Why Did the Crops on Your Estate Grow So Well?

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Just because you can't cure it doesn't mean I can't. Alright, the matter is settled, I have to go now."

After all, she now owns too many businesses, and she needs to take stock of them.

She especially needed to go and see what to plant on those farms and hilltops.

She also needed to take a look at the Sun Family's businesses.

The Sun Family has indeed lost this time. Old Master Sun restless at home, unable to eat or sleep. "Our Sun Family's money exchange and security agency have just been handed over to Zhou Wanwan like this?"

Sun Tai hung his head and said, "Dad, I knew something was wrong with him."

Old Master Sun glared at him and said:

"I didn't say anything was wrong with her, I just want to know, what do we do now?"

Are you suggesting we hand over our family's money exchange and security escort agency to her?

A servant reported, "Master, Zhou Wanwan has arrived. She's at the door and says she wants to see you."

Old Master Sun clenched his fist and said:

"Let that brat in. I didn't expect her to be a girl. She'd be quite nice as a concubine for Sun Tai."

"Now that you're here, you're not leaving."

The servant responded, Zhou Wanwan was ushered in.

Old Master Sun looked coldly at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Zhou Wanwan, you really want my Zhou Family's money exchange and security escort agency!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Old Master Sun and said, "Wasn't this something our two families agreed on? I'm here to hand over the work!"

Old Master Sun sneered, "Handover? One person came to hand over the work?"

Zhou Wanwan looked behind her and said, "Do we need a few more people?"

"Men, take her to the estate and lock her up. Have a dozen or so men watch over her."

Zhou Wanwan frowned at him and said, "Old Master Sun, isn't this inappropriate? We made a bet, how can you go back on your word?"

Old Master Sun laughed heartily and said, "You probably don't know how my Sun Family started out?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him curiously and said, "I really don't know, please tell me!"

"My Sun Family were bandits; we made our fortune through robbery. Do you think I'd keep my word?"

Zhou Wanwan frowned; that was quite a coincidence.

She used to make a living by robbing people in her early years!

Is this considered being like-minded?

She looked at Old Master Sun and said, "Why did you lock me up on the estate?"

Old Master Sun said, "I'll release you when you hand over all your assets to me."

Zhou Wanwan looked up at him and said, "Old Master Sun, aren't you being a bit too ruthless?"

Old Master Sun snorted coldly and said:

"Ruthless? Let me tell you, my family started out by robbing people. I can be even more ruthless."

"Guards, take her to the mountain villa outside the city. No one is allowed to release her without my permission."

Zhou Wanwan was taken directly to the Sun Family's villa in the suburbs.

The guards didn't treat her too badly; they simply found a room and locked her up.

Zhou Wanwan said helplessly, "Is the Sun Family trying to renege on their debt?"

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said, "The Sun Family wants all the resources you possess."

"She's certainly got a good idea."

As the Old Scholar Tree tidied up the house, it said:

"It's okay, we're quite imaginative too! Hahahaha..."

The environment is much better than before. What do you suggest we do first?

Zhou Wanwan thought for a moment and said, "Let's take stock of all the Sun Family's assets first!"

The Old Scholar Tree cleaned up the room and renovated the interior.

Soon, the room was completely transformed, with many of the decorations being salvaged from the Sun Family's storeroom.

The Sun Family's storeroom was filled with a dazzling array of items.

A golden nanmu writing desk, a pair of rosewood official's hat chairs, two boxwood bookcases, a rosewood antique display shelf, a rosewood incense table, a whole black bear pelt, a fox fur cushion, an old pit Duan inkstone, a white jade brush holder and paperweight, a bronze crane incense burner, ancient landscape paintings by famous artists, a Ge kiln vase, and Liuli window shards...

Zhou Wanwan looked at the room and said, "Isn't this a bit too much? We're only staying for a short time, is it really necessary to do all this?"

"It's alright, we can take it with us when we leave."

There were dozens of guards not far outside. Old Scholar Tree led Zhou Wanwan out of the window and said, "We have a few estates nearby, why don't we take a look around?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded, and the two of them began to stroll around the estate.

As she walked around, she shook her head, saying, "This estate is no good. How could the Sun Family's estate be so bad? They can't grow any grain at all."

The Old Scholar Tree looked at Zhuangzi and said:

"The land here is barren. Look, there's still a lot of sand in the soil. The land is terrible."

Grain crops couldn't be grown, so they managed to grow some vegetables, but the quality of those vegetables was poor.

Then someone in the village complained, "We can't live like this anymore. This year, we haven't grown anything at all."

"Other villages can grow grain, but our few villages can't grow anything."

"This year I had no choice but to raise dozens of chickens on the farm, but my master still asked me why the farm's output was so low. How am I supposed to answer that?"

"Isn't that how it is in all our villages anyway?"

"I've heard that some villages are different from ours. Those villages have very high grain yields. I wonder how they do it."

"Really?"

"Real."

Someone suggested, "Why don't we go over to that village and take a look? See what they've learned?"

All of these people gathered at the neighboring estate and knocked on the gate.

The head of the neighboring village came out and asked, "What brings you here?"

"Brother, I think your estate is managed very well. I heard that your vegetables are transported to the city every day."

We'd like to come and visit, is that alright?

The head of the estate shook his head and said, "No, our master said that outsiders are not allowed to come and visit."

After saying that, he was about to close the gate.

Several village leaders quickly said, "We're all neighbors, what's wrong with taking a look? Don't be so stingy!"

"Yes! I'd like to see how you do it, why are your crops growing so well?"

The head of the village was initially reluctant, but one of his men came over and said, "The boss said it's alright to let them in and take a look."

The head of the village reluctantly agreed, "You can look, but you can't lay a hand on me."

These people followed the village head into the village.

The village was well-organized, and the fields were full of all kinds of grains.

They stared blankly at the grain and said, "Rice? Am I seeing things? It's winter, isn't it? There's still rice?"

"That's wheat over there? Oh? There's wheat in winter?"

Zhuang Tou said casually, "Yes! Isn't this quite simple?"

The village foremen's lips twitched, and they said, "Simple? Simple my ass! Everything we plant dies!"

The head farmer shook his head and said, "Isn't this kind of grain something you can grow as long as you have land? It's really strange that you can't grow it."

The village heads quickly asked, "Are your rice and wheat varieties different?"

The head of the village said, "It's definitely different! Our rice and wheat seeds are specially bred, and the yields are extremely high. Let me show you around!"

Sure enough, the yield of those grains was frighteningly high.

The village heads asked, "Do you sell any of your grain seeds? We'd like to buy some of yours."

Zhuang Tou said calmly:

"I don't know about that. I'll go ask our master!"

"If our master says we'll sell, we'll sell; if our master says we won't sell, we won't sell."

He went in to ask Zhou Wanwan for instructions.

The village foremen, looking at the grain and vegetables outside, exclaimed, "This shouldn't be! How can they grow such good grain!"

"Come and look, this should be ginseng! We can grow ginseng here? This is simply unbelievable."

"Hey! Watermelon, come quick! Am I seeing things?"