After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 11 Everything is so dark

Neither Qin Xiu nor Bai Jiang spoke, but their expressions clearly showed their feelings—

Keep making things up!
Bai Lu originally didn't want to tell her family about her car accident and cause them distress, but given the current situation, she's adapted the story slightly from a true account.

"I was hit by a car!"

"Oh, it's nothing serious, I just bumped my head."

"Just a moderate concussion."

"It's nothing, it's really not serious. It's just that staring at the computer for too long makes me nauseous and want to vomit, so I can't work at all. The doctor told me that I should rest for six months before anything else, otherwise, I might die young—"

Then she stopped talking, opened her big eyes, and looked up at Qin Xiu.

Qin Xiu had practically turned her head upside down, but still couldn't find any wounds. It wasn't until Bai Lu brought out the hospital payment records that she realized this brat had done something so serious and dared to keep it a secret from her family!

He instinctively reached out to slap her, then reluctantly withdrew his hand, gritting his teeth: "You've really grown up, all wings have hardened—just stay home and recuperate, why are you thinking about farming! If you don't take good care of yourself now, you'll regret it when you're old and have a bunch of aftereffects!"

"Listen to your mother!"

Bai Jiang, with a stern face, said to Bai Wei and Bai Chen, "You two shouldn't follow your older sister's example. If anything happens, you must tell the family. Bai Lu, it's best that you're alright now. But if anything were to happen to you—"

"Bah bah bah!"

Qin Xiu: "Spit on the wooden table and say it again! You're so old, yet you still can't keep your mouth shut!"

Bai Jiang realized what was happening, quickly patted his mouth, touched the wooden board and said, "I was just talking nonsense, please forgive me, gods, please bless my three children to be healthy."

Qin Xiu also put her hands together and muttered some incantations.

Egret: "..."

She couldn't bear to tell them that this method was useless, and that the gods couldn't hear their prayers.

Egret: "My recuperation isn't about lying at home. It's much better to do some gardening. The doctor said that appropriate exercise is good for recovery."

Bai Chen: "Farming is not a proper form of exercise; it can exhaust you to death!"

Bai Jiang also strongly disagreed: "Farming is not as easy as you think. Many people farm but can't even earn back the cost of seeds."

He was the kind of kid who would deliberately cut his hands to be lazy when harvesting rice as a child, so I don't believe he can farm well.

"Dad, listen to me."

Bai Lu dragged her chair between Bai Jiang and Qin Xiu, trying to be friendly with both sides.

“Our village is blessed with a unique advantage, being located near Sanqing Mountain. Look at how many tourists come to Sanqing Mountain every year! And look at Uncle Wang’s family’s farm and agritainment business at the foot of Sanqing Mountain next door. How much money do they make? They grow vegetables right there, and people come to help them pick them and even pay them!”

"Making money without even leaving home, isn't that better than raising pigs? I heard the township is going to do some rectification again, saying we're too close to Sanqing Mountain and the pollution is too heavy. They might ban pig farming in less than two years!"

"Dad, we need to think about other ways to make a living. How about we start a farm? Spring is coming soon. We can plant melons, beans, vegetables, and fruit trees. I think it's a good idea!"

Bai Lu asked and answered herself smoothly, but after she finished speaking, she didn't even offer any words of support. Her eyes then glanced at Bai Wei and Bai Chen.

The siblings: "..."

You should at least have talked to us first!
"Just say something!" Bai Chen and Bai Wei quickly said, "My sister has a point..."

As for the reasoning behind it, I have no idea!

“Growing vegetables is hard work!” Bai Jiang said earnestly, “The vegetable vendors come at six o’clock, so you have to get up at three to harvest the vegetables.”

Egret: It's alright, cultivators are used to waking up at three o'clock!

Qin Xiu had heard some rumors about the pigsty, but she was still indignant: "Last year I spent nearly 100,000 yuan to rebuild the pigsty and fix the septic tank, everything was done according to their requirements, and it's changed in less than two years. Isn't all my money wasted? If they dare to demolish it, they'll crush me first!"

Bai Lu: "Come on! Even if you lay on the ground, eighteen of you could be pulled up by someone. You forgot about Uncle Zhang's family? They refused to rectify the situation, wouldn't let us demolish the structures, and even played dirty tricks. Every single one of the troublemakers from his family went to the police station, and they behaved themselves as soon as they got out."

Qin Xiu: "." What a disaster!
"The Awakening of Insects is just around the corner, and it's the season for wild vegetables to come to market again. How about we try selling some wild vegetables?"

The egrets tentatively observed that the wild vegetables they had encouraged to grow in the morning could be harvested in a small batch by the afternoon. They would pick them this afternoon and sell them tomorrow!

We'll make money by selling wild vegetables!

Wild vegetables nurtured by spiritual energy!

How precious!

They'd fight tooth and nail to get their hands on it!
The egret thought to itself with delight.

Qin Xiu, however, was unconvinced: "Wild vegetables are expensive and no one will buy them, and they're cheap and it's not worth it! You won't earn much money after a whole day of work. Can your body handle it? Don't ruin your health for a few bucks! You might as well talk to your boss and go back to work after you've recovered—how much money can you make selling wild vegetables? Can it earn you over ten thousand a month? Besides, will you have wild vegetables to sell every month?"

Bai Lu retorted, "Look at you, look at you! You're still the same old you. You start discouraging people before you've even started anything. Is it worth it? Shouldn't you give it a try? Don't think that just because I quit my job, I'm doing this on vacation. Just think of it as me picking wild vegetables to sell! If I sell them, I'll make money; if I don't, you won't lose anything!"

"You wish!" Qin Xiu laughed and scolded, "If everyone did the math like you, our family would be rich by now!"

"Hey, that's the right way to think. Our family will get rich sooner or later. Just you wait, I'll farm and support you!"

"Go away, go away—" Qin Xiu was too lazy to pay attention to her. Expecting Bai Lu to farm? The whole family would starve to death!

"Let's go, let's go!" Bailu called to her younger siblings as they went upstairs. If they kept arguing, they might get a beating for bamboo shoots with pork.

Bai Chen and Bai Wei were changing their shoes in the stairwell when Bai Lu asked, "Sister? Are you really alright?"

"I'm fine!" Bai Lu shrugged. "Nothing's wrong! No concussion, I'm perfectly healthy."

Bailu hides many things from her parents, often only reporting good news and not bad, but she rarely hides anything from her younger siblings.

"No—" Bai Chen was shocked: "You didn't really quit your job and come back to farm, did you?"

Egret: "Is that not allowed? It's perfect!"

"Great! This is so unreliable!"

Bai Chen stood on the stairs, fiercely criticizing someone—

"Did you get your brain shaved off with your head? Seriously, can you even grow vegetables? You're coming back? What if you come back? No job, no job, and you lose money growing vegetables. My god, I'm already 200,000 yuan in debt and I still have to support you! Come on, help me up—" Bai Chen reached out to grab Bai Lu: "The sky keeps flashing lightning, but it can't illuminate the darkness in my heart—"

"Give me a break. At most, you'd make five thousand a month. Who could you support?" Bai Lu slapped Bai Chen's hand away and went upstairs.

(End of this chapter)