them.

"Yes, that's the place, and the place where you dug shepherd's purse last time. There are several plots there too. All of these add up to more than ten acres of land, all of which were reclaimed later. There are also several acres of land fenced off around the yard, which is the homestead. A few acres were left over after building the house. The wheat fields on both sides in front of the yard belong to our family."

"We were originally allocated more than 20 mu of dry land, plus more than 10 mu of reclaimed land, making a total of about 40 mu of dry land, and also more than 20 mu of paddy fields. If that's not enough, we can buy some more, or reclaim some more mountain land." Mu Nan carefully explained the current situation of the family's land to his wife.

"With so many fields at home, how can you manage to manage them all?" Wang Qing'er wondered how they managed to cultivate so many fields without any mechanized farming.

“Grandma, Dad, Mom, and Muxiao all work in the fields together. I often go to the mountains and work in the fields relatively rarely. Dad and Muxiao have been spending all their time in the fields these past few years, except for sleeping and eating.”

“Mu Xiao suffered the most. He started working in the fields every day when he was eleven or twelve years old. The year he reclaimed the land, he and his father were still digging in the back mountain after dark, and they started digging again before dawn the next day.”

"Later, the family sold vegetables to Fuxianglou. My father and Muxiao would get up before dawn every day to deliver the vegetables, and after returning, they would go straight to the fields."

"Muqin and Mulin are also very well-behaved. They help pull weeds all day long. Grandma basically led them to pull the weeds in the vegetable garden. And Yao'er, she is taken to the fields by Grandma all day long and never cries."

“I didn’t return home for more than ten days after I went into the mountains. I was either in the fields or not, and I didn’t have time to take good care of her.” Mu Nan recalled the hard work her family had done over the past few years, and her heart felt like it was being crushed by a heavy stone.

Wang Qing'er snuggled closer to Mu Nan, clinging to him tightly. She reached out and hugged him back. Although she was very sleepy, she still forced herself to stay awake and listened attentively as Mu Nan poured out his heart to her. "Brother Mu Nan, it won't happen again. From now on, we'll hire people to do all the housework. Or we can go and buy a few people to help with the work. I don't want anyone to know about the chili peppers, potatoes, and other vegetables, so it would be more appropriate to buy a few people."

"Okay, whatever you say. It's late, go to sleep now."

"Hmm." Wang Qing'er yawned and closed her eyes.

The two of them fell asleep in each other's arms!

Mu Nan woke up as dawn broke. Looking at his wife sleeping soundly in his arms, he suddenly didn't want to get out of bed. He felt happy just holding her like this and watching her sleep.

Yes! That's right, it's happiness, a feeling I've never had before!

Wang Qing'er was startled awake by the warm flow coming from her body. As soon as she opened her eyes, she was startled again by the man who was staring at her.

"Brother Mu Nan, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Beautiful! Why did you wake up so suddenly? Did I disturb you?"

"Oh no, I need to go to the toilet. Are you getting up too?"

"Yes, I was just about to get up."

"Brother Mu Nan, get up quickly, hurry up, hurry up!" Wang Qing'er urged anxiously, even pushing him with her hand.

"Ah? Okay!" Mu Nan had no choice but to get up quickly.

When Wang Qing'er saw Mu Nan get out of bed, she quickly knelt up to check the sheets. Thankfully, the sheets weren't dirty.

She casually threw on a coat, grabbed something from the wardrobe, and headed towards the outhouse at the back.

Mu Nan couldn't help but chuckle at his wife's hurried and flustered appearance. After putting on his coat, he went to the stove to help her wash up with hot water. Normally, it was fine for her to wash with cold water, but these days he couldn't let her touch cold water.

Wang Qing'er had just finished washing up when Mu Qin and Zi Tong came to her with a basket on their backs to pick peach blossoms. "Sister-in-law, are you done?"

Wang Qing'er: "Okay, all done."

Mu Nan: "Qing'er, are you planning to pick flowers this morning?"

Wang Qing'er: "Hmm, what's wrong?"

Mu Nan said, "There's dew in the morning, so why don't we skip it and wait until the sun comes out before picking them?"

Wang Qing'er said, "It's alright, Brother Mu Nan."

Mu Nan, "Be good!"

"Uh, okay!" Wang Qing'er had no choice but to agree, and said apologetically to the two girls, "Muqin, Zitong, let's wait until we have breakfast before we go pick peach blossoms."

"Okay, sister-in-law." Mu Qin readily agreed.

"Brother Mu Nan, could you go and move the potatoes to the backyard? I'll cut up the potato seeds. Can we plant the potatoes in the morning?"