Chapter 617

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Yu Ze Yun returned in early June; by then the farmstead's crops were gradually ripening, and trucks came and went without cease every day.

The first thing Yu Ze Yun did upon returning was seek out Shen Yao to tell her what he had seen and heard at the base, but as luck would have it, he ran into an earthquake.

Identical to last year's quake, the Earth expanded and grew larger once more, and the farmstead was shaken into yielding new land again.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao took money to the Village Chief; because there was the first experience to draw on, this time went very smoothly as well.

Still, the Village Chief reminded Shen Yao that the courtyard's perimeter wall still had to be repaired as soon as possible, and if there was money it would be best to raise it higher; every summer and autumn trucks streamed in and out of the farmstead without end, and which villager wasn't envious.

"Girl, you can't be without precaution, even if we're all close relatives."

Quite a few people are jealous of relatives striking it rich, and they strike more ruthlessly than strangers.

The Village Chief was old in years and had accumulated plenty of experience and lessons; he truly appreciated Shen Yao, this clanswoman of his, which was why he risked being resented to give a few words of warning.

Shen Yao understood the Village Chief's good intentions; the little old man had served as Village Chief for a whole generation, some things he had long seen through clearly, and it was only that other villagers couldn't bring them up, otherwise Sweetwater Village could have been even more prosperous.

After thanking the Village Chief for the reminder, Shen Yao took out her phone and called the engineering team she had long cooperated with.

Having set the time for raising and repairing the perimeter wall, Shen Yao returned to the farmstead to handle the melons, fruits, and vegetables in the fields.

Compared to last year, Shen Yao this time planted far more grain crops and high-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes, but the remaining melons, fruits, and vegetables could still sell for several months.

Looking out at nothing but green vegetables, Shen Yao casually pulled two as ingredients, then ran to the mountain foot and caught a chicken, planning to stew a chicken soup to supplement herself.

A genuine free-range chicken, raised for just over a year; even the stewed meat would be very fragrant.

After killing and dressing the chicken, then digging up some green vegetables from the farmstead as side dishes, Shen Yao bustled about; by the time she ate this bowl of chicken soup it was already afternoon.

Yu Ze Yun rested hard at home for several days; the Yu couple fed him well with good food and drink every day, finally letting their son's chocolate-colored skin recover some of its former fair tenderness.

Still a bit dark, though; Yu Ze Yun's birth mother disapproved, feeling her own son's life was getting rougher and rougher, and not knowing what exactly was going on.

Yu Ze Yun: ……

"Dad, Mom, when you have time bring Grandpa and Grandma over, and notify Grandma and Grandpa on the maternal side as well."

As for Uncle and Aunt, one wasn't in the country, one wasn't in this province; now the whole planet was unstable, who knew if the family could even reunite — no need to bring it up at this time and poke a sore spot.

"Rest assured, we've said it again and again; in another two days they'll both come to Sweetwater Village."

Including the residence next door that Yu Xingye's family built, it's completely move-in ready.

The Yu family has money; as long as they're willing to pour money in, they lack for no place to live.

"Ze Yun ah, this world" Yu's father didn't continue, turned to look at Yu's mother, the couple nodded at each other, "We two can't help much right now; you go out on your own, you must certainly pay attention to safety."

Knowing their own son was striving for the family, clearly he should have been sitting in an office, yet he had to run outside day after day; whether news or online information, outside was a mess with no peaceful moment.

Sigh

The times have truly changed!

The couple thought and thought, and could only try to reduce trouble and not drag him down; after all, when other families were in a desperate mess, they had a place to settle down, and it was all earned through their own child's hard work.

The Yu couple thought a lot, and could understand the unease deep in Yu Ze Yun's heart.

Before they could still help; now supernatural mutations have appeared, ordinary people fundamentally have no room to exert themselves, so it's better to keep a low profile for the time being.

Yu Ze Yun told the Yu couple not to be overly nervous; in fact Sweetwater Village was very safe, and moreover the village entrance had garrisoned troops stationed.

Timely demonstrating his own ability, Yu Ze Yun contacted the other Yu family members still in the city, urging them to come to Sweetwater Village to live as soon as possible.

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Yu Xingye set foot on Sweetwater Village's land again; the time had already arrived at July.

Congratulations were in order; his university life had ended, he neither needed to find a job nor live off his parents, but the Management Bureau directly recruited him into public service, and his office location was right at Sweetwater Village's entrance.

Yu Xingye: ……

When Yu Xingye saw his paternal cousin he happily boasted a few lines; this was his dream job, close to home, little work, relaxed and pleasant; his Management Bureau colleagues were very envious.

Yu Ze Yun: ……

Yu Ze Yun was amused by his own mischievous younger cousin; he pointed at Second Uncle's residence and told Yu Xingye to help farm when he had time; as for seeds and seedlings, spend some money at the farmstead.

