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

Chapter 99

The Bai family is going to pay respects to their ancestor, it's such a grand and solemn event, but this brat has no sense of propriety at all!

So she wanted to go into the room herself and pull Bailu up, but Baichen stopped her again, saying that he would take care of it and that she should hurry up and pack her things because they would be leaving after dinner!

After Qin Xiu left, he immediately went into the room. He made up his mind that if his sister still didn't wake up, he would slap her awake!

Otherwise, he would be the one who gets slapped!

But what if you can't wake him up by fanning him?

However, as soon as he raised his hand, the person opened their eyes, which startled him, and he quickly started shouting.

"If you can't even handle this little thing, what can I expect you to do? Do you expect me, your older sister, to carry your burdens for the rest of my life?"

The egret glanced at him lightly, then checked its own cultivation level, hmm—

A Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivation level!
Cultivation in the world of immortals is useful! She brought her cultivation back with her!

"I didn't say that!"

Such a heavy burden was placed on Bai Chen's head, and he refused to accept it: "First, I did not ask you to carry the burden for me for the rest of your life. Second, the 'little thing' you mentioned is not a little thing. That is your own mother. Even if you are a powerful cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage now, when your mother comes—you have to coil up if she is a dragon, and lie down if she is a tiger!"

Egret: "..."

She couldn't refute what he said at all.

If her mother gets angry and wants to hit her, she has to stand still and let her...

"Sis? Big sister, are you still spacing out? It's 7:30, your mother will be coming up with a rattan cane soon!"

Bai Chen grabbed Bai Lu's wrist and pulled her off the bed.

"Alright, alright, I need to change my clothes!" the egret exclaimed.

"Lazy donkeys poop and pee a lot on the millstone! Hurry up, get down and eat something before you leave!"

Bai Lu threw a slipper at him: "Hey, you're lecturing me now! And—does it make you any manners to talk about poop before eating?"

Bai Lu used a dust-removing spell on herself, changed her clothes, and went downstairs. She finished her breakfast amidst Qin Xiu's nagging, by which time almost everyone in the village had arrived.

"LuLu." Bai Xiao, fully armed, walked over and greeted Bai Lu: "Do I need any more protection?"

The leeches on the mountain are incredibly ubiquitous. Yesterday, because I wasn't wearing arm sleeves, I got bitten on my wrist, and it's still incredibly itchy!

"You're all wrapped up except for your eyes, where else do you think you can protect yourself from?"

Looking at the person in front of her who was wrapped up tightly, she almost wouldn't have recognized him if they hadn't grown up together.

The egrets live at the entrance of the village, so everyone gathers here first and we set off promptly at eight o'clock.

Since the great-grandfather's grave is on a hillside an hour away from Dongshi Village, we don't need to go up the mountain this time. It's just a bit far, and it will take another half hour to get to the great-grandmother's grave. The return trip will take an hour and a half. Half a day has already been spent just on the road.

However, every year after they finished cleaning the old man's grave, they would have a picnic in the valley not far from the grave—bringing the ingredients there to cook, and then offering the cooked food as a sacrifice to the old man and leaving a portion for the old woman. The entire Bai family, more than a hundred people, would then eat with the old man in the valley.

A large group of people, some on motorcycles, some in pickup trucks carrying a group of children, and others in tractors pulling a load of stoves, pots and pans for cooking.

Egret and Bai Xiao were too lazy to walk, so they shamelessly squeezed onto one of the tractors with the children, their bodies being tossed and turned with each "thump-thump-thump" sound.

"Eh ...

Bai Xiao sat on a small stool, bouncing so hard her bottom felt like it was going to burst. She couldn't help but groan, but as soon as she made a sound, her small body bounced again, and her voice became a long, trembling murmur.

The egret beside it remained as steady as a thousand-pound weight, not even a hair on its head trembled.

She stared at Bailu's enviable thick hair and winked at her, "It's not a wig, is it!"

Based on Bai Xiao's long-term experience of wearing hairpieces, Bai Lu's hair is definitely not a wig!

So here's the question: how did her hair grow so fast overnight?

She still had short hair when I saw her on Qingming Festival!
I have a treasure! I want it!

Bai Xiao's eyes sparkled, and the desire in them was obvious!

"I did get something good!"

Bai Lu combed her long hair with her five fingers, then tied it into a neat and tidy bun, transforming into a clean and elegant beauty.

