Culture shapes life

Old Charlie stepped on the accelerator, and the huge machine under him, which looked like a monster, made a roaring sound.

"Oops, you're steering the wrong way, turn it a little to the right!" The voice of the neighbor echoed from the farmland. The villagers' teasing voices said, "Old Charlie, are you still capable? If not, let me drive!"

"Let me do it, let me do it! I can drive very well!"

"I can do it too! My field is so small, and it's over before I can get enough of it."

...

The laughter of the villagers floated in continuously. Old Charlie stuck his head out of the window, his cheeks slightly red, and his tone was a little exasperated: "Go, go, go, it's finally my turn, how can it be your turn!"

His voice was loud and clear, and his cheeks were no longer sunken due to hunger. The fat that had grown back made old Charlie look very healthy and he looked a dozen years younger.

Ignoring the neighbors who were joining in the fun, Old Charlie focused his attention again on the big guy under him.

——This is a machine given to their village by the Chinese people who were building the new city. It is called a "land tiller". It only needs to be fed with a special oil and can run for a long time. However, there is only one machine in each village, so the villagers have to calculate the time to use it in turn. As long as they step on the accelerator, the place where the car passes by will become a plowed field. Every villager who uses it loves it.

Now it is autumn, and the oats and beans in the fields are ripe again.

The construction of the new city has been completed for the most part. After distributing food rations for two consecutive months, starting from this month, the wages paid by the new city will be paid on a pink paper.

I heard from the people in the other world that this is their country's currency, called "RMB". In the future, it will become the currency of the new city. When the two worlds are officially open to each other, these banknotes can also be used in the other world.

Renminbi, old Charlie likes this name, it sounds as if even he has become heavy and very important.

Now that they had no food rations, Old Charlie no longer worried about going hungry. During the two months of work, the construction site provided them with two meals a day, which were enough to keep them energetic for the whole day. The rice they got was not enough to eat, and if the family's wages were saved together and exchanged for oats, it would be enough for them to eat for several years.

Not to mention that now that the lord is gone, they don't need to pay the full 60% tax, let alone take out another half from the remaining 40% to ask the lord to protect them from the mutated plants.

Although the grain produced by the fields was still not much, it was enough to fill up old Charlie's granary. This was a scene he had never seen in his life.

As for the question of whether the currency can be used, two months of food rations have already made the villagers have great trust in these people from another world. Even if the currency cannot be used in the new city in the end, the worst that can happen is that the money can be saved and they will have the opportunity to buy things in the other world in the future.

The people on the construction team said that magical machines like tillers are everywhere in their other world.

Old Charlie specifically inquired about the price of the machine. Although with his current income, he would need to save up for a long time to buy one, but one day, his family would own a tilling machine of their own - a dream like this was something Old Charlie had never dared to think of in the past.

As to why a "cultivator" is used instead of a "harvester", it is because the villagers have now finished the autumn harvest and started a new round of sowing.

In the past, this was something that had never happened before - wouldn't sowing in winter cause the plants to freeze to death?

But the aliens gave them a kind of seed called "wheat", which sounded very similar to the "t-wheat" of Parnaki, and looked very similar. They were also full and exuded a grain fragrance similar to rice.

I heard from people in the other world that this is a new type of rice specially researched by the "Science Academy" there, which can be grown in Parnaki. Although the grain yield is only two-thirds of ordinary wheat on Earth, it is already a shocking number for Parnaki.

"What is the Academy of Sciences?" Old Charlie asked curiously when he heard the term for the first time.

The person who answered him hummed, thought for a moment, and replied: "In our place, studying science is equivalent to your studying magic. The Academy of Sciences is probably the Mage Tower here, which is specifically responsible for research."

"Huh! Mage Tower?" Old Charlie's eyes widened: "Those big shots will still care about the lives of people like us?"

"Of course." The person from the other world smiled and said, "For the country and the people."

...

Not to mention how shocked Old Charlie was by the answer from the other world, although these seeds can be sown in autumn and winter and can resist the magical pollution of Parnaki, they still need some auxiliary props to grow smoothly.

When the village finished farming, another group of aliens from China appeared in the village.

They claimed to be graduate students from "Huaxia Agricultural University" and came to help and guide the villagers on how to farm scientifically.

They built special greenhouses on the cultivated land and placed a strange machine in each greenhouse.

"This is a magic power extraction device." The graduate students explained, "It is a magic hybrid electric drive. We made the battery solar-powered, and it only needs to be exposed to the sun for a whole day to fully charge. It has a special magic power circuit built in, which can continuously absorb the magic power in the greenhouse and then convert it into its own energy. In about three days, the magic power concentration in the greenhouse can be reduced by 60%, and the magic concentration can be maintained at around 40%."

Although this concentration is still very high on Earth, it is a rare low concentration environment for Parnaki. The seeds given to the villagers are a hybrid of Earth and Parnaki wheat. Their resistance to magic is far greater than that of Earth crops, and a concentration of 40 will not affect their growth at all.

Villagers can also grow some vegetables unique to Parnaqui in the greenhouse, which can also achieve excellent growth.

During the day, the students helped the villagers build greenhouses, and at night they gathered the villagers together and taught them how to "plant scientifically."

I heard that in the other world, farming is as important as magic, and it is something that needs to be studied.

Although until now, Old Charlie still has little understanding of the "science" that people from the other world talk about, he already knows that science can make ordinary people like them rich.

Considering that this was the first time that wheat was cultivated on the land of Panaki and there was so much new knowledge that needed to be digested, after discussing with his family, Charlie and his wife gave up their jobs in the new city and concentrated on farming at home, while Charlie's son and two daughters stayed in the new city.

