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

Chapter 19 The Youngest Witch Under the Banyan Tree

In this situation, the superstitious Qin Xiu immediately went back to her house, lit incense, and prayed to "send them away."

"What happened today? Did we accidentally bump into something?"

Even Bai Jiang, a grown man, felt uneasy. For the first time, he took the initiative to say to Qin Xiu, "Why don't you go to town and find a blind fortune teller to tell us? See if there's anything going on in our family that needs to be resolved?"

"Hmm!" Qin Xiu said with a serious face.

Damn, that scared her to death!

After circulating her spiritual energy through her meridians for several cycles, Bai Lu returned it to her dantian and unlocked her five senses. Now that her senses are sharp, she naturally noticed what was happening downstairs.

This was indeed her oversight; it seems she needs to be more careful in the future—she still has the final say on who can and cannot benefit from her spiritual energy.

Cultivators possess a powerful ability to suppress small animals that have not yet developed spiritual consciousness. This is the most basic form of beast taming, relying on the suppression of cultivation to make them submit.

Otherwise, who could stand seeing the yard full of "demons and monsters" every morning when Mom and Dad wake up?

Putting everything else aside, her mother would go crazy.

Her mother is quite superstitious now, especially after suffering from several serious illnesses. She even wants to consult a blind fortune teller to see if she can eat meat the next day.

The egret stood up and, in the hazy sky, leaned against the railing and gazed into the distance. Not far from their house was a large paddy field, half of which belonged to the egrets. It was not yet the season for spring plowing, and the field was overgrown with weeds.

Such fertile land, what a waste to leave it vacant!
In order not to delay the spring plowing around Qingming Festival, Bailu thinks planting vegetables is a good choice.

As she gazed at the fields, she began to plan her future farming life. Before she knew it, dawn was breaking, and it was almost six o'clock.

Bai Lu closed the rooftop door, strolled down the stairs, and saw the closed door to Bai Wei and Bai Chen's room.

Tsk!
My parents are up and working at this hour, they must be really working hard. Meanwhile, their children are sleeping like logs. Don't they have any conscience?
So, the egret gathered its strength and exclaimed, "Time to get up!"

Bai Chen and Bai Wei were so startled by the thunderous sound that they jumped up in surprise, only to find that there was no one by the bed. Yet—Bai Lu's voice had clearly exploded right next to their ears!
"Egret—are you crazy this early in the morning?!"

Qin Xiu was serving porridge when she was so startled she almost tipped the bowl over. She really wanted to go up and give her a couple of whacks!
"I'll wake them up to pick wild vegetables!"

Bai Lu smiled at Qin Xiu downstairs from the balcony railing. Looking at her daughter's pretty little face, Qin Xiu's anger lessened a bit, but she still glared at her: "You should take good care of yourself. Let Weiwei and Chenchen go—why are you up so early? Go back and get some more sleep!"

The egret shook its head: "I've had enough sleep—besides, how tiring can picking wild vegetables be!"

"I've never seen you this enthusiastic about anything else!" Qin Xiu said when she couldn't reason with her, "If you're going, eat something first!"

"When it comes to making money, how can you not be proactive!"

Bai Lu muttered to herself, "She's someone who spends 100,000 yuan a day, how can she not feel a sense of crisis!"
She leaned on the railing, contemplating jumping, but suddenly remembered that this was no longer the world of cultivation. She didn't know if she would be hurt if she jumped, but Qin Xiu would definitely beat her up. So she had no choice but to obediently carry her two younger siblings down the stairs. Bai Wei was next to her and was asleep as they went down the stairs.

"It's too early! It's only six o'clock!"

Bai Chen still had toothpaste foam on his lips and was half asleep. He glanced at his phone and his eyes widened in surprise!

"Yo!" Bailu said sarcastically, "Still early? Your mother has already made breakfast, and your father has already gone to feed Pigsy! Still early, young master?"

Bai Chen: "."

After breakfast, Qin Xiu had already prepared water cups for them: "Wear straw hats, rain boots, and arm sleeves. In this kind of weather, there are the most leeches in the mountains."

"Thank you, Mom!" Bai Lu smiled and hugged Qin Xiu, actually channeling another wisp of spiritual energy into her body. "Let's go!"

"Let's go—what? You're all driving this short distance? Is riding a motorcycle too much of a hassle for the three of you? I don't know what you're thinking, insisting on picking wild vegetables! You'd be better off using this time to hoe that plot of land in the back, I want to plant melons!"

"We can still hoe the land after picking wild vegetables!" Egret said. "The motorcycle can't carry too much stuff. What if we have a bumper harvest of wild vegetables and the motorcycle can't carry it all?"