The farmstead's seeds and seedlings led far ahead in both yield and quality.

Shen Yao didn't mind helping more in this regard; even if villagers wanted them, she would select some to give for free, just to maintain neighborly relations between both sides, avoiding a future incident where no one would help.

Hearing this, Yu Xingye let out a hehe, rubbed his hands, "How's the progress between Brother and Sister Yao?"

He wasn't some clueless child; how could Yu Xingye not know Yu Ze Yun's thoughts? In his heart he also liked Shen Yao very much — beautiful and capable, far better than those city girls who liked his cousin.

Feeling moved, Yu Xingye hoped Shen Yao could truly become his sister-in-law.

To say something not very moral: the Yu family in Sweetwater Village counted as outsiders; to live comfortably and securely, no matter what might happen in the future, they could only find a maternal family of good character, both a reliance and a helper.

Clearly, Shen Yao fit Yu Xingye's standard perfectly; if it were Shen Yao nothing could be better; if not, then they'd scheme some more in Sweetwater Village; the worst fallback was staying a bachelor, using the Management Bureau as backing.

Yu Ze Yun raised a hand and patted Yu Xingye's shoulder, "Work well, don't think too much."

His matters didn't need Yu Xingye to worry about; moreover marriage was a major affair involving all aspects; Yu Ze Yun's liking for Shen Yao was genuine, so he would be all the more careful and cautious, afraid that one misstep would ruin everything.

Yu Xingye let out an oh, his eyes blinking repeatedly.

Yu Ze Yun helplessly shooed him away; everything had been said, what was he still doing circling around him? Hurry home and rest; once he went to the village entrance for work, he wouldn't be this carefree today.

Yu Xingye came to Sweetwater Village, all told he rested no more than three days before rushing off to the village entrance to stand guard, together with the assigned official personnel, responsible for inspecting all personnel entering and leaving Sweetwater Village.

Among them the farmstead's business was best; the most purchasers came knocking. Even though Shen Yao had submitted a list in advance, new people would still be introduced to do business.

Among them were those who slipped in with ill intentions; Shen Yao pretended not to know, deliberately guiding the other party to expose themselves to the Management Bureau, letting them step in to handle it.

The benefit of doing this was the farmstead avoided much trouble; the harm also stemmed from this — a constant stream of people wanted to come challenge this legendary farmstead, to make a name for themselves.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao was truly convinced; fortunately, no matter how much these people stirred up trouble, they couldn't overturn the Management Bureau's Five-Finger Mountain, otherwise Shen Yao wouldn't mind giving them a lesson.

In September, the farm's grain crops matured, and after Shen Yao hired machines to harvest them all, the farm entered a fallow period one after another.

Shen Yao put more thought into the medicinal herbs and spiritual plants at the foot of the mountain; as for the fifteen seeds brought back, a large portion were ordinary crops, already sent to the base's laboratory by the Management Bureau, and the remaining three were continued to be cultivated by Shen Yao.

Among these three, the most eye-catching was the Jinmian Fo Gua, currently officially named the Golden Hand Melon.

The Golden Hand Melon had already borne several plump fruits, hanging steadily on the vines.

Because other wood-type ability users (including the laboratory) had not grown the Golden Hand Melon, the officials also worried that forcibly taking it away would fail to keep it alive and cause an accident, so they left it to Shen Yao to cultivate until the Golden Hand Melon matured.

Shen Yao raised her hand and touched these few Golden Hand Melons that made a crisp sound when touched, thinking to herself this was a sign the melon seeds were about to mature.

And beside them, the two mutated grape vines, their scattered wild grapes already thumb-sized, dark purple skins emitting a hint of sweet cloying fragrance; because the laboratory side had successfully cultivated them, these two counted as rewards the officials left for Shen Yao, for her to dispose of as she wished.

Shen Yao planned to take the opportunity to directly brew wine, paired with the other spiritual plants in her space, guaranteeing the ability to unleash the full effect of the mutated grapes.

These mutated grapes were food with spiritual energy, able to increase ability reserves, only the mutated grapes' grade was relatively small, even eating them all couldn't compare to one bite of Golden Hand Melon.

It was also because of the Spiritual Qi Revival that mutated creatures on and off the mountain were increasing.

The officials released related biological crops through news and various online channels, which led to a batch of people unable to endure loneliness, running into the mountain forests to harvest, dreaming of becoming New Humans overnight.

Sweetwater Village also had such people, even her farm had people secretly probing, fortunately the Management Bureau stood behind Shen Yao, those asking too many questions would be privately summoned by the Management Bureau, therefore aside from those not afraid of death, wave after wave running over planning to make a splash ambitious types, others had already shifted targets to the mountain forests around Sweetwater Village.

