Chapter 203 Pulling out the Lightning-Struck Tree

Busy days always pass quickly, and with the arrival of autumn wind, it gradually becomes cooler.

During the autumnal equinox, fruits and melons are fragrant.

In the southern suburbs of Shuangxi Town, Shilipo used to be a large wasteland, but now it has become a large farm with abundant fruits. Various vegetables stand tall in the fields like colorful pagodas. The red, yellow and green peppers, green cauliflower and purple eggplants make people happy.

However, the most widely grown and highest-yielding crop on the farm is sweet potato, followed by corn and pepper, and then local crops such as cucumber, eggplant, and pumpkin.

Today is the auspicious day for digging sweet potatoes.

Early in the morning, Cheng Long brought Bai Suzhen, Huahua, Feifei, and more than 300 hired farmers to the farm.

"Mr. Cheng, when will the excavation start?"

An old farmer in his fifties, holding a hoe, walked up to Cheng Long in small steps and asked.

He and the more than 300 people behind him all had great expectations for the sweet potatoes in the sweet potato field, because during the planting process, Cheng Long had reminded them more than once that the sweet potato yield was astonishingly high.

Originally they should have planted potatoes, but this thing is quite special. After planting it for a few generations, it will show signs of reversion.

In addition, potatoes are prone to sprouting and becoming poisonous if left for a long time, so Cheng Long simply ate them himself and only promoted sweet potatoes, corn and peppers.

"Now."

"Yes, son."

After receiving the reply, the old farmer immediately turned around and shouted to everyone, "Start digging!"

Following the old farmer's shout, hundreds of people started working together. As soon as the hoes hit the ground, big and plump sweet potatoes appeared in the turned soil.

Almost everyone dug up one or two.

This was true no matter what angle they struck the hoe.

These hired farmers had never dug up such a bountiful harvest of food before. They could actually dig up a large number of sweet potatoes with just a hoe. They were so shocked that their jaws dropped.

"Don't just stand there, dig quickly, be as careful as possible, and dig to the side..."

Cheng Long's voice floated into the ears of the hired farmers, and these rough men felt relieved. The young master did not blame them, which meant that he did not care much.

However, they then obediently expanded the scope, even though they accidentally dug up one or two while digging, which was unavoidable.

When digging sweet potatoes, they will inevitably become rotten, unless you dig them with your hands.

About three minutes later.

An acre of sweet potato field was dug up completely.

Cheng Long asked someone to shake off the dirt, and then started weighing the fruits in baskets.

One basket weighed 45-56 jin, and it was weighed more than a hundred times.

The yield per mu is about 5,000 kilograms!
This is a pretty terrible number.

The yield per mu is 55 shi, which is fifteen or sixteen times that of rice!
When this number was presented before everyone's eyes, the entire manor instantly became silent, and everyone was so shocked that they were speechless.

"Susu, have someone pick out the rotten ones, wash them, take them to the kitchen and cook them, and share them with everyone."

"Mmmmm~"

Although Bai Suzhen had expected this, she was still surprised by the sweet potato yield per mu.

When he was giving orders to his servants to do things, his eyes were obviously dull.

The same is true for Huahua and Feifei.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Waves of tempting aroma wafted out from the farm kitchen, making the men digging sweet potatoes drool.

"Since everyone is hungry, put down your hoes, go to the stream to wash, and then follow me to the canteen to taste the sweet potatoes. I guarantee you will want more after you have eaten them..."

In the past four or five months, Cheng Long has been dealing with these men a lot. On the one hand, he was teaching them the correct planting methods, and on the other hand, he was establishing a heroic image of saving the world and loving the people.

……

"Mmm, sweet potatoes smell so good!"

“It’s so sticky and sweet, so delicious!”

"I have never eaten such delicious food before. I can enjoy it even without teeth..."

"Mr. Cheng traveled thousands of miles to find this fine variety from overseas. Not only is the yield high, but the taste is also great. I will definitely buy a few dozen kilograms and bring them back for the children to taste..."

"Yes, you must buy some and plant a few acres next year. Then you won't have to worry about going hungry anymore."

“Will the owner sell it?”

"I can't guarantee it for others, but my boss will definitely sell it. He's too kind!"

In the dining hall, the hired farmers were sitting or standing, gathering in groups of three or five, talking. In the process of helping Master Cheng grow sweet potatoes, they had already mastered the methods of breeding, dividing seedlings, and planting. They also knew that sweet potato leaves were edible, so their employers had allowed them to take a lot of them back in the past.

However, sweet potato leaves and sweet potatoes are two completely different products. Although the leaves are edible, they are not that delicious and are far inferior to vegetables and fruits such as cabbage and cucumber.

Before this, they had never imagined that sweet potatoes would be so sweet and delicious.

It is delicious and easy to grow, and the yield is high. Just planting three or five acres of land can ensure the safety of a family for a whole year. If you don’t buy some to take home, you will definitely go home with your head filled with water, which is extremely stupid.

However, when they finished a delicious sweet potato feast and were about to ask Cheng Long to buy some sweet potatoes, they received some great news that made them cry with gratitude.

Get sweet potatoes for free!

Every farmhand working on the farm can carry two baskets back home after finishing their work.

Because Cheng Long promoted sweet potatoes, corn and peppers in order to save the world and the people, not to make money.

Of course, the free provision is limited to the hired farmers in front of us. If others want it, they have to pay a symbolic fee. After all, few people will cherish free things...

……

a few days later.

