A blessed wife leads her husband to wealth and prosperity!

Lin He'er was so busy with her work that by the time she had hooked out the lotus flowers, it was already past noon. Liu Shi, who was sitting next to her, was nowhere to be seen, busy with something else!

Looking at the bag that's almost finished, I'm not going to continue making it today. Looking down for so long is taking a toll on my neck and back; for the sake of my health, I'll continue tomorrow.

Lin He'er got up and stretched her stiff body, only to see her father-in-law carrying a hoe coming back from the fields outside the gate.

Dad, shouldn't we plant rice?

"Yes, it'll be soon. In a few days, once the water is piped into the fields, we'll sow the seeds. That'll be enough work in the fields for now," Wen Dazhuang said, putting down his hoe and replying to his daughter-in-law.

Well, after this month's rest, we'll have to start transplanting rice seedlings!

"What? What is rice planting?" Wen Dazhuang asked, not understanding what his daughter-in-law was saying.

Uh... Dad, isn't it possible that the rice stalks are sown and then transplanted into the fields once they've grown a bit bigger?

He'er, where did you hear about this method of farming? Wen Dazhuang put down his tools, washed his hands, and walked towards the main room.

Listen to what that itinerant doctor said! From what her father-in-law said, it seems that rice cultivation here still uses the very old method of sowing seeds.

Sowing rice seeds and then relying solely on the weather is unacceptable. How much grain can be harvested this way? Sowing seeds manually is problematic; even if the seeds are sown evenly, and someone carefully does it slowly, a considerable number of seeds are used! It's a huge waste of seeds!

It seems I need to give my father-in-law a proper lesson on rice cultivation this time.

Father, come and sit down. Let me tell you how rice is grown in the hometown of that itinerant doctor.

"Mmm." Seeing his daughter-in-law's serious expression, Wen Dazhuang quickly picked up a stool and sat down at the table.

According to the itinerant doctor, his hometown has always been a rice-growing region, unlike our area which has dry land. For generations, his family has been growing rice. So they have summarized the best methods for growing rice.

Before growing this kind of rice, the land needs to be plowed first, just like here. After the land is plowed, they will set aside a portion of the field for seedling cultivation.

This seedling raising process is similar to directly sowing seeds. Seeds are sown in the ground, and when the seedlings have 3 to 4 leaves, they are pulled out one by one and transplanted separately, maintaining a distance between them.

Basically, the spacing between each seedling is about the length of your palm. This way, the rice plants won't grow too crowded together, and they won't tip over in large patches if a strong wind blows.

Having farmed for so many years, you must have noticed that the way you grow rice requires a lot of seeds, right? And once the rice plants grow a little bigger, they all crowd together, making it difficult for people to go down into the field to pull weeds!

Wen Dazhuang listened to his daughter-in-law's words and remained silent for a while. He knew the problem his daughter-in-law was talking about after farming for many years, and his own family had encountered it before. If a strong wind came, the rice would fall down in swathes. It was truly terrible then; the rice that hadn't fully grown would quickly mold if it got wet! One year, the weather was uncooperative, and his family almost suffered a complete crop failure. This incident left a deep impression on Wen Dazhuang.

"He'er, is your method reliable?" Wen Dazhuang was eager to know if his daughter-in-law's method would work. After all, the rice planting was just around the corner, and if the method really worked, he wanted to give it a shot!

The reason Wen Dazhuang didn't directly refute his daughter-in-law this time was because her advice on planting wheat a while ago had really been helpful.

Lately, when I go to the fields, besides working on the paddy fields, I've also been paying attention to the dry land.

Then, just as my daughter-in-law suggested, the wheat field that was treated with pesticides will be different from the other two plots of land from the moment the wheat seedlings start to sprout.

The germination rate in this plot of land is very high; as far as the eye can see, it's a lush green expanse. Unlike previous years, there haven't been any instances of missing seeds in different plots. This proves that my daughter-in-law's method is effective!

The method of growing rice that was proposed this time might also be feasible. Should I give it a try?

Seeing her father-in-law starting to hesitate again, Lin He'er thought she should tell her mother-in-law the solution later. In this family, when it comes to decisiveness, it's still up to the mother-in-law!

When Liu returned from visiting neighbors, her daughter-in-law pulled her inside and explained the new method of planting rice. Although she only understood bits and pieces, it didn't diminish her current inexplicable trust in her daughter-in-law. She immediately decided to follow her daughter-in-law's method, saying, "I'll tell your father later that we'll plant rice this year using your method!"

Don't worry, Mother. This method has been used by our ancestors for generations, and it's guaranteed to work!

When it was time for lunch, Liu brought up the matter of planting rice at the table. "We'll listen to He'er. Does the head of the household agree?"

Wen Dazhuang; ...Agreed!

Lin He'er mentally gave her mother-in-law a thumbs up, feeling that this decision was entirely her mother-in-law's choice! Her father-in-law could only second it!

Now that the whole family had approved the new method of growing rice, Wen Dazhuang couldn't just sit idle after dinner. He had to follow his daughter-in-law's suggestion and first set aside a separate plot for seedlings, so that it would be easier to transplant the seedlings later.

As for how to plant rice seedlings, Lin He'er said she would teach everyone at that time.

After the head of the household carried the hoe down to the ground, Liu suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something quite important recently.

He'er, He'er, come out quickly!

Lin He'er had just entered the house when she heard her mother-in-law calling her from the yard.

Mother, what's wrong?

Liu: Oh dear, have you forgotten? Our preserved eggs! They're ready!

Oh dear, I really hadn't thought of that. These preserved eggs are definitely ready, Mom. Go get a few from the jar, we can add one to our dinner tonight!

Before Lin He'er could finish speaking, Liu turned and went to the storeroom to get the eggs. When she came out again, she was holding four or five eggs in her hands.

"He'er, how about we try one?" Since there weren't as many preserved eggs as sesame paste eggs, Liu Shi couldn't bear to let each of them try one. These were all things that could be sold for money, and she couldn't eat too many herself.

Okay, Mom, give me one, I'll take it to the kitchen and cut it up.

Lin He'er took a preserved egg from her mother-in-law, went to the kitchen, gently cracked the egg on a corner of the stove, peeled off the shell, and saw that the egg white inside had completely changed. On the dark green egg white, snowflake-like patterns were scattered throughout the egg.

It was a success! Lin He'er was overjoyed. She hadn't expected that her first attempt at making preserved eggs would be so successful.

I took a knife from the cutting board, carefully cut the preserved eggs into several pieces, put them on a plate, and took them to the main room.

By this time, Madam Liu was getting impatient sitting at the table. She saw her daughter-in-law bring out a plate with some dark green, sliced ​​duck eggs on it.

"Mother, try it, how does it taste?" Lin He'er pushed the plate toward her mother-in-law.

Liu didn't stand on ceremony this time, and directly took a piece to examine the preserved egg carefully!