"Second Sister, Second Sister"

Shen Le rode her bicycle back panting, many sweat beads emerging on her forehead.

To be able to return from Songlin Village on time, Shen Le had been riding her bicycle every day recently, the skin on her face darkened a bit more.

"Second Sister, Eldest Sister and them are back."

Shen Le panted, patting her chest and taking deep breaths, only able to speak normally after a good long while.

"Eldest Sister and her family?" Shen Yao frowned, thinking the car wasn't parked at the Shen Family.

Shen Le gave an "Mm", "Mom and Chen Laotai quarreled, Eldest Sister cried on the side," Chen Peng didn't let out a fart, Chen Lili was even more silent and reticent, not speaking.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao rode her electric donkey bringing Shen Le back, only to see a circle of quite a few people gathered outside the Shen Family, all villagers who liked to watch the spectacle.

The two sisters squeezed in from the middle, just catching Fu Chunfang pushing Chen Laotai outward, along with Shen Xin, except Chen Lili was left behind, the three adults all dragged and pulled to the Shen Family doorway.

"Mom"

Shen Xin's voice was sharp, hurting the ears to hear.

Shen Le and Shen Yao nimbly dodged far away, this Eldest Sister wasn't very sober, the two of them hadn't suffered less losses from her since childhood, better not to provoke her.

"Shut up!"

Fu Chunfang truly couldn't be bothered dealing with Shen Xin, only driving them away not letting them stay, as for Chen Lili, grandchildren were different, moreover Chen Lili was young and comparatively sensible, Fu Chunfang had even taken care of her for a period before.

In the end, Chen Peng took his old mother away, Shen Xin sought for a long time but Fu Chunfang never paid attention, she could only leave with raised eyebrows and darting eyes.

Shen Xin's family returning was like a signal, not passing a few days, Shen Liang's family of four also returned.

But Shen Liang and Zhou Wei had to mind the city supermarket, only leaving Wen Qi and Wen Yu brother and sister behind, they merely sat briefly then left.

By this point, the Shen Family had three more grandchildren children, plus Shen Shuo who suddenly got a holiday after only two weeks of school to come home for online classes, the Shen Family became extremely lively.

Shen Yao usually stayed at the farm, time returning to the Shen Family not counting as much.

Even when returning it was just staying to eat a meal, at night still having to return to the farm to lodge.

After all the farm's output was very eye-catching, even when Shen Yao was there there were petty thieves, Shen Yao not being there was just giving others opportunity.

Shen Le was busy with Songlin Village matters, bringing along Shen Shuo also called over to help.

Because Shen Yao helped, this year Shen Le who just started breeding didn't lose money, on the contrary she earned quite a bit, causing Grandpa and several uncles to be eager to move, pity Songlin Village land was successively all rented out, the Fu Family people could only wring their hands and sigh.

And the three grandchildren children back at the Shen Family, completely ran wild playing in Sweetwater Village, no adults managing, Shen Guozhu and wife rather spoiled them, by early November when Shen Liang and wife returned dusty and travel-worn, they discovered the two children had long since gone wild to new heights.

Shen Liang and wife:...

Shen Liang and wife this time didn't stay long, also didn't take the two back to the city, only when leaving earnestly talked, the two children became more sensible than before, knowing to help family do work, wouldn't be that kind of lazybones who doesn't even know to pick up an overturned bowl.

Shen Guozhu and wife discussed privately, wanting Shen Liang and wife to come back, after all a son, even if not comparing to the three younger ones, these years the money that should be given was given in place, stronger than Shen Xin this white-eyed wolf.

Speaking of Shen Xin, "Truly able to hold her breath, own daughter thrown at home for months uncared for."

Fu Chunfang truly couldn't even get angry, because Shen Xin didn't care at all.

"Forget it, ignore her, as long as she has a bit of conscience, not coming back to harm us is enough."

Shen Guozhu counted as seeing clearly, just couldn't count on this person Shen Xin.

Fortunately he gave birth to not only Shen Xin, even if Shen Liang unreliable, further down still two daughters one son, this is Shen Guozhu's steady-as-Mount-Tai capital.

The two elders muttered grumbling about Shen Xin, little knowing Shen Xin was already not in this city, people didn't know where she ran off to? Chen Peng even quarreled with Chen Laotai for this, home lost this willing-to-serve old nanny, all blame Chen Laotai's mouth not forgiving.

Chen Laotai couldn't bear to scold precious son, could only curse in heart Shen Xin shameless can't stand scolding, not just said two more sentences, even if she did it was for Chen Family good, Shen Xin lost job doesn't earn money, idle all day hiding at home how can it do? Own son is Chen Family only seedling, can't suffer hard days.

This messy business fortunately didn't spread into Sweetwater Village, otherwise Fu Chunfang would have to generate stifled anger.