Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1315: Final - Ending Two_2

Chapter 1315: Final Chapter Ending Two_2

Before one knew it, the coldest winter month of the year had arrived, and three snowfalls had already come to pass. Fortunately, there wasn’t a series of snowstorms that caused the severe snow disaster of last year, but the cold was intense, scarcely any better than last year’s disaster. Mo Yan spent each day sitting by the brazier in the small room, reluctant to step out of the house even for a moment.

The five animals, now donning thick fur, also became lethargic. On overcast days or when it was snowy or rainy, they too disliked going out, preferring to huddle in the small room to warm up by the fire and wait for Mo Yan’s feeding. They enjoyed delicious roasted sweet potatoes and popcorn, living quite comfortably!

"Sister Yanyan, did I do the accounting correctly?" After racking her brains, Liyan finally managed to finish the accounting for this month’s greenhouse vegetables and handed it over to Mo Yan for review.

After Tang Xin took charge of the rice shop, the accounting for the greenhouse vegetables was passed on to Liyan, as proposed by Lizhong. Compared to Tang Xin, Liyan seemed content with her current state, ordinarily occupied with household chores and embroidery, without any plans for the future.

Lizhong was spurred by his daughter’s unfortunate fate. He felt that it was better for his daughter to be versatile and not to limit her vision to a small corner of the world. Especially after seeing Tang Xin, who was the same age as his granddaughter, becoming increasingly decisive and competent, he began to consider cultivating his granddaughter’s abilities.

Since the greenhouse vegetables accounting needed someone to handle it, Mo Yan entrusted it to Liyan. Under Lizhong’s meticulous instruction, Liyan caught on quite quickly, and now she was getting quite proficient at it.

Mo Yan took the account book and looked it over, pointing out a few errors, "There aren’t any major issues, just recheck these few areas and you’ll be fine."

Upon hearing this, Liyan immediately went through the figures with extra care. As she corrected the mistakes, she lamented, "Sister Yanyan, I was too careless. If it weren’t for you catching these, I would have distributed silver based on these wrong numbers, and those few households would have suffered great losses."

Mo Yan comforted her, "Considering the many calculations, only making these few mistakes is quite impressive. Just be more careful when doing the accounts in the future."

"Yes, from now on I will double-check the accounts four or five times after completing them, and strive to make no more mistakes," Liyan said as she clapped her hands to motivate herself. Having overcome the initial discomfort of getting dizzy whenever she saw large numbers, she had completely adapted and even found considerable enjoyment in the work.

Mo Yan smiled and encouraged Liyan, and after she had made the corrections, she took up the account book again to go over it. Seeing that the household with the least money from last month would still receive thirty-nine taels, she happily said, "The earnings from the greenhouse vegetables this year are even better than last year’s, everyone will have a prosperous year."

Liyan said gleefully, "Business is even more booming than last year. Just the other day, the village chief was regretting not expanding the planting area further!"

Mo Yan shook her head, "No matter how profitable the greenhouse vegetables are, we can’t expand their cultivation infinitely. The reason we can sell them at a good price now is due to their scarcity. If we plant too much, they’ll lose their value."

Should misfortune strike and a natural disaster occur, the loss would be significant. Last year, the snow disaster led to the sudden halt of Dapeng Vegetables’ operations halfway through, and they had to compensate the merchants they had contracts with quite a bit of silver.

Fortunately, the profit margins with vegetables were generous, and even after a substantial loss, everyone’s earnings were still far more than what they would’ve made from growing grain. Thus, after the autumn harvest this year, Yang Bao on behalf of the villagers approached Mo Yan to inquire about continuing greenhouse vegetable cultivation.

Mo Yan intended to use greenhouse vegetable cultivation as a means for the entire Liu Yang Village to prosper and accumulate significant merit, naturally agreeing to continue using the Spirit Spring Water to assist them with their greenhouse vegetables.

However, she also cautioned those involved in the cultivation to be psychologically prepared to face all kinds of natural disasters at any time. If a snow disaster like the one from the previous year occurred again, resulting in damage to the greenhouses, reduced vegetable production, or even complete crop failure, the responsibility was not to fall on the Mo Family.

This stipulation was reasonable, and the villagers didn’t hesitate to agree. This year had gone smoothly so far, with the vegetables going to market a month before. As the weather turned colder, the demand for vegetables only increased. Most of Jing City’s inns had signed supply contracts with Liu Yang Village for greenhouse vegetables.

Last year, towns near Jing City had tasted the sweetness of the venture. Despite the snow disaster halting their business halfway, they saw the business opportunity provided by greenhouse vegetables. Therefore, this year, before even planting began, these people sought them out to sign contracts once more.