Bai Chen rolled his eyes silently. He was already daydreaming first thing in the morning!
Wild vegetables are just starting to sprout now, how can there be a bumper harvest?
But he didn't dare say it. As a dutiful younger brother, he just drove when his sister asked him to.

Qin Xiu: "..."

She can no longer understand what her eldest daughter is trying to do!

Fine, let her be!
In the end, it's just a day of suffering!
Given her lazy nature, if she's tired today, she definitely won't go tomorrow.

That should allow me to properly recover my health!

"If you say it's a good harvest, then it's a good harvest. Remember to take a break if you're tired!"

"Understood." The egret waved.

"Dudu-"

Bai Chen pressed the key, and his old car made two noises before bouncing off into the mountains.

When Bai Chen first got his driver's license, his family still had some money, and Qin Xiu wanted to buy him a new car worth around 100,000 yuan. After considering it for two days, he decided to buy a used car instead.

—After all, I'm a novice driver. I would feel bad if I crashed or scratched my new car, so I paid a full amount of 5,000 yuan to buy a BYD that was about to be retired.

Qin Xiu used the money to invest in financial products, and later, when she found a suitable house, she emptied her savings in one go.

Bai Chen has been driving for over a year and considers himself an experienced driver—an experienced driver who can drive a new car!
There are so many places in the countryside where you can dig for wild vegetables. The area that Bai Lu went to yesterday is only a three or four-minute drive away.

After parking the car, walk along the stream for a minute or two to reach a gentle slope, which is a habitat for large areas of wild vegetables, such as wild onions, lamb's quarters, and ferns.

Another local specialty is the thorny vegetable, which gets its name from its thorny body.

The tender shoots that are just sprouting are what we eat. They have a slightly bitter taste and a unique flavor. They are a wild vegetable that is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and is known as a detoxifying agent. Some people love them and some people hate them. Selling them for 20 yuan a pound is no problem.

Wow! How can someone be so beautiful?!

Bai Chen was stunned.

"What are you saying! Is it wrong for someone to be good-looking?" Egret said.

Bai Chen didn't respond to her, and directly took the small basket and started working on it.

Like him, Bai Wei hadn't picked wild vegetables for many years. Seeing such robust, tender shoots, she was instantly wide awake and, without a word, stuffed them into her bag.

I felt like I'd be letting myself down if I didn't pick them after getting up so early.

The egrets keep their merits hidden: their spirit is truly amazing, look how well the wild vegetable buds are growing!

These are all products of spiritual energy, how could they not grow well!

The egret was quite satisfied with its masterpiece.

The wild vegetables that have absorbed her spiritual energy are growing strong!
How could they possibly not sell?!
She thought 20 yuan a pound was cheap!
"Huh? You want to sell it for 30 yuan a pound? That's too expensive."

Bai Chen immediately disagreed: "Sis, we may be short of money, but we're not short of brains! Only what can be sold is a commodity; what can't be sold is garbage. Can we not be so greedy? We won't even make back the cost of gas later."

"Just you wait! Oh my! There's even more over there!"

Bai Lu wasn't acting like a serious wild vegetable gatherer. She ran around here and there, occasionally spreading her arms wide, taking a deep breath, and feeling the spiritual energy continuously emanating from the nearby Sanqing Mountain. Ah—watching Bai Lu running around the fields like a monkey, Bai Chen and Bai Wei exchanged a glance: "Don't you think Bai Lu is frighteningly confident right now? It's really crazy! What gives her that confidence? Is it that 100,000 yuan she earned sometime ago?"

Bai Chen changed the subject: "Could it be that you bankrupted yourself to pay off her debts and drove her crazy?"

"Just say it, why beat around the bush?" Bai Wei tossed a handful of wild vegetables into her small basket, squatted down, picked up a small twig, poked it in the ground, and said in a low, buzzing voice, "I'll pay back the money my older sister helped me pay!"

"Oh--"

Bai Chen squatted down as well, seemingly indifferent, and said, "Isn't this still your problem? I just wanted you to see these wild vegetables—have you thought of anything?"

"what?"

"Think about it again. A woman surnamed Wang, a complete idiot, who's been digging for wild vegetables for eighteen years!"

Bai Wei: "..."

"Thank you so much! I remember now. Don't worry, I won't have any lingering ties with Tian Yao!"

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear! If you're going to get love-struck, just think about the wild vegetables you dug up today. If you ate them for eighteen years, you'd be green with envy, wouldn't you?"

Bai Wei: "..."

After giving Bai Wei a pep talk, Bai Chen felt much more relaxed. You have no idea how worried he was that Bai Wei's love-struck mind was beyond saving. He patted the mud off his legs and stood up: "It's alright now, let's continue picking wild vegetables!"

Bai Wei also stood up: "Hurry up, or if you delay my vegetable selling, do you believe she'll beat you up!"

