Chapter 64 Host, do you still remember that you have a golden finger?
Li Qingqing is a girl with clever hands, otherwise she wouldn't be able to make such nice shoes.
As soon as she saw the pattern, she loved it. Upon closer inspection, she discovered the embroidery technique was also unique. "Sister Bai Lu, where did you learn this technique? Can you teach me?"
As soon as she said that, she realized something was wrong. Who doesn't keep their craft secret? Asking for it directly was really rude. Her face flushed with anxiety, and she said quickly, "Forget it, forget it. I guess your family must have paid a lot of money for this, right? I'm not going to learn it anymore."
Upon hearing this, Bai Lu first looked at Gu Jiayue. After all, this acupuncture technique was taught by her elder sister Hua Chao. Without her or her second sister's consent, she would not dare to teach it without permission.
Gu Jiayue nodded slightly. There was nothing to hide. This kind of acupuncture was just an ordinary introductory acupuncture in Kyoto. As long as she studied it carefully, she would be able to understand it.
After getting permission, Gu Bailu took out new needle and thread and patiently taught Li Qingqing.
They had just taken an exam yesterday, and Gu Yuhe was beaten so badly that he couldn't get out of bed because of his poor grades, so Gu Jiayue gave the children two days off.
Therefore, Gu Jiayue also had some free time today. Several girls sat together, sewing and embroidering patterns while chattering about their daughters' concerns. Laughter and joy echoed in the courtyard, making it very lively.
Gu Jiayue was in a trance and had the illusion that she was back in her university dormitory.
"By the way, Jiayue, is the young man who sent my grandfather to the town here? I also want to thank him in person." Li Qingqing suddenly remembered and looked up and asked.
Gu Jiayue quickly replied, "No, he went to the county town to inquire about the rice seedlings. He probably won't be back until tonight."
Li Qingqing's face flashed with disappointment after hearing this, but she quickly recovered and said, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow. I wonder if I can find a place to buy these rice seedlings."
Gu Jiayue thought to herself that this matter might be a bit tricky. If she couldn't buy enough seedlings this time, she couldn't delay any longer and had to quickly grow new seedlings and replant them, otherwise, there would be no hope of harvesting in autumn.
Everyone was busy with farm work in the fields, so her studies were also delayed, which made her very anxious.
Alas, I can only wait for Hu Zi to come back. If that doesn’t work, I have to find a way to help the villagers.
Not only them, but the entire village was anxiously waiting for Hu Zi's return.
In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the entrance of the village, and Hu Zi finally came back.
Behind him were two ox carts, which were full of rice seedlings.
Someone at the entrance of the village saw this and quickly turned around and ran into the village, shouting loudly for the village chief.
Gu Jiayue also heard the noise, and the family hurried out and walked towards the village entrance.
Hu Zi was surrounded by the crowd and trapped beside the banyan tree.
"Miss, I looked around the county and only collected 500 kilograms." Hu Zi said to Gu Jiayue with a tired look on his face.
Five hundred kilograms may sound like a lot, but there are nearly a hundred households in Taohua Village, and each household will not get much.
Gu Jiayue looked at the village chief, who also looked helpless. He sighed and said, "Well, let's divide it up first. The more you can plant, the better."
The village chief asked his eldest son to help with the registration. The wealthy families received the seedlings and gave the money to Hu Zi; the poor families wrote it down and helped Gu Jiayue repair the house to pay off the debt after the busy farming season.
In Taohua Village, except for some families who did not plan to plant rice this year and whose seedling fields were not damaged by hail, the rest of the families could only get about ten kilograms each.
Ten kilograms of seedlings are not enough to fill even one paddy field.
Seeing the villagers in low spirits, Gu Jiayue felt bad too. She wanted to help these simple folks.
"Village chief, it's only April now. We can grow seedlings and plant them again." Gu Jiayue stepped forward and said sincerely.
"Is it too late now? If we miss the season, the harvest might not be good..." The village chief frowned, looking worried.
"No matter how bad the harvest is, it's better than no harvest at all, right?" Gu Jiayue said anxiously, "I once heard from ladies in the south at the Marquis' Mansion that they can grow rice twice a year. We're not far from the south, so I think it's feasible."
"And I've read agricultural books that have methods for accelerating seed breeding. I'll write them down for you right now."
The village chief pondered for a moment and felt that what Gu Jiayue said made sense.
After two days of searching everywhere, they had collected a total of 1,000 kilograms of rice seedlings, but it was still far from enough to distribute to the entire village. By then, many fields in the village would be abandoned due to lack of rice seedlings, and even if other crops were planted, it would not be enough to cover the tax.
Alas, it seems that this year will not be easy.
Why not follow Jiayue's advice and take a gamble? Even if the harvest is poor due to missing the farming season, it's still better than having nothing at all.
After thinking it over, the village chief made a prompt decision and said, "Okay, then we'll have Miss Jiayue to help."
"Okay, I'll have someone send it to the village chief after I finish writing it. You go and do your work first." After saying this, Gu Jiayue walked back to her room.
She sat down at the table, spread out a piece of paper, and wrote down in detail the method she remembered to speed up rice cultivation.
The content is roughly the same as what I said to Gu Yuhe last night, with only a few details added.
However, she was not a student majoring in agronomy. She had only looked up relevant information when she was leading students in labor classes. The specific details had faded, and she only remembered the general steps.
At this moment, I couldn't help feeling uneasy, wondering if I had missed anything, or whether it would be suitable for the climate and soil of Annan County.
"It would be great if there were some books on agriculture for me to read." Gu Jiayue murmured softly, feeling secretly annoyed.
The system that usually had a very low sense of presence in her mind seemed to be triggered and began to jump eagerly in Gu Jiayue's head: Look at me, look at me! Benefactor, why don't you even look at me?
It's no wonder that Gu Jiayue forgot about it. This system is really too cold. Apart from counting points, it almost never communicates with her on weekdays.
If she hadn't received points every day, she would have almost forgotten that she was a time traveler and had a golden finger.
The system kept beating for a long time, but Gu Jiayue was completely unaware. She only felt that for some reason, even after being home for so long today, her heart rate was still pounding.
Could it be heatstroke? I should ask Madam Cai to make some mung bean soup for me later.
The system had no choice but to speak directly, "Host, the system mall is full of good things, why don't you go take a look?"
Poor host, why don’t you go and take a look at the mall!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
System mall!
Yes, she is a time traveler with a golden finger, how could she forget this?
Look, so much time has been wasted.
It’s all this system’s fault. It never shows up to show its presence, so Gu Jiayue often forgets about its existence.
Gu Jiayue hurriedly opened the system mall to check.
Last time she just took a quick look and saw that most of the items on the homepage were books of various kinds, so she thought that this system mall only had books and nothing else.
The system secretly complained: We are an education system, isn't it reasonable to place books in the most conspicuous place?
"Student Xiao Du, please help me find a book about scientific cultivation of rice seedlings." Gu Jiayue said.
The system was like an intelligent assistant in a mobile phone. As soon as Gu Jiayue finished speaking, the words "rice planting technology" appeared in the search bar of the system mall.
In a flash, the system mall page refreshed, revealing a dazzling array of rice cultivation books. Gu Jiayue was dazzled. "There are so many?"
She couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. She was just racking her brains to recall what she had read before, but she didn't expect that now she could find everything with just a search.
What's this? She deserves it?
System: You deserve it, don't you? You're a fool who doesn't use the cheat code.
Gu Jiayue tapped on the book at the top of the list, titled "Rice Cultivation." With just a click, the system displayed a detailed introduction to the book.
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