The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 176 - 172 Who is the flower really afraid of?

Chapter 176: Chapter 172 Who is the flower really afraid of?

After the New Year passed, it was time to till the fields. For a whole month, all the vegetables in the gardens had been eaten, and even those that hadn’t been eaten had rotted away due to the continuous half-month of plum rain.

Taking advantage of these two sunny days, every household took out their quilts and clothes to air them. Afterwards, they all went to turn the soil and plant vegetables.

Many villagers saw the lush, green rice paddies of Ruo Xuan, the village head, and a few other families and felt such envy!

As everyone carried their hoes to the fields, they couldn’t help but look at the rice growth in those few families’ fields, and the more they looked, the more envious they became.

"The weather’s warmed up these last few days, and the rice is growing so much faster! Looks like it’s about to head out!"

"Not only is it growing fast! Don’t you think these rice plants are growing better than both the early and late rice varieties?"

"Exactly, oh boy, judging by this growth, in another month or so we should be able to harvest before transplanting! If only I had planted this at my home back then!"

"I’m regretting it too, no matter what by the end of this year I’m also going to plant with them. One more season to plant, how much more grain would that yield? There might be so much people couldn’t even eat it all, enough to feed the livestock too!"

"Oh, you’re making me regret it even more! No, I must go find Granny Lei from the Ruo Family and ask her how this third-season rice is planted." What this person didn’t say was that they intended to order some rice seeds from Granny Lei and kept it to themselves, fearing too many people would ask, leaving not enough seeds for them.

Hearing this, others hurriedly said, "Wait for me, I’m going too!"

Where there’s envy, there’s also jealousy. Tan Granny’s injuries hadn’t fully healed yet, and with her daughters sold off, there was no more edible vegetables at home, so she had to bear the pain and go out to turn the soil and plant vegetables.

Tan Granny suddenly felt a bit of regret for selling Zhen Yi, now all the household chores fell on her!

Her injuries were yet to fully heal, and she had to do all this and that, not used to being served by her daughters, how could she manage?

At this moment, hearing everyone else talking, Tan Granny couldn’t help but spit toward the Ruo Family’s rice seedlings, "Pah, growing well doesn’t mean there will be a harvest, even if it does head out, they could still be empty husks!"

If it wasn’t for the Ruo Family not taking in Zhen Yi, she wouldn’t need to be working the fields with her injuries, just lying at home waiting to be served by Zhen Yi would do.

Also, the only remaining half of the house leaked when it rained, and as Hu Zi had spent all the silver on books, there wasn’t any silver to gather.

Recently, with the continuous plum rain, everything was damp both inside and outside, and her injuries, which had healed a bit, felt worse again.

All the fault of the Ruo Family.

Seeing her act this way, the other villagers couldn’t stand it; after all, crops were the villagers’ lifeline, and no one liked a person who cursed crops. They all hoped for the Ruo Family’s rice to succeed this season and for a bountiful harvest because that meant they too could reap an extra season of grain next year.

As a result, many couldn’t help but speak out, "Tan Granny, that’s not right of you, to actually dare curse the crops, you deserve to be poor!"

"Right! Saying such unpleasant things, you must not want to plant along with the rest at the end of the year!"

"Truly can’t say anything nice, big luck big harvest, it must be a bumper crop for sure!"

"Tan Granny, you’d better not plant the third-season rice along with the Ruo Family! Someone like you doesn’t deserve to!"

"Let’s not bother with that black-hearted old woman anymore, she deserves to live like this. Let’s go, we’ll find Granny Lei and ask her how to plant this third-season rice."

...

Seeing everyone else leaving, Tan Granny muttered to herself and struggled to follow, "Pah, just wait until my Hu Zi becomes the Top Scholar. I won’t need to plant rice or anything at all!"

Then a gust of wind blew by, and the spit she had thrown at the rice field flew up, unseen, and "splat," it hit Tan Granny right in the face.

Feeling her face, Tan Granny looked up at the sky, "Is it raining?"

The sky was completely blue, and the sun was shining brightly.

It just so happened that a black bird was flying overhead.

Tan Granny sniffed, overwhelmed by the stink, and scowled, "Damn it, could that be crow’s urine? That damn crow, I curse it to be a beast of burden in its next life, to be ridden every day..."

She didn’t know if crows even urinated, but given there was only one large bird overhead and no rain, that was her only suspicion.

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Ruo Xuan was leading Master Han and the other children down the mountain to check on the growth of the rice.

The wind carried the villagers’ conversations to them, but Ruo Xuan didn’t pay much attention, except to cast a small "Return to Owner" spell.

After casting the small spell, she subconsciously glanced at Xuanyuan Que.

Xuanyuan Que: "Does this flower fear him, or does it fear the Heavenly Dao?"

Master Han and the others couldn’t hear the distant villagers’ voices. He led the children to the edge of the paddy fields, squatted down to look at the rice seedlings, and asked, "Xuanbao, are the rice plants beginning to head?"

Ruo Xuan squatted down, her small frame beside Master Han, nodded, and pointed to the middle of the rice seedlings, "Right! See how it’s starting to bulge here? This means it’s beginning to head."

"If they have already started heading, they will surely yield a harvest, right?"

Ruo Xuan nodded affirmatively, "Definitely, the yield will be no less than eight hundred catties per mu."

Ruo Xuan spoke conservatively. After all, her family’s yield was over a thousand catties per mu, but others varied, unevenly distributed.

Master Han, overwhelmed with excitement, fell back sitting on the ridge of the field, a yield of no less than eight hundred catties per mu.

If this were true, it wasn’t just like planting an extra season of rice; the yield was like having two additional seasons!

Ruo Xuan hurriedly helped him up, "Are you alright, sir?"

"I’m fine! I’m fine!" Master Han’s smile was wide.

He was just thrilled!

After spending some time together, Master Han knew that ninety-nine percent of what Ruo Xuan said was true.

If this were true!

The people of Shaxi County are blessed!

The people of Xuanyuan Country are blessed!

He had to properly record the growth conditions of the third season’s rice.

Master Han didn’t forget to call the other children to come and look, "All of you listen carefully to what Xuanbao says. Take good notes. In the future, when to plant the rice, when to transplant seedlings, when they start heading—all this will be on the test!"

The children who had been punished with transcription until they feared it had already taken out their notebooks to take notes!

Ah, if only they were as smart as Xuanbao and Xuanyuan Que, never getting punished with transcription, exempt from homework, allowed to come late, leave early, or skip classes without penalties!

Why were they deprived of wits when their parents brought them into this world?

After Ruo Xuan finished explaining about the rice, Master Han saw Granny Lei busying herself in the vegetable garden and asked, "Xuanbao, is your grandmother planting vegetables in the garden?"

Ruo Xuan nodded, "Yes! The vegetables in the garden have all been eaten up since the New Year."

Master Han, not knowing what vegetables could be grown in Shaxi County at this time, was very interested, "Let’s go and see how to plant vegetables. Take good notes—this will be on the test too!"

Yan Jiaojiao and others glared at Ruo Xuan.

Xuanbao, couldn’t you just say no?

They had already made plans to go hunting and pick mushrooms in the mountain after checking the rice!

Ruo Xuan: ....She didn’t know her grandma was going to plant vegetables today either.

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