I was a stepmother in ancient times, and I led my whole family to wealth.

Chapter 79 Assigning a Task to Gu Chenglin

Gu Chenglin held the milk but didn't drink it: "Wife, this mousse cake is too sweet. I'm afraid I'll have enough this time."

"Look, can we take it out? I think this child will like it."

Dongfang Jin glared at him: "Hurry up and drink! Don't worry about it, we just moved here, didn't we?"

You wait, I will give both children all the food I have.

However, you have to keep this place a secret for me, and you also have to cover for me when I'm outside.

From now on, whenever I take things out, no matter what excuse I give, you have to cooperate.

He thought to himself, "I've already secretly fed your two kids the food in here, otherwise how could they have grown so fast?"

Gu Chenglin nodded: "Okay."

He will fully support and cooperate.

Dongfang Jin pointed to the land outside: "Oh right, and also, all that land outside."

It was originally intended for my maternal grandparents, to grow as a way to pass the time.

All I know how to do is sow seeds; I don't know anything else.

Since they've all come along, I certainly don't know how to grow any crops or anything like that; you'll have to take care of it.

Gu Chenglin nodded and said, "Okay."

Farming? That's his forte, and also one of his strengths.

Dongfang Jin suddenly remembered something: "Right, isn't there a dock in Ling'an County?"

Whenever you have free time, take a stroll over there and look for some unusual items among the passing caravans.

Especially the seeds, bring them back and plant them here.

There are no four seasons here, so I think it must be able to grow multiple crops.

If you have any questions, just look them up on the computer; there are video tutorials on how to grow various grains there.

I'll teach you how to use it later. Once you've learned it, you can teach it to a few of your childhood friends.

You can't become rich and forget about them. We should share the good fortune together; that's what brotherhood is all about.

Also, the other day I saw that the people here planted wheat by scattering the seeds on the ground.

Although I don't know how to grow it, I've seen it grown in my rural area, and it's definitely not the way you grow it here.

As Dongfang Jin finished speaking, she opened the drawer next to the coffee table, took out her iPad, and searched for videos on wheat cultivation.

"Wife, what's this?" Gu Chenglin asked, looking at the characters he didn't recognize on the square.

"These are electronic products from our world, you could say... commonplace things."

Oh no! She almost blurted out that every household has it? That won't do, she can't brag!

However, the phone is something to brag about...

Gu Chenglin pointed to the letters on the keyboard and asked, "Is this the character I'm talking about?"

Dongfang Jin pointed to the letters, and seeing that the video hadn't come out yet, she took out a phone from the drawer and demonstrated it to him.

"This is not text, it's pinyin. I'm combining the pinyin, and the text I want will appear after I put them together."

"Look, Gu Chenglin, I just need to press 'gu, cheng, lin,' and look, your name appears here."

The only downside here is the slow internet speed; it would be perfect if Wi-Fi were also available.

Gu Chenglin looked at the phone in his hand: "And this is it again...?"

"If you want to learn, open this drawer. My laptop, iPad, and phone are all here."

This is a universal charger. If your devices run out of power, you can just put them here.

"Alright, watch this video about planting wheat first. It has a live tutorial."

Gu Chenglin silently took the iPad from her hand: "Okay."

After Dongfang Jin finished speaking, she got up, walked to the balcony area, and looked at the things piled up there.

I bent down and started rummaging through the food. Wow! Potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, and green radishes.

...Is this beer? Who put it there? She never drinks beer, and whenever she does, she keeps burping. It must be Qian Duoduo's prank again.

This box of green radishes seems to have been sent by her aunt in Zhoujin City, Shenzhou. Every time her aunt sends something over, she shares it with a few of them.

Thinking of Shen Zhouzhou's aunt, she is also a strong woman, and she is over forty years old and still unmarried.

Every time Shen Zhouzhou's maternal grandmother sees something her aunt brings back, she gets angry. When she gets angry, her blood pressure spikes, and then she has to go to the hospital.

Therefore, Shen Zhouzhou didn't dare to bring home any of the things her aunt sent.

Gu Chenglin walked over with an iPad, excitedly shouting, "Wife! Wife! This...this wheat...a thousand catties per mu?"

A thousand catties! Even if the crops of the entire Donglin Kingdom didn't amount to a thousand catties, but even if they exceeded five hundred catties, the soldiers on the border wouldn't go hungry.

Seeing how happy he was, Dongfang Jin was also infected by his joy: "Right? In our world, some areas have such fertile land that the yield exceeds a thousand catties, while other areas only yield a few hundred catties per mu."

Gu Chenglin said in a low voice, "You know, in Lingwu Village... no, in the Donglin Kingdom, the wheat yield per mu is less than 200 jin."

Dongfang Jin looked puzzled: "So little?" Two hundred catties? This land doesn't look barren.

"So I'm showing you this, to see if we can change the planting method."

"I...I'll talk to my third brother tonight."

Dongfang Jin pointed to the baskets and boxes on the side: "And look, that basket has potatoes, the cardboard box has sweet potatoes, and the box on the balcony over there has yams. You should plant them all in the field here."

In the collection section here, if you click on it, you'll find planting methods I've gathered. Just follow the tutorials to plant it.

If a single wheat crop can excite him this much, I wonder what this big oaf would do if he knew that potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams are not only high-yielding but also store well?

Gu Chenglin was completely preoccupied with the wheat harvest and didn't notice the boxes and baskets at all, so he just said perfunctorily, "Okay."

Dongfang Jin didn't pay any attention to these things. "By the way, you should plant some more fruit trees. The fruit trees in that orchard on the back hill are called grapes."

It's not enough to just plant it in the ground; you also need to prune it and build a trellis...

Didn't all your childhood friends come today? After the autumn harvest, ask them to help you.

There are also tutorials on planting grapes here. You can learn by yourself, and if others also want to plant them, you can plant the seedlings and let them plant with you.

Tell them not to worry about not being able to sell them; I'm worried we won't have enough to sell.

Gu Chenglin is still reeling from the high yield of wheat per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.067 hectares), and all he can say right now is, "Okay."

"Most importantly, you need to buy up all of Nanshan, especially the area with the hot springs. I have a great use for it."

"it is good."

Seeing Gu Chenglin's expression, Dongfang Jin became somewhat angry and raised her voice: "Let me think of something else, oh, it's right on the tip of my tongue, but I can't remember it."

Hearing Dongfang Jin's frustrated voice, Gu Chenglin moved away from the iPad and stepped forward to persuade her, "Don't rush, think about it slowly."

Seeing that he was no longer staring at the video, Dongfang Jin said, "By the way, when I went to the orchard on the back mountain just now, I saw that there was a lot of wasteland around it."

Go find the village head and buy all the wasteland around the orchard; I want to plant chili peppers.

If some of your childhood friends also want to plant it, come to me in the spring for seeds and seedlings.

And there's more...

As Dongfang Jin was talking, she suddenly remembered something, ran to the inside of the balcony, and pulled out a bag. Luckily, it was still there.

He walked over carrying a large bag filled with various vegetable seeds.

"These have all been planted."

Gu Chenglin looked at the colorful plastic bags, which were decorated with various vegetable patterns.

Holding a bag of green beans, he said, "I've seen this vegetable at the border. They say it's poisonous; eating it can easily cause diarrhea and vomiting, and in severe cases, it can even cause fainting."

"This vegetable is called green beans. The shorter ones are called string beans, and the longer ones are called cowpeas."

It must be cooked thoroughly before eating. Eating it half-cooked or raw will definitely cause poisoning; you're lucky if it doesn't kill you.