Bai Chen: "Tsk, how can she be so domineering? Does she have a death wish?"

"She's always been this bossy since she was little, didn't you know?"

The egret's suppression of these two young bloodlines was more intimidating than their parents' braised pork with bamboo shoots—

Whenever they misbehaved, their parents would only threaten them, but Bailu would really hit them, beating them hard and severely.

Who isn't afraid!

He was used to being suppressed, and even though one of hers could take on three of him, he still didn't dare to fight back.

—No, he can't take on three of her now; Bai Lu seems to have gained divine power.

Bai Chen: "..."

Another day of failed resistance, and his movements as he picked wild vegetables suddenly quickened considerably.

From the crack of dawn until sunrise, they were busy until the sun rose. The small baskets and large backpacks they brought were full, and several large plastic bags were also filled. Finally, Bailu said, "Let's go back, it's too sunny!"

Finally able to walk, Bai Chen ran towards the car, downing half a glass of water in one go before feeling better. He waved to Bai Lu—

"Sister, give up! Stop farming! Picking wild vegetables for just a few hours is much more tiring than working a whole day."

"That's still a lot of money!"

Bai Lu leaned back in the passenger seat. Bai Wei and Bai Chen were exhausted, but she didn't even lose her breath. She said happily, "We're definitely going to make money today!"

Bai Chen didn't respond.

What a terrible thing to do!
Before I knew it, I picked so many; how could I possibly sell them all!

Bai Wei fanned herself with her hand: "Sister, when are you planning to take these vegetables to sell? Even if you leave now, it will be 10 o'clock by the time you get to the city, and the morning market will be over."

"Uh—I really hadn't considered that. It just came to my mind. We should pick them in the evening so they'll still be fresh the next day, or maybe around three or four in the morning."

"No, no! Let's do it in the evening!"

Bai Chen quickly stopped him, saying that getting up at six o'clock was already a death sentence, let alone three or four!
How many people die suddenly every day!

You wouldn't want your own brother to be among those who die suddenly, would you, sister?

Rural life is too tiring; he even wants to go back to the factory to work in production!
What should I do if I regret taking three extra days off?
I hope he doesn't work himself to exhaustion!

Noooooooo!!
"What about today's?"

Bai Wei pulled the straw off her pants.

Bai Lu waved her hand: "The morning market is over, but there's still the evening market! Go back and prepare the wild vegetables, catch up on some sleep, and go again in the afternoon! These days, a lot of people go to buy groceries and cook around three, four, or five in the afternoon!"

When I got home, I saw Qin Xiu wandering around the yard, muttering to herself, holding a willow branch, dipping it in water from a white porcelain bottle, and sprinkling it around.

Bai Chen ran over: "Mom, what are you doing? It's kind of scary."

Qin Xiu didn't stop what she was doing. Bai Chen blocked her way and she pushed him aside: "You don't know, this morning the yard was full of toads. It scared your dad and me half to death. I just went to town to get some talisman water to ward off evil spirits."

Egret: "."

There are no ghosts or spirits in our family. Apart from Sanqing Mountain, there are no ghosts or spirits in this whole area. Really, she swears on her cultivator personality!
But she didn't dare say it. Her story of transmigrating to cultivate immortality sounded absurd. It would be fine if no one believed her, but if they did—it would be even worse.

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Based on her understanding of her mother, she would definitely make her the youngest sorceress under the old banyan tree in town in the near future—someone who would close her eyes every day, trembling all over, and sobbing as she would summon the spirit of the deceased old man to help the family find out where the old man had hidden his money!
If an old person can't hide money, then—it must be because the fortune teller is incompetent!

She's definitely good at fortune telling, but the problem is she's only at the early stage of the first level of cultivation. Instead of focusing on her cultivation, she's trying to tell fortunes!

If the divination predicts a terrible misfortune and you can't resolve it, wouldn't that ruin your own reputation?

Now, let's cultivate immortality and grow some vegetables.

Oh well, let her be!

Let it spill, just don't drink it.

That's all the egrets ask for. What good is talisman water if it has no effect? ​​Besides giving you diarrhea, what else can it do?

"Didn't you say you were going to clean up? Then you should clean up!"

After Qin Xiu finished sprinkling the talisman water, Bai Chen and Bai Wei automatically moved small stools to sit in the courtyard and busied themselves.

He was in charge of bundling the vegetables, Bai Wei was in charge of washing off the mud, and Qin Xiu was in charge of selecting the vegetables; the division of labor was clear.

The person who said she was going to gather wild vegetables walked around the yard several times but didn't touch a single one.

"You have time to talk about her, but she's already been tied up several times!"

Qin Xiu knew her eldest daughter very well; her wandering around like a roaming chicken was a clear indication that she didn't want to work.

(End of this chapter)