After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 41 Human joys and sorrows are not shared.

"Yes, yes, you are a little princess!"

Qin Xiu laughed and said, "Of course I'm a princess! The TV series you acted in last time, what was it called... what was it called again? You played a princess! How many princesses were you? The eighteenth princess?"

"Eighteen or twenty-eight—the emperor probably had a baby; he's had thirty daughters by now!"

Li Dajiao leaned closer: "If Jieying hadn't pointed it out to me, I wouldn't have recognized Xiaoxiao. Her face was painted so badly! She looked like a ghost!!"

"You gossipy woman, you've got such a sharp tongue! Our Xiaoxiao is so pretty! This is what the role requires! You still remember it!"

Bai Xiao's mother, Wang Jieying, said with a laugh and a scolding.

Her father, Bai Xueliang, also came, but Bai Xiao left very quickly when she arrived, and the two of them were too lazy to chase her away, so they only arrived now.

Bai Xiao is beautiful. Since she wants to develop her career in the entertainment industry, Bai Xueliang and Wang Jieying did not stop her. After all, it doesn't matter where you work, you still have to work to earn a living. But look at the children in the village who are the same age as her, none of them earn as much as she does!

Wang Jieying is quite proud of this.

Watching her parents chat with the uncles and aunts in the village, Bai Xiao awkwardly touched her nose. The TV series she debuted in was a special guest appearance, and she only had two scenes!

But she was so excited! She had a piece of work to show for her!
So when the TV series aired, she told her parents, but to her surprise, they were even more excited than she was and told the whole village!

Everyone gathered at her house to watch the TV series she starred in, a crazy nineteenth princess!

Not eighteen, not twenty-eight, it's nineteen!!

But it's normal to go overboard with the makeup and styling when playing a crazy princess!
So she died in the village!

From then on, apart from Bai Lu, she never recommended her TV series to any of her friends, even though she has now become good enough to play the eighth female lead!
Bai Lu leaned out from the balcony and watched as Li Dajiao pulled her aside, bombarding her with questions, all about whether she was dating anyone, and whether there were any good male actors or celebrities in the industry! She wanted to introduce her to her Simin!

In just a few minutes, Bai Xiao put on a lifetime of acting, her face practically frozen from smiling. Bai Lu, in a moment of mercy, called down, "Xiao Xiao, what are you dawdling for? Why aren't you up yet—"

Bai Xiao looked up and saw Bai Lu. A bright smile appeared on her face. She immediately greeted Qin Xiu, "Sister Jiang, I'll go upstairs to find Lu Lu."

Then she took off running, as if her life depended on it. I told you, no girl can escape the clutches of the village intelligence group. She went upstairs with practiced ease, stretched out her arms towards Bailu, hugged her tightly, and rubbed against her: "Lulu! I missed you so much!"

The affectionate moment lasted only two seconds before he suddenly punched her hard on the cheek: "Hmph! Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? If it weren't for my mom, I wouldn't have known you were home!"

The egret was speechless: "We're the eldest, so let's not even talk about the second eldest!"

“I’m not like you. I was thinking of going home and then coming to visit you. Unlike you, you have no conscience.”

"Yes, yes, I have no conscience!"

Bai Lu, ever the agreeable one, coaxed her while scrutinizing her face. From the moment she first saw her, she noticed the faint aura of gloom emanating from her. She asked calmly, "Didn't you say you were very busy? How come you have time to come home?"

"Oh, forget it."

At this point, Bai Xiao's smile immediately faded, but she quickly leaned closer to Bai Lu mysteriously: "Let me tell you, the new film crew I signed with is haunted—tsk, why aren't you reacting!"

In the past, shouldn't the egret have tucked its legs in, hugged its knees, let out a hiss, and then asked her what happened next, both afraid and eager to hear it? What does it mean by having no expression at all?
Are you scared out of your wits?
That can't be! She hasn't even started telling her ghost stories yet! Has she lost her courage after such a short time?
"How should I react?"

Bai Lu raised her chin: "Let me tell you, I'm incredibly strong right now! If this ghost dares to come, I'll keep it here to farm!"

"What kind of land are you going to plant? I heard from my mom that your family is going to plant forty or fifty acres of land today? And you even hired someone to plow it? What, are you going down the rural revitalization route?"

"Is that not allowed? I also want to tell you something. I resigned from my job and will be farming at home from now on. These forty or fifty acres are what I'm going to farm!"

"What? What did you say? I didn't hear you!"

Bai Xiao picked at his ear: "You said you want to stay in the village and farm? Bai Lu, are you kidding me?"

"No kidding!"

