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

Chapter 55

The peanuts were naturally transformed with spiritual energy. Bai Jiang carried the more than 100 kilograms of peanuts from the five-acre plot in baskets.

"Lulu, come here."

Bai Jiang put down the basket, squatted down to the side, and waved to Bai Lu. Before the people he had invited and Grandpa Bai arrived, he wanted to say a few words to Bai Lu.

"What's the matter?"

Bai Lu squatted down beside Bai Jiang with some confusion, her gaze fixed on her father's calloused hands, lost in thought.

“You’re using your own money to farm, which you young people call starting a business, and I won’t object to it. But you need to know that farming forty or fifty acres is no small matter!”

Bai Jiang spoke earnestly and sincerely.

"I know!"

Bailu nodded: "I know what I'm doing! Look how well our wild vegetables and bamboo shoots are selling. Our customer base is quite stable. Last time I went out, I expanded our business a bit more. We won't have to worry about selling our produce in the future. When we make a lot of money, you, Mom, and Grandpa and Grandma won't need to come anymore. We'll hire people!"

“We can choose not to come, but your uncle can’t! He’s in his forties or fifties, does he want to be lazy for the rest of his life, letting his niece earn money for him to spend? I don’t agree! No—that’s not what I wanted to talk about!”

Bai Jiang's train of thought was immediately swayed by Bai Lu, and he only realized what had happened after she finished speaking.

"What Dad just meant was that wild vegetables and bamboo shoots are very profitable right now. The money we've earned in the last two weeks is almost equivalent to what I would have earned working for a year!"

“But wild vegetables and bamboo shoots are readily available. You have the channels to sell them for this price, so our family has really hit the jackpot. But these are things that can be sold right after being picked or dug up. Farming, on the other hand, doesn’t yield immediate results. Crops need time to grow, one or two months, or even three or four months. That’s too long, and the risks are too great. If crops get infected with any disease, they can die very quickly, before they’ve even grown up. There’s a possibility of no harvest at all!”

"Yes, your grandfather and I can help keep an eye on things and spot pests and diseases in time, but we've planted too many! Your grandfather and I can't manage them all, and hiring people would also incur costs."

"However, these are not the main issues. The most important thing is the harvest issue we just discussed. What if, and I mean what if, this season's harvest is bad and we don't make much money? Just think of it as a failed business venture. We can still do something else. You're still young. Losing a little money is okay. Dad can still make money. We have plenty of options, you know?"

The egret was stunned.

She really didn't expect Bai Jiang to say these things to her.

In her family, the father's role was always diminished in the presence of the strong-willed mother.

In Bailu's heart, he has always been a man of few words and not good with words, but who silently supports the family.

He not only had to earn money to support his family, but also had to deflect the flames when his mother was throwing a tantrum. However, he rarely offered his opinions on anything, big or small, at home.

He wouldn't proactively care about his children, whether they were eating well, sleeping well, had enough money, or whether they were being bullied at school or at work.

He said these words to her alone today, and Bailu's eyes welled up with tears.

Bai Jiang's ability to say these words is enough to show that he truly cares about Bai Lu.

He didn't know Bailu had a huge sum of money; he only knew that Bailu had 200,000 yuan and that her mother had swindled 100,000 yuan from her.

She quit her job and went home to start her own business. He didn't know the specific reason, but he knew that this girl had always been strong-willed and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle the failure of her business. So he told her that she still had her father behind her and that her father could still make money.

But Dad already has 260,000 yuan in debt.

The investment of forty or fifty acres of land would cost at least two hundred thousand yuan.

A debt of 460,000 yuan could bend a father's back.

But Dad still said, "It's okay if the business fails, it's okay if we lose money, Dad can still make money, we'll have another chance..."

This is why she can't let go of this family.

None of the family members are perfect, but Bailu just can't let go.

She was willing to sacrifice for this family before, and she still is now...

Bai Lu knew very well that the reason she was moved was largely due to the family environment she grew up in and the personality she developed. She had always been unwilling to admit it, and she had been deceiving herself—that in her parents' hearts, she and Bai Chen held the same status.

Actually, no, Bai Chen is still the first choice.

Bai Lu sometimes feels quite pitiful, because a large part of what she is doing now is to replace Bai Chen as the first in line.

