The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune

The Ruo Family members quickly set about their tasks according to Granny Lei's arrangements.

Ruo Shui and Ruo Chuan hurried into town with two large carts of Zizania, hoping to sell the Zizania as fast as possible and return home to harvest rice. They were truly too busy, with a pile of chores waiting at home.

Ruo He also went to report to the manor, even though he wanted to stay at home to help, but this was the job that Xuanbao had found for him, and he couldn't let Xuanbao break her promise.

Granny Lei took a few of the younger children to harvest the peanuts and sweet potatoes first.

Madam Liu packed up two baskets of meat, Zizania, and millet, leaving a portion for Madam Jiang before hurriedly heading back to her mother's home.

Ruo Jiang, who had difficulty walking because of his leg condition, was responsible for turning last night's wild boar meat into cured meat, sausages, and salami.

The strips of cured meat had already been marinated last night and just needed to be blanched in hot water before being hung up to air-dry.

Salami and sausages were more troublesome since the meat had to be cut into small pieces, minced, and then stuffed into casings.

The casings were made by scraping clean the inside of pig intestines, leaving only a transparent thin film, which Granny Lei had already prepared the night before.

Madam Jiang came to Ruo Jiang's side and said helplessly, "How can one believe in dreams? If I dare to go back to my mother's house and say this, and if my sister finds out, she'll urge me to divorce you again."

Madam Jiang's father was an Advanced Scholar who worked as a Master for a wealthy family. Madam Jiang marrying Ruo Jiang was considered marrying up, but ever since the Ruo family's elder passed away and Ruo Jiang became disabled, the Ruo family's circumstances had been declining day by day. Because of this, the Jian Family urged Madam Jiang to divorce Ruo Jiang and remarry.

They even said that the wife of the oldest brother, Ruo Hai, Madam Zhou, was living a great life after remarrying.

However, Madam Jiang had always been reluctant and even visited her maiden home less and less.

Ruo Jiang knew Madam Jiang was in a difficult position, so he took her hand, "You also haven't been back to visit for a long time. Take it as a chance to see your father and mother. No need to say much, just mention that the monk in the temple said there will be heavy rain in a few days, which might affect the harvest, and suggest that they harvest their rice early.

As for the rest, Lord County Magistrate already has a plan, so there should be no need for worry."

Madam Jiang glared at Ruo Jiang, "I know you believe it too!"

Ruo Jiang touched his nose and smiled, "I believe it because Xuanbao said so. Haven't you also said that Xuanbao is a lucky charm? Ever since she could speak, hasn't our home changed? Also, since ancient times, there's been the practice of interpreting dreams by Lord Literary Star. How do you explain that? What if it's true and you regret it?"

Ruo Jiang didn't tell Madam Jiang that in the last few nights, Xuanbao had been taking the chance to touch his injured leg and their third brother's eyes.

He noticed that after Xuanbao touched his damaged leg, walking wasn't as painful for him, and just last night their third brother was able to walk back from the village chief's house and could see clearly.

Also, every evening when he copied scriptures, he felt as if he were possessed by Lord Literary Star, his thoughts flowing like a fountain. He believed that if he took the imperial examinations now, he might very well clinch the title of Top Scholar.

He knew all these changes were because of Xuanbao, but these were all things he couldn't mention, and the brothers had already tacitly thought of ways to cover up for Xuanbao.

Jian Rou, as gentle as her name suggested, was persuaded, "Then I'll make the trip back."

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On the other side, Granny Lei took Xuanbao and a few grandsons to harvest peanuts and sweet potatoes.

On the way to the vegetable garden, they had to pass through the wetlands, where many people were already harvesting Zizania.

The villagers greeted them enthusiastically, "Granny Lei, are you here to harvest Zizania too? Come over to my side; there's still space here."

"Granny Lei, come over here, the Zizania on my side are the fattest and the water is shallow."

"Sister Lei, come over to this side....,"

...

Facing everyone's warmth, Granny Lei refused with a smile, "I'm not here to harvest Zizania; I'm heading over to the vegetable patch."

The other villagers in the village already knew that the Ruo family was buying Zizania at the high price of twenty coins per jin.

This price was incomparable to what the Governor's Office was offering, so everyone hoped to sell their Zizania to the Ruo family.

Thus, as soon as they heard she wasn't there to buy Zizania, they quickly said, "Granny Lei, is your family still buying Zizania? I'll sell you the ones I've harvested, I'll give you the best and most tender ones!"

Daniu's mother, "Aunt Lei, I'll sell mine to you for nineteen coins per jin!"

Baocai's grandmother, "Sister Lei, mine too for nineteen coins!"