Villagers like Old Charlie will have agricultural tutoring classes in the evening. I heard that the new town will also offer night classes in the evening to teach people working in the new town literacy and knowledge.

Although it is hard work, knowledge and writing, which were only accessible to nobles in the past, are now available to ordinary people like them. Even if it is tiring, the villagers are happy to do it.

If you are really not interested in words and knowledge, you can also learn other skills from people in the other world, such as blacksmithing, tailoring, etc., and then stay in the new city to work.

For example, Charlie, the eldest son of old Charlie, chose to learn the craft of blacksmith. Of the two daughters, one chose to stay in school to learn writing, and the other chose the craft of tailoring.

Among the three children, only the eldest son still stayed at the construction site to work. As the construction of the new city became more and more complete, various shops had appeared inside, some from other worlds and some from other countries. The salary was also high, but the work was more delicate and careful than that on the construction site, which was just right for the two daughters of old Charlie.

Old Charlie also heard that when the new city is completely built, the villagers who participated in the construction of the new city will be eligible to obtain a house in the new city and move in. However, they can also choose to give up the house in the new city and ask the construction team to come to the village to demolish the original house and rebuild it - I heard that the new city will continue to expand, including the village where the villagers live, which will also become part of the new city, and a smooth road will be built between the village and the main city.

Old Charlie had secretly visited the new city to see the houses, red bricks and white walls, so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away. Although the overall area was not comparable to the lord's castle, Old Charlie felt that it was hundreds of times more beautiful than the lord's castle.

...

Just when the villagers were living a prosperous life, the students of Class 9 made a rare appearance in the new city.

How to plan the layout of the new city and how to make the city face the earth and Parnaki at the same time are issues they need to discuss together.

If Class 9 was in the stand-alone mode of "Stardew Valley", diligently running their own "farm" for five hundred years, then now they have opened the online save mode of "Minecraft", freely giving play to their imagination and creativity in a land without restrictions.

"Here, here, and here..." Zhou Xun pointed at the map and said excitedly, "I plan to build police stations in these places. I plan to recruit police officers directly from the public and train them. The headquarters will be built in the administrative district, and a court will be equipped."

"Yaya and I have already discussed it. Let us build the commercial area." Zhang Jiajia said, "We will make the new city the commercial and fashion center of the Principality of Yaflan."

"We can also add some art." Yu Zhi said with a smile: "How about adding an art gallery inside? The artistic level of the Principality of Afran is very excellent, and it is very suitable as a starting point for the people of Earth to understand Parnacian art."

"Since we have art, theater is absolutely indispensable." Lin Lang took over Yu Zhi's words: "Theater, cinema, opera house... I plan to have one of the cinemas show classic movies from Earth 24 hours a day. In China, I have already reached an agreement with the studio and plan to film some of Parnaki's classic stories and dramas into movies."

After that, he glanced at Su Mu and said, "The OST has been booked with Su Mu."

Su Mu, who was previously worried about whether the king should not show up in public and continue to be an artist, has now accepted the current situation and said frankly: "My appearance fee is very expensive!"

After that, Su Mu looked at Zhao Yaya and said, "Please reserve a few of the best locations in your commercial street for me. I plan to have the popular stores in our Kyrenia Kingdom open branches here."

"Mermaid barbecue?" Zhao Yaya teased.

"That's all in the past." Su Mu crossed his arms and snorted proudly: "You haven't seen how fast Kyrenia has developed in the past few months. The variety and quality of food have changed dramatically!"

"Then I suggest you give priority to stores with a strong Kyrenia style." Zhao Yaya said, "After all, the stores you like are next to KFC, McDonald's and Hai Lao."

Zhao Yaya's smile was teasing: "Fighting against your mermaid delicacy at the middle door."

Su Mu: “…”

Everyone teased for a few more times, and Zhao Yaya changed the subject and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, did you send Ravenna to China today?"

When Ravenna was mentioned, a hint of exhaustion appeared on Su Mu's face, and he nodded.

"Why, you let Lavenna study for an MBA too?"

"Not really. I just sent her on vacation for a few days so she can experience life on Earth." Su Mu said.

Lin Lang smiled and interrupted the conversation between the two, saying, "Let me explain to you. Didn't Si Jishi and I let Lavenna read Chinese novels and short videos before? It just so happened that Lorelai had access to electricity and the Internet last week, so I helped Lavenna download a few apps and taught her how to surf the Internet."

"Then Ravenna searched Su Mu's name directly and became his fan without any surprise." Si Jishi looked amused and continued, "Although she admired Su Mu very much before, now her admiration for him is doubled."

Su Mu covered her face silently: "It's not that I can't accept that she follows me wherever I go. After all, I've been through this before. But the feeling of her keeping her eyes on me all the time... It really puts a lot of pressure on me."

"In that case, how did you convince Lavenna to go to China?" Zhao Yaya asked, "Was she willing to leave you?"

Su Mu glanced at Lin Lang and Si Jishi: "They showed Lavina what 'Xiao Ka' and its surroundings are."

Zhao Yaya: "...It seems that our commercial street can also add some peripheral stores."

Su Mu: "Is this the point?"

At the same time, on Earth opposite to Parnaki, Sebastian and Ulysses, who had just finished their eight-minute class and walked out of the lecture hall with books in their arms, were blocked at the door by Ravenna who appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey, long time no see." Ravenna raised her hand and greeted the two of them familiarly.

"Ravenna?" The two were a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

"Don't worry about that for now!" Ravenna said seriously, "I need your help with something."

"What?" The two looked at each other, somewhat puzzled.

Is there something wrong with Parnaki?

Ravenna said solemnly: "Take me to buy His Majesty's small card!"

Sebastian/Ulysses: "???"