Awakening divorce, the little female is scrambled by all the big guys

Chapter 135 How to Sleep Tonight

Hearing Taylor's words, Ophelia beamed with joy and excitedly hugged Taylor's neck, kissing him repeatedly.

"Taylor, you're amazing! I love you so much."

Just then, Zeref, who was carrying in the roasted meat, heard Ophelia's words and dug his long, slender fingers into the stone bowl.

Seeing Zeref enter, Taylor helped Ophelia up and said softly, "Princess, shall we go outside and take a look now?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ophelia exclaimed excitedly.

The two were about to leave together when Zeref placed the stone bowl he was holding heavily on the ground.

He looked at the three little dragon cubs wagging their tails, his voice indifferent. "Eat by yourselves."

Then he turned to Ophelia and said, "I'll go with you."

Ophelia then noticed that her hands were intertwined with Taylor's, and awkwardly pulled her hands away.

"Okay, let's go together."

A hint of melancholy flashed in Taylor's eyes after Ophelia withdrew her hand.

Although he was prepared, he still felt heartbroken when he saw that the princess was deliberately keeping her distance from him for Zeref's sake.

Ophelia was thus caught between Zeref and Taylor and escaped from the Fu tribe.

The atmosphere was awkward the whole way, but Ophelia's attention was immediately diverted when she saw the lush green rice paddies and cornfields outside the tribe.

She walked into the rice paddy and bent down to check the growth of the rice seedlings.

The rice seedlings are growing well, but perhaps due to climate change, they are not as robust as the first crop.

She sighed, explaining that to increase yield, the rice needed additional fertilizer.

Otherwise, given the current situation, there is a high probability that the rice will have empty husks when it is ready for harvest.

"What's wrong, Princess?" Taylor asked with concern when she saw Ophelia looking dejected.

“Fertilizer needs to be applied to rice, otherwise the yield will be low, but if fertilizer is applied, it will be more difficult to promote double-cropping rice.”

If she were to plant double-cropping rice on a large scale, she would not only have to prepare seeds but also fertilizer, which would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Therefore, she plans to temporarily shelve the plan to promote double-cropping rice and put other crops suitable for planting in their respective seasons on the agenda.

She remembered that winter wheat could be planted in winter.

After thinking about it, she decided to pull up the rice and plant winter wheat seeds instead.

"Why do you want to pull up all this rice?" Taylor was very surprised to hear Ophelia's words.

He looked at the lush rice paddies with a touch of reluctance, after all, rice cultivation requires a large amount of water.

All these rice paddies were irrigated by him and his clansmen, bucket by bucket, carrying water.

He felt a pang of heartache at the thought of suddenly having to uproot these rice plants.

"Don't worry, we're just pulling them out to grow better crops."

Ophelia quietly lowered her voice and leaned closer to the two of them, saying, "There's a crop in this space that can be grown in winter, and its yield is about the same as rice."

"If we can really grow it, we will have food to eat all year round and won't have to rely on rice every year."

Although the Beast World has mastered the technology of rice cultivation, its development of agricultural products is still very limited.

Since there's no way to promote double-cropping rice, she'll have to win by increasing both quantity and variety.

Hearing Ophelia say this, Taylor felt a little less reluctant to part with her.

So they got right to work and Taylor and Zeref uprooted all the rice in one acre of land.

Planting is slow, but weeding is fast.

Ophelia composted the land again, planning to plant winter wheat in a couple of days.

Next, Ophelia went to the watermelon patch, where the watermelons had grown to the size of grapefruits. Watermelons typically take eighty days to mature, and they would be ready in about sixty more days.

She carefully searched the watermelon patch and picked up a few watermelons to tap them.

Then they discovered that one of the watermelons had a hole drilled in it, revealing its still pink flesh inside.

"How come there's a hole here?" Taylor asked, puzzled.

Zeref crouched down and looked around, then picked up a little creature from the ground next to him.

"So it's a hedgehog."

"Oh ho, you little thing, you've come to steal food from my field." Ophelia pinched the little hedgehog by the scruff of its neck and tapped its little nose.

The hedgehog was still very small, only about the size of a woman's palm.

Its thorns are soft, and there are some pinkish pulp on the tip of its nose, proving its 'evil deeds'.

"Squeak squeak squeak." The little hedgehog twisted and struggled, but to no avail.

"What do we do now?" Zeref frowned.

Ever since he had his little dragon cub, he has had no resistance to these soft and cute little animals.

My once cold heart has gradually warmed up, and I'm no longer as harsh, ruthless, or cold-hearted when dealing with things.

"How much can it eat? Let's just let it go."

However, Ophelia was unaware that this action would trigger a series of consequences, but that's another story.

After checking, she found that there were about 300 watermelons in one acre of land, which is almost twice the yield of wild watermelons.

Moreover, this was under the condition that Ophelia deliberately controlled the yield. If she hadn't controlled it, according to modern yields, one acre of watermelons could yield at least three thousand kilograms.

One watermelon weighs 10 jin (approximately 5 kg), which is 3,000 kilograms, or 600 watermelons.

If he really pulled out six hundred watermelons in one go, it would probably startle people.

Finally, Ophelia went to the cornfield. The corn was growing well, and the stalks were already as tall as a person.

Many of them already have corn cobs. The ripening period for corn and watermelons is both eighty days.

So in a little over a month, the corn and watermelons will be ripe.

When so many watermelons and grains are brought out, it will definitely shock the entire Beast City.

At that time, the reputation of his Fu tribe's shops will also reach new heights.

Ophelia paced around for a while, finally releasing the pent-up frustration she had been holding in at home for days.

By the time they returned, it was already getting dark.

Taylor and Zeref went to prepare dinner, and after dinner, the three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

Finally, Taylor stood up to clear the dishes, and then said something seemingly casually.

"I'm going to wash the dishes and I'll be back late. Princess, you can sleep with Zeref tonight."

Ophelia blushed slightly and stammered, "I... I can do it by myself."

Taylor gave him a reassuring smile. "You have to take care of three baby dragons tonight; one person simply can't manage them all."

“Zeref is their father, so he has an obligation to help you. You don’t need to feel embarrassed.”

Although Ophelia felt embarrassed, she was eventually persuaded by Taylor.

Don't be fooled by the three little dragon cubs' well-behaved nature during the day; they transform into little devils at night.

They are very energetic, not only running around everywhere, but also munching on things.

They dug a hole in the corner of the wall, and even lifted up a piece of the bluestone bricks paving the ground.

If no one is around to keep an eye on them at night, they could cause a huge uproar.