When she first returned to the hospital, she thought that with her extraordinary skills, she would definitely be a hero of the family. In this family, she would be the only one who mattered, she would be all-powerful, and she would make sure that her parents and grandparents only had eyes for her!
She is the most promising person in the Bai family, the most outstanding person in the entire Bai clan!
The entire family will be blessed with her glory; her father, mother, brother, and sister will all become people of high status!
Everyone fantasizes a little, and besides, Bailu was originally rich from poverty!
But now, the egret is at peace.

Whether it's a matter of ranking or not, it doesn't really matter.

She, like a white egret, does not rely on the love of her parents or the love of others to live.

She can contribute to the family, but it can't be just her contributing while others reap the benefits. The current model is good enough; she provides "technical" support, and the other family members contribute their talents. Everyone is working hard for a better life.

It's good enough if everyone lives a peaceful and prosperous life.

She never had any grand ambitions or delusions. She didn't think she could become number one in the world with her limited skills. She just wanted to live a simple and happy life.

"dad……"

Bai Lu sniffed: "Don't worry, since I decided to come back to farming, I've done my homework. Our daily income is pretty good now, so hiring people and machines to manage the fields isn't a problem. You and Grandpa don't need to keep an eye on things all the time; you can just supervise—Mom!"

"Didn't you arrive quite early? Why haven't you started working yet?"

Qin Xiu, wearing a straw hat on her head and carrying several straw hats in her hands, walked over and frowned as she looked at the land that hadn't changed at all.

Bai Wei and Bai Chen arrived. Bai Chen carried two large parasols, each two meters long, while Bai Wei carried five or six hoes tied together. One of the hoes had three large two-liter water cups hanging from its handle, which she held up to prevent them from falling.

"As long as you know what's going on."

Bai Jiang nodded and said, but upon hearing Bai Lu's words, he turned his head and was startled—

His second daughter was carrying a large hoe, walking briskly along the ridge of the field, without even breaking a sweat. But he still went up to her and took the hoe off her shoulder. Wow, so many hoes plus a water cup were quite heavy.

He couldn't help but glare at Bai Chen: "Why did you make your second sister carry such a heavy load? What's wrong with making one more trip?"

Bai Chen: "..."

Dad, his second sister is no longer the same girl she used to be!
She's amazing now!

The third child felt wronged, but he didn't say anything.

Qin Xiu, however, offered a few words of defense: "I originally wanted to ask Ahe to come over and get it from home, but Weiwei said it wasn't necessary, and just picked it up and ran off—you know, how did this child suddenly become so strong! Wait a minute—"

Qin Xiu seemed to realize something: "Chenchen and Lulu have become much stronger recently!"

Bai Chen had just easily lifted the two parasols off his shoulders when he heard this. He let go of them, and the parasols fell to the ground. He looked completely innocent.

"Home-cooked meals are good for you!"

Uncle Bai arrived just then and overheard, "Sister-in-law, I feel much stronger after eating at your house for a few extra meals. Before, when I worked hard, I would feel palpitations and shortness of breath, but after working until dark every day for so many days, I haven't felt anything at all. I even sleep very soundly at night; the dogs' barking doesn't wake me up." "Panics and shortness of breath? I think you're just lazy!" Grandpa Bai glared at him, "Get back to work!"

Baihe had been scolded by his father for so many years that he had long since become thick-skinned. He picked up a hoe without caring and started working.

Aunt Bai didn't come because she felt unwell while having breakfast at Bai Lu's house.

In the past, there was no time to prepare for an attack of the disease. The feeling would come on suddenly, and there was no such thing as a "feeling of an attack".

Aunt Bai and Uncle Bai also found it strange, but just to be on the safe side, they sent Aunt Bai home to observe her. They waited and waited, until Aunt Bai thought it was just her imagination, when she really had a relapse.

That was half an hour after I started feeling the urge to have an attack.

When Aunt Bai came to her senses for the first time, she was stunned, but then overjoyed.

This is a good thing, after all, she has time to prepare, so she won't have a seizure in public. Nobody knows how ashamed she feels every time she has a seizure.

If... if it continues in the future...

Although this may just be an accident, it doesn't stop Aunt Bai from looking forward to the future.

Aunt Bai is resting at home today.

Uncle Bai and the others just arrived at the field. Although it took them a little while to get things moving, they got up early, so it's only about 7:30 now.

