But then she thought again, and felt something was wrong!
"Dad and Brother Sheng went out to eat at our own restaurants, why do you still pay?"
Never mind whether to pay or not, these restaurants, all have their own family's shares, how can they still ask for money after a meal?
Then she would have to go back and check the accounts properly!
Seeing his wife's expression turn unpleasant, Fan Zehao's heart sank. He knew his wife best; she could be bullied, but others were not allowed!
Seeing his wife's eyes glisten, he guessed that this woman was probably going to stand up for him. Once back in the inner city, she wouldn't know how she would mess with her four elder brothers!
This wouldn't do, absolutely not!
He was just brushing the matter off. He never paid when he ate at restaurants, and no one ever chased him for money. If this matter were exposed, he would have to be more careful in the future.
"No, no, it's not what you think, it's just that I... I that..."
Seeing him stammering, the clever woman knew that asking for money had nothing to do with eating at all!
"Are you a man or not? Just say it if you need money. As long as your reason is sufficient, I won't refuse. You look so pitiful, making people think I'm bullying you!"
Whether or not he was being bullied aside, looking at him like this, she felt as if she had done something heinous!
Heaven and earth as her witness, she had never stopped her husband from spending money, nor had she ever asked him where the money in his purse went.
His wife's reprimand startled Fan Zehao, and at the same time, it shocked Ying Xiong!
"Let me tell you, our daughter wrote to me, saying her birthday is in about half a year, and she asked if I had prepared a "doukou" gift for her. I don't have any money on me, and I was too embarrassed to tell you, so I was thinking..."
It was Mengmeng who wrote to him. Doukou... thirteen years old!
Their eldest daughter was thirteen this year, and in two years she would be a young woman!
The child was alone in the military camp in the capital, with no family around her except her master. She wondered how the child had been doing all this time!
"The money is all in the family's treasury. Just take what you need. Why bother with such a small amount? Prepare a good birthday gift for your daughter, don't be stingy!"
With his wife's instruction, he naturally dared to take the money. He smiled happily, his gums showing. His originally large eyes were squeezed into slits when he smiled!
This man, as soon as he talked about his daughter, was happier than a child who got candy!
Simply a doting father!
Fan Yao also missed his sister. He tugged on his father's sleeve and quickly said, "Dad, I want to prepare a gift for my sister too. Tell me when you send the gift to the capital, and you can help me take it to my sister!"
"Okay, Dad will tell you in advance!"
The family's harmonious scene further stirred Ying Xiong's longing for his late wife!
The next day.
Ying Xiong went to Jinzhou City early in the morning to gather information. As for how he gathered it, by buying information from those people, Zhao Jiaqi and Fan Zehao did not know.
Fan Zehao accompanied Zhao Jiaqi on a tour of the medicinal farm. As for the plowed land, he didn't understand farming as much as his wife, but he knew a little!
For example, the gastrodia elata that his wife had taught the villagers to plant before, on the saline-alkali land, which used to yield nothing, was now a major producing town for gastrodia elata in Yun Country. All of this was inseparable from the knowledge in his wife's mind!
"Wife, why do you say this place is suitable for growing reishi mushrooms but not for growing ginseng? If I understood correctly, both of these live in forests!"
Why could one be grown in such a place, while the other was not suitable?
This question had been on his mind since his wife mentioned it to Ying Xiong yesterday. He would ask his wife about it when he had time, and also increase his own knowledge!
The woman walking on the ridges smiled at her husband. This blockhead was now starting to pay attention to how to plant. Did this mean she would have another noble disciple?
She said, "Ginseng likes shade, good ventilation, and is not grown in completely shaded areas. The soil should be loose, without waterlogging, and it likes rotten fertilizer!"
Zhao Jiaqi looked at the piece of land before her. She pointed to the plowed land ahead and continued, "Look at this land, it's completely exposed to sunlight. Even if we build a shed like ours, it won't meet the cultivation conditions for ginseng!"
Even if the shed was covered with a layer of straw mat to block some sunlight and create a scattered light environment, what about ventilation?
Ventilation was also a problem!
"On the contrary, reishi mushrooms can be grown in sheds. To put it simply, reishi mushrooms are fungi, and there are many ways to cultivate them. However, for the most time-saving and labor-saving method, we use the dead trees on which reishi mushrooms have grown for propagation. This method is what we usually call the log cultivation method for reishi mushrooms! Secondly, we can use some methods, such as sawdust, rice husk, or even corn stalks, which can be processed to cultivate reishi mushrooms."
"Secondly, reishi mushrooms have high humidity requirements, and they grow very slowly in the wild. However, under greenhouse cultivation, the problem of slow growth can be completely avoided. Thirdly, reishi mushroom cultivation requires a good environment. This medicinal farm is quiet, surrounded by mountains, with a babbling stream. This place is very suitable for cultivating reishi mushrooms!"
"Fourthly, during the stage before reishi mushrooms are fully developed, they need to be shielded from light. At this time, cover the outside shed with a layer of straw mat. After they mature, they need scattered light. This way, some of the straw mats can be removed. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
His wife gave him a vivid lesson, but he couldn't figure out why corn stalks could be used as a material for cultivating reishi mushrooms!
Corn was a grain, and reishi mushrooms were medicinal herbs. He had never heard of reishi mushrooms being edible, nor had he heard of corn being used to treat illnesses!
However, he was worried that reishi mushrooms grown with corn stalks would be fake. He quickly expressed his opinion: "I think the log cultivation method is quite good. It's better than using other things as substitutes. Perhaps the reishi mushrooms grown by this log cultivation method will have stable and good medicinal effects, and it's also time-saving and labor-saving. It's a win-win situation, don't you think?"
Zhao Jiaqi agreed with this view, but it required a large number of people to find dead logs in the mountains. Once found, the subsequent matters would be very simple!
But this was just a thought. She had no intention of cultivating this troublesome thing yet. However, when she went into the mountains yesterday afternoon, it reminded her of another type of wild vegetable, which might become another important source of income for her in the future!
Perhaps, it could even be sold to various vassal states and become a sought-after wild vegetable!
As soon as she thought of this possibility, Zhao Jiaqi turned her feet and directly pulled Fan Zehao to a nearby mountain!
Seeing his wife's eyes light up, he immediately felt that his wife was about to do something big again, and this big thing was related to money!
"What good thing is it? Tell me, I'm all ears!"
No one knows a wife better than her husband. He understood his wife well. Zhao Jiaqi pulled him to sit on the mountainside, looking at the desolate land below, she said, "I have a good business. I can make wild vegetables into semi-finished products, which can be stored for a long time. The cold dishes, stir-fried dishes, or dumplings and buns made from them will surely be very popular!"