Chapter 115: Chapter 115: The Plan for the Fields

The twins told everyone the information they had received from Aunt Tian. The Xiao family wanted to know about the quality of the rice seeds compared to theirs.

For their fields, they didn’t need to worry about the harvest yield since they had the little one who always made sure they got the fertilizer and pesticide.

However, they also do wish for others to get enough to eat from their fields too.

Upon listening to the twins’ recounting, they all felt relieved in their hearts. Aunt Tian and her family should have been a diligent farmer to be able to make the most out of their rice seeds’ pesticide effect.

Then, the topic changed to Zhou Anran’s announcement. "We won’t plant rice in the Hejia village anymore."

All of her children were taken aback, and they blinked in confusion. Xiao Qingya stopped bothering the cat and turned to her mother too, tilting her head.

[Are we going to move to the county?] Her eyes lit up. [There are more delicious foods there.]

Zhou Anran was amused, and she resisted the urge to look at her youngest daughter. She cleared her throat and explained. "The fields in the county are more convenient to plant rice plants since we don’t need to manually deliver water there."

"For the fields in this Hejia Village, we will plant more drought-resistant plants like mung beans," she added.

They all nodded in understanding like a group of students in school who had a moment of realization.

The rice plants in the county’s fields would just need another month and half before they were finally ready for harvest.

The family pretended to estimate the time based on the third batch, but they secretly had known it beforehand based on Xiao Qingya’s conversation with the System.

Another guaranteed effect of the latest version of the fertilizer was shortened harvest time. Now, they could harvest the paddy rice in two and half a month to three months.

"Grandfather dropped by and gave us these eggs," Xiao Fenghao brought the basket full of chicken eggs to their mother. He had just remembered about it.

Zhou Wenzhi and the Xiao brothers finally created another ox cart and built the barn in the Xiao family’s house a little wider.

"There’s also milk for Little Ya." Xiao Fenghao went to grab something and returned with a clay jar.

Zhou Wenzhi often went to the house and fields in the county now. One of the ox carts was practically his; it was just that he left it at the Xiao family’s barn.

Liu Hua and Chen Huayun tried to visit their house for the past month too, however, the Ling siblings acted like a pair of door guards, always telling either Xiao Qingya or Xiao Jingran before they could get close.

The pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always met with a closed door.

It didn’t matter how loud they shouted or knocked on the door, the Xiao family members always turned a blind eye. They just felt bad for the other neighbors because these two’s shrill voices were really loud.

Helpless that they could never catch the Xiao family off guard every time they came to visit, they finally shouted their intention right in front of the door.

"Zhou Anran, you unfilial wretch! Open the door for your mother right now!" Chen Huayun screamed in anger.

There was a faint noise, and then, Liu Hua’s voice floated over, more suppressed and less emotional.

"Sister-in-law, open the door, we just want to talk for a bit!" She tried to persuade them. "It’s about Father-in-law. He hasn’t returned since a few days ago."

They always talked about Zhou Wenzhi. Obviously, the two of them were getting anxious.

"Anran, Mother just wants to talk to you. Open the door. It will be quick."

Chen Huayun tried all sorts of methods, from using the language full of curses and threats into a more soft approach. Alas, none of it worked.

Until they were all tired and sore, their throats hurting, there was no response.

They would have suspected there was no one inside if not for them seeing it with their own eyes. The door was closed so abruptly before they reached the house.

At this moment, Xiao Qingya suddenly approached the fastest family member. She tugged on Xiao Fenghao’s sleeve and told him urgently. "Bad guys are coming!"

Even before Zhou Anran finished all she wanted to say to her children peacefully, they had come again.

Xiao Fenghao didn’t waste anymore time. He jumped to the front door while the twins ran to the kitchen and the grain room’s door. Even Xiao Jingran elegantly stood up, closing all the windows.

"Close everything tightly and make sure that not even rats can get in," Xiao Fenghao muttered in a low voice at his twin sisters.

Xiao Yuyan coughed softly at her second brother’s language while her twin answered readily, "Of course, Second Brother! We will make sure that not even a rat can get in."

When they returned to their mother’s side, they could hear two shrill voices screaming at them again.

It seemed that Zhou Wenzhi’s absence had driven them to the point of desperation. However, they were quite puzzled about Zhou Shiming. He never once came to their house to ask about his father.

Fortunately, Zhou Shuran was currently living at the Zhou family’s old house in the county and didn’t need to deal with their craziness.

"We will also buy some more land in the county," Zhou Anran continued, ignoring the unpleasant shrieks outside.

One mu of land cost at least twelve taels of silver. They should be able to get at least fifteen more mu of lands.

Everyone nodded in agreement. "I saw someone putting up a sign selling their fields near ours..." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

As her family was discussing their plans, Xiao Qingya scrunched her little nose at the unpleasant sounds. She called the Ling siblings over.

[Go disturb them! Come closer...]

Once the siblings approached her, she stuck a talisman into each of them. [Go, it will work for a minute.]

The Ling siblings could appear in front of them in their original, bloodied form.

Not long after, Chen Huayun and Liu Hua’s angry screams turned into one of extreme fear. Then, they were gone and peace returned.

Xiao Qingya patted her little chest in relief. She also had been learning about how to draw talismans, and surprisingly, she had some talent in it.

She could already draw ghost-repelling and peace talismans, although the success rate was still a bit low.

In the afternoon, they received an unexpected guest...