Song Tan's Notes

Chapter 1651. The Puppy Rules the World
The old landlord only needs to say a few words, but the agricultural students have to run themselves ragged.

Tang Xiaodong and the others started running up and down the mountain again in the sweltering heat, wearing hats.

Designating a site isn't as simple as just drawing a circle. Depending on the different plant habits, they need to choose a location that matches the appropriate light, drainage, and irrigation conditions.

We must also consider being tolerant of Song Tan's sudden whims (this is the most important thing) in order to achieve the most extensive management and relatively high returns in the future.

Fortunately, everyone was well-trained, and now they were able to move around in the forest with all their strength without feeling uncomfortable.

Looking at these fruits that are about to ripen and the tender vegetables, I can't help but want to pluck them.

They are agricultural students!
With such impressive results right in front of us, it wouldn't be unreasonable to try some, would it?

Yanran couldn't resist touching a prickly little cucumber.

But Sanbao, who was guarding the vegetable garden, was not happy. His ears stood up high, and his shiny fur looked like satin in the sun.

Suddenly, it emerged from the woods and gave her a soft bark.

"alright."

Yan Ran awkwardly withdrew her hand: "I was just touching it, I'm not eating it."

But the puppy didn't believe it.

The puppy was still staring at her.

She had no choice but to casually change the subject: "By the way, Qi Lin, what did your grandfather want to talk to you about yesterday?"

There is nothing to hide about this.

Qi Lin laughed and said, "My grandfather said that if we just grow vegetables, we only have a small plot of land, and we don't have much to do. He asked me if I could raise a few sheep."

Oh my, of course you can't! You absolutely can!

Yanran immediately asked, "If you raise sheep, could you save one for me for the New Year?"

Qi Lin was both amused and exasperated: "What month is it already? How big will it be by the end of the year?"

“Oh,” Tang Xiaodong chimed in, “It doesn’t matter how big it is, when you sell it, just save one for us. I’ll ship it home by ice.”

The feng shui of Yunqiao Village is truly remarkable; it makes it easy to raise these kinds of things.

Otherwise, how could the villagers' vegetables sell so well?

Sending tofu all the way back home is unrealistic; they've already bought plenty of fermented tofu for relatives and friends.

That’s really delicious!

It's a pity I didn't get to try the owner's food. I can't help but imagine how wonderful that would be!

The conversation drifted off-topic.

Yanran had also bought fermented bean curd from Aunt Zhang Hong's shop. After using spring water, the bean curd was indeed delicious, and the fermented bean curd also had a unique flavor.

She boldly imagined: "The boss must have planted a lot of soybeans this year. He'll probably be making soybean paste and tofu. Let's ask him about it later."

They get along like bosses and friends, and they also have a powerful and all-powerful mentor behind them.

Oh my, that fermented tofu must be incredibly delicious!

If I don't shamelessly give it a try, I won't be able to sleep at night feeling satisfied.

Qi Lin hesitated for a moment: "You guys think it's good too? I was just thinking about whether to agree."

Why can't we agree to that?

The old man lives alone in his old house. Qi Lin is at work and can't take care of him. He's still not fluent in the local dialect, so their conversations are always a little lacking.

Let him raise sheep, not many, just herd them from one end of the village to the other, walk around every day, graze the sheep, and he'll feel at ease, won't he?
Once the sheep have been raised for a while, I'll buy the old man a small tricycle so he can roam freely on these country roads, with a GPS tracker on...

What's there to worry about?

Tang Xiaodong said, "Look at our boss's grandfather, he's full of energy every day! If your grandfather hadn't mentioned raising sheep, I was thinking of having you find him some weaving skills to learn, so he could weave straw mats and earn a salary."

Elderly people from rural areas can't just sit idle.

They only feel comfortable if they have some small job to do, earn an income every day, and can support themselves.

Qi Lin laughed: "Knitting is probably out of the question. I see that Grandpa Song's job is in high demand this year. My grandfather's skills aren't up to par, so we don't want to waste such good things... Let's raise sheep then."

Yanran said, "Then you should ask the owner if she wants to buy lambs. If we ask, she should agree."

This isn't about relying on anything, but rather about the feeling one gets from observing Song Tan's character.

Qi Lin shook his head: "No need. If my grandfather knew that the sheep were so expensive, he would be heartbroken if anything happened to them. Let's start with the ordinary ones."

He didn't have much experience with this before, so he learned as he raised the animals. At most, the taste was just average, but it was better than making him worry day and night.

"That's true."

