Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

While things were calm on Chen Xiuer's side, things were in an uproar on Zhao Shupi's side.

That day, upon returning home, honest Zhao Shupi smashed bowls and pots for the first time ever, and even shoved his mother. Granny Sun howled all night, cursing her son as a coward and Chen Xiuer as heartless. Zhao Shupi, his eyes red, plotted how to make Chen Xiuer regret her actions.

"You think you can just run away after the divorce?" Zhao Shupi gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'll make sure you don't even have a place to stay in the winter! Then you'll be begging me for a ride!"

He was determined to kick Chen Xiuer out of the brick house—a woman with an elderly mother and a child, unwanted and unhelped, who would eventually have to come back and beg him!

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That's why Su Wanqing was so surprised when she heard about it.

No, she hadn't even made a move yet, and it was already resolved? Guo Mingyuan helped? Why would Guo Mingyuan… Hiss—she suddenly realized a possibility and immediately shut up.

Then, her gaze towards Chen Xiuer changed. She should have realized it sooner; Guo Mingyuan's eagerness, running to the planting site every few days, helping with this and that, and beaming with joy whenever he saw Nannan—it wasn't just about helping the child; he'd been eyeing her for a long time!

Now that someone else has taken over, it's inappropriate for her to interfere further. Su Wanqing patted Chen Xiuer: "It's good that you're divorced. You'll have no more worries now. Take good care of the child; better days are ahead."

Chen Xiuer was stunned for a long time before tears streamed down her face.

Thinking back to the old days—she had to manage everything at home and outside, cook after work, and even when she was pregnant, she had to go along with Zhao Shupi's wishes, enduring it all in fear. Her mother-in-law was always finding fault with everything. She carried the whole family on her own, so tired that she could barely straighten her back, and her mother-in-law would still say she was "not virtuous." In the end, her honest husband would say things like, "Just bear with it, it's her mother after all."

Now, I finally don't have to be subservient to others.

She nodded vigorously, wiping away her tears: "Dr. Su, things will get better and better from now on."

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After finishing her work here, Su Wanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I did the math and realized I'm over two months pregnant. Strangely, I haven't experienced any morning sickness, and I have a great appetite. The only change is that my appetite has increased; I eat five or six meals a day and get hungry quickly.

That's no big deal, we can just eat it secretly.

The good news is that all the fruit in the space is ripe—apples, peaches, and watermelons. The tenfold growth rate is just in time! We can eat them whenever we want, and after we finish, we can use the spiritual spring to irrigate them so they can grow another batch. It's simply wonderful.

The crayfish in the pond had grown up, and abalone, sea cucumbers, and snails had multiplied in large numbers, densely packed together. Every day, she would secretly throw a batch into the open pond, and in two months she could eat them openly.

The only one whose expression was off was Professor Wu.

"Xiao Su, these aquatic creatures in your backyard are really strange." Professor Wu looked puzzled, having been squatting by the pond for an hour. "These things don't originate from here, the climate and water temperature are all different. How come they're growing so fast and so fat in your pond? This doesn't make sense biologically!"

The backyard, which no one in the family paid attention to, was where she squatted every day to observe the aquatic plants, and by the way, she also observed these things.

Su Wanqing chuckled dryly twice: "Well... maybe it was just a lucky break. I just raised them casually, and they grew however they pleased."

"Just raising them haphazardly?" Professor Wu's eyes widened. "Do you know that the abalone in your pond are bigger than those farmed along the coast! And these snails are fatter than I've ever seen! This is not scientifically possible!"

"...Then would you like to take a few back for research?"

"Okay!" Professor Wu immediately took out the jar he had prepared beforehand, carefully scooped out two aquatic plants, and added, "By the way, I'm going back tomorrow. I've thoroughly studied your aquatic plants, and the factory over at Sayram Lake has been built. Alas, the problem now is that the aquatic plants in the lake will only last for a year and a half at most. If the supply can't keep up, the factory will have to stop operating."

When it came to serious matters, Su Wanqing immediately became focused. She was listed as a contributor to the project, but Professor Wu had been doing all the work, which she felt bad about. She'd been so busy lately that she'd almost forgotten about it.

"How's your research going?"

"I've conducted several experiments," Professor Wu said seriously, putting down the jar. "The reason your backyard aquatic plants are growing so well is because you're using a special fertilizer. Ordinary manure and chemical fertilizers don't work; it has to be high-quality organic fertilizer that has been fully fermented and decomposed to stimulate rapid growth of aquatic plants. As long as the fertilizer is sufficient, a batch can grow in two or three months, forming a cycle of harvesting and cultivation."

She sighed. "I've done my job in the growth research. But how much fertilizer do we need to supply the entire lake? That's no easy task. Besides, fertilizer quotas are so tight, and where are we going to find that much manure? Let the higher-ups worry about that."

Su Wanqing's eyes darted around, and a brilliant idea flashed in her mind: "Wouldn't that kind of well-fermented manure work?"

"It's not as good as chemical fertilizer, but it's acceptable if it's been processed." Professor Wu nodded. "However, it must be fully decomposed, otherwise it will burn the roots and seedlings, which would be counterproductive. And you need to have enough of it, otherwise it won't be enough."

"Wait a minute, let me see if this will work."

Professor Wu looked at her with suspicion, wondering what this girl was up to now.

Su Wanqing walked quickly to the front yard, rummaging through her storage space as she went—she had a compartment specifically for poop.

Chickens, ducks, sheep, pigs, horses—hundreds of kilograms every day, accumulated over so long, piled up into a mountain. She had planned to just let it accumulate like this for the rest of her life, never expecting that she would need it one day.

The livestock in the space had all matured, and several horses and pigs were even pregnant. She secretly swapped out the pregnant ones, and a few months later, she gave the whole family a "surprise"—it turned out that the mare she had picked up was pregnant! The timing was perfect.

In short, the problem is that there's too much excrement, and it urgently needs to be dealt with.

If Professor Wu could use it, it would be a great help, a contribution to the project, and would also solve the inventory problem—a win-win-win situation.

Su Wanqing gritted her teeth and put several tons of the product into the Craftsmanship Container.

My heart was pounding: If I put all this poop in there, will it affect the taste of the food later? It shouldn't... right? The space should be able to be partitioned, right?

The interface displays two options: free upgrade, or pay to upgrade by consuming 3 kilograms of precious energy.

Su Wanqing's lips twitched—who would use precious gold to upgrade shit?!

Without hesitation, I clicked "Free Upgrade".

A flash of light—

That huge pile of originally sticky, smelly excrement instantly turned into a pile of dry, soft, dark brown granular fertilizer with only a faint earthy smell, completely unrecognizable from its previous appearance.

Su Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, this poop has been upgraded to become proper fertilizer. If it had been upgraded directly to food, that would have been a real problem." It seems that the craftsman's spirit still has a bottom line and won't create anything outrageous.