It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 342

Jiang Yan was stunned by the question.

As someone who didn't recognize cotton until the "fruit" cracked, and whose previous agricultural knowledge was so shallow that it made no difference whether she had any, she was not able to answer a difficult question like yield.

But she had long been accustomed to failure after several times, and she just couldn't answer. She would never be upset about it. She would even comfort herself that the seeds were different and the planting conditions were different. Even if she remembered the per-acre yield data from her hometown, she could not apply it here.

So after a moment of hesitation, she confessed directly: "I don't know. I'll figure it out after the land is acquired."

Fortunately, the elders in Dongshan Village were also familiar with Jiang Yan's actual level, and they did not ask this question to embarrass her, so they quickly ignored it.

But this matter is very easy to get through in Dongshan Village, but it cannot be ignored by the guards stationed in the village.

They were constantly walking around and patrolling the village, so they naturally saw two unfamiliar crops planted in Jiang Yan's fields.

The two guards sent to Dongshan Village were code-named Baiyi and Baier. Before joining Fu Mansion, they were also native people of Heding Mansion. They had known wheat, millet and other things since childhood.

In addition, I have been out of Heding Prefecture two or three times on missions over the years and have seen several new and unusual crops, but none of them are the same or similar to those in Jiangyan's fields.

So on the first day of arriving in the village, the two of them had already inquired with Jiang Wang. The seeds were all donated by the master of the Hao family. One kind was reed, which could be eaten and used to make wine, and the other kind was unknown to anyone.

But now, a crop that they didn't recognize suddenly became familiar to them? Baiyi and Baier looked at each other and felt something was wrong. Especially after following behind the crowd and hearing that it was more durable than reed catkins, the feeling of something was wrong in their hearts became even stronger.

There is no reason why they don’t know what Jiang Yan knows. At the very least, their masters must know, right?

But before they came to Dongshan Village, they heard that Manager Fu was worried about their winter clothing because reed fluff was not warm and fur was scarce and expensive, and they could not get enough. He did not mention "cotton" at all.

The two men wanted to dig up a plant or pick a flower to bring back to the government office to report, so they quietly separated from the gossiping Dongshan villagers and went to Jiangyan's field.

Gao Hua caught a glimpse of two figures "creeping" out of the corner of her eye. She was stunned for a moment and quickly grabbed her old man's arm: "Oh no, I forgot there were outsiders in the village."

Baiyi and Baier smiled at Jiang Yan and Jiang Li, but in their hearts they were also saying it was terrible. The people of Dongshan Village were too meticulous, now they were counting the number of cotton plants in the field and the "fruits" on the plants one by one.

They've just gotten used to the villagers these past few days and don't have to be watched everywhere they go. If they take it away privately, won't there be a conflict? If they ask for it publicly...

Baiyi and Baier decided to just report it and let the adults in the mansion solve the problem on their own. At most, they would take orders and act accordingly.

Jiang Yan looked at the two guards from the Fu Mansion running over in a hurry. He smiled at them and then muttered to himself. Finally, he waved goodbye to them casually and left in a hurry.

Jiang Li couldn't help but worry: "Sister Xiaoyan, what happened to them?"

"It's okay, let's continue counting." Jiang Yan retracted her gaze. She guessed that the two came here for the cotton. No matter what the final decision was, there was no point in them worrying now.

The Fu Mansion soon received the news that a new crop, cotton, which could be used to keep out the cold, had appeared in Dongshan Village. Fu Jia was very excited and immediately took people to the Hao Mansion.

Fu Jia didn't take the little bit of seeds planted in Dongshan Village seriously. According to Baiyi's information, the seeds came from the Hao Mansion caravan. As long as the Hao Mansion had enough seeds or planted them on a large scale, they would be able to tell whether they were real or fake.