Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 481 - Chapter 481 481. Four yuan per jin_1

Chapter 481: 481. Four yuan per jin_1 Chapter 481: 481. Four yuan per jin_1 “Not at all, not at all…” Song Tan quickly extended her hand as well.

She wasn’t familiar with official pleasantries, but having seen Secretary Xiaozu perform them so often, she had become silky smooth and fluid in executing them herself.

Fortunately, the staff’s efficiency was exceptionally high that day, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone, fearing the impending high temperatures, hastened up the mountain.

As they were leaving, the visitors cast envious glances at the brand-new villa:

“Country houses have so much space; this house is really beautiful!”

“It’s alright,” Song Tan said without batting an eye, “it’s just that the exterior painting looks a bit nicer. Living in it is all the same.”

“Come this way. We have a big dog on the mountain, but it’s very obedient and rarely bites, so don’t be afraid, okay!”

“What’s so special about a dog?”

The other party laughed and said, “We often have to go to townships. Just one dog is nothing; the orchard with a few thousand acres has over twenty large wolves! Without a heads-up, several of them ran towards me–that was really scary.”

Seeing that the visitor was quite talkative, Boss Qian also joined in the conversation:

“Exactly! But the really vicious dogs are chained. When those dogs bare their teeth, it gives me goosebumps…”

Chatting as they walked up the mountain, the chickens in the back, as if on cue, began joyfully clucking, signalling they had laid eggs.

The two inspectors’ eyes lit up! “Not bad, raising chickens in the mountain forest must have a good market, and old hens are nutritious…”

Before they could finish, they laid eyes on the chickens that were obviously still in their youth.

Well, alright. Chickens this big laying eggs aren’t ones you’d want to slaughter. As for the nutrition… that’s another matter.

After seeing the chickens, the pigs couldn’t be far behind.

Upon hearing people approaching, several seemingly forever-hungry pigs snorted at the edge of their pen, noisily calling out.

There were fattened white pigs, even more robust black pigs, and some that were small in size, but truly vigorous!

Banging against the doors–duangduang–they were raised well!

The two inspectors became even more intrigued:

“Your free-range pigs look pretty sturdy! When are you slaughtering the pigs? I want to buy some when the time comes!”

Nowadays, genuine free-range pork isn’t easy to come by. When a family announces they’re selling, aunts and distant relatives all expect to carry away a few pounds!

Moreover, with the current requirements for rural breeding, slaughter also needs permission… Despite their frequent visits to the countryside, they rarely encounter pig farmers!

These days, who could resist free-range pork and old hens?

That included Boss Qian as well.

He looked at the semi-open, large pen enclosing a huge swath of hillside, and his eyes lingered on those robust, strikingly unique black and white pigs, feeling a sudden urge stirring inside.

Song Tan had no choice but to offer a businesslike smile:

“Fine, slaughtering pigs will probably happen at the end of the year. We’ll exchange contact information, and I’ll send you a message with a link when the time comes.”

“We have a local group purchase, and the Peach Treasure Shop–shopping is convenient there.”

“Sounds great, sounds great!”

Nowadays, even the village aunties are learning to shop online, and the inspectors became interested as well:

“If you run the Peach Treasure Shop and spend some money on promotion and driving traffic, fruit sales from the mountain could be–oh, my God!!!”

The individual stumbled, nearly seating themselves on the ground!

They clung to a tree trunk, shaken, looking ahead:

“What is that thing you’re raising? A lion?”

The person beside also turned to look– “Whoa!”

They were startled as well.

Secretary Xiaozu quickly broke into a smile, “No worries, no worries, that’s just her dog, named Da Wang, such a good boy–come here, Da Wang, did you eat well today?”

Da Wang lowered his voice, “Woof!”

To the increasingly familiar Secretary Xiaozu, this meant he was well-fed.

However, the two staff members who were seeing such a huge dog for the first time shook a little more in their hearts: …So does that “woof” mean he’s full or hungry? And if he’s hungry, what does he want to do?

Song Tan also quickly stepped forward and gave Da Wang’s head a good rub–this really wasn’t Da Wang’s fault.

He was honestly hiding and sleeping in the bushes, but his head couldn’t be fully concealed, and a good portion of it just happened to be spotted by someone.

Da Wang squinted his eyes and indeed began rubbing his head and shoulders against Song Tan’s arm, rubbing until his floral red bib shifted out of place, and the bow on his back drooped down…

However, perhaps because the bib was so down-to-earth, the two staff members actually let out a sigh of relief after watching silently for a while.

Then it struck them–wow, what a huge dog!

They turned around, eager, “Can we take a picture?”

This had to go on the Moments!

Song Tan looked at Da Wang, who had already quietly puffed up his chest, and reached out to adjust his bib, “Go ahead!”

The other party stared at the bright red floral bib and fell silent for a moment but eventually pulled out their phone.

…

Small talk at the doorstep would delay things, but taking pictures of dogs on the back mountain could make them forget to return.

Seeing the two getting caught up in taking pictures and lavishing praise until Da Wang became dizzy and almost struck a pose, Song Tan hurriedly interrupted and finally led them up the mountain.

As they opened the picket gate, they were greeted with lush peach trees, dense succulent fruits, and watermelon vines sprawling across the ground…

“This…”

The two inspection officers were dumbfounded, “Why did you plant watermelons here?”

Song Tan blinked innocently,

“I just thought about using the land more effectively, and there was no other suitable place.”

The other party looked pained, “Watermelons like sandy soil, good drainage, and full sunlight! Your peach trees are shading them, it’s definitely going to affect the yield–”

Before he could finish, a dark-complexioned young man walked out of the woods, carrying a watermelon weighing over 20 pounds in his arms.

Looking at the watermelons scattered of various sizes across the field–it’s already July, and there are still so many watermelons, it didn’t look like “poor growth” at all!

Could it be that they were no longer up to date with the latest watermelon planting knowledge?

The two shut their mouths.

But Secretary Xiaozu was still concerned about the subsidy for Song Tan’s orchard and quickly introduced,

“Come, come, take a look, these are the peach trees planted this year! Look at how well they’re growing, look at the planting density, they must be up to standard.”

That brought the conversation back to the official business at hand.

The two inspection officers also snapped back to reality and now encircled the young trees, clicking their tongues in wonder, “I see you folks really have the knack for this, the fruit is growing well, you must have taken great care of them, haven’t you?”

“Look at this yield, it doesn’t look like it was just planted this year, and the seedlings look great too!”

Well… secretly giving Spiritual Energy at night was indeed quite tiring.

Therefore, Song Tan sighed with emotion, “Farming is exhausting, both mentally and physically, toiling day and night, it’s truly hard work…”

“It’s all for today, right? Once the peaches are ripe, sell them to make more money!”

“No problem, no problem!”

Mr. Qian, who had been silent up until now, suddenly got excited, and then couldn’t help but gaze at the peaches with shining eyes,

“I’ll give you 4 yuan per pound!”

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