Chapter 126
Back to the point, this war preparation test field is essentially a granary placed by various nations in another world. After players apply for it, they must plant it according to the instructions. The crop varieties and planting time must be determined according to the instructions, and no personal decisions are allowed. Whenever natural disasters or man-made disasters occur in real life, these are supplies that can be withdrawn at any time.
In order to avoid causing too much damage to the environment, and because the terrain of the novice villages in different places is different, the area of the experimental fields is limited. Some novice villages do not even have the conditions to cultivate experimental fields.
"It seems that they are some easy-to-eat crops that can be extracted at any time." Bei Qiao put down the notice, checked in on it remotely using the forum interface, turned around and walked out of the village chief's house: The natives should have received the news, but I don't know if they can farm.
There are two ways for the official to release news to players: one is to post it on the forum, and the other is to post it on the notice. The former avoids the locals, while the latter is a formality to let the locals know about the situation, but the actual notification is still to the players.
The development of experimental fields was a major undertaking, and since crops needed sunlight to grow, it was impossible to completely avoid the indigenous population. Therefore, this time, a paper notice was used to announce the news. As for why the notice was placed at the village chief's house rather than on a billboard in the square, that's a question for the village chief, as he was responsible for posting the notices.
"Qiao Qiao, have you finished reading the notice? What is it about?" In order to prevent herself from forgetting her inspiration, Yu Qian squatted at the door with paper and charcoal pencil and wrote for a long time. When Bei Qiao returned home to get the carriage, her legs were a little numb from squatting, and when she stood up, she almost fell to the ground.
"Our village is going to open up experimental fields." Bei Qiao quickly grabbed Yu Qian's arm.
"Thank you, Qiao, baby." Yu Qian happily adjusted her posture with Bei Qiao's help. The moment her feet touched the ground, she gasped: "Mom!" Her legs were so numb! I almost lost all feeling! Is this the price of retaining inspiration?
"Don't talk too much, and don't stamp your feet."
"I know, I know." Yu Qian was supported by Bei Qiao. She limped to the doorstep and sat down. She placed the manuscript on her knees and rubbed her legs with a grin: "Oh, I don't want to check in..." It's so troublesome. Why can't I just check in in the forum? I don't want to go out.
"You don't have to stay here so long as to not even want to go out, do you?"
"It's not that exaggerated. I've just been feeling lazy lately." For someone who's saved the minimum amount for a financial freedom fund, being lazy for over 300 days a year isn't too much, is it? Her last group tour had practically drained her energy. The women she met on the tour were all complaining on their WeChat Moments about getting shingles from exhaustion and the excruciating pain. They'd never travel that far again.
Seeing that Yu Qian was fine, Bei Qiao didn't say much. After returning home to rub his dog's head, Bei Qiao harnessed his mount to the carriage and drove off to Linjie City.
The departure time today was a little late, and they were delayed by bandits on the road. Bei Qiao had a quick lunch in the carriage. When they arrived at Linjie City in the evening, their parents were already eating in the living room.
At Qiao Lin's urging, Bei Qiao parked the carriage in the stables of the official inn. The innkeeper still remembered her and, before she even paid, found her room key and offered her a discount: "Come back often when you have time!" It was a blessing for players to have established connections with local families, as the number of thugs coming to the inn to extort money had decreased.
"Yes, thank you." Bei Qiao exchanged a few polite words with the shopkeeper, went upstairs to put his backpack away, and lay down on the bed to log off.
"Is it not ready yet? The food is almost cold!"
"Coming, coming." Bei Qiao took off his holographic glasses and ran to the bathroom to wash his hands: "Right away."
"You're always busy... What are you doing today? Did you mess around with lunch again?" Qiao Lin pushed a plate of dried fruit over: "Eat some walnuts, they'll nourish your brain."
"No, lunch was quite filling." The homemade vegetable pie with meat and eggs I made in the morning was definitely nutritious enough, but I was a little anxious when I ate it and almost choked.
"Okay, you know what I'm talking about, so I won't ask any more questions." Qiao Lin continued to eat: "I received a message on my phone during the day. Our Novice Village is going to open an experimental field. Do you plan to participate in the contracting project?" The experimental field is not a mandatory activity. Players can choose to participate or ignore it.
"I don't particularly want to. The crops in the escort agency's yard all rely on Dudu to water them, and I can't stay by the experimental fields all day." Although she received a guaranteed salary during the planting period, plus five social insurances and one housing fund, for Bei Qiao, staying in the fields all day was not conducive to her career development. Although being matched as the escort agency's deputy escort leader was not her original intention, she has now adapted to this role and does not want to give it up to farm.
Interestingly, although there are people working in the escort agency now, both Li Qingqing and Zhong Tian treat being an escort as a side job, and even Bei Qiao himself is a bit idle.
