บท 15: There Is Hope For The Future
บรรณาธิการ: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Chi Qiaosong was not interested in the grudges of the teachers at the Military Academy.
He had passed the age where he was curious about everything, and now he was devoted to martial arts, wishing that his martial arts prospered so he could stand out from the rest and become a master.
"These bean seeds are so beautiful," Mrs. Chi praised while drying the newly harvested lentils.
The light yellow lentils had a crystal clear texture, which was really gratifying.
The lentils in the one-acre field grew very fast. Before June had passed, the lentils were already fully ripened. Finally, in early July, the last lentils had been picked.
The fields full of lentil seedlings had withered on the stands.
Mrs. Chi picked the pods, and Mr. Chi shoveled the bean seedlings.
When the last lentil seedling was torn off, Chi Qiaosong, who was squatting on the ridge, clearly saw a light flying out from the one-acre field and entering his mind.
Immediately, the information on the one-acre field was updated.
[Grade 2 field: One acre/two acres (Two acres can be realized, and one acre has been realized at present. The fields need to be connected)
Fertilizer storage: 2 bags
Spirit root source (1): Bay tree (Crazed Bull Heavy Fist – Complete, 12 Paths Spring Kick – Achievement)
External Spirit root (0): Not available
Spirit plant: None at the moment]
"It has upgraded!"
After planting a crop of lentils, the one-acre field was upgraded to two acres. The upgrade was much easier than expected.
Chi Qiaosong was a little dissatisfied with the fact that he only harvested a bag of fertilizer after planting a crop of spiritual crops. The fertilizer collection speed was too slow, and so many martial arts were left to be learned in the future.
What could he do if the fertilizer was not enough?
Fortunately, one bag could be condensed in a month, so his fertilizer warehouse temporarily had two bags of fertilizer in stock.
In addition, he had been able to plant two spirit roots, but now there was only one spirit root in the bay tree, and the spirit root transformed from the foundation of the Internal Sects of Martial Arts had not yet grown.
"It seems that it is because of me. It must be because I haven't comprehended the energy fluctuation of the Purple Cloud Serenity, and my internal strength has no foundation."
"Qiaosong, help me fill your pockets." Mrs. Chi called out.
Chi Qiaosong put away his thoughts and started to stretch his pockets open.
A bag of beautiful lentil seeds was put into the snakeskin bag. Then, counting the lentils that were harvested one after another, a total of 300 kilograms of dried bean seeds were harvested from the one-acre field.
The harvest was quite high.
"Is the next crop of lentils going to be planted in this field?" Mr. Chi came to ask after shoveling the bean seedlings. "If you want to continue planting, I will sow the soil now so I can catch up with the next crop."
"There's no need, Dad. These lentils will be planted in other fields. I'll think about what to plant in this field next."
"Black-eyed peas, persimmons, Chinese cabbage, carrots, scallions..." Mrs. Chi muttered.
These were the vegetables most commonly grown locally in July—foreign persimmons were tomatoes, which were vegetables and fruits imported from overseas. They looked like persimmons, so they were called foreign persimmons.
In addition to the Daxia Republic, the foreigners also had countries, and the martial arts they had developed were not inferior.
"Apart from vegetables, what other crops can I grow?" Chi Qiaosong asked.
Mr. Chi replied, "You can plant corn, watermelon, or mung beans. However, it's best to grow corn on this mountain. Corn is easy to plant, but the harvest is not necessarily large."
To be honest, Chi Qiaosong had no idea what to plant.
The one-acre field, no, no matter what is planted in the two-acre field, as long as it is a crop, it can be counted as a spiritual crop, and after harvesting, you can gain "experience" and fertilizer.
Even if it is not harvested at the same time, it can still be accumulated.
So it doesn't matter what you plant; you can have a variety of vegetables and fruits.
After thinking about it for a night, he decided to reclaim the two-acre field as his family's ration base. "Mom and Dad, I plan to expand the one-acre land in the farmhouse to two acres."
