I couldn't take it anymore; when I went home for Chinese New Year, the family genealogy book ha

A week later.

A massive glass palace, brimming with futuristic technology, has been officially completed on the back hill.

From the outside, it looks like a giant crystal that has fallen into the mountains, shimmering in the sunlight and creating a strong visual contrast with the surrounding yellow earth.

Jiang Chen, holding his mother Wang Xiuying's hand, walked into the intelligent greenhouse, which maintained a constant temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and was filled with the moist scent of fresh grass.

"My goodness!"

Wang Xiuying was stunned the moment she stepped inside.

There is no soil, no weeds, and not even a trace of muddy smell here.

The ground was covered with a layer of gray non-slip floor mat, so clean it could be used as a mirror.

Rows of neat stainless steel planting racks stretch from the entrance into the depths of the greenhouse, forming a silver forest.

Strawberries, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers... all sorts of fresh and tender vegetables and fruits don't grow on the ground, but in those white troughs that are more than half a person's height off the ground.

Each seedling was lush and green, with glistening water droplets clinging to it, showing promising growth.

Here, there's no need to bend over; you can easily pick the freshest fruit simply by reaching out your hand.

"This...this...this vegetable...how did it all grow up in the sky?"

Wang Xiuying stared at the scene before her, a sight that had overturned her understanding of things for decades, and was so shocked that she stammered.

She felt as if she had not walked into a vegetable shed, but rather stumbled into a fairy garden.

"Mom, this is called hydroponics. It uses nutrient solution, so it's cleaner than crops grown in soil. You can eat it right after picking it."

Jiang Chen explained with a smile, then picked up a brand-new tablet computer from the side and handed it to his mother.

Jiang Chen had specially "super-simplified" this tablet.

There are no messy applications on the desktop.

There were only a few large, fist-sized buttons, distinguished by various colors such as red, yellow, blue, and green.

The labels above, in the largest font size, clearly indicate: "Watering", "Fertilizing", "Ventilation", and "Light".

"Mom, look, from now on, if you want to do chores, you can just sit here and move your fingers."

Jiang Chen pointed to the blue button with a small dark cloud on it and encouraged him, "Try pressing that blue one."

Wang Xiuying looked at the glowing screen with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation in her eyes.

She'd lived half her life and still couldn't figure out how to use a smartphone, let alone operate something so advanced.

"I...I'm afraid to press it. What if I break it? This thing...it must be expensive, right?"

"Mom, don't worry, just press it!" Jiang Chen held his mother's slightly trembling hand. "This thing was designed for you, it won't break! If you manage to break it, I'll reward you with 100,000 yuan!"

Hearing her son say this, Wang Xiuying mustered up her courage, extended a finger, and carefully, as if touching a rare treasure, gently pressed the blue "watering" button.

The instant her finger touched the screen.

"Buzz—"

A faint mechanical hum could be heard coming from the top of the greenhouse.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of tiny nozzles emerged from the pipes in the ceiling.

"Whoosh—"

Fine, hair-like water mist descended from the sky, evenly and precisely sprinkling onto each seedling below.

Sunlight streamed through the glass dome, illuminating the misty water and creating a series of dazzling rainbows.

"Oh dear! It's raining! It's raining!"

Wang Xiuying let out a joyful shout, just like a child!

Instead of dodging, she stretched out her arms and rushed into the gentle mist, letting the cool water droplets hit her face. She tilted her head back and let out a hearty laugh that she hadn't heard in decades!

"Hahaha! This is so much fun! So much fun!"

Jiang Chen's eyes welled up slightly as he looked at his mother's youthful appearance.

"Mom, try the yellow one too," Jiang Chen suggested with a smile.

Wang Xiuying was having a great time when she heard her son's words. She ran to the tablet and pressed the yellow button labeled "Fertilize".

This time, a slight "gurgling" sound came from inside the greenhouse.

Thin, flexible tubes extended from the main pipe and were precisely inserted into the roots of each planting trough.

A light green liquid with a faint fragrance was slowly poured into it.

Jiang Chen explained:

"Mom, this is the fully automated nutrient solution dispensing system I told you about! It's clean and hygienic. From now on, whatever you want to plant, just tap it on this tablet. No need to brave the wind and sun, you can even farm while wearing a cheongsam!"

Father Jiang Jianjun also walked in with his hands behind his back. He looked at the scene in front of him, which seemed to be straight out of a science fiction movie, and muttered, "All that fancy stuff, just useless stuff."

But his hands, quite honestly, stroked the cool, smooth stainless steel frame again and again, his eyes filled with undisguised envy and awe.

Just then, Grandma Wu from the village came to visit Wang Xiuying, carrying a bowl of freshly cooked dumplings.

She had just reached the entrance of the greenhouse when she was so shocked by what she saw that she almost dropped the bowl in her hand!

What did she see?

Wang Xiuying, dressed in clean clothes, stood there leisurely like a city lady, pointing at a shiny little board.

Then, the entire greenhouse seemed to come alive, automatically raining and watering!

Grandma Wu rubbed her presbyopia, thinking she had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

She didn't dare go in and disturb them, so she quietly retreated and ran back to the big locust tree at the village entrance, where she loudly boasted to a group of elderly women who were enjoying the cool air.

"My God! Didn't you see that?!"

Grandma Wu slapped her thigh, her face full of exaggerated expressions.

"Xiuying's vegetable garden, wow! It's like the imperial garden in Heaven!"

"Xiuying isn't farming anymore! She's living like a fairy! She just presses her finger and the vegetables grow! It's easier and cleaner than embroidery for us!"