Zhen elder, "I'll sell mine for eighteen coins!"

Although Zhen elder had broken his leg, being at home was too boring for him, so he came out anyway. He didn't go down to harvest Zizania himself but watched Zhen Yi do it, constantly urging her to cut faster.

...

Everyone was hastily lowering their prices, vying to sell to Granny Lei.

The few households who had heard this grew anxious. They all watched Granny Lei, planning to lower their prices as soon as the villagers offered their lowest.

Granny Lei shook her head and refused, "We're only buying a thousand catties. We can't take any more, we've already made our agreements. You should sell to the Governor's Office instead!"

Time reveals a person's heart. When the Ruo Family had dozens of acres of farmland, they would treat everyone the same, hiring a day laborer from each household to help manage the fields and paying them higher wages than anywhere else. But not anymore.

She only associated with families worth dealing with to avoid spending money in vain.

Having said that, Granny Lei pulled Xuanbao along and left with big strides, too busy to waste her time on their nonsense.

Baocai's grandmother couldn't help but spit out in disdain, "Pah! What's so great about her? If she won't buy, she won't buy. I'll have Baocai's father sell to the taverns in the city as well! Take her business!"

Daniu's mother nodded, "Exactly, acting all high and mighty. As if selling that thousand catties of Zizania would make them rich! Let's quickly harvest more and sell it cheap to the taverns, so they won't buy from her family!"

Old Master Zhen chimed in, "Right, take all their business..."

...

Many villagers had this idea, selling to the taverns to snatch the Ruo Family's business, so they harvested Zizania even more vigorously.

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The Ruo Family's peanut and sweet potato fields totaled only one mu, with half a mu each planted with peanuts and sweet potatoes. They also planted soybeans, sesame, and a few sunflower seeds in the corners and around the edges, surrounded by a fence. At the foot of the fence, they also grew goji berry leaves. In short, Granny Lei cultivated anything that could grow on their land.

Ruo Xuan was the first to run into the fields, then fluttered like a butterfly between the rows, waving her little hands.

When the Ruo brothers chased after her, they were stunned to see the lush vines of peanuts and sweet potatoes and the basin-sized sunflower heads.

They were dumbfounded! This was their peanut field, wasn't it? They couldn't have mistaken it, could they?

They had just come to weed seven or eight days ago, and the peanuts and sweet potatoes looked like they were barely surviving!

"Granny, are these our peanuts and sweet potatoes? Has a fairy cast Immortal Technique on them? How did they suddenly grow so well?" Ruo Hang exclaimed in astonishment.

"Nonsense, it was me who fertilized them. Hurry and pull up the peanuts! Stop blabbering!" Granny Lei glanced around. Fortunately, everyone else had gone to cut Zizania, and no one was around.

"Granny, our peanuts are growing so well this year!" Ruo Zhou casually unearthed a peanut plant, exclaiming with surprise.

Underneath the peanut vines were densely packed peanuts, each one large and full.

Heavens, he had never known a peanut plant could produce so many nuts!

He originally thought it wasn't time yet, that the peanuts hadn't matured. In previous years, even if their family harvested the peanuts a few days later than others, they were sparse and few were full-grown, the kind that produced only enough seeds to replant.

"Granny, the sweet potatoes have grown so big they're poking out of the ground. They're thicker than my leg! Granny, dig them up quickly, I want to roast sweet potatoes," Ruo Xian said excitedly, bouncing around in the furrows.

"Granny, these sunflower seeds are so full! Will we have a lot of seeds to crack during the New Year?" Ruo Hang looked up at the sunflower heads, drooling.

Granny Lei, worried about being discovered, urged them, "Less talking, more working. One more word, and I'll sew your mouth shut with needle and thread! Get to work!"

"Yes!" The children responded with a chorus and hurriedly got to work.

Ruo Zhou, being tall, picked the three sunflower heads first, then he and Granny Lei took hoes to dig up sweet potatoes.

Ruo Hang, Ruo Bo, Ruo Xian, and little Ruo Xuan were in charge of collecting peanuts.

So when Xuanyuan Que arrived, he saw a Little Xuanhua with a dirty face, covered in mud.

Ruo Xuan felt a bit panicked at the sight of Xuanyuan Que: Why was Divine Lord Xuanyuan here?

Did he know that she used Immortal Technique against the Loyal and Brave General?

Or did he learn that she had used Spiritual Power to attract wild boars, nearly causing disaster for the villagers' fine fields?

Or was it because she had revealed the secrets of Heaven to the Lord County Magistrate?

Or did he find out she used Immortal Technique to accelerate the ripening of the peanuts...

She had done so many bad things, she didn't know which to confess to for leniency or resist to face severity!