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Ever since the fresh vegetables in the greenhouse could be harvested, apart from consuming them themselves, Lian Manman’s family also often sent some to others to try. Plus, with the new dishes added to their restaurant, most people in the Prefecture City now know that Lian Manman’s family can grow fresh vegetables in winter.

The news about the greenhouse naturally spread around, and many people, either openly or secretly, started to inquire about it.

Lian Manman believed that once people knew the specific way to build the greenhouse, many families in the Prefecture City would construct their own greenhouses to grow vegetables. Most of these people wouldn’t aim to profit from the vegetables but would just want to enrich their own tables.

It’s not just a matter of personal enjoyment; it’s also about face.

As for the construction method of the greenhouse, Lian Manman was inspired by the warm room for cultivating flowers at home, combined with previous experiences in the countryside growing sweet potato sprouts, to finally determine it. From the outside, it seems not complex, but inside it involves some techniques. Those unaware of the details wouldn’t achieve the same results even if they tried to copy the greenhouse. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Lian Manman didn’t plan to build more greenhouses for profit, but she could earn some money by selling the greenhouse blueprints. The buyers for these blueprints wouldn’t be limited to the large households in the Prefecture City but would include wealthy families throughout Liaodong Prefecture and even other winter-cold regions beyond Liaodong Prefecture.

Once Lian Manman had thought it through, she shared the idea with Lian Shouxin, Lady Zhang, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi. Calculating costs and market analysis, building more greenhouses and selling fresh vegetables is not as beneficial as supplying the vegetables only to their restaurant and increasing their added value.

"This sounds good." The whole family nodded in agreement.

"We don’t need to handle this personally; I’ll arrange for someone to do it." Wu Lang said, "Also, set aside a few copies of the blueprints... to be given as gifts."

"That’s what I was thinking too." Lian Manman laughed and thought that Wu Lang was now working more thoughtfully and methodically. She felt reassured that when she gets married, with Wu Lang managing things at the Lian Family, she could rest easy.

"We may not earn too much from this, just give those who run errands some hard-earned money." Lian Manman added, and doing this could also recover some of the costs spent on building the greenhouse.

Although their family’s fortunes were now beyond worrying about these things, being resourceful and economical could ensure lasting prosperity.

"That’s one thing, additionally..." Lian Manman said, looking at the newly grown mushrooms, "I think, although we won’t add more greenhouses, we could build some simpler warm rooms."

Simple warm rooms have a basic structure like the current greenhouses, except replacing the expensive glazed roofs with regular roofs, and still using stoves, fire beds, and fire walls for heating. Such simple warm rooms cannot be used to grow vegetables that require a lot of sunlight, but can cultivate mushrooms and pea sprouts that only require temperature and humidity, not much sunlight.

And these vegetables are equally rare and popular in winter.

"We could build more of such warm rooms; they are easier to care for than these greenhouses... The mushrooms and pea sprouts grown not only for our own use and consumption at the restaurant but the rest can be taken to our local produce shop, sold alongside our lotus roots and other items." Lian Manman shared her plan.

After hearing Lian Manman’s proposal, the family discussed it for a while and all thought it was a good idea.

"Build two on this estate, and build two more on our other estate. This offers an additional source of income in winter." Lian Shouxin said.

"Yes." Lian Manman nodded. And this could be regarded as contributing to everyone’s winter vegetable baskets.

"We should build one in our village too." Xiao Qi suggested. This way, when they visited their village, there would also be fresh vegetables to eat. Plus, these vegetables could supply their Shunde Store Roast Duck Restaurant and Lian’s Restaurant in Jinyang County Town.

"Xiao Qi is right." Lian Shouxin said, "We certainly need to have one back at our old home."

The family discussed like this and came out of the greenhouse, ready to start arranging things. Just then, one of the estate’s workers came running quickly.

"...Sixth Master is at the door..."

Shen Liu surprisingly arrived, and Lian Shouxin, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi hurriedly tidied their clothes, taking people out to greet him. Lian Manman and Lady Zhang didn’t go to meet Shen Liu, but stayed in the back garden, leisurely walking and observing.