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

Chapter 169

Egret: "You'll get used to it! Let's keep in touch."

Little Black: "Woof?"

Is that what it guessed?

Can it come to Xiaolu's house for meals often in the future?
The leftovers at her house are really delicious!
The egret patted the dog's head: "Now can you ask your brothers and sisters to stop? They're so noisy!"

"Woof woof—" Okay.

Little Black raised its head high and barked a few times like a wolf. Suddenly, the whole village fell silent.

Egret: "Not bad, Little Black! I didn't realize you were such a dog!"

Little Black proudly puffed out its chest, its dark eyes looking at the egret, its expression clearly saying, "Of course!"

The egret touched its shiny head, then suddenly paused. She looked at her own hand, stiffly moved it a little closer to her. Very well, it smelled entirely of dog.

The black dog in the countryside is not like those pampered pampered dogs in the city, who are pampered and groomed every few days. It is pure dirt.

Even the egrets suspected it had dog fleas.

She looked at it with a hint of disdain and remarked, "A dog that doesn't maintain hygiene won't go far!"

He went to wash his hands without stopping.

This is also why egrets like small animals but never raise them themselves—they smell and shed feathers.

Old Master Xu shared a room with Bai Chen, and he was somewhat afraid to sleep. He imagined a ghost standing or sitting by his bedside, staring straight at him while he slept, as if it wanted to give him a sleep paralysis while he was asleep!

Instantly, all sleepiness vanished.

"Mr. Xu, please sleep in the bed, I'll sleep on the sofa in the living room!"

"How can this be?" There's no reason to force someone to stay in the living room when you're a guest in their home.

"If you really can't, then you can sleep soundly." Bai Chen grabbed his pillow, went to the family's storage room to get a thin blanket, and went to sleep on the sofa. ...

Having a ghost in the house does have a slight impact on the lives of Bai Lu and the others. Unlike Bai Jiang and Qin Xiu, who can't see him, in their eyes, Master Xu is a living person, and like a "heart-piercing fir," he reminds them of his existence.

For example, when Qin Xiu called for dinner, they instinctively called him to join them.

Grandpa Xu couldn't eat it, but he insisted on going along to farm.

As a result, the egrets, who hadn't been on the ground for some time, were forced to come down.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu, a scholar, actually had some knowledge of farming.

He praised the fertile land of Bailu's family, saying that this year's harvest would definitely be good!

After inquiring about the yield per acre of various crops, he was so happy he almost fainted!

But when he learned that most of the land in the village had been abandoned, he was filled with regret and bewilderment. He simply couldn't understand why such fertile land would be left to lie fallow!

After all, in that dynasty, many farmers didn't have land to cultivate because all the land had been seized by local tyrants and gentry, who then forced them to rent their land to cultivate. The rent for each acre of land was 50% or even 60% of the harvest.

Those who toil in the fields go hungry, while those who never lift a finger live extravagantly.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

So the peasants rebelled.

The already corrupt dynasty was no match for the emperor, who was shot dead at the gates of the fleeing imperial city, and the whole country rejoiced.

But in chaotic times, everyone wants to make a fortune; if the emperor dies, anyone can become emperor.

As a result, the civil war lasted for ten years, and the population was reduced to less than one-tenth.

Those who survived to the end dreamed of ending the war and living a peaceful life.

(End of this chapter)