Chapter 233: The treasure belonging to the original owner takes the first step in repairing the farm...
The lakeside town was a beautiful and resource-rich town, but that was before the fire-breathing dragon invaded.
Now it has become a mess with holes and holes everywhere, with blazing flames and horrific corpses everywhere, houses collapsed, roads destroyed, and a scene like the end of the world. No wonder Rongzhen had misunderstandings when she first arrived.
Even though she had experienced a more tragic last life, Rong Zhen still found it difficult to look at such a miserable scene today.
She dragged the body of the original owner's mother and walked silently behind Mary, trying her best not to look at the tragic scenes in the world or listen to the shrill cries.
Mary walked in front, still cursing the dragon, her voice becoming more choked.
The two walked along the main road in the middle of the town all the way to the edge of the town.
The original owner's farm is here, called Will Farm.
Will was the name of the original owner's grandfather. It was he who spent several generations of his family's savings to purchase this place and develop a farm, which changed the family's wandering life. Therefore, the farm was named after him.
Will Farm is not in the best location. It is located in the buffer zone where the edge of the town meets the forest, and is tucked away at the tail end of the lake, the town's water source. They barely don't have to worry about irrigation, but when the dry season comes, the lake water level drops and they also face the problem of water shortage.
Therefore, the farm's income is not high, it can only ensure that the original owner's family has enough food and drink, and it is impossible to get more.
This is also the main reason why the original owner gave the remaining property in the house to the heroine Lillian, and his finances became so tight that he had to work himself to reduce expenses.
It was because her family had no money and couldn't afford to hire workers, so she had to do it herself, which led to her death from overwork.
Rong Zhen does not have such a spirit of dedication. Not to mention that she does not intend to give all her money to the heroine Lillian, even the various gold, silver and jewelry from the previous world collected in her space will not allow her to work so hard.
Thanks to the main system and the generosity of the little heaven in the previous world, not only did they return the gray space, but the things she collected in it were all there.
Even if many things in it are not universal in this world, gold, silver and gems must be universal, right?
According to the original owner's memories and the introduction of the world background, Rong Zhen knew that elves favored plant seeds, crystals, and gems, while dwarves preferred some special metals, and diamonds were also very popular.
Let’s not talk about the hobbies of other races for now, these two alone are enough for Rong Zhen to gain wealth.
The premise is that she has the opportunity to trade with the other party.
It’s too early to talk about this matter now. Rongzhen will write it down first and concentrate on arranging the funeral for the original owner’s parents so that the couple can rest in peace as soon as possible.
The farm was severely damaged. Houses, fences, crops and even some livestock were caught in the flames spewed out by the dragon and burned into a pile of black ashes.
Fortunately, the hired workers were fine. They knew to run away when the fire broke out and helped their employer drive away a few livestock, thus recovering some of the property losses.
Seeing Rongzhen coming back, these people came out from their hiding places one after another to help her bury the poor couple.
The cemetery was chosen in a corner of the farm. Before it was burned by fire, it was a small hillside with birds singing and flowers blooming. Wild flowers bloomed in spring, summer and autumn, making it a Feng Shui treasure land suitable for resting in peace.
Rongzhen buried the original owner's parents there, hoping they would like it.
Aunt Mary was by her side, and behind her stood the still frightened servants, all looking at her with hope and worry.
"What is Miss Jenny going to do next?" Aunt Mary wiped her red and swollen eyes and asked everyone's question.
Everyone was worried about the young lady of the host family and their own future. No matter which one they were in, it seemed there was no hope.
The damn dragon destroyed the lakeside town and everything they depended on for survival!
Rong Zhen looked at everyone present, cheered herself up, and took the opportunity to express her opinion: "Don't worry, Will Farm won't lay you off. Father and Mother still have some savings, enough to pay your salary for two or three months. As for the cost of rebuilding the farm, I will find another way to make sure you don't have nowhere to go."
Let them start cleaning up now and take the first step towards restoring the farm.
The servants were filled with hope and began to work happily.
It’s not that they are not sad when something like this happens, it’s just that the dead are dead, and the living have to live on. They can only bury their sadness and pain, move forward, and look forward.
While they were busy on the farm, Rongzhen came alone to the small villa next to the main road at the entrance.
This is a two-story farmhouse built of wood and stone, with four or five rooms on the upper and lower floors, which is enough for the original owner's family of three.
Usually, the original owner's mother liked to plant flowers and vegetables in the fenced yard in front of the house, wash clothes with the hired maid, develop new dishes with Mary, the cook, feed and water the chickens, ducks and geese, and order helpers to clean up the feces and dirt they dropped.
She was a woman who loved life and cleanliness. She doted on her only daughter and gave her the ancestral treasures very early on.
Based on the location of the room in the original owner's memory, Rong Zhen dug out a melted metal box from the ruins of the burned house. After opening it, she found an intact jewelry box inside. The box contained the treasure passed down to her by the original owner's mother.
A dazzling gemstone necklace.
It was the dowry passed down from the original owner's grandmother to the original owner's mother, and she also gave it to her own daughter.
