Chapter 84: The Secret of Farming

At night, Xiao family.

Lin Xi lay on the bed and let out a long sigh, finally finishing the day.

Fortunately, she had the system in her hands, otherwise she would not be able to take out twenty stone of rice.

"Are you tired?" Xiao Yongyan asked.

"How can I not be tired?" Lin Xi turned over, and Xiao Yongyan put his hands on her shoulders and started massaging her.

Thinking back to what happened during the day, Lin Xi couldn't stop worrying, "I always feel that this new county magistrate is deliberately targeting us."

Xiao Yongyan paused and said guiltily, "He's not targeting you, he's targeting me."

"Speaking of which, what exactly is the problem between you and Hang Qi here? Why does he have to target you?"

Since we are enemies, there must be a reason.

"It's hard to say. I guess I'm the one who's outshined him in every way." Xiao Yongyan said.

Lin Xi understood Hang Qi's feelings in an instant, and even said with sympathy, "He must be feeling very aggrieved."

Xiao Yongyan withdrew his hand, with a hint of danger in his eyes, "Madam really understands Hang Qi."

Lin Xi could even hear a hint of hostility in this short sentence and immediately denied it, "No, I just think there's nothing wrong with being the runner-up for a thousand years. It's his mentality that's the problem, and it's Hang Qi who's wrong!"

After thinking about it, Lin Xi suddenly felt something was wrong, "Hang Qi is just below you, how could he be just a small county magistrate?"

Xiao Yongyan also realized this. "I also find it strange. He definitely didn't come here to be a county magistrate. He was probably sent here by someone."

As soon as Xiao Yongyan said this, Lin Xi felt that there was a smell of conspiracy in the air. Since this guy was an old acquaintance of Xiao Yongyan, it meant that he was also from Beijing.

"Could it be that the people in the capital haven't let you go yet?" Thinking of this possibility, Lin Xi almost jumped out of the bed.

Xiao Yongyan quickly pushed the man back and comforted him, "They want to deal with me, but until our value is fully exploited, our lives are not in danger for the time being."

Lin Xi looked at Xiao Yongyan, "Are you still useful?"

"Of course." Xiao Yongyan was speechless for a moment. It was true that he was exiled, but he was the only son of the Regent after all. How could he not have something in his hands?

"I will arrange someone to investigate." Xiao Yongyan said.

These words were like a huge wave of shock to Lin Xi's ears. They had been living in this small mountain village for such a long time, and now Xiao Yongyan told her that he still had someone in his hands.

Then why did she work so hard before!

Why didn't someone take advantage of it sooner!

Xiao Yongyan saw what Lin Xi was thinking at a glance, and sighed, "These people will have a chance to contact me after the school opens."

Lin Xi was shocked. "You mean, there are students in your school who are actually your people."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xi quickly covered her mouth. Damn it, how could she say such a thing? What if there are ears on the other side of the wall?

Xiao Yongyan smiled lightly, "Don't be so nervous, there's no one around. You're right, one of my students is actually from my Regent Palace."

In any case, it is extremely normal for the Regent to leave a few capable people to his son after he has been in charge of the court for many years.

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The busy farm work has finally come to an end, and Lin Xi can also take a few days off.

As for the shops in the town, there won’t be much business during this period, so they will just not be open.

Only Xiao Yongyan's own school is still there, so he needs to go to town every day.

Once he relaxed, Lin Xi could no longer get up early. Sometimes he even slept until noon. Anyway, there was no one at home, so he just went to sleep.

But what Lin Xi didn't expect was that when he opened the door that day, he found that there were people everywhere outside the door.

There were three layers of people inside and three layers of people outside, and it felt like half of the village was crowded in front of her house.

Lin Xi's head was full of questions. She had clearly been staying at home these past few days, not going out of the house, and nothing had happened, so why were there so many people coming to her house?

"Everyone is here, what's the matter?" Lin Xi asked cautiously.

All of them started talking at the same time. Lin Xi had never experienced such a noisy scene before. It took him a long time to figure out the reason from their words.

When paying taxes before, Lin Xi handed over 20 shi of rice, shocking the whole village.

At first they thought that the Linxi family had many fields, so the harvest was good. Later, they went to the Ma family to inquire and found out that Linxi not only had many rice fields, but they were also very easy to take care of, and there was almost no work to do about pest control and weeding.

This was simply unimaginable to the villagers. One had to put in a lot of effort to grow crops in the fields and still had to rely on God for food. So why was Lin Xi's family so different?

So, the villagers thought that a big shot like Lin Xi who came from the capital must have some secret.

Lin Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Of course she had the secret, but she couldn't say that it was because of the system's help.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Xi smiled mysteriously, "Actually, I know nothing about farming. But——"

Everyone around pricked up their ears.

"The rice in my family is not the same variety as yours." Lin Xi said.

Everyone suddenly realized that it wasn't a problem with their fields, and that what other people were growing was completely different from this.

"What about your rice..." an aunt said, her eyes drifting straight towards Lin Xi's barn.

From the look on her face, Lin Xi knew without her even saying anything that she must have wanted to take some rice back for planting.

"Aunt, if you need it, I can get you some." Lin Xi said. She couldn't use up all the seeds anyway, and she could use the points to exchange for higher-level seeds, so giving them away was nothing.

"Really?" The auntie seemed very excited, even a little embarrassed, "I'll just take a little."

Lin Xi smiled and said nothing.

Once the door is opened, there will be an endless stream of people coming to ask for seeds.

Even though each household only took a little, a little bit adds up to a lot. In just one morning, Lin Xi gave out more than 200 kilograms of rice seeds.

But for Lin Xi, this is just a drop in the bucket.

This year she harvested more than 10,000 kilograms in total. Even if it was 10,000 kilograms, after handing over 2,000 kilograms and giving away 200 kilograms, the remaining 7,000 kilograms would be enough for them to eat.

Not only was it enough, it was almost impossible to eat it all.

Lin Xi had already calculated the amount, and the uneaten part had been stored in the system backpack. Although she didn't know what it was for now, it might be useful in the future.

Not far away, Zhao Pingwei pointed at Lin Xi's house and said, "Dad, you saw it this morning. There was so much rice, and Lin Xi gave it away as she said. Why do you think she invested so much money?"

Zhao Lizheng glanced at his son and asked, "Why?"

Zhao Pingwei said helplessly, "What else could it be for? You spent so much money to please the villagers, isn't it just for your position?"

Although Zhao Pingwei was usually quite eccentric, for some reason, Zhao Tan felt that his son had finally hit the nail on the head this time.