After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 35 Busy Harvest Time

To thank Shen Yi for his help, Su Tai secretly left him ten catties of wheat before leaving.

Shen Yi didn't realize it until Su Tai had walked far away, and he was both amused and exasperated.

Su Chunlin treated the soybeans and peanuts as if they were priceless treasures, and began planting them according to Su Tai's instructions.

Su Tai was a complete novice, relying entirely on the seed shop owner for instruction, which made her quite unsure of herself.

The family planted soybeans and peanuts and began to look forward to the harvest.

After the busy spring planting season, April has arrived in the blink of an eye.

There was still no sign of rain, but the water flowing from Dongmen Village to Zhongmen Village not only met the farming needs of both villages but also had a surplus.

At this point, Gao Zhi, who was struggling desperately, had no choice but to lower his stance and personally come to Dongmen Village to apologize to Su Changxi, hoping that Su Changxi would be lenient and allow their village to also draw water.

Su Changxi put on airs several times, finally giving in after venting his anger from the past.

Villagers from other townships, knowing that Dongmen Village had water, also came to buy water.

This time, Su Changxi didn't charge anyone money, but only limited the amount of water everyone could fetch. Everyone who had benefited from Dongmen Village praised Dongmen Village for its generosity, and for a time, all the young men and women in Dongmen Village who were not yet engaged became highly sought after.

That day, Su Changxi's daughter, Su Yan, came to ask Su Tai to go into the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

Su Tai wanted to earn virtual currency, so she agreed without hesitation.

The two sisters carried wicker baskets into the mountains. Su Tai was focused on the wild vegetables and herbs and accidentally got separated from Su Yan. When she turned around to look for her, she suddenly heard Su Yan calling for help and hurriedly went to the sound.

They found the injured Su Yan in a mountain stream.

"Are you alright?" Su Tai stepped forward anxiously, looking at Su Yan's calves.

Su Yan's eyes were filled with tears, and her face was streaked with tears. "I was bitten by a snake. Luckily, a passerby found me and helped me get rid of the snake. He also helped me find some herbs."

Su Tai removed Su Yan's hand and saw that herbal medicine had indeed been applied to her wound. She quickly said, "Let's go back first."

The two helped each other down the mountain, and Su Tai learned what had happened.

That evening, Madam Han rushed home and, upon seeing Su Tai, pressed her for details about Su Yan, saying, "Xiao Tai, tell your mother in detail about Su Yan's injury."

Su Tai looked puzzled, but still honestly confessed, "I went over after hearing her shout, but I didn't see anyone rescuing her."

Madam Han sighed, "Your Uncle Changxi went to inquire and said that Sang Rong from Fufeng Township saved her."

“Sang Rong from Fufeng Township? Why are people from there coming here?” Su Tai was even more confused.

Han frowned. "I heard that they came with the villagers to fetch water. When they saw that our village had water, they wanted to go into the mountains to see if there was any wild game. They didn't expect to run into Su Yan."

That reason makes sense.

“Mother, in that case, Uncle Changxi and Aunt Huang should thank them properly,” Su Tai said.

Mrs. Han looked at her innocent daughter with a troubled expression and sighed silently, "I'm afraid things aren't that simple!"

Just as Han had predicted, a few days later, news spread throughout the village that Su Yan was going to marry Sang Rong.

Su Tai was taken aback and wanted to visit Su Yan, only to find that she had nothing to offer. After thinking for a moment, she went to Han Shi and said, "Mother, let's raise some chickens! At least they can help my brother get some nourishment, and they'll be more convenient for giving gifts when we go out." "Sure!" Han Shi agreed without hesitation.

Su Tai then took a pair of hair ornaments to Su Yan's house.

Su Yan's injuries had healed, and she could walk freely. When she saw Su Tai coming over, she was as happy as a flower.

Seeing how happy she was, Su Tai immediately took out the hair accessory and asked, "I heard you're going to marry Sang Rong?"

Su Yan's face instantly turned bright red. She bit her lip shyly, her eyes brimming with tears. "How did you know? Did your aunt tell you?"

Su Tai nodded, somewhat worried, "Sister Yan, are you really sure you want to marry him? You don't even know him."

Su Yan nodded firmly, "Do you know how scared I was that day? I thought I was going to die there. It was him, he appeared and saved me. He is my savior. Xiao Tai, they say that the only way to repay a life-saving debt is to repay it with one's body. Don't worry, he is so kind, he is definitely a good match for me!"

Su Tai blinked hard, not quite understanding Su Yan's logic. Seeing how absorbed Su Yan looked, she knew that saying anything more would be useless.

Just as she was ready to harvest her vegetable garden of over an acre in the Earth Dimension, she couldn't worry about Su Yan's matter.

All the recycled items were cabbages. After deducting the half that was taken by the Earth Time-Space, she ended up with more than 6,700 catties. She sold all of them to the automated trading cabinet and got 2,025 virtual coins. She was rich again!
This time, Tu Shikong also collected 10,000 catties of crops, unlocking level three. The paddy fields and fertile fields doubled in size, each becoming four mu. The next upgrade requires Tu Shikong to collect 100,000 catties of crops, which is becoming increasingly difficult.

Although the number of land plots disappointed Su Tai, the upgraded land made her extremely happy.

To conceal her superpower, she couldn't openly display what she planted. So this time, she planted only cabbage and rice. She planted cabbage because it had a high yield and was easy to manage, and rice because it was the most suitable crop for paddy fields and was the most useful to her.

She only found out that Su Yan was engaged to Sang Rong after she finished her own business.

Su Tai could only offer her blessings.

Even in the height of summer, the sky remained clear and cloudless, and the earth was scorched. The situation in Dongmen Village was somewhat better, but the situation outside was getting worse and worse. The villagers began to worry and got up before dawn to water the fields, and they were all exhausted and looked like skinny monkeys.

At this time, Su Tai harvested all the cabbages in the field, selling 20,000 catties for 6,000 virtual coins.

With the money, she directly hired gophers to do the work this time.

Two gophers are needed for one acre of land. The annual reward for one gopher is one thousand virtual coins. She can hire six gophers to take care of three acres of land, which greatly reduces her workload.

With the help of the gophers, she replanted a new batch of cabbages in just one day.

With these gophers, we can harvest the rice from those two acres.

After three busy days, the mole finally had 1,200 catties of rice in her hands. The automatic trading cabinet offered three coins per catty, and she sold it for 3,600 coins.

They continued to cultivate seedlings and sow seeds without stopping, and she didn't have to do any of the work.

Having tasted success, Su Tai spent another two thousand coins to hire two ground squirrels. In this way, she only needed to be responsible for four acres of land, leaving the heavy work to the ground squirrels. When she earned more virtual currency in the future, she could hire eight more to take care of the remaining land, and that would be perfect.

After she finished her work and sat down to chat with her family, she heard Su Chunlin clamoring that he wanted to go to Shenjiazhuang.

"Father, do you need to see Brother Shen for something?" Su Tai asked curiously.

Su Chunlin frowned deeply. "I heard that the Daxun River has dried up again. At a time like this, it's a matter of life and death! I have to go and see if there's anything I can do to help."

Su Tai couldn't sit still any longer and hurriedly said, "Father, I'll go with you!"

(End of this chapter)