Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 158 - 5: Charter 3 (Revised)

So after summoning Zhao the Manor Head, the development strategy of planting fruit trees and raising chickens and ducks was dismissed by Susu.

Susu herself knows how to craft fragrances and concoct ointments, so she knows the costs involved. Therefore, Susu decided to plant the small barren hill she owns entirely with flowers and herbs.

In the future, whether selling to perfume shops or opening a small workshop for high-end customization, it would make much more money than raising chickens and ducks.

And these flowers should grow naturally, just sprinkle seeds and water them well; even if it takes three to five years to have a flower-covered hill, it’s fine. After all, Susu now has money and time, and being capricious, she can fulfill her dream of a field of flowers.

This matter was happily decided, needless to say, the servants, after experiencing Susu’s "terrorist attacks" of throwing "verbal bombs" at every disagreement, naturally understood that this master’s words are final.

Zhao the Manor Head wanted to "make a desperate struggle," but Susu had already formed alliances. The women had already been filled with Susu’s "toxic chicken soup," and even before the flowers were planted, they could imagine the scene of flowers blooming everywhere, making it impossible to refuse.

Others aside, even his own "aloof" wife was won over by the young miss, so Zhao Youshen could only take the silver given by the master to handle the tasks.

This time Susu has to thank the past predecessors for giving no way out for time travelers—the Founding Saint Martial Emperor. Whether it’s roses, monthly roses, Chinese roses, tulips, or lavender, this inventive forebear brought them all to the Central Plains.

Not to mention the ancient main ingredient for rouge, the rouge flower, the Royal Family already had dedicated flower hills near Xiaotang Mountain and even royal hot spring flower conservatories. Wealthy families also built glasshouses, and flowers are produced even in winter.

Susu couldn’t afford the hot spring estate in Xiaotang Mountain, nor does she have spare money to build a glasshouse, so besides preparing to plant a region of peach, pear, and apricot trees outside, the flowers planted must be frost-resistant, drought-tolerant, and flood-proof.

The requirement made Zhao Youshen chuckle privately, and the fairy-like image of the young miss instantly collapsed, it’s simply hilarious.

Zhao Youshen feared Susu might want to mess with the farmland after finishing with the barren hill, so he reported early on the "economic prospects" of her two hundred acres of fertile land—it’s already leased to the surrounding tenant farmers.

The leasing terms vary, short ones last three to five years, while long ones can last ten years. The rental split is 40/60, with the main family taking 60%, which is considered generously benevolent.

Susu also chuckled at this and told Zhao Youshen to relax. Although she was born in the countryside in her past life, she never really worked the land.

In this life, she doesn’t have any time-travel heroine "golden finger" skills to engage in farming, not to mention fixing what previous pioneers have already perfected.

The introduction of improved breeds and soil quality improvement is one thing, and even corn, peanuts, and coffee beans, such economic crops, have had specialized cultivation, which makes Susu greatly admire them.

Therefore, only a small vegetable garden was opened on the estate, growing seasonal vegetables sufficient for self-sustainability.

Zhao Youshen still hadn’t given up on his grand chicken-farming plans, enclosing a piece of land outside the barren hill and learning the method to farm worms, planning to buy hens about to lay eggs.

Perhaps soon, Susu will be able to eat eggs produced by her estate. However, Susu mischievously told Shuimo that she actually preferred chicken stewed with mushrooms.

This left Shuimo perplexed, wondering whether she should tell her father about it. Shuimo could already imagine her father’s "heartbroken" expression if he heard what the young miss said, the young miss was too mischievous!

Susu’s estate is located in the suburbs of Tong County, just ten miles from the county town, and was named Shili Slope due to the numerous hilly and barren mountains.

Shili Slope surrounds with mountains and waters, and the fields are quite fertile, naturally attracting many village settlements, eventually forming a large village called Shili Slope Village.

Half of the fields around here belong to the Huang Family, which is Yang Liu’s husband’s family. There are also small manors belonging to wealthy families, raising chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs for their own use, even enclosing hills for releasing sika deer and dumb roe deer as game animals.

Susu wanted to buy land around here but indeed felt there was nowhere to start.

It was around this time that an invitation from Yang Liu for Susu arrived at the estate.

Early this morning, just after Susu finished breakfast, a servant reported that Grandma Huang had sent a stewardess over.

Upon hearing this, Susu was a bit confused, Grandma Huang? She didn’t remember knowing such a grandma.

Then, upon thinking, she realized that Yang Liu’s husband’s family had the surname Huang, so this Grandma Huang was indeed Yang Liu. She quickly said, "Please invite her in!"

Yang Liu married into the Huang Family nearly five months ago. After all, she is someone else’s wife, it’s not proper to always return to her parents’ home, but because the Huang Family hopes to establish ties with the Shun’an Earl Mansion, Yang Liu can come back now and then to see the Old Madam.

The servants on the estate naturally knew the relationship between their master and Grandma Huang, let alone Yang Liu coming personally to select maids for Susu recently, they themselves were bought in by her grandfather’s selection.

The servants working in the Qiao Family had become a model of born servants.

Of course, they were even more curious about the legendary Old Lady Shun’an. Just seeing their young miss and Grandma Huang, such appearances were nothing more than the maids beside Old Madam Song, and they really wondered what kind of person the Old Madam could be?