The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 321 - 310: Consideration (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 321: Chapter 310: Consideration (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Manbao was now very close to acquiring the medicine her mother needed, so she became increasingly reluctant to spend her system credits.

She had the same issue as her father: when she decided to take on a significant task and found herself nearing its completion, she couldn’t bear to divert her efforts to other matters.

Before accomplishing that significant task, people always tend to be stingy.

However, the system’s credits were important, and so was the copper money at home.

Manbao had outgrown the age where she had to choose one over the other. In the past year, she had grown up very quickly, thought more, and her heart had grown bigger, as in, when faced with this either-or choice again, she now wanted both.

And she could come up with solutions on her own without having to consult Keke like before.

It was just that she was still young after all, so she had some doubts about whether her decisions were right, which is why she wanted to ask one of her friends.

Bai Shanbao was the perfect choice, not only because he was one of her best friends but also because he was the only one within a hundred miles who might be a little bit smarter than she was.

What she wanted was not just wheat seeds, but also other interesting types of seeds.

Because Manbao had realized that the seeds exchanged from the future were the most precious things for her, her family, and even all the villagers in Qili Village.

In fact, ever since the forum opened and she had meticulously divided it into two parts, Manbao had been pondering all along.

If she could trade with people from other worlds through the second channel in exchange for credits, bartering goods, and buying items with credits, could she do the same in the first channel?

After all, no matter how formidable the people from the other worlds were, could they be as formidable as those from Keke’s world?

Besides, opening the second channel required so many credits.

Manbao felt that trading with those institutes or researchers was not difficult; what’s hard was how to set the price and whether it was worth it.

Bai Shanbao had no idea about the miraculous things his friend had. After hearing her troubles, he immediately said, "If you think the value of the wheat seeds is higher than what you give in exchange, then go ahead and trade."

He added, "If you’re worried about being cheated, I can go with you."

Manbao shook her head, "No need, I know what to do now."

With that resolved, she might as well try bartering physical goods.

Since she intended to barter, Manbao didn’t plan on seeking strangers; she planned to negotiate with someone she had already traded with.

Manbao’s gaze fell on the China root mud that had always been quietly sitting in a corner.

Keke always stopped her from posting about this mud, saying the timing wasn’t right.

Manbao knew then that this mud must be very valuable—at least much more so than the wisteria and azaleas she had dug up.

Dad always said that good food was worth waiting for, and farming required seizing the right timing but not sowing too early, or a cold snap could wipe out all of a family’s hard work;

Harvesting was the same; it should be neither too late nor too early.

Being late could mean rain damage, and being early would waste the crops and increase loss unnecessarily.

So Manbao just looked at the piles of mud in the system’s corner and chuckled to herself, putting the matter behind her and deciding to wait for the right timing as Keke had mentioned.

After all, harvest time hadn’t even started yet, and there were still several months before the winter wheat needed to be sown.

Manbao made up her mind and then bent her head to do the homework.

Clearly, at this moment, Mr. Zhuang’s assigned homework was more important.

After Manbao finished her homework and reviewed the day’s lesson with Bai Shanbao, she went home.

Datou and the others had already gone home, putting the cabbage worms they caught into a pottery jar, casually covered with a flower basket to prevent them from crawling out.

Although Manbao was no longer afraid of them, seeing so many live, constantly wriggling cabbage worms still gave her a bit of a scare.

Manbao used two sticks to pick them onto a leaf, wrapped them up, and just casually handed the bundle to Keke.

After dealing with the cabbage worms, Manbao then turned her attention to other things.

Everything else was various plants, which were much easier to handle; she simply put them all into the system in a bundle.

Keke arranged these bundles according to orders, waiting to send them all out together once complete.

After doing all these things, Manbao opened her account and started grinning foolishly, and Keke was also pleased, saying, "Host, you can browse the forum when you have time. There are quite a few hosts who have opened the second channel now. Even if you can’t trade, you can still see the transaction details on the forum."

Manbao agreed; she knew Keke still preferred her to take part in the trades through the second channel,

As she was thinking this, Ms. Feng from next door called out for dinner, and everyone hurried over to eat.

Manbao ran over, and Zhou ErLang had obviously just come back, his face still dripping with sweat.

As Manbao ran past him, she only asked one question, "Second Brother, is business good?"

Zhou ErLang nodded with a big smile on his face, "Not bad at all."

He had become familiar with the county town, and the regulars there all liked to buy from him.

Manbao only half listened before running over to her dad, asking, "Dad, are we going to trade our wheat to other families for seed?"

"Yeah," Old Zhou replied while enjoying his smoke, "We’re lucky this year, heaven has blessed our wheat harvest to be decent. Some of the fields that weren’t flooded did even better than last year, so they all want to use our wheat for seeding."

Turning to ask his wife who was sitting in the corner twining hemp rope, Old Zhou said, "Have we finished gathering our wheat seeds?"

Ms. Qian hummed an affirmation, "The wheat you harvested has been gathered and threshed. It’s been sunny these days, and they’ve been drying well."

Old Zhou nodded contentedly, "I think it’s going to rain in the next few days. We must take good care of these seeds. Apart from the ones we keep for ourselves, let them trade for the rest of the wheat if they want—as it’s all for eating, anyway."

Nobody had any objections.

Such a method of swapping seeds was not uncommon in the countryside, but neither was it widespread, as most people trusted their own saved seeds more and rarely would someone exchange seeds with another family on such a large scale.

Ms. Qian asked, "Do you know how much they want to trade for?"

"Quite a bit, at least half of the village’s wheat seeds will come from our house," Old Zhou replied.

"That much?" Dalang exclaimed in surprise, "What if the harvest turns out to be worse than..."

"It’s their idea. We’re not forcing them to trade. Even if there are complaints, they’ll fall on those who initiated it, not on us," Old Zhou stated and paused, "But we also have to dry our wheat well, can’t let it get rained on. Eldest, be careful these next few days."

It was then he remembered Dalang had gone to help Zhou Hu’s family with work today and asked, "How’s Zhou Hu’s place doing?"