A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 111

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 111 – Very helpful (1)

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Wei Ruo’s carriage went all the way north. When they arrived near Mantou Mountain, the supervisor there was already waiting for them, after receiving orders from Yun Shi.

After Wei Ruo requested the supervisor to manage the long-term workers to replant the seedlings into the vacant areas, she left to explore the surrounding areas, accompanied by Xiumei.

Wei Ruo discovered that the rice fields here were not growing well, and large areas of it had withered.

In some rice fields, the situation was even more severe compared to the Wei family.

This was not a good sign. If this continues, this year’s autumn harvest would be worrisome.

The nanny had already written to her about the food situation in Xingshan County, but now that she saw it by herself, she realized that this was even worse than she thought.

Wei Ruo brought Xiumei to Xiaoyang Mountain.

Most of the originally barren mountains had already been planted with sweet potatoes, which were covered in lush green leaves and growing gratifyingly.

-sweet potatoes

Nowadays, she still picks some vine leaves and sells them at the market every day.

-sweet potato vine leaves

The price of two wen per piece was very affordable for both wealthy and ordinary families.

Therefore, one carriage was not enough to sell them every day.

Although two wen was not a high price, you could still make a profit.

For fruits and vegetables, Wei Ruo tended to sell at low profits but high in quantity, while “luxury goods” were sold at high prices, as she aimed at the upper class.

Wei Ruo randomly selected a piece of land, dug up a corner, and checked the growth of sweet potatoes inside.

At this time, the sweet potatoes had not yet grown to their optimal size. They were small, only as big as a little thumb, which was far from the standard size for harvesting. However, it could be seen that the current growth of these sweet potatoes were good, without pests or diseases.

The species of seeds from Wei Ruo’s space were excellent, it had excellent resistance to diseases, pests, drought, and flood. And the growth rate was also relatively fast among its kind. It was estimated that in another month, this batch of sweet potatoes would be able to be harvested.

After harvested, they could be sold. Some would be stored in the warehouse, while the remaining part would be made into dried sweet potatoes. These dried potatoes would later be stored by Wei Ruo or sold in a dried fruit store. 

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Wei Ruo took the opportunity to inspect a few dried fruit shops, and finally chose one. She intended to cooperate with them, selling dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips in their shop.

-dried sweet potatoes

-sweet potato chips

In this way, Wei Ruo could mitigate the business risk of opening a shop, and also take advantage of the existing customers of the dried fruit shop, who tried to increase their sales.

Wei Ruo stayed in Xiaoyang Mountain until the evening, and then returned to the Wei family’s Mantou Mountain.

The transplanting work was almost finished, and Wei Ruo casually took a glance at it, before getting on the carriage and returning back.

By the time Wei Ruo arrived at the Wei mansion, she had already passed the usual time for family’s dinner.

Wei Ruo returned home late, but the Wei family waited for her to have dinner together. Yun Shi notified the kitchen to serve the food, only after Wei Ruo had arrived.

After dinner, while sitting together drinking tea, Yun Shi asked Wei Ruo about the details of today’s situation.

“Ruo’er did really well in the wasteland in the south of the city. Mother really didn’t expect Ruo’er to be able to improve and successfully grow crops. Mother underestimated Ruo’er before.” Yun Shi sighed.

“Hm.” Wei Ruo responded in a low voice.

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