"That means I wasn't fully awake!" Bai Xiao rubbed his head. "I must be dreaming, dreaming of coming to your house, dreaming of you farming. Actually, my 89-pound body is still lying at home. Heh—what are you doing?"

Bai Lu pinched her: "Are you awake?"

"!!!" Bai Xiao rubbed her thigh. She couldn't have a best friend like this. She really pinched her!

"Didn't you hate farming the most? You were the one who told me that whenever your parents asked you to harvest rice, you would deliberately cut your hand, especially your left hand, so it wouldn't affect your writing!"

Egret: "..."

Can you please stop bringing up these dead memories and attacking me like this?
Bai Xiao held Bai Lu's hand, a little worried: "What happened to you?"

"No," the egret shook its head. "I just suddenly wanted to try a different way of living."

"Okay... fine!"

Bai Xiao didn't say anything more, but instead asked her, "Do you have enough funds? Cultivating forty or fifty acres of land will cost a lot of money, and you just gave your family money to buy a house—I have about 100,000 yuan that I can use to help you?"

"No need, I still have money."

"You're kidding me!"

Bai Xiao didn't waste any words with her and directly transferred 100,000 yuan to Bailu's Alipay account.

"That's all I have for now. I don't know if it's enough. You can use it for now. After I finish filming this drama, I'll have about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan in salary after tax."

"It makes me angry just thinking about it."

"I just signed on for a period drama, playing the eighth female lead. Although I only have seven or eight scenes, I play the male lead's ideal woman and have scenes with both the male and female leads. This drama is a big production, directed by Director Zhang, and the female lead is a very popular actress. Although the male lead isn't formally trained, he's a highly educated and talented actor. Plus, the script is excellent, so it's sure to be a hit. I was even hoping to use this role to gain some exposure and hopefully get some offers to play the fifth or sixth female lead in the future! Who knew!"

Bai Xiao looked indignant.

"After filming started, everything went wrong. Either the male lead or the female lead fell off the wires. At first, no one took it seriously, but just a week ago, the female lead's stunt double fell off the wires and died!"

"Everyone says that the director didn't pray to the right mountain during the opening ceremony. Some people even say that someone died in the old house we're filming in, and that there are ghosts causing trouble inside!"

"These past few days, the director has been trying to find a master to resolve this issue—people in Hong Kong believe in these things the most..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly heard a loud shout—

"I did it! I finally did it! Oh my god! Sister, did you see that? I did it! Thank our ancestors for their blessings!"

The voice was mad and loud, startling Bai Xiao. She asked Bai Lu, "Is that Bai Chen's voice? Is Bai Chen home? Doesn't he go to work?"

"No..."

Before Bai Lu could say anything more, Bai Chen burst out of the room. Bai Xiao almost vomited. She covered her nose and stared in shock at Bai Chen, who was covered in mud: "You, you, you fell into the latrine! You're so dirty and smelly?!"

"This is a symbol of my victory!" Bai Chen started spinning around, shouting to Bai Lu as he spun, "Sister, look at me, look at me!"

From today onwards, he is a monk!
Bai Lu chuckled: "I saw it! Go take a shower right now, it stinks!" Bai Chen had successfully drawn in Qi and expelled impurities from his body, so of course it stank!

Everyone smells bad; the egret smelled terrible back then too.

But the white peony is so fragrant!
She opened the door dejectedly, looking clean and smelling nice, but she wasn't happy at all.

Indeed, human joys and sorrows are not shared.

Why doesn't she have a single clue?
Could it be that there's something wrong with her talent or her comprehension?

"Have you all gone home?"

How could those who have been away from home possibly return just a month after the Lunar New Year?

Even if they have time, they wouldn't go home after going out to play. But these three all went home?
"Lulu, bring Xiaoxiao down for some pork offal porridge!"

Qin Xiu shouted at the top of her lungs from downstairs.

As soon as Bai Xiao arrived, everyone who had helped slaughter the pig was already slurping away in the yard, each with a large bowl, eating with such relish and enjoyment!
He kept praising it as he spoke.

"Mmm! This pork offal congee is delicious today!"

"Yes, home-raised pigs taste the best!"

Everyone praised it highly.

"Is it so delicious?"

Bai Xiao had eaten quite a lot of good food in the capital. She followed the smell into the kitchen and found a big pot of pork offal porridge, which was steaming hot. The smell wasn't that amazing!
She opened the cupboard with practiced ease, found a bowl to serve the porridge, and even filled a bowl for the egret.

Between Bai Xiao and Bai Lu, Bai Lu was always the one being taken care of, and she also enjoyed Bai Xiao's care.

Bai Wei couldn't trouble her to come; she had to do it herself.

Besides a large bowl of pork offal porridge, there was also a small bowl of chopped wild onions and cilantro on the table.