All 74 mu of sweet potato fields on the farm were dug up, and one million kilograms of sweet potatoes were harvested. After deducting the kilograms distributed for free to the farm's hired farmers and the kilograms sold in batches, there were still kilograms left.

Although currently only people from Shuangxi Town and nearby villages come to buy, the sweet potatoes with high yield and good taste will soon attract people from the entire Qu County.

The remaining 700,000 catties might not be enough to share. But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, Cheng Long didn't plan to sell them all, because he wanted to keep most of them and take them to Yunlang Town, Huxian County and other places, so that sweet potatoes would flourish everywhere.

Otherwise, we don’t know how long we will have to wait for sweet potatoes, a high-yield crop, to spread throughout the Central Plains.

In the next few years, Cheng Long, the three Linghu sisters, and the Mo family of Yunlang Town were all busy with this matter.

Cheng Long and Mo Chou's wedding date was postponed again and again because of this.

However, they would meet twice a year, each time for a month, and their feelings not only did not fade, but instead grew deeper and deeper.

……

Three years later.

The three sisters Bai Susu, Bai Huahua and Hu Feifei, who will be promoted to many regions in the north, were walking on a busy street when suddenly a dazzling white light burst out from their bodies. Then their bodies were uncontrollably pulled by some mysterious force and floated into the sky.

This scene caused the people along the street to scream in shock.

Ascension in broad daylight!

The words that could only be seen in novels in the past were actually happening before their eyes. The miraculous scene left countless people dumbfounded, staring blankly at the three women flying higher and higher until they disappeared.

after that.

There are three fox fairies in the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. For the sake of the common people, they are willing to go through untold hardships and endure all kinds of doubts in order to promote the mythical story of sweet potatoes and benefit the common people.

At first glance, it seems that all the credit for Cheng Long falls on the three Feifei sisters.

In fact, the benefits he got were far greater than those of Feifei and the other two.

The most obvious change is that the golden wheel of merit behind the head is no longer in its embryonic form, with only a very faint golden halo, but has become a golden wheel of merit as thick as a little finger, emitting brilliant golden light.

Although Cheng Long's Golden Wheel of Merit is still very thin, no matter how thin the Golden Wheel of Merit is, it is still a Golden Wheel of Merit.

In the future, if you encounter blind gods and Buddhas, once the golden wheel opens, and the knife falls to your forehead, you can force it to be taken back.

This thing is more useful than a golden medal of immunity from death.

However, there is one thing that Cheng Long is still very puzzled about. The three sisters were able to complete their merits and ascend to heaven in broad daylight, but why is it that even though his golden wheel of merit has appeared, there is no sign of ascension?

Even Mochou benefited from it. His cultivation speed in the past two years has been astonishingly fast.

After three and a half years of practice, he had reached the middle stage of foundation building, only one major realm lower than Cheng Long.

He has been practicing for more than ten years, but his cultivation level is only at the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Are demon cultivators so unwelcome?

God is really good at playing double standards!
In this regard, Cheng Long only wants to say one word.

——Fuck!

Boom!

Just as Cheng Long was about to raise his middle finger, he saw a bolt of thunder falling.

But the lightning did not fall on him, but hit the thousand-year-old peach tree a mile away steadily.

For a moment, the tree trunk trembled as if it was enduring great pain, and its sturdy body looked even more tragic and vivid under the reflection of lightning.

"This thunder... is weird!"

Cheng Long frowned and suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, he came under the peach tree that was struck by lightning.

The originally green leaves turned black due to the ravages of lightning, as if they were burned by fire.

On the trunk, deep cracks are like ancient characters, recording the vicissitudes of life that this peach tree has experienced. The air around it is filled with a burnt smell, which makes people feel sorry for this thousand-year-old peach tree.

But when he looked at the thousand-year-old peach tree that was struck by lightning but still stood tall, showing its tenacious vitality, another thought arose in his mind.

"Is this huge piece of lightning-struck wood, a thousand-year-old tree, God's compensation to me?"

It’s no wonder that Cheng Long had such thoughts. After all, he had just finished muttering, and the next second, a bolt from the blue struck, and luckily it fell on the thousand-year-old peach tree.

Peach wood has the effect of warding off evil and avoiding danger. When struck by a bolt of thunder, it is endowed with extremely strong and masculine properties, and directly becomes a top-grade material for refining weapons.

Cheng Long had no reason not to accept it.

He barely hesitated, walked to the thousand-year-old peach tree, put his right hand down, turned his body upside down, and grabbed his upper body with his left hand, then moved his waist...

"Daoyou, please..."

"Drink~~"

Cheng Long blew lightly, and the thousand-year-old peach tree with tangled roots began to shake, and was pulled out of the ground little by little, along with the roots and soil.

"Gulu~~"

A terrified sound of swallowing saliva was heard behind me.

Cheng Long then remembered that someone seemed to be coming when he was pulling out the peach tree just now! So he casually put the thousand-year-old peach tree with a trunk diameter of more than one meter and weighing more than ten tons on the ground and turned his head to look at the person who came.

"What did you just want to say?"

"Uh~~Nothing, nothing."

The middle-aged Taoist wearing a torn Taoist hat and tattered Taoist robes said with a wry smile: "It was so easy to pull out such a huge old peach tree. You are really a god!"

"Oh, so you were praising me. I thought you wanted to steal my thousand-year-old lightning wood!"

"..."

The middle-aged Taoist twitched his lips, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Originally he wanted to get a piece of the pie.

But now I have no idea what to do.

He hasn't lived enough yet!

(End of this chapter)