Chapter 150: Buying Land ( 2 )

Chapter 150: Buying Land ( 2 ) Hearing her husband’s complaint, Yao Zhi chuckled and said, "Don’t be sad. I will prepare two more sets for you tomorrow."

"Wife, it’s not that I’m stingy. But these items are not easy to come by. What if we use them up and can’t buy them anymore?"

"I heard that the border market will be open the day after tomorrow. I will go and see if I can buy more. It’s just that I might not be able to send your lunch that day," Yao Zhi said.

"It’s okay. I can just eat in the cafeteria."

Yao Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Then I will make more dry food for you tomorrow. If you are hungry during your patrol, you can just eat them."

"Alright."

After they talked for a while, Fu Chen’an finally returned to the barracks, carrying the bamboo baskets. As for Yao Zhi, she drove back home. She needed to draw the design for the mud oven and also prepare seeds for the land.

She had already checked the land behind their house. Although it was called wasteland, it was actually sandy soil. It was the perfect type for blood meal and locust powder fertilizer.

It was just that she needed to build a fence surrounding the land to prevent rabbits, moles, and deer. After she fertilized the soil and improved the quality, she would be able to use the land to grow some grains, beans, and vegetables.

Today was the 13th day of the 8th month. Although it was a little late to plant winter rice, with the help of her spiritual spring water, she should be able to harvest it in the 12th month.

This way, she should be able to catch up with planting in February and harvesting in June. Then next year, she could plant winter rice in July and harvest it in December.

As long as she planted early-maturing varieties, she could plant twice a year. Therefore, although she only had 5 mu of land, it was more than enough for her and her husband.

After all, the seeds she bought from the system’s shop could yield an average of 800 jin per mu, which doubled the average yield of millet in this era.

With these thoughts, she poked at her donkey’s butt with her whip and said, "Xiao Lu, walk faster. I still have a lot of things to do at home."

Xiao Lu turned its head and gave her a snort, but still hastened its speed. Thanks to this, she reached her house in half an hour.

After she arrived home, Yao Zhi didn’t go to the Village Chief’s house but went to check the small plot of land near the vegetable garden in the backyard. This plot of land was included in the land bought by Fu Chen’an and was part of their house.

She checked the soil and saw that it was not as dry as before, thanks to being watered frequently using her bathwater. Although it was dirty water, it was mixed with spiritual spring water, which nourished the soil.

Yao Zhi opened the system’s shop and browsed the seeds and tree seedlings section.

She read the introduction and information about olive trees. After reading for a while, she was disappointed. Although olives were drought-resistant, the climate in her current location was unsuitable for them.

She read the information beside the tree seedlings for a long time before she decided on apricots. Since this was the first time for her to plant apricots, Yao Zhi decided to spend more points and bought supreme-quality trees.

To save time, she didn’t buy seedlings but mature trees that could bear fruit when the season was right. Each tree cost her 25,000 points, and she bought ten trees, costing a total of 250,000 points.

Although the harvest season had passed, these trees could bear fruit for a whole year as long as they had enough nutrition. While the price was high, it was worth it.

After she bought the trees, she clicked on the icon and noticed that she could plant the trees using the system’s help. She chose the area beside the kitchen. With the trees planted there, they could serve as a borderline between her land and the wasteland.

When she was done planting the trees, she filled a bucket with her system river water and added a drop of spiritual spring water. She watered the trees with a small amount of water to avoid rotting the roots.

Half an hour later, she finished watering the trees and went to her room. Taking out a piece of paper and her fountain pen from her system’s storage, Yao Zhi drew the design for the mud oven.

Besides the usual mud oven used to bake bread, she also drew a design for an oven used for roasting duck. Since iron was controlled by the court, she couldn’t make a hanging oven and settled for the two designs.

After she finished drawing the designs, she took out a stack of papers from her system’s storage and wrote down the methods for making bone glue, fish glue, beeswax, and a flexible starch sheet.

When she was done, she put the methods into an envelope and sealed it. Glancing outside the window, she saw that the sky had changed color as the sun slanted to the west.

Yao Zhi washed her face and hands before she locked the door and went to the Village Chief’s house.

At this moment, the Village Chief and his family had just returned from the field. When they walked into the house, they saw a small basket placed on the table.

Looking at the basket, Chen-shi asked, "Erbao, did someone come during the day?"

Erbao nodded and replied, "Mother, it was Aunt Yao who came. Those eggs were from her. She said she would come again to find Grandpa."

Hearing this, Chen-shi nodded and took the basket to the kitchen. She thought that Yao Zhi had only given them three or five eggs at most. But when she opened the lid, she saw a total of fifteen eggs inside.