Upon hearing Liu Xinyue's question, Cheng Xiaofan didn't know how to answer her for a moment.
Joking aside, could he honestly tell her that he had revived the orchid with spiritual energy? That was impossible!
As for how Cheng Xiaofan knew that the orchid would bloom sixty-six flowers the next day, that was feedback he received in his mind after reviving it.
"Sister Liu, do you believe in qigong?" Cheng Xiaofan asked with a smile after a brief pause.
Liu Xinyue blinked, then after a while, she said, "Xiaofan, you mean you revived the orchid using qigong?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and said, "Actually, I'm just a small farmer from the countryside. Sister Liu, you don't need to overthink it!"
Hearing this, Liu Xinyue understood to some extent. Cheng Xiaofan didn't want to reveal too many of his secrets, and she could infer that much.
Because of this, Cheng Xiaofan suddenly became mysterious in Liu Xinyue's eyes!
Since Zuiwei Xuan needed the cabbage for lunch, Liu Xinyue didn't dare to delay any longer. After chatting briefly with Cheng Xiaofan and seeing that the cabbage had been loaded onto the truck, she greeted Miao Xiuhua and took her leave.
Not long after Liu Xinyue left, Cheng Xiaofan received a message on his phone, informing him that Zuiwei Xuan had transferred 40,000 yuan to his bank account.
From yesterday to now, his previously empty bank account had an additional deposit of over 60,000 yuan.
He had been busy since early morning and hadn't had breakfast yet. Cheng Xiaofan called Luo Yang and Feng Xigua inside to eat, and also took out 400 yuan, giving each of them 200 yuan as wages for their morning's work.
However, the two refused to accept it. Luo Yang's face turned pale, and he said, "Xiaofan, we've been playing together since we were barely wearing diapers. Our relationship has always been ironclad. If you give us wages, aren't you slapping us in the face?"
Cheng Xiaofan knew that if he insisted on giving them the money, they might really get angry. So, he took back the money and said with a smile, "Since you don't want wages, can you each take a few more cabbages home?"
"That works. I was just about to ask for some myself!" Feng Xigua, being a foodie, said happily upon hearing this.
In the backyard, Cheng Xiaofan picked a few large cabbages for each of them. The two held the cabbages like treasures and went home.
"Xiaofan, aren't Xin Yue and Xue Yun both as beautiful as paintings, and also very kind? Hurry and tell your mother, which one do you fancy?"
As soon as Luo Yang and Feng Xigua left, Miao Xiuhua sidled up to Cheng Xiaofan and asked with a smile.
Cheng Xiaofan almost fainted upon hearing this!
Had his mother become so eager for a daughter-in-law that she was trying to set him up with every beautiful woman he met?
"Mom, please don't think wild thoughts, okay? I told you yesterday, your son is not considering such things right now!" Cheng Xiaofan said.
In the afternoon, Cheng Xiaofan received a call from Mei Xueyun, saying that the vegetable production group in Zhuxi Village was officially ready for preparation, and Tang Guihua would be bringing two women over to collect cabbage seeds shortly.
Cheng Xiaofan told her that the cabbage seeds he had cultivated were stored in a cave near the sunny slope of the back mountain and that they could use a cart to retrieve them.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xiaofan immediately rushed to the back mountain and took out four large sacks of cabbage seeds from his space, placing them in the cave.
Seeing Tang Guihua arrive with two women pulling a cart from afar, Cheng Xiaofan directly shouldered the four sacks of seeds and carried them down.
These four sacks of seeds weighed over five hundred catties, but Cheng Xiaofan carried them on his shoulders without feeling any strain, walking with swift strides.
When Tang Guihua and the others arrived, he helped them load the seeds onto the cart.
"Sister Guihua, where have you placed the vegetable fields?" Cheng Xiaofan asked Tang Guihua as he was about to leave.
