The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 139 - 136 Xuanbao Teaches Everyone to Farm

Chapter 139: Chapter 136 Xuanbao Teaches Everyone to Farm

The next day, Ruo Xuan woke up and secretly performed a minor healing technique on the sweat-blooded horse, feeding it some Xuan grass before heading to class.

Then, everyone woke up to find that the horse was already able to stand.

Over the following days, the horse grew more and more spirited, ate more and more, and its coat became increasingly shiny. The whole family was overjoyed.

The children, in particular, went out every day to gather grass for the horse to eat, but they only played for two or three days before going to the Academy for the entrance examination. They passed successfully and began formally attending the Academy.

Three days later, Ruo Zhou also officially reported to Dengfeng Martial Arts Academy, took the Academy Head of Dengfeng as his master, and coincidentally, had the same master as Ruo Xuan.

With all the children attending school, the house suddenly became quiet. The Ruo Family initially found it strange, but they were busy printing books to deliver to the Academy that had ordered them beforehand. They also needed to prepare the fields for rice planting. Without the children at home to watch over, the family found it more convenient.

After busying themselves with their respective tasks for several days and delivering the books, the New Year was approaching and the seedlings in the fields were ready for planting!

After a wave of cold air had passed, Ruo Xuan felt that there would be no more cold fronts for some time, and the weather would be warm enough for rice planting.

During breakfast, she said to Granny Lei, "Grandmother, we can start planting rice these next few days."

Granny Lei went to the seedling fields every day to check the growth and to see if there was enough water. She also felt it was time to plant, "I reckon it’s about time too. Fourth, go to the city and let the Lord County Magistrate know. I’ll also talk to the people in the village, we’ll start planting rice tomorrow. Big brother, second brother, you go inform the other villagers. We’ll ask everyone to help plant the rice tomorrow for a day’s wage of thirty-five wen, not including food, which will be another five wen. Even people from other villages can help."

"Alright." With that, Ruo Shui rode out after breakfast to inform the County Magistrate, while other members of the Ruo Family went to notify the village head, and a few families on good terms with them that they would start planting the next day, at the same time asking for villagers’ help in the planting.

After discussing it, everyone felt that the seedlings in the field were growing well and decided to start planting rice along with the Ruo Family the next day.

After attending classes for half a month, Ruo Xuan, like all children around the world, grew weary of school once the novelty wore off and longed for the holidays.

Ruo Xuan knew that one could ask for leave if there was something important at home, so she decisively seized the opportunity to say to Master Han, "Teacher, my family is about to start planting rice soon, may I take a few days off to help with the planting?"

She figured, with the family having over a hundred acres of fields, even if they hired help, it would still take at least three to nine days to complete the planting.

Once the planting was done, the fruit tree seedlings grown in the mountains would be rooted and ready to be planted, a process more complicated than planting rice, which could take another eight to ten days.

After planting the fruit trees, she would need to plant medicinal herbs.

By that calculation, the New Year would be close at hand, right?

During New Year, the Academy would be on holiday, and she wouldn’t have to attend classes.

If there were still classes, she would clear and continue planting on the wasteland outside the city gate!

Ruo Xuan silently calculated in her mind.

Yan Jiaojiao and the others felt envious upon hearing this.

They wanted to take a few days off too!

Farming leave existed, though it wasn’t at this time. Master Han, surprised, asked, "This isn’t the time for planting rice, why would your family be Planting now?"

Ruo Xuan, who was always loyal to her friends, responded, "My family is trying to grow three-season rice. Teacher, you just mentioned agriculture yesterday, saying that farming is the foundation of the country, and that what we learn from books is superficial until put into practice. Why not give us a few days off, Teacher? I can take everyone to learn about rice planting."

The eyes of several children lit up!

Xuanbao was really loyal!

In asking for her own leave, she didn’t forget to take care of them.

Master Han had never known that it was possible to grow rice during winter.

As food is a primary necessity, agriculture has always been a major concern for all nations.

He too thought it would be good for the kids to experience it and allowed them leave to take a look. Provided some children weren’t too young or too short, he even wanted a few of them to go into the fields and try planting the rice themselves, to experience the hard work of farmers.

So, they got the leave of absence!

The next morning, a group of children, led by Master Han and the old Madame Xuanyuan, arrived at Xuanbao’s rice seedling field.

Xuanbao had already been sitting on a small stool and pulling up seedlings for half an hour.

Due to her short stature and the paddy fields in Shaxi County all being water fields, where one step would sink down probably up to her thighs, she couldn’t actually plant the seedlings but could only help with pulling them up.

Seeing how even such a small child like Xuanbao knew how to pull up seedlings and that it seemed fun and easy, the children all said, "Teacher, I want to go down and pull up seedlings with Xuanbao too!"

"I’m going too! I can pull out weeds, no, I mean pull up seedlings!"

"Xuanbao, we want to help you pull up seedlings too!"

...

When Xuanbao saw this, she said, "Sure! Come on down, everyone!"

Master Han noticed that the paddy field wasn’t submerged in water but merely moist, the children wouldn’t get completely wet, so he agreed, and he even went into the field to pull up seedlings himself.

For teachers, imparting knowledge through words and setting an example through actions are very important.

Master Han felt the need to remind the children to be careful and avoid breaking the roots of the seedlings as they pulled them up, and he proceeded to demo pulling one up himself, only for it to break off!

Master Han: "..."

The children all laughed. "Teacher, you don’t know how either?"

"So even the teacher doesn’t know how to pull up seedlings, huh?"

...

Embarrassed, Master Han said, "Knowledge has no limits; there are hundreds of professions in the world, and there are many things that the teacher also doesn’t know, after all, each craft requires a specialist. Today, we shall all learn from Xuanbao how to farm and pull up seedlings."

Xuanbao said, "Teacher, you should hold your hand like this inverted, and then your thumb and index finger need to be close to the base of the seedling, right up against the layer of soil, and then you just pull it out like this, and it won’t break."

As she spoke, Xuanbao demonstrated for everyone.

Master Han listened carefully, did not find it difficult, and asked, "Did everyone understand and see clearly the method Xuanbao described? It is..."

Master Han repeated it and then demonstrated it himself, successfully pulling up several seedlings without breaking any, finally letting out a sigh of relief!

The children were eager to try it for themselves: "Teacher, we understand now! Can we start doing it?"

Master Han nodded: "You can now. But you must be careful, breaking them would harm the seedlings. Then, Xuanbao’s fields might not have enough seedlings to be planted."

Xuanbao pointed to the seedlings in Master Han’s hand: "Teacher, what you’re holding is not just seedlings but also barnyard grass. You should throw away the barnyard grass; it grows in the rice field and can harm the growth of the rice."

Master Han: "..."

The children laughed again.

Yan Huan, who was bold, laughed particularly loud: "Teacher, it seems you can’t even tell the difference between seedlings and weeds!"

Master Han wasn’t upset and smiled, saying, "Knowledge has no limits, knowledge has no limits. I have only known about some agricultural knowledge from books; I have never actually farmed before. Surely what is learned from books is superficial; it becomes evident that such knowledge must be put into practice!"

Xuanbao then taught her classmates how to distinguish between rice seedlings and barnyard grass.

"Barnyard grass looks very similar to rice seedlings, but its leaf sheath is smooth, without hairs, and the color is also a bit different from that of seedlings..."

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