Female-to-male: I live on farming

Chapter 56 Building a greenhouse

Qin Ke opened his eyes and looked at Lu Youqing who was sleeping soundly in his arms. Her long and gentle breath just happened to fall on his neck. He was not in a hurry to get up. He quietly admired her delicate features, her fair and tender skin, her eyes tightly closed, and her originally cold face was much softer at this moment.

Qin Ke knew that if she opened her eyes and looked at him, there would be soft and tender ripples in her eyes, which was a tenderness that belonged only to him.

I couldn't help but raise my hand to touch the tip of her pretty nose, then leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss.

Lu Youqing, who was still asleep, was awakened by the itch on her face. She opened her eyes sleepily and said in a coquettish tone, "What time is it?"

"It's almost time to get up."

After being stunned for a while, she finally came to her senses, pushed Qin Ke's hand that was messing with her waist, and said, "Stop it, get up quickly."

Qin Ke quickly pecked her on the lips, then put on his clothes and went out before she could react.

Li Nanqiao noticed that Qin Ke was looking at her with a sinister look in his eyes. She couldn't help but shrink her shoulders and said, "Boss, I was wrong."

Qin Ke stared at her with a gloomy face, watching her head lower and lower, almost lowered into the dust, then he smiled and patted her shoulder: "You did a good job!"

Li Nanqiao, who was confused about the situation, scratched his head, looked at Lu Youqing with a smile in her eyes, ran up to her and asked in a low voice: "Madam, is the boss angry or not?"

"He's just teasing you."

Lu Youqing also understood Qin Ke's considerations for her.

Although Li Nanqiao still didn't quite understand what he meant, she was clear about one thing, that is, she did nothing wrong in telling Lu Youqing everything she knew, and she did it very well.

Life continued to go on track.

Qin Ke put the exchanged potato seeds into the warehouse. Potato seeds are usually small and solid, spherical in shape, similar to a small bean, with a smooth surface, sometimes with some tiny protrusions or depressions.

He first led his men to sow potato seeds on twenty acres of land. Earlier, he had asked Lei Zhong to find someone to plow the land deeply and form ridges. He only needed to ensure that the spacing between seeds was about the same and then sow the seeds.

It took less than two days to complete the sowing. Although no one else knew what Qin Ke was planting, when they thought about the watermelons he had grown before and had never seen before, they naturally thought that he must have some considerations.

Potatoes mature in three months. During this period, you just need to pay attention to clearing weeds from the fields and ensuring drainage.

After finishing the most important task, the next thing was to build a greenhouse. Building a greenhouse was both manpower-consuming and financially expensive. Fortunately, he had a full wallet now and could afford to build it.

However, Qin Ke secretly glanced at Pei Xiu next to him. Even if he had no money, he could ask the boss for money when the time comes, right?

Nowadays, plastic films are used to build greenhouses, which are heat-insulating and light-permeable, but there are no such conditions nowadays. Therefore, when Qin Ke built the greenhouse, the walls were designed to be very thick, using semi-underground and ground-burning kang styles, with flues left in the earthen walls and underground, so that the smoke can be discharged when the fire is heated, without fumigating the vegetables and people.

The roof is a bamboo frame, and you can just cover it with a tarpaulin when the time comes.

At the same time, in order to prevent the heavy snow in winter from damaging the roof, he also designed the roof into a very steep "human" slope, which is steeper than an ordinary roof, so that when it snows, the accumulated snow will automatically slide down the slope.

Building a greenhouse requires experienced craftsmen, and Qin Ke hired a few from the city. They were puzzled by the design, as it didn't look like a place for people to live, but Qin Ke paid them a lot of money, so they did as he told.

The villagers of Qinghe Village originally had nothing to do after the autumn harvest. Although they didn't know what Qin Ke was doing, he invited the villagers to build houses and farm, and paid them daily wages, which was much better than the wages in the city.

They were all very happy and worked for a whole month. Finally, rows of square houses with long and low slopes stood quietly in the open fields, with each house two or three meters apart.

Qin Ke had previously exchanged potatoes and planting techniques, and currently has 15 points.

Although the Great Yan Dynasty was not the dynasty he knew, there were many similarities between them, such as the lack of vegetable varieties.

This is also something he has always found difficult to get used to. Even if he cooks in different ways every day, there are only two kinds of food he can make.

The only vegetables left in the Dayan Dynasty, apart from the familiar cabbage (now Chinese cabbage) and eggplant, were leeks.

However, the yield of leeks was low in ancient times, and there was no greenhouse cultivation technology. It was even more difficult to eat fresh leeks in winter. Therefore, only high-ranking officials had more opportunities to enjoy them, and naturally they became a luxury.

Qin Ke thought for a long time and decided to plant leeks, tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse first.

He exchanged tomato and pepper seeds in the mall. It's not that he didn't want to exchange for more varieties, but he exchanged these two because he couldn't stand it anymore. If history had gone as it should, he didn't know if he would be able to eat these things in his lifetime.

He knew that it was a bit risky for him to bring out things that did not belong to this era one after another, but he could not think too much about it.

And he had a feeling that the eldest princess was not unaware of his magical powers, but she chose to remain silent. The benefits he could bring were enough to make her ignore these things.

……

The eldest princess that Qin Ke was talking about was half lying on the bed, looking lazy. However, if you look closely, you can see that her face is a little pale.

"Your Highness, the palace has sent a royal doctor to check your pulse."

"Oh, my good father is really worried." Jin Yang said with a hint of sarcasm, "Let him in."

The imperial physician knelt down tremblingly and saluted. He caught a glimpse of the princess, who was elegant and graceful, and looked like a banished fairy. He placed his hand on her wrist and had to try hard to stop his hand from shaking.

He also knew that this was a thankless job. The eldest princess was assassinated on her way back to the capital and was in poor health, so she had to stay in bed to recuperate.

His Majesty sent him to take the eldest princess' pulse to find out the truth and how serious her injuries were. If he was not careful, she could lose her head.

"Doctor Zhang, how is my injury?" Jinyang looked at him meaningfully, and his eyes seemed to contain endless meaning and threats.

The atmosphere in the dormitory became increasingly tense.

"Your Highness, your injury has affected your lungs and you need to take good care of yourself. You should not travel too much."

As if he had received a satisfactory answer, Jin Yang retracted his wrist and said calmly, "I hope that Doctor Zhang can report the truth to the emperor so that he does not need to worry."

After understanding the profound meaning of the princess' words, Doctor Zhang kowtowed and agreed.

After he stepped out of the door carrying the medical box, the attendant who had been quietly standing by his side lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, do you need me..."

"No need, he is a smart man, and a smart man should know what to do."