Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"You just said that Tremella should be sent to that place." Su Ziling said vaguely.

"Oh." Lu Yan suddenly realized, "Since you already know so much, a little more or less doesn't matter."

"What do you mean it doesn't matter?" Su Ziling's face was full of fear. "Don't hurt me. I know the rules. The more I know, the faster I will die."

"I don't have any big dreams. I just want to grow some crops and pick some mushrooms in this remote mountain area, then open a small restaurant, buy the valley, and open a food court."

"Eh? No, I've already bought the col. I'll pay you back in one lump sum once I've sold the mushroom sauce I have."

Su Ziling did not take advantage of Lu Yan's one hundred acres of forest, but gave it to him at the market price.

"Don't worry." Lu Yan said calmly, but there was a hint of smile in his voice, "But your little ideal is a bit big!"

"Grow some crops and pick some mushrooms. I think you are planning to bring prosperity to the nearby villages."

"Most of the mushrooms from nearby areas have been sent to you. This year, those families have earned a lot more. As for farming?"

"From what I know, you wanted your uncle's family to grow tea leaves and konjac, and raise ducks and fish. You didn't interfere much here, so the profits have nothing to do with you."

"Wangjia Village has already ordered ice jelly, and the peppers from Sangshuping are the best, so Sangshuping will plant a lot of peppers next year."

"Well...there are a lot of rabbits in Shi'ao Village. You are selling roasted rabbits and dried rabbits, so there are a lot of rabbits being raised there."

Listening to him counting one by one, Su Ziling's eyes widened with fear, but in the end he just gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty, this traitor!"

Lu Yan: "..."

Finally, she explained, "The temperature, soil and rainfall in each place are different, so each village has crops that are suitable for them. For example, where my uncle lives, the temperature is generally lower, so it's okay to grow corn, but the yield is far less than here. However, they are more suitable for growing tea trees."

"The same is true in Sangshuping. Their soil is red, which is most suitable for growing peppers. Not only will they produce more, but the colors will also be much better. The sun in our village is too strong, so we have to turn the peppers over frequently when drying them, otherwise they will easily become dried loaches."

Lu Yan looked down at her and asked, "So, are you planning to plant a large number of tea trees in your village?"

"Yes, and there is also sugarcane. Our area is also suitable for growing sugarcane. If we really find it, we can open a sugar factory."

Brown sugar is so valuable. If you really find it, you can make much more money than you do now.

But, "By the way, can't we open a sugar factory privately?"

Lu Yan chuckled, "Teach me this," he said, "I took a look at the sugarcane you drew. There are more of them in Chu State, but they don't call it sugarcane, but potato cane."

"They produce a lot of sugar cane there. Most of the sugar cane in our Great Zhou comes from there, so the price is extremely high."

Sugarcane?

Su Ziling recited it silently, then nodded, "That's the name. Some places call it sugar cane, some call it potato cane, and some call it intestinal grass."

"You mean, there is no sugar mill in our Great Zhou?"

Su Ziling really didn't know this. She only knew that brown sugar was super expensive. She usually bought glutinous rice sugar and would only use brown sugar as a last resort.

"Yes, our sugar mill produces glutinous rice and maltose, which are mostly made from rice, corn, sorghum, etc. We don't really have cane sugar, one reason is that the process is complicated, and the other is that we don't have sugarcane."

After picking a sack, Lu Yan tied it up and carried it to a nearby tree. He took another sack and continued picking. Looking at the chayote fruits on the ground, he asked, "Don't you want the ones on the ground? They look good to me."

Su Ziling also took a look. There were a lot of them here and there. He estimated that he could pick up a basket. "Yes, I'll pick them up after I finish picking them. Those that fell on the ground are basically damaged. I'll keep them for myself. They can't be used as seeds."

She didn't expect that there was no sugar cane in the Great Zhou. She thought it was just their place that didn't have any. "No wonder they are rich. How can they not be rich when they have the economic lifeline firmly in their hands? But, have you ever thought of other ways?"

"Another way?" Lu Yan raised his eyes slightly with a smile in his eyes, as if he had guessed what she was going to say.

"for example?"

"For example?" Su Ziling pursed his nose and said angrily, "If it doesn't work openly, then just steal it! Now that we have sugarcane, are we afraid that we can't make sugar?"

She was so confident that Lu Yan couldn't refute her. "No," she shook her head. "This is called taking for scholars, and it's called borrowing for martial artists like you."

Lu Yan was a little confused, "Borrow?"

Su Ziling nodded and said seriously, "Yes, if you borrow something, you must return it. It won't be difficult to borrow again."

This was the first time Lu Yan had heard her say this, and he couldn't help but burst out laughing. Su Ziling turned her head and looked at him.

Lu Yan waved his hand and put away the smile on his face, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I learned the usage of two more words today, I didn't expect that I could use them in this way, but, how do you return it?"

Su Ziling blinked, "Return? I didn't say return!"

Lu Yan: "..."

OK, OK, OK, isn’t this still stealing?

It was so elegantly done just now that he thought she really had to return it.

Su Ziling seemed to know what he was thinking, and gave him a half-smile, "Don't tell me you haven't borrowed it before."

Lu Yan: "..."

I have been there, but sweet potatoes and sugarcane are key protected objects in the State of Chu. Both their planting and sugar production are strictly controlled by the government, so it is not easy.

He did bring some back, but they were just good-for-nothings. They made a lot of noise during court sessions and their words sounded better than singing, but when it came time to take action, they all fell to the ground and were useless.

"Sugarcane is so difficult to get, so you still sent the letter. Can Qingwu and the others bring it back?"

"If you know how to grow it, they'll find a way." It just costs something.

Lu Yan didn't say the rest, but Su Ziling was not stupid. She still remembered how the sweet potatoes were brought in. Therefore, the Chu State must have strictly controlled such an important economic crop as sugarcane, and guards must have been stationed at all the checkpoints in and out.

She thought for a moment, "If we carry the whole cane, it will be too conspicuous to be brought out. To facilitate disguise, you can tell them that the sugarcane can be cut into sections, with three or four sections as one section. Just protect the buds at the nodes."

Lu Yan was a little confused, "Can it survive after being chopped down?"

"Why not?" Su Ziling rolled his eyes at him, as if he was an idiot.

“We’ll have to cut them when we plant, and cut them shorter.” Seeing the shock in his eyes, Su Ziling seemed to have thought of something and couldn’t suppress the smile on his lips.

"Don't tell me you didn't cut the ones you brought back to plant? You buried them whole?"

Lu Yan didn't say anything, but picked the bitter melons faster.