Bai Xiao has loved cilantro porridge since she was a child. She scooped a big spoonful into the porridge, stirred it, and the hot porridge immediately cooked the raw cilantro. The unique aroma of cilantro wafted into her nose.

Bai Xiao took a spoonful, blew on it a few times, and put it in her mouth. The first taste was of cilantro.

Well!
It tastes good, but it doesn't taste any different from what I usually eat!

It wasn't until the egret scooped a spoonful of chopped wild onions into the porridge that the flavor suddenly became amazing.

She strained her nose: "What is this? It smells amazing after you added this!"

"It tastes amazing!"

The egret lowered its head to drink the porridge. The first taste was the fresh fragrance of wild onions. The porridge base was smooth and creamy, and the pork offal was delicious. It was so good that you wanted to swallow your tongue.

The methods for making pork offal congee are largely the same across different families.

First, clean the fresh pig liver, pig heart, pig intestines, and pig stomach. Then, cut some lean pork, marinate it, and cut it into thin slices of appropriate size.

Prepare the congee base in advance, then add the prepared pork offal to the congee, along with appropriate seasonings such as salt, pepper, and shredded ginger. Once the congee base becomes thicker, the pork offal will be almost cooked through.

"is it?"

Bai Xiao was skeptical, but she added a spoonful of chopped wild vegetables to the porridge. The taste was immediately different, and it was even more delicious. She ate it spoonful by spoonful, enjoying it even more than her second senior brother.

I downed three bowls in a row!
Although she is not a top-tier celebrity, as an actress, maintaining her figure is very important. She tries to eat small, frequent meals to stay in a state of not starving and would never indulge like she did today.

Because she knew that one day of indulgence couldn't be recovered by a week's worth of boiled vegetables!

But today—

It's still porridge!
High in sugar and high in carbohydrates!
Bai Xiao looked at the rice bowl, which was so clean it reflected light, and felt like crying. It was all because the porridge was too delicious!
Qin Xiu cut two catties of pork for each family that came to help, and also packed two pieces of pig's blood. No one refused, and they went home chatting and laughing. After everyone left, Qin Xiu packed a bunch of wild scallions for Wang Jieying.

It's obvious that Bai Xiaoting loves eating scallions; I asked her several times.

And the scallions from her house are really good; they taste amazing.

Besides, these wild onions are quite expensive, and she wouldn't be willing to share them with everyone!

But her family and Bai Xueliang's family were close, and Bai Xiao and Bai Lu got along well, just like her own children, so she was still willing to part with them.

Bai Xiao was on the second floor of Bai Lu's house, not with her parents. She was nestled on the sofa talking to Bai Lu when her phone suddenly rang. She didn't pay much attention to it and didn't even open it.

But Bai Lu glanced at her phone, frowned slightly, and asked, "Xiao Xiao, when are you going back to the capital?"

"I don't know!" Bai Xiao shook her head, subconsciously opened her phone, and pouted, "What the hell! My agent messaged me saying that everything on set has been taken care of, and we'll be back to work tomorrow night. I have to leave first thing tomorrow morning!"

"Can I ask for leave?"

"Huh? Why? If a minor character like me delays the filming, I'll be replaced. You'd better have a legitimate reason. If I have to help you farm or something—no way! This role is quite important to me."

Bai Lu stared at her for two seconds, then nodded: "I was just saying it casually. You can go back now. I'll come visit you when I have time."

"You said it yourself!" Bai Xiao perked up again: "You're farming at home now, you have plenty of time! After I finish filming, I'll take you on a tour of the film set—you've never been an extra before, have you? I'll let you experience it!"

"No way!" Bai Lu refused. "The clothes and shoes for extras are all the same, and they don't even get washed. I'm not going to go through that trouble for a hundred or so yuan a day!"

"It's an experience! It's just an experience! We're not expecting you to make money!"

"leak!"

After playing around for a while, Bai Xiao went back, and Bai Lu watched her retreating figure while still counting on her fingers.

"Sis, come over here and put the pork in the freezer!"

Bai Chen shouted.

Bai Jiang had already cut the pork; they could just put it directly into the refrigerator.

Bai Chen, that idiot, put his index and middle fingers together, pointing at the pork and then at the freezer, going back and forth, fantasizing about turning the pork into the freezer without lifting a finger.

"Why not? I can't do it!"

Bai Lu rolled her eyes: "You haven't even learned any magic, what do you know?"

As he spoke, he made a hand seal, and the portioned pork instantly disappeared from the ground, being placed into the freezer and refrigerator. The remaining blood in the yard vanished completely, and even the lingering smell of blood in the air disappeared.

(End of this chapter)