Bai Xiao hurriedly asked, "What good stuff is it?!"

Bai Lu appeared to be taking out a round, dark pill from his pocket, but actually from his storage ring. He held it between two fingers, and Bai Xiao held it with both hands reverently, but his expression showed utter disgust.

"This little gadget is exactly the same as the one made by Ji Dajia. If I hadn't seen you take it out of your pocket, I would have thought you made it in a chicken coop!"

She took it in her hand and subconsciously smelled it; an indescribable fragrance filled her nostrils!
Great stuff! Great stuff!

Bai Xiao's eyes lit up: "Quick, tell me, what is this? It doesn't look like black sesame balls! Can eating it really make your hair grow?!"

The egret raised its chin towards the horizon and said, "Anything from over there is bound to be top-notch!"

"Tell me earlier!"

Bai Xiao immediately understood—it was something from the cultivation world!
“I ate it!”

The pill was immediately thrown into his mouth; delaying even a second would be disrespectful to the pills of the cultivation world. However, Bai Xiao never expected that the pill that had been put into his mouth could be pried out one day. The duck that was about to be eaten flew away!

Bai Xiao was dumbfounded.

Before Bai Lu could react, she pinched Bai Xiao's mouth shut with one hand and secretly used her spiritual power to draw out the pill while covering her mouth with the other.

"That was close, I almost got your saliva on me!"

Bai Lu blew on the pills to clean them, and Bai Xiao slapped her across the face: "There was no saliva from me just now, but now there's yours!"

"You're disgusted?!"

"I mean, I'm complaining, so give me some to eat!" "Eating everything will only hurt you in the end!"

Bailu put the pill away: "You dared to eat it without even processing it? I'll make you grow into a hairy monster!"

Bai Xiao was speechless: "...You're so heartless! You dare to give me this with such serious side effects!"

"I showed it to you, I didn't say I'd give it to you to eat! You were just quick, okay?!" Egret won't take the blame for this kind of inexplicable mistake.

"you--"

Bai Xiao thought to herself, "This is going to drive me crazy! It's one thing to be unable to beat her, but I can't even win an argument with her!"

Was Grandfather biased?

All the benefits went to the egret!

No, she had to ask this old man properly today—the old man she worshipped yesterday was her family's old man, and he couldn't control Bailu's family, but this old man was the old man of the whole village, so he should be able to control Bailu!
"Sister Lulu, Sister Xiaoxiao, please stop fighting!"

When the little girl from Bailu Erye's family saw the two arguing, she rushed over to mediate. She stretched out her chubby little hand and stood between the two, gently persuading them: "Arguing is not good, Sister Xiaoxiao, please don't hit my older sister. I have medicine, you can take it all!"

A packet of Maltesers was handed to Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao was immediately amused: "This medicine of yours is really hard to swallow!"

"It's delicious! You eat it! Stop fighting!"

"Big sister and Xiaoxiao are just joking around, they're not arguing. Tingting is so kind, she knows how to care for her older sister."

The egret smiled and patted the little girl's head. The little girl looked at the two of them with her big, round eyes.

You didn't argue?
They've already started fighting, but haven't they started arguing yet?

Is this the world of adults?
So hard to understand!
……

They continued driving until they reached a point where there was no road left, at which point they unloaded all the offerings, paper money, and various food items.

These ingredients were all purchased with the clan's collective funds: half a pig plus a set of offal, ten geese, ten chickens, squid, prawns, turbot, and various vegetables. This standard is enough for three or four main dishes at a banquet!
When the road ended, it meant we were not far from the ancestral tomb. Everyone carried and lifted things to the valley and put them away. Some people stayed to prepare the food, while the rest went to the ancestral tomb. After the tomb was repaired, everyone in the valley was called up to offer incense. Then they came down together to cook. Finally, someone was arranged to bring the offerings to the ancestral tomb.

Rather than sweeping the ancestral grave, it was more like a disguised family gathering. During the Qingming Festival, most of the children from various branches of the Bai family who were away from home returned with their families. Everyone chatted and laughed as they wielded hoes and shovels. Before long, the ancestral grave, made of pure soil, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Offering incense, worshipping, proceeding step by step.

People from the valley also came up, and firecrackers went off for a full half hour, circling the grave dozens of times. The ancestral tomb had been transformed and was now surrounded by red.