Tang Guihua smiled and said, "There's a large area of unused land at the foot of the western mountain. Old Village Chief Luo has allocated that land to the vegetable production group. They had people tidy it up early this morning and plan to sow the seeds before sunset."
Cheng Xiaofan knew the land she was referring to; it was at least thirty mu in size.
"Can such a large area of land have all the seeds sown today?" Cheng Xiaofan asked with some doubt.
Tang Guihua said, "It's certainly not possible with just the women from the vegetable production group. However, the old village chief has mobilized most of the villagers to help!"
"Everyone in the village will have a share in the money earned from selling these vegetables, and people can't just sit at home and expect money!"
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but worry, "Xiaofan, if we sow seeds on such a large piece of land, and the cabbages all mature at the same time, people won't be able to harvest them all at once. Will they get old and rot in the field?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "Sister Guihua, you don't need to worry about that. The cabbages I've cultivated, once they mature, won't get old. They can stay in the field for any number of days. Just sow them. It's also going to rain tonight, so you won't even need to water them!"
"How do you know it will rain tonight?" Tang Guihua asked curiously.
"I can read the sky. By the way—"
To prevent Tang Guihua from prying further, Cheng Xiaofan quickly changed the subject. "When you get back, tell the members of the vegetable production group to pay close attention to pests after the seedlings emerge. Do not use pesticides. Try to catch them manually, and also prevent wild animals from damaging the crops!"
"Xiaofan, I'll explain it to them in detail!"
Tang Guihua and the two village women immediately loaded the cabbage seeds and left.
In the afternoon, his parents went to help the vegetable production group sow cabbage seeds. Cheng Xiaofan didn't idle at home. He took Taoxibao into his space again and found that the radishes had already produced seeds. He collected these seeds and put them in bags.
What made Cheng Xiaofan happy was that after harvesting the seeds, when he dug into the soil, he found that the white radishes underneath were still tender and plump, each one round and resembling a chubby baby.
Cheng Xiaofan pulled out two radishes, washed them clean in the pond, gave one to Taoxibao, and kept one for himself.
Taking a bite, the taste was the same as he had eaten yesterday, with the sweet juice enveloping his tongue, making him almost swallow his own tongue.
The taste of ginseng was even stronger.
The slight bitterness lingering in his mouth seemed to carry a wildness from nature, evoking a sweet memory of time standing still.
He could no longer consider it a radish; it should officially be renamed "Fruit Ginseng."
A super fruit ginseng!
Boom!
After eating one fruit ginseng, Cheng Xiaofan heard a thunderous sound from within his body. An overwhelming force instantly permeated his entire body, as if his body had been remodeled.
Woof woof!
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan suddenly noticed that after Taoxibao ate the fruit ginseng, its eyes flashed with two red lights, and all the fur on its body stood on end. It was like it had gone mad, rolling desperately on the ground.
Oh no!
Could Taoxibao have developed a mental illness from eating it?
"Taoxibao, what are you doing?" Cheng Xiaofan shouted loudly.
Hearing Cheng Xiaofan's shout, Taoxibao finally stopped jumping and looked at its owner with a dazed expression.
What kind of radish did you give me to eat? Why did it unleash infinite power within me?
After coming out of his space, Cheng Xiaofan scattered some fruit ginseng seeds in his backyard and then covered his palm with spiritual energy.
As darkness fell that day, Cheng Xiaofan went to the back mountain and scattered all the remaining fruit ginseng seeds in the clearing.
Fortunately, after a spiritual rain, the clearing remained sufficiently moist, so he didn't need to use the Shen Nong Qin to summon rain.
Now he needed to go and check out the vegetable production group's land at the foot of the western mountain.
Woof woof!
As Cheng Xiaofan was heading towards the western mountain, Taoxibao suddenly swooped down from the sky, a hawk in its mouth, and appeared before him.
When Cheng Xiaofan's gaze fell upon the hawk, his heart leaped, and his hair stood on end!