Chapter 740: The Joy of Harvest (It

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After the soil was finished being dug, the most tiring part was actually over.

Next, all that was needed was sowing, watering, and fertilizing. As for how to tend to various crops at different times, the ancestors had already arranged every detail clearly with thousands of years of experience.

This kind of thing didn't require any inspiration; just follow the book step-by-step.

Because the workload wasn't as heavy as the previous few days, Luo Quan basically got up to work at the crack of dawn, and from the hottest time of ten o'clock onwards, she would stay in the bamboo house doing embroidery.

And this kind of schedule made the fans cry out in heartache, saying that she was getting up too early and needed to take care of her health.

Luo Quan's reply was: "Which farmer under the sun doesn't get up early and work late?"

Once these words came out, the fans didn't quite know how to respond.

In fact, most people subconsciously still treated this trip into the mountains as a show and didn't really feel it was a serious farming endeavor.

Plus, most of them were city dwellers and had no concrete concept of what farming was like, all thinking it was like in Europe or America, driving a seeder and galloping across the fields, which looked quite cool.

Modern agriculture is indeed very convenient, but in China, there is still a considerable portion of farmers who, just like their ancestors, rely entirely on human labor, using their own lumbar spines and sweat to sow seeds.

As for getting up early and working late, that is even more of a daily routine.

In order to avoid the hottest time of the day, many farmers even get up at three in the morning to go to the fields.

It can only be said that the grain and vegetables Luo Quan planted weren't particularly numerous, so she didn't need to be as miserable as that.

But just like this, it already made the fans unable to stop complaining for her.

"To be honest, after watching this live stream, I feel like I've attended a class."

"Who knows that the food on the plate, every grain is hard-earned!"

"I won't dare to waste food again in the future."

"Luo Bao is truly ruthless, being able to adapt to this with a smile."

"Do you think a goddess is called that just because she looks good? She has to be excellent in all aspects!"

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The fans praised Luo Quan from time to time, and she would look up twice.

Most of her attention was still on the clothing in her hands.

The theme for her embroidery this time had already been chosen, and that was to make a golden dragon robe.

She had mentioned before that she wanted a dragon robe to wear when attending evening parties in the future; it would be simply too cool.

However, she hadn't mentioned this idea to Chanel yet, and they hadn't prepared to design or produce it.

Now that she happened to be filming a video, she just embroidered the dragon robe as well, which could be considered killing two birds with one stone.

She hadn't told the fans about this yet, so everyone could only see Luo Quan threading needles and lines on the golden silk with incomparable proficiency, her hands leading the fine needle as it wandered, as nimble as a fish in water.

This technique was definitely not that of an ordinary embroiderer.

And Luo Quan also did a little bit of "humble-bragging": "Before making the video, I also studied it a little bit, but I didn't expect that it would be simpler than what I simulated in my mind once I actually started."

"Everyone, no need to be shocked; isn't this a routine operation for Luo Bao?"

"Indeed, after all, she's a genius; what difficulty is there in learning embroidery?"

"Speaking of which, with Luo Bao's level of brain development, will she evolve into a god like the heroine of *Lucy* one day?"

"She is already very close to a god now."

"Luo Bao, the eternal god."

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"Don't blow it out of proportion; a god is not something that's easy to be. I'll feel a bit more at ease if you call me a goddess." As a hardcore *League of Legends* player, Luo Quan didn't dare to steal the title of a god.

Otherwise, all the platforms would be teasing her about it later.

Days passed in this cycle of live streaming—farming—sleeping.

The fans didn't understand why it was so hot in the mountains, yet Luo Quan shed so little sweat.

Apart from this question, everyone didn't say anything more about heartache; after all, this was her own choice, and she had indeed endured the bitterness, and her spirit was quite good every day.

Over half a month, under the addition of fertilizer comparable to "Golden Kela" high-efficiency fertilizer, most of the crops in the fields had blossomed and borne fruit.

During this next period of time, Luo Quan entered the harvest stage.

Cucumbers, baby bok choy, and chives were the first to mature.

Tomatoes were a bit slower, but they were almost there too.

"Fans, look, aren't the cucumbers I grew big enough?" Luo Quan picked a green cucumber from the vine.

This was a large cucumber twenty-five centimeters long and six centimeters in diameter.

