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

Chapter 18, Chapter 18: Heavenly Secrets Must Not Be Revealed
"Tsk——"

The egret grew impatient: "Why are you still asking! I've already said it's a secret!"

"you--"

Bai Chen choked.

I immediately didn't want to talk to her anymore. "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed, heavenly secrets cannot be revealed," do you even know what those words mean? She's acting like she can actually tell fortunes, so neurotic!
We all grew up naked, so we all know each other!
All you can do is brag. Fortune telling? Give me a break!

Bai Wei, standing to the side, looked at her "future creditor" with her head tilted. Although her sister hadn't said how she would help her pay off the debt, since she had, she must have a way. Her heart was at peace like never before.

Her sister is really great. Although she's a bit lazy and fierce, and has always tricked her into doing chores since she was little, she feels very safe and secure whenever her sister is around.

There's a sense of security that comes from knowing that "even if the sky falls, my sister will hold it up," a feeling I don't even have when facing my parents.

I got home at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Qin Xiu grabbed a chicken from the coop, cut its throat, and let it bleed. She tucked the chicken's head under its wing and carried the bowl of chicken blood back to the kitchen. But when she came out, the rooster was running around the yard with its claws outstretched. When it saw Qin Xiu come out, it glared at her and finally collapsed unwillingly.

"You're quite capable!"

Qin Xiu walked over and picked up the chicken by the foot. She was used to chickens with their necks snapped off being able to run away; it was just that their trachea wasn't completely cut off, allowing them to breathe a few more breaths.

He lifted the chicken by its feet and dropped it into a bucket of boiling water, then plucked a tuft of feathers, which were easily removed.

"The water temperature is just right; my goosebumps didn't break."

Just as she was about to pluck the chicken feathers, she heard the sound of a car. Qin Xiu quickly put the scalded chicken on a red feed bag and went to open the door.

"You're back! I was just about to kill a chicken! Would you like poached chicken or braised chicken with chestnuts?"

"Poached chicken!"

"Chestnut Chicken!"

Bai Chen and Bai Lu said in unison.

Qin Xiu nodded: "Okay! Then let's have chestnut chicken."

Bai Chen rolled his eyes and didn't bother asking him any more questions.

Bai Wei then automatically and consciously squatted down next to the feed bag to remove the chicken feathers.

Chicken feathers that have been scalded with boiling water come off easily, though they have a slightly chickeny smell.

Don't let Bai Wei's quiet and gentle demeanor fool you; she has nearly seven years of experience in butchering chickens.

Bai Lu used to be a bit picky and never liked doing such "rough work," so she would often trick Bai Wei into doing it.

Over time, whenever Qin Xiu needed help, she would go directly to Bai Wei, without even glancing at Bai Lu.

What a lazy bum!
By the time you get her to do it, it's already finished.

It was getting late, so Qin Xiu went to the vegetable garden. Bai Chen put on Bai Jiang's dark blue knee-length "work clothes" printed with "Twin Feed" and tall rubber boots and went to the pigsty to clean up the house that his second senior brother had built, which was full of excrement.

Bai Chen can also feed pigs.

He's very skilled at it.

The egret, always idle, strolled around after seeing Bai Wei busy, then finally moved a small stool to sit down and helped cut an ear of corn, a carrot, and a palm-sized piece of kudzu root. It also peeled a bowl of water chestnuts before continuing its stroll.

She kicked at the fallen leaves on the slightly mossy cement ground, looked up, and saw two large trees, each over ten meters tall, outside the courtyard wall: a black olive tree and a jackfruit tree, as well as a jujube tree.

Outside the Bai family's courtyard, there was a triangular sloping plot of land, about fifty square meters in size, which belonged to someone else. The Bai family wanted to buy it, but the other party refused to sell.

Previously, Bai Lu didn't understand why Qin Xiu and Bai Jiang would curse this family every day, saying they had ulterior motives and refused to sell the land or the trees. They just couldn't stand seeing them doing well!

Having experienced the world of cultivation, Bai Lu has gained a clear understanding of things.

Planting trees in front of and behind a house is related to the feng shui of a dwelling – a clear and unobstructed area in front of the house, and lush green trees behind the house.

However, trees in front of the gate that are two or three zhang tall are considered inauspicious.

What's most infuriating is that the black olive tree is right in front of her front door, like a pine tree pointing straight at her heart and lungs, which is bad for the whole family.

The feng shui master they hired when building their house wasn't very skilled and didn't mention this to them at all. After the house was built and halfway through renovations, an uncle in the village also wanted to build a house. His feng shui master, seeing her house at the village entrance, kindly offered a few pointers—

It would be best to uproot both large trees.