Many people were tapping and banging on the firecrackers with long sticks, worried that if they went off for too long, they would ignite the weeds nearby. The weather was alright today, probably because it was still early and the fog hadn't dissipated yet, but the sun was already out.

When Bai Lu and his group returned to the valley, they saw that the campsite had already been set up. The stove was up, the canopy and tents were also set up, the fruits and vegetables had been washed, and the water had been boiling for a while. Bai Xin, the village cook, was in charge of cooking today and was leading people to prepare to kill chickens and geese.

Bai Xiao, with a free mouth, saw that the bright red apples looked good, with water droplets still on them, clearly freshly washed. She took a big bite with a "whoosh," and found them delicious and juicy!

However, just as they finished eating half of the apple, a commotion suddenly erupted by the pond. A woman's screams, the sound of a heavy object falling into the water, and a child's screams followed one after another.

In this valley, there is a wide and flat meadow, and not far away there is a stream. In the middle of the stream, there is a small, circular pool with a diameter of two or three meters, which is very convenient for washing and cleaning. This is why they choose to cook here every year.

We've had peaceful coexistence for many years, what's going on this time? Are there snakes in the water?

Is it a snake as thick as a water bucket? It scared everyone like that?

Bai Xiao, always eager for novelty, walked over while munching on an apple. In that instant, the crisp apple in her mouth became impossible to chew. She pushed her tongue out, and the half-chewed apple gently fell to the ground, striking her heart with a heavy blow.

She glanced at the egret, then looked back at the half-eaten apple, her expression on the verge of collapse: "Tell me quickly, this apple wasn't washed in this pond!"

"Unfortunately, the probability is estimated to be only 0.0000001%!"

The egret took two steps back, looking at the chicken floating on the water and the mountain of leeches crawling all over its surface. Goosebumps rose on its arms, and it quickly looked away.

But she sensed something was wrong and forced herself to look over.

"My God! How can there be so many leeches in this water! And they're so big!"

Although Bai Chen said this, he walked even closer: "I've never heard of leeches liking to eat meat. This chicken has no blood left, so why are they still swarming around it?"

"Give me, let me!"

Gao Laorong, who had been searching for mountain produce to sell, squeezed through the crowd. He was tall and had long arms. He reached out and grabbed the chicken by the neck, pulling it back. The leeches on the chicken seemed to have found a new target and immediately turned around and climbed towards his hand.

Gao Laorong wasn't afraid at all; instead, he smiled and said, "You guys don't understand. Leeches are very expensive, several hundred yuan a kilogram. People used to raise leeches by using poultry like chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs to catch them!"

"Fishing? With a fishing hook?"

I've heard of fishing, but I've never heard of leeching. Fish bite the hook, and leeches bite the hook too?!
Unheard of!

"Of course not! Don't you know what 'diao' means? It means putting something in water and then lifting it up. In our local dialect, that's called 'diao'! And 'diao leech' in our local dialect is called 'diao shen'. Comparing leeches to sea cucumbers tells you how good they are! Dried leeches are a top-notch traditional Chinese medicine!"

While talking, Gao Laorong kept his hands busy, putting all the leeches on his hands and the chicken into a small tin box that he had somehow gotten his hands on. At this moment, he saw a leech crawl out of the small tin box. He flicked his finger, and the leech failed to escape.

He then threw the chicken into the small pond, and the leeches in the pond swarmed over as if they had smelled it—the sight was so spectacular it was enough to trigger trypophobia.

"I heard from my grandfather that it's best to use a person to hoist sea cucumbers!"

I don't know who said that.

This idea is outrageous!
“My grandfather said the same thing,” Gao Laorong said. “But thinking about it, it makes sense. Leeches love to suck human blood, and a person is so big, who knows how many leeches they can catch at once!”

"What nonsense are you spouting! There are so many children here! Aren't you afraid of scaring them?"

The village chief, who was also the clan head, cursed, "You can't catch all the leeches. Hurry up and fetch some water, and cook the meal. The old man is waiting!"

"Fourth Uncle, is this water still safe to drink? Are there leech eggs in it? What if we eat it and get baby leeches?"

A young boy asked Bai Xiao the question she most wanted to ask: Her apple was covered in water droplets from her meal; could there be leech eggs in those droplets?

Will the leech eggs hatch inside her stomach?
Will it suck blood from inside her stomach?
(End of this chapter)