Qiu Man looked at Shen Yanming, who opened the lid and poured the rice-grain-sized seeds into his palm. "These are the seeds of the Silver Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass."

Afterwards, Shen Yanming told Qiu Man about the growth habits and effects of Silver Heart Centipede and Golden Heart Centipede, but he did not mention the longevity-promoting effects of Golden Heart Centipede fruit.

"Once the Golden Heart Centipede bears fruit, it will stop flowering, and the fruit will take nearly ten years to mature. If you want it to keep flowering, you just need to remove the fruit that has just started to develop."

Shen Yanming took out a small jade bottle tied with a pink ribbon from a pile of small jade bottles, opened the lid and poured out a few seeds the size of grape seeds. "These are the seeds of the Golden Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass. There are only ten of them."

This is best left to the alliance.

Qiu Man asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"Because silver heart clover reproduces by seeds and grows very quickly, if I plant gold heart clover and silver heart clover together, I'm afraid that the silver heart clover will become rampant over time, and it will be troublesome to clean it up then."

However, if Qinghe Alliance only grows Silverheart Hundred-Leaf Grass outside, it will die after one season of growth because it cannot produce seeds, and it will not have any impact on the environment.

After all, this plant is not commonly found in Qinghua Kingdom.

"Where did it come from?"

Shen Yanming chuckled, "I don't know either, it was passed down from my ancestors!"

Qiu Man was even more puzzled, "Then why do you know so much about how to use these two bottles of seeds, but don't know what the other seeds are?"

Shen Yanming shrugged. "You might not believe it, but I had a dream a while ago. In the dream, my ancestor asked me to retrieve my father's belongings, saying that they would be of great use to the HZ virus that is currently raging."

When I woke up, I thought it was just a dream I had been thinking about during the day, but I had the same dream for three or four days in a row, so I thought things might not be that simple.

So, Joan and I went back to my hometown and retrieved the ancestral heirlooms left by my father—yes, these are the things you see here.”

Following Shen Yanming's gaze, Qiu Man picked up an ancient book and began to look through it. Judging from the paper and handwriting, it was indeed an antique.

Then he picked up a small jade bottle and examined it closely. Although the quality was average, it was indeed an antique jade.

When Qiu Man put down the ancient book and the small jade bottle and looked at Shen Yanming again, Shen Yanming continued, "I was stunned at that time. I didn't expect there to be these things in the wooden box. But Qiao An and I were not sure if these seeds could really sprout."

So, we did some experiments to confirm that they were still active before we called you.

Shen Yanming placed the small jade bottle tied with two silk ribbons in front of Qiu Man. "Of course, we only experimented with the seeds of the Silver Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass to confirm that they can still germinate."

We didn't try the seeds of the Golden Heart Centipede because they were too expensive.

As for the others, since our ancestors didn't say what they were, we didn't concern ourselves with them.

A year or two ago, Qiu Man would never have believed Shen Yanming's nonsense. But with Global Rain before and Zhang Chenjun after, Qiu Man could no longer tell how much of this mysterious thing was true and how much was false.

However, Qiu Man still chose to believe Shen Yanming, after all, he had no reason to deceive him, did he?

Besides, the research institute of Qinghe Alliance isn't just sitting idly by. Once they go back and culture the animals and conduct tests, they'll know everything.

As for the source, whether it is truly an ancestral heirloom or a dream of one's ancestors, as Shen Yanming claimed, is no longer so important. Over the past year, he and Chief Alliance Officer Li have long since learned to turn a blind eye.

However, Qiu Man still asked, "What experiments did you conduct?"

Shen Yanming then told Qiu Man about how he and Bi Qiaoan had planted Silver Heart Centipede Grass and set up a control group.

Qiu Man was quite excited after hearing this, "Can you take me to see it?"

Shen Yanming nodded, "Okay!"

Qiu Man followed Shen Yanming into the vegetable room. This was the second time he had entered the room, and the various fruits and vegetables inside were as lush and green as they were last year.

Qiu Man's mouth watered as he looked at the lush green vegetable leaves and the densely packed blue berries.

However, he managed to keep a straight face and didn't let anyone notice anything amiss. Qiu Man couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking that even in the capital, they might not be able to eat such fresh vegetables and fruits.

It's not that the capital city doesn't have them, but rather that everyone is too busy and simply doesn't have the time to carefully tend to those vegetable and fruit seedlings.

Therefore, they could only eat the grains and vegetables that the laborers had grown extensively. Although they could fill their stomachs, there was still a slight difference.

Qiu Man forced himself to look at the four pots of grass in the corner, which looked quite different in height.

Shen Yanming pointed to the label on the pot and explained it to Qiu Man. Qiu Man listened and nodded. These few pots of grass should save the research institute a lot of time.

Qiu Man looked at the several pots of Silver Heart Centipede Grass with great affection. Although he knew the answer, he still asked, "Can I take them with me?"

Shen Yanming nodded, "Okay, I hope they'll be useful to the alliance!"

Then, Shen Yanming picked up a small fruit plate and scissors from the windowsill, bent down and cut a small bowl of ripe blueberries. "You've come at the perfect time, some of them are just ripe."

Seeing that there were still quite a few blueberries in the vegetable garden that were about to ripen, Qiu Man didn't mince words and said, "Then I'm really in for a treat!"

After the two came out of the vegetable room, they bumped into Bi Qiaoan, who was coming out of the bedroom. Bi Qiaoan smiled sweetly at Qiu Man and said, "Mr. Qiu, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

"Okay, okay, I'm so sorry to have disturbed your rest!"

"What are you saying? It's an honor for us to have you as a guest. What would you like for breakfast?"

Bi Qiaoan directly defined Qiu Man's arrival as a guest, which can be seen as bringing them closer together.

Qiu Man said anything was fine, and Shen Yanming also said whatever was up to him, but Bi Qiaoan was worried. What should she do?

Doing it too well is not in line with the national conditions, and doing it too poorly is not in line with their family's standard of living. Besides, they are entertaining guests!

After thinking for a moment, Bi Qiaoan cooked a mushroom and chicken porridge and then steamed a few leek and egg buns.

While this level far exceeds that of most families in Qinghua Kingdom, it is not considered too exaggerated.

After the group finished breakfast, Qiu Man patted his stomach sheepishly, then sat down on the sofa to chat with Shen Yanming.

Bi Qiaoan served them a pot of tea, a plate of dried strawberries, and a dish of milk curds.

During the conversation, Qiu Man's gaze kept falling on Shen Yanming's fair and delicate right hand, and she seemed somewhat absent-minded as she spoke.

Shen Yanming had noticed Qiu Man's unusual behavior long ago. When Qiu Man looked over again, he asked, "Mr. Qiu, are you curious about why my hand has become like this?"