NOVEL NEXT Chapter 21: Mutated Salacca
Nanzhi spent the time in the virtual farm, harvesting those ripened crops and sowing a new batch.
The first batch had given her 45 tons of assorted vegetables and fruits.
Lu Nanzhi was now focusing on cold energy crops like buckwheat, soy beans, oats, mung beans, cucumber, plantains, celery, watermelon, dragon fruit, banana, daikon, peaches, and persimmon. She harvested a total of 7 tons as of this date.
With these, she can make cold mung bean soup, mung bean cake, cold tofu, smashed cucumber salad, fruit salad, smoothies, cold noodles, and many more.
The mechanism for fruit-growing trees that are perennial is that after the fruit tree matures and bears mature fruits, it will replenish three more times before becoming a pile of withered wood.
The pile of wood was instantly transferred to her inventory, and new fruit seeds were needed to plant in the plot.
[Apple Tree Firewood X 49]
[Mandarin Orange Firewood X38]
[Olive Tree Firewood X23]
Grapes and berries didn't follow the same rule. After one harvest, they didn't leave any dead branches. Nanzhi reckoned that they may have become compost for the farm.
In regards to the medicinal plants, only the sunflower, chrysanthemum, bitter melon, chamomile, goji berry, and those non-perennial plants had been sickled.
It would take another week to months for the rest of the first batch to grow, especially the ginsengs.
Every plot, per batch, required 5–10 packs of seeds to grow. In just one month, her stocks of seeds depleted to less than 60%, which made her remember about the Virtual Farm function that she hadn't tried—[Seeding].
This function only appeared when the crop is mature.
Coincidentally, there was still a plot of mung beans she hadn't collected.
Nanzhi tapped on the [Seeding] option above it.
The specific plot turned gray, and a countdown of three hours appeared.
Nanzhi patiently waited.
In the meantime, she searched for the interesting plant she obtained from the nursery shop and found it on the 49th plot.
From a withered plant, it already grew into a spiny palm; on its trunk were flowers.
The name was no longer unknown but this—[Tier 1 Mutated Salacca: Time until Harvest: 20 days: 10 hours: 43 minutes]
Nanzhi felt that the palm was somewhat familiar, like she had seen this one before but couldn't remember it.
Three hours passed. Out of the one plot of mung beans, she gained 4 catties of dried mung beans.
In this case, she didn't need to make a second trip to the seed market.
Another four passed; her plane stopped for a layover at the Emerald City in Country H.
This city was known for its crystal-clear beach. It had the highest annual number of tourists in the whole country.
Sadly, during the super typhoon, the bay area also recorded one of the most casualties because of the surge and tsunami.
Nanzhi saw a lot of families with their kids wearing summer shorts and shirts excitedly discussing the beach. The little girl was playing with her ball. It slipped out of her hands and rolled to Nanzhi's feet.
The little girl skipped and ran with her little legs, reminding Nanzhi of Lin Yicheng. She picked up the ball and gave it to the little girl.
The freckled little girl spoke in a foreign language that Nanzhi could understand: "Sister, thank you!"
Nanzhi smiled and replied, "The sunset view in the tall buildings is the most spectacular."
The little girl was surprised when Nanzhi spoke fluently.
"Passengers of flight H4508 heading to Pearl City, S Country, please proceed to the boarding bridge..."
"Tamila!"
The little girl spun her head and saw her mother walking towards her. When she looked back, the sister was no longer there.
On the other side of the waiting area, one woman noticed Nanzhi walking to the boarding bridge.
She then nudged her friend, "I think I saw Nanzhi!"
Her friend clicked her tongue. "Impossible. That woman is drowning in debt and doesn't have money to go on trips."
These two were working in an accounting firm and were colleagues of Nanzhi.
Nanzhi was a particular hardworking individual and was efficient in handling financial statements and because of this, she was valued by the higher ups. Her promotion was supposedly scheduled last month but Nanzhi quit the job so suddenly.
They didn't know the reasons but rumors circulated that Nanzhi had found a rich man and went to live with him.
Because she always commit mistake, Nanzhi had always given her an earful. Therefore she didn't treat Nanzhi fondly.
The second woman scoffed.
Acting so chaste but was actually hypocritical woman in the inside.
….
Pearl City's Empire Residential Building, 21st floor, Unit 2105
A woman was taking a peek through the small gap in her door. Outside, she saw the handsome gentleman again this morning carrying a rose bouquet and a red velvet bag knocking on the door of Unit 2103.
Due to the nature of her job, she rarely comes to this unit, only during breaks.
Three days ago, after done filming a drama, she decided to stay for a week in Pearl City before resuming her work, and the first day during her stay, when she was going to the spa, she saw this man.
Not only was this man handsome, he was also wealthy—extremely wealthy.
She recognized the trademark on the velvet bag—Jade Dragon.
It was a top global luxury brand that sells limited-edition state-of-the-art watches.
The price range of the watches of this brand is several hundred million to a billion yuan.
Each piece is custom made.
Those stars at the top of the entertainment industry, like the Best Actor, Mu Fanjing, have trouble getting into their waiting list. Only those most influential enough could be their customers, and it would take at least two years to receive the order.
Therefore, the Jade Dragon brand was a symbol of prestige and status.
She had only seen one Jade Dragon's watch up close in her entire life, and it was from the entertainment mogul, Feng Ran. Every colleague of hers was talking about it.
Just the thought of the person from Unit 2103 receiving a Jade Dragon watch caused a burning envy in her heart.
Her expression turned bitter just a second later as the dreadful memory replayed in her head.
"I'd really like to see what sort of fairy is that living in 2103 for him to ignore me!" A sneer flashed in her eyes.
Ring—
The woman heard the phone ring.