Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1363 - 695: The Manor Farm (Part 2)

Lian Manman specifically chose a piece of vacant land to build a duck house and assigned two people to help Da Gui and his wife. These Hepu ducks are precious ducks. Firstly, the duck house must be kept clean and cleaned several times a day, not unlike a human’s dwelling. Lian Manman even went to seek out Wang Youheng for a herbal prescription that can roughly serve as a disinfectant. All this is to ensure the ducklings grow healthier and to prevent epidemics and diseases.

Furthermore, the feed for the ducklings is different from the regular duck breeding.

Lian Manman wants to breed foie gras, but after the ducklings hatch, for the first forty-five days, they are still to be raised on better feed and more delicate nurturing, compared to ordinary ducks. It’s only after these forty-five days that force-feeding can begin. This is according to the data in her memory, and she also consulted with Lady Zhang and Da Gui and his wife’s opinions.

Lady Zhang and Da Gui and his wife confirmed that the ducklings have about a month and a half after hatching where they grow the fastest, then they become less inclined to eat and grow slower. This just matched Lian Manman’s data and put her heart at ease.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, before the autumn harvest, farmhouses have a brief idle period. At this time, the crops are nearing maturity, and the beautiful sight of impending harvest is everywhere. Once after finishing dinner, as everyone sat and chatted leisurely, Lady Zhang mentioned that it’s been almost a year since they bought the estate at Luo Family Village, and it’s nearing harvest time, yet she hasn’t gone to see it once.

"Then let’s go and have a look tomorrow." As they spoke, the family was sitting in the yard cooling off, Lian Manman looked up at the evening glow in the sky and said with a smile.

"A morning glow doesn’t leave the door, an evening glow journeys a thousand miles." Looking at the full sky of colorful clouds, one can judge that tomorrow will be a sunny day.

"Let’s go and have a look then." Lian Shouxin also replied with a smile.

The next day, after breakfast, the vehicles were ready outside. Lady Zhang, with Lian Zhizhi and Lian Manman, rode in a carriage, while Xiao Xi, Xiao Qing, and several maids and wives rode another, and Lian Shouxin, Wu Lang, Mr. Loo, and Xiao Qi each rode a large blue mule, leading several servants ahead and behind as they headed towards Luo Family Village.

Luo Family Village was a mere ten miles away from Thirty Mile Camp, the carriage did not move fast, and they soon arrived at Luo Family Village, admiring the scenery along the way. Wu Lang led ahead, guiding everyone first to see their family’s farmland. A few hundred acres of land presented almost endless scenes of harvest, making Lady Zhang nearly cry with joy.

Lady Zhang is a woman, so she inherently loves beautiful clothes and ornaments. However, at her core, she is more of a farmer. The love for land passed down through generations from her ancestors is more deeply rooted in her bones. Therefore, compared to clothes and jewelry, these fields, and these robustly growing crops can touch her heart more.

Because these things symbolize a prosperous life and the offspring’s proliferation.

Lian Manman sat beside Lady Zhang, feeling her excitement, and simultaneously realizing her own feelings for the land. She loved these things, even more so than jewels and fancy garments. Here, she felt peace and vitality.

Thus, she was neither a businesswoman nor a lady from a Zhu Men Embroidered Background, but at her core, she was a landlord. This is great, really great, thought Lian Manman.

After having seen the land, the estate’s people had already received the news and hurried to welcome the family into the estate.

This estate was regularly managed by a shopkeeper with his staff, thereby kept very neatly and clean. Everyone first entered the front courtyard’s main hall. After sitting for a while, Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang invited the shopkeeper and tenant farmers for a conversation, while Mr. Loo and Xiao Qi stayed in the main hall, and Lady Zhang, Lian Zhizhi, and Lian Manman went to the rear courtyard to rest.

The shopkeeper of this Luo family estate’s surname was Luo, managing the fields of the estate, while his wife, Lady Luo Wang, mainly attended to the estate. Luo, the shopkeeper, stayed in the front hall chatting with Lian Shouxin, while Lady Luo Wang accompanied Lady Zhang and the others to the rear courtyard.

The women sat in the room, where Lady Luo Wang was very diligent, busying herself with offering tea and fresh fruits.

"You sit down and chat with us, let them handle that work." Lady Zhang said to Lady Luo Wang.

Today, serving them were Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing. Although Xiao Xi was unfamiliar with the estate, Xiao Qing was very familiar. Because Xiao Qing was from the estate, and the shopkeeper Luo and his wife were her parents.

The shopkeeper Luo and his wife had four children, with the eldest son now aged seventeen or eighteen, helping in the estate with shopkeeper Luo. They had another young daughter, only a few years old, still being raised at their side. Another son and daughter were selected, one serving as Wu Lang’s servant, and the other, Xiao Qing, now served Lian Manman.

Being used heavily themselves, with their children also favored and trusted by the main family, the couple was very motivated, loyal wholeheartedly.

As Lady Zhang spoke with Lady Luo Wang, Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing brought up tea and fruits, the tea provided by Manman’s family, with water sourced from here. As for the fruits, they were all local produce from the estate’s land. There were purplish-black blackberries, fully ripe crab apples, yellow-orange Sweet Girl fruits, and a plate of fresh pistachios. The skins were still soft, and the pistachio kernels inside were full of moisture.

Lian Manman found it amusing, thinking it better than spending money outside on market goods.

Lady Luo Wang and Xiao Qing both had straightforward personalities, speaking sharply yet entertainingly about the estate, making Lady Zhang laugh. As they talked, someone came to report from outside.

"Luo Xiaoyan from Old Luo family at the east side of the village has arrived."

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