Tang Xiaodong and the others had heard Qi Lin say that ever since he learned that even a small amount of bok choy could sell for several yuan per kilogram, the old man had become much more careful when planting vegetables, sometimes scattering the seeds too densely.

As we were chatting, we saw Qiaoqiao wearing a straw hat and holding a phone stand coming towards the vegetable garden.

Yanran asked curiously, "Qiaoqiao, you're not selling blind boxes anymore?"

Qiaoqiao shook her head: "They're for sale, we'll sell them again tomorrow morning. Eating potatoes all the time is too monotonous, I don't want to eat potatoes anymore."

"Let's sell some cucumbers and tomatoes today."

As soon as he said that, the live stream chat exploded with comments, and everyone who heard it felt like crying.

[What kind of family eats only potatoes? That's too monotonous. I didn't even get any!]

I managed to snag some, but what can 5 pounds of potatoes do? The whole family devoured them in one meal.

[I'm telling you, you should be grateful! I only have three and a half pounds of blind boxes.]

Although the green potatoes are inedible, I have planted them with reverence, and next year I will be the most dazzling one in this group.

I thought about giving it a try, but I was afraid my skills were too bad and I'd ruin the potatoes, so I decided to just eat them.

I was going to complain about how potatoes weren't pretty enough, but then I remembered there were cucumbers and tomatoes too, so I'll just pray I can get some today.

What are you all bragging about? Just because you got one doesn't make you any special!

Damn it, I will avenge myself today!

Yun Duo followed silently behind, watching the lively chatter in the live stream, having become adept at remaining silent.

Qiaoqiao was pointing her camera at this patch of cucumbers.

The slender bamboo branches, cut from nearby, were neatly arranged and strung up, with vines carefully climbing them. From a distance, it looked like a vast, low-lying forest. Even someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder would find it delightful.

What's most delightful is the yellow flower peeking out from under the leaves and the cucumbers hanging below.

The vegetable patch in front of us is full of regular cucumbers.

Its skin is oily green, and it has a slender body. It is covered with dense white spots and small thorns, which feel a bit prickly to the touch because it is so fresh.

But hanging on the vines, just a few glances are enough to make one imagine the "crack" sound when you break them open, and the crisp, juicy texture.

Nowadays, no one would look down on them as cucumbers.

There are also white jade cucumbers, plump cucumbers, and round cucumbers ahead!
No matter what kind of cucumber it is, as long as the livestreamer can sell it and they can snag it, they won't be picky at all.

Qiaoqiao, holding up a plump cucumber, introduced, "This one's so fat! But you can't pick it, because it's a bit old. We'll probably save it to make a stew or stir-fry with meat." Even if it's not used in stews or stir-fries, it's delicious stir-fried with chili peppers.

Just as the camera was drooling over everyone, Sanbao's head popped out again from among the prickly cucumber leaves, his eyes filled with clarity and longing.

As Qiaoqiao secured the shelf, she called out loudly, "You can't steal a good treasure from someone who's rightfully guarding it!"

He is also very principled and will not indulge these treasures.

"Woof!"

Sanbao let out a muffled hiss from its throat, then sat back a little, its thick tail slapping so hard it almost made the cucumber trellis next to it tremble.

Qiaoqiao looked left and right: "Okay, I'll pick one for you, it won't count as you stealing..."

He used his fingers to twist off a long, thin cucumber in front of him, and then pushed it forward.

Sanbao smoothly opened its mouth and took it, then buried its head under the leaf, crossed its two paws, and began to gnaw on it.

They are both meticulous and have good taste; it's clear this isn't the first time the two have worked together.

Yanran stood to the side, watching with a mixture of drooling and heartache.

Sanbao, oh Sanbao!
How dare you condemn me?

I painstakingly grew these strawberries, and you came here begging me to return them to you!
Oh, of course it could also be the Four Treasures, but that doesn't matter, it just looks so delicious!
But Qiaoqiao had already deftly twisted off three more cucumbers, without even washing them. She simply twisted them with both hands to remove the thorns, and then handed them to Yanran and the others.
"Sister Yanran, you're all sweating so much, would you like one?"

Who could refuse that?

Yanran was instantly delighted. Everyone was quite rough around the edges, and no one cared whether the cucumbers were washed or not, or how they were rubbed by hand. At this moment, she was already beaming with happiness as she received the cucumbers.

I bit off the cucumber tip and couldn't bear to spit it out, so I chewed it along with the cucumber. The texture wasn't as good as the crisp and tender cucumber flesh.

