Chapter 96: When the Snipe and the Clam Fight, It’s the Fisherman Who Profits

Outside the Welcome Guest Restaurant, the chefs waved to Xingnong:

“Junior Sister, come early tomorrow!”

“Little Master, remember to bring the sauce you mentioned tomorrow. ”

“Little Master, remember to bring the spices you mentioned tomorrow…”

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The chefs often switched between calling her Junior Sister and Little Master, and everyone stopped bothering to correct it. Junior Sister or Little Master, it didn’t matter.

Who could argue when she knew so much?

Many of the ingredients and sauces she mentioned were things they had never even heard of.

They realized that the Chu State’s resources were so abundant.

No wonder the restaurant opened by that young master from the Chu State could outshine all the major restaurants in the Four Kingdoms!

But why was the Chu State, with such abundant resources, so weak?

Xingnong, carrying a back basket and a food basket, nodded and said goodbye to them.

She lifted her foot and walked down the stone steps.

Across from the Welcome Inn, Songbai waved vigorously: “Miss Xingnong, over here!”

Xingnong looked over, and Chu Tiankuo was walking towards her.

At this moment, a carriage parked not far from the Welcome Guest Restaurant came to a stop in front of Xingnong. The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a bewitching and handsome face: “Sister Xingnong, get in the carriage! I’ll take you back. ”

At this time, Chu Tiankuo came to Xingnong and reached out to take the two food baskets from her: “Shall we go back together?”

Shen Hanyu’s fox eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly felt as if his own little cabbage was about to be snatched away by a pig.

A half-crippled prince from the weakest country, what right did he have?

Without thinking, he gracefully and swiftly got out of the carriage and came to Xingnong’s side, “Young Master Chu, long time no see!”

Chu Tiankuo glanced at him indifferently and ignored him. He looked at Xingnong and was startled when his gaze landed on her eyes.

He turned to look at Shen Hanyu again, thoughtfully. He took the food box from Xingnong: “Shall we go back?”

Xingnong nodded: “Okay. ”

She looked at Shen Hanyu: “Young Master Shen, I’ll sit with my”

“It’s not safe outside, take my carriage!” Shen Hanyu said as he reached out and grabbed Xingnong’s back basket.

Chu Tiankuo grabbed Shen Hanyu’s hand and looked at him coldly, his voice laced with warning: “Let go!”

Shen Hanyu quickly grabbed his wrist with his other hand.

The two looked at each other coldly.

Shen Nan immediately jumped out of the carriage, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword!

Songbai flew over in a flash, his hand also gripping the hilt of his sword!

The two stared at each other.

Xingnong: “. . .”

“Can you both let go?” Her voice was cool.

Chu Tiankuo let go.

Shen Hanyu snorted coldly and also let go: “Sister Xingnong, get in my carriage. ”

Chu Tiankuo looked at Xingnong.

Xingnong: “I…”

At this moment, an ox cart came to the three of them: “Xingnong!”

“Sister Xingnong. ”

“Sister!”

One voice was hearty.

One voice was gentle.

One voice was excited.

Gu Zesen and Xinghui had the day off tomorrow, so they came home today.

Xingnong immediately waved to the two, “Goodbye. I’ll just go home with my brother. ”

Then she nimbly jumped onto the ox cart.

Brother? Shen Hanyu’s gaze fell on Xinghui and Gu Zesen’s faces. They didn’t look alike!

Xinghui waved to Chu Tiankuo: “Master, goodbye. ”

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Village Chief Gu greeted Chu Tiankuo warmly: “Master, where are you going?…”

Gu Zesen looked at Chu Tiankuo and Shen Hanyu, then interrupted: “Father, let’s go back, Mother is waiting at home. Farewell, Master. ”

Village Chief Gu, hearing this, was also afraid that his wife would be worried at home, “Farewell, Master! Come to my house for a drink next time!”

After saying that, he drove the ox cart away.

Songbai sighed and patted the horse’s head: When the snipe and the clam fight, it’s the fisherman who profits!

The poor horse had waited here all day, only to be left alone.

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For the next few days, Xingnong was so busy that her feet didn’t touch the ground.

The people of Futai County were also busy.

The yamen was filled every day with people who came to exchange for high-yielding grain seeds.

In the fields and on the wasteland, people could be seen working everywhere.

The autumn harvest officially began.

