Chapter 113: The Eldest Aunt

For these types of fungi, it is currently only widely applied in green organic farming, or researched by those specializing in horticulture.

I never expected Zhang Wangjia, who always seemed so quiet, to have such a deep understanding of agriculture and technology.

No wonder his reputation for composting in the village gets better every year...

This time, with farming experience + metaphysics + scientific methods, it would be strange if it didn't succeed!

Perhaps sensing her surprise, Zhang Wangjia smiled shyly: "The year I went to town, there were people there specifically promoting this, ten yuan a pack. The manufacturer even provided instructions..."

"I tried it, and I have to say, it's actually quite good. A pile of compost like this, five or six hundred jin, usually takes three to five months to mature, but with this, it's ready in about two months."

"The fertilizer efficiency is also excellent!"

"By the time the flowers on our mountain have mostly fallen and the fruits have just started to grow, it will be exactly the time for top-dressing. Once this stuff is decomposed, it won't burn the roots; it's fast-acting and very easy to use."

Just like that, because the chickens and ducks were running everywhere in the fields, they hadn't saved up much manure.

But the five piglets could eat, drink, and poop, truly producing a huge pile. Song Tan spent the whole morning cleaning up the pig manure and hauling it to the orchard; could the car not smell after returning?

But this was the only time. Zhang Wangjia said that now that he had Song Tan, the owner, to take him to meet Da Wang, the two of them would work together in the orchard, and he could carry a bucket to clean up the pig manure himself every day.

He was used to it; actually, the mountain path was even more convenient than driving.

However, with guests at home, Song Tan didn't say too much. She quickly rinsed the car, tidied herself up, and hurried into the courtyard to greet the Aunt.

The Aunt was sitting there picking vegetables, and her eyes lit up when she saw Song Tan: "Look at our Tan Tan, how capable! Life will surely be great from now on!"

Mao Li still remembered the embarrassment at the vegetable market last time, so she said with a chuckle: "Tan Tan, Auntie didn't know your goods were sold at such high prices last time, I made a fool of myself."

"At that time, I was even planning to introduce a suitor to you. Look at this... such a good young man, but there was just no fate!"

She put on a regretful expression, waiting for Wu Lan's follow-up questions and remorse.

After all, the girl had graduated from university and it was time to find a partner. Now that Song Tan had returned home to farm, where would she find a good partner from the city without a relative's introduction?

Wu Lan did indeed follow up:

"What suitor? Sister-in-law, do you know everything about him? If you aren't particularly familiar with him, please don't introduce him."

Tan Tan was currently focused on managing the family's fields; if she really went to the city to date a young man, she probably wouldn't have the time.

As an ordinary mother, Wu Lan's thoughts were naturally the same as everyone else's: when a girl grows up, she should be looking for a partner.

But the situation at home was different now.

Her Tan Tan was so capable, selling a jin of tea for ten thousand yuan. What if the man had bad intentions and was only after the money?

Therefore, this question was asked with more vigilance and resistance, and was not very enthusiastic at all.

Mao Li:...

She genuinely wanted to check the almanac; was today unlucky for her or what?

How could she miss the mark with one sentence, and then miss it again with the next! She felt stifled!

So Mao Li took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile: "Wu Lan, I have to talk to you about this. The child doesn't understand, but as an adult, don't you understand either?"

"A young girl, farming and tilling land in this village, what kind of future can she have? She won't even get a chance at a good partner."

"You guys, don't think that just because you can sell a jin of vegetables for twenty yuan, you can get rich from this. You still need to prioritize the child's future. Having a stable job, isn't that better than anything?"

This couldn't be said to be unreasonable, but Wu Lan only had to calculate in her heart to know that her family had indeed earned over a hundred thousand yuan this month just by selling vegetables.

When a child works outside, it's a different story whether they can save that much money at the end of the year, and that's only if they are frugal.

Thinking about it this way, if one has this kind of luck, farming at home seems to have quite a future...

Thinking it over, it seemed that whether the partner was from the city or not wasn't that important, and she wasn't even in a hurry to find one.

Wu Lan thought confidently: Tan Tan is so capable, she must choose carefully!

So she also smiled and deflected the issue: "Sister-in-law, what you say makes sense. But the child is still young."

Mao Li had been stifled many times today, and now she refused to give up. She turned to look at Song Tan and said jokingly:

"Tan Tan, your mother isn't in a hurry, but you have to be careful yourself. When the time comes, find someone with good family conditions, ask for a larger dowry, so it's easier to leave some security for Qiao Qiao in the future..."

Before she could finish, a roar came from the side:

"You short-sighted woman! When has our Song family ever asked for a girl's dowry?!"

"Exactly!" The Aunt was also unhappy: "No matter the conditions, as long as the girl likes him and his character is good, that's enough. Why bring up Qiao Qiao? If our family used the girl's dowry for this, we would lose face for generations."

If they were really after the girl's dowry, when she married into the city back then, weren't city workers very popular? Song Sancheng was still unmarried at home, why didn't she see Wang Lifen withhold the dowry money to get a wife for her son?

A girl marrying with a dowry versus marrying with nothing, which one is more respected?

This sister-in-law, it's really been a while, her brain isn't working anymore.

The Aunt, Song Hongmei, said with great disdain: "Yan Yan, don't let your mother watch those short-video apps or mother-in-law dramas at home all day. Look at her thinking, how backward it is!"

Sun Yanyan, despite being eloquent, was stuck. She thought for a moment and had to defend her mother-in-law: "My mother is just worried. Look at Qiao Qiao's situation, how can we not plan early?"

"Right? Auntie."

If this were in the past, these words would have been heartbreaking, and Wu Lan might have secretly cried.

But things are different now.

Her Qiao Qiao can shake honey!

This is a skill to make a living. As long as he knows it, learns slowly, starting from beekeeping, as long as he can move, he will definitely be able to eat and dress well!

He can also wash his own clothes, eat, bathe, and do simple work...

Thinking about it this way, the future is stable!

So Wu Lan also said sarcastically: "I'm still young, Sister-in-law, don't worry blindly, otherwise menopause will make you age faster."

"Yan Yan, buy your mother some face cream when you have time. Look at her, she's only a few years older than me, but now she looks like she's aged ten or twenty years, right?"

A lethal blow!

Mao Li's eyes turned red!

What was even more infuriating was that when she and Sun Yanyan looked at Wu Lan seriously, they found that her hair was dark, her skin was delicate and lustrous, and although it had a slight wheatish tone, her entire spirit looked like she was in her thirties or forties!

Looking at this, she really did look ten or twenty years younger than Mao Li! The blow was too great!

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood there, and for a moment, they resonated—

Today is truly unlucky!

------------------ Author's Note ------------------

Third update, that's all! Thank you everyone! Just come to watch in the evening from now on; I don't have a backlog, so it's hard to update at a fixed time!

Let me think about who to add an update for tomorrow...

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