The Lucky Farm Girl-Chapter 52 - Rejection of the Land Gift_1
Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Rejection of the Land Gift_1
Chapter 52 -52: Rejection of the Land Gift_1
Yang Mengchen had seen in a medical book in Doctor Luo’s study that this flower was called the ‘Oblivion Flower’, which literally means bidding farewell to the past and starting anew. In reality, its effects were similar to those of the ‘Bone Washing Scripture’, as consuming even a single petal would increase one’s Inner Strength by at least thirty years, no matter the martial arts one practiced, ensuring success with half the effort.
However, after consuming the petal, one would need to sleep for eight hours, and since the petals had a short shelf life, Yang Mengchen decided to first take them back and find a way to make them into pills before administering them to her eight brothers. As for the golden fruit, she genuinely did not recognize it.
While Yang Mengchen was engrossed in picking the strange flowers, a golden bird suddenly flew in, snatched the fruit from the tree, and respectfully placed it on the ground in front of Xiao Guai. The bird swiftly flew away and disappeared as if it had never been there.
After putting the whole flower into her bag, Yang Mengchen picked up the fruit and was about to put it into her bag too when she caught Xiao Guai’s urging gaze, “Are you telling me to consume this fruit right now?”
Xiao Guai nodded its head.
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With Xiao Guai present, Yang Mengchen wasn’t worried about any accidents, so she consumed the fruit, which tasted sweet, crisp, and incredibly fragrant.
About a minute later, Xiao Guai asked Yang Mengchen, ‘Master, how do you feel?’
“Xiao Guai, I can actually understand what you’re saying, and I can clearly understand the languages of other animals as well.” Yang Mengchen hugged Xiao Guai in surprise, “I feel my mind is exceptionally clear, and my body is much lighter than before. There’s also a continuous breath circulating around my body, which feels very comfortable.”
‘Master now possesses sixty years’ worth of Inner Strength, and all your senses are sharper than even the most formidable martial artists, which will help you avoid danger in the future!’
“Thank you, Xiao Guai!” Yang Mengchen sincerely expressed her gratitude to Xiao Guai for finding such a precious Exotic Fruit for her.
Xiao Guai affectionately rubbed against Yang Mengchen’s arm.
The surrounding animals all joyfully called out, ‘Congratulations, Master, well wishes to you, Master!’
Waving at the animals, Yang Mengchen returned to where Yang Chengrong and others were.
Although they weren’t very far away, Yang Mengchen intentionally lowered her voice so none of the four people heard a word, but having seen the golden bird with the fruit and Yang Mengchen consuming it, they did not ask any questions.
The group then dragged their prey down the mountain to return home.
Yang Chengning and Yang Chengxuan were first tasked with delivering the hunted game to the village chief and the Lizheng’s house. Then, Yang Mengchen took out one thousand taels of silver notes and sent Yang Chengrong and Yang Chengyou to the town to buy a large quantity of black ink varnish. Next, she instructed her brothers to find the Yang Changsheng and Zhou Daming families, along with several nearby neighbors, and guided everyone in making large and small wooden boards.
Everyone got to work promptly without a word, and the womenfolk also came to help.
By the time Yang Chengrong and Yang Chengyou had bought back the black ink varnish, Yang Mengchen applied the ink and varnish on the prepared wooden boards, and the blackboards were made.
After dinner, as usual, many people gathered outside the Yang Family Courtyard to attend the class, but when they saw several families making wooden boards, they found out that they were for writing and felt both happy and touched. They were thrilled because the ninth sister had promised to teach them to read and write, and moved because the ninth sister had spent so much money on the expensive ink and varnish to make blackboards for them. Consequently, they spontaneously went home to bring back tools and timber, joining in the effort.
The Yang Family Courtyard wasn’t very big, so some people worked on the open space outside, with the women assisting them, while the children sat quietly without frolicking.
Laughter and cheerful voices were heard continuously inside and outside the courtyard.
It wasn’t until the end of the Hai hour (around eleven o’clock at night) that everyone, working together harmoniously, arranged the boards and cleaned up the courtyard before bidding farewell and leaving.