By the standards of a newcomer like Luo Quan who was farming for the first time, this was already a quite good level.

"Let's eat cucumber with sliced meat and chive egg pancakes tonight." Luo Quan put the picked cucumber into the basket and walked toward the chive field again.

"Great, finally starting to 'harvest the chives'."

"Why does that sound a bit weird?"

"The secret to harvesting chives is not to cut too deep; you must leave a section every time, and it will grow back before long."

"Just like in the stock market, don't drive the retail investors to extinction, right?"

"A veteran stock investor; speaking of which, the A-shares have fallen again recently."

"Just a technical adjustment, no big problem."

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I don't know why the topic drifted to the stock market; perhaps the fans felt they were very similar to the chives.

Seeing Luo Quan harvesting them bundle by bundle with a knife, there was a feeling of sadness.

But upon seeing the chive egg pancakes being stir-fried, everyone drooled wildly.

For more than half a month, the videos Luo Quan uploaded were basically focused on eating.

The second episode was bean curd with Yuzhou hot pot, and the third episode was the production and tasting of sausages and cured meat.

During this period, she also interspersed a large number of scenes of her working in the fields, and at the same time, she seriously explained the knowledge of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms can be said to be the supreme classic regarding weather in Chinese agricultural activities; even the International Meteorological Research Institute praised it highly, and South Korea even wanted to apply for World Heritage status for it.

Fortunately, China acted relatively quickly on this and took the lead in applying for World Heritage status, which prevented others from succeeding.

It's just that there wasn't much publicity after the success, so very few people abroad knew about it, and they had no concept of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

It wasn't until Luo Quan made a video analyzing the cultural connotations and scientific basis in detail for everyone that a group of foreign viewers marveled that China actually had such a practical and poetic division of seasonal climate.

In fact, there are many, many similar things.

However, without an effective external communication channel, no matter how many good things there are, others have no way of knowing.

Luo Quan couldn't stay in the mountains forever to make this content, so if the publicity strategy wasn't adjusted, she would still suffer quite a lot of losses in this regard.

Of course, these weren't things a star like her could solve; she just needed to do her own job well.

On the last day in the mountains, the tomatoes finally ripened completely. Each large tomato was so bright and red. Luo Quan picked them all, picked out a few to make a plate of tomato scrambled eggs that the fans had been thinking about for a long time.

As one of the most appetizing dishes voted by netizens, tomato scrambled eggs had an unshakable and important status in many people's hearts.

This kind of meat dish, which was full of sour, sweet, and salty flavors, could produce an irresistible appetite for people after being mixed with rice.

Luo Quan's lunch at noon was a simple plate of tomato scrambled eggs. After stir-frying, she poured the rice directly in and stirred it a few times. After waiting until every grain of rice was dyed red, she scooped a large mouthful and stuffed it into her mouth.

The hardness and moisture collided between her lips and teeth, and the sweet juice was crushed under her tongue, bursting out from the tomatoes, instantly filling her entire throat and flowing down the esophagus into her stomach.

This was a delicacy that could produce great satisfaction without needing to be savored.

The top-tier appetizing dish that was famous throughout the country was indeed not just for show. She remembered that for a period of time before, this was what she liked to eat the most, and she had to eat this mixed with rice every noon.

Now, after tasting it again after many days, it indeed made her let out a happy laugh in satisfaction.

Of course, another reason for the laughter was that the fourth episode of the video was finally almost recorded, and she would have to pack up and leave the mountains this afternoon.

In the bamboo house, she didn't plan to take most of the things away; she would just leave them here.

Maybe one day when her grandparents come up the mountain to visit the graves, these pots and pans can still be used after being washed.

As for those crops in the fields that weren't picked clean, without her care, they probably wouldn't last long in such hot weather.

However, it wasn't that there was no way out at all; the vitality of plants is sometimes very tenacious. Maybe next time she comes, she will be able to see cucumbers or chives all over the mountains and plains.

After coming out of the mountains, Luo Quan also went back to see her grandparents.

Her mother had taken her younger sister to visit relatives everywhere a while ago, and now she had already returned to Shanghai with Wen Xia.

Because she had to make videos, she left relatively late.

Now that everything was settled, she also specially went back to say goodbye to the two elders before leaving.