Even if we look at Rongzhen from a modern perspective and with modern craftsmanship, it is still a treasure. Not only is it valuable, it also carries the mothers' blessings for their daughters' happy life after marriage, and is of great significance.
But such an extraordinary treasure was given to the heroine Lillian as travel expenses by the original owner reluctantly. When Lillian gave it to the goblins in exchange for weapons during her adventure, the goblins despised and belittled it as worthless, which also caused Lillian's friends to complain, saying that the original owner gave such a gift with ulterior motives.
In that case, Rongzhen decided not to give it to her. Wouldn’t it be nice to keep such a beautiful and shiny treasure for herself?
In addition to the gem necklace, the jewelry box that holds it is also a rare treasure.
It is made of an unknown fragrant wood material. It not only smells pleasant, but is also carved with patterns of various plants and flowers, which is very delicate and beautiful.
The original owner's father was traveling and saw it in a trading market. He fell in love with it and spent a huge amount of money to buy it and gave it to his beloved girl as a token of love, winning the favor of the original owner's mother in one fell swoop.
When the original owner was born, he wanted to find a similar one for his daughter, but he couldn't find it anywhere, which made this jewelry box even more precious.
The original owner's mother put the ancestral heirlooms that came with the dowry into a jewelry box and gave it to the original owner in advance to keep as a dowry for her future marriage.
Unfortunately, before the original owner could get married, they both died in the dragon disaster.
Is there a heaven in this world?
If anything, Rongzhen wishes the couple to be reunited with their daughter in heaven.
Rongzhen closed her eyes and clasped her hands together to pray for a while, then continued to look at the exquisite and beautiful jewelry box in her hand.
In the plot, the heroine Lillian brought back the fountain of life that could heal the burns on the Elf King's face after returning. The container for the fountain water was this jewelry box.
We don’t know why the jewelry box can be used as a container for water without leaking. Maybe it’s because the fountain of life is not ordinary water?
I don't understand it either, but Lillian successfully took it back with the fountain of life and gave it to the Elf King as a token of love.
The jewelry box accurately hit the Elf King's aesthetic taste, and coupled with the fountain of life inside, the Elf King, who was high and mighty, ruthless, and always refused to lower his noble head, completely fell in love with him and began to give the heroine Lillian the response she wanted.
All in all, this is actually a prop to promote the relationship between the male and female protagonists.
Rongzhen was considering whether to keep it as he did with the jewel necklace.
Since it needed to be filled with the fountain of life and also had to appeal to the Elf King's aesthetic taste, she remembered that she had collected colorful crystal boxes in her space. They were originally used to hold crystal ornaments, high-end brand products, made to be crystal clear and colorful, especially the richest green, which was carved into the shape of twining vines, which was very beautiful.
In Chinese mythology, jade boxes can also be used to store spiritual objects and keep them fresh. Crystal is water jade, and water jade is also jade. I think it should be able to hold the fountain of life like the jewelry box given by the original owner. And don’t elves like crystal? Hehe.
As for this jewelry box and jewel necklace, they carry the infinite beautiful wishes of the original owner's parents for her, so there is no need to give them to others to be despised and wasted.
Rongzhen will help them keep it well.
She then put the two things into the space, along with a stone box of silver coins that she had found in the room of the original owner's parents.
This was all the savings of the original owner. It seemed like a lot, but it was a drop in the bucket to repair the farm.
But it's better than nothing. Rongzhen plans to put it out in the open later and use it specifically to pay the employees' wages so that they can work according to her instructions with peace of mind.
After all, the one who gives out money is the boss. Don't think that she is easy to bully and fool just because she is young and alone.
She lost her parents, but she still had money and enough ability to lead them to repair their home and lead a better life.
The prerequisite is that you have to listen to her and treat her as your employer.
Rongzhen expressed this attitude during the meal, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Because the food they ate was not fake. It was made by Rong Zhen who specially took out flour, salt and sugar from the space and gave it to Aunt Mary.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion, she did not use refined flour, but instead used whole wheat flour, mixed with corn flour and black bean flour, which was similar to the flour made from rye grown on the original owner's farm.
When Mary saw it, she didn't suspect anything at all and thought it was the food reserve that had been secretly sealed and preserved in the original owner's home.
Although she found that it was a little different from rye flour during the process of making food, she did not think much about it. She was just grateful for the foresight of her employer and thanked the lady for being willing to share it with them so that no one would go hungry.
Now that the town was burned down, there was no food to fill people's stomachs except the potatoes buried in the ground and some ingredients that had escaped the disaster.
And now they have brown bread with salt and sugar to eat. Who wouldn't say that Miss Jenny is kind and generous, and who wouldn't be grateful?
So Rongzhen successfully completed the transformation of her status with the help of this small favor.
Since ancient times, whoever gives you milk is your mother, and this is not just a saying.
The food and treatment at Will Farm aroused the envy of the survivors in the town, and also attracted the heroine Lillian, who was more kind and generous than Miss Jenny.
"Jenny, there are a lot of people starving outside. I heard you still have food here. Could you please help everyone?"
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