strictlysupreme Chapter 234 Future Daughter-in-law
Chapter 234 Future Daughter-in-law
This time, the breeding area covers more than 1,000 mu (approximately 67 hectares), and we can no longer rely entirely on individuals to sow the seeds.
So Tian Tian prepared a tool in advance.
It was a huge wooden frame, four meters long and two meters wide, with a perforated bamboo mat woven from bamboo underneath.
A bamboo strip without holes was inserted under the bamboo mat.
Four workers, each carrying a corner of the plant, walked along the ridge of the field...
Rice was piled on the bamboo mat...
Four workers lifted the wooden frame, while another worker removed the bamboo strips without holes from the bottom. At the same time, the worker gently shook the frame, and the rice grains fell evenly onto the ground through the perforated bamboo mat.
As they walked, rice seeds fell to the ground, leaving a dense carpet of seeds wherever they went.
Another group followed behind, also using the same wooden frame, but with loose soil on it. As they shook it, the soil fell and covered the rice seeds.
Two more people were behind them, holding spray bottles, and wetting the soil...
"The breeding speed this year is really fast!" Someone in the crowd had seen last year's breeding.
Back then, for every ten or so acres of land that needed to be cultivated, sweet potatoes were sown directly by hand without any tools.
"Of course we need to hurry! We need to plant this whole area this year!" everyone gestured.
More than a thousand acres!!!
If we rely on manual labor, how long would it take to sow the seeds?
"Miss Tian is so clever; she actually came up with such a tool."
"The second young lady's intelligence isn't something that just happened today, why are you surprised?"
That's true. Last year's threshing machine is still tucked under the tree. How could they forget it?
"I heard that the second daughter will be cultivating seedlings for other counties this year."
"Yes, I heard it from my mother-in-law's family. My mother-in-law is from Xiushui County, and they also plowed the land."
"Won't Miss Tian Er be working herself to death?"
"That's right."
"With this tool, things will be faster."
Empress Li stood beside Li Huaiyuan, with a particularly wide and clear view.
Her mouth never stopped agape after she saw those people carrying large wooden frames and starting to plant seeds.
She was so surprised...
Like other ordinary people, she also thought that Tian Tian was really too smart.
She even felt that there was no woman in the whole world smarter than Tian Tian.
Even renowned talented women in the capital, and even those exceptionally talented men...
This second daughter... I wish she were her daughter.
How proud she must be!
Unfortunately, she only had one son!
Wait, that's not right. If you have a son... then you can marry a daughter-in-law.
This Miss Tian... could be her daughter-in-law.
Thinking of this, Empress Li turned to Tian Tian.
At this moment, Tian Tian was watching the workers' movements in the field with a serious expression.
From the side, only half of Empress Li's serious face could be seen, but even from that half, she saw peace and prosperity for the country and a great era.
She tugged at Li Huaiyuan's sleeve.
Li Huaiyuan turned his gaze away from the distance. "Aunt?"
Empress Li touched her middle finger to her lips, signaling him to be quiet.
"Is Miss Tian Er...married?" Empress Li asked.
She stayed at Tian Tian's house for more than ten days and had a very pleasant chat with Lu Tao and Liu San Niang, but she never asked about Tian Tian's marriage.
Li Huaiyuan looked at Empress Li suspiciously, wondering why she asked that question.
Could it be...
"Could it be that Aunt has taken a liking to Miss Tian the Second as her daughter-in-law?" Li Huaiyuan asked in a low voice.
Empress Li chuckled softly twice, "Why not?"
Li Huaiyuan looked at her, inwardly cursing.
There's nothing wrong with that, but Miss Tian Er just recently rejected your son Lai.
Li Huaiyuan cleared his throat and said somewhat deliberately, "Heming confessed his feelings to Miss Tian the other day..."
Empress Li's eyes widened, her mouth forming an "O" shape with excitement. As expected of her son, he actually shared her sentiments.
Li Huaiyuan raised an eyebrow. "However, Miss Tian Er rejected Heming."
Empress Li's mouth changed from an "O" shape to an "A" shape. "Why?"
Isn't her son... good enough? Why would she refuse?
Li Huaiyuan stated frankly, "She knew Heming's identity."
We now know who you are!
Empress Li frowned, realizing that she had learned Yao'er's identity.
So what? Yao'er is the Crown Prince of Daqi, the future Emperor of Daqi.
What's wrong with this identity?
Empress Li gritted her teeth, utterly unable to understand.
She even wanted to ask Tian Tian immediately, but she was afraid that Tian Tian would be unhappy...
Since her future daughter-in-law has already rejected Yao'er, she, as the future mother-in-law, cannot afford to be disliked any further.
Li Huaiyuan sighed helplessly, wondering when his aunt would discover that Miss Tian Er already knew his true identity...
Empress Li pondered how to help Ling Yao change Tian Tian's mind...
Suddenly, she froze.
Did Tian Tian know Yao'er's identity?
She knew that Yao'er was the Crown Prince, and that Yao'er was Li Huaiyuan's cousin.
Now that she has acknowledged Huaiyuan as her aunt, isn't that...
Should we just tell Tian Tian that she is the current empress?
wrong...
Empress Li shook her head. When Huaiyuan called her aunt just now, Tian Tian didn't seem surprised at all.
Could Tian Tian already know her identity?
Thinking back further...
When she gave Tian Tian the bracelet, Tian Tian seemed to have noticed the imperial mark on it.
so...
Could it be that Tian Tian already knew her identity more than ten days ago?
If that's the case...
Empress Li chuckled twice. If that was the case, then her future daughter-in-law was truly extraordinary.
This made her like it even more.
It was only at this point that Empress Li thought of Ling Yao.
"Huaiyuan, where is Yao'er?"
Li Huaiyuan rolled his eyes. "Heming has already set off for the south and has been gone for more than ten days."
"what?!"
Empress Li was surprised, "Wasn't he injured?"
Li Huaiyuan: "...Aunt, he is temporarily unable to speak, but his hands and feet are fine."
Empress Li rolled her eyes at him, "Yao'er is your cousin, after all. You, as his older cousin, are too inconsiderate in caring for him."
With the help of tools, thousands of acres of rice seeds had already been sown before sunset.
The villagers cautiously approached the edge of the field to investigate...
Empress Li also followed the crowd to the edge of the field.
"Can these rice really yield more than 1,000 jin per mu?" she asked Li Huaiyuan.
Before Li Huaiyuan could answer, the people around him replied, "Yes, definitely!"
“We saw them harvest it with our own eyes, and it weighed about 1,200 to 1,300 jin.”
"Yes, we waited for more than half a year before we could get the seeds."
"This time, the county government has finally done something good for the people."
"We still have to rely on Miss Tian Er. Without Miss Tian Er's rice seeds, the county government can't do these things."
"Yes, I am most grateful to Miss Tian Er."
"The second young lady is such a good person. I wonder who will marry her in the future."
Upon hearing this, Empress Li cried out in her heart, "It must be my son!!"