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

Chapter 71

The egret's words became a prophecy.

When I first traveled back home, I lied to Bai Jiang and Qin Xiu that I was coming back to recuperate, but now I really need to rest and recuperate at home.

When she and Bai Wei returned home, the uncles and brothers in the village had just finished sweeping the floor and clearing away the table before leaving. The yard was just as it had been when she left, which was fine.

Bai Chen, who had spent countless hours explaining, almost fainted in the toilet from crying.

He saw Bai Wei returning with Bai Lu's arm around his, and quickly withdrew his hand that he wanted to help her. He looked Bai Lu over and saw that she was alright except for her slightly pale lips, so he was finally relieved.

Before he could speak, Qin Xiu interrupted him. She shuffled over in her slippers and asked, "Are you hungry? I cooked some lean meat porridge. Would you like a bowl? You look so listless. Are you tired? I told you to rest and recover before doing anything else! Now look what you've done, you've exhausted yourself!"

Qin Xiu thought Bai Lu had gone to look for sales channels again. She felt that Bai Lu should indeed do that, but she also felt that it was too hard for her.

"drink."

Bai Lu turned and walked straight to the kitchen, completely ignoring the second half of Qin Xiu's words.

This porridge must have been made by Qin Xiu after Bai Chen told her she was coming back. It was a simple wild vegetable and lean meat porridge, served in a large bowl, as if she was afraid that Bai Lu and Bai Wei wouldn't have enough to eat.

The porridge was a little too hot to drink, but it warmed my heart and soul. After taking a sip, Bailu felt her strength increase.

Subtle spiritual energy flows from the stomach into the meridians and dantian, circulating through the microcosmic and macrocosmic orbits.

The egret's eyes lit up; it hadn't expected its current physical condition to react so strongly to the little bit of spiritual energy in the wild vegetables.

—Dietary supplements are also a good method.

She divided the food into two small bowls for Bai Wei, and left the remaining large bowl completely dry!

Qin Xiu was very anxious. Ever since her eldest daughter came home, she had been eating like a pig.

She even felt that she could eat more than a pig.

Before, when we ate... well, you could not really call it eating, because Bailu would only eat vegetables and not rice, saying that she wanted to cut out carbohydrates because she was afraid of getting fat.

Usually, I would be full after just a couple of bites, but now, wow, I can eat two bowls even after I'm full!

And I don't seem to be gaining weight, I don't know where all the food went!

Bai Wei and Bai Chen are also eating much more than before!

If we hadn't made some money during this period, with the three of them eating like that, the family wouldn't have earned enough to feed themselves.

"Are you full?" Qin Xiu asked uncertainly.

The egret burped in response.

Bai Chen collected the bowls, and Qin Xiu looked at Bai Lu as if trying to see a flower bloom on her face. She sighed and slowly said, "I don't understand you siblings' behavior lately... what was it again?"

Qin Xiu paused halfway through her sentence, looked at Bai Jiang, who thought for a moment and then uttered a new term he had learned online: "Shen shuang dong!" (literally, "a crazy move!")

"Yeah, that's a crazy move!"

Qin Xiu crossed her legs and rested her hands on her knees: "One by one, you're just quitting your jobs like that—shut your mouths!"

She pointed and glared at Bai Chen, who was about to speak.

Bai Jiang nudged her: "Let's talk this out—"

"How can we talk this out properly?" Qin Xiu turned around and shook off Bai Jiang's hand. "What, do you want to hear lies again? Not resigning? Not asking for leave?"

Bai Jiang shut up.

He can't save the country through indirect means.

"Ah--"

Qin Xiu sneered: "Are you trying to fool your father and me? If we don't tell you, you'll really think we're stupid! The three siblings, all so young, all quit their jobs to go back to farming. I'm too embarrassed to tell anyone about it. Every time people in the village ask, I change the subject."

"What you've got is going on! You've invited the whole village over, all asking the same questions. Am I supposed to say it's good or bad? Before you do anything, can't you even consider your parents' feelings?"

These words are quite novel, and it's even more novel to hear them from Qin Xiu's mouth. It's always the children who blame their parents for not considering their feelings.

But the three siblings kept their eyes down and didn't dare to argue.

Seeing that the three of them were completely unresponsive, Qin Xiu, though angry, had no way to ignite it. She could only say, "Go upstairs and sleep. Just looking at them is annoying."

As she stood up to leave, she suddenly remembered something and asked Bai Chen and Bai Wei, "You've been watering the vegetables these past few days. How are the seedlings growing? Have they been eaten by insects?"

"No, it's fine," Bai Chen blurted out.