Meanwhile, Qiaoqiao had already picked two more, giving one to Yunduo and keeping the other for herself.

Not only did he eat, he also showed it off on camera:

"Children, this is what our cucumbers look like. They don't all look exactly the same, and sometimes they even grow a little crooked..."

But it's just a slightly crooked shape; it's definitely not the kind of deformed cucumber with a small head and a fat body, or an uneven surface, or a sudden narrow waist.

Those that are still edible, but have an uneven texture, are usually caused by a lack of nutrients.

In short, these few stalks that I picked casually without careful selection were all straight and pleasing to the eye.

Yan Ran and his team deserve immense credit for this achievement.

Otherwise, why wouldn't Qi Lin, a free agricultural student, have more time to spend with his grandfather?
But the fans in the live stream didn't care whether the cucumber was crooked or not; they just stared at their keyboards, tense and ready to click on the link at any moment.

So much so that even though the three treasures are so cute, no one dares to comment in the live chat, for fear of accidentally missing the opportunity.

Sanbao had no idea about the complexities of human beings and their choices.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

After he had been carefully nibbling at a long, thin cucumber for a while, it finally disappeared completely.

At that moment, the fluffy, silky head rustled under the cucumber leaves, and the dog darted off somewhere else.

Qiaoqiao glanced at it but didn't pay any attention, and just patiently picked the cucumbers.

"My sister said that it's too hot, so whatever I pick before 9:30, I can sell to the kids!"

The live stream was full of encouragement, with everyone wishing he could grow three heads and six arms and harvest the entire cucumber patch in no time.

Qiao Qiao hasn't seen the comments yet, but the real achievement of picking cucumbers is like opening a blind box, which is also an inspiration to him.

Therefore, I feel cool and energetic doing it.

Before long, the cucumber vines in front of me began to rustle again.

Looking further inside, Sanbao's large body couldn't fit through, but it stretched its head forward, with a fluffy little dog in its mouth.

The puppy, bewildered by the scruff of its neck, let out a soft, weak whimper when it saw the familiar person.

Look at its chubby, round body, and its watery eyes; it's almost as if it's about to speak its mind.

Hey, cucumbers are so delicious, won't you feed Bao'er one?

Qiaoqiao couldn't take it anymore either.

He quickly reached out and picked up the puppy, only to realize upon closer inspection that it was one of the puppies left behind by Sanbao.

She looked around again and said, "He's only a month old. Why did you bring him to work? Child labor is wrong."

But the puppy was unreasonable; it just whimpered and nestled in his palm, as if it could also smell the lingering cucumber scent.

How could Qiaoqiao possibly stand this!

Not to mention him, even Yunduo next to him hesitated.

The remaining half of the cucumber in my hand was almost lost.

Fortunately, Qiaoqiao acted quickly and "snap" off another cucumber to hand it over:
"Sanbao, my mom taught me that good parents shouldn't use children to trick them into giving them snacks. You, you!"

He tried to teach it a lesson, but the fluffy puppy in his palm was just so cute!

So he rubbed it again, put the dog on the ground, and said with difficulty:

"I don't know if the puppy can eat that much cucumber. This is your own puppy, so you have to keep an eye on it."

After thinking for a moment, he warned again, "You can't bring your child to work next time."

Sanbao responded with a soft "woof," but it was unclear whether it meant agreement or disagreement.

In any case, I got another cucumber.

At one end of the cucumber, its puppy was chewing and nibbling with its not-so-clever teeth.

Over here, Sanbao had already happily munched on a piece of cucumber, and now he was lying down again under the ridge of the cucumber, his happiness clearly visible.

Barrage:……

After waiting for so long without seeing the link posted, I can finally speak my mind:

[Those three audacious individuals dare to waste our precious time!]

[Humans are worse off than dogs – this is too cruel!]

Working like a slave, and then getting bullied online by these three trolls. There's no justice in this world!

[Furry creatures rule the world! Puppies are so cute!]

Oh dear, weren't they saying they had a lot of puppies? How come I only see this one?

That's because after the puppies were a month old, their owners came one by one to take them away.

Song Tan's farm can't keep many people; now there are only seven or eight puppies left.

But now, only a few days after the full moon, they're playing and studying on the riverbank.

The Song family had never seen anything like Sanbao's forced growth before.

Meanwhile, Qiaoqiao was anxious as she picked cucumbers:
"Won't Sanbao's children also learn to steal from their parents in the future?"

Here it is! Another 4000 words!