CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: FAREWELL FOR A THOUSAND MILES

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

Having just handed over the family reins, the people of the Li family were somewhat jittery, but with just one word from Long Yue, the little schemes in everyone’s hearts were immediately suppressed.

They all looked up at her.

"Our family has two acres of land behind the house, all wasteland, uneven and unsuitable for farming or building a house, but we can’t just let it go to waste, can we? So I plan to reclaim it for medicinal planting."

Planting medicinal herbs is absolutely feasible, in her past life she had managed a medicine field for someone else, and if it weren’t for the boss offending the wrong person, that field could have produced numerous herbs, and that devastating plague wouldn’t have been so fierce.

In her past life, Long Yue dawdled muddleheaded through life, but now being reborn, she calculated, finding everything too coincidental.

How come, just when she found a stable livelihood and was about to live a good life, something suddenly went wrong halfway and it all ended prematurely?

Something’s fishy here!

"Third sister-in-law, but there are only two acres, reclaiming it isn’t easy, and the soil quality isn’t good..."

The little boy A qiu looked up at her curiously.

These past days, the turmoil over the family authority had been quite unpleasant for his family, and as a son, it was really hard to pick a side. The third sister-in-law treated him well, even making food for him, but his mother was his own mother...

So during those few days, he pretended to be uninvolved, not taking a stance or expressing any opinions. Now that the dust had settled, this little fellow started bouncing around again.

Long Yue said, "Isn’t that simple? Elder brother and second brother have always been working for others, not only tiring but having to endure people’s attitudes, and the wages aren’t high. It’s better to work for ourselves. These two acres of land will be left to elder brother and second brother."

"But there’s no money..."

Li Qingyuan furrowed his brows, not knowing how valuable medicinal planting could be, he was still worried about the lack of immediate income.

"Don’t worry, brother, I will pay wages later."

Long Yue smiled innocently. If elder brother didn’t bring this up, there would have been dividends for him after the harvest. But since he mentioned it, how about paying wages now?

Li Qinghai, perhaps advised by Mrs. Wang, didn’t mention wages, only said, "It’s fine, we’re family, talking about money hurts feelings. Third Lady, I’ll resign from my job there and work on reclaiming the land instead!"

The work on two acres isn’t much, Long Yue’s seeds were also few, so she could only go slowly, clearing a bit and planting a bit.

"A qiu, tomorrow we’ll go into the mountains again to see if we can get some more medicinal herb seeds."

Long Yue actually wanted to harvest all those Lingzhi, as there wasn’t much money at hand.

In the afternoon, Long Yue had them dig a big pit near the wasteland and throw in various animal droppings mixed with straw stalks, instructing them to overturn it after a while, and cover it.

The people of the Li family expressed confusion, not knowing what she was up to?

"It’s fertilizer! If you just spread these droppings around, the effect is average. But if you mix them and let them sit for a while, the irrigation effect doubles!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

The people of the Li family were puzzled, especially the brothers who had worked for others’ fields for over ten years but never saw such a practice.

"Of course!" Long Yue said confidently, this was a method taught by the owner of that medicine field in her past life. Once treated, the fertilizer was fantastic, just that the odor afterward was rather unpleasant...

Luckily, she didn’t have to do it herself, so there was no mental burden.

The people looked at each other, but Li Qingmu was surprised, "You actually know about this?"

"Hmm..."

Long Yue wanted to praise herself a bit, but realized her previous identity; being overly showy might arouse his suspicion, since this guy was very astute!

Her big eyes twirled around, and she said, "An old steward at my former residence told me, he farmed at home in his youth, disliked the poor harvests, so he used this method."

"Oh..."

His doubts were dispelled.

The allure of a wealthy household’s methods always works well. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li Zhou immediately chimed in, "This must be good stuff, everyone should keep their mouths shut. If anyone speaks out, I’ll peel your skin!"

Mrs. Li Zhou, because she lost the family authority, was quite morose and wanted to vent on someone unfortunate. Hence, no one wanted to tempt fate at that moment, naturally all agreeing.

Moreover, this was a fantastic way to make money. People tend not to share genuinely good things, the Li family members, rather timid and selfish, wouldn’t share such good stuff with others.

Long Yue, however, was open-minded in this regard; as long as the harvest was good, life would be good, having nothing to do with her, but since Mrs. Li Zhou said so, she found no need to interfere.

The next day, Long Yue and Li Qingqiu went up the mountain again, picking the remaining Lingzhi and leaving only a few young shoots, then traversed half a mountain to gather all the herb seeds they could find. Upon returning, Long Yue was so tired she just wanted to sleep.

"My lady, I’m sorry..."

Seeing his wife sleeping so sweetly, Li Qingmu went over and gently kissed her, saying softly.

He knew his little wife did all this for him, his heart filled with warmth and joy, yet he also felt the burden on his shoulders growing heavier.

Now, it’s not just his future he was carrying, but also his wife’s...

Li Qingmu was set to go to the provincial capital for exams, but he lingered two more days, watching his brothers reclaim the wasteland and plant seeds, irrigating with the new fertilizer, before setting off contentedly.

The family sent him to the village entrance, while Long Yue walked him to the city gate before stopping.

"Once you leave Qingtian County, continue north, passing two cities and an old forest, another city ahead is the provincial capital Lin’an. No major issues within the city, but as for that forest... be cautious, such places often have mountain bandits, better travel with companions."

Long Yue held a cloak, only bought three years ago, but moth-eaten in a spot covered by her embroidery of a lily, making the black cloak adorned with a lily appear more alluring.

She gently draped the cloak over his shoulders, incessantly warning as if scared he’d not take care and fall ill.

Li Qingmu felt the warmth from the cloak, holding her small hand in return, and softly laughed, "Don’t worry, wife, I’ll take care of myself... promise Lady Xu a bright future..."

Long Yue glared at him, pouting, "I don’t care for that, don’t wrong yourself, don’t push too hard... What I care about is, however you leave, come back to me the same way!"