In reality, he hadn't even gone there. He was too busy being on edge these past few days to care about such trivial matters. If it weren't for the fact that the pig would die if it starved for a few days, he wouldn't have bothered with it either.

Qin Xiu nodded, relieved that everything was alright.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. She's in poor health and doesn't care about such things anymore. If the three siblings farm together and squander the family fortune, they shouldn't complain that they can't give the family anything in the future.

Qin Xiu and Bai Jiang went back to sleep, unaware that a huge surprise awaited them the next morning.

Upstairs, the three siblings returned to Bailu's room. Bailu opened the storage bag, dumped it on the floor, and the messy things piled up into a small mountain.

"A storage bag! This is the legendary storage bag?!"

Bai Wei's eyes shone like stars as she lovingly stroked the purse.

Bai Chen looked puzzled: "Where did you get this pouch? I guarantee you didn't have this when you went to Sanqing Mountain!"

Bai Wei picked up a small wooden box, opened it, and inside was a calligraphy brush. It was the calligraphy brush she often used to draw talismans. Her senior brother from the inner sect had killed a high-level wolf king, and she had shamelessly asked him for wolf hair, and then had someone refine it into wolf hair. Don't look at this ordinary brush, it is actually a second-level magic weapon!

Everything here has a story, including that half-foot piece of cloth, which was given to her by her third senior sister from the inner sect, because she saved a magical herb that the senior sister obtained in the secret realm.

The fabric is beautiful, and its defensive capabilities are even more impressive. It is impervious to water and fire, and cannot be broken by ordinary artifacts. Even mid-level magic weapons cannot escape its defense. Unfortunately, it is only half a foot long, which is not enough to make a complete set of clothes in the cultivation world. Bai Lu has been trying to collect the other half for several years but has not been able to find it.

"Sister? Eldest sister?" Bai Chen called out to her, "Stop looking, I'm asking you a question!"

Bai Lu put away the wolf-hair brush: "You might not believe it, but I've returned to the world of cultivation!"

Bai Chen and Bai Wei: "..."

Bai Chen: "No, is the cultivation world our family's property? You think you can just go there and come back whenever you want?"

"That's not the point!" Bai Wei pushed him aside and looked at Bai Lu: "Since it's our family's business, why don't you take me with you next time you go?"

"What kind of business do we own? That forty acres of land?" Bai Lu chuckled. "I'm not even sure about the details myself, how can I bring you along?"

What is the cultivation world like?

Bai Wei looked longingly at the sight.

"It's like the survival of the fittest." Bailu tapped her forehead: "Anyway, a girl like you with no brains is definitely destined to be cannon fodder!" Bailu gave them a brief introduction to the cultivation world, which left them stunned, but they became even more fascinated by it.

Bai Lu couldn't deny it, after all, only those who have experienced it can know the taste of it. If she hadn't had this experience, someone would have told her, "I have witnessed the true power of mountains and seas, and the vicissitudes of life in the world of cultivation!"
She would also have the idea of ​​venturing into the world of cultivation, just like when she was a child, reading martial arts novels, where a person on horseback would do chivalrous deeds, which was very dashing.

I once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword and seeing its splendor.

But once you're there, you realize that 99% of the people on Tianya can't afford a horse!

The cultivation world will only be even worse.

"If I have the chance, I really want to let you see the real world of cultivation."

After speaking, Bailu chased them away and then ate another Qi-replenishing pill.

With the three Qi-replenishing pills given by the fat steward, she had a total of ten. After eating one, she would have ten left. With the Qi-restoring pill, that would be enough for her to regain her cultivation level.

Lie down and go to sleep.

This day was so tiring.

The next day, Bailu was fast asleep—the drowsiness after her injury was her body's way of repairing itself. She didn't want to get up, but Qin Xiu rushed over in a panic and dragged her up, kicking her slippers in front of her as if the sky had fallen: "My goodness! What have you three siblings been doing outside? The police have come knocking on our door!"

What the heck? A policeman?!

What are the police doing here?

Bai Lu was a little dazed after waking up, and scratched her short hair, which had grown quite a bit longer.

What she's been doing lately is something the police shouldn't be in a position to handle!

"Hurry up, what are you daydreaming about! Bai Chen, Bai Wei! Get up!!"

The three siblings, except for Bailu who was wearing a hat, went downstairs with messy, uncombed hair, unwashed faces, and unbrushed teeth.

Two police cars arrived at their doorstep, and some nosy villagers had already lingered near their house, but wisely refrained from causing any trouble.

At this moment, six policemen and two familiar-looking comrades got out of the car. One of them was Zhang Zheng, Zhang Erda's nephew.