After growing up, the family basically gathered less and parted more.

However, the two elders were already used to this kind of life, so when their granddaughter was leaving, they didn't show too much reluctance.

It might also be that they didn't want Luo Quan to see it and worry.

After returning to her home in Shanghai, the first thing Luo Quan did was to put on the dragon robe she had embroidered as the final part of the fourth episode of the video.

This was the result of her efforts over the past half month. This golden dragon robe, weighing twenty catties, was made by her stitch by stitch, inch by inch, and she had spent quite a lot of effort on it.

Although she only spent one or two hours a day making it, persisting for so many days showed the huge workload.

Compared with the haute couture of top luxury brands, this dragon robe was more durable and could be washed and worn repeatedly.

Although this piece of clothing would probably only have one chance to appear at an evening party, compared to those haute couture gowns that were thrown away after being worn once, its practicality was still much better.

The fourth and final episode of *China in the Tian Yuan* was released.

Compared to the simple style of the first three episodes, this episode was quite gorgeous.

The mysterious Hanfu that Luo Quan had been embroidering for more than twenty days was finally exposed; it turned out to be a luxurious robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon.

This was a style she had never worn before; it looked like men's clothing and carried an inherent domineering aura that looked down on the world.

"Can anyone answer why Luo Quan's aura became so majestic after putting on this piece of clothing?"

"Popular science: Luo Quan made a dragon robe herself. In ancient times, this was clothing that only an emperor could wear."

"I feel that Luo Quan wearing this has no sense of disharmony at all; it's quite suitable."

"It reminds me of that only female emperor in China."

"I really didn't expect that the embroidery she had been preparing for so many days would be such a special piece of clothing."

"This time it was truly an eye-opener; Luo Quan once again gave me a brand-new understanding of China."

"The plane ticket to China has already been bought; I can't wait to explore this ancient and mysterious country."

"I wish you a pleasant journey."

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*China in the Tian Yuan* could be considered to have come to a relatively perfect end.

In fact, there were many things Luo Quan wanted to show.

For example, waterwheels, rice paddies, wine making, and so on and so forth.

It's a pity that time is not infinite after all. Having stayed in the mountains for almost a month, she was indeed a bit tired.

If it were someone who often did farm work, this intensity wouldn't count for much.

But she wasn't saying she was delicate and precious; it was mainly because she hadn't done such hard labor before.

She could persist for a week or half a month, but she really couldn't hold on for any longer.

In the few days before she was about to leave, she missed the air conditioning and that large soft bed in her bedroom incomparably.

In the mountains, the taste of that hard bamboo bed was indeed not very wonderful.

Plus, without a fan or air conditioning, sometimes she would really be woken up by the heat in the middle of the night.

By comparison, that little world in her bedroom was simply like heaven.

After returning, Luo Quan also swore that unless necessary, she would resolutely not suffer this bitterness again.

Fortunately, the harvest was quite a lot after suffering this bitterness.

First of all, in terms of physical fitness, it was definitely strengthened a lot.

Her already powerful body had improved by a large margin after the tempering of this past month.

Another thing was that her weight had decreased a bit.

She was originally almost 125 catties before, and now when she got on the scale, it had already dropped to 116; the effect was still quite obvious.

However, considering the movie she was going to film next, she had to lose some more weight.

Fortunately, the system had rapid weight-loss medicine. After taking this, she didn't need to use methods like reducing food intake or crazy exercise to achieve the effect of becoming thin.

As for after filming the movie, eating to her heart's content for a few days would basically allow her to return to a normal level.

Just like Gao Liang, when filming *Forrest Gump*, he tried his best to shape his body, with eight-pack abs and mermaid lines, which made a group of female fans drool.

Now that the movie was filmed and there was no pressure, his training wasn't as diligent as before, and he continued to eat barbecue and fried chicken. According to Mia, his abs had a trend of returning to one.

But it didn't matter; Gao Liang also wanted to give himself a vacation after filming a classic work. Long-term tension is not good for the body and mind.

Just like Luo Quan, she would give herself a long vacation every time she finished work.

After *China in the Tian Yuan* was finished, she directly posted a dynamic saying: Next, I will be a homebody in my room; no one should think about making me go out to bask in the sun again! ===== CHAPTER 741 =====