Chapter 139 Good News Keeps Coming
Katerina was quite fast; in about two hours, she had prepared several simple potions, and through experimentation, she had almost figured out how to use the plastic and glass bottles.
Plastic bottles should not be used to store highly corrosive chemicals, but mildly corrosive chemicals are fine. Glass bottles can hold corrosive chemicals, but scalding hot chemicals should not be poured into them immediately.
As for other types of potions, she'll see what happens when she comes across them. For now, she's certain that both containers are quite good and can be used to hold potions.
After noting down her experimental results, she messaged Ning Xuan: "Honey, both types of bottles work. Could you prepare more for me next time?"
Ning Xuan took the opportunity to ask the question that had been bothering her.
Is that medicine only able to fit in such a small bottle? What if it were a larger one?
Katerina replied, "Some potions take effect only once, and the duration of each dose varies. Others only require a single drop to take effect, so it doesn't necessarily have to be this small bottle. It's just that the bottles sold by the merchants here are this small, which suits me better, and I'm used to using this size."
Ning Xuan felt relieved. "Then I'll give you more bottles of different sizes next time. You can fill them as needed; if it needs to work in one bottle, use the smaller one, okay?"
Katerina naturally agreed.
Ning Xuan relayed the purchasing needs to Lin Yuhan, and she also had another idea: to have Lin Yuhan buy a few droppers for Katerina to see if she would need them.
Also, you should buy containers with graduations. It will be much more convenient for them to use themselves in the future, as they can know the amount to use.
Good news kept coming one after another. Ning Xuan had just sent a message to Lin Yuhan when Wang Erya and Han Dongling sent messages one after the other saying they had learned it.
Wang Erya spent one night learning how to operate a tiller and harvester in the desolate wilderness. At first, she only dared to start it and then immediately turn it off. Later, she was able to start moving it, but she was always ready to step on the brake. Gradually, she was able to operate other functions while driving it.
Han Dongling is more efficient, after all, she has a driver's license. Although they are not the same, many aspects are applicable.
So Han Dongling learned it in half a day and had already started digging for resources.
Ning Xuan quickly traded the grain seeds and the newly acquired growth potion to Wang Erya, and reminded Wang Erya:
[You can experiment with the dosage of this potion a few times to see which one suits you best. Ideally, you should be able to harvest a batch on the same day. This way, you can keep an eye on it without anyone noticing your crops, and it won't take up too much of your time.]
Wang Erya understood; she had many experiences using growth potions, so this was no problem for her.
She hasn't chosen a place to farm yet; she needs to buy land first, or cultivate a piece of land in the wilderness, always making sure to avoid crowds.
Although her daughter had a spirit possession talisman, Wang Erya still activated a defensive array plate in the room. This was given to her by Ning Xuan. She couldn't afford spirit gathering arrays for the time being, but defensive and bewildering arrays were still very necessary.
Wang Erya usually spends her free time during the day cultivating at the manor, and at night she cultivates in her room at home after her daughter falls asleep.
Sometimes when she had to go out at night, she would only leave after her daughter had fallen asleep.
At first, Wang Erya was worried about her two daughters, so she asked Ning Xuan for advice. Ning Xuan asked Yun Xi for a few more puppets and gave one to each of Wang Erya and Lin Yuhan so they could use them when needed.
Wang Erya has recently started going out for a period of time every night. Her biggest worry is her daughter. With the puppet, she feels much more at ease because she can keep track of her daughter's situation at any time through the puppet.
The key is to be careful about the distance; it won't work if it's too far apart. Ideally, it should be no more than 10 kilometers. Wang Erya planned to find an open space within this distance.
Wang Erya used invisibility and lightness talismans on herself, then flew into the air to find a place to plant crops. After circling around for a long time, she actually found a very suitable location.
It was a valley some distance from the city, a distance from which no one usually returned, let alone at night. The noise from the machines wouldn't reach the city, and there were no villages nearby, making it a perfect location.
The land was still covered in weeds, so she needed to turn it over. Fortunately, it was just weeds that were easy to pull out, and there weren't any large trees or anything like that. Wang Erya used the newly learned tiller to turn over the entire flat area.
The land isn't very big, just over two acres, but it's perfectly flat, so the machine can move back and forth without any obstruction, which is very convenient.
Wang Erya wasn't very skilled at the operation, but it only took her less than half an hour to turn over the land. Then she used magic to evenly scatter the corn seeds into the furrows.
Then she used the Earth-Turning Technique to bury the seeds. Since she had an Earth Spirit Root, this level of Earth-Turning Technique didn't require much spiritual power, and she could also take the opportunity to practice her spells.
Originally, this soil-turning technique was a commonly used method by cultivators when planting spiritual fields, so it was very suitable for use at this time, and Wang Erya's planting efficiency was greatly improved.
After burying all the seeds, she took out several large plastic jars and planned to start preparing growth solutions in different proportions.
At first, she mixed one drop of the medicine with one tank of water, and the corn that was watered sprouted quickly and grew to one meter tall. She then increased the dosage to two drops per tank and sprinkled it on other seeds that had not been watered. This row of corn grew rapidly and produced ears of corn.
When 3 drops were prepared in a large vat, the corn quickly went from sprouting to maturity. Then, an hour later, the row with 2 drops also produced corn ears. Half an hour later, the corn with 2 drops of the medicine matured.
The corn treated with one drop of the medicine continued to grow to about 2 meters tall, but it had not yet produced any ears of corn.
Wang Erya finally decided to use a 3-drop dosage, collect two batches in one night, and then go back, which would save time.
Anyway, there's a lot of medicine, so it seems like it will last a long time.
The corn yield was truly high. The corn that was normally planted on her farm had only grown to half its height, so this was the first time she had ever seen corn cobs growing on corn plants, and the yield of corn. As an ordinary person who had farmed year after year, relying on the weather for a living, and worrying about making a living every day, Wang Erya was very excited.
Once these high-yield grains are planted throughout Dajin, ordinary people should no longer go hungry.
She was eager to see what the other high-yield crops were like, but different crops required different proportions of pesticides, and the initial weeding also took some time, so Wang Erya had to put aside this idea for now and continue planting corn.
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