Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 112: The Successful Cultivation of Sixty-Eight Plants - The Sparrow Turns into a Phoenix (6)

"As for me, I definitely must go and try Auntie’s specialty dishes."

"All right, then it’s settled. In a few days, I’ll personally come to fetch my grandniece."

"Shopkeeper Feng, what’s this risk you’re sending my way? Should I accept it or not?"

Shopkeeper Feng was stunned for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter and, pointing at Feng Xuxu, said, "You little rascal; fine, if I don’t fetch you, my youngest son will be at home, so I’ll send him to get you. That should suffice, right?"

"That’ll do, otherwise I really wouldn’t bother showing up."

"All right, that settles it. I need to head back now, the grain shop awaits." He stood, opened the door of the study, and said to Feng Xuxu, "Prepare some wine and wait at home," before following the carriage back.

"Miss, this Shopkeeper Feng is really amusing," Baihe commented after having listened for some time, sensing that he had come to compete with her mistress for someone’s affection.

"Oh! Amusing in what way?" Feng Xuxu asked, puzzled as she looked up at Baihe.

"Miss, he obviously wants to pull you and his son together, aiming to have you as his daughter-in-law!" Baihe curled her lip. The miss already had a suitor, and anyone who dared come close would be smacked down like a fly.

"...You’re overthinking it." Feng Xuxu shook her head, speechless, wondering how she hadn’t picked up on it herself.

"..." Well, aside from the master, the miss’s emotional intelligence must be hovering around zero.

The sound of rustling papers filled the study as Feng Xuxu sat with her head bowed, occasionally looking at the sorted papers beside her, shaking her head now and then, frowning, and writing and drawing. Baihe, unable to help, went out to stew some chicken soup to nourish her mistress’s body. By the time everything was taken care of and Baihe returned, she found the miss fast asleep at the desk. Baihe gently fetched a garment from the study’s cabinet to cover her mistress and left the room with the door wide open.

When Feng Xuxu woke up, it was already late morning. Baihe held a clay pot, quietly opened the door of the study, and seeing that the miss was awake, she came in without hesitation.

"Miss, this is the chicken soup I’ve been stewing for hours. Have some to settle your stomach," Baihe said, taking out a small bowl and ladling some soup into it. Feng Xuxu took the bowl, sniffed gently, and found it fragrant, praising, "I hadn’t realized Baihe’s cooking was this good."

She sipped the soup, which was perfectly seasoned, and after another bowl, she felt a bit full and set it aside.

"How are things in the fields? Has Big Brother said anything?" she asked Baihe, who was cleaning up.

"Yes, he said that all the preparations in the fields are complete, and the people sent to the five estates have also returned with their tasks finished." Putting the food container aside and pouring a cup of hot tea for her mistress, Baihe considered her own task completed.

"Good, let’s go take a look." Feng Xuxu took off the garment draped around her and got up to check out the situation in the fields.

Leaving the estate, she walked along, noticing greenhouses everywhere, each filled with villagers fertilizing the ground.

After making a round, she found the butler: "Butler Feng, inform the women of the village to weave straw mats tomorrow. The wider, bigger, and thicker, the better. Then, we start planting."

"Yes, miss." The butler no longer asked questions, only made sure to fulfill the orders. Following the miss truly led to learning plenty. Planting greens in the dead of winter.

As soon as dawn broke the next day, the villagers knew it was time for planting. Excited, they each grabbed a hoe and went to the fields, waiting for Feng Xi’s command to start planting vegetables, curious about how to grow greens during winter.

Feng Xi and Feng Xuxu had breakfast and then went to the fields, carrying several large chests behind them.

Feng Xi stepped forward to distribute seeds: "Chief Luo, these are the seeds for your village’s fields, eggplants, and Holy Maiden tomatoes."