"Can you do it with two acres?" Mr. Chi wondered aloud.
Chi Qiaosong affirmed, "It can be done."
"Then let's do it."
"Also, I wonder if we can build two acres of land into greenhouses so that we can plant anything no matter the season." This was the result of his thinking.
Greenhouse vegetables could be grown in all seasons, so he could plant whatever he wanted.
"It will cost a lot of money." Mrs. Chi felt distressed.
Second aunt piped in, "Qiaosong has great ability. After building a greenhouse, he can plant whatever we want to eat. He can also plant medicinal materials. Qiaosong can't do without medicine when practicing martial arts."
Chi Qiaosong had been taking medicated baths every day since his pockets started bulging.
The most basic principle of martial arts practice was to destroy and rebuild the body so that the body could constantly adapt to higher intensity. Unfortunately, nutrition and nourishment could not keep up with the pace of this kind of destruction and rebuilding, so it was easy to damage the foundation.
So, even if he had the Golden Finger to help him speed up his martial arts, Chi Qiaosong still needed medicinal baths to repair his body daily.
When it concerned Chi Qiaosong practicing martial arts, Mrs. Chi did not hesitate any longer, "Then let's build it. Old Chi, it's on you."
Mr. Chi knocked on the dry tobacco pipe, nodded, and replied, "I know. I'll find someone to build a greenhouse later. I just happen to have money now. If I borrow some money, it should be enough to build a two-acre greenhouse."
"Dad, I still have $300." Chi Qiaosong took out the money.
His $900 had been spent on gifts, medicine, and to satisfy his appetite. He had already spent more than $600.
The two got together and borrowed another sum of money, and Mr. Chi began to work on the greenhouse. After that, Chi Qiaosong, Mrs. Chi, and second aunt went to reclaim the land around the farmhouse when they were free.
This piece of land was not very flat and needed significant repairs.
Chi Qiaosong also took a few days off and worked on the two-acre field daily.
He was now very strong, and his endurance was also excellent. He could work from morning to night without stopping. But, of course, the power of an individual was still too small compared to an excavator.
If it were not for Mrs. Chi, he would have wanted to go to Xian City and hire an excavator.
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
The surroundings of the farmhouse changed.
A large piece of the terrain was evened out by Chi Qiaosong and then filled in on the soil slope on the other side, making the entire surroundings of the farmhouse a flat platform with about four acres of land.
The two-acre field was embodied on the platform.
They had specially leveled a dirt road leading to the brick house halfway up the mountain.
He planned to slowly lay bricks and stones in the future so that there would be a road that could enter the mountain even if it rained. This way, he did not need to get muddy feet every time it rained.
[Beep beep.]
The sound of the tractor pulled closer from the foot of the mountain.
Mr. Chi drove a tractor and brought up bundles of plastic covers. When they arrived at the farmhouse, the greenhouse construction workers lifted the plastic covers down and moved them into the farmhouse.
The farmhouse had been torn down and turned into a warehouse.
"Do we still have enough money?" Chi Qiaosong asked.
"There is enough, and maybe I can't spend it. I'm buying the materials myself to save money." Mr. Chi wiped his sweat with the towel on his shoulders, and his bare arms were full of strong muscles.
His arms were tanned, and his back was red from the sun.
This was an ordinary farmer who had been dealing with soil and earth for half his life. He had never read any books, but he was willing to borrow money to send his son to the Military Academy to get an opportunity in life.
"Take a break and drink some tea."
"No, I'll drive the tractor down the mountain and come back up later... Your mother is still planting that green... green lentils. I'll go back straight and help her out. You can watch carefully here."
Mrs. Chi was planting the newly harvested lentils.
Chi Qiaosong gave the modified lentils from the one-acre field a nice name – jade lentils.
"It's jade lentils, Dad. When we really plant it successfully, we will sell it under this name." Chi Qiaosong corrected his father and said, "You and Mom shouldn't worry. The work is endless."
Mr. Chi started the tractor up and said loudly, over the beeping noise, "There is hope for the future!"
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