Bai Lu glanced at Zhang Zheng a couple more times. Uncle Zhang and Zhang Zheng's mother were regular customers of theirs, and they would spend hundreds or even thousands of yuan on groceries each time.

We're practically acquaintances.

But Zhang Zheng didn't say anything, he just nodded to her.

"A white egret, right?"

Two of the police officers showed Bai Lu and the others their identification, and they were also equipped with body cameras.

After hearing the whole story, Bai Lu's temples throbbed: "Officer Wang, you mean you received a real-name report from a citizen named Li Dali, saying that my family sells YS plants as wild vegetables, and he's already showing signs of withdrawal?! I, we, are suspected of FD?!"

Qin Xiu's legs went weak and her face turned pale.

Bai Jiang quickly helped her up and comforted her, "It's okay, don't scare yourself."

Don't you know what your own business is like?!
The innocent have nothing to fear, no matter how they are investigated!
Bai Chen and Bai Wei were secretly rolling their eyes so hard they were about to jump to the sky. How did selling vegetables turn into a total disaster?!

This old man Li is really...

Didn't they already blacklist Grandpa Li and stop selling vegetables to him?

Holy crap, even an old man has an alternate account?!

"Yes," Officer Wang said. "So, we need your cooperation in our investigation. Where did you pick the wild vegetables? We heard you even grow your own vegetables, and they'll be on the market soon, is that right?"

Egret: "...Yes."

"We also need to take a look at the vegetable garden."

"Ok."

Surprisingly, Officer Wang's attitude was quite good, without any of the harshness often associated with law enforcement, which gave Bailu a very positive signal.

Li Dali! Grandpa Li, right?
It seems your daughter-in-law really didn't hit you hard enough!
After glancing at the body camera, Bai Lu told them to wait a moment, went back to the restroom, tidied their appearance, and Bai Wei and the others also combed their hair a little before leading Officer Wang and the others to the place where they were picking wild vegetables.

At this moment, Uncle Bai finally arrived, having heard the news. He was about to ask what had happened when Bai Jiang shook his head at him, so he had no choice but to remain silent and follow the group.

It had been four or five days since he last came to pick wild vegetables. The residual spiritual energy still made the wild vegetables grow lush and green, and they looked very delicious. Zhang Zheng, who was used to eating these wild vegetables, couldn't help but swallow.

To be honest, if his test results hadn't been completely normal, he would have suspected that the wild vegetables had been laced with some kind of illegal substance. He really couldn't stop craving them if he didn't eat them for a day!

Moreover, after eating this dish, it's really hard to swallow any other dishes!
His mother complained about how high the living expenses were this month, but she kept placing orders because the supply had been interrupted once, so she would buy as much as possible every time it was put back on the shelves.

Bai Lu pointed and said, "Officer Wang, this is it. There are a few other places like this. We pick our wild vegetables from here."

Officer Wang nodded and instructed his men to pick, preserve, and test the wild vegetables.

The test results were all normal, as were the results of the other vegetable patches. In the end, everyone returned to Bailu's vegetable patch.

The egret stood in the bare vegetable garden, where not a single green leaf could be seen, and felt—

God, collapsed.

The leafy greens were planted first. Before Bailu took Baiwei and Baichen to the capital, they had already grown three robust leaves, which should be five or six centimeters long by now. But now—they're bare! Bald! Bald!

All that remained were clumps of colorful insects tangled together!

They are nibbling, wriggling, and spinning cocoons!
They clearly treat the vegetable garden as a breeding ground!
The egret closed its eyes tightly.

How could she forget? Humans know that spiritual plants taste good, and insects certainly know it too!
Insect repellent array! Good heavens! How could she have forgotten about it!
"Bai Chen!!"

Qin Xiu's voice was squeezed out through clenched teeth. If there weren't so many police officers present, she would have grabbed his ear and beaten him up no matter what!
—Is this what you meant by "pretty good"?

There's not a single vegetable left, and you say that's great?!
Qin Xiu was certain that he had never been to the vegetable garden even once!

And yet, they all resigned to farm?!

Ouch, my chest hurts! She's so angry!
Qin Xiu clutched her chest and was about to sit down on the edge of the field to rest when she suddenly stopped. She turned her head and saw that there were insects on the edge of the field too!

There's also under your feet!

It's climbing up and down onto my trouser leg!
Everyone in the vegetable garden was facing the same situation. Bai Wei was so frightened that she turned around and ran away. Even though Officer Wang, a big man, wasn't afraid of insects, there were so many of them!

It's free on Qidian today!

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