The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 568 - 557: Harvest (Birthday special for the reader "Jinyiwei: Rongrong")

Chapter 568: Chapter 557: Harvest (Birthday special for the reader "Jinyiwei: Rongrong")

The Yan Family’s garden was vast, filled with tall flowering trees and plants, many of which Manbao had not only never seen but had never even heard of.

Keke, of course, did not require Manbao to dig up the entire plants. Even if it did, Manbao wouldn’t agree to it.

A large pit suddenly appearing in the ground would hardly need County Magistrate Tang to follow the vine to find the melon; a little thought and he would probably know she was responsible.

Digging up some plants cleared out by the Xiao Family was one thing, even rummaging through the tile shards in search of treasures was no big deal, but digging up entire trees would be going too far.

Manbao didn’t know how many plants the Xiao Family had removed, but she guessed there must be many because the rare plants that Keke had scanned and were now discarded and growing by the vegetable patch were not few in number.

Manbao even found three orchids.

Of course, that was what Keke told her, as she didn’t recognize them.

Although she had never seen an orchid before, she had often heard of them and had read plenty about orchids in books.

Manbao placed the three orchids into her basket, gave one to Keke, and with only two left, she looked around with regret, saying, "It’s a pity that their family doesn’t grow herbs."

"Who would grow herbs in a garden?" Zhou SiLang’s voice suddenly sounded behind Manbao, startling her. She turned around and then complained to Keke, "Why didn’t you tell me my Fourth Brother came?"

Keke: "Not an outsider."

Manbao: ...

"You said so."

It was then that Manbao remembered; back when she was at home, she would secretly talk to Keke, and it would always report from time to time that Big Brother was coming/Second Brother was coming... Manbao found it annoying, so she told it that it didn’t need to report about her own family members coming.

Indeed, Keke couldn’t be blamed for this. Manbao could only blame Zhou SiLang, "Fourth Brother, why didn’t you say something when you came over? You scared me to death."

"You’re the one who scared me. Mr. Zhuang said not to come this way, and yet you insist on coming here. Are you looking for trouble?" Zhou SiLang glanced at the unrecognizable plants in her basket and, frowning, asked, "Aren’t these plants available outside?"

"If they were available, I wouldn’t have come here to dig them up."

"Really, what’s so interesting about these flowers and plants?" Zhou SiLang had never quite understood her, "Since you were a child, I’ve seen you like these things. When you were with the Heaven Master, were you specifically in charge of flowers and plants?"

Upon reflection, Zhou SiLang became convinced and clapped his hands, laughing, "That must be it, wow, so Manbao you used to manage flowers and plants."

Manbao: ...

Zhou SiLang began to pace around, saying, "Then you can’t forget your original duties. When you die in this life, you’ll have to go back to being a fairy. What if you don’t recognize these plants then? Come on, tell Fourth Brother, what else do you want to dig up?"

Although Manbao knew letting her Fourth Brother misinterpret was not good, she still couldn’t help but feel happy. She handed him the flower hoe and pointed to the various plants scattered along the ridge, saying, "Just these."

Zhou SiLang then helped her dig, saying, "These plants don’t seem to be worth much, right? We could just buy them from outside if it comes to it. You don’t have to come all the way here to dig."

"They should be quite valuable," Manbao said, recalling the descriptions of these plants in books, "Like the orchids, huh, these are honeysuckles..."

Manbao, upon hearing Keke’s introduction, happily took the plant Zhou SiLang had just dug up, smilingly saying, "Honeysuckle is a medicinal herb. We finally found some herbs. Fourth Brother, there’s another one here, hurry and dig."

Zhou SiLang’s spirits were lifted as he asked, "Is it like Ligustrum lucidum, where it can be sold for money?"

"It should be."

Zhou SiLang then became much more excited. Lately, he had been frequenting the herbal shops and felt that all the herbs in the world could make money. Now that they had found a medicinal plant, he was already thinking of planting them all over the hillsides.

Zhou SiLang treated that plant with extra care, placing it in a corner of the basket.

The siblings dug for a long time, haphazardly unearthing quite a bit. Seeing the patches they had left pitted and uneven, Zhou SiLang felt a bit uneasy.

Then, looking at the vegetables that had grown quite large, his eyes turned and he said, "Since we’ve dug up so many plants, we might as well pick some vegetables to take back."

"That doesn’t seem right," Manbao said, "These plants were thrown out and survived, almost like weeds; but those vegetables are deliberately grown by someone."

"They were grown by the Xiao Family. Could the Xiao Family come and take them?" Zhou SiLang argued confidently, "Besides, the yamen doesn’t want these vegetables either. Instead of leaving them to spoil, we might as well eat them."

After saying this, he didn’t wait for Manbao’s response and began picking right away.

Manbao, of course, helped out.

She grabbed a large bunch and also looked around, saying, "Fourth Brother, let’s just take a little for now, and we can come back tomorrow. It’ll be fresher that way."

Zhou SiLang: ...did he say he only wanted to pick once?

Zhou SiLang didn’t bother with her and after picking a large bunch and placing it in the basket, continued picking, saying, "Getting in here means having to crawl through a hole, it’s dirty and ruins clothes."

Zhou SiLang scolded her, "You’re also not allowed to run to this place again. If you do come, pick a day with good weather. Look at your clothes and shoes now."

"Fourth Brother, later when we go back, you have to cover for me. You can’t let the teacher find out I’ve been here."

"With all these things you’re taking back, how could Mr. Zhuang not know?"

Manbao was stunned, obviously not having considered this point.

Having finished picking the vegetables, Zhou SiLang picked up the basket and set off, "Come on, let’s go back, bathe, and change clothes. Are you planning to plant these flowers and herbs in our household’s courtyard? But isn’t it just rented for three months? What will you do after that?"

Manbao said, "We can buy some clay pots to grow them in."

"That means we’ll need to dig some clay. It’s quite troublesome, isn’t it? Why don’t we just throw away everything except those two honeysuckle plants?"

Manbao humphed but didn’t agree.

Zhou SiLang then felt a headache coming on as he looked at the muddy, unrecognizable plants in the basket, worrying, "If they’re all grown in clay pots, that would require a lot of pots. They’re expensive, aren’t they? Maybe we should just plant them in the courtyard, and only use clay pots for the honeysuckle."

Manbao asked, "How much does one clay pot cost?"

"Anyway, it’s not cheap," Zhou SiLang said, "And they will definitely be many times more expensive than your wild herbs and flowers."

Manbao then relented, saying, "Okay, then let’s grow them in the courtyard. I just want to see what they look like when they grow."

Although she would be able to see pictures of them in the encyclopedia entries she could later create, she felt that seeing the real things was not the same as seeing pictures. Moreover, she wanted to wait because if any of the plants turned out to be exceptionally valuable, she could then list them for sale on the forum.

By then, she wouldn’t have to worry about not having a place to dig – she could just dig them up right from the courtyard.

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