Chapter 154 - Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Generous Early Investment-! (1/2)

Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Generous Early Investment-!

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These past few days, Chen Aqing has been following Xiumei, who, besides teaching her how to prepare braised meat and some basic store selling knowledge, has also been training her manners, expressions, and confidence.

“She’s doing great, she learns pretty quickly and is diligent. I told her to take a break, but she kept mulling it over by herself. She seems very afraid of us not keeping her, so she’s been especially diligent,” said Xiumei.

Speaking of this, Xiumei couldn’t help expressing her sympathy: “She really has a hard life. Her parents favor boys over girls. She has to get up before dawn to cut pig grass, cook pig food, do laundry, make breakfast for the whole family, and then take care of her siblings. Only until late at night can she rest. In contrast, Xiumei felt very fortunate. She served Miss, who treated her well, and she even learned many skills for making a living, which made her life more comfortable and happier than most people.

Wei Ruo said: “Give her plenty to eat, let her get a good replenishment, and become plump and fair. I need her to have strength to work for me. Don’t let her become incapable of working.”

Xiumei replied: “Don’t worry, Miss. Her complexion has visibly improved these past few days. Besides three meals a day, I give her whatever experimental products we made when I was teaching her how to cook braised food. I also give her a piece of fruit every day.”

Fruits, as the kind of stuff that poor families consider as luxuries, especially now in winter when fruits are scarce, are not affordable for ordinary families.

“Hmm,” Wei Ruo nodded.

“Miss, you should also take good care of your body. You’ve been working so much these past few days. Don’t wear yourself out. I’m going to prepare a stewed bird’s nest for you soon. You must be obedient and finish it,” Xiumei reminded her.

“I won’t have any trouble. You don’t need to worry unnecessarily. I have to go to the farmhouse later, so just skip the bird’s nest,” Wei Ruo said.

As soon as Wei Ruo finished her words, she saw the look of grievance on Xiumei’s face and quickly corrected her speech: “Ok, simmer it. I’ll eat it when I

get back.”

“Hmm!” Xiumei immediately put on a smile.

Then the two of them went to the farmhouse together, where Manager Yu reported to Wei Ruo about the situation in the past few days.

“Miss, we’ve bought a total of 1212 acres of fields in the last few days, adopted thirty-seven refugees, and hired nineteen local poor people.”

Manager Yu passed on the account book and roster, which detailed the price of every piece of land purchased and related transaction information.

After carefully checking and confirming no issues, Wei Ruo asked Manager Yu, “Have all the wheat seeds I gave you been planted?”

Those wheat seeds were produced by her space. To wait for the maturity of the wheat seeds in Wei Ruo’s space, they would be planted later than that batch in

Xingshan County.

Manager Yu replied: “They have all been planted. The weather these days is not bad. The sun is good. The temperature has risen a lot compared with the time when the cold wave struck. The seeds have sprouted.”

■■Is the newly reclaimed land relatively infertile?” Wei Ruo asked.

Madam Yuan had talked with her about the issue of infertile land in Taizhou prefecture.

“Yes, it is. All the land can be cultivated, but it’s rather barren and its output

has always been low.”