"The truth is, you simply don't have the confidence to grow crops, right?" Bei Gu, the best vegetable grower in the family, felt he had the most say on the matter: "Every time the seeds sprouted, you refused to pull out the extra seedlings, nor did you want to buy more pots. After finally dividing the pots, you refused to prune the extra branches. Nothing could grow, so you could only grow a good experimental field this way."
"If they haven't grown, it's because the fertilizer isn't fertile enough. Fertilizer smells so bad, I don't want to add it. Besides, there are real-time planting instructions in the experimental fields, so just follow them." Bei Qiao had planted vegetables a few times before, always using flower soil. The leaves that emerged were small, and the fruits didn't grow big. Later, she bought some vegetable seeds, and the store gave her a set of soil with fertilizer. The smell was so bad that she almost threw out the pots and soil together: Could it be farmyard manure? The chicken farms I passed on the highway before didn't stink this bad!
"Okay, it's not shameful to be bad at growing vegetables. There are automatic vegetable growers out there." Where there's demand, there's a market. Automatic vegetable growers are now quite mature. These days, virtually every household has one, if for no other reason than to enjoy fresh food. Balconies are limited in size, and relying on a vegetable grower to grow vegetables freely is unrealistic.
"In that case, most of the experimental fields will still be outsourced to the indigenous villagers, right?" Although Qiao Lin has not been online for a long time, he has become familiar enough with the indigenous villagers.
"That's right. Other players all have their own professions, so there shouldn't be too many of them going into farming." Not to mention that farming is tiring in itself, and it also requires skills to grow crops well.
After dinner, Bei Qiao logged on again and heard footsteps outside the door. After adjusting his weapons, Bei Qiao pushed the door open and met the gaze of the person outside. "It's you, after all! I was right."
"...Miss Qin"
"Call me cousin!" Qin Huan raised his index finger and shook it.
Bei Qiao raised an eyebrow and looked at the other party: "I don't understand what Miss Qin is saying."
"Don't worry, this time is different from before." The other party skillfully took out a set of men's clothes: "An annoying relative came to my house, and I need cousin Qiao's help... Uh, should I ask if you are willing first?"
Bei Qiao looked at her with a puzzled look: "My last name is Qiao, but I am a woman. Miss Qin, did you recognize the wrong person?"
"Why are you pretending to be stupid? I've already come to your house, you..."
"Who are you?" Just as the fake Qin Huan was trying to put the clothes on Bei Qiao, another Qin Huan hurried up the stairs and asked, "What do you want to do by pretending to be me?"
"Miss Qin" Bei Qiao looked at the newcomer calmly, and sized her up subtly.
"You are the one, why are you pretending to be me?" Seeing the person who came later, Qin Huan, who came earlier, was not scared at all. He withdrew his hands and folded his arms, making an expression that said "You are really the thief crying stop thief".
Bei Qiao leaned against the doorframe, watching the two Miss Qins argue over who was the real one. Most of the tenants on this floor were out, so there were few people watching. Only a passing waiter craned his neck to watch from the stairwell for a moment before leaving due to work.
Compared to the Miss Qin who initially spoke to her, the clothes on this Miss Qin looked more expensive. According to normal people's logic, this later person must be the real deal. However...
Seeing that the two of them couldn't reach any conclusion after arguing for a while, Bei Qiao calmly went back to the house and closed the door: "Both of them are fake. Who came up with this routine? Is someone targeting me? But coming to Jiecheng today was completely a spur-of-the-moment decision. After seeing me close the door, they didn't continue to entangle with each other, but instead insisted on continuing to argue with each other. Perhaps, they didn't come for me.
Ignoring the two people arguing outside, Bei Qiao opened the forum and quickly scanned the latest posts from Linjie City. He didn't find anything unusual, but he did see a bunch of soft ads related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Calculating the time, it was only three days away, and he had already eaten the milk mooncakes he bought last time for lunch.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival in the other world seems to be quite lively. Should I celebrate it in Linjie City or go back to Novice Village?" Bei Qiao pondered for a moment: "We celebrated the festival in Novice Village last time. How about taking my parents to Linjie City to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in a different world this time?"
Mid-Autumn Festival was a legal holiday, and my parents happened to have it off. Even if they didn't have time to log in during the day, it didn't matter. Bei Qiao could arrange for them to log in in the morning, get on the carriage, and then log off. They wouldn't have to worry about anything else. After the player logged off, their body would remain in the same place. All my parents had to do was make sure they sat firmly enough to avoid falling in the carriage.
Thinking about it this way, traveling in another world is quite labor-saving. As long as you let someone you trust pull your body to your destination, you don't have to endure the bumps of the journey.
"I'll ask them later if they want to go out. They should want to, right?" After making a plan, Bei Qiao closed the forum, held his breath, stood up, and walked to the window quietly.
Just now, a figure appeared outside the window, seemingly intending to enter the room from outside. But when the fake Miss Qin outside the door began to knock hard, the shadow hesitated again, as if changing its mind and preparing to leave.
"Now that you're here, don't you want to come in and sit down?"
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