Bai Jiang originally planned to plant just two mu of land, which would yield several hundred jin of peanuts!
If we eat it ourselves, it can last a year, and we can even sell a couple hundred pounds of it.

The peanut oil is fragrant; for decades, they have been using their own pressed peanut oil.

Although some experts say that homemade peanut oil has excessive levels of aflatoxin, who believes that!

For hundreds of years, have you ever seen anyone die from eating peanut oil?

But now there are more than three acres left, turning two acres into more than five acres. His eldest daughter, who only knows how to talk, waved her little hand and said, "Plant them all!"

This is exhausting!

After all, the price offered for land preparation wasn't very high back then, and we didn't know exactly what we were going to plant on that plot, so they certainly wouldn't do the ridging and furrowing for us. Now that we've started cultivating, we have to do the fine work ourselves. These days, Bai Jiang's hoe is practically sparking with fire.

Farming time waits for no one, and his family planted a lot of crops. Thinking that he could finish planting peanuts in two days, he planted sweet potatoes instead.

Besides his large family, he also hired five nimble women, paying them 150 yuan each. He estimated that he would need to hire people continuously from now until the rice seedlings were transplanted…

This work is endless, it's impossible to finish it all.

That's why people don't like farming these days!

If it weren't for his eldest daughter insisting on starting her own business, he wouldn't want to do it either, as it's much more tiring than laying bricks.

But since his children needed to work, he had no choice but to shoulder the burden. Strangely enough, despite the intense farm work, he didn't feel particularly tired! It was as easy as if he were still a young man.

Several men in the family pitched in to dig the ditch, while Grandma Bai and her two daughters, Qin Xiu and her mother, were responsible for placing the peanuts.

Looking at the vast expanse of land with cleared ditches, and her father and others still digging ditches, Bai Lu gazed at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

what……

She's almost sick of farming these days.

She couldn't use any magic. She worked diligently in the fields for over a week. Even though she was a cultivator, she wasn't immune to fatigue!

Her back is killing her!
Sure enough, she's better suited to talking than doing actual work.

Even though she had just been moved by Bai Jiang, it still didn't increase her enthusiasm for farming.

Let's hire someone else to take her place...

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"Xiao Qin!"

Just then, Aunt Gui and Aunt Hua, along with their five aunties, arrived carrying hoes, large water cups, and straw hats. They greeted Qin Xiu, asked her a few questions about the direction of the ditch, and then began to work.

While working, he also did some work for the village's intelligence group.

The plump Aunt Hua said mysteriously, "Hey, have you heard?"

Bai Lu had no enthusiasm for farming, but she was incredibly enthusiastic about gossiping. She and Qin Xiu both perked up their ears.

All that could be heard was Aunt Hua's voice, neither too loud nor too soft: "Old Chen Dajiao's mother passed away, and we made a huge fuss about it, keeping her body in state for a full seven days, but guess what?"

"The coffin couldn't be lifted during the burial!"

"It's so unlucky if the coffin can't be lifted! I heard they invited Master Huang—let me tell you, this master is no good, he has no skills. He tried to persuade the old lady for a long time but didn't get to the point at all, which made the old lady so angry that she sat up in the coffin and started talking!"

Egret: "..."

If she hadn't been there, she might have believed it too.

Although Qin Xiu was superstitious, she wasn't stupid: "How could that be!"

"How could it be impossible? So many people saw it, how could it be fake?!" Aunt Hua continued to play mysteriously: "Do you know what the old lady said?"

"Just tell me already, why are you keeping me in suspense!" Aunt Gui said impatiently.

Aunt Hua covered her mouth and chuckled: "The old lady said that burial is illegal!"

Qin Xiu's eyes practically popped out: "Huh?"

What is the reason for this?
She thought the old lady had saved up tens of thousands of yuan and hidden it somewhere, and that she hadn't told her descendants where it was before she passed away, so she was anxious and unwilling to leave!
"Isn't the old lady quite enlightened!"

"What's the end?"

"Finally?" Aunt Hua raised her chin towards the direction of Sanqing Mountain: "Master Qingxu personally went to take the old lady away!"

"receive?"

Aunt Hua: "What else is it if not to collect ghosts?"

"Should we beat her to a pulp or send her to be reincarnated?"

"How could you be so cruel? She must have been sent to be reincarnated! Someone saw Master Qingxu put Chen Dajiao's mother in a bag and take her to be reincarnated!"

(End of this chapter)