However, the tree owner refused to sell, saying that it was an old tree that had been growing for decades, producing a lot of black olives and jackfruit, and the jujube trees were also quite good. Moreover, his family had an emotional attachment to the old tree.

Not for sale! Not for sale!

Having no other option, Qin Xiu and Bai Jiang asked their uncle for the contact information of the "expert," and with his guidance, they built a two-meter-high wall.

Bai Lu felt that this expert was indeed skilled. From a feng shui perspective, the wall did have the effect of warding off evil spirits. However, the two trees were too tall, and they had been growing taller and taller over the past ten years, so the effect of the wall was becoming weaker and weaker.

The egret has good reason to suspect that the transformation of Baiwei into a "burdened old woman" was likely caused by these two trees.

So I disliked those two trees even more!

As if sensing something, the two trees began to shed their leaves with a rustling sound, and in no time, half the yard was covered with half-yellow leaves.

"White egret, you're so lazy!"

Qin Xiu returned with a basket of fresh, tender bok choy: "There are so many leaves in the yard, would it kill you to sweep them up?"

Egret: "..."

He picked up the long-handled red broom with its bristles sticking out of the corner and started sweeping idly. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was in the yard, he used a whirlwind technique to sweep all the leaves over the wall.

perfect!

The egret claps its hands.

To be honest, a large part of the reason she worked so hard to cultivate was to make it easier for her to be lazy.

In the kitchen, Bai Wei gutted the chicken, put on an apron, and with swift movements, cut open the cavity, removed the internal organs, took out the gall bladder, turned the intestines and gizzard inside out, washed them clean with salt and flour, and chopped them up for later use.

Then, she chopped up the chicken head, feet, neck, and a quarter of the chicken meat with wings, along with corn, carrots, kudzu root, and water chestnuts. She also added a piece of five-finger peach, about the thickness of her little finger, which her grandfather had dug up from the mountain, and made a big pot of soup.

Thinking about Bailu's lunch, Baiwei stewed the remaining chicken with chestnuts and also stir-fried a large bowl of bok choy with chicken giblets.

After washing the pot, Bai Jiang's motorcycle arrived at her doorstep just then. She wiped her hands with her apron as she opened the door for Bai Jiang and called upstairs to her older sister, who had somehow slipped upstairs: "Dinner's ready!"

Five-finger peach chicken soup is very delicious. Five-finger peach has a unique aroma, making it perfect for stewing soup!

As a result, Bailu's appetite tonight once again exceeded the whole family's expectations.

They're eating like crazy, you can't persuade them, you simply can't persuade them!
Bai Wei quietly found some digestive tablets: "Take two after meals."

Bai Chen, standing to the side, quietly remarked, "Sis, your appetite is amazing!"

A grain of rice stuck to the corner of the egret's beak: "What the hell?"

After eating and drinking their fill and taking a shower, Bai Wei and Bai Chen went into Bai Lu's room, locked the door, and sat cross-legged on the bed facing each other.

The room was simply furnished: a bathroom, a wooden bed without a mattress (sometimes even showing signs of insect damage), and a small desk. That was it. There wasn't even a wardrobe; clothes were simply hung on a clothesline, making the room look quite cluttered.

The wardrobe I've been longing for!

Qin Xiu wouldn't buy it when we didn't have money, but now that we have money, we don't live at home often, so we feel it's a waste to buy it. Now that we'll be living at home more often, a wardrobe is a must!

It will just take some time.

Bailu is now transferring some money to Baiwei so that she can pay off part of her loans. Some of them still have two or three thousand left to settle, some have six or seven thousand left to settle, and there is also a portion of high-interest loans with annual interest rates that are on the verge of being illegal.

After a series of transactions, 80,000 yuan was repaid.

They are all small loans.

Because it was an early repayment, I actually saved several thousand yuan in interest.

The rest are all credit cards.

Bai Wei has five credit cards, one with a limit of 50,000 yuan, and the other four with a combined limit of 50,000 yuan.

I have no idea how she got a credit card with such a high credit limit.

But it's pointless to talk about this now; we still have to pay it back.

These can be repaid in installments.

Starting next month, the highest amount will be 5,000 and the lowest will be 800, so I will have to pay 10,000 a month.

"Ten thousand, sister!"

Bai Lu patted Bai Wei's shoulder twice: "Tell me, how many acres of land do you think you should plow for me?"

Bai Lu grasped Bai Wei's hand: "I'll listen to you. You say how many acres, that's how many acres. Don't feel sorry for me, just treat me like a beast of burden!"

She really didn't expect that her sister would give the family 100,000 yuan to buy a house and still save over 100,000 yuan—she's so good at making money!

