Farming in the Magical World

"What are you doing at the castle?"

Hammer was waiting for Jimmy at the castle gate and was extremely surprised to see his wife following behind.

Karina was about to speak when Candy, who was following behind, let out a soft snort and swung her fist at Hammer.

"Iron Head, does that mean you're allowed to come but Karina isn't? That's too domineering, humph!"

Hammer was not good with words to begin with, and when faced with the lively and lovely little girl Candy, he blushed and stammered, unable to say a word.

Seeing her husband's face turn red, Karina felt both sorry for him and embarrassed. She patted Candy's head and said, "Don't bully honest people. Your Hammer Bro doesn't know how to talk."

"What? I was just standing up for you, okay?" Candy glared at Karina with her big eyes, huffing and puffing.

Karina ignored her questioning and turned to explain to Hammer why she had come to the castle. It would be bad if her honest husband misunderstood her.

"It was Madam who sent Candy to find me. She arrived just as you left. I'll go see what Madam wants with me."

"You, you shouldn't work too hard. Go home early when you're done!" She glanced shyly at Candy beside her, still feeling a little embarrassed to express her concern in public.

The three of them were at the castle gate, so it wasn't convenient to say much. They shyly gave Hammer a few instructions and then dragged Candy into the castle, with only Candy's mutterings faintly audible.

"What, you feel sorry for him now that I'm talking about him? Why did you marry him if you hate him so much? If he can come, why can't you come to the castle?"

Candy pouted and walked away reluctantly. That domineering Hammer was ugly, not even as good-looking as the young master. What was there to like about him?

Listening to Candy's mutterings, Karina could only shake her head with a wry smile.

Hehe, silly sister, you didn't see the misunderstanding that Lord Lanny caused before. If I came to the castle often, who knows what the villagers would say about me!

When the two arrived at the second floor of the castle and entered their room, the castle maids Melinda and Nina were already there, gossiping in hushed tones, while Tiffany was waiting for them.

This was Karina's first time meeting Tiffany. With her blonde hair, blue eyes, and snow-white skin, she appeared unapproachable in her long white dress, making Karina feel inferior.

Fortunately, the other person wasn't cold. When they entered the room, he immediately greeted them with a smile and gestured for them to sit in the two empty seats in front of him.

"Alright, everyone's here, let's begin."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tiffany clapped her hands, stood up, and stood in front of everyone.

It was her first time independently hosting something, and she was very nervous; her hands were clenched tightly together inside her sleeves.

Back in the Enoch family, she was practically invisible. Many people hated her to the core; why would they let her handle anything?

But she had seen how the Countess acted before, and at this moment she couldn't help but adopt the mannerisms of the Countess when she was giving a lecture.

"Ahem... I believe everyone knows her except Karina, so I'll give a brief introduction."

He gestured to Melinda on his left, then proceeded to introduce them one by one to the right: "Sitting on the far left is Melinda, then Nina, then Candy, they are all maids in the castle. And lastly, this is Hammer's wife, Karina."

The maids in the castle were more curious about Karina, who arrived last, and they all stared at her, making Karina nervous.

Noticing Karina's nervousness, Tiffany coughed lightly to draw the maids' attention back before continuing, "Over the next three days, we need to complete the production of several sets of longsword accessories, and time is very tight."

After saying these words, she found that it wasn't so difficult. She relaxed a little and then noticed that there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

But seeing that everyone below was staring intently at her, she felt embarrassed to make any move and could only insist on finishing her sentence.

"Based on this workload, Melinda definitely cannot complete it alone. Therefore, I hope you will work with her to complete this task."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Of course, I will also participate in the production with you."

Looking at Karina sitting calmly in front of her, Tiffany hesitated for a moment before softly saying, "Karina, you're here to help, so we'll provide you with some salary."

“Madam, no need, no need…” Karina quickly stood up and refused, waving her hands repeatedly.

Only Candy, the little girl, muttered softly, "Why don't we have one?"

She didn't really want any salary; after all, she had nowhere to use it in the castle. She just felt it was a bit unfair.

The mistress standing in front didn't notice the little girl's grumbling, but the maids nearby heard it all. However, none of them paid any attention to her, knowing that the little girl was just venting.

Tiffany didn't notice the little incident that happened next, and instead said that Melinda would explain each tool and its usage, each step and process, and hoped everyone would listen carefully.

After saying that, she nodded to Melinda and then stepped aside to make way for her.

Hearing the lady say to listen carefully, everyone perked up and prepared to watch the following demonstration attentively.

Melinda bent down, picked up a wicker basket that had been prepared beforehand, and walked over to place the basket on the table.

