Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"That's not possible."

Before Marquis Zhongyong could answer, the village head corrected him, "Let alone inferior slopes, even top-quality fertile land requires skilled farmers to grow three bushels of grain!"

"Then, let's do as Qiqi said: plant grains on good land and sugarcane on slopes."

Marquis Zhongyong paused for a moment, then asked, "So, if you grow grain on the slope, could you harvest four or five thousand catties?"

"Father, as long as it is well cared for, it can weigh not only four or five thousand catties, but even five or six thousand catties."

Cheng Qiqi was very confident. She used to be a time-travel enthusiast, and she was interested in all kinds of intangible cultural heritage, as well as how to improve fertile soil... She had a foundation in all of that!

Besides, she has her own space. She has already studied it and found that the soil in her space is very fertile, so it's good to plant anything.

She'll use it as fertilizer and mix it into the soil. She doesn't believe any crop is bad.

Unfortunately, there was no legendary spiritual spring in the space; otherwise, wouldn't it have been a piece of cake?

"Five or six thousand catties?"

The village head's lips twitched, and he reminded her, "Madam Cheng, even in our best year, our sugarcane harvest is only about 5,000 jin."

Still the best farmland!

If it were even slightly off, three thousand jin wouldn't be enough.

"Does the village head not believe it?"

Cheng Qiqi didn't refute, but simply looked at Marquis Zhongyong and said, "I want to try!"

"try!"

Marquis Zhongyong hesitated for only a moment before agreeing.

After returning home, Marquis Zhongyong asked, "Mo'er, was your wife's family particularly good at farming? If they really can produce 5,000 catties of sugarcane per mu, then let's plant more sugarcane fields."

"..."

Jin Mozhi fell silent; all he remembered was that Cheng Qiqi's parents were butchers.

He mumbled, "His father was a well-known butcher in the village, and probably also a skilled farmer?"

At the time, his situation was not good. By the time he wanted to find out more, Cheng Qiqi's entire family had died. After he brought Cheng Qiqi into his mansion, when he tried to investigate further, their village was gone.

"A butcher can't butcher pigs every day, so he must be good at farming too."

Marquis Zhongyong found an excuse and said, "Now that the land has been allocated, we need to hurry up and prepare for planting and spring sowing."

"Something's come up in Rongcheng, so you'll..."

Marquis Zhongyong knew that it would be extremely difficult for Jin Mozhi to find evidence at Pingsha Pass near Rongcheng.

Cui Lie is a treacherous and ruthless man who shows no mercy. I will definitely eliminate him completely.

"Dad, I'll go over there to help with the spring planting."

Jin Mozhi replied softly, "The candy that Chongshan sent over last time sold very well, as did the oyster sauce. I heard that one of He Bai's close subordinates really likes it, so I'd like to bring over more seafood."

"OK."

Marquis Zhongyong understood; his son wanted to infiltrate their ranks!

……

Spring has arrived, and the Jin family has a special discussion about how to cultivate the land they have been allocated!

"An'an and Xiaoyun are so young, how come they've already been given separate plots of land?"

"How could they possibly farm?"

"I've never farmed before."

"..."

Everyone was sharing their concerns about farming.

Divided by population, the line of the Marquis of Zhongyong, including the old lady and Lin Huilan, makes eight people.

The largest family is that of Grandpa Jin, a collateral branch, with seven members.

"Thankfully, my baby isn't in the baby's belly yet." Gao Shenglan was relieved, but then worried, "I'll be in my postpartum period while we're farming. What am I going to do?"

Gao Shenglan looked at her husband, Jin Runzhi, with concern.

"Shenglan, don't worry, I definitely won't let you go to work in the fields during your postpartum period," Jin Runzhi said confidently.

"At worst, I'll farm your land too."

Jin Runzhi's words were well said, but he was also very worried.

"The sugar mill will be shut down soon. When that happens, our whole family will work together—some will farm, some will cook—so we won't have to worry about not being able to farm the land."

"Reserve one-third of the good land for growing grain, and plant the rest with sugarcane."

With the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery around, Cheng Qiqi doesn't even need to speak. She just needs to focus on how to increase the yield of grain and sugarcane!

that's nice!

Cheng Qiqi was in a particularly good mood, able to spend quality time with her child. With Chun Tao around, she had even more free time.

"Sister Qiqi, can I stay here?"

After putting Miss Sui'an to sleep, Chun Tao looked at Cheng Qiqi with concern, afraid that she would be kicked out.

"Chuntao, we are exiled prisoners. Do you really want to live with us?"

Cheng Qiqi looked up from her little notebook, which contained notes on how to improve soil fertility, and stared at Chun Tao with a serious expression.

"want."

Chuntao nodded firmly and said, "Sister Qiqi, I have no family left, only you all."

"I can pay..."

Chun Tao spoke anxiously, saying that after leaving the Marquis's residence, she felt like a rootless duckweed...

"Silly girl."

Cheng Qiqi held her hand and interrupted her, saying, "If you'd like to stay, that's fine. Just stay with me. As for meals..."

At home, everyone is eating separately right now, Chun Tao...

That evening, Cheng Qiqi mentioned the matter to her family. Before her father-in-law and mother-in-law could even respond, Jin Yanzhi had already readily agreed.

"no problem."

Jin Yanzhi's response was so decisive that everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

"Yanzhi, this adds another mouth to feed!"

Lin Huilan spoke softly, her eyes filled with eagerness as she looked at Jin Yanzhi!

"Young lady, Miss Chuntao is our great benefactor!"

Jin Yanzhi said righteously, "Without the food and clothes that Miss Chuntao gave us, would we have survived until now? Now that Miss Chuntao is eating at home, how could she possibly charge us?"

"Besides, Miss Chuntao is very diligent and won't just sit around doing nothing."

Jin Yanzhi said everything, good or bad.

Cheng Qiqi stared at Jin Yanzhi warily. Could this prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf have set his sights on Chun Tao?

Cheng Qiqi subconsciously pulled Chun Tao behind her.

"Sister-in-law, am I right?"

Jin Yanzhi grinned so hard his teeth were showing as he looked at Cheng Qiqi, as if seeking praise.

"Chun Tao doesn't have the surname Jin. Since she's staying at home, she can't just eat for free. She lives with me, and I pay her 300 coins a day, which is her food expenses."

Cheng Qiqi and Chun Tao have discussed it, and Chun Tao is willing to pay six hundred coins a month...

However, Cheng Qiqi didn't want Chun Tao to pay so much. In those days, ten coins was enough for a young girl like her for a month.

"That won't work."

Jin Yanzhi shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law, she is our savior. Does our family need her to feed us?"

Cheng Qiqi's smile vanished as she stared at Jin Yanzhi.

"Sister-in-law, we're family. How about we go back to eating together as a family?"

Jin Yanzhi explained his purpose: "Spring planting is coming soon. If we still have to cook separately then, wouldn't that be a waste of one person's cooking time?"

Cheng Qiqi exclaimed in surprise, "That's it?"

Is it really not that you've taken a fancy to Chun Tao?