Shen Qiqi squatted down and gently picked up a handful of soil with her fingertips. The soil was as yellow as a malnourished face, dry and lifeless.

She frowned. The fertility of the soil was simply at the "poor household" level. No wonder nothing grew before.

She secretly groaned in her heart, this is really a big problem.

A breeze blew, blowing up the dust on the ground, and the sand flew around, blinding her eyes.

She subconsciously covered her eyes with her hands, but her fingertips were pricked by something. She looked down and found that she had grabbed a handful of soil, and there were some small pieces of soil on her fingertips.

Shen Qiqi picked up a piece of soil and looked at it carefully, frowning even more tightly. The texture of the soil was truly horrible, hard and hard, as if it had been severely trampled on by someone. There was no fertility at all.

Lu Qing watched her from the side, holding her hand distressedly, and comforted her softly, "Don't worry too much, we can always find a way." Shen Qiqi forced a smile, but her heart felt like a huge rock was pressing on her.

She knew that comfort alone was useless and that she had to find a solution quickly. The fertility of the land had to be improved.

"It seems that I have to ask the old seniors in the village for advice." Shen Qiqi said to herself. She thought of Uncle Ma, who had rich farming experience in the village. Perhaps he could provide some useful advice.

So, Shen Qiqi took Lu Qing and found Uncle Ma.

After listening to Shen Qiqi's purpose, Uncle Ma stroked his beard and smiled complacently, as if he had a plan in mind.

"As for applying fertilizer, I, Old Ma, have a lot of experience. Just listen to me and use..." He talked incessantly about his "secret recipe handed down from ancestors", as if he had mastered some incredible farming truth.

As Shen Qiqi listened, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

The methods that Uncle Ma talked about were all old folk remedies that were not suitable for her land at all. Some of them even had side effects.

She complained silently in her heart that Uncle Ma's experience was probably out of date and he was telling her about "antiques"!

Seeing Shen Qiqi's face was a little ugly, Lu Qing couldn't help but asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Shen Qiqi shook her head helplessly, with a somewhat depressed expression on her face. It seemed that Uncle Ma's "valuable experience" was of no help. It seemed that she had to find another way.

She looked up, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes. It seemed that she had to find a way out on her own.

She looked thoughtfully at some waste piled in the yard, the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "It seems that I have to study these things carefully."

Shen Qiqi did not rely on others and started researching on her own.

She found old books and newspapers at home and read through them page by page, with a determined glint in her eyes.

Those piles of books and materials seemed to have taken on new life in her hands.

The originally depressing atmosphere was slightly eased due to her persistence.

The sound of pages turning gently, accompanied by the occasional bird calls outside the window, creates a peaceful and hopeful picture.

Lu Qing stayed by Shen Qiqi's side, occasionally handing her water to wipe her sweat.

His eyes were full of love. Whenever Shen Qiqi raised her head and met his gaze, she could feel a warm current surge in her heart.

The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and the determination in her heart became even more indestructible.

The warm atmosphere between the two seemed to dispel all the haze.

"You are amazing. No matter how difficult the problem is, you can solve it easily." Lu Qing said softly, handing over a glass of warm water.

Shen Qiqi drank some water, wiped the sweat from her forehead, smiled and said, "Thank you, with you here, I'm not afraid of any difficulties." She sat down again and continued to flip through the information in her hand. Her fingers ran across the pages, feeling the rough touch of the paper.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, as if she had found a clue from somewhere, and her heart beat faster involuntarily.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew in the yard, carrying a leaf and gently falling on the pages of her book.

Shen Qiqi reached out and took away the leaves,"

Shen Qiqi stood up, took a deep breath, and smiled at Lu Qing: "Qing, let's keep working hard."

Lu Qing nodded, and the two of them embraced each other in the afterglow of the sunset, as if the whole world had made way for them.

Shen Qiqi rolled up her sleeves and mixed several fertilizers in proportion, conducting her experiment carefully like a chemist.

She first tried mixing wood ash and human feces and urine. As a result, the leaves of the cabbages she planted turned green, but they were wilted, like eggplants hit by frost.

She didn't give up and came up with an "upgraded version" of chicken manure and soil. As a result, the leaves did become more lively, but the smell was like that of a biological weapon, so strong that she couldn't even eat.

She looked at the pots of half-dead Chinese cabbages in front of her, her brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill mosquitoes, and she thought to herself, "This is too difficult!" This fertility problem is even more brain-twisting than a math Olympiad problem.

Lu Qing was standing aside, looking at her frowning face, and his heart also tightened. He wanted to comfort her, but was afraid of disturbing her train of thought. He could only silently pour her water and fan her, like a conscientious "logistics minister".

Shen Qiqi rubbed her brows, feeling a great deal of pressure.

She felt like a "rookie" trapped in a maze. She knew the exit was right in front of her, but she couldn't find the right way.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm her irritable mood, but found that there was a faint smell of burning in the air.

She knew it was her nervousness that was causing the problem.

Just when she was about to give up, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the pile of weeds in the corner.

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