She first leaned to the side of Teng Kuang to let everyone see what was inside before she began to introduce it.

"The equipment we're making this time requires sika deer leather, so we need special cutting tools... This is scissors, this is a cutting knife, this is..."

Melinda laid out the items from the wicker basket one by one on the table, explaining the function and manufacturing process of each tool. Karina had never seen many of these tools before, which broadened her horizons.

Tiffany put a lot of thought into this selection.

Although none of them had any experience in making accessories except for Melinda, the others were either very skillful or had extensive sewing experience like Karina.

However, after officially starting work, it was Tiffany herself who surprised everyone.

In Karina and the others' view, Tiffany, as the lady of the castle, was supposed to work with them, but she was probably just putting on a show, responsible for some communication and coordination.

Unexpectedly, she actually took this work very seriously.

Although she was initially unfamiliar with using various tools and even pricked her fingers multiple times while working, she did not back down and persevered from beginning to end.

That evening at dinner, Lenny noticed that she always avoided using her right hand and awkwardly held the soup spoon with her left.

"what happened?"

Tiffany withdrew her hand and forced a smile. "What?"

Seeing that the other party did not answer, Lanny grabbed Tiffany's right hand and found that there were several cuts on her delicate white hand, and her fair little hand was slightly swollen.

Startled, he turned to look at Candy. "What's going on?"

Candy glanced at the lady with a troubled expression, then hesitated and dared not speak.

"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with Candy, I did it by accident." Seeing her husband so nervous, Tiffany smiled slightly and placed her hand on his.

She felt warm inside and very happy that her husband was so concerned about her.

Seeing that the lady was still trying to exonerate her, Candy finally knelt down with a thud, sobbing and crying, "The lady... she... she told me not to tell you."

Although Candy's explanation was unclear, Lenny understood.

These past two days, Tiffany organized several castle maids, along with Iron Hammer's wife Karina, to set up a room next to the study on the second floor, where they sewed dark-patterned sword accessories together.

I originally thought Tiffany was just supervising and doing some management work, but now it seems that this stubborn Tiffany actually participated in the production herself.

It's unlikely she did these things when she was with the Eno family; the Earl's household would have had no shortage of servants.

Looking at the beautiful and delicate face in front of him, Lanny felt a pang of pity and gently stroked his hands. "Does it hurt? They're all swollen."

Looking at her husband's tender expression, Tiffany felt a surge of sweetness in her heart and shook her head with a smile.

"Frank, does the castle have any liquor? Bring me some, the stronger the better!"

When the butler brought over the so-called strong liquor, he frowned, wondering why it was this stuff.

The liquor was contained in a copper jug. After removing the stopper, I looked inside and saw a slightly greenish liquid with a very mild taste. It didn't taste like spirits; it was more like beer.

This is a local specialty, green malt beer, brewed using a fermentation method. It's similar to beer from another world, but with a higher alcohol content.

Qingfu wine has a higher alcohol content than the kingdom's ale, so it can be considered a strong liquor. It's fine to drink, but it's not quite suitable as a disinfectant.

Thinking that even if the disinfection effect is not good, it is better to treat it than not to treat it, Lanny rolled up Tiffany's sleeve a little to reveal her fair and tender arm, carefully poured the green liqueur on the wound, and then tore off a piece of the tablecloth to wrap it up.

"Try to keep this hand dry for the next couple of days. Summer is coming, so be careful of infection."

Watching Lanny busily working with a tense expression, Tiffany felt a sense of joy, even the food in her bowl tasted sweeter. She secretly resolved to make what her husband wanted on time.

She didn't understand what infection was, and she didn't care at all about avoiding water.

Unlike Tiffany, after treating the lady's hand injury, Lanny casually placed the copper kettle on the dining table, but his mind was already on the matter of sterilization.

It seems we still need to find a way to manufacture glass, as the disinfecting effect of high-proof liquor will be very important in case of injury or illness.

Like when he was injured before, he almost relied on his physical strength to get through it. Fortunately, it was springtime and not hot, so there was no widespread infection.

The first thing the doctor brought from Elfen City did was try to bleed himself, which was utterly absurd. Luckily, he had already transmigrated and regained consciousness, otherwise he might have been killed by that quack doctor.

Since we want to produce high-proof liquor, we must have a set of distillation equipment. With current production technology, the easiest-to-obtain sealed distillation containers are actually glass, while iron is not easy to process.

Of course, this is something to consider after the castle's immediate crisis is resolved. Right now, we must first earn our first pot of gold; otherwise, any subsequent plans will be almost meaningless.