When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1257 Farm Owner 10
It wasn't that Tan You was extravagant; rather, wood-type ability users could accelerate growth, regardless of the season, as long as there were seeds. Therefore, Tan You didn't really crave cotton, especially since she already had a cotton quilt.

As for the cotton-padded clothes, she could make them herself at her own pace. The farm was currently free of heavy farm work and had entered a period of rest and recuperation. Tan You also planned to spend the entire winter fully recovering the original owner's health so that she could make a real comeback next year.

The quilts that Li Yong, Chen Xiaojun, and the others brought back naturally attracted everyone's envy, but there was nothing that could be done about it; they only had so much stuff, and it was Li Yong and Chen Xiaojun's own resources.

Tan You felt her farm was developing steadily, but she was unaware that she had already made a name for herself within the farm. As the youngest farm owner, she was the first to achieve results, even though her farm's produce wasn't available on the market.

There were 200 other ability users who came out with her to reclaim the land, which means there were 200 farms in total. However, there are differences between ability users; for example, others don't have a bug-like ability like Little Leaf.

It can plow the soil and weed, which alone saves a lot of manpower. While other superhumans and their families were working hard to cultivate the land, Tan You's work was all taken care of by Xiao Yezi.

Of course, other farmers also produced grapefruits, but they were produced a while later than Tanyou. Others might not have noticed this difference, but those who are observant will always be able to see it.

Especially after Tan You presented the Calming Apple and Orange Cherry, even more people began to pay attention to her. It's just that Minister Huang has considerable influence behind the scenes, and these schemes haven't yet reached Tan You's level.

The cotton in her hand had been given away, and not long after, Minister Huang brought Tan You a pair of lambs. As for piglets, he was still looking for them. Looking at the two lambs with their clear eyes, Tan You sighed. If she grew attached to them and couldn't bring herself to eat them later, she really wouldn't be able to bring herself to do it.

Stroking the lamb's forehead, Tan You built a sheep pen in the yard, near the cherry tree. She had wanted to build a larger pen, but the weather was too cold now, and such small lambs would freeze to death if let out.

Today, her farm has two lambs, six chickens, and more than forty rabbits. The granary contains 1,000 jin of rice, 1,000 jin of wheat, 200 jin of rice, and over 100 jin of flour.

There are also more than ten tons of sweet potatoes, just these sweet potatoes… Tan You sighed. She couldn't possibly eat that many sweet potatoes by herself, even if she ate until she threw up. No, she needed to find someone to do the work.

She'll make all the sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour and sweet potato vermicelli and store them. She'll also press some oil out of the soybeans. Oh, and she can make soy products now. This temperature is perfect for making frozen tofu.

After considering all this, Tan You realized that she could manage as usual, but her standard of living was just so-so. If she wanted a higher quality of life, there were still many things she needed to do.

When Tan You needed help with the work, she skipped Minister Huang and went straight to Chen Xiaojun. Hearing that Tan You needed someone to help her make sweet potato noodles, Chen Xiaojun patted his chest and guaranteed, "I'll definitely bring some capable guys over, just... just..."

He strummed his fingers: "Everyone wants cotton."

“I thought you wanted something else,” Tan You chuckled. “I’ve been growing another batch of cotton recently, about a hundred pounds. But I have ten tons of sweet potatoes here…”

"No problem, I'll find a few more superhuman warriors. Anyway, we're going on missions less often because of the cold weather. Going to work on the farm will allow us to train our superhuman abilities and get paid (cotton). Isn't that a great thing?"

Tan You laughed, "Okay, then come over. I'll treat everyone to pumpkin steamed buns for lunch." She was worried that Chen Xiaojun would bring dozens of people with him, all of them big eaters, and her little bit of rice probably wouldn't be enough for them. It was better to just treat everyone to steamed buns; after all, Tan You wasn't that fond of wheat-based foods.

"Alright, I'll go get some men right away." Chen Xiaojun was also happy, and after hanging up the communication, he started to call for men. As soon as they heard that they would be paid 2 jin of cotton for a day's work, the soldiers of the third squad went crazy.

It wasn't that they lacked general supplies; they simply couldn't buy cotton. As a winter essential, cotton was snapped up as soon as it appeared. Moreover, people primarily grew staple foods, with cotton accounting for only a tiny fraction of their daily needs, truly living up to the saying "high price, but no market."

Chen Xiaojun also made his selections: "We need water-type, wind-type, and earth-type, and a few more strength-type. How can we work without strength? Oh, and we need metal-type too!"

In less than ten minutes, the dormitory of the third squad was almost empty, and the group of thirty headed straight for Tan You's farm. Even though Tan You was mentally prepared, she still felt a little dizzy when she saw so many people coming.

But since they were already there, she wasn't stingy. After letting them all in, she found two people who could cook to help her prepare the meal. As for making sweet potato noodles, that was easy, wasn't it?
Wash and peel the sweet potatoes, then crush them to extract the juice. Finally, filter out the sweet potato pulp with cheesecloth. Let the starch water sit overnight, then add water and let it sit again. Repeat this process three times to obtain the purest sweet potato starch.

All Tan You needed Chen Xiaojun and the others to do was filter out the sweet potato pulp; she could handle the rest herself, such as letting it sit. Fortunately, she had plenty of tools; twenty vats were neatly arranged in the small courtyard.

Ten pounds of sweet potatoes yield one pound of starch, which translates to only one ton of sweet potato starch. This loss rate is truly heartbreaking. Tan You disdains the sweet potato scraps, but the soldiers need them.

"Forest owner, are you going to throw away all these sweet potato scraps?"

Tan You stopped kneading the dough and looked at the soldier who had found her. He seemed a little flustered and embarrassed. Perhaps because he rarely spoke to people, his dark face was flushed.

“We really don’t need it,” Tan You said with a smile. “The farm doesn’t raise pigs now, so I don’t need these sweet potato scraps. If you want them, you can distribute them among yourselves.”

"Thank you so much, Forestry Manager," Zhang Xiang had only asked Tan You tentatively, but he didn't expect to get such an answer. He immediately bowed to Tan You: "To be honest, you don't need these things, but everyone can still eat them. They taste better than grass seed cakes."

Tan You raised her eyebrows: "I'm glad you don't feel slighted."

If this were a normal situation where someone helped another and all they got in return was some sweet potato scraps, they'd be the subject of gossip. But considering this was a wasteland world where everyone was short of food and clothing, Tan You realized she wasn't such a shrewd businessman after all.

Putting everything else aside, is there really no use for her at all in these sweet potato scraps? She could use them to make compost, but Tan You can't say that, as it would easily provoke public outrage.

Having received confirmation from Tan You, everyone worked even more efficiently. The wasteland was sparsely populated, but everyone had family. These sweet potato scraps might not look appealing, but they could truly be lifesavers in a pinch.

The key point is that it's free.