Lying on the kang, looking at the simple and orderly furnishings in the room, her nostrils still seemed to catch that fresh and clean scent of that person. Xiao Wanxue’s beautiful face flushed slightly and her heart thumped uncontrollably, making it difficult for her to fall asleep for a long time.
Noticing that Xiao Wanxue beside her seemed a bit off, her face as pink as rouge, and seeing that Zi Jin had already fallen asleep, Yang Mengchen whispered softly, “Sister Wanxue, why aren’t you sleeping yet?”
“I’ll go to sleep right away. You, too, Sister Mengchen, should rest early after a tiring day.” Xiao Wanxue immediately closed her eyes.
Thinking that Xiao Wanxue might be unaccustomed to the sudden change of environment, Yang Mengchen didn’t think too much about it. After covering herself with the quilt, she quickly fell into a peaceful sleep.
There was no longer any sound by her ear, and Xiao Wanxue, who was pretending to be asleep, silently let out a long breath, feeling both excited and sweet at heart.
The next morning, after breakfast, the men of the Yang family arrived early to continue working on the blackboards.
Yang Chengrong drove the horse cart to take Old Master Yang and the others to the County Office.
Borrowing an ox cart from Lizheng’s house, Yang Mengchen, accompanied by Xiao Guai, his second and fourth brothers, and the servant Xiao Wanxue, went to the Zhao family to collect the already prepared chalk, and then went to the herbal medicine base to pick the required herbs. Upon returning home, he had his two brothers store the chalk before retiring to his room to work on making pills.
Xiao Guai valiantly guarded the door outside, not allowing anyone to disturb.
Two hours later, Yang Mengchen finally succeeded in making nine pills. Because he had added several rare herbs, the pills not only increased one’s Inner Strength by at least thirty years but also provided immunity to all poisons. Most importantly, the pills were permanently effective.
“Ninth Sister, what are these white things?”
Seeing Yang Mengchen walk out of the room after returning from the County Office, the village head, who had been there for some time, curiously pointed at the chalk and asked.
Everyone else also looked at Yang Mengchen.
Yang Mengchen smiled, picked up a piece of chalk, and wrote on the blackboard, causing everyone to suddenly understand.
The village head clapped his legs in excitement, “This is a great method, Ninth Sister is truly clever and capable!”
“Our Ninth Sister has always been smart and capable!” Lizheng said with a face full of pride, “That’s why she thought of such a method, which is both convenient and durable, good!”
The others also praised Yang Mengchen one after another.
And the Yang family wore smiles filled with shared pride.
“In the future, when conditions are better, we should still buy ink, brushes, and paper for learning. Otherwise, during the imperial exams, we can’t exactly bring blackboards into the examination halls,” Yang Mengchen thought far ahead, “Even if our village doesn’t produce a top-scoring scholar or a Jinshi, at the very least, if everyone learns to read and write, no one will be cheated or deceived. Girls won’t be bullied in their husbands’ homes, and our village will be looked upon more favorably.”
The people were moved to tears.
Seeing Yang Mengchen who was not only extremely intelligent but also utterly selfless, Xiao Wanxue felt a deep respect.
After lunch, the village head and Lizheng gathered everyone at the village square, where they repeated the generosity of Yang Mengchen who had spent money to let everyone cultivate the land of more than a hundred mu under her name. Then distributed it among each household by head count, also providing vegetable seeds for free, and taught everyone how to grow vegetables in greenhouses.
No sooner had the words been spoken than the crowd erupted into commotion.
“Since the dry fields are under Ninth Sister’s name, we can’t take them!” A middle-aged man was the first to voice his opinion loudly.
“Exactly, it’s already very kind of Ninth Sister to let us cultivate the dry fields to make money and to teach us how to grow greenhouse vegetables for free, we can’t ask for the fields too!” a woman immediately echoed.
“Ninth Sister always thinks of us; we can’t take advantage of her!”
“We don’t want them!”
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Almost everyone firmly refused to accept the dry fields.
