Chapter 18
He Qin looked at Lu Xiaobai's bewildered expression and frowned slightly: "Are you scared?"
Lu Xiaobai nodded honestly: "Yeah, a little bit."
How can I not be afraid?
When famine comes, grass roots, tree bark, even stones and soil can be turned into food.
Abandoning wife and children just for a meal, exchanging children for food just to fill the stomach...
The more Lu Xiaobai thought about it, the more scared he became, and his face turned pale.
He Qin asked again: "Are you worried about having nothing to eat?"
Lu Xiaobai nodded, then quickly shook his head: "It's not that simple. It's okay if there's nothing to eat, but people are not willing to go without food."
Lu Xiaobai only said one sentence and He Qin understood. He raised his hand and touched Lu Xiaobai's head and said, "It will be fine."
Lu Xiaobai nodded and suddenly wanted to understand this world, but he didn't know many people after he came here, only the village chief.
So, he tugged at He Qin's sleeve and asked, "He Qin, do you still have the meat from yesterday's hunt? I, I want to give some to the village chief..."
Lu Xiaobai knew that everyone here contributed their share of effort when eating, except for him, who also wanted to take it away. So after he finished speaking, he lowered his head a little embarrassedly.
He Qin also knew the rules of the countryside and nodded: "Lingyi, bring a chicken."
Lingyi immediately took one out of the room and handed it to Lu Xiaobai with a smile.
Feeling the feather in his hand, Lu Xiaobai was so scared that his whole body stiffened. He had never touched a chicken before, let alone a dead chicken. He quickly looked at He Qin for help.
He Qin reluctantly picked up the chicken and said, "Let's go."
Lu Xiaobai quickly shook his hands, and finally shuddered violently, trying his best to ignore the touch in his hands, and then followed He Qin to the village chief's house.
Fortunately, He Qin accompanied him, otherwise, he would not know how to get there.
They met many people along the way, and they all greeted He Qin and Lu Xiaobai enthusiastically.
It was Lu Xiaobai's first time to see the rural scenery. He was amazed by the vast fields, but he was not in a good mood because he heard people say along the way that the grain quality was too low and the germination rate was getting lower and lower.
When they arrived at the village chief's house, Lu Xiaobai looked completely dejected. Seeing him like this, the village chief thought he was being bullied, so he quickly grabbed his hand and asked, "Xiaobai, what's wrong? Did He Qin bully you?"
He Qin: ...
He didn't do anything and even worked as a laborer for Lu Xiaobai, but he actually ended up bullying Lu Xiaobai?
Seeing He Qin's unhappy expression, Lu Xiaobai quickly shook his head: "No, it's just, it's just..."
Lu Xiaobai didn't dare to express his concerns directly. After thinking about it, he snatched the chicken from He Qin's hand and handed it to the village chief.
The village chief was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, "Oh, this is a gift to me. Are you not happy because you can't bear to give it away?"
Lu Xiaobai: ???
"It's okay. My family hasn't eaten meat for a few days, so I'll take it. But you don't have to be reluctant. I'll give you some good things."
The village chief took the pheasant into the house and then took out four plump grapefruits. "Here, these are delicious, but there are only a dozen on the tree this year. It's too few."
"Thank you, village chief uncle."
Pomelo is Lu Xiaobai's favorite fruit, and he thought it was not available in the countryside, but he didn't expect it to be available, and the fruits were very big. He could only hold two at a time, and the remaining two were held by He Qin.
But Lu Xiaobai didn't come to ask for the pomelo. He held the pomelo and asked, "Can we really not grow much now?"
The village chief's smiling eyes dimmed again: "Yes, the yield is low, and few seeds have germinated. The court is also requisitioning grain. It's simply, it's simply God's will to destroy us..."
The village chief burst into tears. Lu Xiaobai felt distressed and wanted to ask what was going on. Suddenly, a ding-dong sound came into his mind:
[Hello, host. Xiaobaicai has an answer for you. The reason why seed yields are decreasing is because the seeds are experiencing inbreeding failure and poor disease resistance. The reason why seeds don't germinate is because the seeds are damaged or the embryos have died.]
Lu Xiaobai: ???
He stood there with his mouth open.
Unable to go home, he completely forgot about Xiao Baicai, and now she suddenly appears to give him an answer?
He looked around and saw that the village chief was already talking to He Qin. He tried to ask in his mind: "Then, is there a solution?"
Xiaobaicai: [Yes, I sell a variety of high-quality seeds here, with a 99% germination rate.]
"Well, I, I don't have any money!"
Lu Xiaobai couldn't help but glance at He Qin. He felt that He Qin should be rich. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. He was a businessman before.
He Qin felt Lu Xiaobai's gaze and turned around, and their eyes met. Lu Xiaobai quickly turned his head away.
Xiao Baicai said: "No money is needed. Once the system is activated, you will be given 30 planting coins, which can be used to buy several kinds of seeds. Moreover, for each seed you plant and successfully germinate and harvest, you will receive corresponding planting coins to buy more."
Lu Xiaobai nodded to show that he understood, and then asked, "Then, what can I buy?"
Xiao Baicai immediately opened the system store in his mind.
Lu Xiaobai instantly saw a huge container with rows of seed pictures and price tags.
But Lu Xiaobai looked around and found everything very cheap. For example, one kilogram of rice only cost two planting coins, but he couldn't tell what things were growing, so he thought they were cheap and wanted to buy them. However, when he went to the expedition point to confirm, he was stopped by Xiao Baicai.
Xiaobaicai: [Hey, hey, hey, host, no, you should buy vegetables first, preferably lettuce, cabbage, pumpkin and winter melon seeds, because they have high yields and surprisingly many seeds.
Vegetables can be planted now, and melons can be planted after the Chinese New Year.
And if you plant vegetables now, you can harvest them after the Lunar New Year and exchange them for a lot of rice seeds.
Lu Xiaobai's eyes lit up instantly: "I didn't expect you to be useful."
Xiao Baicai chuckled a few times and said proudly, "Of course, Xiao Baicai is very smart."
Lu Xiaobai snorted before continuing to buy. Vegetable seeds were three planting coins per kilogram. Lu Xiaobai bought eight kilograms and two kilograms of pumpkin seeds.
After he made the purchase, the cabbage was offline, and ten seeds wrapped in cloth bags were instantly in his hands, almost making him fall to the ground.
Lu Xiaobai turned around in panic and found that the village chief was not there, only He Qin was standing at the door.
He Qin saw a large bag of things popping out of his hand, so he quickly walked over to take it and asked, "What is that? How did it suddenly appear?"
Lu Xiaobai said in a panic: "High-yield seeds, I, I don't know what's going on, I just..."
He didn't know how to explain it, but he knew that someone had to share the responsibility with him, so he told He Qin that this was a seed, but he didn't know how to say that he also had a system.
He Qin didn't believe it at first, but he saw these things suddenly appear with his own eyes. When he opened them, he found that they were indeed seeds. His face changed immediately. He looked back at the door and found that the village chief had not come out yet. He hurriedly picked up Lu Xiaobai and ran home using his lightness skills.
Lu Xiaobai was suddenly carried like a princess and flew into the sky without any safety belt. He was so scared that he stuffed his seed into He Qin's chest and strangled He Qin's neck tightly.
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