The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 482 - 471: Technology

Chapter 482: Chapter 471: Technology

Doctor D reappeared in Manbao’s inbox after being absent for several months. Oh, no, she remembered to send an email to Manbao.

She told Manbao some good news: she had started researching how to cultivate China root and had successfully cultivated a young China root plant. Moreover, she found a substance within it that was very important for human health.

Her paper had been published, and she had secured a considerable amount of research funding, so she was very happy. She specifically went to her email to thank Manbao and asked if she had collected anything particularly interesting lately.

Manbao regretfully said no.

Doctor D was also regretful but then suggested that they could establish a long-term partnership because she was a biology Ph.D. If Manbao found any interesting plants or animals in the future, she could contact her; she might be very interested.

If her funding was sufficient, she was generous with purchasing credits as well.

Manbao happily rolled on her bed. Didn’t this mean that she wouldn’t have to post in the forums if she found something new from now on?

With the forums becoming more open, Manbao felt the competition was getting fiercer, and her posts usually sank to the bottom shortly after being published.

Therefore, Manbao thought that securing a customer, even just one, would be a very good thing.

So Manbao was very happy that Doctor D’s research had been successful, especially since Doctor D’s findings were very useful for her too!

Manbao congratulated her cheerily and then asked, "How do you cultivate your China root?"

This question not only made Doctor D on the other end of the system pause, but Keke did as well.

Seeing that there was no response in the inbox for a long time, Keke couldn’t help but tell the host, "Host, that’s their trade secret. They have worked hard to research it, and they won’t tell you."

Manbao’s eyes widened in surprise, "Farming is a trade secret too?"

Keke nodded, "Agricultural techniques are still techniques."

"But..." Manbao scratched her head, "How come my dad and the villagers never keep secrets?"

In Manbao’s mind, farming was something that could be shared.

For example, if one family discovered that the bean seeds they had sown sparser last year grew better and yielded more beans overall than the denser ones, they’d spread the word so others could try it on a plot of land the following year;

Or, if one family found that the soil covering the seeds was thinner one year, they noticed that the seeds germinated faster and weren’t affected by the wind and rain, even growing faster...

All of these things were shared with others, sometimes even proactively with neighbors.

The Zhou Family grew Chinese yams and ginger, and when villagers saw it, they would ask for a piece to plant. The Zhou Family not only gave it but also taught them how to cultivate it.

Some of the closer families, like Junior Ms. Qian’s, were even personally guided in the vegetable garden, so why would they keep secrets?

The only thing her parents had ever asked her to keep secret was not to discuss how much money the family had made.

However, the teacher also said that customs differ every ten miles, so maybe this was a custom of the future world?

Manbao sighed regretfully and was about to write an email to Doctor D to apologize, saying she didn’t know their customs and might have broken their rules...

But before she could start writing, an email popped up.

Manbao opened it to find that Doctor D had declined her question and explained, "If you really want my technique, you will have to buy it with credits. I just estimated the price, and I can give you a discount, as long as you don’t distribute it further, five million credits."

Manbao: ...Her China root only sold for two hundred thousand!

"However, I don’t recommend that you buy it, because you wouldn’t be able to use it anyway," said Doctor D. "From what I understand, your society’s technological level is still at a very primitive stage. Even if you bought my technique, you couldn’t cultivate it."

Keke nodded in agreement, saying, "If I gave you the blueprints for an aircraft carrier, could you build it?"

Of course, that was... impossible.

Manbao breathed a huge sigh of relief and said to Keke, "That’s such a relief. Otherwise, if I could also cultivate it and she asked me to buy it, where would I find so many credits?"

Keke asked, "Aren’t you sad?"

"Not sad at all," Manbao replied. "If she won’t tell me, I can just let my oldest brother and Third Brother figure it out slowly."

She continued, "China root grows naturally here. Since it can grow, it can be cultivated; we just don’t know how yet."

"Has the host already instructed your brothers to start planting?" it wondered. It didn’t remember this happening.

"Not yet," said Manbao. "We haven’t found many, and China root is still expensive, right? They’re reluctant to waste it. I was thinking of asking Doctor D when she figured it out, but her method isn’t suitable for me and it costs credits to buy."

Manbao’s hopes for an easy gain died before they could take off, and she had to put the matter aside for the time being. Nevertheless, she planned to speak with her oldest brother and Third Brother tomorrow to see if they were willing to use a piece of the China root they had found as seeds.

Zhou Dalang and his brothers were naturally unwilling, and their reasoning was solid, "Didn’t you try last year?"

Zhou Silang said, "You even broke off several pieces, but they all rotted when planted, and you kept it a secret from us. If I didn’t live next door and smell it..."

Manbao replied indignantly, "Doesn’t it mean that I don’t know how to farm? Big Brother and Third Brother know best."

Zhou Dalang coughed lightly and said, "Manbao, Third Brother and I have tried too, and it simply won’t grow."

Zhou Silang looked at his two brothers in shock. How come he didn’t know about this?

Zhou Dalang explained, "We haven’t used any good pieces of China root, only the small fallen bits, but they didn’t survive either."

Zhou Sanlang explained, "Manbao, some things are only suited to grow in the wild; they might not want to grow if we put them in our fields. We know China root can make money, but farming can’t be rushed. The China root we find is already scarce, and if we use it to experiment with cultivation, it would all be wasted."

Zhou Silang nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, China root is so valuable."

With neither Big Brother nor Third Brother confident, Manbao could only give up the idea completely.

However, she had to give it up anyway, because harvest season had started soon after the summer harvest, and she became very busy.

This time, Mr. Zhuang didn’t give them a holiday; he simply didn’t assign them any homework, allowing them time after school to deal with things on the farm.

But in truth, Manor Head Bai could handle these matters well without them having to worry much.

Once the wheat was harvested, the beans were ready to be harvested too, and after clearing the beans from the fields, it would be time to harvest the rice.

From the start of the summer harvest, the people of Qili Village couldn’t stop working, and the Zhou Family was the same.

But everyone was happy with their busy work this year, and although Qili Village didn’t have a bumper harvest, the crops were good because there were a few rains during the wheat and rice heading stage, followed by mostly sunny days.

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