The eldest sister is the eldest sister, unlike her, who's like a good-for-nothing!
At this point, Bai Chen couldn't hold back any longer: "Bai Lu, where did you get so much money? Adding the 20,000 you gave to Tian Yao, you have 100,000 yuan?! No, you still have to pay Bai Wei back 10,000 yuan, that's 110,000 yuan!"

Bai Wei also looked at the egret.

"sky……"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed! I understand! Tsk!"

Bai Chen didn't press her for an answer, because he knew that if his sister didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't get an answer even if he asked a hundred times.

But he added, "You're definitely hiding something from us! Let me tell you, Bailu, it better be good news! Otherwise, my little body can't handle it! Just have pity on me and don't cause me any trouble! I'm just a nobody who only earns 60,000 a year!"

Bai Lu laughed, then patted him on the shoulder: "It has to be good news, don't worry! With me, earning 600,000 a year is not a dream!"

"Ah!"

Bai Chen gave a forced smile: "Fine! I'm going back to my room to sleep. You can dream about anything."

The egret snorted, "Even rotten wood can't be broken!"

"I can carve it!" Bai Wei smiled and moved closer. "Sis, I'll follow you!"

White Egret: "My creditor, I won't agree to you not following me—you should go back too."

"I want to sleep with you..."

No, you don't want to—

The egret chased her away.

Just kidding, she's going to be studying hard tonight!
How can you amaze everyone without putting in the effort?!
Bai Wei returned to her room and asked the store manager for another week off. Her reason was that her younger brother had been seriously injured in a car accident and needed constant care.

Although she's supposed to stick with her sister, but—

It's not that she's afraid she won't be able to persevere!
She's gotten to this point, she'll push herself to the limit as long as she doesn't die!
But she was worried that her sister wouldn't be able to keep going!
Her farming career collapsed halfway through, and she still has debts to pay off!

In the next room, Bai Chen had also asked his supervisor for three days off. His reason was that his second sister had been seriously injured in a car accident and needed constant care.

Deep down, he still wanted to see what kind of reputation the egret could achieve by farming!
Bailu was completely unaware of this. She was wrapped in a blanket, lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, and soon fell asleep.

— Cultivators can go without sleep, but the egret's subconscious mind won't allow it!
She felt that a life without sleep was incomplete!
As a result, she has maintained the habit of sleeping throughout her cultivation journey.

How hilarious, sleeping has actually become a habit!

At three o'clock in the morning, the egret opened its eyes and quietly crept up to the rooftop.

In the quiet night, the young servant began his cultivation.

Ultimately, it's a bit far from Mount Sanqing, the spiritual energy is thinner, and the cultivation speed is slower, but—

We'll just have to make do. After all, we can't stay on Sanqing Mountain forever!

However, if you have the means, you should still go—but the tickets aren't cheap. If you go every day, the tickets will cost several thousand!
She's short on money right now, and a few thousand yuan is already a lot for her!
Eh--

I wonder if Sanqingshan Mountain offers an annual pass?

She's paying for a year-long cultivation program!

The egrets gather the scattered wisps of spiritual energy in the air, inhale them, and a small portion of it dissipates back into the air.

Outside, a storm was brewing.

A large group of small animals are making their long journey to get here.

The frogs that have been gathering near the stream are the ones who have been swarming around the small house the fastest. Some have jumped into the yard, while others, unable to find a spot, have jumped onto the walls and trees.

Quack, quack, quack——

The egret's ears were filled with this noisy sound. She put her fingers together and touched her ear—suppressing all five senses, and the whole world became quiet.

However, the people inside the small building seemed not to hear anything and slept soundly.

Even Qin Xiu, who often suffers from insomnia, slept until five o'clock. For some reason, she felt extremely comfortable all over, and even the occasional pain caused by the missing part of her chest was gone.

"Time to get up and feed the pigs."

She nudged Bai Jiang, who woke up and stretched, exclaiming, "Ah—I slept so well!"

Qin Xiu is fifty today, and Bai Jiang is fifty-five. They're not exactly young, but they can fall asleep anytime they want. They can sit and look at their phones or watch videos and still fall asleep.

Especially after borrowing 200,000 yuan from his wife's family, he had something on his mind. Although he often dozed off, he couldn't sleep well, and his sleep quality was really worrying. But today, he didn't even dream.

"Whoa!!!"

At five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the couple turned on the lights in the yard and opened the door, only to be startled by the rows of frogs and toads sitting all over the yard.

Can you imagine that scene?
The yard, over 100 square meters, was teeming with frogs; it was impossible to tell which were frogs and which were toads. They didn't croak, just squatted there obediently, seemingly squinting in blissful contentment. Several birds perched atop the wall, and if you looked closely, you could see a few mice lurking in the corners. The chickens in the backyard were truly as quiet as chickens, not making a sound.
(End of this chapter)