Xingnong had to go to the restaurant to teach the chefs how to cook, so the autumn harvest at home was left to Madam Gu. Both Gu Yuxia and Gu Yudong’s families sent people to help.

There was no other way. Those chefs had come from all over, traveling thousands of miles. Xingnong tried to make the most of her time and teach them as many dishes as possible. Sometimes she would also learn their signature dishes and work together to improve them.

During the day, Xingnong went to the restaurant, and at night, she tinkered in the Creation Spirit Orb space, reviving more primitive fruits and vegetables. She then cultivated new tomatoes, three colors of bell peppers, large potatoes, onions, soybeans, and so on. These were all improved by her on the Creation Platform, with high-yielding and cold-resistant properties. She just didn’t know how cold-resistant they were and whether they could grow in winter.

She could only wait until winter to see how they grew. If they couldn’t, she would continue to improve them.

Early this morning, Xingqing and Xinghui went to the fields before dawn. During the busy farming season, the academy was closed for a few days.

Madam Gu and Shen Ruoxi were still at home preparing food to take to the fields.

Xingnong hadn’t left yet when the village chief’s wife came over with several villagers.

The village chief’s wife said: “Aunt, we’ve finished all the work in our fields! We have time today, so we’ll help you harvest the crops in your fields. ”

The others chimed in: “Yes, Aunt, are you ready? Then we’ll go to the fields and start harvesting?”

“Let’s go! We’ll go ahead.”

Xingnong stopped them. She took out a large basket of seeds and handed it to the village chief’s wife: “Here are some new varieties of vegetable seeds. Aunts, please take them and share them. Try planting them and see if they can grow. They are all new vegetable seeds that we haven’t seen before. When they grow, you can sell them to the restaurant. ”

Everyone knew that Xingnong had been busy at the restaurant these days, so they started discussing it.

The village chief’s wife: “New vegetable seeds? Did the restaurant owner give them to you? Okay, I’ll take them and try planting them! Come on, everyone, let’s share them, and all plant some! The seeds Xingnong gives are all good things! They are really pest-resistant! I feel like there are no insects eating the vegetables in the fields. ”

“Yes, yes, yes, there are really fewer insects eating them this year! And they grow so fast and well! They are at least five or six days faster than the vegetables I saved seeds from! Oh my, we can’t even finish eating all the vegetables in the fields now. ”

“Yes, yes, yes, those vegetables are really pest-resistant. The funniest thing is, my vegetable field is next to that Fatty Li’s from Plum Blossom Village, right? The leaves of her vegetables are almost all eaten up, and the vegetables in my field only have a few holes. Yesterday morning, I saw her standing there with a fan, trying to drive those flea beetles to my field, but those insects flew over and then ran back to her field! Haha. I wanted to curse her to death, but I couldn’t even bring myself to do it, I just kept laughing!”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, “Yes, I heard people from Plum Blossom Village complaining, saying why there are so many insects in the vegetable fields this year, saying that we drove the insects over there! Haha, Xingnong is the lucky star of our village. Life is getting better and better! Our village has an imperial decree archway, fields, high-yielding grain seeds, all kinds of new vegetable seeds, and even the vegetables don’t have insects anymore”

“Yes, yes.”

At this moment, Shen Nan appeared at the door, driving a carriage. Xingnong smiled and said goodbye to everyone, then got into the carriage and went to the city.

Madam Gu and Shen Ruoxi were still busy in the kitchen. They were filling a wooden bucket with sweet soup, preparing to take it to the fields for the villagers who came to help.

People had been coming to help them harvest since yesterday. The villagers of Peach Blossom Village really didn’t have much land.

The village chief’s wife shouted: “Aunt, we’ll go to the fields first!”

Madam Gu responded, and the villagers hurried away.

Madam Gu carried a wooden bucket of sweet soup, and Shen Ruoxi carried a large basin of corn out of the kitchen.

The villagers of Peach Blossom Village were all friendly. Shen Ruoxi hadn’t been stimulated recently, and her condition was getting better and better. She even dared to go out to wash clothes and do some farm work.

The two were about to lock the door and go to the fields to work.

At this moment, a magnificent carriage stopped outside the courtyard gate.

A richly dressed older woman got out of the carriage, and then helped a younger woman, even more gorgeously dressed and with a beautiful face, out of the carriage.

The younger woman’s eyes welled up when she saw Madam Gu: “Mother, Eldest Sister. ”