Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 45: Waking of Insects, Spring Thunder

"Jiang Yuling, long time no see, are you here for the market?"

Fang Wei responded with a smile, and his mind couldn't help but recall every little detail of his school days.

When he was in school, he and Jiang Yuling were deskmates and they had a good relationship.

She lived in the county town, and her parents were both government officials, but she was able to get along well with her classmates from the countryside. However, once, when a few of them went to the mountains together, they had a small disagreement, and they have been estranged since then.

Later, Jiang Yuling was admitted to high school and Fang Wei returned to his hometown to farm, and the two completely lost contact.

"Yeah, my mom and I came out for a walk. Fang Wei, what do you have here?"

Jiang Yuling then stepped forward to look at what Fang Wei had brought, including dried sweet potatoes, herbs, and potatoes in a basket.

Pan Lianhua looked at Fang Wei's female classmate curiously. She looked clean, her clothes had no patches, and she had a pure appearance, giving off a pretty girl vibe.

At this time, Jiang Yuling's mother came over. After her daughter's introduction, she realized that the boy opposite was actually her daughter's junior high school classmate.

"Xiao Fang, give Auntie some dried sweet potatoes and 10 pounds of potatoes."

Jiang Yuling's mother was very kind. After chatting with Fang Wei for a while, she bought some dried sweet potatoes and potatoes.

"Fang Wei, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Jiang Yuling and her daughter left immediately. When the former classmates met again, they actually didn't have much to talk about.

The things Fang Wei brought were sold out quickly, and he earned 10 yuan and got some small odds and ends in return.

Pan Lianhua and others also sold good mountain products. In the afternoon, they purchased some daily necessities and then set off on the return journey with Fang Weiyi.

"Brother Fang, my brother and sister and I are leaving this way. We'll come play with you next time we're free."

Pan Lianhua did not go to Team 2 again. She and Fang Wei separated at the fork in the road and went back to their respective homes.

In the evening, Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen came to him and complained a lot.

"Third brother, you went to the market without even calling me. I was so bored at home."

"If you're bored, go play cards. This morning, someone called me to go to the market, but I left in a hurry. How could I have time to call you?"

Fang Wei rolled his eyes at Zheng Hu. This kid was becoming more and more pretentious.

In fact, he is just idle and has no way to vent his energy. When the spring plowing begins, I guarantee he will not have the energy to cry out anymore.

Zheng Hu curled his lips. "Didn't he just go to the market with a pretty girl this morning? He's just talking cheap words."

However, he also knew when to stop, so he changed the subject: "Deng Yuanen, don't you have something to say to Third Brother? Why are you standing there in silence?"

Deng Yuanen hesitated and couldn't speak.

"Huh? Why are you still shy? If you have something to say, just say it. If you have to fart, fart quickly."

Fang Wei knew Deng Yuanen's personality well. He was timid and introverted. The more polite he was to him, the more confused he would feel.

Just curse him a few times, no wonder Zheng Hu always calls Deng Yuanen a "cheap bastard".

"Well, Third Brother, we're almost broke at home. Can you lend me some food? Sweet potatoes or potatoes will do."

Deng Yuanen's family was not well off. His father died early, and his mother raised the three siblings.

His eldest sister was married, and he, his younger sister, and his bedridden mother were the only ones left at home, relying on each other for survival. They lived a very hard life.

The current disaster has made his family's situation even worse, and they are almost out of food just after the Chinese New Year.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier! Wait, I'll get you some."

Fang Wei didn't know much about his friends' family situations. They had only been close for the past six months.

However, these young boys are very concerned about their reputation and usually don't want to talk about family matters outside, so you really can't blame him for this.

After entering the house and packing some dried sweet potatoes and potatoes, Fang Wei handed these things to Deng Yuanen.

"Thank you, Third Brother! I will pay you back after the summer harvest and the rations are distributed."

Deng Yuanen thanked him profusely and emphasized that it was a loan and he would return it after the summer harvest.

Fang Wei waved his hand, not knowing what to say, and asked the other party to send the things back first.

"Third brother, now I understand why you brought weapons when you went to deliver something to Second Sister last time. Just a few days ago, someone from Hongling Commune stole our team's seeds and pigs."

After Deng Yuanen left, Zheng Hu said something.

Similar news has been heard frequently recently. We have just entered the lean season and spring plowing has not even begun. We will have to endure hard times for at least another half a year.

Fang Wei remained silent, hoping that everything would get better soon.

Not long after the Lantern Festival comes the "Qingzhe" Festival.

The temperature began to rise, spring thunder rumbled, and a gentle drizzle began to fall. Fang Ping and Tian Guihua stood in front of the door, holding out their hands to catch the falling raindrops, and laughed like children.

Fang Wei looked up at the distant mountains. There was a hint of green in the misty sky. He wondered if the drought had ended.

"Third brother, are we going to plant sweet potatoes next?"

The three of them returned to the house, dried their wet hair, boiled a pot of hot tea and sat together.

Fang Ping looked at his third brother and asked.

"Let's stop planting on our family plots for now and continue growing sweet potatoes in the valley."

Fang Wei thought about it and told his plan.

In addition to growing vegetables, he has other uses for his private plot.

These days he has been looking forward to a reply from Zhejiang. If he can get the seeds of "Nongken 58", he wants to breed them on his own land.

This piece of land is the only designated [planting area] and has a 50% attribute blessing effect.

If conditions permit, he plans to plant this rice in the valley in the summer to see how much yield the so-called "late japonica" can produce.

The experimental field belongs to the team. Before the breeding work started last year was successful, it was not suitable to come up with new ideas.

"Okay, I'll go to the valley in a couple of days to prepare the land and then start raising seedlings."

Fang Ping nodded and decided to continue growing sweet potatoes in the valley.

It is now early March, everything is reviving, and spring plowing will soon be about to begin.

That night, Fang Wei began the upgrade operation.

First, spend 1000 points to upgrade the [Planting Area] to Level 6.

[Owned Land] → [Farmland] → [Planting Area]

【Area: 5000 square meters】

[Area Level: (Level 6, 0\5000)]

[Regional attributes: drought resistance, flood resistance, disease and pest resistance, accelerated growth, increased production and income]

[Planting in this area will increase all attributes by an additional 60%]

Total points: 2216

[Temporary land] → [Farmland] → [Planting area]

It was also promoted to level 6 at the same time, but the effect of the attribute increase was halved, and the additional increase was 30%.

The next upgrade, that is, to level 7, requires 5000 points, which is difficult to collect in a short period of time.

Therefore, Fang Wei upgraded both the [Picking Area] and the [Hunting Area], consuming a total of 2000 points.

[Temporary Land] → [Woodland] → [Hunting Area]

【Area: 5000 square meters】

[Area Level: (Level 6, 0\5000)]

[Regional attributes: Agility, Speed, Strength, Hunting Skills, Success Rate Bonus]

[Hunting in this area increases all attributes by an additional 30%]

[Temporary Land] → [Forest Land] → [Picking Area]

【Area: 5000 square meters】

[Area Level: (Level 6, 0\5000)]

[Regional attributes: Identification, Exploration, Speed, Strength, Picking Skills]

[Picking within this area will increase all attributes by an additional 30%]

Total points: 216

Although the points he had saved for quite a long time were almost gone, Fang Wei still felt very happy.

He noticed that his physical fitness had been further enhanced, and his hunting and picking skills had also improved significantly.

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