Upon seeing the shopkeeper’s evasive look, the great aunt imdiately got other ideas, and she coughed before extending two fingers.
The shopkeeper’s face fell, but before he could speak, the great aunt interrupted him.
"Truth be told, this shop has been vacant for a long ti now, and every day it’s empty is a day you lose money. No one has been interested in your shop for half a month. We can give you two hundred taels of silver right now; if that works for you, it’s just a matter of one word!"
The shopkeeper’s face turned ashen, but thinking about how difficult it had been to sell the shop, he knew if he didn’t seize this opportunity, selling it later might beco even harder.
Even a fly’s leg is still a leg, and mosquito at is still at!
He gritted his teeth and nodded.
Ruan Mian imdiately handed over the purse and asked the shopkeeper to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
They signed the contract in Ruan Jinxiu’s na, and after handing over the property, Ruan Mian began planning how to make so cabinets with a carpenter.
Upon hearing this, the great aunt quickly stopped her.
"Why make cabinets? My son is very strong, and besides, isn’t Longchang Mountain full of timber? Let Xiu’er handle it."
Ruan Mian didn’t know that when the great aunt lived together with Ruan Jinxiu and her son, their poor ho, from large cabinets to beams and small tables and chairs, was all crafted by Ruan Jinxiu himself.
This child, although he’s not quite right in the head, is indeed strong enough.
After settling matters, Ruan Mian then planned the shop areas well; apart from selling dicine daily, they also needed a shopkeeper who understands dicine and two useful attendants.
Moreover, a doctor who can consult is also extrely important.
But the requirents for this doctor aren’t as high as those of a dical hall.
Ruan Mian thought of her father.
Although her father is self-taught and his dical skills are not exceptionally advanced, he can handle common colds and minor ailnts without any issues.
If they truly encounter so serious illness, she can handle it herself if necessary.
Thinking of this, she quickly finished her tasks at hand and ran to Manager Lin to sell so remaining goods through him.
Then she and her great aunt went to purchase so necessary items.
They returned with two full baskets again.
The speed of the White Tiger was undeniable; they reached the valley area before nightfall.
To avoid drawing attention, they dismounted from the White Tiger early and walked back to the house.
Unexpectedly, they encountered so people returning from work along the way.
Seeing that the road construction was progressing smoothly, Ruan Mian fulfilled her promises to them, paying daily wages and providing als, which made everyone treat her well, seeing her as their employer.
Ruan Mian knew they worked hard, so she took this opportunity to take out the corn and wheat seeds she had prepared from her basket and handed them over.
"Everyone has worked hard. Today I went to the garrison and bought quite a few grain seeds."
"Looking forward to spring, when the weather gets better, we should be self-sufficient. If any family wants to plant so grain, you can co to to get so seeds to take ho."
Everyone was slightly surprised and glanced at one another before speaking.
"Miss Ruan, although you bought seeds, our conditions in the valley are limited, and we don’t know if we’ll have a harvest."
Ruan Mian smiled: "People are alive, so we should find a way. Perhaps even just scattering the seeds can lead to growth, right? It’s worth a try. I have the seeds here, so if you need them, feel free to co and fetch so."
Though they had seeds, they naturally couldn’t let them grow wild.
Ruan Mian also had plans in this regard.
In her space, there were quite a few agricultural books, collected from raiding the Xie Family’s warehouse and study.
The old master of Qi Mansion was a scholar who loved collecting various books, and she brought them all over.
After dinner, while Cui Zhu and the others took care of Jing, she asked her great aunt to co into the house.
She took out many books, placed them in front of her great aunt, and asked, "Aunt, you can read, right?"
Her father ntioned before that he and his aunt both attended school together when they were young.
Due to her aunt being a woman, she didn’t continue her studies later.
However, she didn’t expect that her aunt not only could read but also wrote beautifully!
She could rember any book she read with just one glance and transcribe it perfectly.
Ruan Mian’s face lit up with joy, and a new idea ca to her mind, but she wasn’t in a hurry to tell her aunt. Instead, she focused on resolving the current important matters.
"Aunt, can you draw diagrams just like the ntioned tools in these agricultural books?"
Given her photographic mory, combined with her previous lifeti’s experience, drawing so tool diagrams wouldn’t be difficult.
The great aunt guessed her intentions and asked Ruan Mian to light the lamp and prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, then earnestly started drawing diagrams of so agricultural tools ntioned in the books.
They slightly improved upon the designs and produced quite a few diagrams in one night’s ti.
There were tools for turning soil, smoothing it, and conserving moisture to prevent drought; the latter could break up the surface soil more finely, forming a loose layer to intercept capillary action in the soil and reduce water evaporation.
Furthermore, there were sowing carriages for trenching and planting.
Regarding the most important aspect of irrigation, if the planting area expanded, simply fetching water for irrigation would consu a lot of effort.
The upstream of the nearby stream had plenty of mountain spring water erging from the bedrock cracks.
It was feasible to use ascending spring structures for irrigation.
Such structures were generally built with piled stones, fortified with wooden stakes to prevent water from spreading.
Leading it all the way into their planting area, then trenching to ensure higher efficiency.
With these clear and detailed plans, Ruan Mian imdiately put them into action.
Early the next morning, she shared her farming ideas with her family. Besides Cui Zhu and Shaoxi, who were busy with daily cooking, everyone else was involved in road construction.
Ruan Mian asked Old Ding to lead so people in tilling the soil and found Mr. Xue to convey the irrigation structure, borrowing a few ticulous people from their area to build the spring guide in due ti.
Before formally cultivating, Ruan Mian handed those diagrams drawn by the great aunt to Ruan Jinxiu.
This child had exceptional hands-on skills, as long as Ruan Mian prepared the materials, he could create several tools by midday.
Of course, they were relatively simple tools.
Those wooden raw materials were stored in her space during her ti laboring at the reception camp’s forest field.
They were now put to good use.
Apart from this, she also had to make ti to produce so moisturizing cream and ginseng facial masks for Manager Lin.
Several days passed, and she was busy from dawn till dusk, hard to be seen.
She was either at the house or by the mountain spring, if not at the plantation—busy to the point her feet never stopped.
But staying busy was good, it kept her fulfilled, and it also energized her increasingly.
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