What do I need to do?
It's actually very simple. You just need to complete the tasks Xiaodou assigns you to gain lifespan and earn points.
What are points used for?
[You can use your points to shop in the system's built-in store, and the store's selection will definitely meet your needs.]
Fang Qing found the "Shop" option.
After she clicked, she was told that she did not have permission to open the store and needed 1 point to unlock it. The status bar at the top of the screen showed that she currently had 0 points.
"Then hurry up and issue me the task."
She always valued efficiency, and since she had decided to live, she wanted to accumulate life time as quickly as possible.
[Please be patient, young master. There are no tasks available in the system yet. Please wait patiently.]
With nothing else to do, Fang Qing carefully studied the system, paying close attention to even the small print prompts.
Although the system shop is not yet unlocked, these small print notes already indicate that she can redeem anything she wants in the system shop.
Fang Qing immediately thought of grain seeds.
What would happen if she planted modern, improved grain seeds here?
At least we won't go hungry anymore, right?
Thinking this, Fang Qing was filled with fighting spirit.
She wants to farm!
She wants to get rich!
So in the afternoon, Fang Qing went to work in the fields with Zhao Shi.
She wanted to check out the soil quality at their house and then plan what crops to plant.
Based on her knowledge of history, Fang Qing guessed that crop yields in this era were not high, but she was still shocked when she saw it with her own eyes.
The wheat planted in the field this season is almost ripe and has already sprouted ears.
The wheat is short and sparse, and only about four or five grains can be harvested from a single ear of wheat, so the yield per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.067 hectares) is at most three or four hundred jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.5 kg).
This is probably not even enough to feed their family for a whole year.
Fang Qing was anxious and went to find Zhao Shi, who was weeding.
"Mom, can I plant the next crop?"
She was thinking that the next crop wouldn't be available for another two months, and by then she would definitely be able to buy grain seeds from the system store.
When the time comes, the crops she grows will definitely amaze everyone.
But Zhao chuckled after hearing this.
"Stop fooling around."
They openly looked down on her, this child.
Undeterred, Fang Qing continued, "Does our family have any spare land?"
"These six acres of land aren't even enough for our family to eat. Where is there any land left uncultivated?"
Zhao paused for a moment, then said, "Unless, we go to reclaim wasteland."
Clearing land?
"It's that open space in front of the mountain. The village chief said that whoever cultivates that land owns it. However, the soil there isn't good enough to grow crops, so nobody really cares."
But Fang Qing has her own ideas.
It's just clearing land, she can do it.
The land she reclaims in the future will be hers; it will be her opportunity to become independent.
After telling Zhao Shi, Fang Qing returned to the village.
To the north of Fangjia Village are continuous mountains, and a large open space in front of the mountains is overgrown with weeds.
Fang Qing climbed up and observed from above.
It's true that growing crops here isn't as good as in front of the village, but it's a waste to just let it grow like this with weeds.
Fang Qing planned for a while and then selected one.
This area is close to a mountain spring, so irrigation will be cheaper in the future. Also, it's covered with low-lying weeds, making it relatively easy to cultivate.
She couldn't wait to start cultivating this land.
Just then, the system suddenly sounded a notification tone, and at the same time, Xiaodou's voice rang out.
[Little master, the system has assigned you a task.]
The task is as follows: Please help the Zhou family survive.
Fang Qing was startled.
Zhou is Douya's aunt, the woman who just gave birth yesterday.
"What happened to the Zhou family?"
[The system has detected a large amount of death energy within her. If left unchecked, she will likely take her own life within a few days.]
Fang Qing immediately thought of postpartum depression.
Zhou was frail, her husband wasn't around when she gave birth, and her mother-in-law was so vicious; she, a woman alone, really couldn't have endured it.
Zhou was the only daughter in her family, and her parents doted on her. If they had known her situation in the family, they certainly wouldn't have let her continue to suffer there.
Thinking this, Fang Qing told Zhao Shi and returned to the village. She sat at the village entrance for a while and waited for the oxcart that often took people to the county town.
She asked this person to send a message to the Zhou family in the county town, saying that Zhou had given birth and they should come and see her.
The Zhou family only had one daughter, Zhou Shi. When the people from the other side came and saw how Zhou Shi lived in this family, they naturally couldn't bear to part with her.
Fang Qing sweetly called him "Uncle" a few times, and the man harnessing the oxcart responded.
Fang Qing didn't tell her family about this.
The next morning, Zhao was busy inside and outside as usual.
Fang Qing was washing up in the yard when the old woman, with a swollen head, sat on the doorstep cursing.
Fang Qing ignored it as barking dogs until someone called at the gate, at which point she hurriedly went to open it.
The two women who arrived were strangers.
The woman appeared to be under forty years old, and her attire clearly indicated she was not from the village. She was accompanied by a simply dressed old woman.
These must be Madam Zhou and the Zhou family's servants.
Before Fang Qing could even greet her, the old woman came running over in a flash.
"Why did you come, in-laws? Oh dear, since you're already here, why did you bring anything?"
The old woman's eyes seemed fixed on the old woman behind her carrying two baskets covered with red cloth.
"Didn't Ningning give birth? As her grandmother, it's only natural that I come to see my granddaughter. What's wrong with your face?"
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